The Secret to My Youthful Looks

(Minhui.org) I was working in the store waiting on a customer before the 2015 New Year's Eve, when my daughter entered. We had not seen each other in a while and so we were very happy and we hugged.

She noticed I was busy and whispered in my ear before going to the back of the store. While I was finishing up, the customer asked if that was my girlfriend.

I was a little embarrassed and explained that she was in fact my daughter. The customer was surprised and apologized for the mistake. Then she said, “What's your secret? You look so young.”

Secret to My Life

I am nearly 50 years of age, but people always think I am much younger. Even my neighbors and some others who have known me for a while comment that I never seem to age.

Falun Dafa is my secret. Practicing Falun Dafa has improved my physical and mental acuity, and it keeps me young. During the past decade, I have experienced many amazing things. Furthermore, some people even seem to envy me for my healthy and youthful appearance.

'Is This Your Son?'

During the Chinese New Year in 2013, I went back to my hometown to visit some relatives. One day, I went with one of my brothers to the pharmacy downtown so he could buy some medicine. The owner of the pharmacy asked my brother if I was his son. My brother could not believe he was asked that.

Back home at my mother's, he complained and said, "They thought he was my son. He is only two years younger than me. Do I look that old?”

Another time, I was very busy at the store and asked my brother-in-law for help. He is just a few years older than me. One afternoon, he was arguing with a customer; I tried to intervene and calm everyone down. Then, the customer said to my brother-in-law, "Is this your son? You could learn some things from him—he is much smarter than you."

At the end of summer vacation in 2010, I went with my daughter to enroll her in a new school. Her roommate asked her if we were siblings. She was surprised to find out that I was not her brother, but actually her father. "But he looks so young," she said.

I have experienced many incidents like this. Although they were sometimes a little embarrassing, deep down I felt honored. After all, I am a Dafa practitioner. So, it is not only evident in my behavior, but also in my looks! These things happen to my wife as well. Practicing Dafa has kept her looking much younger than her age. Of course, similar examples are a widespread phenomenon among practitioners.

Master said,

"Those practices that cultivate both mind and body make one look very young in appearance, and one looks quite different from one’s actual age. One day a person asked me: ‘Teacher, how old do you think I am?’ As a matter of fact, she was approaching seventy years old, but she looked only over forty. Her face was without wrinkles, glowing with a fair and rosy complexion. She did not look like a person approaching seventy. This will happen to our Falun Dafa practitioners. To tell a joke, young ladies always like to apply facial makeup and want to make their complexion fairer and better. I would say that if you truly follow a cultivation practice of mind and body, you will naturally achieve that goal. It is guaranteed that you will not need to use cosmetics." (Lecture Five in Zhuan Falun)

True Cultivation

Since ancient times, people have always looked for ways to stay young—to find the fountain of youth! Nowadays, people spend a lot of money on techniques and products to look young and beautiful. They keep searching and they keep spending.

Falun Dafa is an advanced practice of mind, body, and spirit, based on the Buddha School of teachings. As long as you have the good fortune to start cultivating Falun Dafa, you will receive unexpected benefits. Of course, Dafa is for cultivating the heart and mind. Looking youthful as a result is just a byproduct of the practice, not the goal.

If you think about it in honest terms, you will realize that the CCP's persecution against Falun Dafa is based on lies and violence, and it cannot withstand scrutiny. Having experienced the persecution for more than a dozen years, Falun Dafa has not only not fallen, but it has spread to over 100 countries. This is a miracle of the Buddha’s Fa and is the pride of the Chinese people.

May you learn the truth and benefit from cultivating Dafa yourself.