High School Student: Changing for the Better When Following Falun Dafa’s Guidance

(Minghui.org) I am a 17 years old high school student living in China. When I asked my classmates if they have heard of the Tiananmen Square self immolation incident” most of them responded, “Yes, isn’t that from the evil practice ?” [In reality, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is without doubt an evil cult. The self-immolation was a hoax and was created to demonize, frame, and undermine Falun Dafa and its practitioners.]

I got upset when my classmates expressed that Falun Dafa was a [slanderous word omitted]. Perhaps this had a lot to do with the CCP’s textbook, which we used in elementary school, where Falun Dafa was slandered. Or, perhaps it was due to the fact that my classmates were unable to know the truth about Falun Dafa. Due to the Internet censorship in China they must not have heard about Dafa’s spread worldwide.

They did not know that Falun Dafa was warmly received by hundred of millions of Chinese people who practiced the exercises in locals parks from 1992 to 1999. When Jiang Zemin, former head of the CCP, realized that there were more practitioners than CCP members, he decided to eliminate the cultivation practice.

In addition, my classmates were also oblivious to the fact that Jiang Zemin launched the persecution due to his jealousy. The reason behind the persecution was because Jiang realized the Falun Dafa was practiced by a significant number of people, more than the number of Party members.

My classmates would often get mood swings. Their happiness came from reading celebrity news, romance novels, or from playing video games. The “happiness” that they experienced was superficial, and did not last long. They got lost and clueless as soon as the sensation of “happiness” they experienced disappeared.

I personally experienced a period of unstable emotions due to too much stress and work in school when I attended middle school. I got upset at anything and everything. I felt upset if the food wasn’t to my taste, or if my clothes and shoes did not match. My grades were also not good due to my fluctuating emotions. Hence, I was able to understand the mood swings my classmates would get at times.

I changed for the better when I began to study Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa. I would like to share some of my cultivation experiences and hope that fellow practitioners can have a new understanding of Falun Dafa.

I began reading Zhuan Falun in 2020 and followed Master’s teachings of cultivating one’s xinxing. Several of my classmates were teasing Lian and I by asking who looked more attractive. I felt uncomfortable with their teasing, and did not like how they commented on other people’s looks. I remembered a section of Master’s teachings. Master said:

“And so how well someone regards you at your workplace or in whatever setting may not reflect how you really are.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)

I am clear in my mind that I cannot control what others say, so I paid them no attention. After a period of time they stopped talking about that subject.

I also felt more at ease whenever someone accompanied me to the bathroom or went to the cafeteria. I also got tense and nervous if I walked by myself on the street. After studying Zhuan Falun, I was enlightened to a section of Master’s teaching.

Master said:

“This takes some explaining. The falun will protect those who genuinely do our practice. My roots are planted in this universe, and so someone would have to be able to harm me in order to harm you, which means that they would have to have the power to harm this universe.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)

I felt that Master was truly magnificent! I wanted to become a Falun Dafa practitioner, and hoped to be protected by Master at all times.

Many of my classmates disliked our Chinese teacher when we attended the first year of high school. When another teacher of mine reprimanded my Chinese teacher, I began to develop negative thoughts towards her as well. I refused to listen or learn anything during her class. When my Chinese teacher wanted us to write some comments about class on the back of our test papers, I wrote, “Teacher, I am unable to comprehend what you teach in class. I will do my best to listen to you.”

Since then my Chinese teacher never asked me to answer any questions, and I became quite upset when my teacher did not call on me! I thought that she had given up on me. The more I thought about it, the more upset I felt. I also began to dislike her even more and thought she was being spiteful.

I did not realize I had hurt her feelings with the comments I wrote.

A couple days later I came across a section of Master’s lecture.

Master said:

“I believe that the world will be a better place if we can each work on ourselves and look at our character, or thoughts, to identify the source of any problems we experience, and then make a point of doing better next time and try to always be thoughtful towards others.” (The Ninth Talk, Zhuan Falun)

How can I forget about this? Why was I not thoughtful of my Chinese teacher? Why did I not work on myself and improve my character? This was because I had distrusted her from the beginning.

Being a teacher involves facing dozens of students of different personalities. Therefore, a student should adapt to the teacher. I was wrong and should not have listened to rumors, nor written negative comments. My heart lightened as soon as I found the root of the problem, and I no longer held grudges towards my Chinese teacher.

On Teacher’s Day (a holiday in China), I wrote words of gratitude to my Chinese teacher, and apologized for the comments I had written before. My teacher began calling on me again, which made me very happy! I enlightened to the fact that everything can be resolved if we look inward upon encountering conflicts. I truly like my Chinese teacher from the bottom of my heart. I found that she possessed many merits. She is patient, displays a sense of responsibility, and has many years of teaching experience. She would always tell us sincerely and earnestly to study well. It almost seemed as if she was our caring mother.

Falun Dafa has changed me. Thank you Master!

This is my first time writing a cultivation experience. My understandings on the Fa is limited. Please point out anything that is inappropriate.