(Minghui.org) My friend gave me the main Book of Falun Dafa, Zhuan Falun, in April 1999. As I was busy otherwise, I took an entire month to read this book. Zhuan Falun touched my heart. It is a very good book, as it gave me answers to questions I had been wondering about. My relationship with Dafa was thus established.
I decided to go to the Falun Dafa practice site to do the exercises with fellow practitioners in the morning. When I did the second exercise, some scenes appeared in my mind, which did not disappear until I finished the second exercise.
It was just as Master said:
“After a period of cultivation practice, one will discover that it gradually begins to be bright inside the forehead, and then it turns red. At this time, it will blossom like the flowers seen on television or in a movie in which the flowers blossom in a second. Such scenes will appear.” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun)
I watched Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) video lecture in the evening. I sat in the very first row and noticed that Master had a piece of paper in his hand. I didn’t see any writing on it. Instead, I saw beautiful blue lights shining on his hand and the paper. I listened attentively to the lecture. Master was talking about high-level things in the cosmos, which ordinary people cannot see. However, all this made me believe what Master said.
After I decided to practice Falun Dafa, I paid a lot of attention to understanding the Fa. I tried to understand the inner meaning of the Fa. In the beginning, I read Zhuan Falun really fast, but I couldn’t remember anything I read. Then, I read it slowly and could understand some of the Fa principles.
The Fa principles answered some of my questions. I learned that the illnesses and unfortunate things I experienced in the past were caused by the bad things I committed lifetime after lifetime. Thus I created karma. I also learned how I had to repay karmic debts. I realized how precious Dafa is, but only because I put my heart into this cultivation practice.
I knew I must study the Fa well because the Fa is the fundamental guide of my cultivation. Studying the Fa is different from reading regular books. Studying the Fa, enlightening, and believing in it are co-related. Believing in the Fa is the root. How deeply I believe in the Fa is a result of how I study it on a long-term basis, and how I elevate through solid cultivation. Gradually, I realized that cultivation is cultivating my righteous belief in Master and Falun Dafa. Only when I believe in Dafa, and strictly comply with the requirements of Dafa, can the Fa principles and inner meanings of the Fa display themselves to me, and divine miracles can manifest.
When I went to do the exercises at the practice site, Master helped purify my body. Within two weeks I was purified and became illness free. I walked briskly. I felt like somebody was pushing me forward when I was riding a bicycle. I recovered from my illnesses, such as frozen shoulder, low back pain, and chest tightness. When I was practicing the fifth exercise in the morning on the 40th day, my body became transparent and remained that way until I finished the exercise. Dafa and the exercises made me feel energetic and light.
Master said:
“Enlightening comes before seeing. Cultivate your mind and eliminate your karma. Once your original nature comes forth you will be able to see.” (“Why One Cannot See,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
After I started practicing Falun Dafa, I no longer read ordinary people's books, watched television (TV), played cards, or drank alcohol. I didn’t gossip or have any conflicts with other practitioners. I knew that issues that caused separation among practitioners were tricks set up by the old forces. I was able to dissolve it with forbearance and compassion.
But cultivating my xinxing was not a simple task for me. I was competitive and arrogant. It was deeply rooted within me. No matter what suggestions were given to me, I seldom accepted them, pushed them back, and would bring up a number of reasons. I formed the bad habit of not accepting any backtalk, which held me back from elevating in cultivation.
After I finished doing the housework, I spent all my free time studying the Fa. My younger daughter was not happy about this. She picked on me and said I didn’t do this or that well. I felt I was wronged and immediately fought with her. These conflicts kept occurring, and I kept nagging her. She then became angrier and noisier. I became louder than she. I completely forgot that I was a cultivator.
The conflict happened again this year. I realized that the reason my daughter kept arguing with me for such a long time was that Master used my daughter to help me cultivate away my resentment, my not accepting criticism, and my not expecting returns for what I did. I looked within and calmed down. I apologized to Master in my heart and thanked him for his care. I rectified myself immediately and put it into action. My daughter called me in the afternoon and asked me to pick her up early. She hadn’t talked to me in such a calm way for a long time.
Out of jealousy Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), used his power and put himself above the Constitution and started unprecedented bloody persecution of Falun Dafa and its practitioners. They used deception and false accusations to poison the world’s people. I said in my heart, “I must let people know the truth.”
We started to distribute truth-clarification materials and put up banners and adhesive posters. We used various means to clarify the truth and validate the Fa. At times we spent the whole night doing this but didn’t feel tired at all. I realized that during the escalation of the persecution if we didn’t study the Fa well, didn’t understand the Fa principles, and didn’t cultivate genuinely, we were not able to validate the Fa or achieve good results, because it is the Fa that saves sentient beings.
We elevate through Fa study, and gradually we will believe in the Fa firmly. When we improve our understanding of the Fa, we will know how to cultivate and improve ourselves, and our righteous belief in the Fa and Master will be enhanced. Because of our belief, we will behave based on the Fa principles. As we gradually enlightened to the Fa principles, our belief will become firmer, and we will know how precious the Fa is. Only when we deeply understand the Fa can we become firm believers and have no doubts.
I elevate myself when I study the Fa. I find “enlightenment” is extremely important. Only when we believe 100 percent in Master and the Fa, strictly walk on the path Master arranged for us, will we not be persecuted.
The reason I became a Fa-rectification Dafa practitioner was to assist Master in Fa-rectification and save sentient beings. I signed a contract with Master to descend to this world to save sentient beings.
Master said: “Dafa disciples are now sentient beings’ only, sole hope for salvation.” (“Righteous Thoughts,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress III)
I understood the urgency of my mission. Every day I spent time clarifying the truth even though my time is tight. Even while walking, I thought about how I could clarify the truth better using various means, so sentient beings could accept the truth better.
When I was going to a place to distribute truth-clarification materials, I said to Master in my heart: “Master, please strengthen me and put a protective cover around me. Please let the people go inside to sleep or watch TV. If they haven’t come home, don’t let them come at this time. If they want to go out, don’t let them go out. Please let the people here learn the truth about Dafa, no longer be deceived by the lies, and choose a good future for themselves.” Master then helped me have this wish come true. I distributed a big bag of materials and didn’t come across a single person. I returned home safely.
Sometimes when I went out to distribute the materials, it started to rain. I said to Master in my heart: “Master, please help stop the rain until I finish distributing the materials.” The rain stopped miraculously. It started to rain after I returned home. Some people stayed outside to cool themselves down in the evening in summer. When we were about to reach their area, Master helped us urge them to go into their homes so that we could smoothly distribute the materials. Master is right beside us protecting us.
My righteous thoughts became stronger as I kept clarifying the truth to people. One day a practitioner and I were distributing fliers in another city. I saw two houses at the end of the street. When I left brochures at these two homes and was about to leave, I saw a person looking around with the brochure in his hands. He saw me and reckoned that I was the person who distributed the brochure. He ran to chase me. I slowed down and sent forth righteous thoughts, pleading Master to strengthen me and have him go back to his home, to not let the evil manipulate this person to commit crimes against Dafa and practitioners, and to let him know the truth and be saved. When I looked back, this person had disappeared. I distributed the rest of the brochures and returned home safely. Master protected me.
I came across different situations every day. On one occasion, the police discovered that truth-clarification materials were being distributed in an area. They were driving around in a police car looking for us. The car stopped beside us. We didn’t pay any attention to it. We kept walking and sending forth righteous thoughts. The car turned back with its siren on. They didn’t know who was distributing the materials. We didn’t go home until we had distributed all the brochures. Master protects us all the time. As long as we have strong righteous thoughts, we always return home safely.
I let go of many attachments during these years. Fear was the biggest hindrance. Fear kept us from completing our mission and oath. I enlightened from the Fa that saving sentient beings is the most righteous thing in the universe. I also let go of the mentalities of showing off and complacency.
I was detained in a detention center due to my lack of righteous thoughts. I said to Master in my heart: “This is not the place where Dafa disciples should stay. If there are people here that I shall save, I will save them and then leave. I was not wrong to distribute truth-clarification materials and save sentient beings. I will not bow to the evil.”
I looked within and found my attachments, such as showing off, complacency, and the mentality of doing things. I rectified myself to comply with the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts, recited the Fa, and clarified the truth constantly. I clarified the truth to every person and encouraged them to withdraw from the CCP and its youth organizations. I didn’t step on the path arranged by the evil. I didn’t recite the detention center regulations.
I said to the guard, “I have gone beyond what you require inmates to do. You don't require that inmates ‘not hit or swear at others.’ We practitioners do so, as based on Dafa’s principles, Master said, ‘As practitioners, you won’t fight back when you’re beaten or sworn at.’” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)
The guard became speechless. Thanks to Master’s compassion and strengthening, I returned home with dignity. People can see the miracle and beauty of Falun Dafa when we do things in a dignified way.
In the new year, the evil tried every possible way to prevent sentient beings from being saved. They slandered Master, defamed Falun Dafa, and poisoned people’s minds. They pasted detrimental information on billboards. I immediately removed any whenever I saw them.
For example, one day I saw a big poster that slandered Master and Falun Dafa in a long corridor. There were many cameras there. There was also a guard on duty next to the poster. I discussed with my daughter how to remove it. I knew I must remove it today. I studied the Fa and then sent forth righteous until midnight. At 3:00 a.m. a voice woke me up, “It’s time to get up.” I sent forth righteous thoughts. I was calm. I said to Master in my heart: “I must remove that slanderous poster. Master, please strengthen me and place a cover around me.” I also asked the righteous gods, the gods who protect the Fa, and the heavenly soldiers to help clear the dimensional fields. I communicated with every camera. I told them, “You are here to monitor thieves. You must not do anything to Dafa practitioners who are saving sentient beings.” I asked them to recite “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” with me. I wished them a good future.
I cut the poster with a knife and found that the back of it was foam. I was not able to cut it from the top down to the bottom. I cut it into pieces and put them into a bag. The wind became strong at that time so the guard didn’t hear what I was doing. Thanks to Master’s protection, I finished the work within 20 minutes.
After I arrived at home, I did the meditation exercise and sent forth righteous thoughts. I sent a thought to communicate with the people who put up the poster. I said to them, “Going forward, please don’t do such harmful things. You are harming yourselves as well as others.” I said to the evil in the other dimension, “I am a Dafa disciple who safeguards the Fa. From today, we Dafa practitioners will take charge of this place and its related dimensions. We don’t allow any evil to poison people or to manipulate people to commit crimes against Dafa.” I went there six months later and didn’t see any wrong-worded posters there.
We drove to a remote area to distribute the materials on April 15, 2021. We were reported to the police. We were brought to the police station and then transferred to the police department. Three policemen watched over us. I realized it was arranged for them to learn the truth about Dafa, and I must help them learn the truth and not let them commit crimes against Dafa and Dafa practitioners.
I asked them if they knew about Falun Dafa. They said they didn’t know much and hadn’t read any of the truth-clarification materials. Practitioners hadn’t visited this area yet. I started to tell them the basics about Falun Dafa, the self-immolation hoax, the lies about Falun Dafa, the peaceful petition of 10,000 practitioners in Beijing on April 25, and more. I also told them that it is important to withdraw from the CCP. Two of them agreed to quit the CCP organizations. They asked some questions that had puzzled them, which I answered one by one. They listened to me attentively and accepted what I said.
The leaders of the police department came to work the next day. I requested that we go home. Instead, they were going to send us to the detention center for 14 days.
I said to Master in my heart: “We have omissions. But we don’t allow the evil to manipulate the policemen and other people to commit crimes against Dafa and Dafa disciples. I will not walk on the path arranged by the evil. I will negate it completely. I will not let the evil take advantage of our loopholes to persecute practitioners and destroy sentient beings. We only walk on the path Master arranged for us.”
When we arrived at the isolation center, I looked within. I knew I had been studying the Fa less. I also developed complacency and a show-off mentality, as I had been doing things smoothly.
When I arrived at the detention center, I sent forth righteous thoughts and recited the Fa. I was clear about what I should do. I came to save sentient beings wherever they are. The people here came from far and wide and wanted to be saved. I clarified the truth to every newcomer and encouraged them to withdraw from the CCP organizations.
I was transferred to another detention center on the 14th day. A fight between the righteous and evil unfolded. The guard told us to comply with the regulations. I told her that we practitioners are looked after by our Master. She said that people here would be sentenced. I replied in my heart: “ You don’t have the final say. Our Master has the final say.”
Then we were given a health check. The doctor said I had high blood pressure and needed to take medicine. I refused to take the medication. They were not happy about it, but didn’t force me to take any medication.
Then a guard said to me, “You haven’t eaten yet. I will ask the girl to get a bowl of instant noodles for you.” I became alert at that moment and decided that I would not eat the noodles. When the bowl of noodles was served to me, I said to the girl, “Sorry I never eat instant noodles. You girls eat them.” The girls finished the noodles. They asked me to have the soup. I refused. The guard came and became angry when she saw that I didn’t eat. She said nasty things to me. I understood that they must have put something in the food. I was right not to eat it.
I was brought to this detention center on April 30. The guards had a public holiday the next week. I knew I must save the people here, including the guards. So I thought I should get along with them. I borrowed a pen and some paper from the office and wrote a letter to the guards. I apologized to them for not eating the noodles. Many inmates read the letter. They started to talk to me.
I told them the truth about Falun Dafa. They didn’t dare to listen initially. So I sent forth righteous thoughts a lot. I spent all my time reciting the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts, and clarifying the truth. I said to Master in my heart, “Master, this is not a place for me to stay. I must go home before your birthday. I must go out to save sentient beings. I definitely won’t take the path that the evil arranged. The evil will have arranged it in vain. I will be responsible to sentient beings and will not let people commit crimes against Dafa and practitioners.”
I also said to the evil, “You must free me unconditionally. If you detain me one more day, you are committing crimes one more day and delaying my saving sentient beings. You can never pay that back.”
The guards didn’t return to work until Monday, May 10. I was released in the evening on May 11, thanks to Master’s protection. The director of the police station and two other clerks took me home. The director asked me to tell him more about Falun Dafa. He had listened to me only a bit when I was first detained. On this long trip, I clarified the truth to them in detail and answered their questions. They seemed to enjoy listening to me.
My family members blamed me for bringing trouble to them. They discovered that I didn’t bring my car home. I said to Master in my heart, “My car is the Fa tool that I use to save sentient beings. I also use it to take my children to school. My car must be returned to me. I will not allow the evil to cause separation between them and me. Master has the final say.”
My car was returned to me on May 24. My experience was that everything would be settled as long as I had strong righteous thoughts.
I obtained the Fa and cultivated myself while saving sentient beings. Master helped me get through it. I know it would be difficult to pay back what Master has given to me. I can only have an unshakable firm heart in cultivation, so I don’t let Master down.