Cultivating Selflessness

(Minghui.org) My granddaughter was born at 28 weeks and weighed barely two pounds. After spending two months in an incubator, she was allowed to go home. Weighing only four pounds, the baby was a beautiful, tiny bundle of joy.

I moved into my daughter’s home to help with the baby. Feeding the baby was the biggest challenge. She often choked during and after the feeding; thus she had to be watched around the clock. She was still wearing a heart monitor to track her heart beats. As a cultivator, I knew that all these things appeared on the surface. It was clear to me how I should face the situation: “care for the baby the best I could, and cultivate myself.”

One time, the baby refused to feed because we changed the nipple. This lasted a few days. My daughter was so worried that she broke down crying. Everyone’s mood was affected by this. After trying several brands of bottles, the baby was finally feeding again. We were happy when the baby had a full tummy. 

My daughter’s mother-in-law and I took turns taking care of the baby at night. As a result, I was tired all day. Feeling too tired to study the Fa, I was only able to read one lecture a day. Memorizing Master’s teaching, as I used to do, was impossible; nor was there time to clarify the truth. I knew I had to address the issue.

Dealing with an Accident

One day on my way home from running errands, I was hit by a car. I could not get up. A couple got out of the car. They helped me get up. The woman explained to me that they were on their way to the hospital because their child had a high fever. I said to her: “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner; I have my Master’s protection, so I am alright ...The pandemic is bad nowadays, and it seems that we met for a reason. That I am here to help you, so you must remember, ‘Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Renouncing your memberships in any Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and it youth organizations will bring you peace.”

The couple happily renounced their memberships in the CCP organizations. I wished them a safe trip to the hospital.

I felt fine and walked home. When I walked up the stairs, my legs felt a little shaky. I did the exercises, slept for an hour, and got up to feed the baby.

Not wanting my family worry about me, I did not tell them about the car accident. My daughter noticed that I was unsteady when I walked. I said to her: “I have to go out to clarify the truth to people. You have to let me go out once a day, or I cannot stay here anymore.” My daughter agreed for me to go home.

Dealing with the Need to Cultivate

The next day was my husband’s birthday. My daughter and her husband came for dinner. They still wanted my help. So I returned to my daughter’s place. This time, she agreed that I could go out to clarify the truth once a day. 

I tried my best to do the three things well. The car accident made me realize the urgency of saving people. If I want to save more people, I must cultivate well and elevate my xinxing.

One night, it was feeding time. My daughter was deep in sleep. I took the baby downstairs to heat up a bottle. Halfway through the feeding, the formula got cold, so I heated it up again. Usually, my daughter and I worked together, one of us would heat the bottle, and the other one would hold the baby. That night I did not want to wake my daughter, so I let her sleep. She woke up after I finished: “How did you heat the bottle?” I said: “I carried her on my shoulder.” “You are an awesome grandma.”

I made breakfast for everyone that morning, so that my daughter and her husband could sleep in. What I did not expect was that, after doing those small gestures of kindness, my legs returned to normal.

I realized that everything in a cultivator’s life is cultivation. No matter how small something is, as long as we are thinking of others needs first, we are on the right track of following the Fa and improving ourselves. Master would eliminate the actual karma for us. 

Master said: 

“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

Falun Dafa is a righteous cultivation, which is selflessness. 

Master said: 

“....Gods walk the earth, validating the Fa” (“What’s There to Fear,” Hong Yin II)

Our selfless side represents the characteristics of gods. As we elevate ourselves in cultivation, our characteristics will become part of the side that is divine. Thank you, Master for showing me this supernatural experience.

One night, the baby was especially fussy. I held her in various positions to make her comfortable. It took me quite some time to get her to sleep.

In the morning, my son-in-law said: “You must be tired from last night.”

“Not at all, I do whatever I can to make her comfortable. My life is for others, I did not complain about staying up with her. Therefore, I am not tired.” My daughter gave me a knowing look. She has read Zhuan Falun, the book of guiding principles for Falun Dafa, so she understood the meaning of what I said.

Another time, the baby had a high fever, so for 10 minutes I recited: “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Her temperature went down. My daughter said: “Thanks to grandma!” I said: “Let’s thank Dafa’s Master. it is due to Dafa’s power and Master’s compassion.”

Saving People with a Pure Heart

In the fall of 2021, I read about practitioners using a QR code [quick response code] as a tool to clarify the truth. I thought it was a good idea and a way for us to work together as one body. For a while, I handed out QR codes to people as I walked on the street so they could learn the truth about Falun Dafa. It worked well for me. I went into shops big and small to pass them out. Sometimes I passed them out as I walked. I believed that 75% of the people who received the QR code would check it out.

One day, I walked into my son’s shop. I gave my daughter-in-law a couple of the QR codes and left. My son later told me that people from the neighborhood committee stopped by right after I left. They told him they knew all of his mother’s whereabouts, and if I was passing out a small amount of Falun Dafa information, they would ignore it, but if I passed out too much, they would intervene. 

Not wanting my son to worry, I did not say much. I thought: What I am doing is the right thing. No one can stop me. I must listen to what Master says to save more people.

Master said:

“…Most people on this earth came from above…” (“Answers Revealed” from Hong Yin V)

If these people are not saved, they will not be able to go back to their original home. With a heart that thinks about others, my righteous thoughts emerged, and all of my negative thoughts were gone. My intentions were clear and pure when I handed out the QR codes. Rejecting any interference, I wanted to save more people and provide a chance to choose. During that time, I studied the Fa on my own. I also copied Zhuan Falun three times in one year.

One day, to encourage me, Master allowed me to witness a golden dragon and a golden phoenix facing each other far outside my window. It was so beautiful that I wanted to take a picture. They disappeared when I went for my cellphone.

About a year after I learned how to use the Internet, I began to visit the website to read other practitioner’s experience-sharing articles. Master purified my body the first week I began to read articles. Other practitioners’ articles helped me to enlighten. I was able to quickly eliminate incorrect thoughts when I noticed any of my actions that did not align with the Fa. I realized that my love of comfort hindered my advancing in cultivation. I knew I must eliminate my attachment to comfort, study the Fa more, and elevate myself to return to my original home.

One time, I heard a celestial guard say to me: “Master said you are his child.” These words became a major motivation for me. Master helps me every time I make a step forward. There is no attachment that I cannot let go of! The most important thing is to try harder to do what I should do, to find my original, true self, and go home with Master! I will treasure the time here, and this once in a 10,000 years opportunity!