Young Practitioner: What Master Arranges for Me Is the Best

(Minghui.org) I am a young Falun Dafa practitioner. I began to cultivate when I was a child with my parents over a decade ago. I would like to share some experiences of how this young practitioner has grown to be a young adult practitioner.

My Education: Master’s Arrangements Are Always the Best

Many young practitioners had their wisdom unlocked after they began to cultivate, and they excelled in school. That wasn’t the case for me.

I failed to get admitted to a key high school and met with challenges getting into college, but I believed that Master’s arrangements for us as practitioners are always the best. No matter where I was, I was able to cultivate and had the opportunity to eliminate my attachments.

Admitted to My Preferred Junior High School

My elementary school was located very close to my home. I only had to walk a few minutes to get there. When I took my junior high school admission exam, my parents hoped that I would get into a nearby school, as they couldn’t take me to school or pick me up after school.

But my preferred junior high school only allocated four slots for students from my primary school. Given my grades, it wasn’t a safe bet that I would get admitted to that school.

Everyone in my family is a practitioner, and we understand that Master arranges the very best for his disciples. As students, we need to study hard, without being attached to the outcome, and follow the course of nature. So I studied the school materials, did my homework, studied the Fa, and cultivated. In the end, my scores were third highest in my class and I was admitted to my preferred junior high school.

Failing the Admission Test for Senior High School, Attachments Exposed

Even though I was admitted to my desired junior high school, I was under pressure to study hard in that school because there were many top students from all over the county. My scores were often the lowest in my class in all subjects, a sharp contrast to my grades in elementary school. As a student, I needed to listen to the lectures attentively and finish my homework after school. Despite my poor scores, I still tried to fulfill the basic obligations of a student.

Time flew. Before I knew it, I was in my last year of junior high. When it came time to apply for the high school entrance exam, I was stuck. Based on my scores, I was confident of being admitted to a good school, B. However, B was a day school (no board and lodging), it was far from my home, and there was no convenient public transportation. Moreover, it was famous for handing out tons of assignments, which would surely impact my cultivation if I attended that school.

If I didn’t apply to School B, I would have to attend a less prominent school, C, that had a better transportation option for me. But it didn’t feel right that I could qualify to get admitted to the better School B and yet have to end up in the less desirable School C. That feeling came down to my attachments to fame, vanity, and competitiveness.

Compared to schools B and C, School A was the most ideal. It was a level higher than School B and was the most convenient transportation-wise. However, based on my grades back then, I was reluctant to apply for School A.

Since I was perplexed, I shared my thoughts with my parents. At first, they suggested that I choose the school that would allow me to put my cultivation in first place. But, when they realized that I hadn’t let go of my attachment to a more prestigious school, they let me make up my own mind. In the end, I filled out my application in this order: School A, School B, and School C. I knew that Master would arrange wherever I ended up. Wherever I was, I could study my schoolwork well and cultivate at the same time.

When the results were announced, my scores were two points lower than the minimum requirement for School B, so I was admitted to School C. Many of my classmates were admitted to School A or the ones higher than A. Even students who usually did not do as well as me were admitted to School B, but I failed its requirements and was only admitted to School C. I was filled with a sense of low self-esteem. Only then did I realize how strong my vanity was.

Because I was too attached to the exam results, I faced a xinxing test. One day after the results were posted, my mother and I ran into the mother of a former classmate from the elementary school. She had a big smile on her face, telling us with pride that her daughter had been admitted to her most preferred school. She asked about my exam results, and we told her what had happened. She kept shaking her head to show her disappointment.

Nothing that a cultivator faces is accidental. Only then did I realize that my attachment to vanity was a serious obstacle my cultivation path and should be eliminated.

Getting Admitted to a Public Undergraduate Program

I had thought that, given my scores, I’d surely be assigned to a key class in School C. But many of my classmates whose scores on the admission exam could have gotten them into schools A and B didn’t get into the key class in School C.

I understood that it was Master’s arrangement, which made me realize that many students were willing to go to an inferior school, even with their high scores. I didn’t need to compare myself to them, nor should I feel inferior to them. Nor should develop the attachments to pride or zealotry either.

When I was in my first year at School C, my grades in the arts and sciences were about the same. When I was confronted with having to choose the arts or science, I knew that I wasn’t really scientifically-oriented, but if I choose the arts, I would have to learn and memorize more false history fabricated by the CCP and that the exam questions often involved hypocritical content that sang the praises of the CCP. My thinking was simple: “I wanted to be indoctrinated and brainwashed by the CCP as little as possible.” So I made up my mind and chose science.

When I was in my second year at School C, the science subjects became more difficult, and I soon found myself overwhelmed. Failing science exams became the norm. Fortunately, I knew Master had made arrangements for everything, I only needed to put my heart into studying, work hard on what I was supposed to do as a student, and make sure that I kept up with my cultivation without being attached to results.

I never did well when it came to the Chinese language—the logic of my answers was always vague. However, my writing skills gradually stabilized, and I knew it was Master who encouraged and helped me. I also truly came to feel what Master said: “...getting things naturally without trying to get them...” (Lecture Given at the Conference in Sydney)

I managed to remain calm when I took the college entrance exam, and in the end, even though I failed to pass science, my overall scores exceeded the minimum for a public undergraduate program.

Being Strict with Myself in College

To make sure I cultivated well at college, I downloaded every one of Master’s new articles from the Minghui website, as well as the exercise music and the music for sending righteous thoughts. Then I copied them to my laptop. I encrypted my computer by following the requirements on the Tiandixing Forum. I found a practitioner with a technical background who helped install a dual system that enabled me to browse the Minghui website. I also set up a mailbox inside the Minghui website to be used among my family, so as to facilitate sharing on the Fa with my family members.

After I went to college, except for very special circumstances, I studied the Fa every day. I had no classes for half a day during the week, so I usually spent that time doing the sitting meditation with my bed curtain shut. If I had something else happening at that time, I would do my best to find another time to do the exercises. In college, I had diarrhea almost every time after I finished doing the exercises, something that had never happened at home. I believed that Master was cleaning up my body even though I cultivated alone.

Near the end of my first year in college, I realized that the app I used to circumvent the Internet blockade was not working properly. After I returned home during a school break, I visited the technical forum and learned that the app I’d installed didn’t comply with the requirements of the forum. Several members suggested that I re-install the system immediately. However, I wasn’t a technical person to begin with, and there wasn’t enough time. I wondered: ‘Could I handle it? Should I go look for a technical practitioner, or try to do it on my own?’ Except for the technical practitioner who helped me install the system, I didn’t know anyone else with the skills. If I were to find another technical practitioner, I’d have to contact them through other practitioners, which was rather troublesome. After I shared with my parents, I decided to eliminate my reliance on others and figure out how to install the system on my own.

As the members of the Forum suggested, I studied the relevant courses. When I came across something that I wasn’t clear about, I sent notes seeking advice. With other practitioners’ help, before I returned to school, I successfully installed the app to break through the Internet blockade that complied with the safety requirements. My family was happy and grateful to Master for giving me the wisdom. I thanked the members of the Forum for their help!

At the beginning of my second year, there was a comprehensive assessment of the freshmen class. After students filled out the forms, student leaders and teachers reviewed them and decided the ranking, which would determine selections for scholarships. Besides one’s GPA, the activities one usually participated in also contributed to the ranking. Based on my GPA, I was the top of my freshman class, and I was also ranked first in the comprehensive test when the first draft was released.

However, I realized that I had participated in the same activity as the student in second place, but she might have forgotten about that and not included it on her comprehensive test sheet. Our scores were fairly close. If she were to include that, she might surpass me. I wondered who should get the top scholarship? On the surface, she didn’t include that activity and therefore gave up on being the top student. Even though I didn’t do anything inappropriate, if I was ranked first, it wouldn’t have felt right. Master said, “If something is yours, you will not lose it. If something is not yours, you will not have it even if you fight for it.” (Lecture Seven, Zhuan Falun)

After I thought it over, I reminded her that we had participated in the same event, which should be counted in the comprehensive test sheet. In the end, she beat me by only one point and was awarded the top scholarship.

Getting Serious about Cultivation after Stumbling

After I graduated from college, I was hired by a large factory in my hometown. But after I came on board I realized that I couldn’t get used to the work environment there. Uncivilized words were the norm for my colleagues, they would not communicate in a peaceful way, but rather in a fighting tone. The atmosphere in the factory was that, if you were kind, you’d be bullied. My coworkers on my team disliked me. They thought that, because I was honest, I wasn’t thinking about the team, and they often said that I couldn’t figure anything out.

At first, I thought that they didn’t like me because I figured things out slowly. But later on, when I got the hang of everything, they still didn’t change their opinion of me. Only then did I realize their words of another meaning that I couldn’t learn their way of dealing with things. I figured I couldn’t fit into this working environment, so I resigned.

I got another job in the city, and it was different. The work atmosphere there was positive, and colleagues would help each other. When I encountered difficulties, as long as others could help, they’d try their best to help. The management and staff also got along well.

Soon after I started, my company relocated to the suburbs. There was no dorm at the new location, so shuttle buses were arranged to transport the employees who lived in the city. However, there was no shuttle bus stop near my home, and no public buses passed by the company’s new location either, so it became a big problem for me to get work. I had to first take public transit, then ride a shared electric bicycle to reach my company. If no shared electric bicycle was available, after work, I would have to walk about 15 minutes to the public bus stop, then take the bus home.

I often complained to my family that I didn’t want to work and would rather stay home. Of course I couldn’t do that, but I was getting disillusioned with the everyday commute. I kept repeating this same sentiment to my family until the week after the relocation, as I was riding my shared bicycle, I hit a step and ended up falling on my face.

After I got up, I saw that my hands and feet were badly bruised, my skin was torn and bleeding, my face was bleeding, and my glasses were broken. I had the thought that I was fine and asked for Master’s empowerment so I could get home safely. I also didn’t want anyone to see how badly I was hurt to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Enduring the pain, I pushed my bike to where I was supposed to return it, then walked to the bus stop to wait for the bus. I looked inward to see why it had happened and realized it must have to do with my cultivation. I thought over what had happened recently and realized that I had been saying that I wanted to just stay at home and do nothing and now my “dream” had come true.

I admitted my mistake to Master, knowing that it was because I didn’t cultivate my speech and said something I shouldn’t have. I decided to completely negate all persecution from the old forces. Whatever omission I had would be rectified in the Fa—the old forces were not worthy of interfering with me.

When I got up the next day, I could hardly walk. Both feet were swollen and painful, and my knees hurt, I couldn’t squat down to go to the toilet. I had faith in Master and Dafa, and instead of thinking about going to hospital, I did an hour of the standing exercises. The, when I did the fourth exercise, the Falun Cosmic Orbit, the last two times when I moved my hands downward, I was able to squat slightly. After I finished doing the exercises, I felt a lot better and was able to get around although I still limped a bit.

I asked for two days of sick leave, and with the weekend included I rested at home for four days. In between, I went out to run errands. The fall made me realize that cultivation is very serious, that our every thought, word, and action has to comply with the Fa. I thanked Master for his protection, otherwise I could have been hurt even more, and I might not have recovered so quickly.

When I returned to work, I car-pooled with someone. One day, the driver took a day off, and I had to take the public bus again and then ride the electric bicycle. That day, when I passed by the place where I’d fallen, I saw to my surprise that there were no steps. It was a hint and a test of my faith in Master and Dafa. Thank you, Master, for your painstaking efforts!

Over a decade has passed, and, given Master’s protection, this young practitioner has grown to be a young adult practitioner. I wrote this cultivation experience to let Master know how I am doing and to share with other practitioners. Thank you, Master, for your protection and salvation. I also wanted to write this to encourage myself to be more diligent in my cultivation.