All That Is Beautiful Comes From Practicing Dafa

(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa with my parents before the persecution started on July 20, 1999. I witnessed many amazing things that happened to my parents, other practitioners, and myself. By reading Zhuan Falun I understood the criteria for distinguishing between good and bad. By repeatedly reading I gained a deeper understanding of the purpose of being a human being, the standards of a cultivator, and my mission as a Falun Dafa practitioner. Although I encountered some setbacks in my cultivation, I always felt Master’s compassionate care and enlightenment.

My Family Begins Practicing Falun Dafa

My mother’s health was always poor—she suffered from heart disease, high blood pressure, rheumatism, and other ailments. It seemed like every drawer in our house was filled with medicine. As a child, I often saw my mother being carried home after she fainted. My father helped her so many times that he was able to quickly and skillfully administer first aid. He frequently warned my brothers and me not to anger our mother.

The hospital issued critical illness notices for my mother three times. Qigong was popular at the time, and whenever my father heard that a certain practice could cure illnesses, he immediately took my mother to learn it. I was the youngest child so I followed my parents wherever they went, and I watched them practice.

My mother tried three different types of qigong, but none cured her illness. My parents began practicing Falun Dafa when I was 19 years old. My mother’s health changed dramatically. She had diarrhea, but she said she didn’t feel any discomfort; she just kept going to the bathroom—it seemed like her body was being cleansed. Her period soon returned even though she had begun menopause. Her mental and physical state improved rapidly. Her voice was so loud that everyone on the entire floor could hear her. She told everyone that she met that Falun Dafa was miraculous. My parents discarded all the medicine in our home.

Seeing her changes, her workers came to our home to learn the exercises. My father bought a tape recorder, and every evening a large group of people gathered outside our house and did the exercises. At that time, I did not practice. I thought it was something for the elderly to heal their illnesses and keep fit.

One day, my mother was meditating in bed and I lay beside her. I felt so peaceful that I fell asleep. When she finished, I woke up, and I was struck by how soundly I’d slept. I immediately asked my parents about Falun Dafa. They told me it had five exercises and a book about spiritual cultivation called Zhuan Falun. I followed my father’s movements when he did the first exercise, “Buddha Showing a Thousand Hands.” The experience was exactly as my father described. Even though I was standing still as I did the exercises and it was winter, my entire body felt warm.

I saw the copy of Zhuan Falun lying by my mother’s pillow, and I couldn’t help but pick it up and flip through the table of contents. I was immediately intrigued by the book. Since we only had one copy, I asked my mother if I could read it. After I began reading the precious book I couldn’t stop all night until I finished the whole book.

After I read Zhuan Falun, all the questions I had since childhood were finally answered. I was filled with excitement and joy. The next morning, I ran to my mother’s room and told her how precious this book was.

Due to my limited understanding of the Fa at the time, I didn’t practice the exercises. However, I enjoyed listening to Master Li Honghzi’s lecture tapes when I had time. When I listened to Master’s lectures, I understood more and more of their content. One day while I was half asleep and listened to the lectures I saw a small Falun spinning from a distance floating towards me.

Two years later, our family moved to a house near a park. Every morning I watched my parents go to the park with their tape recorder to practice the exercises. I wondered why I, a young person, could not do better than they did. I began to overcome my complacency and went to the park with my parents every morning to practice. On the first day, I sat in the lotus position for more than ten minutes. During those ten minutes, Master let me experience the state described in Zhuan Falun, “...you should feel wonderful and very comfortable as though you are sitting inside an eggshell ...” (Lecture Eight, Zhuan Falun).

After I started practicing Falun Dafa, my stomach problems, which were caused by bad eating habits, disappeared. My stomach issues flared up whenever the weather was cloudy or rainy. I had to avoid eating anything raw, cold, spicy, sour, or hard, as these foods triggered a flare-up. One day, I suddenly realized my stomach hadn’t hurt for a long time. I went out with a coworker and ate some noodles. To my surprise, I felt perfectly fine afterward. It was amazing! I could eat whatever I wanted. I was so happy!

I came to understand even more deeply the wonder and preciousness of Dafa. Studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, and cultivating my xinxing, I was immersed in the Fa. My previous narrow-mindedness vanished, and I became full of energy and joy every day.

Do Not Follow the Crowd

On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Dafa. My department manager came to talk to me and asked me to give up my practice. I told him, “What they’re seeing on TV is all fake.” I explained how my family had benefited from practicing Falun Dafa. I couldn’t give up such a wonderful practice that teaches people to be kind. Fearing responsibility, the department manager reported my practice to the general manager.

The general manager collected and reviewed the work logs written by our subordinates every week. Everyone else’s entries were perfunctory, and they didn’t want the general manager to know too much about their work, so they hid any problems. Following Dafa’s requirements for practitioners, I diligently recorded my daily work, both good and bad, and summarized any shortcomings and improvement plans. Therefore, the general manager would often single me out and praise me for my excellent work logs at department managers’ meetings. After learning that I practiced Falun Dafa, the general manager called me for a talk. Again I explained that the slanderous propaganda on TV about Falun Dafa was false, that Falun Dafa is a Buddhist practice, and that we had benefited physically and mentally from practicing Falun Dafa.

The general manager said that his mother was a Buddhist and said that “Buddha is in one’s heart,” so I should just keep Buddha in my heart. I explained that the statement “the Buddha is in one’s heart” means cultivating one’s inner self, and that cultivating Buddhahood requires cultivating one’s xinxing, being a good person, and not doing bad things. The general manager didn’t say anything else, and simply asked me to be careful. Later, I learned that during a meeting with relevant departments, the general manager did not report my practice to higher authorities, and protected me.

After my unit was restructured, I could choose to continue working or receive unemployment compensation. I chose unemployment compensation.

After arriving at the new company, I worked in administration in the General Management Department. One of my responsibilities was managing office supplies. I consulted with each department every month about their office supply request plans, compiled them, and submitted them to the headquarters administration department. The following month, each department distributed the supplies to employees in need by exchanging old supplies for new ones. I heard from colleagues that the previous administrator would take home the new supplies from headquarters. When employees went to collect them, they would be told the suppliers were out. Everyone joked that the previous administrator could open a supermarket. Now, the employees could finally receive the office supplies they requested.

During the New Year holiday, the company allocated funds for outreach to each department. Department managers and their counterparts were to give red envelopes and gifts to the related clients. The General Administration Department manager asked me to go with her. Before we went, she withheld a portion of the gift money, saying she would share it with me. I told her that I practice Falun Dafa and that I shouldn’t take anything that doesn’t belong to me. Taking advantage of others would make me lose my virtue. I also explained the beauty of practicing Falun Dafa and the truth about the slander against it. The department manager said, “If you don’t want it, I’d be embarrassed to take it.” After that, we became good friends. In my administrative position at the company, I strive to be considerate of others and cultivate myself according to the Fa’s requirements to eliminate selfishness. I later heard that during an unannounced evaluation conducted by the headquarters’ HR department, I received the highest score from both my superiors and peers.

Later, I experienced various changes in my life. Sometimes I made progress, and other times I felt confused, due to various interference and tests. However, with Master’s compassionate care and Dafa’s guidance, there was always a voice in my heart: “I want to be a true Dafa disciple!”