(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I started practicing Falun Dafa 18 years ago in 2007. I am very grateful to Master because I feel fulfilled and spiritually motivated every day. I feel so lucky that I can be a Falun Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period and have Master looking after me all the time. I also feel very fortunate that I have the opportunity to assist Master in saving sentient beings and can fulfill my prehistoric vows.
I’d like to tell you about my cultivation experiences and thank Master for his immense saving grace!
My 85-year-old mother-in-law lives in Tainan, her hometown. My husband lives with her so he can take care of her.
I work in Kaohsiung. I’m also an assistant for the local district Falun Dafa center, and I’m involved in several Dafa projects. Even though I’m very busy, I do the household chores and shopping for the family. All my family members support my practicing Falun Dafa. My mother-in-law doesn’t mind that I don’t live with her or that I’m busy with Dafa work. She is happy to see me when I visit her.
I asked for a Friday off last October to do some personal things in my hometown of Tainan. Even though it was after 7 p.m. when I was finished, I decided to go back to Kaohsiung because in two days there would be a monthly experience sharing meeting for our district. I was the team leader, and I wanted to make sure that everything was ready and the itinerary was in order.
I don’t see very well at night, so I stayed in the slow lane of a three-lane highway. Just as I passed Gangshan, the driver of a big container truck in the middle lane started to move over into my lane. He didn’t see my small car and drove straight at me. He hit me, and my car began to spin. Totally unprepared, I didn’t know what to do. I could hear the impact, but I couldn’t tell where I was. I looked out the window and saw cars passing on either side of me. I realized that I was no longer in the lane I had been driving in and was now heading in the opposite direction—in the middle of three lanes! I realized I was in danger, but I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t dare look and just closed my eyes.
But a miracle happened after I closed my eyes. I felt a force pulling the steering wheel to the left and my car sped backward to the left. When I opened my eyes, my car was parked on the shoulder, and the container truck was parked behind me.
I realized that our compassionate Master had saved me and borne the tribulation for me. I felt so blessed and was very thankful to Master.
But I was so frightened that I didn’t know what to do next. I sat in my car until the truck driver knocked on the window and asked if I was injured. I told him I wasn’t hurt. He asked me to call the police and he put traffic cones around our vehicles. I had difficulty dialing the number. After several tries, I managed to get through to the emergency services, and the police came.
When I got out of my car, I saw the front of it was smashed and gasoline had leaked all over the ground. I asked the police why only my car and the truck were on the shoulder because I felt my car hit many cars. Where were all the others? The police said that no other cars hit me but the truck hit my car four or five times.
The truck driver called me for two days after the incident to ask if I was okay. He told me that he was heavyhearted and could barely eat after he saw the video of the accident. He blamed himself for being so careless and having frightened me so much. He apologized and asked for my forgiveness. I comforted him repeatedly and told him that I was fine. He felt much better.
An everyday person might have been badly injured or died. But Master dissolved the karma for me. I felt very blessed and managed to pass the hardship without any injury.
These are my takeaways from this incident:
1. The truck hit my car several times. The left side of my car was hit and dented and the front of my car was smashed in, but the driver’s seat was not damaged and I wasn’t injured.
2. Gasoline leaked all over the ground and smoke billowed out from under the hood, but my car did not catch on fire.
3. The entire time I felt my body enveloped by energy. Although the truck hit my car with force several times, I felt only a slight impact, as though I was in a bumper car.
4. My car was hit side to side but never pushed completely into another lane, so other cars never hit me.
5. My car ended up facing in the opposite direction but no car hit me. Finally, my car was turned the right direction and parked on the shoulder.
6. The whole process was dangerous and agonizing, but the truck driver and I were both safe.
7. It was not a multi-car pile-up, so no one was injured and no cars were damaged.
Master’s divine power protected me, the truck driver, and the people and the cars passing by at the time. They miraculously avoided injury and damage. I have a deeper understanding of Master’s endless compassion and protection for all sentient beings and of what Buddha’s saving grace means at a higher level.
I realized the truck driver “met” me to hear about Dafa and cultivation, connecting with me in this unique way. I didn’t fault him. I just thought about how to let him know about the beauty of Falun Dafa and not miss the opportunity. I decided to invite him to see Shen Yun, which was the best way to dissolve karma.
I invited him several times, and he finally agreed to go see Shen Yun. I prepared a bag of truth-clarifying materials, including how Falun Dafa is practiced in other countries, how beautiful Shen Yun is, and Gan Jing World pamphlets. I gave him the bag at the theater, and said, “I practice Falun Dafa. Teacher Li tells us to be good people and live by Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. So I didn’t demand anything from you but instead I comforted you and told you not to worry. I tried to let you experience the beauty of Falun Dafa. My master demonstrated his divine power and protected us. We were not injured at all in that accident. Look, now we are sitting here to watch this beautiful show.”
When Master appeared in the last performance, I told him that this was Master’s law body, and the driver and I paid our respects by pressing out palms together and thanking Master for saving us. I asked him to read the pamphlets I gave him.
Every practitioner must do the three things well to fulfill their prehistoric vow. Besides studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts, I play in the Tian Guo Marching Band. I practice my instrument every day and try to participate in activities to introduce Falun Dafa. I introduce Shen Yun performances to my colleagues, and I’ve hosted tea parties to introduce Shen Yun. As a district assistant, I coordinate practice sites, experience sharing meetings, and other activities. I’ve participated in numerous Falun Dafa activities to clarify the truth and save sentient beings. I am busy, but I feel fulfilled every day to be a Falun Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period and a good practitioner.
After the car accident, I looked within based on the Fa principles. Was the accident caused by my karma or was I taken advantage by the old forces because I wasn’t in the Fa? Obviously, I fell short in cultivation.
I assumed the role of district assistant soon after I began practicing, so it must be one of my most important vows to do the assistant work well, maintain a good cultivation environment, and help other practitioners.
However, I didn’t take this responsibility seriously. I often shirked my responsibility with the excuse that, “We all practice the same Dafa and we all must be responsible for ourselves.” I didn’t regard the tasks bestowed on me by Master as a sacred honor. In recent years, I thought I’d only do the things the assistant center required and not organizing any activities myself. I had this negative thought because I was discouraged by the conflicts among some practitioners, their poor behavior, and lack of involvement in experience-sharing and truth-clarification activities. I didn’t take my responsibility as a district assistant seriously.
Master said,
“In genuine cultivation one must cultivate one’s own heart and inner self. One should search inside oneself rather than outside.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)
I read this Fa often. When I had conflicts with other practitioners, I didn’t behave according to Master’s Fa or look within. Instead, I looked outward, scolded other practitioners, and criticized them. I even complained about them to the coordinator practitioners and wanted them to agree with me. Every practitioner is at a different level and has different understandings of the Fa. Why was I so arrogant and why did I insist that they have the same opinions and understandings as I did?
I realized that when I talked behind other practitioners’ backs about their shortcomings and behavior, bad substances formed in my dimension and they were thrown onto other practitioners. I also reinforced my own incorrect notions and attachments. My thought that the practitioner was not good was an illusion and came from my demonic heart.
I realized that when I blamed other practitioners and criticized them, I actually wanted to hide my own attachments. I didn’t want to expose them or let other practitioners see them. Those attachments included saving face, criticizing people, showing off, competitiveness, looking down on other people, and so on. These attachments prevented me from elevating myself. Why didn’t I let them go?
I didn’t understand Master meant when he said:
“Without ‘nothing,’ it is a human feeling. If it is a human feeling, then it’s not bei (compassion).” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume V)
My understanding of this Fa at my current level is that only when we don’t have human hearts can we develop true compassion. I am learning to treat other practitioners kindly and I no longer complain about them. I try to understand them with compassion. Other practitioners have sensed my compassion and complimented me. I finally achieved the peaceful mentality that was in line with the Fa principles.
Please kindly point out anything not in line with the Fa.
Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
(Selected article presented at the 2025 Taiwan Fa Conference)