I am a practitioner from Minnesota, and I will be nine years old in August this year. I want to tell our great benevolent Teacher and all the practitioners my cultivation experience.
My Mom, Dad and I began to learn Falun Dafa in October 1998. I was 6 years old at the time. I have been cultivating for more than two and a half years. Since the beginning, I have always gone with my Mom and Dad whenever they went to study the Fa (universal law and principles), practice and spread Dafa. I was not so serious at first. Most of the time I was playing around. Sometimes I sat and listened. Although I didn't know the meaning of some of the Chinese words, I understood what Xiaoye (eliminating the karma) was and what attachments were.
I have been to many Falun Dafa conferences and met our great benevolent Teacher four times. At the Chicago conference in 1999 Teacher Li corrected my movements when I was practicing in a park where we had a big group practice one morning. I felt so glad and lucky. On the way back to Minnesota, I suddenly heard Teacher Li's voice when I was lying on my Mom's lap. This is roughly the sentence I heard: You are not going to get where you want to go if you are always attached to something; you are not going to get what you want if you are always attached to something; good things will never come to you if you are always attached to something.
After learning Dafa I got to know what this bad thing was that should be eliminated.
One time after cultivating for four months, I had a high fever for two days. I knew it was eliminating karma, so whenever my Mom and Dad said I was having a fever, I always told them seriously that this was not a fever, it was eliminating karma. When I heard my Mom and Dad and other practitioners talking about whether I should take medicine or not, I cried and told them this is not the problem of a child. I also knew that I should tolerate the pain when I felt uncomfortable.
Sometimes at school other kids were not nice to me, but I never blamed them; instead I thanked them in my heart.
One time at school, two of my friends wrote some bad words on a piece of paper and wanted to put it in someone's backpack. They wanted me to join them but I didn't. I told them this was not a good idea. I knew this was hurting others.
I used to watch TV a lot. I know it is an attachment, so I've improved myself already. I don't watch TV much now, though sometimes I still fall back into old habits. Mom told me there were many bad things on TV that could harm you if you learn them. Then I turned off the TV right way. I found I am not so attached to it anymore.
I always like to play, but it is not good if I am too attached to it. I try to do my homework first and then play. I know I am not doing so well on this point. I will go on to improve myself to be a better practitioner.
I have gradually understood that a good practitioner should read Dafa, practice the exercises and cultivate xinxing (mind and heart nature). I read Zhuan Falun every morning and join the group practice sometimes. I also like handing out Dafa materials when other practitioners are practicing in the park. I don't feel embarrassed or afraid of other people laughing at me anymore because I know embarrassment is an attachment. It is a very serious and sacred matter to help Teacher rectify the Fa and save people. How could I have these kinds of thoughts?
One time Mom said my uncle said some bad words about our Teacher. I told Mom we should ask him what Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) is, then ask him if Zhen-Shan-Ren is good or bad. If Zhen-Shan-Ren is good, then Falun Dafa, which teaches Zhen-Shan-Ren is good, and the practitioners who believe in Zhen-Shan-Ren are good.
Recently, each practitioner is sending out righteous thoughts to eliminate evil. I am doing so too. I sometimes say in my heart "Fa Zheng Qian Kun, Xie E Quan Mie"(The Fa Rectifies the cosmos, The evil is completely eliminated) in the morning and at school. I participated every time with all the practitioners in sending forth righteous thoughts at the same time. One of them was in the early morning. I asked Mom to wake me up before it happened. I am very glad that I can help our Teacher rectify the Fa and eliminate evil. Thank you Teacher Li! Thank you everyone!
