(Clearwisdom.net)
One year in China, I heard that Teacher was leaving for the United States to give lectures on the Fa. After a lot of hustling, I finally obtained a passport and arrived in America. It was the month of October and we heard that Teacher would go to Houston first. I was somewhat excited on hearing this, as since December 1994, after giving his fifth lecture in Guangzhou, we had not heard from him. Two years had passed since then, and we were anxious to find out how Teacher was.
After attending Teacher's first discourse in 1993, my whole life was now filled with warmth, kindness, profundity and holiness. In my heart, Teacher and Fa are one inseparable entity. The intimate feeling and respect I had for Teacher was beyond words, and they seemed to have arisen from the very nadir of my life source.
I attended Teacher's lectures one session after another. My heart was filled with nothing else but Fa and Teacher. I felt that Teacher was so dear to me, like my father, to whom I would give all my paternal respect. His Fa was like a vast ocean, which has the capacity to dissolve, clean, and elevate everything. So deeply rooted was that feeling that I could find no mortal words to express it. I believe that was the reason why thousands and thousands of Dafa practitioners would rather die than to renounce Teacher. They would rather be killed than to lose Dafa. People who have not been involved will never understand this relationship.
On 12th October 1996, my daughter and I arrived early at the lecture hall. Sitting on the second row from the front, my eyes were glued to the stage waiting anxiously for Teacher to appear. As he was walking out, his glowing mercy filled my eyes with tears. Although my mind was like a blank sheet, my hands could not stop clapping. At that moment, the universe was filled with nothing but his blessing.
On 19th October, we hurried back to New York, trying to catch Teacher's lecture again at the Overseas Chinese Students Service Center. At that time, there weren't too many practitioners. Many of them came for the first time. Nevertheless, one could feel the immense Fa of Teacher embracing everyone present. Since then, Dafa began to spread all over the United States of America, and Dafa assistance centers sprang up everywhere.
Ever since I started taking up Dafa practice, I had a definite direction in life. July 1999 came but I was neither nervous nor hesitant in any way. The only difference from my daily routine was an increase of workload, trying hard to counteract the suppression of the evil force. Two years have passed since then. With the Fa and Teacher's encouragement, we have walked through the most difficult path.
Recalling the last six years, I have always been grateful. Deep in my heart, I had never been so moved, so grateful and appreciative as when Teacher passed us the True Law. Never in the past has such mercy been bestowed upon us, or so much of sentient beings' burden been borne for them. Every time I understand a bit more about the Fa, every time I step up to another level of realization, the sacredness of Fa rushes in, like a gigantic wave on the high sea, soaking every bit of my body and mind. Following that, I could feel a sensation of gratefulness, also somewhat like a huge wave, rushing through my heart, my mind and filling my eyes with tears.
Teacher, we will forever follow you. We are forever living beings of Truth, Compassion, Forbearance.