(Clearwisdom.net)
Shared at the 2003 Singapore Falun Dafa Conference
I was in Italy for most of my school years. I moved to the U.S. in 1981 to study oriental medicine. In 1996 I was introduced to Dafa and my search for the meaning of life finally came to an end.
At a nine-day seminar I listened to Master teaching the Fa in Chinese. I had no translation device, yet I felt the power of the Fa. I closed my eyes and entered in the state of tranquility and saw a huge Falun. It was exactly the same as the one I had seen in Italy many years before after studying a book on the theory of five elements and Chinese philosophy. I knew at that point that I had a predestined relationship with Dafa.
That year I went to the experience sharing conference in Houston, Texas, where I saw Master for the first time. During that trip I could not stop crying; I felt compassion for every suffering being in this world. I felt that I experienced guanding several times at the lecture.
Soon after I experienced also a lot of difficulties. It took me a long time to let go. Even so, I knew I was supposed to take every difficulty as an opportunity and a test in cultivation. At the beginning I could not see what I was doing.
At that point, for many years my job had been massage therapy, reflexology, energy healing, cooking for healing, etc. I was seeing an average of five clients per day. They were coming to me for healing. I started to tell people about the Fa and how they could heal themselves with Falun Gong. At first I thought I should keep this job because it was giving me the opportunity to talk about the Fa to so many people every day. Actually not so many people were willing to listen, and even less were willing to practice. I thought that my level was very low because I could not convince many people.
I realized that I was taking on the black substance from people and paying with my virtue. I wanted to change jobs right away, but why should I be afraid? Fear is also an attachment!
At the Chicago conference in 1999 during the afternoon practice, Master took both of my hands to guide my movements in the third exercise. I thought that he had healed my hand and that it was okay to keep doing massage until I could find another job.
That year a friend wanted to learn healing from me. I told him that it is not a good idea and also, I told him about Falun Dafa. His job is remodeling houses, so we become partners and started a new business together investing in real estate. My body went through a total transformation after that.
All through these years I have been watched over by Master and experienced the boundless power of Dafa. At the Toronto experience sharing conference in 1999, Master talked to the reporters with great compassion. Some newspapers had written damaging articles on Falun Gong just a few weeks before. Master rose up from his chair and addressed those reporters with such great patience and caring to resolve their misunderstandings -- I was very touched. Suddenly I saw red and golden lights all around the conference hall, and then in a different dimension I saw Master and all the other practitioners dressed in ancient robes forming many circles, suspended in the air.
Master was in the center, and everybody was fully concentrating on listening to the Fa and experiencing the great joy of his presence. I felt that we all had Buddha-nature, wanting to understand the Fa comprehensively. It is true: when Master is teaching the Fa, he is talking to many different levels at the same time.
Fa Rectification Experiences
In July 1999, I had no doubt that the evil forces were persecuting Falun Dafa because it was the true and great Fa of the cosmos. Whoever is against Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) must be evil. I knew the Jiang regime was representing the evil forces after coming into power.
In Boston, we started to get organized to let people know what was really happening in China. We do not have a Chinese Embassy, so we went to Chinatown. We also had several parades along the main streets of Boston and Cambridge. We had candlelight vigils and sit in at various places around town. Many times delegations from China came to visit the prestigious Harvard University at Cambridge and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), so we often went there to clarify the truth.
In July 2001, I took one week off work. I started a hunger strike and sit-in in Brattle Square, Cambridge. We did not have a permit to stay overnight, so I was going there at 7 a.m. and going home at 1 a.m. After a few days I got a lot of support from many local practitioners that took the opportunity to step out in public. The event lasted for twelve days, and we collected thousands of signatures. People were very moved after reading the posters and finding out the truth. It was a big challenge for me to talk to Chinese tourists who were passing by without apparently seeing us at all! I felt a lot of compassion for them because they were either afraid of or indifferent to the truth.
One early morning, I decided to wash the beautiful curved marble stone that encircles Brattle Square. During the day, hundreds of people sat there to rest and saw us practicing. A well-dressed man stopped and asked me if I was paid by the city of Cambridge to do that job. I said no, that I was doing it on my own. He was surprised and replied: "I will tell the mayor that you Falun Gong people are good, and thank you for doing this! I will support your cause, please give me your information." The power of Dafa touched many people, who expressed their support and willingness to help.
A week after this Cambridge event was over; I was passing nearby the square. Somebody recognized me and said: "I am sorry that you and the others left. When you were there, I could feel your good heart and peacefulness. We miss you very much!
In spring 2002, I went to Berlin and many other towns in Germany to promote the Fa. The first day we had big yellow balloons reaching high over the trees. The second day, the German police forbade us to use the yellow balloons and the loudspeaker. The third day we were not allowed to use any yellow color clothing or banners. We realized that Jiang had demanded the German authorities to keep the Falun Gong practitioners away from him as far as possible. The head of the evil was afraid of Falun Dafa practitioners.
A helicopter was flying overhead and helping Jiang to escape from us. Hundreds of policemen were keeping us away from him for the whole week but Jiang was never able to avoid our presence. We followed him to several towns in Germany, organizing parades and exercises demonstrations. Wherever the evil went, the weather turned cold, rainy and windy.
One night I passed through the Chinese security and entered in the hotel lobby where Jiang was staying. I sat down as if I was waiting for somebody. I decided to send forth righteous thoughts right there from the lobby. My hands started to feel a strong energy that was attempting to deform and twist my fingers. I was very close to the head of the evil. I had to use all my determination in sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate that evil energy. I realized that no matter how powerful the evil may seem, I needed to confront it with solid determination. The evil is actually very weak and fearful of a practitioner's righteousness.
The day after we followed Jiang to another city, we wanted to send forth righteous thoughts in close proximity to the head of the evil. Also we wanted to clarify the truth and expose the evil to the German people. One night we were sending forth righteous thoughts from the service entrance of the hotel where the evil was staying. Dozens of workers were coming in and out through that small room. There were three of us sitting on the floor sending forth righteous thoughts with our palms upright, and nobody said anything at all. Two policemen came in, looked at us and left without a word. After one hour a police officer came in and asked nicely: "Are you done?" We said yes. Then we got up and left.
After Germany I went to Italy, Toronto, China, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, again to China, and now I am here in Singapore.
Everywhere I've gone, I have been joining local practitioners for spreading the Fa. It has been great to join your very well organized and efficient activities here in Singapore. Cultivating in different environments, I can see myself with through a magnifying glass. I am more aware now how my Xinxing level can influence other people. By studying the Fa every day with a calm heart, I'm able to stay clearheaded, and I manage to put down various human notions and attachments that surface.
It is as Master said: "Dafa disciples have already been bringing their supernormal abilities into full play in Fa-rectification. For instance, while doing Fa-rectification, when the righteous thoughts are very pure, their supernormal abilities are comprehensively utilized. Moreover, with righteous thoughts many disciples are able to use them at will-whatever they want to use, they almost always have it." ("What Are Supernormal Abilities, June 14 2001")
I wish for everyone to be diligent and to realize the power of his or her supernormal abilities, so that we could eliminate the remaining evil factors in other dimensions soon. In the mean time, let's keep validating Dafa, expose the evil and save sentient beings while paving the way for our own bright future.
Thank you for listening.
