(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner who began practicing in 1999. Having not much chance to go out and practice together with other practitioners at that time, I practiced and studied at home on my own, watching the video of Master teaching the exercises and listening to the recordings of Master teaching the Fa. Being awakened by the Fa, I became aware of the true purpose of being a person: to return to my true self and to my original, kind nature. Master's every word attracted me deeply. I made up my mind to practice Falun Dafa according to Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, the ultimate characteristic of the Universe.
It was at this time that the vicious suppression started on July 20, 1999. A big battle between the righteous and the evil in the Universe started, too. Falun Dafa practitioners went to Beijing to safeguard the Fa and left us solemn and stirring stories, one after another. Though I did not participate in the grand Fa-rectification activities at that time, I silently posted signs reading, "Falun Dafa is the Righteous Fa" everywhere in the streets.
There was terror everywhere at that time. When I was forced in my work unit to watch a TV program slandering Falun Dafa, I closed my eyes and refused to watch it, resisting the vicious lies with the most steadfast righteous thoughts. It would have been extremely difficult to come through that period without Master's Fa. At that time, I recited Master's articles every day, strengthened my righteous thoughts, and encouraged fellow practitioners. I made up my mind and believed in my heart that I must finish my cultivation on the path directed by Master. I wouldn't be afraid regardless of the difficulty or hardship.
I required myself to follow the standards of Falun Dafa in my work and worked hard. I clarified the truth to others when I helped them, using the miracles in my personal cultivation to show them the greatness of Falun Dafa. I was born with heart disease and used to be very weak. I once had heart surgery and have a scar about 30 centimeters long on my chest. A piece of steel thread had been used to hold the bone together. Later, the steel thread caused pathological changes in my body. Just sweeping the floor was very painful. Life was extremely bitter for me then. But after I practiced Falun Dafa, I became strong. The pain from the surgical scar disappeared. Even the steel thread that used to rise up in my chest disappeared. So did the lymphoma lumps in many places of my body. Now I can do any kind of manual work. These were the changes that had truly occurred in me. All my colleagues who knew about me were aware that I did not lie. I even got rid of my glasses, which had a strong prescription for myopia. They all knew that Falun Dafa has given me a second life and that Falun Dafa is miraculous.
I earned compliments from my colleagues because I became healthy after practicing Falun Dafa and because I worked hard. They praised me and selected me as a "model worker." When I was in poor health and did not work hard, I could not do my job well and could never have won such an honor. However, the leaders in my work unit have refused to honor me because I practice Falun Gong. When I heard that, I was very calm, since my purpose is not to become a model worker among ordinary people but to validate the Fa. Falun Dafa can upgrade one's realm of thought, strengthen one's health, and restore one's moral standards. I believe that the leaders in my work unit must admire Falun Dafa practitioners in their hearts, even though they could not admit it with their mouths.
In validating the Fa, I used my heart to clarify the truth to my relatives and friends. One day, a good friend of mine came to visit me, and I used the chance to clarify the truth to him. At the beginning he said some uncomplimentary things about Dafa, parroting the propaganda. Then I played a VCD and asked him to watch. He became awakened after watching it and said, "What is wrong with their doing the exercises? The CCP is always deceiving people."
My eldest younger sister observed my cultivation and saw the big changes to my health. After I clarified the truth to her again and again, she finally began to practice Falun Dafa in April 2003. Now she says, "How come I began to learn Falun Dafa so late!"
On December 25, 2003, after a fellow practitioner and I were clarifying the truth to an elderly woman who had retired from my work unit, the lady said that she wanted to learn Falun Dafa right away. I gave a copy of Zhuan Falun to her immediately. She said with excitement, "This Master is so righteous. He is the most righteous Master in the world. It's no wonder Jiang Zemin is so afraid of him." When I opened the book and read to her, the elderly woman wept with tears and said to me, "What a great Master he is! I am over 60 years old now and have never heard such words. My heart feels so comfortable after hearing these words. I also will go out to promote the Fa after I have learned. I will tell my relatives that Falun Dafa is good. I originally did not know what Falun Gong was. Now I know." Those people with conscience want to learn Falun Dafa after they know the truth.
In looking back over my person cultivation, I can tell that my fighting against the evil in other dimensions has been ardent. It is Falun Dafa that has given me righteous thoughts and the power to break through all obstacles. When I do the meditation, sometimes it seems that I am sitting on a grand historic stage. When passing the tests and tribulations, it seems that I am sitting at the prow of a ship in terrifying waves and that I am striving forward in the wind and waves.
