(Clearwisdom.net) Teacher said in Zhuan Falun, "You can only have such a wish and think about it like that, but it is the master who actually does these things." I understand that once a person wishes to improve by following the Fa and the practice, then Teacher will make your wish come true. The following is my experience based on such a wish.
First Wish: to Improve Myself Through Cultivation
I had been looking for something all my life but I didn't know what it was. I always said "You are losing virtue" to anyone that I saw doing something bad. I always thought one should not lose virtue. After I retired, I strongly wished to find an orthodox cultivation practice. I wasn't sure what to do. When I went to a temple I was dismayed to see monks fighting in front of the Buddha statues. I practiced many kinds of qigong and looked everywhere, but still hadn't found find a practice I thought was appropriate.
In 1995, a friend recommended that I read the book Zhuan Falun. After I read Lunyu, I couldn't put the book down. It took one and a half days to finish the book. I was awakened. This is the true Sutra I had been looking for all my life! The next day I donated the Buddha statue, to which I had been praying, to a temple and burned all my qigong books. I began to practice Falun Gong.
A few days after I obtained the Fa, I felt physically well. Teacher saw my heart of wanting to cultivate and brought me into Dafa.
Second Wish: Spread the Fa and Let Go of Attachments to Fame and Personal Gain
I wanted to let more people know about the great Fa. As soon as I had this wish Teacher arranged another kind of environment for me--I set up an exercise site. The number of practitioners increased from just a few people to several dozen. For about two years we did the exercises in the morning and studied the Fa at night; every day rain or shine. Every practitioner at the site felt their thoughts sublimate and was in good health.
We held large-scale group exercises many times in the area and successfully spread the Fa. After such activities many new practitioners joined our group. Every time, I felt my xinxing improve. I wanted to establish another practice site. Soon, someone told me there were people where she worked who wanted to learn Falun Dafa, and there was a room available for such an activity. I bought a cassette player and helped her organize and set up the site. The number of practitioners quickly increased, then conflicts started. A practitioner questioned why I, someone from outside the company, was the organizer of the group. I felt sad, and remembered what Teacher had said in Zhuan Falun, "But normally when a problem arises, if it does not irritate a person psychologically, it does not count or is useless and cannot make him or her improve." In the process, my attachments to doing things and being proud of my achievements in the practice were exposed. Since the practice site had matured and was running well, I left and went to a practice site close to my home. I realized doing Dafa work with a pure heart is the most divine state. Over time, I helped set up four practice sites.
Third Wish: Step Out of Humanness and Validate the Fa
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, and all the media participated in slandering Falun Gong. We were unable to continue doing the exercises publicly. A few practitioners and I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and were detained for 14 days.
Many practitioners didn't know what to do at that time. We organized a small conference and shared our thoughts with practitioners from outside our province. We understood that we should tell the world's people Dafa is righteous. At that time, many practitioners would go to Beijing every day.
We didn't have the equipment to print information about Falun Gong in 2000 and had to pay for photocopies at a copy shop. Later, the copy shop received a government notice that they must not make copies for Falun Gong. One day, after again being refused service at a copy shop, a young man stopped me and said, "Auntie, I will make copies for you." This young man repaired photocopiers for a living, and he could make copies at night. Every time I gave him something to copy, he would have the copies boxed by the next day and delivered to me by car. He helped deliver the materials to different practice sites. Practitioner's articles and Teacher's new articles were delivered to every practitioner in good time this way.
More and more practitioners came forward to validate the Fa. The sound of "Falun Dafa is Good" was loud and clear all over on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. I realized Teacher had arranged all this. Later, a practitioner learned how to download materials from the Minghui website, so we set up a site to prepare copies and supplied them to over 200 practitioners and the materials needed to clarify the truth to non-practitioners.
Fourth Wish: Clarify the Truth About Falun Dafa and Save Sentient Beings
In 2003, I and another practitioner were arrested while delivering materials. I was sent to a forced labor camp for two years. After I was released at the end of 2004, I studied the Fa as if I was starving for food. Besides reading through Zhuan Falun, I repeatedly studied all of Teacher's lectures. In the following months, besides sending righteous thoughts and doing the exercises, all I did was study the Fa until midnight every day. I went to bed after I sent righteous thoughts. My righteous thoughts became stronger and my health returned. My head was clear and I was full of energy. In 2005, I wished to help clarify the truth and save sentient beings. I was close to 70 and didn't know how to use a computer. The next day I ran into a practitioner whom I hadn't seen for two years. I quickly told her I wanted to get online and needed help. She offered to help. I was very excited. Within a few days, she helped me set up everything I needed and arranged for a few practitioners to show me how to get online and print out articles. I encountered a lot of interference in the process. Teacher and the Fa had given me wisdom, so I quickly knew how to get online, download materials, print articles, and burn CDs. I was in charge of preparing all the materials for 15 practitioners.
Initially, I sometimes couldn't turn on the computer and the printer often jammed just when I needed to publish something quickly. It often happened late at night when I couldn't find any one to help me. I told myself I needed to calm down. I sat down and said to the computer and printer, "We all came here to assimilate to the Fa and work on saving sentient beings. Why can't we do it well? We must do it well." When I turned on the computer again, it worked and my print job went smoothly. This type of miracle occurred often. Later, the operations went really smoothly and I continued to supply truth materials to other practitioners. It's been going well for more than three years now.
My wish now is to do the three things Teacher asked us to do well and to look inward during conflicts. I want to improve my xinxing, reach the standard, and to follow Teacher home.
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