(Clearwisdom.net) Over the past 12 years of my cultivation, I have felt Teacher constantly beside me, protecting me and my family members, who are also practitioners. This is why we have been able to journey this far. I have also felt that Teacher has not only created a wonderful future for practitioners of the Fa-rectification period, but also for sentient beings and the lives that shall remain after the Fa-rectification. I would like to share a personal story with fellow practitioners.
In July 2008, a good childhood friend of mine, who I will refer to as Xiao Feng to protect his true identity, called me. As soon as we faced each other, I saw that he had changed into a completely different person. It turned out he had been faced with many tribulations. He was a victim of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Student Massacre at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The CCP tracked him down through the video and he was illegally imprisoned for five years. He had been subjected to all sorts of tortures. After he was released, he became a bully, and he hung out with society's outcasts. One day he was involved in a brawl and accidentally killed a man. For this he was sentenced to a four-year prison term. After he was released, he thought that he would have no future because of his criminal background and would have to remain an outcast.
Over the past few years, Xiao Feng tried to contact me, but I politely rejected his overtures out of being overly cautious. I was surprised when he suddenly called on me. He told me that his family had repeatedly cautioned him not to repeat his mistakes and to become a real man. In early 2008, Xiao Feng stayed in seclusion for two months to reminisce about his past. He decided to let go of all his bad habits, cut himself off from the outcasts of society completely, and start a new life as an upright and righteous man. He told my family and me that he had spent all the dirty money he had earned in the past in a few days because he didn't feel comfortable keeping it in his pocket. He said he is doing well now and he has a decent job. He is comfortable spending the money he earns through honest means. Upon hearng this, my family and I were very happy for him.
We thought it was not a coincidence that he came to visit us. It was such a rare opportunity, so my family and I started to explain the truth about Falun Gong to him. But he seemed absentminded. He even tried to talk us into giving up Falun Gong. After a while, he suddenly changed the topic. He said he had a question that no one could help him resolve. He repeatedly said he wanted to tell me things he dared not tell his own family.
He told me that a year ago, two opposite forces started battling inside him. One was a positive force that repeatedly advised him to be a good person and told him this would be his last opportunity to turn back to the right path. A voice sometimes told him that he had waited millions of years for this time, or that he must look for Dafa. He searched and searched, but he couldn't find the answer. When he wasted his time at Internet cafes, a voice told him, "You are using your time for petty amusement. Your will is disintegrating." He heard many voices from a positive force. One day he went to a Buddhist temple, trying to find an answer, but he saw the Chinese characters for "Buddha" and the Buddha statue, flying at him. He was astonished. He didn't know how to respond. While he was improving himself, a negative force was trying to drag him towards Hell and keep him from being good. A voice told him to destroy the earth. Yet Xiao Feng had a clear consciousness. He told the evil voice, "The Chinese people must live on. I mustn't do that." These bad elements from other dimensions tried all sorts of tricks to interfere with him. On his way to my home an evil voice told him, "You mustn't go, or I will sentence you to death." He said repeatedly in his heart, "I will go. I must." Thus he reached my home.
Next he told me some of what he had experienced over the past year. He eventually chose the right path because his good side prevailed. He said he had experienced many supernormal phenomena, many of which resemble what Teacher has described. But he has never lost his head. He told me that he had never told anyone or showed off, not even to his family. Sometimes he felt his body levitating while he was sleeping in bed. He saw his own body levitating very high and he could look down at the earth. From this perspective, the earth was a tiny speck. Sometimes he traveled to a dimension he couldn't describe. He has experienced many supernormal phenomena and experienced different abilities that might impress or shock an average person, but they were fairly common to me since Teacher has explained supernormal capabilities to his students. Yet Xiao Feng was very much puzzled about these strange phenomena.
That day his memory seemed to open up all of sudden, and he told me about all of them. Meanwhile, bad elements were interfering with him, trying to remove him from my home. While Xiao Feng was resisting these bad elements, he asked us if my family and I could see the presence of these evil beings. In response to this unexpected interference, my family and I told him to quit the CCP and its affiliated student leagues right away. Once Xiao Feng accepted the truth about the CCP, he wrote an announcement to quit the CCP Young Pioneers with the pseudonym "Hui Yu," which means penitence in Chinese. Next, my mother produced a truth-clarification card with the messages, "Falun Gong is Good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good" on it. He accepted the card with both hands. Looking intently at the card, Xiao Feng repeated these words in his heart. My mother and I started sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements that were keeping him from knowing the truth about Falun Gong and obtaining the Fa. Next, my wife opened her eyes and sent forth righteous thoughts toward the right side of his body to stop the evil from creating interference. She also begged Teacher to reinforce her righteous thoughts. Suddenly Xiao Feng's body tilted to the right. My wife pulled him back instinctively. He told us that many evil beings were trying with all their might to pull him over, but he was trying to pull himself back. He added that he knew there were many bad elements on the right side of his body when he first entered the door, but now he was doing better. He said there were only a few bad elements left on his shoulder.
We spent ten minutes sending forth righteous thoughts. We felt we had experienced a giant battle between the righteous and the evil. We felt only Falun Dafa would truly end the battle. My wife produced two copies of Zhuan Falun. She gave one copy to Xiao Feng and they started studying Zhuan Falun together. My wife asked him to read everything when he studied Zhuan Falun. She added that this is the only way to solve the puzzle in his heart. Xiao Feng studied over 20 pages intently and felt good about it, but he had to leave after that. We repeatedly urged him to return in the evening.
That evening Xiao Feng came as promised. He told us that he felt very comfortable when he left our home that afternoon. He repeatedly chanted, "Falun Gong is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." Every time he said these words, he saw srivastas 卍 being written onto his forehead and chest with gold powder. He told me excitedly, "In the past year a voice repeatedly told me to find someone to solve the puzzle." We instantly felt Teacher's compassion. Teacher has been watching over and guiding all the predestined people in the world. I told him, "You must cherish this predestined opportunity. This is what you have been waiting for for millions of years. Do not miss this opportunity. I will give you a copy of Zhuan Falun written by our Teacher. This is a heavenly book. You must cherish it." He wiped his hands clean on his shirts. Next he heshied and took the book with both hands. He promised to cherish the book.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I watched him take the book. I thought of Teacher's immense compassion. A former outcast of society has now returned to the right path because of Teacher's compassion and guidance. Xiao Feng's story has also reinforced our faith in cultivation. I felt my xinxing elevating to a new level during this experience.
I would like to remind fellow practitioners and myself not to be attached to time or any external changes. Everything has been arranged in order. Every step we take is because of Teacher's infinite compassion. How many predestined people on earth have not obtained the Fa? How many people with great virtue have not learned the truth about Falun Gong or have not been saved? Teacher thinks of every sentient being! We can't begin to imagine what that means. When we deviate slightly from the Fa, we let Teacher down. Fellow practitioners, let's cherish everything Teacher has created for us. Let's complete the final stage of the journey with solid steps. Let's return home with Teacher.
This concludes my humble understanding on the subject. Please feel free to point out anything erroneous.
