(Clearwsidom.net) I have practiced cultivation for more than ten years and would like to share my cultivation experiences.
Explaining the goodness of Dafa and the persecution in the countryside
Once during the fall, another practitioner and I walked at night to a village about ten miles away where we wanted to distribute Dafa flyers. Although on the way the planted fields in the chill wind made loud noises, memorizing the Fa and sharing cultivation experiences made the trip much easier and more enjoyable. We reached our destination almost unnoticed. This village is far away, and only a bumpy road leads to it. We had some difficulty distributing flyers door-to-door. It was a moonless night. We walked up and down hills in this unfamiliar place. We did not feel it too much, because we were offering more people salvation, which is a most holy and great thing to do. We also stopped at two villages on the return trip and distributed flyers.
The third village was sizable, and we were tired by then. We noted another village in a mountainous area a mile and a half away. I was in my 40s and had never walked that long before and hesitated a bit to go on. My partner inquired how many flyers were left. I looked at the stack of them inside the bag and saw they were "were blinking in the dark." I was so moved at this and felt Master's compassion and protection. I wanted to share this moment with my partner but felt a show-off mentality emerging. Still, I could not hold back and shared my joy with her. When I opened my bag, she pulled out a copy of the Nine Commentaries and saw gold sparkling on the cover page.
We realized Master was encouraging us to go to the mountain village, no matter how hard it would be. The road was very difficult and under the construction. We finally we reached the village and distributed the flyers. We did not get home until 2:00 a.m. Thinking about the many people who would be able to understand the facts from reading those flyers and could be rescued made us find joy in the hardships we encountered.
My son got off of drugs completely
Master told us that, when a person practices Falun Gong, his or her whole family will benefit. Being kind to Dafa will lead to good fortune, with which I had a profound experience. Since I am a cultivator, my son has a good understanding of the Fa and believes in the power of Dafa. After the persecution began in 1999, my son often helped me to distribute and post Dafa flyers.
He was unable to find a job for a long time and hung out with bad people and started taking drugs. By the time I discovered this, he was already using needles and sleeping elsewhere. My husband and I tried to locate him, searching the place where he used to hang out, but we could not find him because he was hiding from us.
I was sad and shared the story with practitioners. Some suggested I should take him to a rehab center; others thought that, with the state of current society, corruption is everywhere, including the rehab center. Personnel there might not take full responsibility for my son, and I should not take him to a rehab center. At that moment I reminded myself that I was a Dafa practitioner and should believe in Master and Dafa. I asked Master, "Please, bring my son back to me. He has a predestined relationship with Dafa. I cannot let the evil destroy his life and therefore serve the purpose of interfering my cultivation."
I sent righteous thoughts over and over again. Eventually my son returned home. Before long, his drug addiction surfaced. He had a sallow complexion and a shifty expression, but his mind was clear. He said to me, "Mom, please take me to the drug rehab center. I want to get rid of my drug addiction." I told him, "I am Dafa practitioner. As long as you believe in Dafa, Master would help you." My son said wholehearted, "I do." I had him listen to Master's Dafa lectures and send righteous thoughts. He overcame the drug addiction.
In the following days we watched Master's lecture videotapes and read the Fa together. Whenever his symptoms of drug addiction withdrawal emerged, I immediately sent righteous thoughts, and once more he overcame them. Another time he experienced drug cravings and symptoms again, groaned in bed and begged me to read the Fa to him. I did, and he fell asleep. When he awakened he told me, "In general, when someone is addicted as badly as I was, withdrawal symptoms would make one crazy enough to need a straight jacket or one would jump to one's death. I have never heard anyone with such severe withdrawal symptoms get over it as easily as I have. I am grateful to Master and Dafa." About three weeks later, my son was completely rid of his addiction to drugs.
My son experienced Dafa's power many times. I knew Master saved my son's life. I am unable to describe in words how much I appreciate Master. All I need to do is to cultivate more diligently.
