(Clearwisdom.net) Ninety percent of practitioners in my local area are over sixty years old. They have been the major players in clarifying the truth our area. However, as Fa-rectification has progressed, many practitioners have suffered from various afflictions related to aging, such as difficulty walking, gray hair, tooth loss, failing eyesight, and hearing loss. Some have died.

As practitioners, our aging process is slower. Becoming older is a tribulation of the old forces. The principles of Dafa tell us that the more Dafa practitioners cultivate, the younger we become.

Why do some practitioners age? It probably originates from their thought process. Some practitioners stress over birthdays and refuse to work on certain Dafa projects, using their age as a reason. Some practitioners look to human ways to stop the aging process.

Once, while I was boarding a bus, a young boy stood up and offered his seat to me. I was shocked, but then I realized that I was 70 years old.

A few days later, I applied for a senior citizen certificate. I carried the certificate with me whenever I took the bus. I had begun to age; my movements were slow, my skin sagged, and my eyesight was failing.

I was very shocked at the condition of my body. I was reminded of an elderly practitioner who had difficulty walking and felt useless. He eventually died. I did not want to end up like this practitioner, so I became vigilant in my cultivation.

Teacher has mentioned many times in Zhuan Falun that Falun Dafa cultivates both mind and body. I realized from the Fa-principles taught by Teacher that Falun Dafa is a complete cultivation practice of mind and body, and is capable of creating the immense universe and sentient beings, including Buddhas, Taos, and Gods at different levels in the universe. How can you deteriorate and age as you cultivate?

As long as we follow Teacher's words and the standard of Dafa, walk the path Teacher has arranged for us, and work diligently to do well the three things, we will surely become younger as we cultivate. It is just as Teacher says,

"A true practice that cultivates the body will constantly accumulate the collected high-energy matter in the cells of one's body and constantly increase its density to gradually repress and slowly replace those everyday person's cells. At this time there will be a qualitative change, and this person will stay young forever." (Lecture Eight, Zhuan Falun)

What Teacher says is the great Fa and it is boundless. Why don't we believe in the Fa? The bottom line is because something has gone wrong when it comes to believing in Teacher and the Fa. If we follow ordinary human principles, how can we not deteriorate and age as we cultivate? Every day we practice the five sets of exercises imparted to us by Teacher and we constantly collect high energy matter to replace our physical cells. Elderly practitioners who have been practicing cultivation for more than a decade have most of their physical cells changed to the high energy matter. Teacher said,

"...young ladies always like to apply facial makeup and want to make their complexion fairer and better. I would say that if you truly follow a cultivation practice of mind and body, you will naturally achieve that goal. It is guaranteed that you will not need to use cosmetics." (Lecture Five, Zhuan Falun)

Why don't we listen to Teacher and why do we insist on following the old cosmos' principles of life, aging, illness, and death and taking the path arranged by the old forces? Why must we think that we have deteriorated and aged? It all originates from our minds.

In fact, many practitioners have had good experiences with regard to staying young. In addition to overcoming old age, they were able to pass the test of life and death. Illnesses like esophageal cancer, liver cancer, or blood poisoning did not defeat them. Aging, illness, and death are tribulations created for humans. We should firmly face and dissolve them just like we do other tribulations. We should not let them get in the way of our cultivation. Indeed, these things amount to nothing if you understand it from the Fa. When I enlightened to this, my state of being old disappeared and I became younger. I walked like I was treading on air and I was full of energy. My old colleagues asked me what kind of miraculous medicine I was taking to look so young.

I want to share with fellow practitioners that as long as we believe in Teacher and the Fa, we will definitely become younger as we cultivate.