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Obtaining the Fa
One of my relatives heard of a new kind of qigong called Falun Gong in November 1998. She said the practice was exceptionally good and could heal all types of diseases. She asked me if I wanted to learn. My cousin, who suffered from many diseases, then decided to borrow the books for me. On the way, she came across a practice site, and went to have a look. The assistant asked her to follow them in practicing the exercises. She thus started practicing the exercises with them. My cousin said that the 900 yuan she earned from selling a pair of pigs was all spent on her medical expenses, but she didn't get any better. However, after practicing Falun Gong for three days her diseases were all gone. She could work in the field and complete the work all by herself.
The first book my cousin borrowed for me included the two lectures, "Fa Sheng" and "Consecration," from the book Zhuan Falun. I read them again and again. Though I had little education, I hand copied the characters. My cousin then borrowed the book Teaching the Fa in the U.S. and asked me to finish reading it right away because they didn't have enough books, and had to take turns reading. She later borrowed Zhuan Falun and The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa. She said the reason I could get these two books was because I had a very good predestined relationship. She said that I must finish the books within three days, as the books had to be passed on to other people. I picked up the books and started reading. The more I read, the more I liked the reading, and the more I read, the more comfortable I felt. I kept reading, only pausing for meals. Because I read very slowly, I kept reading until almost 8:00 a.m. on the third day without knowing time had passed so quickly. Then I slept a little bit and got up, ate some breakfast at 8:00 a.m., and continued reading until 3:00 p.m., when practitioners came to take the books, including Zhuan Falun.
Before spring arrived, the precious book Zhuan Falun came back again. I kept reading the book again and again. By the fourth time I read the book, I found the characters and the strokes in the book were glittering. I couldn't believe it and rubbed my eyes. But the characters were still glittering. Zhuan Falun is indeed a book of treasure! I thus decided to practice Falun Gong.
Every day I studied one lecture of Zhuan Falun and then learned exercises movements from the book The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa. There were some words that I didn't know, so I wrote them down on a piece of paper and asked other people. Though I couldn't do all of the movements, but did the movements which I wasn't able to do, in my mind. During this time, I eliminated my jealousy and the pursuit of fame and gain.
Strong Determination in Dafa Cultivation and a Heart Unmoved
After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, the Communist Party's lies didn't affect my firm belief in Dafa at all. I didn't stop my study of the Fa and doing exercises even for a day. As usual, I studied one lecture of Zhuan Falun each day and then studied Master's lectures and other articles. Whenever I have contact with other people, I tell them the facts about Falun Gong. In 2003, I transcribed the book of Zhuan Falun. Only when I study the Fa well, can I validate the Fa well. I thus gained a better understanding of what Master said in Lunyu, from the book Zhuan Falun, that the Buddha Fa can "...eliminate all misconceptions while providing what is correct."
The Fa Saves Predestined People
Because I stay at home all day, whenever someone visits my home, I tell them the facts of Falun Gong and the persecution, and ask them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One person who visited me was very sick. After I clarified the truth to her, she became well the next day and was able to work in the field. Another person learned the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution, and asked for all of her family member to quit the CCP. During the big flood, the water came to the door of her house and stopped there. They were protected after withdrawing from the CCP.
One day my wife received ten notes of one yuan each, on which were written the facts of Falun Gong. She came home and asked me if she was able to spend them, and I said to her yes she could. On the first day she said she wanted to spend two notes. Because I didn't use them myself, I sent forth righteous thoughts, thinking she could spend them without problem to save more people. So she spent them with no problem. On a second occasion, she said she wanted to use four notes. I asked her to pass the four notes to me, and I strengthened my righteous thoughts about passing these notes to people with predestined relationships while holding both hands in the big lotus flower sign position. At the time I saw Master's law body appear on the notes. The four notes were spent without any problem. The ten notes were spent quickly and my wife came to understand the truth of Dafa.
Qing Toward My Wife, Lust and Desire
We had no income. My wife had to go out to other cities to work, but she was worried about me. Three years later, my neighbor said to me that my wife was having an affair and wouldn't come home. My eighty-year-old mother worried about her son and went out to find out the true situation. She told me with tears in her eyes when she came back that it was true. I said that it was impossible because we had lived together for more than twenty years and I knew her well. Furthermore she knew the truth about Dafa. I knew it was a test for me to see if I could let go of my qing regarding my wife. I took it easy and said to my mother that if it was really true, then our predestined relationship had ended and it was no use holding on to her. My heart was not moved at all. Two weeks later my wife came home. The story was that a sister of my wife's relative got married again. Her husband died twelve years ago. So a big test of qing had passed.
It isn't easy to let go of lust and desire even for practitioners, but we must eliminate these things. There was no bathroom in my home. My wife often brought a big basin of water to my room and asked me to rub her back. This aroused my lust and desire, and on many occasions it was the time for sending forth righteous thoughts. "I must pass this test," I said to myself. One day in May this year, I sent forth righteous thoughts with my palm upright, "Don't ask me to rub your back. I have decided not to rub your back." As a result, from that evening on she no longer asked me to rub her back. She even stopped dressing in front of me. She now has her bath in another room. I have thus passed the test of lust and desire which had disturbed me for ten years.
