(Clearwisdom.net) I am a practitioner in China who began practicing Falun Dafa in April 1996. I still feel emotional even now when I recall the event and feel that I was so fortunate to be able to learn the Fa.
I had learned many different types of qigong, but gave up all of them eventually. After my retirement, a friend told me that they were showing Falun Gong videos in the gym, and asked me to go with her. I went out of curiosity, and also not wanting to disappoint her. After two nights of watching, I was very impressed, and felt something spinning in my belly when I slept. Although I didn't quite know what it was, I felt good. The attitude of the few assistants there was also impressive, as they were very joyful and eager to help.
Cultivation
I knew I was blessed to learn Dafa. I was very diligent, never missing a group exercise, rain or shine. I began to hand-copy Dafa books, which laid a good foundation for my cultivation later. I copied Zhuan Falun three times, Zhuan Falun II twice, and First Fa Teaching Given in the United States, Lecture in Sydney, Essentials for Further Advancement, Hong Yin, and Zhuan Falun Fajie - The Law of Zhuan Falun Explained once each.
Meditating with my legs crossed in the lotus position was my biggest obstacle. Not long before I learned Dafa I had a knee operation, which limited my ability to cross my legs during meditation. I lamented that I had too much karma, feeling that I was like inferior raw material. In reading Teacher's words in Zhuan Falun, "Cultivation is up to you, gong is up to the master," I believed strongly that Dafa could change everything, so I insisted on doing the leg-crossing every day, and extending the duration one minute at a time. As time went on, I was finally able to sit for the entire exercise in a single-lotus position. Then I tried to do it in the double-lotus position, but it was just too hard. My family and relatives all said that it wasn't possible, and I was anxious too. I knelt in front of Teacher's photo, and prayed to Teacher for help. Again, minute by minute, I finally succeeded. If we trust in Teacher and Dafa, miracles will occur.
Helping Teacher Rectify the Fa and Creating One's Own Path
In the small neighborhood where I live, fellow practitioners didn't have access to Teacher's articles, so I decided to establish an informational materials production center. I gave a fellow practitioner the 10,000 yuan that I had saved and asked her to buy a copier. I later bought a laser printer, but the quantity of materials that we could print was still not enough. I then followed the suggestion of "creating information centers all over the place," and successfully helped fellow practitioners establish three materials production centers.
With Teacher's help, encouragement from fellow practitioners, and my husband's support, I quickly learned how to get on the web and download materials. I printed Dafa books, Clearwisdom Weekly, and truth-clarifying pamphlets for fellow practitioners. I cleared away many of my attachments and problems of being impatient and careless in the process.
Since my husband had a proper understanding of Dafa, his health was very good, and the tumor he had had for a long time disappeared quietly. I knew this was a benefit that Dafa brings to the families of practitioners. In the process of helping Teacher rectify the Fa, I realized that all one needs to do is to trust in Teacher and Dafa, and care about sentient begins. One should judge all things based on the Fa. It doesn't matter if a person is old, or has little education, as long as he can rid himself of human notions and emerge from human attachments, he will be able to do things well.
Eliminating Human Attachments, Looking Inward, and Finishing the Journey Well
While telling people the facts about Falun Gong, and asking them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), I have always sent forth righteous thoughts first to eliminate random thoughts, and used my purest heart to help Teacher save sentient beings. Each time, Teacher brought more and more people with predestined relationships to me so that I could help them quit the CCP and remove the mark of the beast.
I have urged people to quit the CCP at weddings twice. Each time, I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the dark minions and rotten ghosts behind all the participants, and talked to those predestined ones about the wonders of Dafa, then urged them to quit the CCP. These two times, I saved over forty people.
My level is limited. Please kindly point out any deficiencies. Heshi.
