(Clearwisdom.net) I obtained the Fa in March 2011. It has been only seven months since I started cultivating.
The supermarket I worked for hired a new tailor in February. I worked with her, and called her older sister. She told me about Falun Gong. With my permission, she helped me to renounce my membership in the Youth League, an organization affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. She gave me a Falun Gong amulet (1), which I held in my hands while reciting, “Falun Dafa is good, and Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance is good.” I put it away. In a few minutes, I took it out and looked at it again. I did this several times, as I really treasured it.
She gave me her MP3 player, which had recordings of the Falun Gong lectures. With great interest, I listened to the lectures often for a month. But after that, I no longer found them interesting. One day, she took me to meet a few Dafa practitioners from other places. They all had good manners and were very gifted. I envied them. Through discussion with them, I gained a deeper understanding of Falun Gong. When I returned, I resumed listening to the lectures.
Since I started practicing Falun Gong, I have experienced dramatic changes both physically and mentally. I have overcome all the illnesses I previously had. I also now have a better temper. I don't let off steam easily, and no longer have a strong competitive mentality. I know it is Master's benevolence and Dafa's power that have changed me.
My colleagues have noticed my changes. They say that I have become a better person. They have also noticed the changes in my face. The speckles I used to have have faded away, and my skin is now bright and glows. Seeing these changes, another two of my colleagues have also started practicing Falun Gong. Most of my colleagues have learned the truth about Falun Gong, and have quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations.
One day, the cystitis I previously had recurred. I was in a lot of pain and I had to go to bathroom frequently. I had to take a bus to my hometown the next day, so I asked Master for help. Miraculously, I didn't need to use the bathroom frequently the next day. It took a week for me to fully recover. I enlightened that the reason it took so long to recover was because I had an attachment of fear, and I was looking for it.
One day, when I was doing the second Falun Gong exercise, I felt pain in my stomach and felt nauseated. I was sweating even though my body was cold. I told myself, “I have Master and the Fa. I am not scared.” With that thought, I continued the exercises. When it came to the fourth exercise, I had fully recovered. I experienced how miraculous it was to believe in Master and the Fa through actions.
When I first obtained the Fa, I didn't send righteous thoughts with my "older sister". I just watched her studying the Fa and sending righteous thoughts, without joining her. Back then, I didn't regard myself as a true Dafa practitioner. One night, I had a dream. In the dream I saw Master's fashen. Master told me that I was a true Dafa practitioner. After that, I followed her every day in studying the Fa, doing the exercises, sending righteous thoughts, handing out truth-clarification materials, and telling people the truth about Falun Gong.
After reading cultivation experience sharing articles in Minghui Weekly, I knew that I must look within when faced with problems. One night, there was something wrong with my MP3 player. I wanted to listen to Lecture One, but it kept jumping to Lectures Three and Four. Later, my cell phone could not be turned on, and my daughter had a fever. Then I enlightened that I must look within. By looking within, I found my attachments to profit, gain, and desire.
In the third month of my cultivation, a tree in front of my house fell onto an electric pole, which subsequently fell onto my neighbor's house and caused some damage. The electrician in charge intentionally reported it to the Electricity Bureau to complicate the issue. The Electricity Bureau planned to fine us tens of thousands of yuan, including 26,000 yuan for repairs. I thought to myself, “As a Dafa disciple, Master will take care of me.” So I didn't let the issue bother me. After a few days, the Bureau made the final decision regarding the fine. It only fined us one thousand yuan instead of tens of thousands. It paid my neighbor five thousand yuan for compensation. The electrician, however, almost lost his life when he went to a neighboring village to connect electricity. He was in the hospital for several days. Rather than feeling sorry for him, I gloated about his mishaps. A veteran practitioner immediately pointed out that I was not being compassionate, so I corrected my thoughts.
One day, I was deep in ding (a state of empty, yet conscious mind) doing the sitting meditation. It felt like my legs were gone, then my whole body, with only the beautiful music playing. I then saw Master's fashen flying into the heavens in the double lotus position. I was wondering why Master's fashen didn't take me along. The next day, I could not sit in ding, still thinking of the previous day's feelings. I looked within, and found that when I knew my husband was coming back, my attachments to fame, profit, and affection had come up, which prevented me from entering into ding. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate those attachments. When I resumed sitting meditation, I felt it was easier to sit in ding.
Two local practitioners were arrested in July. I wrote a letter to the director of the police bureau and other people involved, demanding that they release the two practitioners unconditionally. Before I sent the letter, I sent righteous thoughts and asked Master to protect me from being videotaped by the surveillance camera. With such a righteous thought, I heard one click sound, then I felt myself contained in a safe dimension. Without any fear, I sent out the letter. On the way back home, I suddenly felt scared. I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the fear. However, the fear came back the next day. I was too scared to wear the same clothes and wig I had worn the day before. This state of mind sustained for a few days. I enlightened that this wasn't right. I found that I was not truly believing in Master and the Fa. Thus, I put on the same clothes and wig, and eliminated my fear. By doing this, my state of mind improved. This also strengthened my belief in Master and the Fa.
I was on the way to work one afternoon, when I felt overwhelmed by a thick fog, and I felt restrained in a small space. This didn't seem right, so I sent righteous thoughts for a long while after I arrived at my workplace. Gradually, the fog disappeared, and my space felt spacious. I witnessed the importance of sending righteous thoughts.
One day, I went to a practitioner's home to get some truth-clarification materials. I was in a hurry. At a corner, my bike almost ran into a motorcycle, which was traveling at a high speed. My bike suddenly stopped in front of the motorcycle, which nearly ran over me. Just as what Master told us in Zhuan Falun, at that moment, I was not afraid at all. I could feel that Master was protecting me.
Compared to other practitioners, I obtained the Fa very late. When I have not done a good job, Master reminds me. If I do well, Master encourages me. I once dreamed that after I crawled out of a thorny road, I saw a spacious and bright road. I thought to myself, “Why didn't I walk on the spacious road?” I was almost late and was very anxious. I also dreamed once that I could not find my way back home. In another dream, I was on my way to school, and I didn't take the detour. Instead, I ran along a straight road directly to school.
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(1) In China, practitioners sometimes clarify the truth by giving people something small to wear or cherish, bearing a few words reminding them of the goodness of Dafa.