(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. However, I stopped practicing from 1997 to 2003. Even so, during that period of time, Teacher had been watching over me. So I was safe and sound amidst a few perilous situations.
I remember that in the summer of 1997, when I was in Kunming City in Yunnan Province, I was dragged by a bus for more than 100 meters, but I was fine. I couldn't understand why I didn't have any pain or why my clothes were not torn. I now understand that it was Teacher who hadn't given up on me, but instead was watching over me at all times.
A practitioner visited me in 2004. She gave me some of Teacher's articles from 1998 on. After I read through them once, I felt very regretful. I wondered why I stopped practicing back then? For such a wonderful Fa, it's hard for one to encounter such an opportunity in thousands years. How could I stop cultivating?! I was baffled.
After I resumed cultivating for the next over 10 years, I came to realize that the reason why I stopped was due to the fact that I couldn't let go of fame and self-interest among ordinary people.
Though my cultivation state was on and off during the past over 10 years, I always thought that I should be diligent and I must go home with Teacher. Whenever I ran into any tribulation, I made it through under Teacher's protection. I knew that the reason I was able to come to this day was due to Teacher's protection.
Colleagues from My Company All Learned the Truth
I am the backbone in the company I work at. I don't mind enduring hardships, and I have been taking on the workload of a few people. I am always busy at work.
Before I began to practice, I was very hot-tempered. After cultivating, I completely changed. I take the initiative to do things that either fall or do not fall within my responsibilities. I don't care about gaining anything in return. I'm always in high spirits. Both my manager and colleagues seem to appreciate me.
Whenever I got a chance, I talked to my coworkers about Falun Dafa. When I ran into colleagues who didn't want to listen to me, I looked within and adjusted my thinking. I would then go back to him/her again. If I wasn't successful the first time, I would try a second or third time. I also made use of my lunch break to show them the overseas websites after breaking through the Internet blockade. In the end, all the employees in my company proceeded to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations.
When it came to year's end, some coworkers always asked me for truth-clarification wall and desk calendars. One time a general manager asked me to install software to break through the Internet blockade for him, as he wanted to see the truth that he couldn't see in China. I helped him install the software and showed him how to use it. He was very happy and told me, “Right on. I can finally see the truth!”
At work, whenever I have time, I would play music and songs composed by Dafa practitioners. Sometimes when I was busy and forgot to do so, my coworkers would remind me. After a while, they learned how to sing those songs and often hummed them while doing their work. I once asked them, “Do you like this music?” They said “Yes.” When I told them that these songs were composed by our practitioners, they said that we were truly amazing.
I Learned to Produce Truth-Clarification Materials by Believing in Dafa
I am computer illiterate, let alone to produce materials on a computer. One day a practitioner said to me, “People from our Fa-study group often go to practitioners from elsewhere to get truth-clarification materials. It has put too much burden on those practitioners. We should try to produce the materials ourselves.”
At that time, I had no clue what to do. However, I still managed to give it a try. First of all, downloading from a website is a challenge for me. Though one practitioner showed me how, I still didn't get it. I thought to myself, what am I supposed to do?
I then began to study the Fa, looked inward, and adjusted my mindset. Teacher said:
“But the Fa is all-powerful, and with everything It is perfectly all-encompassing.” (“Dafa Is All-Encompassing” in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
I was sitting in front of the computer and said to Teacher, “Teacher, please show your disciple how to use the computer and printer. I want to make truth-clarification materials and awaken people with other practitioners.” So under Teacher's guidance, I learned how to download files, and I picked up on how to install an operating system in a few days.
I remember that one day a practitioner came to my home and asked me to print truth-clarification words on 50-cent bills. At that time, I didn't have the template for that. Since he was waiting for me, I quietly sat in front of the computer, did Heshi (putting two hands together in front of my chest to show respect), and asked Teacher in my heart for help. After that, I began to use my mouse. I felt that it was Teacher who was using my hand, and I was just following along. Soon enough, I created the template. It printed very nicely on the bills. He felt it was truly amazing. He said to me, “You did it very well.” I told him that it was Teacher doing it. It was just as Teacher said:
“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (“Lecture One” in Zhuan Falun)
Therefore, as long as one believes in Teacher and Dafa, one will make breakthroughs in every tribulation.
I'm busy at work. At home, I'm even busier. If I don't have time, I just eat a steamed bun. I make DVDs that include software for breaking through the Internet blockade, truth-clarification brochures, calendars, etc. I put a lot of heart into what I do. I often start working on it soon after I come home, and I don't stop until midnight or later. After that, I study the Fa for another two hours, and I only sleep for over an hour before doing the exercises in the morning.
I always feel that I am very energetic. I am in my 50s and have a fair complexion. The Udumbara flowers blossomed at my home last year and the year before (according to Buddhist scriptures, blossoms only every 3,000 years).
When I encountered roadblocks in making the materials, I would ask Teacher for help. I was able to accomplish many technical skills, such as programming, video format conversion, and making DVDs. Later on, I was able to use them in my day-to-day work, which made my coworkers quite surprised. They wondered, “How did you know so much technical stuff?” I said to them, “It was Teacher who helped open my wisdom. I learned everything by myself.”
Thank you, Teacher!
