(Minghui.org) I am 40 years old, and I started practicing Falun Dafa in 2014. Having benefited from Dafa cultivation, my skin became fair with a rosy glow, and my appearance is that of a young man in his 20s.
Obtaining Dafa
I met a Falun Dafa practitioner in 2013 at the construction site where I worked. He was good at martial arts. In the beginning, I didn't want to practice Falun Dafa. I just wanted to practice martial arts to improve my health. The practitioner agreed to teach me martial arts, and he helped me quit the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Youth League. I could tell that he wanted me to learn Falun Dafa, and was reluctant to teach me martial arts. But, I was only interested in learning martial arts. I decided to turn his plan into my own use. I was going to read the Falun Dafa book Zhuan Falun he gave me as long as he taught me martial arts.
When I read Zhuan Falun, I became fascinated by the book. I sat on the sofa and read two lectures without stopping. The practitioner asked me what I learned. I said that in cultivation one could gain the right fruit. He asked me with a smile: “Do you want to practice Falun Dafa?” I said: “You see that I can't even close my mouth due to my constant coughing. I'll practice Falun Dafa if it can stop my coughing.” I had asthma and had coughed for over a decade, and taking medicine hadn't helped.
He burned an incense stick to Master, then he started to teach me two sets of the Falun Dafa exercises. Miraculously, I stopped coughing. More amazingly, I saw two shining wheels when doing the second exercise, while holding my palms on each side of my head. At that time, I didn't know that this was a Falun [law wheel]. I thought that what the book said was true. It was really amazing, especially since it cured my cough.
However, my enlightenment quality was poor. In the summer, I was busy at work and stopped doing the exercises. Every morning I got up early to practice the martial arts. Occasionally, I did the Falun Dafa exercises. But I recited “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” at work every day.
I went to the practitioner's home on New Year's Day in 2014. We hadn't seen each other for half a year. He was very happy to see me. We talked for the whole day. Finally, I realized what Falun Dafa is and why one should quit the CCP and its youth organizations. From that day on, I was determined to cultivate in Falun Dafa.
My celestial eye was open. I saw that Master Li's (the founder) law body always smiled at me when I endured physical pain, and I saw beautiful scenes from other dimensions. Two months later, Master opened my ability of knowing fate. Thus I knew that I came from a celestial world to assist Master in Fa-rectification, and I had many previous lives. I once was born as a dragon and as other animals, and I had practiced Taoism and was a monk. I knew that Master was encouraging me to cultivate diligently and that I shouldn't generate the attachment of zealotry.
Through continuous Fa study and doing the exercises, my mind and heart nature improved continuously.
Overcoming Sickness Karma
One day, I was installing tiles at a home. My left knee suddenly started swelling and was accompanied by severe pain. I couldn't bend my left leg, so I had to squat down on one leg to finish the work while enduring the pain. I didn't tell anyone in my family about it because I didn't want them to worry. On the third day, my family discovered my injury. They were scared and tried to force me to go to a hospital for treatment. I told them that it was not an illness but eliminating karma, and I would be okay by the next day. They didn't believe me. However, on the fourth day, my leg was no longer swollen. They all witnessed Dafa's power.
In the evening before my birthday in August 2016, I returned home from the Fa study site around 9:00 p.m., and started to have a stomachache. I went to the bathroom every 20 minutes and barely slept that night. The next day I went to work as usual. Each time after finishing paving a tile, I had to use the bathroom.
My coworkers and the homeowner kept asking me to take some medicine. I said: “Medicine doesn't work on me. I am going through karma elimination. You may not understand it, but this is what happens to practitioners. Thank you but don't worry about me.” When I got home in the evening, I was exhausted. At night I felt better and could fall asleep.
The next day I went to work as usual. My coworkers were surprised to see me at work. I still had severe diarrhea like the previous day. A strong medicinal odor arose from my stomach. I suddenly realized that in the past 20 years I took a large amount of medicine to treat diarrhea. Now these medicines were being removed.
My coworkers and the homeowner said Falun Dafa practitioners are impressive. On the third day, I still had diarrhea and a severe stomachache. But I had faith in Master and Dafa; I thought that Master has endured so much karma for me and that I only suffered a tiny fraction of it. On the fourth day, the diarrhea had almost stopped. On the fifth day, I was energetic with a rosy, glowing complexion. I felt renewed. I went to a relative's wedding, and my relatives said they didn't recognize me because I looked so good.
Letting Go of Sentimentality
I went to work in Russia in April 2014. During that six-month period, I was bullied and ridiculed by co-workers. I told them about Falun Dafa with sincerity, kindness, and tolerance. I worked extremely hard. One time, I fainted at the construction site. The boss wanted to take me to a hospital. I told him I was all right. Over time, they saw the preciousness of Dafa and respected me.
I returned home in October. The day after I returned home, my wife tried to stop me from practicing Falun Dafa. That morning I sat on the bed to send forth righteous thoughts. My wife pulled me to the floor, and she and my mother slapped my face on both sides. I kept telling them “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
I knew in my heart that this was due to the sentimentality I had to relinquish. My wife threatened to divorce me. My mother knelt in front of me. I told her that I refused to get a divorce, but if she didn't allow me to practice Falun Dafa, I would choose divorce. I told my mother that there was nothing wrong with being a good person. Thus, they stopped making trouble.
It took me two-and-a-half years to let go of sentimentality. Finally, I put Master's portrait on the wall in the hall. My wife also changed her mind and agreed that Dafa can purify the human mind and improve health.
Clarifying the Truth About Dafa
I started clarifying the truth to people in 2015. One day in spring, I had a dream. I was in a large classroom full of students. A teacher gave me homework papers to pass on to other students. I enlightened that Master hinted that I clarify the truth to people.
In the beginning, face to face truth clarification was difficult for me. I only did so with select people but got better over time. I eventually talked to anyone I met downtown, at the rural market fair, farm fields, and train stations. I went wherever I could find people. I know that this was the wisdom that Master and Dafa gave me; Master is the one who is saving people, what I do is just find people and talk to them.
In recent years, I went from helping several people withdraw from the CCP and its youth organizations to helping dozens of people. By the end of 2017, I helped close to 4,000 people to quit the Party. I know there is still a huge gap between me and diligent practitioners, but I know I must not disappoint Master.
