A Ten Year Old’s Cultivation Stories

(Minghui.org) I am a fourth grader and am ten years old. I started practicing Falun Dafa when I was seven years old. My aunt and her husband went over to my grandmother’s house and they were studying the Fa. I told my third aunt that I would like to study the Fa with them. My third aunt happily said, “Sure, let’s study the Fa together. I will help you with any words that you might be unfamiliar with.”

I would go to my aunt’s house over the weekend to study the Fa. I saw several practitioners doing the sitting meditation one evening and I said I wanted to do the sitting meditation too. My aunt showed me how to sit in the double lotus position and I was able to cross both of my legs on the first try. I also learned the hand movements after watching two demonstrations. My aunt said, “You can do the meditation exercise with us now. We will meditate for an hour. Can you do it?” I said, “Yes!” I meditated for an hour on my first attempt.

Master Li (Falun Dafa’s founder) was already looking after me during that time. I felt as if I was sitting on a cloud of cotton and that someone was holding my arms up. I felt someone pulling me by my shoulders a little later and was taken to another place. Everything such as houses and trees were all gold. Just as I was enjoying myself, I was taken to another place. The second place was equally as wonderful. I saw cars and desks and the whole place was filled with Falun emblems. It was very beautiful. I smiled the whole time.

After doing the exercises, my aunt asked me why I had smiled. I told her what I saw in meditation and she said, “You have good inborn quality. Master is encouraging you to cultivate diligently and return to your true home in the heavens.” I happily said, “I will cultivate diligently. That paradise is wonderful. Grandmother should start cultivating, too.”

I went to my aunt’s house the next day and said, “I will meditate for two hours today.” My aunt said, “I will meditate with you for two hours.” Perhaps I got ahead of myself and was boastful. My legs began to hurt in less than an hour. I kept enduring the pain. At an hour and ten minutes, I was sweating and tearing up in pain. At an hour and twenty minutes, my aunt saw my flushed face and said, “Why don’t you take your legs down? You’ve done a great job today. We should all learn from you.”

I enjoyed studying the Fa with other practitioners and listening to them as they shared their experience. Though my parents are non-practitioners, they support me in practicing Falun Dafa. I became more diligent in doing homework. My mother said happily, “You seem to have changed into another person.” I know these positive changes were all due to practicing Dafa.

I headed to my aunt’s house to study the Fa during my summer and winter breaks. During group Fa study, I would sit still and hold Dafa books with both hands. I read attentively and my aunt would help me with any Chinese characters that I might not recognize when it was my turn to read. I would listen to the adults as they shared how they upgraded their cultivation after studying the Fa. The cultivation environment at my aunt’s house was nice.

One time, my aunt and I went to a supermarket and I passed by a freezer and saw that its door was slightly open. While walking, I thought that the frozen food might be thawed. I walked back to the freezer and closed the door. Although this might seem a trivial matter, as cultivators we need to think of others.

When my classmates called me names or hit me, I wouldn’t fight back because I knew that I am a young practitioner. I would have the urge to fight back, but oftentimes I would be able to suppress that urge whenever I thought about Dafa. I would think, “Whoever is hitting me is losing virtue and I am gaining virtue. I should not hit back.” My teachers would also praise me and say that I was a good student.

I began completing my homework on time after taking up cultivation and my parents no longer need to supervise me. My grades have improved and I understood many concepts taught by the teachers at school. I would always rank in the top three during class examinations. I asked Master for help one time when I forgot how to write a certain Chinese character on my Chinese language test. I silently recited, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” four times. Almost immediately, I remembered how to write the characters; I knew Master was helping me and thanked Master in my heart.

Though I am still young, I experienced many situations where I was able to regard myself as a cultivator. I was in a car one time with my sister-in-law, aunt, and her husband. The adults got out of the car when we arrived at our destination but locked me inside by accident. I was anxious and called out for them, but they could not hear me.

I suddenly remembered Master and called out, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” My sister-in-law, who had already walked away for a while, suddenly remembered about leaving me in the car. She ran over and unlocked the car. If Master hadn’t helped me, none of them would have remembered that I was left in the car. I am deeply grateful for Master and firmly believe in Dafa.

I still have many stories that have yet to be told. I encountered many difficulties and Master helped me each time. Thank you, Master!