Taiwan: Falun Dafa Practitioners Wish Master Li a Happy New Year and Reflect on Their Cultivation Journeys

(Minghui.org) Practitioners from Yunlin County, Chiayi County, and Tainan City in Taiwan gathered at Hsin-Hsing Elementary School in Tainan and held a one-day group Fa study and experience sharing meeting on December 25, 2022. They wished Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, a happy New Year, and said in unison, “Wishing Master a happy New Year! Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!”

Practitioners from Yunlin County, Chiayi County, and Tainan City in Taiwan wish Master a happy New Year.

Practitioners from Yunlin County, Chiayi County, and Tainan City in Taiwan wish Master a happy New Year.

Practitioners from Yunlin County, Chiayi County, and Tainan City in Taiwan held a one-day group Fa study and experience sharing meeting.

Multiple practitioners talked about how their health improved and their lives became stable and happy after practicing Dafa. They were grateful to Master and encouraged each other to be more diligent in cultivation.

I Finally Found What I was Looking For

Ting Hsiu, a middle school teacher, said that she searched throughout her life, for the meaning of life. After looking into many spiritual paths she was always disappointed, and felt, “They are not the mentor I am looking for.” After she found Falun Dafa, she said, “Dafa is the supreme treasure in the cultivation world! I finally found what I was looking for.”

She said that when she worked in mainland China, she had various health problems, including anemia, valvular heart disease (when she raised her hands higher than her chest she was in pain), eye floaters, abnormal liver function, thyroid nodules, and endometrial hyperplasia. She visited many doctors but nothing they prescribed helped, so she went back to Taiwan for treatment.

After returning to Taiwan she worked for a magazine, and was sent to a school to sell a set of books. A teacher told her about Falun Dafa, and taught her the first exercise. She said she felt light and refreshed after trying it. She no longer had pain when she walked or was out of breath when she walked up the stairs.

She returned to the school and learned the other four exercises. Her feet always hurt, but Ting Hsiu was able to pull both her legs up into the double lotus position to meditate. The teacher said she had a predestined relationship to practice Falun Dafa. Ting Hsiu was pleasantly surprised, “This is amazing!”

In the past, she always felt tired and slept more than ten hours a day. But she can now wake up to practice the exercises with everyone in the morning. She only needs four hours of sleep, and she is full of energy all day long. She once again exclaimed, “Falun Dafa is amazing!”

After practicing for seven months, all of her health problems disappeared. She hopes that more people can benefit from such a great practice, so she set up a practice site near her home. She said, “After I began practicing, my selfishness, impatience, and bad temper seemed to have been removed, and everything changed overnight.”

She holds herself to Dafa’s standards, and looks within every night, noting what she did not do well that day, and how to do better next time. She tries to be considerate of others. She said, “Old notions and bad thoughts are disintegrated and dissipated, and my wisdom has expanded. My world view has undergone a major reversal, and many problems have been solved.”

She says that Dafa allowed her to be reborn. She is grateful to Master for allowing her to practice Dafa. From the depths of her heart she said, “Practicing Dafa is the highest honor in my life.”

Learning to Shoulder Responsibility

Fang Lian is an assistant practitioner in Chiayi District. Looking back on her journey of cultivation she said, “When I began practicing, I didn’t have many tribulations.”

After she began coordinating a practice site she faced many tests. From the beginning, she was afraid of taking responsibility when issues surfaced. She also had conflicts with fellow practitioners. This situation went on for more than two years. She finally decided to accept the responsibility and help coordinate the area.

Ten years passed, and because she did not let go of her fearful mentality, she encountered the same issue again. She was deeply afraid that she was not capable enough to take on the responsibility of being a coordinator for the district. “After talking it over, I reluctantly accepted it again, and this time I quickly realized that there was something I need to cultivate,” she said.

“Looking back and thinking about it, I realized that taking responsibility is exactly the barrier set for me to improve,” she said.

“Without these contradictions, how could I have the opportunity to improve my xinxing? Nothing is accidental, it is for me to improve. The only way is to read the Fa more, and well, and cultivate myself so that I can improve quickly.”

She gave an example. She wanted to find another coordinator for the practice site, and a coordinating practitioner in the district suggested a practitioner. But she thought that practitioner was immature and needed to practice more. Yet, the coordinator insisted that the practitioner take over. Fang Lian said, “Since I know more about the practitioners at that practice site, I felt aggrieved.”

Afterwards, she asked herself, “Why am I unhappy? What attachment do I have?” She looked inward, and thought “It turned out that I had an attachment to complaining and an attachment to seeking perfection. I thought the new coordinating practitioner was still not up to my standard. The bottom line was that I wanted to validate myself.”

She found her attachment, sincerely apologized to the district coordinator, and realized that it was time for her to improve and expand her capacity. She realized that only by unconditional cooperation can things be done well. She said, “Only by strictly demanding of oneself to improve in terms of the Fa, can we move forward. Believing in Master and the Fa, and eliminating human attachments, one can get the work done. Only by letting go of all attachments can one go beyond an ordinary person’s mindset.”