(Minghui.org) With the Chinese New Year approaching, Falun Dafa practitioners in central Taiwan gathered at Qiaoguang Elementary School in Caotun Township, Nantou County on January 8, 2023, to wish Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, a happy Chinese New Year. Practitioners held a day-long meeting at the school to study Master’s teachings and discuss their cultivation experiences. They gained clearer understandings of the Fa principles through the experience and were spurred on to improve in cultivation. 

Practitioners shared how they cultivate in their every day lives through gaining insights from the Fa principles, looking inward, eliminating attachments and validating Dafa. They encouraged each other to be more diligent in cultivation. Practitioners were grateful for the opportunity to practice Falun Dafa and shared how they’ve benefitted from the exercises. They hope to spread the beauty of Falun Dafa to more people.

Falun Dafa practitioners from central Taiwan wish Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, a happy Chinese New Year. They put their palms together and said in unison, “Master, happy Chinese New Year!”

Retired Teacher: Aligning Myself With the Principles of Dafa

Ms. Shen Shujing is a retired teacher who has been cultivating Falun Dafa for 18 years. She shared her experiences from cultivating in her family environment and while participating in truth-clarification projects. She said that she and her mother-in-law did not get along very well when she first got married, but after she started cultivating Dafa their relationship improved. “I learned to respect my mother-in-law in accordance with the principles of Dafa. I was able to let go of many of my grudges. My mother-in-law also saw the beauty of Falun Dafa,” she said.

Shujing’s mother-in-law has been undergoing chemotherapy sessions to treat cancer. While accompanying her mother-in-law during these hospital visits, Shujing has played her mother-in-law the music “Falun Dafa is good.” 

“Aside from feeling weak from the chemotherapy sessions, my mother-in-law has displayed no major side effects,” Shujing said.

Shujing also shared about conflicts she encountered while participating in truth-clarification projects and how she upgraded her xinxing. She said her husband started to resent her being so busy with truth-clarification projects. Shujing also gradually developed some grudges within the project. She felt it was unfair when her suggestions were ignored, and tensions increased between her and other practitioners. At one point, Shujing wanted to leave the truth-clarification project. But after reading Master’s lectures, she felt that she had been cleansed and her negative substances were eliminated.

Shujing said, “After looking inward, I found attachments like not being willing to suffer hardships, and holding grudges. I realized these attachments originate from attachments to fame, profit and the mentality of saving face. I did not cultivate my speech and neither did I abide by the principle of Forbearance. I needed to eliminate these attachments and rectify myself.” 

The conflicts between other practitioners and Shujing slowly dissolved after she let go of those attachments.

Experiencing the Miracles of Dafa Multiple Times

Ms. Fang Si is a technician who repairs solar panels and has been cultivating for three years. “I experience miracles of Dafa after studying the Fa and look inward each time I encounter conflicts,” she said.

Ms. Fang grew up in a family that favored boys over girls, and she was treated differently because she was a girl. Ms. Fang went home and took care of her elderly parents once, and with her care her parents had a speedy recovery. Despite this, Ms. Fang’s mother began to reprimand her and badmouth her. After learning the principles of Dafa and through elevating her xinxing, Ms. Fang has been able to endure these incidents. “I am able to take everything lightly, even when my mother reprimands or gives me trouble. The relationship between me and my mother has also started to get better,” she said.

Ms. Fang worries about her daughter all the time. Even though she has realized that this is caused by her attachment of sentimentality, she was still unable to let go of it. Something got in her eye one time and she couldn’t open her right eye. 

“I realized that Master was enlightening me. I needed to let go of the attachment of sentimentality to my daughter. I should turn a blind eye to what my daughter does, and she should live her own life. My eye got better the next day after I enlightened to this,” she said.

Being nearsighted with astigmatism and presbyopia, Ms. Fang always carried glasses. Her glasses broke in half two months after she began cultivating Falun Dafa. When she went to get new glasses, she realized that she was actually seeing better without glasses. She expressed her sincere gratitude to Master. “Master purified my body and I gained more confidence in cultivation,” she said.

“I have experienced many miracles during cultivation. My father took a fall last year and hurt his head badly. I taught him to recite ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Not only did he miraculously recover, his symptoms of dementia also disappeared. His Indonesian maid witnessed these miracles from Dafa and wanted to introduce Falun Dafa to her mother in Indonesia,” she said.

Ms. Fang said that words cannot describe how fortunate she has felt after obtaining Dafa. She has felt Master’s painstaking arrangements. Only by eliminating attachments, looking inward and genuinely cultivating can she repay Master’s grace.

Looking Inward Thoroughly and Elevating Xinxing

Ms. Yang Yaling, director of student affairs at Niao Song High School of the Arts, expresses her utmost gratitude to Master

Ms. Yang Yaling is the director of student affairs at Niao Song High School of the Arts. She received her Master’s degree from the National Taiwan University of Arts 11 years ago. She was later introduced to Falun Dafa and watched Shen Yun performances. She learned about Niao Song High School of the Arts and that it was hiring dance teachers. She decided to apply for a position as a substitute teacher. She then started on her cultivation path. 

Yaling shared that Dafa has standards for practitioners. Whenever she has negative thoughts or says something she was not suppose to say, her lips or her feet would hurt.

She is a strict dance teacher and many of her students were afraid of her. Yaling’s standards for a dancer’s flexibility were high and the results of her teaching were excellent. She was abrupt when speaking to a student one time and felt that she did not have compassion. She was then unable to talk for a week. Yaling said, “Whenever a problem arises, I will look inward and find the root of my attachment. I will look inward about my mentality and recognize what not to think and what not to do. Only by doing this can I solve the root of my problems.” 

Yaling has been cultivating for more than 10 years and it has made her more calm and stable. She has cultivated her inner self and takes worldly situations lightly. Friends who have not seen Yaling for a long time praise her for her refined temperament. 

“My first thoughts are to think of others now,” Yaling said. “My mother feels like she found her lost daughter.”

Before cultivating Falun Dafa, Yaling suffered a period of memory loss due to stress at school. During that time, a voice inside her would constantly tell her to “return home.” She had no idea what that meant at that time. After practicing cultivation, she understood the true meaning of returning home. 

“I am extremely grateful to Master. No words can describe how I feel. I am grateful to Master for his compassionate salvation,” she said.