Malaysia Fahui | Cultivation Is Wonderful

(Minghui.org) Greetings, revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I first heard about Falun Dafa around April 25, 1999, when my younger brother began practicing. I often saw him meditating and noticed his flyers about Falun Dafa in our home.

Around July or August 2018, my mother had some health problems, and her condition did not improve even though she went to two hospitals. My brother suggested she try practicing Falun Dafa. He gave her the exercise music, the CD of Master Li (Dafa’s founder) teaching the five exercises, and an audio recording of Master’s lectures in Dalian. My younger brother asked practitioner Aping to come to my home and teach my mother the exercises since he was busy with work.

I didn’t go to work one day in September 2018. Mom was practicing the exercises, and out of curiosity, I decided to join her. I watched the video of Master demonstrating the exercises, and she corrected my movements. I thought that people practiced Falun Dafa to heal their illnesses: So the more I practiced, the stronger and healthier I would be. I practiced the exercises a lot. I didn’t know that Falun Dafa is a high-level cultivation rooted in the Buddhist tradition, which takes Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance as the core principles. I did not know about Zhuan Falun or Master’s other lectures.

I kept practicing the exercises but I didn’t know that I should read the Fa. Months passed, but I didn’t see any changes. I was still focused on getting ahead in society, so I competed with my coworkers. I generated a lot of karma.

In August 2020, my body started to feel uncomfortable. I had acid reflux and all kinds of physical problems. I consulted Chinese medicine herbalists and spent a lot of money. I also went to the hospital for a gastroscopy.

This situation went on for eight months. At the end of March 2021, I began to ask myself: Was I really practicing? Didn’t I put in enough effort? I asked my brother where the nearest practice site was. Although I thought about practicing with other practitioners before, I never took the first step.

Finally, due to my situation, I was motivated to go to a practice site. Perhaps the other practitioners could help me. I met practitioner Baiqin. After talking with the other practitioners, I realized that we need to not only do the exercises but that the spiritual component is key.

Practitioner Baiqin told me to focus on reading the teachings, and that it’s important to read Zhuan Falun. The other teachings and Hong Yin are all auxiliary. She said if we don’t read the books we are not guided by the teachings. Unless I read the teachings I would have no idea of how to improve my character (xinxing).

I began reading on my own. Because I was busy with work and children, I had little time to visit the Minghui website and read other practitioners’ insights and experiences. I gradually started to learn to look inward and work on myself. I practiced the exercises in the morning and read the Fa in the evening. If I didn’t have time to practice, I just practiced more on weekends to make up for it.

My “stomach issue” improved a lot after I began reading the teachings and working on my character. I learned from the Fa that all the ailments people have come from their karma. The ordeals that people face are how they pay for their karma. People suffer when they eliminate karma, so how could cultivation be comfortable? People must pay off the karma they owe.

Cultivation in Dafa Benefited Me Physically and Mentally

After I truly began practicing and cultivating myself, I stopped pursuing benefits and focusing on money. I was no longer jealous when I noticed that someone was better off than I.

Master said,

“The “rewards” that people usually hope to experience for their efforts consist of worldly things, like living a more prosperous and pleasant life. For we who practice, however, the rewards that we look to enjoy are of a completely different nature, and would be something regular people could never experience, even if they wanted to—unless they took up spiritual practice.” (The Fourth Talk, Zhuan Falun)

I also gave up all my bad habits and improved my character. I stopped competing and fighting with others at work. I no longer compare myself with my coworkers. I’m considerate of others and I no longer complain that my workload is heavier. When there are conflicts I look inward instead of blaming others. I also pay attention to what I say and how I behave, and I am careful not to say anything that would hurt others’ feelings. I constantly remind myself that I am a practitioner, and I have to keep a compassionate heart and a peaceful mind. I always correct myself with the Fa.

I recalled some of the grudges and grievances I had against my ex-husband. It’s been so many years since we divorced. I remind myself that now I’m a cultivator, I should lay down my grudges and let go of my attachment to him. Everything that happens has karmic reasons. I know that one cannot achieve spiritual perfection as long as any attachments remain.

Now I can forgive my ex-husband for his infidelity, for what he did to me, and for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts that I’m still paying off. I also gave up pursuing the child support money that he never gave me. I enlightened that the conflicts between husband and wife are karmic. Perhaps I owe him from a previous life, I should pay him back in this life. Thanks to Master’s compassion, I let go of my resentment and stopped thinking about it. I also told him about Falun Dafa. Perhaps one day he will practice.

Participating in Truth Clarification Projects

On January 22, 2022, I joined the first training session of RTC EasyTalk organized by the Internet phone call team of the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP. I started making truth clarification calls on the platform two weeks later. I am very grateful to the team leader, the coordinating practitioner, the technical practitioner, and other practitioners for their efforts and dedication behind the scenes.

The group leaders are very attentive and share many successful cases of how practitioners helped people withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. Some people don’t listen, some are afraid, and some have blocks in their minds. The kind ones interact and listen for a long time but some do not quit the CCP organizations. Some people don’t make a sound, others curse us, and so on. All these cases give us novice team members the opportunity to learn. Each call, whether the person quits or not, is unique. All of them reflect years of phone call experiences and the backstage efforts of practitioners. They all represent the eager heart practitioners have to save people.

It doesn’t matter how old or young you are, every practitioner can participate in making phone calls to China. All you need is the desire to help Master in Fa-rectification and the wish to save people. This is a very good platform to clarify the truth. At the same time, it also provides a cultivation environment. Master wants us to do the three things well. I decided to participate in the truth-clarifying program on this platform, to save more people, and to cultivate and remove my attachments.

While the group leader was helping the new team members make phone calls, I had the opportunity to make phone calls by myself and listen to the other practitioners’ phone conversations. The first few times I made phone calls by myself, my fear surfaced. After the person answered, my heart started beating faster, and couldn’t find the voice modules to play. Before I had time to react the person hung up!

I was anxious. I blamed myself—why did I react so slowly? Although I had taken some notes when listening to the recordings of calls made by the others, when I panicked, I even forgot the voice modules I should have played! I realized it takes time to gradually become proficient in handling the voice module. So during the phone call each night, I recorded the module the others frequently used. When they were making phone calls, we all joined together in sending righteous thoughts to clear the interference behind the person listening to the truth. We work to together to form a whole entity. When our positive thoughts are strong, we can persuade many people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

I remember on the second day of the group phone call after the training, I helped a woman in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province to quit the Communist Young Pioneers by suggesting she use a pseudonym. My zealotry surfaced. I thought that persuading people to quit was easy. I later realized that Master was doing it, and we were just moving our hands and mouths. I knew that this successful outcome was arranged by Master, and it was Master’s encouragement and blessing to his disciples.

After we phone people we discuss our experiences. This also gives us opportunities to look into our own shortcomings, learn from each other and improve.

In the process of making phone calls, I faced all kinds of people. Some kept thanking me. Some quit the CCP and its affiliate organizations. Some listened to the truth for a long time, 500 seconds, 1000 seconds, 1500 seconds, or even longer. Others refused to listen or did not understand. Some could not speak Mandarin, some cursed, and some listened quietly or were afraid and did not say anything. Some hung up, but when we called again, they understood the truth and quit the CCP.

Whether people quit the CCP or not is not our goal. As long as people are willing to listen, we must continue to tell them the truth. When they understand the truth the interference behind them will be disintegrated and they will be saved. We can’t give up. Even if only one person quits the CCP, and a few listen to the truth. We can’t forget the oath we made.

Master said,

“You came to this world for the purpose of studying the Fa well and saving people by informing them of the truth.” (“To the 2021 Dafa Conference in Taiwan”)

Each phone call is a cultivation opportunity. At first, some people immediately hung up. Others didn’t answer the phone. My anxiety and eagerness surfaced. I felt frustrated, and I didn’t want to make phone calls anymore. Some people cursed at me. I felt uncomfortable and my heart was moved. Hours passed, but I could not calm down. I didn’t want to make any more calls that day. Sometimes when I successfully persuaded people to quit the CCP, I wanted to show off.

After I made phone calls for a while, I calmed down. While making a call, I calm my mind, have strong righteous thoughts, and a strong desire to save people. Now, when making calls, I can calmly face the abuse. When I encounter difficulties, I read Master’s Hong Yin, adjust my mindset, and continue to call. I also start to look inward at my cultivation state. There must be something wrong or maybe I haven’t been diligent. I also found a lot of human attachments, such as laziness, seeking comfort, fear, fear of suffering, showing off, wanting to be respected, complaining, and being unable to take criticism.

Epilogue

Master told us:

 “It’s not easy at all to impart this Fa, and it’s not easy at all to obtain it, either.” (“Fa Teaching Given in New York City,” Teaching at Conferences in the United States)

I am very fortunate to have obtained the Fa and I thank Master for saving me. As Dafa disciples, we cannot be hesitant. We should do the three things well,  cultivate ourselves well, and help Master save people. Believe in Master and the Fa, eliminate our attachments, and return with Master!

This is my personal understanding of the current state of my cultivation. My cultivation and ability to express myself is limited. If I’ve said something that is not in accordance with the Fa, please correct me with compassion.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

(Presented at the 2022 Malaysia Fa Conference)