Truly and Genuinely Practicing

(Minghui.org) I am from a rural area and am in my 60s. I have been practicing Falun Dafa for nearly 10 years. I started with the intention of curing my disease. Merciful Master gave me a second life and has been watching over me all this time. I have run out of words to praise Master, so I wish to share my cultivation experiences with fellow practitioners and report to Master.

I used to have a bad relationship with my in-laws. My sisters-in-law listened to my mother-in-law, and the three of them criticized me about everything I did. Fortunately, my husband protected me and advised me not to be angry. It was hard for me. In 2012, I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. The doctor said that I would live no more than a few years and suggested that I go home and treat myself well. I underwent several rounds of chemotherapy and lost all of my hair. I could hardly eat anything. It is hard to describe how painful it was. I thought the disease had been caused by the anger triggered by my in-laws. This thought made me hate them even more.

One day when I was feeling angry at home, a veteran Falun Dafa practitioner named Kaiwai from the village came to visit me. She said, “Please practice Falun Dafa. Only Dafa can save you.” I didn’t know what Falun Dafa was at the time, but I remember that a current ran through my body, and I immediately replied, “Sure, I will.”

She brought me the book Zhuan Falun that evening. I started reading it right away. After finishing the first lecture, I felt hungry (I had lost my appetite for a long time). I ate a steamed bun and drank a bowl of porridge. I felt much better and had a good night's sleep. The next day I learned the five exercises and went to the Fa study group to study the Fa and do the exercises with other practitioners. I continued studying the Fa and doing the exercises at home. My eating and sleeping returned to normal. My facial complexion improved and I felt light when I walked.

Half a month later, I appeared to be sick again. Kaiwai told me, “Master really cares about you and is pushing the sickness out of you. You must endure it.” I suddenly remembered Master’s teaching:

“As a practitioner, if you always think that it is an illness, you are actually asking for it. If you ask for an illness, it will come inside your body.” (Lecture six, Zhuan Falun)

I got well overnight after that thought. This made me more determined in cultivation.

After practicing Dafa for a month, I went out with fellow practitioners to clarify the truth. We went to all the markets within a five mile radius. I used my own experience to explain the extraordinary benefit of practicing Dafa and to expose the lies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). People loved to hear my story and were happy to quit CCP and its affiliated organizations.

Cultivating Away Resentment

After practicing Dafa, I listened to Master and was kind to everyone. I no longer resented my mother-in-law. I took the initiative to take care of her. She still held a lot of prejudice against me, and she and my sisters-in-law still ignored me. No matter how they treated me, I treated them well. I needed to live up to the standards of Dafa and manifest the extraordinary nature of Dafa through my actions. If I practice compassion, I should have no complaints or hatred, no matter what they do.

In 2021, I heard that my eldest sister-in-law’s son had returned from Shanghai. He hadn’t come home since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan. I had to clarify the truth and save him. I took truth-clarification materials to my eldest sister-in-law’s home, but unfortunately her son was not home. I asked my sister-in-law to tell her son to read the materials and recite the two phrases “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” to keep him safe.

She interrupted me before I finished and became irritated. She kept the materials, but asked me to leave. I sent righteous thoughts to get rid of the evil factors in her dimension. I didn’t resent her, and tried to think about what I didn’t do well. I found that I still harbored resentment deep in my heart, even though it was removed on the surface.

I had not truly elevated on the basis of the Fa. While I was looking inwards and going downstairs, I bumped into a man in his forties. I clarified the truth to him. He was very receptive to the truth and said happily, “I have been looking for Falun Gong practitioners. Please help me withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations as soon as possible. I don’t want to be buried with them. Tell me more about Dafa.” I told him my story and he kept saying that it was amazing.

I had thought that my family’s indifference to me was because I had not done well and had not completely gotten rid of my resentment. They were a mirror, which could reflect my true cultivation state. I required myself to act according to the standards of Dafa and treated my mother-in-law like my mother, asking about her health and wellness. My mother-in-law is 86 years old this year and lives in a big house by herself. I took the initiative to bring her a meal every day. She likes to drink soy milk, so I brought her some every day. She was very touched and started to smile at me. She now praises me for my filial piety. During this process, I got rid of my resentment toward my in-laws.

Ridding of Mentality of Looking Down on Fellow Practitioners

Several members of our Fa-study group are elderly people, and I am considered young. I sometimes looked down on them, because they speak like ordinary people, add or miss words when reading the Fa, or read too slowly. I became reluctant to go to group study and wanted to study at home by myself more often.

A fellow practitioner said, “If you don’t go, I won’t go either.” We thought that they read the Fa too slowly. It took them more than two hours to finish one lecture. We have so much work to do at home, so I felt the time was wasted. I didn’t realize that this could help me get rid of my impatience, practice tolerance and help fellow practitioners to improve together as one body.

After I enlightened to this, I shared my understanding with the fellow practitioner, “If we don’t go, aren’t we creating conflicts? We should follow Master’s teachings. We can’t only care about ourselves and separate ourselves from the whole body. We are all disciples of Master. We are one body and we must improve together. Let’s study the Fa together twice a week and study at home the rest of the time. We have to get rid of selfishness.” The elderly practitioners were very happy about our decision. They have continued to find their own deficiencies during cultivation. They also study the Fa, do the exercises and clarify the truth in a down-to-earth manner.

I started hand copying Zhuan Falun in 2021. I am now copying it for the second time. When I was copying the section about jealousy, I found it in myself. I was jealous that my mother-in-law favored her daughters. I was determined to dig out the root of this jealousy and eliminate it. My goal is to get rid of all human attachments and return to my origins with Master.