(Minghui.org) I am a 17-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner, and I would like to share a recent mistake I made.
I came across the story of a former Falun Dafa practitioner who renounced his faith after being imprisoned for three months in China and later came to the U.S. Despite knowing that Minghui has published an editorial advising Dafa practitioners not to watch his programs, I still searched his name online. One search result, a third-party blog, caught my attention, and I ended up reading it. The blog included an interview with a former Shen Yun performer and a phone recording between this person and his mother.
Although I quickly realized the content was not true, my curiosity led me to finish reading it. I had the feeling that I had done something wrong, but it was bed time and I went to bed without thinking much about it.
The next morning, when my mom woke me up, I felt unusually angry and irritated for no apparent reason. I was supposed to distribute the newspaper on that day, but somehow I couldn’t find the practitioner who usually brought the newspapers to me. Unsure where to get the newspapers, I didn’t distribute them that day and I felt irritated the entire day.
In fact, I realized in the morning that I was not in the right state. By the afternoon, I recognized that my disturbed state had something to do with what I had read the night before. I have friends who were trainees in Shen Yun, so I knew the blog’s content was far from the truth. With my years of Fa study, I believed that the evil forces were using such content to interfere with the salvation of people. Though my faith in Dafa wasn’t swayed, still, I shouldn’t have sought out that person’s information in the first place, especially knowing that Minghui had advised against it.
The Master told us,
“You know, I’ve told you a principle before: everything a person sees is infused into his brain. When he is infused with a lot of good things, he will be a good person. And if he is infused with a lot of bad things, he will be a bad person.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume VII)
I kept trying to reject the disturbing thoughts from my mind and debated whether I should tell my mother about what I had done. I hesitated because I didn’t want to lose face, but ultimately, I decided to tell her. Afterward, I felt a sense of relief, and I calmed down.
This incident was a wake-up call for me. Master said, “If you are being even a bit careless, you may stumble and become ruined at once. Therefore, one’s mind must be righteous.” (Lecture Six, Zhuan Falun). The consequences of seeking out content produced by those people are truly dangerous.
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