(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
The happiest thing in my life is when I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996 and became a practitioner in the Fa-rectification period. I’d like to tell you about some of my cultivation experiences.
Remembering the Teachings Let Me See the Gaps in My Cultivation
After Master published “How Humankind Came To Be,” I read it repeatedly, and each time I had different insights. My desire to return to my heavenly home with Master became stronger.
One day, an older female practitioner told me that she memorized “How Humankind Came To Be.” I was astonished. It was truly remarkable since she was over 60 but was able to memorize such a long article so quickly. I admired her but I also felt that my cultivation status was inadequate—why didn’t I think of memorizing it? Looking inward, I realized that it was due to my attitude towards studying the Fa, my laziness, and I readily gave up when I saw a long lecture.
I actively memorized the Fa when I first began practicing and when Master repeatedly asked every practitioner to study the Fa more and ideally memorize it. But after a while, I found that memorizing the Fa was too difficult because I couldn’t memorize word for word. It took me a long time to memorize a single passage, and the more anxious I became, the less calm I was. I started reading the Fa again since memorizing the Fa was too slow.
I believed that Master arranged for me to see the older practitioner memorizing the Fa so I could see my shortcomings. I thus made up my mind to memorize the Fa.
I memorized several new lectures in a short period of time, including “How Humankind Came To Be,” “Why Save Sentient Beings,” “Why This World Is a Realm of Unknowing,” and “A Wake-Up Call.” I remembered them very well. In addition, I also memorized On Fafa. I recited these every day, and I gained new insights every day.
I overcame my fear of difficulty, and I began memorizing Zhuan Falun again. I gradually found myself changing. I noticed that I improved and I learned how to cultivate in daily life. I could sit with both legs crossed, hold the book with both hands, concentrate, and respect Master and the Fa during group Fa study. I was not tired nor sleepy after reading a lecture in Zhuan Falun. I understood the surface meaning, and I occasionally saw the Fa’s principles.
I can also do all five exercises in one session every day. I can do the second exercise for an hour and I don’t feel tired. I meditate for an hour with my back straight. I don’t feel tired or sleepy, and I occasionally enter tranquility. I go to sleep after sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight every day, and don’t feel tired or sleepy at all during the day when I go to work—instead I feel full of energy.
My cultivation state over the past two years is the best its been since I started practicing. I understood that I could not have done this well without memorizing and reciting the Fa every day. Memorizing the Fa transformed me—I want to be diligent and I know how to cultivate diligently. This is a conscious and proactive change. The power of Dafa is truly immense!
Memorizing the Fa Strengthens My Resolve to Tell People About Falun Dafa
Memorizing and reciting the Fa fills my mind with righteous thoughts. I can unconditionally look within when I encounter conflicts. I often remind myself that I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and I cannot relax or slack off. I must make use of every available opportunity to clarify the truth and help Master save people.
I work full time and take care of my parents, who are in their eighties. I distribute information about Falun Dafa during my lunch break, so I prepare lunch for my parents in the morning. After I eat lunch at my work unit, I sit in my car and send forth righteous thoughts at noon. Then I change my clothes and shoes, and put on a hat and mask.
I go to different places every time and I record where I went after I finish an area so I won’t duplicate my efforts. In summer I become drenched in sweat and in winter my mask is sometimes covered in frost. I’ve done this for several years. It’s tough and tiring but I understand that this is my mission.
Writing information about Falun Dafa on small banknotes is also a good way to clarify the truth. I frequently use one yuan, five yuan, and ten yuan notes, and I’ve done this for a long time. It works very well, and merchants accept the banknotes.
Clarifying the Truth
Memorizing the Fa gives me the courage to clarify the truth to strangers.
Last summer, my younger sister was sick and had a procedure at a hospital in the provincial capital. I accompanied her and took care of her.
There were two patients in the same room, and the other patient was an older woman. The woman’s older brother accompanied her to the hospital. Two patients were taken to the operating room at nearly the same time. The older man and I waited outside the operating area, and I struck up a conversation with him. We chatted about everyday things. I told him about Falun Dafa and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutes it.
He said he knew about Falun Dafa because he had been in charge of the “Falun Dafa issue” at his workplace before he retired. I asked him if he withdrew from the Party. He said, “No,” and then stopped talking to me.
When my sister was checking out of the hospital, I went to see the old man and I told him about the CCP’s evil deeds, such as harvesting organs from practitioners for profit, and staging the Tiananmen self-immolation incident.
I said, “We were predestined to meet. If I don’t help you withdraw from the CCP and ensure your safety, I’ll feel guilty. I’m really doing this for your own good.” This time, the old man readily agreed, “I quit.”
During the few days my sister was hospitalized, I strolled the corridors while she slept—I looked for people and talked to them. I helped about ten people quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Overcoming Fear
Since I started memorizing the Fa, I have become more diligent in studying the Fa. In addition to reading one lecture of Zhuan Falun every day, I also recite the lectures I memorized, and I read Master’s Fa teachings he gave in various places. Studying the Fa well strengthened my righteous thoughts, and I gradually overcame fear.
Several practitioners in our city were arrested on May 13 this year. I was told they had been followed for a long time before the arrests. The practitioner who delivered truth-clarification materials to me was also arrested, and we had been in contact for a long time.
If this had happened before I started memorizing the Fa, I probably would have immediately been afraid, and I wouldn’t have dared to receive any more materials. I would have at least stopped until I calmed down.
Because I memorized the Fa, coupled with more Fa study, my first thought was to deny the old forces’ arrangements and persecution, send forth righteous thoughts more often, look within, and remain diligent.
I understood that staying at home and doing nothing will not keep me safe. Safety comes from Master and from Dafa. The safest thing is to study the Fa more and well, let go of human attachments, and deal with issues according to Dafa’s principles—Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. The local coordinator soon connected me with another practitioner who prints materials, and I continued to distribute them without any hesitation.
Fa-Rectification has reached its final stage. In the days to come, I will continue to memorize the Fa, recite the Fa, cultivate diligently, and live up to Master’s compassionate salvation.
(Selected submission for the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)
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