China Fahui | Wisdom Comes from the Fa When Clarifying Truth

(Minghui.org) On the occasion of the call for submissions for the 22nd Minghui China Fahui, I would first like to express my endless gratitude to Master. It is under Master’s compassionate protection that I have come this far. I would also like to thank my fellow practitioners for their selfless help. The following are some stories from my cultivation journey that I would like to share.

Found the Righteous Fa

I remember I was a kind child. Whenever I heard a baby crying, I would ask my mother to go out and see if there was any way she could help the child.

In elementary school, I observed those around me behaving poorly as they chased after fame and fortune. What good were those things anyway? I decided to just let life take its course. My grades were always good, and I was relatively care-free, though I’d occasionally witness or overhear adults and children arguing.

They’d hurt each other with all their cruel language. I’d think: What’s wrong with taking a little loss? How much better it would be if people could just get along peacefully.

Ever since I was a child, I’ve always loved listening to elders tell stories of ancient cultivators and reading mythological tales. I marveled at the gods’ foresight, profound wisdom, omnipotence, extraordinary powers, great compassion, the beauty of the divine realm, and their benevolence in saving and guiding humanity. Yet in reality, humans and gods seemed worlds apart. Especially in that era, when all feudal superstitions were condemned, only a few people secretly practiced reverence for gods and worship of Buddha.

My youth coincided with the era of reform and opening up. People could go to temples to burn incense, but their prayers were all for wealth and sons. Pornography was rampant, and people’s morality was declining rapidly. My own heart was also being eroded; sometimes I would indulge in wild fantasies. Fortunately, traditional values kept me in check, preventing me from doing anything out of line.

Many people feel the world is out of balance these days. Some are spreading the idea that the world won’t last much longer, predicting great calamities for humanity. At that time, various qigong practices were circulating, and I thought, if people could transform into pure energy through cultivation, perhaps the disasters wouldn’t affect me. I began to pay attention to various qigong practices, but I always felt they weren’t what I was looking for. Then one day in the spring of 1999, my mother, who practiced qigong, told me that they she was now practicing Falun Dafa, which is the greatest teaching in the world.

At the time, I thought I had some understanding of various schools of qigong, but none dared to claim supremacy. I wanted to examine their scriptures. After reading Zhuan Falun, I learned how to be a good person, how to cultivate spiritually, and the relationship between the universe, gods, and humans. I realized how close humans and gods truly are, and I discovered many divine secrets.

This is truly the Great Law of the universe. My worldview changed—this was exactly what I had been searching for! I decided to cultivate Falun Dafa! After all, in my early thirties, I still felt that building a family and establishing a career should be my primary focus.

After July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began arresting Falun Dafa practitioners who appealed to the government, and used television, newspapers, and various propaganda tools to slander Falun Dafa. I realized this was a test to sift the wheat from the chaff—I must embark on the path of cultivation.

So I learned the five sets of Dafa exercises. To my surprise, after practicing for only a short time, all the ailments that had plagued me for years vanished: bloating, acute gastroenteritis, sinusitis, headaches, and frequent colds. From then on, I could eat anything, sleep well, and feel light and healthy. Falun Dafa truly has miraculous effects in healing illnesses and strengthening the body.

After manufacturing the Tiananmen self-immolation hoax, the CCP intensified its persecution of Falun Dafa. My mother stopped practicing, and my family urged me to quit as well. I couldn’t understand why things had turned out this way, so I decided to stop practicing. The next day, I realized my thoughts had reverted to their former state, and I no longer felt the pressure of confronting impure thoughts.

From the practice, I had learned that cultivation inevitably encounters interference—one manifestation being the emergence of impure thoughts. I knew I only needed to recognize that these thoughts were not me, refuse to follow them, and Master would eliminate them. Having personally experienced the authenticity of cultivation, I only gave it up for one day before starting cultivation again.

Only in recent years have I felt my mind grow relatively clear. Later, as I interacted more with fellow practitioners, I came to understand that the Tiananmen self-immolation was a hoax orchestrated by the CCP. After reading Master’s new teachings, I realized we are Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification period, and that validating the Fa is of utmost importance. If people harbor the notion that Dafa is bad, they have no future. How crucial it is to save others!

Wisdom Comes from the Fa

I’m an introvert and not very talkative. I remember the first time I shared the truth with someone—the words were on the tip of my tongue but I just couldn’t bring myself to speak. Finally, I forced myself to do it and told a young man about Falun Dafa’s remarkable health benefits and how the Tiananmen self-immolation was a frame-up.

When I talked about predestined relationships, the other person asked what they were. I didn’t know how to start, but then I suddenly thought of something and told them that predestined relationships are like the song says: “Those who are destined to meet will meet even if they are a thousand miles apart; those who are not destined to meet will not recognize each other even if they are face to face; and it takes a thousand years of cultivation to share a boat ride.”

At the time, I was amazed I could say such things, and from then on I often shared the truth about Falun Dafa with others. When I was stumped by questions and couldn’t respond well, I’d start thinking about how to answer them better—often finding the answer that very night.

Gradually, sharing the truth became natural for me. Within three sentences of meeting someone, I’d effortlessly steer the conversation toward Falun Dafa, sensing that everything exists within the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. But I did encounter one difficult question:

A fellow practitioner in our village spoke about Falun Dafa to a retiree, who claimed he would praise whoever paid him, meaning he praised the CCP because it paid his pension. When I later told other people in our village about Dafa, they echoed this sentiment.

Though I explained to them that the CCP neither works nor produces anything—that it is sustained by our tax money and the value we create, and that these retirement or pension benefits are returns on the value we previously created. My response failed to move their hearts.

About a year later, that man’s wife was killed in a tricycle accident. The driver paid him over 200,000 yuan. From then on, whenever I encountered someone who said they supported the CCP because they received their salaries from it, I’d give the above example and ask them: “The driver paid that guy over 200,000 yuan—could he possibly speak well of the driver?”

The money we receive is just a tiny fraction of the value we create—most of it is swallowed up by corruption. We’re essentially sustaining the CCP. Yet when we turn around and say the CCP is paying us, how utterly perverse is that?

This approach has proven highly effective. Over the years of telling people about Dafa, encouraging people to withdraw from the CCP, and validating the Fa in various ways, I’ve found that face-to-face conversations followed by giving them truth-clarifying materials yields excellent results.

Help Family Members Learn the Facts

At first, both my parents agreed to my practicing Falun Dafa. But when the CCP launched its relentless, widespread persecution, they grew afraid. My mother stopped practicing, and my entire family began opposing my practice—especially my father, who kept a constant watch on me.

One afternoon, knowing my father had come to visit me again, I began to send forth righteous thoughts. As soon as he entered the room, he sensed something and said, “You’re still using your powers against me.” He left immediately and from then on he only discouraged me from practicing, but stopped monitoring me.

I tried to tell him about Falun Dafa, but he wouldn’t listen. Years later, he suffered a stroke and still blamed me. At 80, he suffered another stroke. This time, he was terrified. While he was in the hospital, I told him, “Originally, when one person practices, the whole family benefits. Not only did you spread lies, but you also tore down Falun Dafa posters. Falun Dafa is Buddha school’s teachings. What you did is the worst thing in the world... You must understand that Dafa is good. If you recite ‘Falun Dafa is good,’ you will be blessed. You will be able to walk without your crutches.”

After presenting numerous facts, I finally persuaded my father. He began reciting “Falun Dafa is good.” Later, he walked indoors without a cane. My mother had practiced and knew the greatness of Dafa. Both my parents passed away in their 90s.

After I shared the truth several times with my eldest brother-in-law Jing, he withdrew from the CCP. Later, he was involved in a car accident on a stretch of road notorious for frequent crashes—few survive accidents there. Yet he recovered and was discharged from the hospital.

About two months later, my second brother-in-law Qiang fell into a coma and was hospitalized. During his coma, he only called out my name—Qiang understood the truth. I recited “Dafa is good” in the direction of his hospital room, pleading with Master to save him. A month later, Qiang was discharged in good health.

The whole family was delighted. Before I could finish telling Jing about it, he got upset. Soon after, word reached me that Qiang was back in the hospital. I said, “No, that can’t be right—it must be my eldest brother-in-law Jing again.”

Upon further inquiry, it was indeed Jing. When I visited, I urged him to recite “Falun Dafa is good,” but he refused. Not long after, he passed away.

My two daughters have never objected to my cultivation practice since childhood, and they even helped protect the Falun Dafa books from being taken by their grandfather. My eldest daughter’s career is going quite well.

My younger daughter did very well on college entrance exams and graduated from college, and now is pursuing her Master’s Degree.

Serious Lessons from Resentment and Competitiveness

Knowing about the evil history of the CCP, I developed strong resentment against it and this was also evident when I tried to clarify the facts to people. Once a person I talked to said, “You won’t succeed in your cultivation.” Yet I even thought that it didn’t matter if I couldn’t succeed, as long as I can save people.

But I soon learned a hard lesson from what happened next. I met a person who practiced Taoism in a park. He took the flyer from me and said with a condescending tone that Falun Gong should change its name. I became upset and responded that how can his small school of practice dictate the profound Way. He threw the flyer away and left.

The next day, I met another person who had just returned from another country. I commented that western countries all value human rights much better than the CCP. He refuted that he didn’t feel secure, as there were many murders involving guns. I pointed out that although the Chinese people aren’t allowed to have guns, we often heard on the news that someone randomly killed people with a knife. I added that if the Chinese people have guns, they might kill all the corrupt CCP officials. He immediately stopped talking to me.

I had a feeling that I could have saved both people, but because of my inappropriate comments that were full of resentment and competitiveness, I pushed them away.

After a few days, I persuaded seven people to quit the CCP, but was arrested on my way home. I was forced to write a statement to renounce Dafa and detained for ten days. I began to realize that resentment is a big problem for me.

One month after I was released, another practitioner was arrested. She did much better than I and was soon released without writing anything. When she shared with me how she looked within, I finally realized how strong my resentment and competitiveness was, and how far I was from the Fa’s standard, even after cultivating for so many years.

Pass the Financial Tribulation by Reciting the Fa

My son-in-law used my wife’s information to apply for loans and make an investment online. But that company soon went bankrupt and the bank kept calling my wife and daughter, asking them to pay the loans. We didn’t have any savings and it felt like the sky had collapsed. With no other choice, we had to sell the house.

When I was reading ancient stories about people who had to give up their personal interest for a bigger cause, it always felt that’s the right thing to do, as one shouldn’t be attached to material things. I didn’t expect that when I had to make that choice, it would be so difficult for me. I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

With no other way to calm down, I recited the Fa and immediately felt that a heavy layer of attachment was removed from me. The Fa gave me strength to overcome the resentment and attachment to material gain.

My family was impressed by how I handled the situation. After paying off the loans, we had extra from selling the house. We made some more investments and now the profit has already made up for what was lost.

(Selected submission for the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)