(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 2017. I live in a village and am 76 years old. It has been almost 7 years since I obtained the Fa, but I still find it very hard to get into the state that a cultivator should be in. This is mainly due to the obstruction by my notions. It is stopping me from obtaining the Fa when I study the Fa, so I did not make any fundamental changes.

Under benevolent Master’s repeated enlightenment, I started to get a handle on my cultivation, and all sorts of understandings entered my mind.

Below are my recent reflections and my experience in truly obtaining the Fa and improving in my cultivation state by comparing myself with the Fa, looking within, and changing my human notions.

I am the only Falun Dafa practitioner in my village. Therefore, I study the Fa at home by myself. I often thought in my heart how nice it would for another practitioner move to my village. One day, a relative from afar came to my house for a visit and talked about cultivation. She helped me find two practitioners and I felt happy in my heart.

The three of us study the Fa together and also exchange cultivation experiences sometimes. The Fa that I have studied is very little and I am also not diligent in my Fa study. I also have a lot of attachments that are hard for me to let go of. Slowly, practitioner Yu started to have negative thoughts about me, saying that I am not diligent in my cultivation. I felt unhappy in my heart and the both of us often faced conflicts. When she said that I was not diligent, I would say that she did not cultivate her speech.

Isn’t it a good thing for everyone to study the Fa together? Why are the two of us always in conflict? Just then, Master enlightened me: This happened to help me improve my xinxing. I suddenly understood, and was really regretful about my behavior.

One night, practitioner Yu went to practitioner Wei’s house to look for me, saying that she wanted to apologize to me. I continued the conversation, “You want to apologize to me? I am the one who wants to say I’m sorry to you. No matter what Fa validation matters that we do, no matter which environment we are in, we must merge our xinxing cultivation and improvement together, study the Fa well and cultivate ourselves well. This is what Master wants. Only by treating ourselves as a cultivator all the time and cultivating ourselves based on the Fa will the things that we do achieve mighty virtue. We also will be be able overcome any setbacks and tribulations. We should not place our own understandings at a very high level. Instead, we should place Dafa in the important position, maintain a humble attitude, and maintain our respect towards Dafa.” Yu returned home happily after hearing that, and I also felt happy in my heart.

That night when I meditated at home, my heart felt relaxed. Normally, I could not meditate in the full lotus position for one hour. However, that night I actually meditated in the full lotus position for more than an hour. This is because Master was helping and encouraging me. This is really a manifestation of “Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

On my future cultivation path, I will cherish well my cultivation and make good use of the all the opportunities that Master has arranged for me to improve in my cultivation. I will solidly and truly cultivate, follow Master in the Fa-rectification progress, do well on my path of cultivation, and follow Master home.

Thank you, Master!

Thank you, fellow practitioners!