(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1996. In writing this experience-sharing article, I’d like to summarize my cultivation process and find my shortcomings, allowing me to become more diligent in my cultivation. My sharing is from the perspective of memorizing and studying the Fa and clarifying the truth to people.
Reciting the Fa Became a Process of Cultivating and Elevating Myself
As a veteran practitioner, I truly understand the importance of Fa-study. Prior to the persecution, there was an upsurge of studying and reciting the Fa in many areas of China. After the persecution started, Master repeatedly told us to study the Fa well. Practitioners also treat Fa-study as the key issue among the three things we are to do. Inspired by the experience-sharing articles on the Minghui website about reciting the Fa, I made up my mind to memorize and recite the Fa.
I began to recite the Fa in 2016. I recall that I previously was the type who didn’t like reciting anything and was afraid of trying to memorize things since childhood. Upon realizing that Zhuan Falun had more than 300 pages, I wondered if I could memorize and recite it. However, I wanted to give it a try. However much I could manage to recite, I’d go with it.
At that time, just studying the Fa seemed like a struggle: I felt sleepy when I did it. Sometimes half an hour would pass, while I didn’t even finish reading two pages, let alone recite the Fa. I felt I was separated from the Fa by a film. It was truly difficult! A few times, I wanted to give up on reciting the Fa. Then, I looked within: Wasn’t it a demon interfering with me?
One time, when I burned incense in front of Master’s picture, I begged Master for help. At that time, a few words appeared in my mind: You need to pursue truthfulness. I was dumbfounded: Did Master mean that I wasn’t solidly cultivating? I felt I had been doing the three things and had put my heart into cultivation. Only later did I come to enlighten: My state of studying and reciting the Fa was so poor; it wasn’t the true me, but rather a fake me! The true me wanted to study and recite the Fa well, which would help cultivate myself well. When I assimilated to Dafa, I could clarify the facts to people more effectively. The fake me was made up of human notions, and it came down to laziness and other interference, even including interference from demons in other dimensions. They didn’t want me to study and recite the Fa, thus preventing me from obtaining the Fa.
When my thoughts became clear, my righteous thoughts became firm: I can do it! For sure I can do it! I thought no matter how slowly I went, I would move forward step by step. Thus, when I managed to recite one sentence, I wrote it down. I didn’t try for speed, but only did so with sincerity. I went from one sentence to another, then to finishing a paragraph; from finishing one page to another, to a section; then to a lecture; and from one lecture to all nine lectures in total. It took me a little over a year to finish reciting Zhuan Falun once. Using the same method, I recited Zhuan Falun a second time, then Essentials for Further Advancement, The Essentials of Diligent Progress II, and The Essentials of Diligent Progress III.
Again, I began to recite Zhuan Falun for a third time in October 2018. Unexpectedly, I couldn’t keep up for a while. It felt as if my brain got stuck. The demon of sleep seized upon me. As a result, I couldn’t finish reciting a paragraph in one whole day.
Then, I carefully looked inward when I realized that many attachments had come forth: agitation, going through the motions, and a show-off mentality. When I recited the Fa, I always wrote out the paragraph from memory when I finished reciting it. However, agitation flared up before I finished reciting it, as I was in a rush to write it out for the sake of speed.
I also brought the written Fa to the Fa-study group. Even though my intent was to ask them to help me check it for errors, fundamentally, I wanted to show off to other practitioners. I wanted them to see how well I had written it. When I was praised, I felt so good deep down and thought I had cultivated well. Was this any different than when Buddha Shakyamuni‘s disciples showed off their begging bowls? Thinking back, I feel such shame. No matter how well I wrote the Fa, could it prove that I had cultivated well? I then quickly corrected my approach. In my reciting the Fa, I put more emphasis on understanding the Fa and kept improving in that.
I began to recite the Fa with a fellow practitioner at the end of September 2019. We started off with Hong Yin, then moved on to Zhuan Falun. In the beginning, I recited it alone at home. At the group Fa-study, we took turns, with each person reciting one paragraph. As one person recited it, the others listened and corrected any mistakes. After we recited one paragraph well, we moved onto the next one. Meanwhile, we shared our understandings of the Fa to encourage and learn from one another.
To date, I have recited and copied Zhuan Falun seven times. In the process of doing so, I kept enlightening and improving my understanding of the Fa. With my understanding of the Fa getting deeper, I truly felt at times that Dafa was manifesting the Fa principles one layer after another in front of me. It was miraculous! Its deep inner meanings inspired me, and my realm kept elevating. I deeply felt that the process of reciting the Fa was truly a process of cultivating myself and of elevation!
Clarifying the Truth to Save People, Using Work as My Platform
I came to realize that clarifying the truth to save sentient beings is one of the three things that a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple should do. It is a responsibility that one must fulfill!
I’m in my 70s. Due to my technical background, I was hired by a private company after retirement. Practitioners are sincere, honest, and take our self-interest lightly. These character traits won the trust of my boss and respect from my colleagues, which served to lay a good foundation for truth-clarification. Employees who have a longer tenure with the company all know the truth and have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. When I submitted a lawsuit in 2015 against the former CCP leader, Jiang Zemin, most of them signed the letter, and many of them used their real names to support it.
This company is a service provider and has a high rate of turnover. However, most of my clients are repeat customers. They come from all walks of life. My customers have a lot of trust in me. I treat my work environment as a platform that Master gave me for saving sentient beings, and I try not to miss anyone with a predestined relationship. When it was a bit slow, I tried to clarify the truth in more detail to have people truly come to understand the truth and be saved. Some customers became good friends of mine. Some took the initiative to ask for Dafa informational materials, calendars, and DVDs from me; and some asked me to help them obtain copies of Dafa books. When it was busy and I didn’t have time to clarify the truth to customers about Dafa, I gave them informational materials to read at home.
The former president of my old company called me and asked me to meet him in the summer of 2020. I prepared a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and other informational materials for him. When we met, I sincerely appreciated how he stood up against the pressure and protected practitioners at my old company. At that time, a practitioner had been illegally arrested by police. When our division superior asked the former president to dismiss the practitioner, he didn’t do it. Another practitioner was also illegally arrested, and this former president asked for his release several times, saying the practitioner was an indispensable, technical top talent. As the former president previously said, “If our company had more practitioners like you, my job would have been much easier.”
This former president was later diagnosed with cancer. Many people thought he wouldn’t survive, yet he miraculously recovered. Thinking back on that, I suggested, “It’s because you protected practitioners that you received good fortune.” He gladly took the informational materials and said he would read them carefully at home.
Clarifying the Truth to People with My Cell Phone
For a while, I used my cell phone to clarify the facts to people. Beyond using a few cell phones to make calls and play recorded messages, I also called people directly and helped some predestined people quit the CCP and its youth organizations. I remember one person, where it wasn’t until I talked to him a few times that he learned the truth and quit the CCP. Afterwards, he wanted to help some of his friends quit as well. I told him that they needed to agree to do so; otherwise it wouldn’t count. To my surprise, it didn’t take him very long before he sent me a list of 16 people who agreed to quit the CCP organizations.
One morning, I vomited and had diarrhea, so I kept going to the washroom non-stop. However, I had made a commitment to another practitioner to go outside together to make truth-clarification calls. So I went over to Master’s picture to ask for Master’s empowerment. The vomiting and diarrhea stopped that afternoon. In addition, the truth-clarification went very well. Many people decided to take our calls and listened to us at great length. In an hour, I helped four people quit the CCP. It was truly as Master had said:
“One only needs to worry about putting in the effort of practice, and the rest is in the hands of one’s teacher.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)
My One Thought: “You Are the Predestined One I Should Save!”
I remember one day last fall, when I went to a bus station and saw a man there waiting for the bus. I immediately took out some informational materials and gave them to him. He said, “Old lady, do you know what I do? Look, I work across the street.” I thought: Isn’t that where the Police Bureau is? I also heard from other practitioners that there were many plainclothes officers around there. At that time, my righteous thoughts were very strong. I thought: Since I ran into you, you are the predestined one I should save!
I calmed down and sat beside him. Then I said to him with smile, “A police officer should know more about the truth and ensure one’s safety. I saw that you look kind. You must be a filial son and a loving father.” Upon hearing that, he said cheerfully, “You have a good eye, I’m a well-known filial son.” Then he began to talk about how he respected his parents. While sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate every evil factor preventing him from being saved, I had one thought: Now you have to listen to me!
I waited until he paused. Then I immediately said, “Do you know how many of you from the police, procuratorate, and judicial system who participated in persecuting Falun Dafa have received karmic retribution? They had to either step down or were imprisoned, and some were even sentenced to death. For the sake of your family, you have to treasure your life! You work for the CCP, so you should know better than anyone about its tyranny and corruption. In order to provoke people to hate Falun Dafa, they orchestrated the staged ‘self-immolation on Tiananmen Square.’ More viciously, for profit, they’ve harvested organs from practitioners while they were still alive.”
I added, “The duty of a police officer is to punish evil and promote kindness. It won’t be tolerated by heaven to persecute good people who believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. In China, public officials now have to take lifelong responsibility for the cases they prosecute, and there is no official document legalizing the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa, so you shouldn’t be a scapegoat for others! The stone with the hidden characters has revealed a heavenly secret-- the words ‘The CCP Will Perish.’ It is Heaven’s will. My brother, are you a Party member?” He nodded.
“I want to help you quit the Party so that you won’t be buried with it. I’ll give you a pseudonym to help you quit, okay?” He said, “Sure, thank you!” I said, “We ran into each other because of our predestined relationship.” He said, “You said it. I usually drive, but today I had some beer, and that’s why I came here to take the bus.”
I then said, “I also want to tell you, ‘Falun Dafa is good,’ and ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ When you are in danger, by sincerely reciting this phrase you’ll escape danger and come out safe and sound. If you can use your post to protect practitioners, then you’ll receive great fortune, because Falun Dafa is a form of Buddha Law cultivation.”
I asked him to put away the materials and take them home for his family to read so they could also ensure their safety after learning the truth. He did so and asked me repeatedly to mind my own safety. I felt truly happy that his life was saved.
Running into People with Predestined Relationships and Helping Them Quit the CCP
One day during the long holiday in May 2022, I planned to go outside to clarify the facts to people. The weather forecast said the temperature would go as high as 97 degrees. I thought, “With it being so hot, how many people will be outside?” Then, I thought, “I said to Master that I’d go out today, so I have to keep my promise. No matter how hot it is, I should still go!”
So I walked out, but then wondered where I should go. Since going to parks and shopping malls required a QR code scan, I decided to go to an area with grass. As soon as I got there, I saw two mothers taking their children to play on the swings. I gave them informational materials and clarified the facts to them. One of them happily renounced her memberships in both the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers. Her son then ran over to us, saying that he wanted to ensure his safety as well, so I helped him quit the Young Pioneers. I also gave them an auspicious amulet. His son saw the words on it and read it out loud. His mother saw that and asked him, “You should thank granny!” The other mother also took the materials and acknowledged that Dafa is good. She said she’d check out the materials after going home.
Following the grass to head south, I came to a park. Wow! There were many tourists there. I was glad I didn’t choose to stay at home, as I’d have missed this opportunity to save people. While walking, I passed out informational materials to the tourists and found opportunities to clarify the truth and help them quit the CCP. In the end, I handed out a dozen brochures and talked to about a dozen tourists. Among them, seven decided to quit the CCP.
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