(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa three years ago. Last year, I began listening to Minghui Radio while I cooked and did household chores. I especially like listening to the “Recalling Master’s Grace” series, in which practitioners recounted their experiences while attending Master’s lectures in China. I’m frequently moved to tears when listening. Their cultivation sharing articles have helped me enlighten on my cultivation journey.
Watching NTD TV Inspires Me to Practice Falun Dafa
My daughter and I left China in 2018 to be with my husband, who works overseas. I was born into a wealthy family and lived a good life. After I married, my husband and I had good salaries, as both of us worked for international companies. All of our siblings moved to other countries. However we didn’t want to go overseas, as we were living comfortably in China. We planned to go to the U.S. when my daughter was in senior high school. We went on overseas trips every year and I felt I understood the world pretty well.
When I settled down in the U.S. and watched documentaries about the June 4th Tienanmen Square Massacre, read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and The Communist Specter is Ruling Our World, I realized that I had been deceived by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The TV programs talked about the withdrawals from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and that many people had already quit the CCP. My husband and I wrote statements to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations using our real names, and posted them online. I later watched the documentary Agenda: Grinding America Down. I was worried, and wondered if we would have a future in such a world.
One day I came across a book about Zen Buddhism and read it. I still had many questions that were not answered. I often watched NTD TV, and I liked some of the hosts who had their own channels on social media. One day I asked my husband, “They look like they are cultivators. What do they practice?” He said, “They practice Falun Dafa.” When I asked what Falun Dafa was, he said he didn’t know.
I went online and searched for Falun Dafa. I saw the book Zhuan Falun, read it online, and I felt it was a very good book. It answered all of my questions.
I stopped at a certain paragraph on the first day, thinking I could continue reading the next day. When I started reading the next day, after I read for about half an hour, I realized that I had just re-read what I read the day before. I felt it was strange that the cursor went back to the very beginning. The same thing happened on the third day, but it didn’t bother me as I was attracted to the book. When I started to cultivate, I realized that it must have been interference that prevented me from obtaining the Fa. After I finished reading Zhuan Falun the second time, I couldn’t stop my tears. I understood that Master was giving us a ladder to Heaven, and I knew about the purpose of life.
I watched Master’s exercise demo and learned the five sets of exercises. I did the fifth exercise a few times but I didn’t think I was doing the movements correctly. I found the practice site online and went to it for the first time on May 23, 2021. Thus I started practicing Falun Dafa.
Although I had traveled outside China many times, I only met practitioners once—ten years before I began practicing. On my way to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles, an elderly woman offered me a pamphlet about Falun Dafa, and said, “Please read this. Learn the truth and you will be blessed.” I didn’t take it. Instead I waved her away and said, “No, thank you.” She followed me for a few steps and said kindly, “Please read and learn a bit more.” I refused her gently. I thought, “I’m not interested in politics.”
Many people seem to think this way because they don’t know the reason we all came to this world. I thus missed the opportunity to learn Falun Dafa at that time.
Every time I meet people who don’t want to listen to the truth about Falun Dafa, I remind myself that I was that way in the past. I really hope that more people learn the truth and are saved by Dafa.
Clarifying the Truth to Family Members
I understood how important Falun Dafa is to every single person after I began practicing. I decided to clarify the truth to people, including my relatives and friends, and let them know how wonderful Falun Dafa is. Because of this thought, Master arranged many opportunities for me to do this. My daughter was the first one who obtained the Fa after me.
When I took Zhuan Falun home and opened the page to Master’s photo, she said, “Mom, I saw Master before.” When I heard this, I knew she came to this world to obtain the Fa. My husband also later started practicing Falun Dafa. I gave my mom, dad, and mother-in-law copies of Zhuan Falun, but they didn’t read it, even though I repeatedly asked them to.
My dad had cataract surgery and couldn’t see anything for four weeks. I said, “You can’t see anything. Would you like to listen to Master’s lectures?” He immediately agreed. After he listened to the lectures, he said they were very good, and that Falun Dafa was not like what the CCP said. He listened to the lectures four times.
My dad had trouble hearing, so I had to speak loudly when I talked to him. But his hearing improved a lot after he listened to the Fa for a month. I can now see his face when I video call him—in the past I only saw his ear because he had to put his mobile phone very close to his ear. He changed his attitude about Dafa. His health improved and I knew that compassionate Master had removed the bad substances from his body.
I continued clarifying the truth to my mom, brother, my mother-in-law, and my neighbors. They gradually understood what Dafa was and read Zhuan Falun. I felt happy for them. So many people now know about Falun Dafa. I knew this was Master’s arrangement. Thank you Master for your compassion, and for saving them.
Clarifying the Truth to People from China and Fulfilling My Vow
Soon after I started practicing Falun Dafa, I told another practitioner, “I will do the three things that every Falun Dafa practitioner should do. I will study the Fa and do the exercises, send forth righteous thoughts, and clarify the truth to people. I want to clarify the truth to people in China.”
But she told me to study the Fa well first, and read all of Master’s articles and lectures. So, besides reading Zhuan Falun every day, I began reading Master’s other lectures. I finished reading all of Master’s lectures in late July 2021. I told the practitioner again that I wanted to call people in China and tell them the facts. She helped install a truth-clarification software program on my computer in early August 2021, and showed me how to make phone calls. My only concern was that I didn’t know how to clarify the truth to people. At first I just read the transcript. I later became able to talk to people without looking at the transcript.
My Laptop Works Again
After two weeks I couldn’t turn on my laptop one day. I restarted it but it still didn’t work. I recharged it and hoped it would work that night, but it didn’t. My husband was good at fixing computers, and every time I had issues with my computer, he was always able to resolve them. That night he was sick and had a fever, so he went to bed early, so I didn’t disturb him. The next morning I asked him to have a look at my computer. He spent a lot of time trying to fix it, but it wouldn’t work. He said, “Your computer is a bit old. It doesn’t work anymore.”
I remembered that other practitioners told me to send forth righteous thoughts frequently to my computer. I sent forth righteous thoughts when I got up that morning, but it still didn’t work. I called a practitioner, who told me to send righteous thoughts. This time when I sent righteous thoughts I begged Master to help me fix the issue.
When I walked back to the sitting room I wondered if my computer would work after pleading with Master to help me. I touched my computer, which was warm this time. When I tried to turn it on, it worked. It was truly amazing, and I could use the software to make phone calls again. Master helped fix the issue, and I was very thankful.
Breaking Through My Fear and Clarifying the Truth to Chinese Tourists
Many Chinese tourists took trips on cruise ships and visited my city in the summer of 2023. I never talked to people in person about Falun Dafa, so I was a bit worried, but I was able to handle it, and I talked to many people.
One day over 300 Chinese tourists came to the site, but there were only three practitioners. One practitioner was Japanese and couldn’t speak Chinese, so she held a board which had information about Falun Dafa. We two Chinese practitioners clarified the truth to the tourists. I talked to about 20 people altogether. At one point I saw a group of more than ten people chatting in the parking lot. I didn’t go over to clarify the truth to them because I was afraid, so I missed this opportunity. I made up my mind to break through my fear, and asked Master to give me more opportunities.
Several days later another tourist group came. I clarified the truth to an elderly couple and asked them to say, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Suddenly a young tour guide said loudly, “You can avoid catastrophe by reciting these two phrases. Are you kidding me?” I was about to tell her stories of how people were blessed by reciting these phrases. She asked me loudly, “Did you contract COVID-19 during the pandemic?” I said firmly, “No, I never had it. My family members didn’t have COVID either.” She was surprised and said, “You are amazing.”
Her loud voice caught the attention of over 20 tourists. I realized that Master was giving me this opportunity to clarify the truth to them. I told them that the CCP staged the Tiananmen self-immolation incident to frame Falun Dafa, that Falun Dafa has spread to over 100 countries, that more than 100 million people are practicing it and more than 400 million people have withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and why they quit the CCP. Many people understood and nodded their heads.
Because there were so many people, I wasn’t able to give everyone an alias. I told them loudly, “When you go back to China, please write your alias or nick name on a piece of white paper and say that you withdraw from whatever CCP’s organizations you joined. You can put it up in a public place, and it will be effective. The divine can see your heart.” I told them to recite the two phrases, and that they would be blessed.
Finally I broke through my fear and could clarify the truth to many people at once. I knew that Master arranged this opportunity for me because I had such a thought. I felt that Master was beside me. Thank you, Master!
More and more Chinese tourists come here, and more than twelve cruise ships dock here each month. Sometimes there are 3,000 to 4,000 tourists each day. We display truth-clarification boards and play recordings about how Falun Dafa has spread, the staged self-immolation incident, the CCP’s state-sanctioned organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners, why people need to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and how more than 400 million people have quit the CCP. Many people read the boards and listened to the recordings. When they understood what we were doing, they thanked us sincerely or gave us a thumbs-up. Some asked us to help them withdraw from the CCP. I knew these were all arranged by Master.
Some people didn’t listen and swore at us. Initially I got very angry. I gradually began feeling sorry for them, because I realized that they were deceived by the CCP’s propaganda. I hope to cultivate myself better and awaken more sentient beings with my kindness, so they will be saved by Master.
I’ve practiced Falun Dafa for nearly three years. Thank you, Master, for saving me and my family members and allowing me to be a Falun Dafa practitioner who is the luckiest being in the world. Although I am busy every day, I am very happy doing the three things. I will fulfill my vow and follow Master to return to my original home.
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