(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
Before I start talking about my experiences, I’d like to say that I treasure this opportunity to attend another Fa Conference and share my experiences with you.
Earthquake
The first sentence of Master’s article, “Wake Up,” published in November 2021, was as follows:
“The Fa’s rectification of the Cosmos has finished, and now a transition to the Fa’s rectification of the human world is taking place.” (“Wake Up”)
Two and half months after the article was published, a major earthquake occurred in Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, which caused great suffering throughout the country.
My family is from Pazarcık, I have four uncles, seven aunts, more than forty cousins, and their children, and most of them live in Pazarcık. Many of our family members’ homes and workplaces were destroyed in the earthquake. However, not a single family member was harmed, because they were not home that night. I know they are alive today thanks to Master’s protection.
We hosted some of our family members in our home. My niece Asya, who is 6 years old, practiced the Falun Dafa exercises with me every day. She also sometimes accompanied me to the group practice site at beach. My other family members also showed a very positive attitude towards Dafa, even though it was very foreign to their culture.
When we visited our village after the situation stabilized, I was very touched by the survivors. They realized that material gains and losses in life were not important, and they were much better people. When I entered my grandmother’s house, which had been completely destroyed, I felt a different kind of peace. I felt surrounded by a completely cleansed, pure energy, as if the area were completely purified. The energy was so pure that I had no thoughts.
Throughout the earthquake disaster and the subsequent experiences, I reviewed my cultivation. I now clearly understand how short our time is and that we must hurry. During this period when the Fa rectification of the human world is beginning, I must not slack off in doing the three things. I must not become complacent and have regrets when this process is over.
Master said,
“Society is now at its very end, and all of the bad things that are happening are inevitable. All of what we do is for the purpose of saving people. The old universe is what it is; let it be. Your responsibility is to rescue and deliver lives to the new universe.” (“Wake Up”)
I Am Not Alone
Throughout my cultivation journey, although I knew that Master was always with me, there were times when I felt lonely and unhappy, and I was once again submerged in these feelings. This feeling of loneliness caused me to develop other attachments such as vanity and a desire for approval. When I decided it was time to eliminate them, Master gave me an opportunity.
I met an instructor at the Adult Education Center in Mersin and gave him some brochures about Falun Dafa to hand out to the women who attended the center. I said if anyone was interested in learning the exercises I would come to teach them. We set a day, and when I walked in, 40 people were waiting eagerly to learn the exercises.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. We did the exercises, and then I talked about Falun Dafa to them. It was a wonderful feeling to introduce Dafa to so many people. I felt that Master arranged this to show me what I could do even if I was alone, and to encourage me. My gratitude was indescribable.
Last year was the most difficult since I began practicing. With Master’s arrangement, I married my husband, who is the opposite of me. I knew that getting married would complicate my life, both materially and spiritually. But, I felt this was a great opportunity to improve my xinxing and advance in cultivation.
My tribulations increased after I got married. I was initially carried away by human emotions and slackened off in my cultivation, and I started making a big mistake. When the test came, my first thought was how big the test was and how hard it was to pass. After failing several times, I stopped controlling my emotions and accepted failure. I’m a cultivator, so how can I be controlled by my emotions?
Master said,
“The bigger you perceive the challenges to be, the harder things will be to carry out, since “the appearance stems from the mind.” And so the task will become increasingly burdensome. When I say “the appearance stems from the mind,” by that I also mean that the difficulty stems from your overstating the importance of the matter itself and seeing yourself in a lesser light.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting”, Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume X)
When I lost my temper one day, we had a major car accident. A motorcycle crashed into our car at high speed right into my door. The windows shattered on me, the door collapsed, and an airbag exploded into my arm. I felt no pain. I did not go to the hospital and I did not complain. With Master’s protection, miraculously, no one was hurt, including the elderly motorcyclist who was dragged for several meters. If I hadn’t been a practitioner, I might have died that day. Our car was destroyed, but we didn’t lose any money, and we were able to buy a better car.
This accident was a turning point for me—I stopped slacking off in my cultivation, and stopped pursuing being happy. I started to strive hard to do the three things again. I will strive even harder to be worthy of Master’s merciful salvation.
I looked inside, and saw that I lost my temper because I had an attachment to being right. Even when I tolerated something, I thought to myself, “I’m right, but I won’t argue.” Was this the tolerance of a practitioner? Why was I so concerned with being right? I also found an attachment to reputation. I wanted to be right so that I would be on top. For a true practitioner, being right and upholding one’s reputation is not important.
As I looked inside, I realized something else. I was dissatisfied. Even though I had everything I needed and I was able to cultivate while living comfortably, I wasn’t satisfied and I complained about my living conditions. I didn’t appreciate the good things I had, or the fact that I obtained the Fa. These were definitely not the thoughts of a practitioner.
Master said,
“If a person can truly obtain Dafa, this person is really most fortunate.” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun)
Distributing Brochures
I sometimes walk along the beach, pass out brochures, and talk to people about Falun Dafa. When I see these brochures in the trash or lying on the ground, I still get angry. One day, after seeing a crumpled brochure in the trash, I thought, “Am I making a mistake?”
When I got home that day, I turned on a Minghui podcast and listened to a practitioner’s experience. While on patrol in the military, this practitioner found a Dafa brochure that had been crumpled up and half burned on the ground. Some of it was still readable, and he obtained the Fa. This practitioner was now practiced for 20 years!
I will continue to hand out brochures. Thank you, Master, for your endless guidance.
Letting Go of My Fundamental Attachment
Since the day I started practicing, I’ve been aware of my biggest attachment—my attachment to my body. Half of my life was spent on prioritizing my appearance and fitness. I also built my business on this. I began practicing Falun Dafa four years ago, but I wasn’t able to let go of this attachment—I used my profession as an excuse. This attachment recently expanded and started to interfere with my practice. I did not do the Falun Dafa exercises—I worked out instead.
When I finally realized that I had to make a choice, my right leg began hurting. The pain spread to my entire upper leg, hip, and waist, and lasted for a week. I had difficulty moving. The sore spots first became red, and then became small, infected sores. When I saw the sores, I was happy because I thought my karma was finally coming to the surface and would be eliminated.
I couldn’t sleep because of the pain. I couldn’t exercise or concentrate when I studied the Fa. After three days, I was unable to move at all. The pain was so bad that I wept. Unfortunately, I finally agreed with my husband to take me to the hospital.
I was diagnosed with shingles. I was given a painkiller injection, and when I went home, I took the prescribed medication. I stopped taking it the next day. My pain continued for a week, but did not become unbearable. At the end of a week, all my wounds faded and dried up.
I looked inward, and found my fundamental obsession with my body and many other attachments which were linked to this obsession, such as vanity, competition, jealousy, self-satisfaction, and the need for approval. While I looked inward and identified these attachments, I also had physical reactions. People would call it an illness, but I knew that Master was cleansing my body.
I looked inward: Why did I experience such unbearable pain? I must have done many bad things in my previous lifetimes. I have a high pain threshold and I’m resilient. Why couldn’t I overcome it? I found the answer. Even though I was aware of my obsession, I created this difficulty for myself because I refused to eliminate my attachment. I created karma I could not overcome.
In the process of letting go of my basic attachment, I realized that I was afraid of losing my self. I thought that the ideas and substances I acquired since I was born in the ordinary human world were “me,’’ and I was afraid that if they were eliminated, there would be no “me.’’ I didn’t realize they were not my original, true self. Now, under my Master’s guidance, I am returning to my true self.
I’m still in the process of letting go of my basic attachment, and I’ve recovered.
Eliminating Thoughts of Failure
The thought that held me back on my cultivation journey was the thought that I failed—that I was not a good practitioner. I regretted the tests I failed for months, and when I couldn’t actively clarify the truth, thoughts of how incompetent I was and how I did not live up to the standards kept surfacing. These thoughts caused me great suffering. This constant feeling of failure was what sabotaged me the most. I understood that this was demonic interference trying to prevent me from cultivating, and I rejected them. I asked Master for help to get rid of these thoughts, study the Fa more, and send forth righteous thoughts.
Master said,
“You should cherish all that you have done, for this amounts to cherishing yourself!” (“Be More Diligent,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume X)
Thank you, Master. Thank you, fellow practitioners.
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