(Minghui.org)
I started practicing Falun Dafa in Turkey in 2000 when I was 15 years old. I now live in the Czech Republic. To be able to deserve the title “Falun Dafa practitioner” is my life’s greatest honor.
When I started reading Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa, I had the same questions that everyone else might have: Who am I? Where did we come from? How did God come into being? Zhuan Falun answered them all and told me even more. I have read Zhuan Falun countless times over the years, and I continue to do so. The more I read, the more new insights I have.
My husband, who is also a practitioner, and I are raising our two sons to be Falun Dafa adherents. We live by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Falun Dafa teaches us to be good people. Falun Dafa guides us and helps raise the next generation to have high moral standards. Because of Falun Dafa, our children are not being dragged down by the deteriorating morality in this corrupt human world.
No matter how much the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) slanders Falun Dafa and Master Li Hongzhi or what kind of defamatory campaign it launches, our family knows for sure that it is completely false. Falun Dafa is a righteous and virtuous way of cultivation practice. The truth cannot be hidden.
My family and I are determined to follow Master Li Hongzhi and Falun Dafa to the end. No matter how big the storm, no matter how rough the waves, we will steer a steady course.
I had been oppressed as a child and in my marriage, so I was filled with fear. Fortunately, I obtained the Fa in 2007, when I was 40, and the fog that I had been living under gradually lifted. After I started practicing, Falun Dafa helped me learn to distinguish right from wrong. I finally found the true path that I had longed for since I was a child.
When I first started to read Zhuan Falun, I didn’t understand many things. But when I read the sections on karmic retribution, improving xinxing, and repaying karmic debt, I burst into tears, because I finally understood why many people had mistreated me and why I had to suffer. I was relieved to have an explanation.
I have had my ups and downs in cultivation over the years. When I suffered, only Zhuan Falun could ease that suffering or help me find the right path. Zhuan Falun also gave me indications when I was doing better or doing the right thing, which was incredible. I am proud and honored to be a disciple of Master and a Dafa cultivator.
I hope I can be even more diligent. Master, I am grateful for your continued guidance and protection along the way. No matter how difficult it is, I am determined to stand firm and steadfast in cultivating Falun Dafa.
After I obtained the Fa, I met with another practitioner almost every week at the practice site and Fa study group. Since I had no experience when it came to cultivation, I was always able to turn to her for help and to hear my questions. Over the past 17 years, the bond between us has grown stronger. Even though she no longer lives in Turkey, our bond has not been broken. Through Falun Dafa, we became as close as family. We are always there for each other, through ups and downs, in the projects in which we participate together, and in sharing experiences. In our understanding, the reason for our strong bond is that we once vowed to help each other in cultivation so that we wouldn’t get lost.
Master Li said:
“The human world has a strong corrupting influence on people, and its powerful currents are hard to resist. Under its sway, people often confuse right and wrong.” (The Second Talk, Zhuan Falun)
Our gratitude to Falun Dafa and Master Li for everything we have cannot be expressed in words. Master, we thank you with all our hearts.