(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. I’d like to share three stories about how I improved my forbearance over the past 29 years.
Forgiving a Scammer
After my husband passed away I sorted out his collection of antique paper bills, coins, and two designer watches. One day I took a small box with me when I went out to clarify the truth. I put 304 yuan in cash and a few coins from Hong Kong in the bottom drawer of the box and the two watches in the top drawer.
I clarified the truth to an antiques vendor, Mi, who agreed to quit the Young Pioneers. I then asked if he bought secondhand watches. He said he did, but he needed to look at them first. I was so happy about his quitting the Young Pioneers and his willingness to purchase the watches from me, that I handed him the box without thinking. With a big smile, he turned away from me to look at the watches. He then turned back to me, and handed me the box and 150 yuan for the two watches. Before I left, he kept nodding and thanking me as he said goodbye.
When I got home, I realized that Mi had not only taken the two watches from the top drawer, but also took the 304 yuan in cash and the coins from the bottom drawer. I was left with only 150 yuan from the two watches. I suddenly realized why he kept nodding and thanking me with a big smile as I left. I felt wronged and cheated. I wanted to go find him and pick a fight, thinking that he was a despicable thief who stole my husband’s collection.
Then I thought, “Why did this happen? There must be an attachment that I need to eliminate.” I realized a few things. First, I trusted him because I was so happy that he wanted to buy the old watches and he quit the Young Pioneers. Second, perhaps I owed him something from a previous life. Third, by scamming me he lost virtue and offered me an opportunity to improve my xinxing and eliminate my attachments to profit, resentment, and zealotry. Master taught us the principle of “no loss, no gain” and I realized that what happened was a good thing. I laughed, and thanked Mi in my heart for giving me a chance to improve. I no longer wanted to fight him.
Staying Calm After Being Publicly Humiliated
I invited the other practitioners to come to my home and read the Fa after my husband passed away. One day before we started reading a practitioner asked me, “Have you unplugged your phone?” “No,” I said, “The last time I unplugged it, the contact became loose, so I don’t want to unplug it too often, maybe once a week.” She said, “Other practitioners asked you to remove your phone but you wouldn’t. Now you won’t even unplug it. What if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is monitoring your phone? You’re putting everyone in danger.” I was caught off guard and didn’t respond.
She stood up and said, “If you don’t unplug it, I’m leaving.” I thought, “You can do what you want, but how dare you tell me what to do in my own home!” Then I quickly changed my thinking, “If I confront her, she and the other practitioners will leave and have to walk home in the hot weather, and the Fa study time would be wasted.”
I suddenly remembered what Master said,
“Don’t argue when people argue with youCultivation is looking within for the cause”
(“Don’t Argue,” Hong Yin III)
I understood Master was giving me a stick-warning, telling me to look within instead of arguing. I realized that I didn’t like to be told what to do, especially in front of other practitioners because it made me lose face. I also failed to pay attention to their safety. I didn’t expect her to react that way because I had treated practitioners kindly, turned the AC on, and put down mats for them to sit on.
After recognizing my resentment, attachments to comfort and saving face, and my notion of feeling wronged, I felt embarrassed, but I was determined to eliminate my selfish notions. The practitioner who ordered me to unplug the phone, although her tone was unkind, was concerned about safety. I tried not to lose my temper. I calmed down and I unplugged the phone. It felt as if a storm passed and we peacefully read the Fa.
The feeling of having a heavy weight being lifted off my shoulders was amazing. I thanked Master and my fellow practitioners.
Clarifying the Truth
A practitioner asked me to go out to clarify the truth with her. She told me to wait for her at a certain place at 8:30 a.m. I waited there from 8:20 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. It started to rain heavily, but she didn’t come. I wondered if she had an emergency or forgot. Perhaps she didn’t want to go out because of the rain. I decided not to wait for her and got on the bus.
Although it was raining, Master arranged for people to come and talk to me, and gave me the wisdom to clarify the truth clearly. I helped everyone I spoke to quit the CCP. By noon, I helped 12 people quit.
The next day I saw the practitioner. She was unapologetic and said, “I studied one Fa lecture yesterday morning, and went to another practitioner’s home. Master arranged for me to do that.” I was speechless, thinking it was just her excuse to not go out in the rain.
I didn’t say anything. At that moment, I felt my impatience, resentment, and feelings of being mistreated disappear.
These three incidents helped me eliminate various notions and emotions. Afterwards, I realized that the rectal prolapse that had bothered me for eight years was gone. This is Falun Dafa’s mighty power, and I thank Master for the arrangements to elevate my levels and improve my forbearance.
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