(Minghui.org) I am a young adult Falun Dafa practitioner. Fortunately, I was born into a family in China where my mother and grandmother are practitioners. On my cultivation journey, I have faced many tribulations. With Master’s compassionate protection, I have stayed on the path toward consummation. Through cultivation, I have undergone tremendous changes. I will now share some of my experiences.
Practicing in Childhood
Born into a cultivation family, I didn’t realize how precious Dafa is, or how lucky I was to start practicing at a young age. As I grew up, I often lacked the discipline to meet Dafa’s standards, study the Fa, or cultivate myself. I was pushed to attend the group study and to read practitioners’ experience-sharing articles. I preferred reading novels, watching TV, or playing games to studying the Fa.
However, with Master’s protection, I was admitted to the best high school in our city, even though my academic performance wasn’t that good. Later, I was admitted to a top-tier university in our province. Everyone in my family knew I couldn’t have accomplished this on my own. They were all amazed by Dafa’s power.
Lost in the Mortal World
However, once I started college and was away from my cultivation environment, I almost completely cast cultivation aside. I felt the freedom of no longer being watched, so I gradually drifted away from Dafa. I dyed my hair riotous colors, behaved unrestrainedly, and spoke without a filter. I stopped paying attention to my studies. Skipping classes and failing courses became the norm. I acted like a typical young person from the streets, and lost all trace of being a Dafa practitioner.
However, Master did not give up on me. I graduated from college in China and went to Madrid, Spain for graduate studies. Still, I did not realize Master Li had given me that chance, and I didn’t resume cultivation. Instead, I learned about Western “liberalism.” Looking back, I am ashamed that I wasted precious time and opportunities to cultivate. Even so, Master still looked after me. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I experienced severe sickness karma and felt like I was dying. With Master’s protection, I quickly got through that difficulty and regained my health. However, I still did not resume cultivation even after surviving all this misery.
I returned to China after graduating. When my mother saw me after two years apart, she was not happy with me. I still looked the same: I had colorful hair, an obese figure, frivolous speech, and lacked restraint in what I said. Later, she told me she was really disappointed and felt I would never change. But somehow, from the bottom of her heart, she believed I would return to cultivation. She believed Master would not give up on me, and she wouldn’t either, since the opportunity for cultivation was incredibly hard to come by.
Cultivating Again
Soon, I reached a turning point. After I left Spain, I wanted to go back, but I didn’t think it was possible. I just wanted to visit Spain again one day. While looking for a job in China, Master arranged an opportunity for me and I obtained a job in Madrid, which I hadn’t dared to dream of. Because of visa issues and a cumbersome onboarding process, I needed to stay in China until the paperwork was complete, which provided a great opportunity to reconnect with my family cultivation environment.
Amid a long, agonizing wait, mixed with emptiness, fear, and anticipation, with Master’s strengthening, I finally overcame the formidable psychological barriers. I read Zhuan Falun again. At first, it was difficult to concentrate. Whenever I started to read, old forces interfered, and a thought would jump into my mind, urging me to stop reading and making excuses. With Master strengthening my resolve, I focused while reading, and I finally returned to cultivation.
Looking back, I realized Master gave me a choice: become a genuine cultivator or keep sinking into the mundane world. Fortunately, I chose the right path. This time, without my mother or my grandmother urging me, I pledged to cultivate. Since then, I have been determined not to give up cultivation again.
Although I hadn’t studied the Fa in a long time, reading Zhuan Falun felt like I’d read it yesterday. Every word, every sentence, felt so familiar. I began reading aloud, without stumbling or pausing. In that moment, I was immersed in gratitude toward Master, mingled with deep guilt. Tears welled in my eyes. The time needed to complete the necessary documentation gave me precious time to focus on cultivation.
Every morning, my mother, grandmother, and I studied Zhuan Falun and shared our cultivation experiences. In the afternoon, I studied Master’s other Fa lectures. The long wait and physical torment became a valuable opportunity to improve my xinxing. As bad substances left my body, and new insights emerged, I felt I was elevating every day. I knew Master had granted me this incredibly precious year to cultivate and catch up with Fa rectification.
One Year Later
A year after resuming cultivation, I underwent a tremendous change. I transformed from a chubby young lady into a well-proportioned woman, something I had never dreamed of. I had tried to lose weight many times before, but hadn’t succeeded. Additionally, my facial expression became peaceful and natural, my skin smooth and refined, and my past acne completely disappeared. People who knew me before didn’t recognize me on the street. I became a new person. This wouldn’t have been possible without Dafa.
Along with the changes in my appearance, my mindset transformed. Previously, I lacked patience and got angry easily. Now, I am steady and gentle, and I have let go of many attachments. Many of my relatives and friends are amazed by these changes. With Master’s protection, I have completely transformed from the inside out and have become a genuine practitioner.
Tribulations
However, after waiting anxiously for over a year, I received notice that my work visa had been rejected. I was shocked and could not sleep for several nights. Filled with grievance, I thought, “I have changed so much already and have been cultivating so diligently. Why was my work visa rejected?” Lying in bed, my mind was filled with doubts and pain. In the endless darkness, a voice in my mind said, “I will never give up Dafa.” I looked inward and found a deeply hidden fundamental attachment: a longing for a good life in this human world.
Measured against the Fa principles, I realized that, driven by this human notion, I treated my return to cultivation as a bargaining chip to return to Spain. Approaching sacred cultivation with such impure intentions was truly sordid. This loophole led to the rejection of my visa. Looking back, I realized Master was testing me to see whether I would continue to firmly practice in that situation. Fortunately, I made the right choice.
I decided to appeal the denied visa. The following year, I returned to Spain, having completely let go of the appeal’s outcome. Unexpectedly, I received a notice from the previous company that my appeal was successful and that I had received a first-year residency card.
However, another test followed. Just as I was excited to start the new job, the company informed me that, under government regulations, they were implementing a hiring freeze after layoffs began a month ago. My only option was to work for a company subsidiary. In that case, I had to resubmit my contract and Social Security to the government for approval, risking the loss of my work permit and residency card.
I felt the sky was failing. Why were there so many tribulations? I doubted they were all tests arranged by Master. Soon, I became alert and told myself I must believe in Master and the Fa. No matter what I encountered, there was an underlying cause. I should not be swayed by false appearances.
In this desperate situation, even my lawyers insisted on filing a new work permit application, yet we unexpectedly discovered an alternative route to facilitate the move. After eight and a half months of waiting, I finally received government approval. During this period, even though I worked normally, I was constantly under pressure, wondering whether I would have to leave Spain the next day. However, that worst-case scenario didn’t happen. I realized this process was part of the cultivation path Master arranged. I faced various unexpected tribulations. With Master’s protection, I made it through, step by step. I am sincerely grateful to Master.
Conclusion
Looking back, I have nothing but gratitude toward Master and Dafa. Over the past three years, I not only landed a job many envied, but also underwent a profound transformation of my body and mind. These are tangible and extraordinary blessings Dafa bestowed on me.
I wanted to share my circuitous and eventful cultivation experiences with other practitioners, especially young practitioners like me. We obtained the Fa at a young age. However, over time, many people gradually lost sight of their mission and responsibilities. In this degenerate world, rife with materialism, we have, like a frog boiled in slowly heating water, passively lost our cultivation environment and even drifted away from Dafa, exactly what the old forces want. When we followed Master to this human world, we had the courage to vow to become Dafa practitioners. We must not fail that prehistoric vow, nor let down the countless sentient beings in our world who are waiting to be saved. We must not fail to live up to Master’s compassionate, painstaking salvation.
My only wish for the years ahead is to study the Fa thoroughly, cultivate my xinxing solidly, and forge ahead nonstop with vigorous diligence.
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