(Minghui.org) I am 83 years old and I’ve practiced Falun Dafa for 30 years. I’d like to share my recent cultivation experiences with you and report them to Master.
I took a bus in March this year to clarify the truth to people about the persecution. At the bus stop, I talked to another elderly lady and started to tell her the facts about Falun Dafa. The bus came, so I got on and swiped my bus card. At the same time, I looked for the lady because I wanted to sit next to her and continue clarifying. The bus suddenly started moving when I turned and I wasn’t holding onto anything. I was thrown and I landed on my back. I felt something hard under my back when I fell. I was in so much pain that I could hardly breathe. It felt like my back was broken.
The other people on the bus were shocked. Three of them tried to pull me up but couldn’t. I told them that I was fine. I thought to myself that I am a practitioner and Master is looking after me. I slowly got up and I thanked everyone for their help and concern. The driver didn’t say a word and he didn’t come over to make sure I was okay. I didn’t have any negative thoughts or complaints about him.
I felt that I should get off the bus. One lady who was about to get off the bus helped me. She said she was worried that I couldn’t walk steadily. I thanked her after we got off the bus and said, “I practice Falun Dafa. This is the fifth time I’ve fallen. I will be okay because Falun Dafa’s Master takes care of me. I would like to tell you something. Falun Dafa is here to save people. Heaven is going to eliminate the CCP. Whoever has joined the CCP and its affiliated organizations should withdraw their memberships so they won’t be implicated for its crimes. Nothing is more important than staying safe and healthy. Please remember ‘Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’. The Tiananmen Self-Immolation incident was staged and is a lie.”
I asked her if she had joined any of CCP organizations and I offered to help her quit them. She agreed to quit the CCP with alias. She told me to be careful. I said, “Don’t worry. I’ll be fine. Falun Dafa’s Master is looking after me.”
I repeatedly said, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” while I walked. I ignored the pain and I didn’t acknowledge the old forces which intended to have me fall again. I refused to go home. I came out to clarify the truth to people and save them. I said to Master in my heart, “Thank you Master. I know it is a good thing. Master helped to dissolve a big chunk of karma. I gained a lot.”
I walked to the market while I repeatedly said, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I met three people and I clarified the truth to them. They agreed to quit the CCP. I told them to remember “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and they would be protected. I bought some vegetables and fruit and I went home.
The pain intensified after I got home. I really wanted to lie down and rest. On second thought, I couldn’t follow the old forces and lay down. I took off my dirty down coat and pants and washed them. The right side of my back was in intense pain. I couldn’t use my right hand, so I used my left hand to wash my clothes. The tendon behind my right knee was painful. I was in great pain while I was washed my clothes, but I ignored it. I remembered Master’s Fa that it was a good thing to bear hardships and eliminate karma.
I ate a simple lunch after I finished washing my clothes. I then started practicing the exercises. Every movement was painful but I persisted. I remember what Master said, “Let joy be found in hardship” (“Tempering the Will”, Hong Yin) After I finished the five sets of exercises, I sat down to study the Fa with both legs in full the lotus position. I disregarded the pain and studied the Fa. I calmed down and reflected on what happened. I realized it was not accidental. I felt that my resentment may have caused this so I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate my resentment and the evil elements that persecuted me. I did what I should do and didn’t treat it as illness and lay down in bed. I didn’t care about the pain. I knew pain was a good thing.
My two sons wanted to see the camera recording at the bus station after they learned that I fell. They wanted to hold them accountable. I said, “I am different from everyday people. I am a practitioner. Master takes care of me. I am okay. Nowadays it is hard to find a job. If the driver loses his job, how could he live? We should consider things from his perspective.” My son said, “You’ve been injured but you consider other people first. Who will think from your perspective?” I said, “I practice Falun Dafa. Master looks after me. I won’t have a problem. You don’t need to worry. I can do everything myself.” My sons didn’t say or do anything else.
I went out to clarify the truth to people several days later. When I saw elderly people enter the bus, I told them to sit or hold on to avoid any falling like I did. I told people who sat beside me how I fell on the bus but didn’t ask the driver to do anything for me. Some didn’t understand why I didn’t ask the driver for help when I fell. I said, “I practice Falun Dafa. Our Master asks us to be good people and consider other people first. The driver couldn’t do anything. I still had the pain. It is not easy to find a job. If the driver lost his job because of me, how could he live? I didn’t cause trouble for him. We practice Falun Dafa and become good people and consider others first. I’ve fallen five times. Master takes care of me. I am okay.” The people around me said Falun Dafa is miraculous.
I have three sons and they have their own apartments. I live by myself. The eldest son and youngest son often come to see me and buy things for me. My second son seldom contacts me. When he had surgery this year I went to see him and bought something for him. I’m his mother and didn’t expect anything from him. I felt I should come to see him even if he doesn’t visit me.
I was practicing the exercises one morning my phone rang. It was my second son. I wondered why he called me since he didn’t call me or come to see me even on holidays. I resented him and didn’t pick up the phone. I continued doing the exercises, but I felt my attitude wasn’t right and I acted like an everyday person. It was my attachment of competitiveness and feeling unbalanced in my heart. I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and I should behave according to Dafa’s principles. I must cultivate kindness. I should let go of my attachments and be good to everyone.
I should listen to Master and cultivate myself whenever there were issues. I should measure every thought and action with the Fa principles. I didn’t comply with Dafa principles if I behaved like an everyday person.
My second son rang me again the following morning. This time I picked up the phone without a second thought. I talked to him calmly and we talked and laughed. Our relationship was restored.
The Fa rectification is progressing rapidly and time is passing. Practitioners need to do the three things well and take care of our families every day. I must grasp every minute to cultivate myself, measure my every thought with the Fa, let go of my attachments, validate the Fa and save more sentient beings.
My neighbor was a widow in her sixties. She was very selfish and eccentric. I had an air conditioner installed at my home several years ago. In our building, every household had the outer unit installed under its window inside the corridor. I had the outer unit installed the same way. She was not happy because she said it was noisy so she shouted at me.
When my eldest son came to see me she asked him to remove the outer unit. When he refused she shouted and cursed at him terribly. They quarreled. When she didn’t win she rushed into my apartment, flipped my dining table over and pushed me to the floor. I was not prepared for this and I fell down heavily. I was in so much pain I could hardly breathe. My face looked terrible due to the pain. My son was about to hit her. When I stopped him she cursed and left.
My son reported her to the police. A police officer came and saw the flipped table and smashed items. He saw I was in pain with a pale face and he asked me if I was all right. The police told the neighbor that she was unreasonable for asking us to remove the outer unit. She quarreled with the police officer and swore at him. He became angry and told her that she could move out if she didn’t want to live there. Seeing no one agreed with her, she started shouting and continued shouting in her home. I didn’t take this incident to heart and remained calm.
Since the neighbor said that the air conditioner affected her sleep, I knew I should consider her. She was a widow and things were not easy for her. I didn’t mind that she took advantage of me. I should listen to Master. I didn’t bother my son. I asked a repairman to remove the outer unit and he installed it outside the corridor. The repairman said that it was not usual that the unit was installed in that way. I went to see the neighbor and told her that I had the unit moved outside so she could sleep.
I behaved according to Dafa’s principles. I “did not strike back when hit or talk back when cursed at”. (Lecture Given at the Conference in Sydney) I practiced forbearance and considered other people first. Falun Dafa has changed me. As I study the Fa more and cultivate myself in all these years, I have changed fundamentally under the guidance of the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, let go of attachments, broken away from humanness and walked on the divine path to return to my original self.
Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
(Selected submission for the 23rd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)