(Minghui.org) World Falun Dafa Day marks the day that Master brought Falun Dafa to the public, giving everyone an opportunity to take a new life journey by following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to return to one’s true home. I have accepted this great gift with appreciation. 　

I listened to an interview in 2016 or 2017 that talked about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. It piqued my interest and I visited the Falun Dafa website to learn more. I read Master’s articles and downloaded and printed Zhuan Falun, the main text of the spiritual practice. When I read the book, I realized that I had obtained a treasure. This book answered my most pressing questions. I later learned the exercises by watching the instruction video. I had never heard the words “cultivation practice” before and did not understand the deeper meaning.

But my heart appeared to be changing without me noticing after I decided to start practicing one day. That is to say, I decided to live by following the standards of the Fa. That day was March 1, 2021.

I will now share an example of how I improved my xinxing in my cultivation.

My husband transferred his business to his son as he prepared to retire two years ago. His lifetime of hard work had left him physically disabled and in pain, and had made him unable to deal with or handle an increasing workload well. However, his son often called him over to help, and he went there. This upset me.

Although I knew I should not interfere, because the interactions between father and son might be opportunities for them to repay their karma, my heart was full of anger. This led to me straining my back, and I was almost unable to move. Moving would cause me a lot of pain. I felt confused.

To overcome this dilemma, I looked within and attempted to find out what role I had played and what attachments I had.

I feel my mind is powerful and directly impacts outcomes. I have thus realized how important my thoughts and actions are.

Whenever I had bad thoughts and they were allowed to grow, I would receive an alert: either I would hurt myself, cut myself, trip, fall, bang my head, or something might break, fall, and be broken into pieces.

The connection between those evil thoughts and the destruction that followed was so clear that I immediately learned to act carefully. Whenever angry thoughts or emotions arose, I would stop them immediately and begin to view the situation from the perspective of Fa.

Master taught us,

“If a problem was not caused by our own attachments or mistakes, then it must be that the evil is interfering or doing bad things.” (“Fa-Rectification and Cultivation,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II)

Was the reason for my tribulation my attachments, a mistake, or the evil? Or did a loophole in my cultivation open a door for the evil?

I temporarily came to the conclusion that when I felt something was not fair, I did become upset and I thought that I had the right to intervene, which improperly interfered with the progress of people’s predestined events. My back pain was because I objected to dealing with such situations in a humane way. However, fighting is not a proper way for practitioners to deal with conflict.

I kept practicing the exercises, doing the three things, and abiding by my daily routine, although I felt pain and had limited movement. I did not let the pain become a focus, but strove to control my thoughts. When an evil thought quietly appeared and attempted to expand, I shouted at it, “Stop!” What have I learned?

Master said,

“One must repay one’s own karma, and no one dares to violate this principle.” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun)

This means that I cannot intervene with what I think is unfair. If I let myself be controlled by emotion, and that is meaningless and interferes with my cultivation.

I realized that everyone’s life is predestined. This means that I acknowledge Master and validate Dafa. Paying attention to my thoughts and actions can prevent me from committing new karma. Seeing how powerful the negative thoughts can be when they are not restricted helped me believe in the need to reinforce righteous thoughts.

I took several days to realize and admit the connection between these issues and my xinxing cultivation. After sending righteous thoughts one morning, I stood up easily. I felt so refreshed and light. My whole body felt like it had completely changed.

“Don’t be happy so early,” I reminded myself. I cannot express my appreciation to Master with language. I appreciate him giving us such an effective cultivation way, Falun Dafa. Although the journey is full of difficulties, I remember Master’s teaching:

“The will to be diligent never bowed.” (“Steadfast,” Hong Yin II)