If others do not know that we have changed, we can let them know gradually with our behaviour. A person who cannot forgive himself cannot easily forgive others, either. This kind of mentality makes me very attached to the shortcomings of other people and I cannot treat them compassionately.

Facing these setbacks, I forgot to measure myself with the standards of a cultivator. I became irritable and impatient. The problem lasted for a week and it prevented me from producing truth-clarification materials (materials which explain the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong). As a result, my effort in helping fellow practitioners save sentient beings were at a standstill.

Soon after I passed the test of sentiment, at the end of 2006, my boss suddenly became dissatisfied with me and found fault with all of the tasks I performed. One or two colleagues also went to the boss to complain about me. I was transferred from the most important office to the least, and rumours appeared from every direction.

I have finally realized what went wrong. I looked inward and identified my many attachments. When I truly realized it from the Fa principles, I suddenly felt light, and my mind opened up. My mind was serene, and the atmosphere was harmonious. Dafa is cultivating and tempering us.

It was selfish to think how much de I would gain through the karma elimination. Being "sick" too often may give people a negative impression of Dafa. Falun Dafa disciples' virtue is established through doing the three things well and saving sentient beings, and the ultimate mindset is pure selflessness.

I gradually loosened my guard against my desires and lust after repeatedly hearing the same remarks by people around me. At my weakest moment, I committed this sin knowingly and used the excuse that we would get married sooner or later to comfort myself.

I feel that if one cannot practice the exercises in the morning, then this couldn't be a reflection of diligent cultivation. I have deeply realized that when I could not persist in practicing the exercises every morning, my cultivation state would become worse and worse.

He has treated me this way, but how have I treated him or others in a previous life? Therefore, I must pay attention to my words and deeds. I suffered, but I endured it. He was narrow-minded and always got angry over trivial things. Actually, he has been my mirror to reflect my own narrow-mindedness and depression due to anger.

As I understand it, the pursuit of comfort and ease is a deviated notion. It exists in your own dimension, in your mind, understanding, and notions, and in your everyday living habits. It is like a shadow that exists everywhere. On the surface it seems so normal and does not draw any attention. But actually it is the worst one.

I don’t think one needs to wait until the great disclosure of the truth. Even now, when one understands what true cultivation is, one should be ashamed about their bad behaviour and words. If these days anyone says he cultivates very well, he must not understand what true cultivation is.

Several days before I realized this, I received phone calls from a stranger asking me for a date. Didn't my human attachments lure these demons? Actually, as genuine practitioners, we should dress neat and elegantly, making people feel that we are respectable, not desirable. We will shine wherever we go, because real gold always shines.

Thus, I enlightened that to live life well, one should be simple and take things lightly. Being simple is regular but not boring. It is subtle but not weak. It a kind of beauty that has original flavor and taste.

He asked him, "Uncle (a common Chinese term of respect used for one's elders), do you have any water available in your house?" The man shook his head with a wry smile. Just then the practitioner remembered what Teacher has told us:"With everything you should think of others--first think about others, and then think about yourself. " (Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia) So, he carried the buckets of water and poured them into the couple's water tank.

By the driver's facial expression, I could tell that he was upset. I thought that it was not an accident that I met him and that maybe it was predestined relationship. The driver sighed. He was angry because his wife had run away with someone else. I asked him if he wanted her to come back to him. He said that he did because he loved her.

The modern variation on this concept arrises from the idea of the freedom to choose who you love and the freedom to have a relationship between an unmarried man and woman; this idea promotes today's moral decline and sexual freedom. The desire to marry is normal for a cultivator in ordinary human society but its occurrence must follow the traditional righteous way.

She threatened Practitioner D, "If you do not sign your name, your children's future will be damaged. They will have problems with college admission, serving in the military, travelling abroad, and a variety of other activities." Practitioner D was not moved by the threat. He clarified the facts to this person instead.

After some discussion we reached a consensus: we could used the incident of my sister being arrested to clarify the truth to the police to save them and rescue my sister. This is what we did: we called the relevant departments one by one and requested the release of my younger sister.

Truth clarification is very important, but the premise is to study the Fa well. Otherwise, the effect of truth clarification will not be good. Sometimes my emotions surface or I am exhausted from doing other things, thus I would not have the motivation to clarify the truth. After studying the Fa however, I become clearheaded again.

Some people told me they thought that I had had a bitter life, and they were anxious about when my situation would improve. However, I don't think that way because I am a practitioner.

Studying the Fa well doesn't depend on how long you study, but that your mind is calm. You are assimilating to the Fa if you truly absorb the Fa. Meanwhile, the Fa will cultivate you. As the progress of Fa-rectification escalates, there's not much time left for us to study the Fa. I know Fa-rectification will end some day, and then so will our ability to study the Fa.

If each one of our thoughts are on the Fa, we will have very righteous thoughts, the thoughts of a divine being, namely, a high-level way of thinking; if we are not in the Fa, our thoughts will be on a human level-- notions, and attachments, namely, a low-level way of thinking.

I was reluctant to participate in projects that validate the Fa. Actually, it was because I had fear and an attachment to comfort. Through this experience I understand that being a Fa-rectification Period Dafa disciple, my personal cultivation takes place along with my Fa-rectification cultivation.

“You should not have thoughts of contempt towards that monk. Why? Because he has already eliminated all kinds of attachments, with nothing left.... All of his heart is kind and his mind is free of pursuit. You can’t carelessly guess about others. Only a Tathagata is capable of inferring others.”

Virtue is born from humbleness. Being overbearing and speaking rudely will cause one to lose virtue to others for sure. In tribulations, we should remind ourselves to endure disgrace and abide by modesty and forbearance. We should be kind to others in all things, persevere, and one day we will be able to reach consummation for sure!

Maybe it is only the feeling of missing home that is real, and maybe what we really miss is our final destination beyond human society where we transcend our humanness and various attachments like fame and personal gain.

Husbands and wives are both practitioners, but treat one another with attitudes worse than with ordinary people. Some women practitioners would treat their husbands rudely with un-ladylike tempers. They behaved slightly better in front of other practitioners, but at home it was the same old attitude.

Therefore, I think that on the path toward godhood, regardless of what we do, we have to completely let go of selfishness and human notions. Only when completely assimilated to Dafa can we save sentient beings to the maximum extent and not let down Teacher's compassionate salvation. Only in this way can we fulfil our sacred, prehistoric vows.

When she learned that I knew only a few characters and had difficulty studying the Fa, she not only taught me to read, but also gave me an MP3 player. When I tried to pay her, she refused to take anything, and urged me to study the Fa and cultivate my xinxing (character, heart and mind nature).

Gradually my father and my children had righteous thoughts and no longer opposed me. Now when I am telling their classmates and friends the facts about Falun Gong and persuade them to quit the CCP, they also help me. Sometimes they help me to distribute materials. When I went out to distribute pamphlets, my son said to me, "Mom, please don't stay out too long."

I always told our president that we should not do anything against our conscience and that we should make good quality products. I also advised him of the principle that good is rewarded and evil provokes retribution.

My husband also clarified truth to the officials in his work unit and the effect was good. The situation created by the CCP seemed to be a bad thing. However, we turned it into a good opportunity to clarify truth and save sentient beings through our effort of rejecting the persecution, believing in Teacher and Dafa and with our righteous thoughts and deeds.

Studying the Fa is for understanding the Fa. And thus we can apply our understanding of the Fa to solve all things we encounter and solve all confusion in our thoughts. The Fa can extricate all of our worries and pain. Some practitioners also know to look inward, but do not understand how to look inward.

Xiao Liu was a metal welder, and his job was physically demanding under the scorching sun. Since practicing Falun Dafa, he no longer complained about his job working under the extreme heat. When he let go of those attachments, he gained more energy and always felt a cool breeze blowing towards him under the heat.

One time the general's wife told me, "Our living room has been rearranged, and the picture of the general and Jiang (Zemin) shaking hands has been taken down and destroyed." I felt very happy for them after hearing about this. I felt happy for the general and his family for choosing a bright future for themselves.

She was very happy and said she would definitely start practicing after her release. She also told those around her that Falun Dafa was indeed good. There was someone who told her that he had pain all over his body. She told that person to recite "Falun Dafa is good." Afterwards that person also recovered from the pain.

Why could I not truly believe in Master and the Fa one hundred percent? The key is that I had not fundamentally changed my conventional thinking and have instead crawled within the boundary delimited by everyday people's ignorance

Confucius then knew that Yan Hui did not steal the rice. Confucius was moved, and said, "I believe in my own eyes, but my eyes may betray me. I rely on my own thoughts, but my thoughts may not be reliable. Disciples, you should remember that it's not easy to know the intent of another person."

At the beginning when distributing the materials, I was a little afraid and not very confident. Sometimes I met up with people who did not understand what I was doing and said some bad words. I did not argue with them. I thought that their attitude was because they did not know the facts. Once their misconceptions about Falun Gong were cleared away, they would no longer badmouth the practice.

I felt guilty, saying, "You have done very well." She replied, "I do not know about that. I do know we have to hurry up, so that Master can worry less." After that, she turned to speak with a middle-aged man. Soon after, she came back and told me that he had agreed to quit the CCP. She also said she felt a need to hurry up and save more people every day.

When I arrived home, I found out to my surprise that my husband, who had been faithful to me, was having an affair with my best friend. I did not have as strong a response as a non-practitioner, but it still hurt deeply. Some bad thoughts kept bothering me, and I even had the thought of leaving him.

On this issue, I asked myself why I couldn't pass a test even though I had cultivated for so many years. Teacher often told us that while facing a conflict, one should look inward to find one's shortcomings. Although I understood this aspect of the Fa, I was still unable to do so.

Studying the Fa and doing the exercises well forms the foundation. Only if one can study the Fa well can one be immersed in the Fa. It is not important how much one studies each day. Even if one only studies a little bit, one needs to quiet down and have no impure thoughts on his or her mind. Only then will the Buddha, Daos, and other immortals display the principles of Dafa to the person. If one does not do this, it will be like an ordinary person studying Dafa, and he or she will not be able to see any Fa principles at deeper levels.

At the time, I was shocked and at a loss. My attachment of fear kicked in and I felt tremendous pressure. I was thinking all day what I could do to deal with the situation. Isn't this causing extra tribulations for myself?

.."The monks cultivated hard in the mountains by themselves. Without any contact with other people, that loneliness, which is hard to endure, can wear away a person's many attachments and various desires."

How can you be like this as a cultivator?" I began to compare us and felt that I was the one who was suffering. I thought, "Both of us are practitioners and both are Master's disciples. How can you just not do anything?" I began to get angry and felt unfairly treated.

I hope that when dealing with family members like my husband, fellow practitioners will use a cultivator's benevolence to help them, don't easily give up on them, and try their best to let them understand the truth and be saved by Dafa.

After the incident had passed, I saw that a female shop assistant, a food vendor and a cleaner all saw what happened from start to finish. So I told them exactly what I had just told the driver, and said I hoped they would also quit the three Party organizations. After listening to me, they agreed to quit the Party.

It is Dafa that has transformed me to become so broadminded. It is Dafa that made me enlighten to the true meaning of life. I have true joy because I live in the benevolence of Dafa. I enriched because Dafa is in my heart.

Because I am a doctor, from the medical point of view, how do you cope with your diabetes if you don't take medicine? My wife had high blood pressure. In the past year however, we haven't taken a single tablet, yet our health has never been better.

He said, "I have been looking for the evil Party Branch for a few days, but I could not find it." I said, "Please stop looking. You have renounced your Party membership and you are no longer part of them." From then on, my father did not mention this any more until he passed away.

Cultivation is serious, and it has not been easy to cultivate through to today. Some practitioners sometimes say, "I am doing poorly and I am not a practitioner." When I hear that, I often remember the above story of an "average person." Please stop saying that, since that is a human notion and you are restricting yourself and leaving loopholes for the old forces to take advantage of.

The disagreement was not to stop us from doing the projects, but to help us get rid of the fear of criticism, to cultivate our compassion and forbearance, and to purify our minds to do Fa rectification work well. If fellow practitioners expressed different opinions, we should look inward. If we find we made mistakes, we should correct them. If we find we were right, we should maintain the good work.

As a true practitioner, one's lifestyle should be fairly simple. We should do well in our work and our studies, and do the necessary activities in our lives while limiting contact with everyday human society so as not to develop attachments.

In the duty room, they often grab a flyer and read it. In the wards, the patients often have Falun Dafa flyers in their hands. Sometimes when cleaners see Falun Dafa materials on the floor, they pick them up and give them back to us. Some nurses also take the initiative to give Falun Dafa materials to patients. Everyone has found out that when patients know the truth about the persecution of Falun Dafa, they recover very quickly.

Only the third student continued wholeheartedly cultivating himself. Whether the master came or not, he kept copying according to his master's requirements. The next day, the 101st day, the master came to pick him up and helped him become a Buddha.

My daughter's grades are far ahead of the second placed student in her class, not to mention her outstanding behaviour. The County Education Department threatened not to allow her to attend high school and college if she did not join the Communist Youth League in order to intensify the persecution against me.

I also posted posters and gave informational materials to people face-to-face. During this process, many bad things were eliminated from me. When doing the second set of exercises, I truly had the feeling of guanding when a warm current passed from my head throughout my entire body. I

When I read about new practitioners clarifying the facts to so many and so well, and our fellow practitioners being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), I felt terrible. This realization woke me up, and I wanted to help make truth-clarifying materials.

Before practicing Falun Dafa I had a debauched and meaningless life. I smoked, drank and gambled. From Falun Dafa, I started to understand the true meaning of life and gradually eliminated my old bad habits. I was woken up. If not for Falun Dafa, I wouldn't be here today. Falun Dafa changed me completely, from the inside to the outside, and helped me to find the true path to return home.

An ordinary person thinks that having a wealth of experiences in life is a good thing. It is even recognized as one of the treasures of life. However for a cultivator, such things are not to be compared with one's true self, but are rather notions and external things that we cannot be attached to, and have to let go of.