PureInsight | December 10, 2001
On the evening of June 4, 1999, I heard of "Falun Gong" for the first time. Without any hesitation, I immediately asked how I could learn "Falun Dafa" and learned of it the very next day. During the first week of obtaining Fa, after I finished the exercises and went back each morning, the first thing I did was to eagerly watch one or two videotapes of Master Li's lectures. At that time, there were 14 Dafa books, total (Now there are 17). I read almost all of them in just a week. It seemed everything I had experienced throughout my life was preparation for me to obtain this "Dafa of the cosmos!"
The principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Benevolence" makes me understand that the real purpose of being a human being is to return to one's true, original self. The first 50 years of my life passed by me as if they were just a dream. After I read through the book of Zhuan Falun for the first time, I had no doubt that Mr. Li Hongzhi is my "great master" for whom I have been looking all my life.
The first half of my life (before cultivating Dafa) was peaceful and smooth. Like a flowering plant in a greenhouse, I did not have a tough time. However, I always asked myself, "Who is the creator of the cosmos? What is the force that has always been looking after me and protecting me? I must thank him sincerely." I was finally given the answers to all my questions two years ago! Master Li Hongzhi is just that great creator with boundless mercy, the one that I had always been looking for in my heart. One of my own personal experiences could be used as proof - during the three months before I obtained Fa, I always shed tears without any reason. The three months after I obtained Fa, I also shed tears every day. Now I realize that they were tears of deep gratitude from the side of me that is clear, the kind of gratitude that is too deep to be expressed with language.
Since then, I have demanded of myself that I strictly follow the principles of the Fa that Master Li taught us in his books and to progress in genuine cultivation. I feel that I really have "advanced by taking the main road in cultivation, it is very fast." My postnatally acquired human notions are eliminated layer by layer. During the process of breaking through every cell, the part of me that is human has become less and less while the cultivated Buddha nature has become stronger and stronger. When sending righteous thoughts, I can feel that the side of me that is clear, my divine side, really rectifies the Fa.
On top of sending forth righteous thoughts three times each week along with practitioners all over the world and also sending righteous thoughts every morning in our practice site, I often send forth righteous thoughts at the top of the hour. I send righteous thoughts before sleeping at night, too. In addition, as long as my work does not require concentrating too much, I keep silently reciting the verses of eliminating evils at every minute: "The Fa rectifies the cosmos, the Evil is completely eliminated" "The Fa rectifies heaven and earth, immediate retribution in this lifetime". I make full use of each and every chance to purify my own mind-intent, rectify all of my own unrighteous things, and also rectify all the unrighteous things around me.
"Good is rewarded with good, and evil is met with evil" is a principle of the heavens. I am very happy to be alive during Master Li's Fa-rectification so I can participate in Fa-rectification and safeguard Dafa. I feel even more fortunate that I can cultivate this "the fundamental Dafa of the cosmos" with other Dafa disciples and we can validate Dafa with our actions. During the course of promoting Fa and clarifying the truth, Master and the Fa are leading one hundred million disciples in this evil-filled world. They have painted so many unforgettable images of the struggles between the good and the evil. When "the truth is revealed," all sentient beings will see what a magnificent era this truly is. They will see that a great teacher has led a group of great disciples and opened a new chapter for every single being in the entire cosmos.
Translated from:
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2001/11/25/12614.html
