PureInsight | May 6, 2002
Not until an editor of this website asked me to write an article entitled “Happiness” did I fully understand what had recently been happening to me and that the bits and pieces of memories that kept flashing in my mind were to be the contents of the article. Yes, Happiness! Even the word 'happiness' cannot express my feelings completely. It is like being bright, quiet, fulfilled and wonderful. Master said practitioners in Dafa are able to cultivate the never-degenerated vajra body. Sometimes I’m aware of the feeling of the vajra body, its diamond-like transparency and spreading golden rays, the dept of quietness, warmth, tranquility, and indestructibility.
I think the first time I felt it was when my husband was objecting to one of my Dafa jobs. I listened to him, but to my surprise found I was not feeling upset at all. Moreover, my mind became more and more quiet and my heart filled with kindness. When I was aware of this, I couldn’t help thinking, “Wow, this is cultivation and this is the meaning of being a true practitioner.” Maybe you can imagine how deeply I was touched at that moment by the magnificence of Dafa. I truly experienced the feeling of being in vajra and the great fortune of becoming a practitioner. It is a feeling that is more calm, enormous, profound and intense than the happiness of everyday people. The happiness experienced by everyday people is too small and shallow in comparison.
Once, when my son was joyfully sitting in front of me, in my peaceful energy field as a mother, he double-crossed his legs and imitated me sending righteous thoughts. His father suddenly rushed in like a sweeping storm and scolded me severely. Yet, I could feel that my mind was in that cool and quiet space. The next night, my husband had a profound Dafa insight and proclaimed, “I’ve discovered a big problem with science. It doesn’t put a moral restriction on human behavior.”
On another occasion, it seemed as if one of the leaders in the company was demanding too much from me. I looked at her with the understanding that an everyday person’s life is just like that of a dummy controlled by strings. What happened, then, was arranged just for me to improve my xinxing. Compassion sprang up from within and I realized that Master wanted me to be more strict with myself.
Everyday people’s happiness needs much support. If any sudden changes occur, happiness is gone like dried leaves that fall when the wind blows. As a Dafa practitioner, under such a severe environment – Dafa is being persecuted, facing human misunderstanding, and under the test of many difficulties - I have gradually learned to experience real happiness. A genuine Dafa practitioner is truly indestructible.
I have been able to pass through many painful and difficult moments through reading Master’s Zhuan Falun. After those tribulations, I broke out of my shell to reach beyond. Although I still see my selfishness every day and I meet daily tests, I know that I am getting closer and closer to that shining realm. I have come to see that in this realm there is no hate, no complaint, no injustice, no suspicion, no jealousy, nor the mentality of showing off. There is only purity, light, and wonder. I have not reached that realm yet, but these experiences I mentioned are enough for me to say from the bottom of my heart, “Cultivation is so wonderful.”
When I first read Zhuan Falun, I knew I had found what I was looking for. However, I did not cultivate right away because I felt that a practitioner must have the strength to pass tribulations. In order to do so and be a conscientious practitioner, I would have to put the book aside and collect energy in my mind. I thought that when I decide that I was ready to practice then I would be a true practitioner! It was one year later that I reread Zhuan Falun. I could not wait any longer to practice, as I was ready to start. This time, I learned from the book and I realized how lucky one is to obtain the Fa. Only when we follow Dafa’s requirement to improve our xinxing can Master give us so many of the best things. Later, I realized that Master gives the best to those who are not in pursuit and think of nothing else but how “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” is good.
In the past three years of violent storms filled with a variety of scenarios in the human world, I have learned that a true practitioner can walk through the rain and wind with composure and command them to stop right at his feet. What little trouble can the evil make? Master controls everything. What we need is to understand the inner meaning of the Fa. When we reach the standard of the new cosmos then eradicating the evil will take only an instant!
Let’s work hard to bring the new day sooner for the future people to see, through us Dafa disciples, the infinite shining light!
Translated from:
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2002/3/15/14301.html
