Spain: Cherish This Eternal Holy Predestined Connection

Respected Master, fellow practitioners,

I became a Falun Dafa practitioner in 2019. In 2013, I got married and moved to Spain. My husband is a kind-hearted Westerner, a businessman who didn't need me to work. The housekeeper took care of everything, and we travelled the world spontaneously. I thought this version of life was the best.

However, at the end of 2018, sudden pain in my hip joints disrupted my comfortable life. After a doctor's diagnosis, I was told I had inflamed and blocked joints and was given four injections. However, after receiving two injections, the pain increased instead of subsiding, so I decided to stop the treatment. Sleeping until I naturally woke up turned into waking up in pain. Every step I took felt heavy and slow. But in just a few days, the severe pain spread to my left hip and entire spine. At this rate, would I still be able to walk normally? I thought maybe death would be the best choice. However, in the spring of 2019, while watching some YouTube videos exposing the evilness of the Chinese Communist Party, I saw several Westerners wearing yellow T-shirts with "Falun Dafa is good" written on them, sincerely and peacefully talking about the beauty of Falun Dafa and expressing gratitude to Master. Tears welled up in their eyes.

In that instant, countless questions rushed through my mind. And then, more and more videos like this automatically appeared. Especially when I saw the formation of Falun Dafa practitioners in the shape of a giant Falun in Australia, the magnificent and marvellous scene made me have a thought without any hesitation: I must find Falun Dafa! So I searched the Falun Dafa website and saw that Falun Dafa had spread to over one hundred countries and regions with numerous practice sites. This was a fact I never could have imagined! I contacted the coordinator of our local practice site. Considering that our family was about to go on vacation and I would have to interrupt my learning if I started now, I decided to wait until September, after the children started school, to begin learning the practice. Surprisingly, during my vacation, the excruciating pain that had tormented me for nearly a year miraculously disappeared. Only later did I realise that even though I knew nothing about Falun Dafa at the time, when I had the thought of learning it, compassionate Master was already taking care of me. Finally, on the first weekend of September, I brought my younger daughter with me to the practice site, and from then on, my life merged into Falun Dafa.

I thought about this miraculous experience and knew I had to share it with my mother. At the time, my mother had been unable to eat normally for three months, even drinking water had become difficult, and no medicine or medical advice helped. Over the phone, I told her about the tremendous changes that had happened to me and asked her to sincerely recite the Nine-word Mantra. Without any hesitation, she followed my instructions and started to recite. Three days after our phone call, when I connected with her through video chat, I was amazed. My mother was sitting in front of a table filled with delicious dishes, her face was full of life, and the sickness that had caused her to be pale and unable to eat had disappeared.

My mother excitedly told me that since hanging up the phone, she had been reciting the Nine-word Mantra non-stop, even doing so in her sleep. Compassionate Master was taking care of every lost being in the world! My mother eagerly looked forward to learning Falun Dafa. Later, she told me over the phone that when she heard Master's compassionate voice for the first time, she saw a huge beam of light shining down from above her head. The light was radiant, and it illuminated her entire body, making her feel completely transparent and bright. Then, rays of light like rainbows radiated from her head, but the colour and brilliance of these rays were beyond description in human language. Master's compassion had purified her body during her first time listening to the Fa, and she connected to this precious connection of eternity!

Since then, my mother has transformed into a completely different person. Decades of various chronic illnesses disappeared almost entirely. She now has a clear mind, radiant appearance, and doesn't look like a person in her 70s at all. Witnessing my mother's transformation, my older sister started reading Falun Dafa books, and my nephew also began practicing. Some of my friends began learning the truth about Falun Dafa, correcting previous misunderstandings caused by the Chinese Communist Party's lies, and quitting the evil party organizations to choose a better future for themselves.

Spreading Dafa

Shortly after obtaining the Fa, a practitioner living near me invited me to the nearby small park to practice the exercises together. This place was located at the intersection of several bus and subway lines, with people coming and going, offering a blend of liveliness and tranquillity. Since this Western practitioner was going to another city to teach the exercises, and I had to take care of the children and couldn't join the collective exercise and truth-clarification activities in the main park every morning, I continued to practice the exercises alone at home. As I delved deeper into the Fa, I felt an immense gratitude for Dafa that prompted me to have a desire to practice the exercises outside and let more people know about this practice. So I made a beautiful Dafa banner and started practicing in another park near my home. During this process, although some people inquired, some stopped and watched, and some expressed their desire to learn, from the perspective of Fa rectification, this tranquil small park couldn't be compared to the busy location before. However, when I thought about my reluctance to exercise in public, my embarrassment stopped me from moving forward. But aren't we practitioners the hope of sentient beings, saving sentient beings, and cultivating selflessness to do everything for others?

As a Dafa disciple, I should go to a crowded place to exercise and clarify the truth, to have a greater impact. So, I summoned up the courage and went to exercise and clarify the truth in the busy park. Due to the high pedestrian traffic, the Dafa flyers also spread rapidly. I knew this was Master's encouragement! It gave me more courage to spread Dafa, and I continued to exercise there every day. Not long after, the Western practitioner returned, and we arranged to exercise and clarify the truth together. People passing by took photos, asked questions, and some even learned the exercises on the spot. Although this was only a practice site for the two of us, it was like a small lotus flower blooming in the world, conveying the beauty of Dafa to people.

Let me talk about my younger daughter, who was with me when I first started practicing. Now, at the age of 9, she can recite fluently the first twenty poems of Hong Yin. She wears the Falun emblem to school every day, drawing the attention and inquiries of teachers and students. Some teachers even said they would learn the exercises when they had time. During the breaks, my daughter wrote the Nine-word Mantra in Chinese characters and showed it to everyone. Her classmates were curious and admired the writing, saying, "These characters look so beautiful!" The beauty of Dafa has deeply imprinted on my daughter's life.

Passing Xinxing Tests

After obtaining the Fa, I thought that as long as I studied the Fa, I would be a Dafa disciple, but I didn't realise that there were many tests I needed to pass. One day, my usually mild-tempered husband suddenly started to criticise and scold me for no reason. I vigorously argued with him, and the situation escalated. Seeing that I wouldn't stop, my husband suddenly said, "Aren't you practicing Falun Dafa?" I immediately replied, "That has nothing to do with my practice." He looked stunned for a moment and walked away. As I studied Zhuan Falun, every word and sentence struck my stubborn human attachments, and I asked myself, "How could I argue without any reservations like an ordinary person? Is this how a true cultivator behaves?"

Master said, “If you can always be compassionate and calm, you will handle the issues that arise in your life well since you will have a buffer, in a sense” (The Fourth Talk,  Zhuan Falun). Did I really keep this in mind all the time? One day, my older daughter suddenly criticized me with an air of superiority I had never seen before: "You should drive more and familiarise yourself with the roads and driving!" She spoke as if she were above me. Facing my daughter's relentless words, I tried my best to stop the anger that was rising in my heart and turned around without saying anything. When I gradually calmed down, I regained my composure. Facing my daughter's accusation, I hadn't maintained my heart well. Master taught us to study the Fa more and study it well. In every test of cultivation, I need to remember that I am a cultivator and pass the tests with righteous thoughts, dissolve all tribulations, purify myself, and ascend.

My older sister and I had different life philosophies and ways of doing things, leading to arguments and even physical fights. Our irreconcilable contradictions had kept us apart for over a decade. When I began cultivating Dafa, I didn't want to think too deeply about this irreconcilable contradiction. Until last year, my older sister came to Spain with her son because she was considering her son's future and had no other choice. I let go of all grievances and welcomed her with a smile, busying myself to take care of them. My sister seemed to be melted by this, and a few days later, she exclaimed, "Hey, why does my sister seem like a completely different person now? It's incredible, so virtuous and tolerant!" I knew that all the grudges had dissipated because I cultivated Falun Dafa, and the light of the Fa had dissolved the conflicts between us.

I haven't attended any Fa conferences before, but every time I read the profound cultivation experiences on Minghui.org, it feels like I'm having a mini Fa conference. The experiences of diligent practitioners, their righteous thoughts in tribulations, their calm and rational truth clarification, and their grand efforts in saving sentient beings leave me in awe and strengthen my righteous thoughts. Today is the second time I've listened to the Chinese broadcast programme "Recalling Master's Grace." The various legendary and miraculous scenes of Master teaching the Fa during the early days have moved me to tears, making me cherish this rare opportunity to cultivate even more. Only through diligent cultivation can I assimilate to the Fa, follow the guidance of our compassionate Master, and return to our long-lost heavenly kingdom!

Please kindly correct any improper parts in my sharing!

Thank you, Master!

 

(Selected article for the European Fa-conference 2023 in Paris)