By Ye Li
Greetings to our Reverend Master!
And greetings to every fellow practitioner!
I am from a former kindergarten teacher from Fujian Province, China,. In May 2002, I applied for asylum pretending to be a Falun Gong practitioner - it was refused. In July 2002, I appealed and requested reconsideration. As I knew nothing about Falun Gong at all, to assure the success of the appeal, I went to a Falun Gong practitioner and told him of my whole story. At that time that practitioner clarified the truth of Falun Gong to me and gave me a copy of My physical health has been very poor since I was very young. I suffered from having cold and fever constantly, and chronic tonsillitis for five years; a doctor finally took out my tonsils. Additionally neurasthenia forced me to take medicine and injection all the time. I was known as “medicine bottle” in my workplace and school. In particular, one year before my going abroad, my head was knocked against awall very violently, and I was then sent to the hospital. I have had dizzy spells ever since. In my several years staying in Ireland, the frequent headaches along with gynecological problems made me suffer and depressed. I would often cry. I went to see both Chinese and western doctors but none of them could help. My work was also affected. I thought I was a very strong person, but I then I felt life hadn’t much meaning to me.
I remember when I began to read Zhuan Falun, I had the symptoms just like what Master talks about in the book, I had dizziness, I was throwing uyp, running to the toilet, as if I had a big flu, the bones were even painful and sore. There was a red rash on my face; my body, eyes, head and feet were itchy. Especially the injured part of my head suffered the most. I could hardly go to sleep and this lasted for about half a year. I was very grateful to Master, I knew that it was Master’s compassion that helped me to eliminate the karma and to purify my body. I insisted reading Zhuan Falun after work, as well as other articles, and practising the exercises. I could let go of my bad thoughts, take the Fa as Master. I could look inside of me when meeting with conflicts, and think of others before myself. My xinxing has been improved gradually, my body has also got healthier. The headache and other illnesses have all gone. Since I began to practises Falun Dafa, I have worked even harder, not cared for personal gain and loss, and my relationship with others has also even been better, I can deal even better with customers, colleagues and the boss. I have been complimented by customers who have called me “happy Chinese face”. Now I can see the hope and the beauty of life. Of course, there are still many things that I am not doing so well, but I believe I can do better soon.
Thanks to Master, and thanks Dafa that have given me all of this.
I have a very deep feeling that we should treasure the group cultivation environment as Dafa disciples; treasure the time being together. Master mentioned in Lecture at Australian Fa Conference: “it is a very pure environment, peaceful environment, peaceful pure land, then as a cultivator in such an environment, you would be touched by the compassionate power in such an environment.” Because I didn’t study the Fa so much in the beginning of my obtaining the Fa, I didn’t pay much attention to the group environment, I improved very slowly. Now that I often practise, study Fa and share experiences together with other practitioners, I can compare myself with my practitioners. Fellow practitioners have given me true hearted help, this makes me feel very warm and be cared to be in the group. I become aware of the importance of the group cultivation environment. In the meantime, I have gradually come to understand the importance of the 3 things that a Dafa disciple should be doing. I feel the urgency of the time. Master says: “No matter what it is you've experienced, as soon as you realize the problem just correct it immediately; if you fall, just get up and continue to do what a Dafa disciple should do.” (Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003) I wish to be worthy to be the name of a “Fa-rectification period Dafa Disciple”, I recall from deep in my heart Master’s words:. “before the Fa-rectification is over you should seize the time that's left and solidly do well in every single thing that a Dafa disciple should do. That's how you should proceed on this path toward the future and toward what's the most magnificent; you can't miss any single opportunity, or go awry with any step.” (Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003)
I know other practitioners have done lots of work in clarifying the truth, especially in Dublin, there are relatively more people aware of the truth. There are less opportunities for people to know the truth in other cities, towns and villages. We are Dafa disciples in Ireland, if we make our best efforts, try our best to let more people know the truth, this will be very beneficial to the whole nation of Ireland, we can also establish our mighty virtue for the future. Thus, I asked friends to collect more than 200 addresses of Chinese restaurants and take-aways. I sent the truth materials and VCDs together with a letter written by me. I wished more people could know the truth.
One day, I was invited to attend a wedding reception, I was thinking that I didn’t know him so well, plus I didn’t have a job, so it would cost me money and time to go there. But then I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell them the truth, I shouldn’t miss it. Just after I arrived, two friends said to me: “Ye Li, you look so much better now.” I then told them the benefits of cultivating Dafa, the persecution of Falun Gong. There were many people from my home province; many of them also listened to me.
Another time, I was at a wedding reception of a relative, there were as many as seventy or eighty guests. I was at the same table as an employer from Hong Kong and the director and assistant director of a Chinese community association. We talked with each other from topics of Chinese culture, tourism, and religion beliefs to the recent change of climate in China, and even the issue of SARS. Finally, one director asked me what my belief was. I thought that this was a great opportunity for me to clarify the truth of Falun Dafa to them. Then I told them proudly that I was practising Falun Gong. They were very surprised, and said, “Falun Gong is unlawful in China, and subversive.” I was very excited at that time, I told them loudly why I practised Falun Gong, and how I had benefited from it both physically and mentally, as well as the facts about Falun Gong being persecuted in China, etc. Because I knew there were lots of other Chinese people and the staff of the restaurant there, all of them could hear as I clarified the facts. I was trying to let more people know the truth of Falun Dafa. After the banquet, that director came to ask me more about the truth of persecution against Falun Gong. He also left his phone number to me and told me that he would like to give me a hand if ever I had any problems.
I also make phone calls and post material to my relatives, friends and former colleagues in China, telling them of the truth of Falun Dafa being persecuted and that Falun Dafa is good. One person who had once been my boss told me that many colleagues discussed the “Self-Immolation” incident on Tiananmen Square shown on CCTV and thought that it was staged by the central government. One of my good friends told me that he had never heard about Falun Gong, the first time he heard of the practice was from the self-immolation and relevant lies in the media. They both wanted to read Falun Dafa books. Then I sent In truth clarification, I have just started, and there is quite distance from what other practitioners have done. However, as long as we do things completely with our hearts and offer salvation to human beings with compassion, I think we will still have opportunities before the completion of Fa-rectification. Therefore, we need hurry up and take the opportunities.
Thank you, Master. * * *
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