(Minghui.org) I’m a 15-year-old middle school student. I grew up with my grandpa and used to study Falun Dafa with him. But after he was sentenced to three years for practicing Dafa, I gradually lost the environment to study the Fa and became obsessed with my cellphone and watching TV.
After my grandpa was released, he reminded me of Dafa. Since then, I always spend my school breaks at my grandpa’s home so I could study the Fa with him. Although I haven’t formally started my Dafa cultivation, I know that Dafa is great and that one needs to follow Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to be a good person.
I’ve been playing flute since I was little. I like it very much. I learned several songs written by Dafa disciples and my family all love to watch me perform. I feel happy when I play the songs.
I heard from grandpa that since the persecution started in July 1999, many Dafa disciples went to Beijing to appeal. My grandpa also went. The communist regime is so evil in persecuting good people. After I read the book Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, I understood that the communist party had a bad origin and the way it gained power was also shameful.
I remembered in my first year of middle school, a teacher slandered Dafa during a flag raising ceremony. Many of my classmates also followed the teacher in badmouthing Dafa. I felt very sad that they were deceived. Dafa teaches people to be good and does no harm to society. I know many of the teachers and my classmates have watched TV programs about the staged Tiananmen self-immolation incident. But none of the self-immolators were Falun Gong practitioner as alleged by the state-owned media.
During our politics class, the teacher talked about following the law and ensuring people’s basic human rights. It made me laugh in my heart that the regime even talked about human rights when they’ve been breaking the law in persecuting Dafa practitioners.
There was a period of time when I was doing the Dafa exercises in the morning and studying the Fa in the evening with my grandpa. I felt very good. Except for the one-hour standing exercise of holding the Falun, I could finish all the other three standing exercises. For the meditation, I could only do it for half an hour, because my legs would hurt so much if I sat any longer. But there was one time when I kept my legs crossed for 50 minutes and I didn’t feel any pain. It was so comfortable that I didn’t want to take my legs down.
I don’t have much cultivation experience to share, but Dafa is already deeply rooted in my heart. When I have any difficulties, I recite “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.” I’m also using the principles to guide my everyday life.
I’m really happy to encounter Dafa. Through my grandpa’s actions, I know that Dafa is beautiful. When I play Dafa music on the flute, I feel peaceful and happy. I feel that Dafa purifies my heart.
Also after talking with my grandpa, I realized that cellphone and TV are very harmful to teenagers. I’ve made up my mind to quit using them. I also plan to start my Dafa cultivation soon and return home with Master.
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