(Clearwisdom.net) On August 5, 1994, I was fortunate to attend a Falun
Gong lecture at the Hockey Stadium of Harbin City and personally listen to
Master's lectures. Those are days I will never forget. I finally realized the
meaning of life and learnt the true purpose of living. I knew this was the
practice that I had been searching for. From that day, I began serious and
diligent cultivation.
The lectures were held for eight days. There were four or five thousand people
in attendance. Master usually taught from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The assistants
brought along by Master would then teach us one of the exercises, under Master's
guidance. Master was very patient and explained the exercise movements to us
step by step. Master was very punctual, both at the start and end of the
classes. He especially emphasized the importance of our xinxing levels.
In our first lesson, Master walked into the stadium at exactly 6:00 p.m. There
was a huge round of applause. When I first met Master, I felt he was very
amiable. I cried without knowing why. I enjoyed listening to Master's lecture
the more I listened to it. I felt like a person that was dying of thirst,
suddenly receiving fresh water. The joy and excitement was beyond description.
After a while, I felt an enormous pressure to sleep. I hated myself for not
making every effort to stay awake. I was afraid that if I slept, I would be
unable to clearly listen to Master's lectures. But later on, Master said that
(not original words) some people have illnesses in their brain and that they
will not be able to stand it if their brain is treated when they are awake. So I
allowed myself to sleep, but I could still hear Master's words. Master then
started treating our bodies. Master first treated half of the practitioners in
the stadium. Master asked everybody to stomp at the same time. At the beginning,
practitioners did not stomp together. Master laughed and said to stomp neatly
again. (Pa! There was only one sound.) After my side of the practitioners
stomped, I felt a chill. I felt cold air bursting out from my body. A while
later, I felt my whole body become itchy and hot. The lump that I had always
felt suppressing my lungs for years was released. The relief was so comfortable.
I felt like I had been released after a long suffocation. I was released from
many years of illness. Unknowingly, I cried again. My human side at the time
only knew that Master had purified my body for me. I was happy for that. But
after continuously studying the Fa and cultivating, I understood that Master
had eliminated a mountain-high amount of karma that I had accumulated in my
current life and past lives.
Humans cannot comprehend the difficulty of Master's Fa-rectification and how
much suffering Master has endured. It cannot be described in words.
On the last day of the lectures, Master walked around the stadium. He walked
slowly. Sometimes, Master raised one hand. Some practitioners would then say,
"Master gave us good things." Upon saying that, tears appeared in my colleague's
eyes. I looked at her. She asked, "Did you see the Falun?" I said no. She said,
"I saw Master waving his hands. A ray of light shot at me and I started crying.
Under the light, snowflake-like Falun fell onto everybody. The Faluns were
swirling. Some were big and some were small. The small ones were getting bigger
and the big ones were getting smaller." I was genuinely happy for her. I said,
"You saw the truth, isn't that worth shedding some tears?" I knew Master had
given us Falun because I could feel the movement in my lower abdomen. The
sensation of movement lasted for a few days.
The lectures ended. I felt unwilling to leave Master.
After writing this recollection, I appreciate even more Master's suffering, and
appreciate Master's benevolence all the more. I feel more encouraged to do the
three things and walk the final path of Fa-rectification well.