(Minghui.org) Ms. Wang, who is from a city in Northeastern China, began to practice Falun Gong a little over a year ago. She remembers that in 2004, when she immigrated to Canada, as soon as she arrived at the Vancouver airport, she ran into a woman who walked up to her and offered to give her Falun Gong truth-clarification materials.
Influenced by the negative propaganda of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) about Falun Gong, she thought to herself that she'd better stay away from this person, so she quickly ran away. Ms. Wang said that she would never have thought that seven years later, she, like this woman, would be earnestly telling others about Falun Gong. As she wants no one to miss the chance to know about Falun Gong, she works very hard.
Recalling her mentality back then, Ms. Wang said that at that time, all she had on her mind were the fabricated lies from the CCP about Falun Gong. She had never thought about looking into why there were still so many people practicing Falun Gong. In public, when she ran into practitioners who clarified the truth to her, she always ran away from them. When seeing the shelter that practitioners set up in front of the Vancouver Chinese Consulate for protesting 24-hours a day, she would think to herself: “Some people said they were paid by the US. That must be true. Without getting paid, how could they stay for so long?” Later, she found out that what she had heard about practitioners being "paid" was defamation from the CCP, to purposefully stop people from knowing the truth about Falun Gong.
Maybe because Ms. Wang has a predestined relationship with Falun Gong, when she was applying for a job as a welder, the hiring manager was Mr. Zhao, whose wife happened to be a Falun Gong practitioner. Ms. Wang said that Mr. Zhao was not a practitioner at that time; however, since he had been witnessing his wife practicing, he thought very highly of Falun Gong. He had also talked about Falun Gong to her, telling her how wonderful Falun Gong is, and saying he would practice one day. Sure enough, Mr. Zhao became a practitioner.
Ms. Wang recalled, "One day, Mr. Zhao said he had Teacher's lecture CDs in his car, and that if he needs to drive for a long distance he listens to them. He asked me if I wanted to give them a try.”
Mr. Zhao gave her the CDs. She began to listen to Teacher's lectures. The more she listened, the more it made sense. She completely agreed with what Teacher said. For example, she believed in fate before, but didn't know how it was determined and why each person's fate is different. After listening to Teacher's Fa, she became clear. Ms. Wang added, "My mind was elevated. I have new understandings about many things. In the past, I often felt that I was a good person, but when comes to the Fa's requirements, I fell far short."
In 2011, Ms. Wang's daughter was facing some difficulties getting along with her classmates in middle school. Ms. Wang took her to see a psychiatrist, but that didn't help. For a while, she had been listening to the psychiatrist as well as going to a temple to pray to Buddha. Nothing worked.
Last summer, when her daughter came back to Vancouver from visiting China, Ms. Wang began to play Teacher's Fa for her. After she heard it, her daughter said, "It's so good; I want to practice." After she began to practice, she became much happier. At the end of 2012, her husband, who had been working in China came to visit them. Seeing the change in their daughter, and especially when he saw a video-clip of her conducting an interview as a journalist for a TV station, he was moved and very proud. He downloaded this video-clip and shared it with family and friends back home.
Ms. Wang still remembers that when she told her husband about her decision to practice Falun Gong, her husband was not against it and simply said, “Don't go out; practice at home.” When she told one of her good friends, her friend also said, “Don't go too far, don't get carried away.”
After finding out more about Falun Gong, Ms. Wang came to understand that Falun Gong is a cultivation practice that truly teaches people to be good. When practitioners clarify the facts to people, it is for them to have bright futures. She came to understand practitioners' sincerity in offering salvation to people as well as their unselfishness. She finally understood that she should follow their steps.
Many changes have taken place since Ms. Wang started practicing. She said, "For me, practicing Falun Gong is not for healing illness. However, I have still gone through a transformation in my body. For example, when I used to take on a demanding job I would feel very tired, but after practicing Falun Gong, I feel completely fine. I feel relaxed. Once, I went to Seattle to support fellow practitioners. I drove on a Saturday morning and didn't get home until Sunday night. I went to work the next day and didn't feel tired at all."
What has transformed most is her mentality. Since Ms. Wang began to practice, she has been very cheerful and treats things with a calm mind. For example, in educating her daughter, even though sometimes she doesn't feel very happy, she does not become upset, nor is she short-tempered. She didn't used to like a coworker from mainland China, but she has let go of that. She used to complain about her husband for being careless, not caring enough about her, and that she was taking on all the household chores while her husband didn't show any appreciation. She used to feel so unbalanced. Since she began to practice, she looks at others' strong points and doesn't have any resentment. In regards to her own self-interest, she used to always think about whether she was the losing party. Now she doesn't, as she has let it go.
Sometimes Ms. Wang worries that she obtained the Fa too late. In 1998, a co-worker recommended that she read Zhuan Falun and it seemed very good. Maybe because it was not the right time yet, she did not want to practice Falun Gong then. Later, the CCP began to persecute Falun Gong, and after being inundated with their lies, she didn't think about practicing again.
Now, Ms. Wang cherishes the peaceful cultivation environment overseas very much. Practitioners can get together and share with one another. They can freely practice, clarify the facts and share the beauty of Falun Gong with others, all the while elevating themselves. Ms. Wang feels honored to be a Falun Gong practitioner.
