(Minghui.org) I am a young practitioner, who used to do the exercises only once in a while. I thought that cultivating my heart and mind was more important than doing the exercises.

Also, I learned Dafa at a young age. I had been healthy, and usually experienced tribulations mentally, so I thought doing the exercises was not so important for me.

Another reason was that I had the attachment to laziness and comfort, and I didn’t clearly understand the Fa principles.

I didn’t realize that Dafa practice includes cultivation of both mind and body, and that our body would eventually be replaced by high-energy matter, which allows us to enter other dimensions. Thus, I did not pay enough attention to doing the exercises.

A while ago, I increased my time for doing the exercises. I felt very comfortable when I was holding the wheel above my head during the second exercise.

I had no feeling of fatigue or pain. I had a wonderful feeling after the exercises, but I still couldn’t rationally understand the importance of doing them.

Today I thought about this issue again while I was doing the exercises, and then I began studying the Fa. I felt that my main consciousness was eager to study the Fa, and to learn the boundless principles of Falun Dafa.

But I just couldn’t sit still, and later I started to feel sleepy. I felt weird because my main consciousness was wide awake and able to read, while my body was so uncomfortable.

I could not study the Fa because of physical discomfort. I realized that studying the Fa and doing the exercises complement each other, and that one should do both things well in order to improve overall. Because I had been slacking off in doing the exercises, it was adversely affecting me when I studied the Fa.

Master said,

“A parallel can be drawn between man and the universe, as ancient Daoist thought has done. While you may be endowed with a physical body, that alone isn’t enough to make you a complete person. You also must have other invisible elements such as disposition, temperament, personality, as well as a spirit, or soul, to be a complete and independent individual.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)

I had the human notion that doing the exercises was just for health and fitness, but for people who want to elevate to high levels, one has to cultivate the mind and the body.

If one does not pay attention to doing the exercises, the physical body cannot be converted to high-energy matter. So this is a critical matter for a cultivator's overall progress. The body in subsurface dimensions cannot be transformed to higher levels without it.

On the other hand, under the education system run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), schools overemphasize the study of theoretical knowledge and high scores, which makes students prioritize studying theoretical knowledge, while neglecting fitness activities.

I was adversely affected by the Party indoctrination, so I thought doing the exercises was secondary and did not pay much attention to it.

I also realized that some of my attachments and desires that manifested on my physical body were related to my slacking off in doing the exercises, such as the attachment to lust, fear of cold, tiredness, attachment to food, attachment to comfort, and sleepiness.

I will rectify myself, study the Fa well, and do the exercises diligently, so that I can improve in all aspects and do the three things well.