Insights – Page 28

Recognizing and Eliminating Attachments When Studying the Fa Well

InsightsMay 14, 20160Comments

May 10, 2016 | When I see practitioners chatting and entertaining themselves instead of using their time to study the Fa and improve their xinxing, I worry because they are not cherishing their cultivation opportunity. Master told us that we have this grand opportunity only once: Master said: “I hope that everyone who has obtained this Fa will…

Southern Taiwan Practitioners Celebrate Falun Dafa’s Public Introduction

Insights, World NewsMay 8, 20160Comments

May 04, 2016 | May 13 this year marks the 17th World Falun Dafa Day and the 24th anniversary of Falun Dafa’s public introduction in China, as well as the 65th birthday of its founder Mr Li Hongzhi. Over 1500 practitioners in southern Taiwan got together on May 1 to celebrate this special day. Together they formed…

Paralyzed in a Mine Collapse, Man Enjoys Remarkable Recovery Years Later

InsightsMay 8, 20160Comments

May 01, 2016 | I am a retired coal miner. I became paralyzed during a coal mine disaster in the 1980s. I lived a miserable life and felt disheartened until I started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. After I began practicing, my paralysis marvelously disappeared. I stood up again and have since been living a healthy…

The Happiness That Comes from Being a Good Person

InsightsMay 1, 20160Comments

April 30, 2016 | I was an only child born in the 80s. Growing up, I believed that, as long as I worked hard, maintained good relationships, cared for those weaker than me, and displayed an upright sense of justice and compassion, I would be considered a good person. In my heart, I believed that, as…

Former Policewoman: Life’s Questions Answered by Falun Gong Teachings

InsightsMay 1, 20160Comments

April 29, 2016 | A former police woman was fired from her job because she practices Falun Gong. She has lodged a lawsuit with China's Supreme People's Procuratorate against Jiang Zemin, the head of the former Chinese communist regime, for initiating the persecution of Falun Gong. Book Answered My Questions I searched for the meaning of life for…

Junior High School Student: Returning to Cultivation Made Me a Better Person

InsightsApril 25, 20160Comments

April 23, 2016 | A most memorable day for me is September 13, 2014. On that day, I returned to cultivating Falun Dafa and began reading Zhuan Falun again. I am 15 years old and in my second year of junior high school. I live with my mother because my parents separated a long time ago. My father…

Southeastern U.S. Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Held in Georgia

InsightsApril 17, 20160Comments

The Southeastern U.S. Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Alpharetta, Georgia, near Atlanta, on April 9, 2016. Practitioners from Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi attended the conference, and 16 shared their experiences. A group of attendees pose for a photo after the conference. Young Westerner A young Westerner, who started practicing a year ago, said…

Academically Challenged Student Ranks First in Math and Won the Piano Competition

InsightsApril 17, 20160Comments

My daughter was divorced twice. After she married for the third time in 1993, she was desperate to have a child. She sought medical help, but still was not able to conceive. She became depressed and took an overdose of sleeping pills to take her life. She survived and recovered, conceived and gave birth to…

Sending Righteous Thoughts Outside a Police Department Headquarters

InsightsApril 17, 20160Comments

A fellow practitioner recently suggested that we go to the police headquarters and talk to them about Falun Gong. Beside practitioners talking with the police directly, more practitioners would also be needed to send forth righteous thoughts outside the building to ensure a successful effort. The coordinator notified the practitioners in our area, and a date…

Three-Day Falun Dafa Study Session, the Best Days of My Life

InsightsApril 11, 20160Comments

Before I started diligently studying Falun Dafa, my illnesses and heavy workload at my job often made me irritable, causing a lot of tension on my team. But now, since the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance broadened my heart and mind, I am always calm and there is much more laughter at work as well. Thanks to Falun…

Time Waits for No One

InsightsApril 3, 20160Comments

In most cases when people become aware of mistakes that they have made, they might look for opportunities to undo them and make it right. For a cultivator, things might not be as simple as that. Since cultivation is a process that continually pushes forward, the opportunities to undo something that was not right might be…

Swiss Woman Says Cultivation Is ‘Priceless’

InsightsMarch 31, 20160Comments

Simone Schelgel has always treated “being a good person” as a life goal since a young age. “Being honest and righteous is the way to be respected in Western society,” she said. “It includes being honest to others and to oneself. I do my best to set a good example. I read books about traditional…