Liu T.

Greeting Master, greeting fellow practitioners,

My name is Liu T. I started practicing Dafa in 1996. When I was young, I liked practicing meditation, qigong, martial arts, and exploring the way of health, Chinese medicine and mysteries of nature. I was thinking about the fundamental of life and the mystery of the universe. I kept thinking about whether human beings had soul, why people had thought, where thinking came from, how thinking was formed, what materials thought consisted of, and so on. I also thought about what the mechanism is like when people do complicated mathematical calculations, how to live a meaningful life, how to make the life most valuable and most meaningful. Moreover, I also asked questions like, in this world, was there God, Buddha, ghost in the end? If yes, what kind of materials they were composed of? Everything would be gone and disappear after people die? If people had a soul, then where the soul would go and exist after people’s body die?

When I was about 19 years old, I did not want to continue going to school. I thought it’s time to find a job. My father wanted me to work in the Public Security Bureau or the Electricity Bureau. But I did not think it’s my way to do such a simple and routine job like robots. Such kind of boring life meant nothing for me. So, I decided to start a business and ran a company. In May 1994, I registered my first company which was associated to a provincial police school. In 1997 I registered another company which was a real estate company associated with the Development Bureau of the district government. During the operation of the company, I met and established a personal relationship with Deng Xiaoping’s private healthcare doctor, Bo Xilai’s driver, Gu Kailai’s parents and other high-ranking leaders or officers of the Chinese Communist Party, government, military, police, public security and other government departments. At that time, if the real estate company had funds in place, Gu Kailai would have been my company’s legal adviser, and I would have made tens of millions of dollars, and had lots of beautiful girls around me, before age of 30.

But, things didn't always turn out the way I wanted them to. For almost 20 years since I started doing business until 2011, I did not make a penny of profit, but only lost and borrowed. In the past 20 years, I had no luck at all. I was depressed, melancholic, helpless, and felt deep sorry and guilt to my friends who supported me in various ways. The hardships made me a complete failure. This forced me to come to the United States to seek another way to succeed.
Only after I started learning and practicing Falun Dafa, did I realize that every generation of each single Dafa disciple has been overlooked and taken care of by Master. Master arranges the whole life of each Dafa disciple in accordance with his or her own life factors. Then, I felt so scared, when I imagined that if I did succeed in doing business at that time, based on my ideology and morality, I would have been totally ruined physically and essentially in life. I was so happy and grateful that I failed in the business. Females had big attraction to me when I was young. If I did succeed in my business, I would have lots of young women around me and would have lived a playboy life. Even more terrible thing is that, I would have been involved in Bo Xilai’s affairs, become one of the close members of Bo Xilai’s big scheme, busy all day in doing business and enjoying physical and sensual pleasure. Not only might I have missed the chance to learn and practice Dafa, but even have gone to the opposite of Dafa. Each time I thought about this, my heart was filled with grace and thankfulness to Master who has taken such care of his disciple and done the painstaking arrangement, so that my real life can be finally saved. All the 20 years of suffering removed many of my bad, stubborn thinking and attachments, and laid good foundation for my future practice. All in all, Master makes the best and perfect arrangements for each Dafa disciple. My failure of doing business did prevent me from becoming an evil person. Thank you again, great Master!

I officially started practicing Dafa when I was treated in a military nursing facility in 1996. I watched the videotapes of Master’s lecture in the courtyard auditorium. I brought home 18 recording tapes of Master’s lecture, some books including "Zhuan Falun", "Lecture in Sydney", " Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa", "The Great Way of Spiritual Perfection”, a little Falun medal and a copy of Master’s picture. Dafa touched me very much this time. Master’s lecture explained all the unsolved puzzles about life, and the universe. I was so excited. I was 27 years old at that time. After practicing Dafa for a few months, I temporarily put it aside. From ordinary people’s view, I was just in the climbing stage of my life. I planned to resume cultivation after my business got stable and profitable. Because my business had not made any profit yet in a long time, I had owed lots money to other people. Huge spiritual pressure gradually resulted in health issues in my body. From the beginning of 2000, my arms and legs felt numb, I was short of breath when walking upstairs, had dry eyes, got a runny nose every early morning, my chest was tight all the time, etc. All the symptoms of physical weakness started showing up. In October 2003, I officially resumed practicing Dafa, when I was 34 years old. The individual cultivation stage has been over since the year of 1999. It has been 4 years since the Fa-Rectification stage started. There were some lectures I had not read yet. I even did not know what the “old forces” meant, and what is and how to do righteous thoughts. This time, when I once again opened "Zhuan Falun", and read only one-fifth of the book, I was so deeply touched. I knew this was exactly what I pursued. Dafa is so good, so great! Being excited, I just could not stop my tears from dropping. I was so regretful that I wasted 4 years, a really big loss! I instantly made up my mind that I would never give up Dafa in the future, even if I had to pay the price of a life. If I gave up it again, I would have lost it forever. That’s what I thought then.
Then, I started learning Dafa very hard. I always read Dafa books and practiced the movements until midnight. For the second set of movements, I held each action for half an hour, four movements for 2 hours. I tried hard and intended to make up the time lost. In only a few days, I felt like the ice melted on my chest and so much more comfortable. I felt like my walking was brisk and floating. I walked 2 stairs when I climbed the stair case. I always wanted to cover 3 steps distance in one step but couldn’t because my legs’ limitation. One month later, my eyes were not dry anymore. When I slept, in my dreams I always flew in the sky. I felt my limbs were tireless. I finally realized the feeling without disease on the physical body. How great Master is, how great Dafa is! Since then, I had the backing in my heart, I had a healthy body. I also understood that there were reasons why it was so difficult to run my business smoothly and profitably. I didn’t struggle hard for personal interests. I kept a calm mood. I also tried to regulate my behavior as a Dafa disciple, with its natural and complacent. I did the "three things", looked inward unconditionally when encountered any contradiction. I shared cultivation experience with local fellow practitioners, distributed truth flyers, brochures, CDs, stickers, etc. I did all what Dafa disciples were supposed to do and completely joined the Fa-rectification team.

However, life had to continue. Although there weren’t any good signs in my business, I still had to move it forward. There was still entertainment, drinking, karaoke, sauna, etc. for doing business. But in any circumstances, I always took the chances to clarify the truth to whomever I met. I felt no timid when clarifying the truth and persuading people to do the three withdrawals. At the same time, I didn’t do the wrong thing Dafa disciples should not do. In 2009, the material distribution base near my home was seized by the evils. Printers, CD burners, 3 or 4 computers, CDs, truth data, supplies and my new laptop were taken away. I suffered a heavy loss of cash and assets. The homeowner of my fellow practitioner was sentenced to three years.

In 2010, I thought my way in China might come to an end. I could not see any hope and there was nothing I could do. My business was only successful in getting me one million Chinese Yuan debt. I decided to go abroad to make money. So in June, 2010, I went to the US Consulate for a visa. But my first application was unexpectedly refused. Though disappointed, I felt pretty calm. I thought that there might be something in China which had not been done yet. There might be some sentient beings I was supposed to save but had not been saved yet. So I stayed in China for another year. In this year, I continued doing everything Dafa disciples are supposed to do. But unfortunately, my business got my debt increased to an additional hundreds of thousands of Chinese yuan. In June 2011, I went to the US Consulate for second try and successfully got the visa application approved. I was so happy. I knew that the things I must do in China should all be done. Master let me go abroad. It’s time for me to continue my way abroad. In August 2011, I landed in the United States, and then waited for one more year for the immigration interview to get the identity. I was so grateful for Master's arrangement. Moreover, I paid off all the roughly 1.5 million Chinese Yuan debt in 5 years after I came to the United States. Thank you compassionate great Master for arranging everything for me.

We fellow practitioners in the USA are very lucky to promote and present Shen Yun in helping Master’s Fa-rectification. First half of the year every year, Shen Yun comes to Atlanta and the nearby cities. In 2014, I participated in the support team for Shen Yun performance in five cities. I was so lucky to see Master in three cities by myself and Master’s miracle. When I was setting up the stage with other practitioners, I saw Master on stage teaching a soprano how to improve her voice. Master personally demonstrated the skills to her. I also saw Master repairing and tuning the instruments for the world class musicians. We all know that tuning music instruments needs extremely high professional skills, and all the musicians in the orchestra are top of their class in the world. Master waved and said hello to us when he walked by, just like an ordinary stage staff. There was one time in a city, I had a lucky opportunity to meet Master and his driver personally, with no other Chinese persons, except 2-3 Americans. In the morning of the first day of Shen Yun coming to that city, I saw Master and his driver in the breakfast area in front of the hotel. At that time, it was strange that there were no other Chinese speaking persons, no Shen Yun performers and musicians, no support team members but only 2-3 Americans. No one knew Master came, even the local practitioner who was in charge of the show in this city. Since I met Master two times in 2 other cities before, it seemed like Master still remembered me. Master and his driver were sitting at a small table beside the wall. Master noticed me when he was watching a laptop, without eating breakfast. Master saw me, I also saw Master when I turned around. Then I walked toward Master, greeted Master. I said I saw Master again. Master smiled and turned to me and said: "How well did the tickets sell?" The smile, the voice and the tone were so cordial. But suddenly I didn’t know what to say. I was here to help. I didn’t know how many tickets were sold. And this was not what I had to take care of too much. So I didn’t have the answer for Master’s question. There were not always such a great chance that I could meet Master in person, but was asked something which I did not know. I felt very embarrassed and little nervous. Though I didn’t know the answer, I had to reply and tell the truth! So I said timidly: "Master, I do not know. I came from Atlanta to help." The expression, the voice and the tone, just like a child’s who made a mistake, speaking with his parent. Master looked at me smiling, without saying a word. Since I didn’t have anything to say, I told Master: “I should go because Master is busy.” I hastened to another table to have my breakfast. When I was eating my breakfast, I thought about the scene when I met Master this time. But the more I thought about it, the worse I felt. I finished my breakfast with no taste. I was a little nervous and uneasy having breakfast just next to Master’s table. Suddenly, I remembered that when I distributed the Shen Yun flyers in South Carolina, I was told by a local fellow practitioner that more than 70% of the tickets were sold. That was one month ago. Master asked me a question personally. But I gave no answer. This was no good. Now I knew the answer. I had to make up for it. After finishing the meal I went to Master again and said: "Master, I just remembered. One month ago, I saw on the computer that the tickets were sold pretty well in this city." This time, Master did not smile to me, just said "Oh" while nodding. Master did not say anything else to me, and I didn’t know what to say to Master. So I just said good bye to Master and went away.

Later, I realized that if you don’t do well in cultivation, it is better not to see Master. I think Master may not feel good when he saw you. At that time, I knew that I had a very bad attachment yet to relinquish. Master knows all of you. The disciple’s supernatural powers are given by Master. What you pursue, how well you cultivate, what attachments you still have, Master can tell at a glance. Do you think Master does not know how well the tickets sold? I thought that, Master pointed out that I did not pay enough attention to the Shen Yun local show! I was not fully involved in it. Master surly knows what attachments I still have. Master smiled to me the first time was to encourage me. But later, the reason Master did not smile to me was to motivate me. We are all particles of Dafa. Shen Yun is the Fa-rectification way Master leads personally. Is it right if you don’t know, and you don’t care how well the tickets sold, but come to help like an outsider?

Another big attachment yet to be removed was the love of opposite sex. Though I had been practicing Dafa many years but this attachment had not been released completely but returned occasionally. In fact, I hadn’t get rid of it because I was not determined to do so. I could not bear to purely have no such kind of heart. Each person has their own individual characteristics. What I have is that I feel especially happy and comfortable when staying with women. Because I had such a heavy attachment, Master arranged me the environments with women around me from very young up to present, giving me the chance to get rid of this heart. I didn’t take fame and fortune too seriously in my life. I didn’t care too much about spending money for others. I paid almost all the bills no matter whether my friends would share the cost or not. Running my business did not mean I took money seriously, it was just because I thought that as a person, I needed to do something. Even though, I never pursued profit by hook or by crook. I thought I never made good money from my business was because I offended the God of Wealth for paying too little attention to money. I thought that’s the reason why I did not succeed in doing business. I had few attachments. I could easily remove any other bad attachments except lust. Just like Master says in the Fa, I lived my life for it. If I did get rid of this attachment, I should have no special hobbies to enjoy in my life because I didn’t take any other hobbies much seriously. Though suppressing it and not making real mistakes, I still had this lust attachment. Though I never crossed the hard line and beyond the measure, I knew I still have it. After all, I still take myself as a practitioner and using Dafa to regulate my conduct. Could I pretend that Master could not know my having such lust attachment? At such Fa-rectification stage, how can Master be happy when seeing me who still had such bad attachment?

I have discussed about lust with other fellow practitioners, trying to find excuse for keeping it. I was thinking: people get black substance of karma when they bully, beat, or hurt or even kill other lives. But, should bad substance be made if a man has close relationship with a woman with two-phase wish, though no one does any harm to the other? I don’t understand this clearly. But in any case, Master clearly mentioned in “Zhuan Falun” that a practitioner must relinquish lust, at the very beginning stage. Though I don’t know the reason, I know it’s the Fa I have to follow. I did ask other fellow practitioners about this lust attachment but no one could explained persuasively. This year, it’s fortunate that I had a chance to discuss this topic with another fellow practitioner when we shared the same room in the hotel when I came to support Shen Yun performance in one city. He said that even if one who got involved in affairs did not get karma, the behavior itself destroys morality and corrupts ethics of humankind.

I thought he was right. I have no reason to keep it anymore. I spoke about it here just to expose it, relinquish it, and completely get rid of it. Not much time left. Master repeatedly extends the Fa-rectification process, just to keep the chance for those unsophisticated disciples to catch up. We cannot always take Master's mercy not seriously. Are there really some fellow practitioners who dare say they have completed successfully, and have no room to improve? Would you really think you would be ok if your cultivation come to an end tomorrow? If the Fa-rectification process completed, it would be too late to regret not doing well. You will have lost your life forever. You will have lost all the lives of your world. You will have lost all the lives and the lives in their world you should have saved. What terrible outcome! Please think about it! There is no comparison between the glory of the Buddhahood you accomplish and the enjoyments of this physical world. Not at all. I really expect Master to extend the Fa-rectification process even longer, to give unsophisticated disciples the opportunity to accomplish their cultivation, commemorate the vow of God, and return to their real home with Master.

I also have concerns about “both one’s body and soul becoming extinct”. I knew I have some attachments yet to relinquish. I always tried to discuss this topic with other fellow practitioners in the past few years. I wanted to figure out how Master would deal with the Dafa disciples who did not consummate. In the early stage, some Dafa disciples said they should stay at the level equivalent to how well they have cultivated. I thought that was the best and there was no pressure. I thought at least I would not fall into hell. I might be an immortal at certain level. But in fact, this is not the case. At the 2015 West Coast Fa Conference, there was a disciple who asked Master a question. He asked Master what would happen if disciples did not consummate. Master said: "Generally speaking it will be handled based on the vows each person made, and there won’t be a second chance—none at all." There was a fellow practitioner who could see another space mentioned in his speech at the conference, where he saw the oath was written as: "If I cannot honor the vow, both my body and soul will be extinct", on an edict reel similar as Bible was written. In fact, I think that there are many Dafa disciples who still don’t really realize how special, precious and glorious being a Dafa disciple is. First, a human body is hard to come by. Even in a thousand years of reincarnation, you may not have the chance to get a human body. First, by chance, you get a human body after a thousand years, you don’t even know how to treasure it, because animals are not permitted to cultivate. It’s very difficult for immortals to cultivate because they do not suffer. Second, it must be the same time Buddha spreads the Fa when you finally get a human body, then you must have a chance to hear the Fa. Third, in order to get greater mighty virtue, it has to be the time that Buddhism is suppressed, just like Dafa disciples are persecuted by evils. In such an evil environment, you staunch to Dafa, to maintain Fa-rectification, then you can get greater mighty virtue. Fourth, Master says: "Why is it that a being needs to be saved by Dafa and me personally? Or, to put it plainly, [think about] what kind of a being is worthy of salvation by the Great Law of the cosmos? For a being who is saved, could it just be about personal Consummation? So what kind of being deserves to be a Disciple of Dafa?" What you are experiencing today is that the Creator is teaching the fundamental law of the universe. The Creator teaching Fa, did such thing ever happen in history? Never in the past and never in the future, in any universe and celestial body. Only now! Once it’s gone it’s gone. Cherish it!

Below, please allow me to cite Master’s article “Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples” in “Essentials for Further Advancement II” to encourage each other in our cultivation. Master says: "Did you know that Fa-rectification disciples who aren’t able to come through the Fa-rectification period will not have another chance to cultivate, because throughout history you have already been given all the best things? Today you have barely had any hardship in your personal cultivation, and you haven’t been asked to bear the enormous sins yourselves that you committed over your many lifetimes. Meanwhile, I have enabled you to raise your levels in the fastest way, kept everything good from your past, replenished things with what’s better at every level for you, always given you in cultivation all the most magnificent things of every realm, and have made it possible for you to return after Consummation to your highest realm’s position. These are the things that can be made known to you. There is more, which you can’t know about at this time. Dafa disciples are magnificent because you are here at the same time as the period of Master’s Fa-rectification and are able to safeguard and uphold Dafa. If what you do is no longer worthy of a Dafa disciple, think about it, if under the greatest mercy since the beginning of Heaven and Earth and under Buddha’s infinite grace you still can’t do well, how could there be another chance? Cultivation and Fa-rectification are serious. Whether you are able to treasure this period of time is, in fact, a matter of whether you can be responsible to yourselves. This period of time will not last long, but it can forge the mighty virtue of magnificent Enlightened Beings, Buddhas, Daos, and Gods of different levels, and even Lords of different levels. It can also destroy overnight a cultivator who has reached a really high level but who has become less strict with himself. Disciples, be diligent! Everything that’s the most magnificent and the most wonderful is developed in the process of your validating Dafa. Your vows will become testaments of your future."

So, should Dafa disciples not cherish this? All the best things in the universe were given to Dafa disciples during the Fa-rectification period. From Master’s article above, I understand that Dafa disciples have no way to retreat, and the road forward is also very narrow. To fulfill our mission, we can only take the path Dafa disciples must take. There is the glorious Golden Avenue in front of us and no alternative at all. If we cannot stick to the path, what awaits in front is merely a dead road. This dead road leads to the end of life which is different from the death of an ordinary person. Ordinary people can reincarnate if they believe in so, but Dafa disciples have no reincarnation. Either consummate in cultivation to become a Buddha, or completely be destroyed, because that’s your own vows. Fellow practitioners, no backward, no options, only forward. Please hurry up, no time to waste, no time to wait. I am afraid that even a little bit hesitation will result in the loss of this great lucky chance. I sincerely hope that all fellow practitioners work hard together! Don’t lose this precious Eternal opportunity.

If there are any inappropriate statements above, please point them out to me. Thank you great Master, thank you fellow practitioners.