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| 修炼后的林利娜不再觉得迷茫，她很清楚自己要什么，该做什么，积极向上。After practicing Falun Gong, Lin Lina knows what she wants and what she should do. |
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【明慧网二零一一年七月十三日】（明慧记者夏昀台湾采访报道）“修炼”这一词汇，自古以来似乎和“年轻气盛”少有连结。练气功的人，也多半是有了年纪，为了身体健康而练的。然而，在法轮功的修炼团体中，青壮年的比例很高，在各大学的校园中也有为数不少的青年学子。这些青年学子为何被法轮功所吸引？如何踏上修炼之路？而法轮功又给他们带来怎样的转变呢？笔者采访了台湾中部三所大学的部份学子，以下是其中一位的故事。
台湾中部有多所大学院校，而这些学校的教职员工或学生当中，几乎都有人修炼法轮功，有的还设有炼功点、法轮功社团。中兴、东海、逢甲三所大学，是中部最有名的大学，学生人数众多，这三所学校里有多位法轮功学员。
中兴大学有六个研究生修炼法轮功，植物病理学研究所二年级的林利娜是其中一位。林利娜学炼了一年半，这一年半对她的人生观有很大的转变。
在大四近暑假时，林利娜开始接触法轮功。高中时要好的同学爸爸借给她一本《转法轮》，她就看了起来。《转法轮》中有一段话很吸引她：“炼功人他的一生是经过改变的，手像、面像、生辰八字，和身体所带的信息的东西已经不一样了，是经过改变的。”看到这段话，她顿时觉得好象找到了明灯，找到了希望，心中充满喜悦。
林利娜为何有这样的感受呢？在修炼法轮功之前，她觉得人生很迷茫。看着父母，看着周遭的人，终其一生的追求，忙忙碌碌，这是为了什么？人经历生老病死，却不能掌控自己的人生，那么人生的意义在哪呢？所以当她在《转法轮》中读到这段话时，她感到非常高兴，原来人是有希望的，是可以透过修炼来改变的。她想，或许可以找到生命的意义，或许可以自己做生命的主人。于是林利娜正式踏上修炼法轮大法的路。
未修炼前，林利娜很容易受到别人的影响，看到别人拥有什么，自己就想去追求。因此没有固定的喜好，常常三心二意，价值观不稳定。她的争斗心很强，常与人竞争、比较，与人的关系紧张。每当遇到矛盾、麻烦时，心里很乱，不敢承认自己的不足，总想抱怨别人，越抱怨越觉得受委屈，反而越觉得痛苦。因此她的情绪起伏很大。她会借着找人聊天、逛街、玩来舒压。但是，这过程却让她觉得更累，根本不能解决问题。
修炼后，她发现遇到问题时，总能在阅读法轮功指导修炼的经书时，找到自己问题的根源，找到了症结，知道了该如何去修正自己，进而解决矛盾、麻烦。
让她印象最深刻的一次，在研究室中，指导老师因为她的研究问题，严苛地指责她。当时她心里很难过，按常理推测她应该会立即找老师争论、为自己做辩驳，甚至是去找旁人抱怨。然而林利娜并没有这样的举动，反而继续把该做的事情做好。一旁的学姊看在眼里，直夸她很能忍。林利娜知道这是对她心性的考验，她知道如何去面对问题。
林利娜从修炼中了解到，做好事情的本质不在于为了博得他人的赞美或好评，也不是为了与人争高低，而是尽好该尽的责任。于是在向内找自己时，她发现了自己在做事中，的确有抱着草率完成而不求质量的心去做的情形，而且做的过程中有一颗想表现自己的心。这点更是一直以来让自己变得很累的原因。她领悟到，正确的态度是认真做好自己该做的事就行了。此后，她不再象以往一样与人计较，进而做到多体谅别人，自然而然地与别人的矛盾就能化解。
这些发现是自己在修炼法轮功前不曾认识到的，林利娜体会到做好自己份内的事是重点，她不再那么在意别人对自己的看法，于是更加投入到实验工作中，老师对她的信赖也在无意间增加了许多。
现在林利娜与人相处时气氛融洽、轻松自在。这样的转变，正是林利娜修炼的成果。林利娜觉得透过修炼了解自己、改变自己的观念和心态，才能放下更多的烦恼与执著，最终才可能做自己生命的主人。
面对现在的生活，林利娜不再觉得迷茫，她很清楚自己要什么，该做什么，积极而向上。
College Student: A Positive and Hopeful Outlook on Life
By Clearwisdom correspondent Xia Yun from Taiwan
(Clearwisdom.net) Young people seem rarely to to have anything to do with cultivation. Most who practice qigong seem to do it for personal health reasons; yet, young people represent a large percentage of Falun Gong practitioners. In fact, there are many college students in Taiwan that practice Falun Gong. This is the experience of one such college student.
There are many colleges in central Taiwan, and many students, faculty, and college staff members that practice Falun Gong. Some colleges have regular Falun Gong group practice sites. National Chung Hsing University, Tunghai University, and Feng Chia University are the three most prestigious universities in central Taiwan; each has a large student enrolment. There are many Falun Gong practitioners in these three universities.
There are six graduate students who practice Falun Gong in National Chung Hsing University. One of them is Lin Lina, a second year graduate student in the Institute of Plant Diseases Science. She has been practicing Falun Gong for a year and a half, and it has changed her outlook on life.
College Student: A Positive and Hopeful Outlook on Life
By Clearwisdom correspondent Xia Yun from Taiwan
(Clearwisdom.net) Young people seem rarely to to have anything to do with cultivation. Most who practice qigong seem to do it for personal health reasons; yet, young people represent a large percentage of Falun Gong practitioners. In fact, there are many college students in Taiwan that practice Falun Gong. This is the experience of one such college student.
There are many colleges in central Taiwan, and many students, faculty, and college staff members that practice Falun Gong. Some colleges have regular Falun Gong group practice sites. National Chung Hsing University, Tunghai University, and Feng Chia University are the three most prestigious universities in central Taiwan; each has a large student enrolment. There are many Falun Gong practitioners in these three universities.
There are six graduate students who practice Falun Gong in National Chung Hsing University. One of them is Lin Lina, a second year graduate student in the Institute of Plant Diseases Science. She has been practicing Falun Gong for a year and a half, and it has changed her outlook on life.
After practicing Falun Gong, Lin Lina knows what she wants and what she should do.
Lin Lina learned of Falun Gong in the summer of her fourth year in college. Her high school friend's father loaned her a copy of Zhuan Falun. She was fascinated by the following sentence, “The entire life of a practitioner has been rearranged. One's palm reading, face reading, birth data, and all messages in one's body are already different and have been changed.” (Zhuan Falun) When she read that, she felt she had found a beacon of hope. Her heart was filled with joy.
Lin was confused about life prior to practicing Falun Gong. People pursue things their entire lives. Why? Everyone goes through birth, old age, illness, and death. Yet, he cannot control his own life. What is the meaning of life? When she read in Zhuan Falun that one's life can be altered through cultivation practice, she felt hopeful and happy. She thought that she might be able to find the meaning of life and be the master of her own life. She was determined to take the path of cultivating Falun Dafa.
Prior to her practice, Lin was easily influenced and wanted to pursue whatever others had. As a result, she often did things half-heartedly and didn't have a firm sense of her own values. She held a strong desire to compete, comparing herself to others and competing with them. There was tension between others and herself. Whenever there was conflict or trouble, she wouldn't admit her own shortcomings. Instead, she always complained about others. The more she complained, the more upset she became. Her mood fluctuated a great deal because of that. When stressed, she would try to talk to others, go shopping, or go out to release tension. However, it only made her more stressed and didn't solve the fundamental problem.
After Lin started practicing, whenever she encountered a problem, she would discover where she fell short by studying the books of Falun Dafa. Then she knew how to correct herself, and it helped solve the conflicts.
One incident impressed Lin the most. Her instructor once criticized her research work sternly. Everyone thought she would defend herself and argue with her instructor. Even though she was hurt, she didn't say a thing about it. Instead, she continued to do her work well. One student saw it and praised her tolerance. Lin knew it was a test of her xinxing and knew how to deal with the problem.
Through her cultivation practice, Lin learned that the purpose of doing things well is not to obtain praise and compliments, nor is it to compete with others. It is to fulfill one's own responsibilities. Through the process of looking inward, she realized that she had the mentality of finishing things in a superficial way and not paying enough attention to the quality. She also had the desire to show off when working on a project. This is what had tired her the most. She realized that the correct attitude is to do what we are supposed to do conscientiously. So, from then on, she gave up her petty mindset and tendency to bicker and tried to be considerate of others. The conflicts were resolved naturally.
She could never have reached those understandings prior to practicing. Lin realized that the key is to do one's own work well. She no longer worries about what people think of her. She worked harder on her research, and her instructor became more confident of her abilities.
Nowadays Lin gets along with others easily. She feels that cultivation has helped her understand herself and change her notions and attitude. As Lin discovered, only then can one eliminate worries and attachments and become a master of his or her own life.
Lin is no longer confused about her life. She knows what she wants and what she should do. She is once again positive and hopeful.
From -
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/7/13/青年学子的修炼故事-积极向上的人生观（图）-243884.html (Chinese)
http://clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/7/19/126831.html (English)
