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[Minghui.org] Young Woman’s Pursuit of Success Transformed into a Mission of Kindness

 June 22, 2019

After she became a team leader things did not always go smoothly. Yating said, “Practicing Falun Dafa has helped me so much! I feel calm despite the difficulties. Master said, ‘I would say physical pain is much easier to bear, as you can simply tough it out. It’s much harder to take it when someone is scheming against you.’ (The Fourth Talk, Zhuan Falun) When I came across conflicts, I looked within. When I found my attachments, the conflicts instantly dissolved. I treat every client and colleague with compassion. Now they think well of Falun Dafa.”

(Minghui.org) Twenty-year-old Yating Xu dreamed about owning a restaurant. She said, “I like cooking and wanted to open a restaurant. At university I took a class called ‘Creation and Thoughts,’ which I hoped would inspire me.”

The teacher introduced Falun Dafa to the students. This expanded Yating’s view of the world and the cosmos. Although she always wondered why we are here, she didn’t know anything about cultivation.

“I was very busy and I was involved in many school activities. I also worked part-time at two restaurants. I had a music group and we won an award during a competition in Taipei. I was extremely busy and only thought of pursuing my dreams.”

However, circumstances offered her an opportunity to practice Falun Dafa.

“One day I had acute gastroenteritis. I couldn’t eat anything and kept vomiting and had diarrhea. I saw the doctor twice but it wouldn’t stop. I even vomited out the medicine I took. I was exhausted, but I still had to work and attend classes. It seemed hopeless. A Falun Dafa practitioner suggested that I repeat ‘Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’”

Yating didn’t believe it. She didn’t think saying a few words would help her recover from the illness that the doctor was unable to cure.

“I lay in bed and had no strength. I felt helpless. I thought, “Maybe I’ll just say it and see if it works. So I said, ‘Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ twice.” An amazing thing happened. My illness was gone! I felt comfortable. I was so surprised that I immediately told my roommates. Although they didn’t believe it, I knew it worked!”

She realized that Falun Dafa was extraordinary, and she started to practice.

Yating practices the fifth Falun Dafa exercise, the meditation.

Passing Family Tests

“I began going to the park to do the exercises with other practitioners in the morning and attended the group Fa study. I joined the Falun Dafa club at my university and promoted Falun Dafa to other students. I started to require of myself to behave according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I no longer competed with others and I stopped my involvement with extracurricular activities. My family and friends couldn’t understand.”

University life is challenging and full of temptation. How should a practitioner behave? Yating was puzzled. “I know Falun Dafa teaches people to be good. It was a big test to me when my friends and family didn’t understand it.”

“My parents fiercely opposed me practicing Falun Dafa and confronted me one day. I went to see a practitioner who was manning the Zhen, Shan, Ren Art Exhibition. I told her everything I was encountering at home. She said,’We are cultivators and can manage everything as long as we comply with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.’”

The practitioner’s compassion comforted Yating and she calmed down. She examined herself for her attachments and told herself that she must abide by Dafa’s principles and face all tests calmly and with compassion.

“My parents didn’t know what Dafa was and listened to the lies the CCP spread so they opposed my practicing. I believed that as long as I behaved according to the Fa principles, they would understand. They just needed time to learn the truth. It’s not easy to balance family life. My parents have observed my positive changes and my perseverance in the past few years. My father finally said that he believed his daughter hadn’t changed for the worse and he supported my decision to practice.”

As she understood the Fa more, Yating realized that Master never asked that practitioners to let go of all material things and to become like a monk or a nun. The things one needs to let go of are their attachments.

“I used to be very competitive. I always tried to come out on top and show people that I was capable. I yearned for other people’s praise. I was very sad if I didn’t achieve my goals. After I started to practice Falun Dafa, I realized that if I only pursued fame and self interest, I would eventually feel lost or empty no matter how much I achieved.”

Yating found that when she let go of her attachment to fame and personal interests, she felt at ease when encountering the prospect of loss.

New Life

After she graduated, Yating was offered a job at a restaurant preparing Mediterranean food after she graduated from the university. The owner required his chefs to know the ingredients and the cooking really well and also learn the cultural background behind each dish. Yating hoped to learn the techniques from her boss, but things didn’t go as well as she hoped.

“In the beginning, my boss said that I could serve the clients outside or work in the kitchen. But after two years I was never offered a chance to work in the kitchen. Seeing how my co-workers were learning a lot, I became anxious and even lost my temper with my boss. But when I looked at it from a cultivator’s perspective, I realized that maybe it was arranged that way. If I was supposed to work in the kitchen, I would. If that was not arranged for me, I would not be offered the chance no matter how hard I fought for it.

Master said:

“We believe in letting things happen naturally. We know that we won’t be deprived of what is rightfully ours, and shouldn’t labor to get what is not.” (The Seventh Talk, Zhuan Falun)

Eventually I didn’t care where I worked. Although I wanted to be a chef, I felt that it was still good to serve the customers.”

“When I really let go of my attachment and served every customer well, they were really impressed by my kindness. It became my mission.”

Promoting Traditional Chinese Culture

My boss is also a Falun Dafa practitioner. He’s part of the Shen Yun promotion team and hoped that his staff would join him in promoting Shen Yun to his customers.

“We young people are not familiar with the traditional culture. When I heard the soprano sing the song, “Plum Blossom” a few years ago, I realized that our generation lost perseverance like the plum which blossoms in winter. It was because we no longer have a traditional culture background.”

“Most of the performers in the Shen Yun show are as young as I am or even younger and they perform all over the world to promote Chinese traditional culture. They don’t complain about hardship. I, however, often complain about working long hours. Watching Shen Yun taught me how to face hardship so that I could have the determination to bloom, just like the plum blossoms.”

Yating also promoted Shen Yun to friends and relatives. More than twelve of her friends and relatives have now seen Shen Yun. She wanted them to see the hope and inspiration she felt after watching the show.

Yating began working at the Teppanyaki Restaurant of Hanlai Hotel doing customer service in August 2018. By the end of the year she became a team leader.

A team leader in customer service

Following the Principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in Dealing with Conflicts

After she became a team leader things did not always go smoothly. Yating said, “Practicing Falun Dafa has helped me so much! I feel calm despite the difficulties. Master said, ‘I would say physical pain is much easier to bear, as you can simply tough it out. It’s much harder to take it when someone is scheming against you.’ (The Fourth Talk, Zhuan Falun) When I came across conflicts, I looked within. When I found my attachments, the conflicts instantly dissolved. I treat every client and colleague with compassion. Now they think well of Falun Dafa.”

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Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2019/6/22/178169.html


Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.

To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.

For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.


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【明慧网】诚念“法轮大法好” 展开生命新篇章(图)

 修炼之后的雅婷,不再是为了赢得肯定、争名夺利的女孩,而是在法轮大法中不断纯净自己、为他人付出而乐呵呵的生命。

【明慧网二零一九年六月九日】(明慧记者沈容采访报道)拥有一间让人走進去就感觉温暖馨香的餐厅,是二十八岁的许雅婷一直以来的梦想。而这个梦想也让她往后的人生轨迹有了重大的转变。

“我很喜欢做菜,也梦想开一间属于自己的餐厅,于是就在大学期间修了一门课‘创意思考’,希望能借此寻找开店的灵感。”

雅婷没想到的是,杨教授同时在课堂上深入浅出地介绍了修炼法轮功的殊胜之处,让她的宇宙观、世界观有了崭新的认识。然而,尽管对生命奥秘充满好奇,她并没有动念想修炼。

“当时我在系上很活跃,参加很多营队、担任总召、活动长,在两间餐厅打工,有开店的心愿,还有自己的创作乐团,甚至在台北音乐大赛上得到最佳原创音乐奖。那段日子很忙碌,可是很丰富,我觉得自己还年轻,有很多梦想要实践,修炼对我来说太遥远了。”

然而,冥冥中注定的机缘,却为她种下往后修炼的信心与勇气。“大四那一年,我突然得了急性肠胃炎,什么都吃不下,一直呕吐腹泻,看了两次医生都没有效,到最后甚至吃了药还吐出来。那段时间要上课,要打工,很多工作又不能请假,拖着疲惫的身躯硬撑着,有种看不到希望的感觉。那时一位炼法轮功的学姐看到我拖了两个礼拜还没有好,就告诉我可以在心里默念‘法轮大法好,真善忍好’。”

雅婷知道学姐的建议是认真的,但心底却不相信医生治不好的病,会因为念一念就好转。“那天我无力的躺在床上,满是无奈,我心想:‘不然就试试看吧’,于是闭上眼睛在心中默念两遍‘法轮大法好,真善忍好’。神奇的事发生了,就这两遍,原本全身无力的身体,竟在瞬间完全没有了不舒服的感觉,仿佛肠胃炎从来没有发生过。我惊呆了,马上跳下床告诉朋友刚刚发生的事,我说我现在完全好了,你知道为什么好的吗?因为我念了‘法轮大法好,真善忍好!’朋友不可置信,但我相信了!”

切切实实发生在身上的奇迹,让她明白法轮功绝不是一般公园锻炼身体的气功而已,雅婷的“相信”,也成为她正式走上修炼之路的契机。

图1:雅婷在公园炼法轮功第五套功法。

从新过好家庭关

“我开始深入了解法轮功,和学长、同学一起去晨炼、学法,参加校内法轮大法社的推广活动等等,遇到任何事情也按照真、善、忍的标准来衡量。刚开始,我觉得自己应该要有修炼人的样子,不能象过去那么爱玩,不该再追逐梦想、唱歌组团。可是家人朋友却无法理解,他们不懂我为什么不再象过去一样。”

大学生活充满挑战与诱惑,修炼人的界线究竟在哪里?那段时间,雅婷苦恼犹疑,就好象迷路了,不知道怎么继续走下去。“我很明白大法教人向善,但周围亲友的质疑对才刚开始修炼的我来说,真的是一大考验。”

“有一次父母反对的很激烈,那时刚好在办‘真善忍美展’,我难过地跑到现场,一進门找到一位同修就把在家里遇到的事一股脑儿说出来了。那位同修是位七十岁的老奶奶,她听完后只是慈祥地告诉我:‘我们是修炼人,你就按照真善忍去做,就能走得过去。’”

老奶奶的话如和风细雨,满溢的委屈也逐渐平息,雅婷从新审视内心的执著,告诉自己一定要按照大法标准,平静祥和地面对所有难关。

“我知道父母是因为不理解加上网路上中共散布的对法轮功的不实谣言才反对,我也相信只要按照师父说的去做,时间会证明一切。虽然在修炼和家庭之间寻找平衡点真的很不容易,但几年下来,家人也看到我的坚持与转变。后来爸爸对我说,他相信女儿不会变坏,同时更愿意支持我所做的决定。”

随着学法的深入,雅婷理解到师父从来没有说修炼了就要放下物质上的一切去当和尚、当尼姑;相反地,大法直指人心,修炼人真正要放下的是那颗心。

“以前不管举办活动还是参加比赛,我有很强的争斗心,希望能得到好成绩来证明自己很厉害,让大家肯定我、赞赏我,如果没有达到目标就会很难过。修炼后我体悟到如果一味追求名利或外在的光环,不管得到了多少,总有一天还是会觉得迷惘或空虚。”雅婷发现当她真正放下追名逐利的执著后,反而更能坦然地看待得失,而且回过头来一看,自己什么都不曾失去。

全新的餐饮人生

毕业后,雅婷在因缘际会下来到高雄一间地中海餐厅。这间餐厅,每一道菜都有丰富的人文地理特色,因为餐厅老板认为一个专业厨师除了要对食材、厨艺有深入的洞悉和精准的掌握外,也要理解每道料理背后的文化底蕴,体悟传统技艺的精深内涵,并将精髓承传下来。热爱厨艺的雅婷一心渴望习得老板的手艺,逐步往梦想迈進,但一切却没有想象中那么简单。

“一开始老板说我内外场都可以学,但一年两年下来,始终等不到進内场的机会。眼看别人都学了好多,我心里十分着急,还对老板发脾气,觉得他说话不算话。但当我以修炼人的角度去思考后,我记起师父说的:‘我们修炼人讲随其自然,是你的东西不丢,不是你的东西你也争不来。’[1]也许我站在哪个位置都是有安排的,能進厨房就進厨房,不能進怎么求也求不来。直到后来,我渐渐觉得有没有都没有关系了,我虽然想当厨师,但是当一个接触人群的服务生也很好啊!”

“当我真正把心放下来之后,我发现当自己用心把每一个客人照顾好,餐厅里许多客人会因为我脸上的笑容,用心的服务而印象深刻,这时我才恍然发现自己的使命很适合接触人群。”

推广神韵弘扬传统文化

同为法轮功修炼人的老板热爱传统文化,在工作之余也担任神韵艺术团的推广团队,希望员工能一起向客人推广神韵,为弘扬传统文化而努力。

“我们这一代的年轻人应该大部份都对‘传统文化’感到很陌生,直到前几年看神韵的时候,女高音歌唱家唱了一首《梅花》,那时心头一震,突然明白身为草莓族的我们,之所以失去了梅花一样坚忍的精神,就是因为传统文化的流失。”

“我还看到舞蹈演员们每一个都和我差不多岁数,甚至比我年轻,就已经登上了世界舞台弘扬中华传统文化,他们不觉得辛苦,而我自己却常常因为工作时间长而抱怨。神韵让我知道应该以什么样的心态去面对所遇到的困难,那就是象梅花一样绽放更坚忍的姿态!”

除了餐厅之外,雅婷也奔忙在各个场合分享自己观看神韵的体悟,许多人都因此买了票。每一年从两三人到十几人,观赏神韵的客人和朋友越来越多,雅婷在神韵中获得希望,更坚持要将这份希望传递给身边的人。

结语

二零一八年八月,雅婷离开熟悉的环境,来到高雄汉来饭店铁板烧餐厅担任外场人员,并在年末升迁成为领班,学习管理阶层的工作。

图2:雅婷在工作中以“真、善、忍”的态度面对一切矛盾。

从外场到领班,有矛盾也有辛酸,但雅婷表示:“还好有修炼!虽然辛苦,但苦得很开心,因为我总是踏踏实实做好该做的事,问心无愧。师父说:‘我说身体上的痛苦最容易承受,咬咬牙就过去了。人与人之间勾心斗角的时候,那个心是最难把握的。’[1]遇到矛盾时我就向内找自己,找到自己的不对,矛盾就解开了。我真心的对待所有客人和同事,也时常感受到他们对我报以真心的微笑。”

修炼之后的雅婷,不再是为了赢得肯定、争名夺利的女孩,而是在法轮大法中不断纯净自己、为他人付出而乐呵呵的生命。

注:
[1] 李洪志师父著作:《转法轮》

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朋友,您知道吗?从1992年5月开始,到2010年底为止,法轮功已经传到114多个国家,在那里人们都可以自由自在的炼功…

可是,在中国,从1999年7月20日开始,江泽民因为妒忌法轮功人数众多,对法轮功恶毒的诽谤与迫害。社会上很多人听信了共产党媒体的宣传和煽动,对法轮功产生了很深的误解与仇恨。

最为恶劣的,是在2001年1月导演了一场所谓的”自焚”闹剧,并通过新华社以从未有过的速度向全世界散播,嫁祸法轮功。这场闹剧,后被包括服务于联合国的国际教育发展组织(IED)在内的多个国际组织认定为虚假编造。朋友,您愿意把法轮功真相与更多的人分享吗?


请观看: 【细语人生】「法轮大法好」在台湾处处生辉

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