Sharing Article: Path (Shared at the 2003 Benelux Fa-conference)

Hello my fellow practitioners,

My name is Andrei, I am 37 years old and I am from Russia. I have lived in Belgium for three years and a half. I would like to share my story with all of you that, so that it can show you that the practise of Falun Dafa can save people.

I found out about Falun Dafa two years ago, here in Belgium. Until then, my life had been totally empty of sense and moreover destructive to me. My life was led by money and worldly things, which guided me further to a criminal environment where violence and cruelty were everyday things. Perverse notions such as violence, corruption are notions which are respected in this environment and since I started practising I came to realise that those notions are greatly in conflict with the ones advocated by Falun Dafa -Truthfulness-Compassion- Forbearance. I understood that these perverse notions only lead man toward total destruction. Alcohol and drugs became a habit for me and my morality was gone. This life without any moral values led me to act in an irrational way and my only solution was to get away from my family and my country, and as a matter of fact my life became meaningless.

And in the darkness a light appeared to me the day I read the book of Falun Dafa. I said the day but actually I should say at night because I read the book in one night and my state of mind changed radically, I had found a sense to my life again.

Since that day, my way of life has been turned upside down. I gave up very easily all my different addictions such as alcohol, cigarette and drug and I started to behave according to the principles of our universe –Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Since a big change occurred internally for me, my surroundings changed as well. My life became clear to me, I finally found real friends. I will keep on practising, I don’t know which level I will be able to reach but I am sure that Falun Dafa is capable of saving people.

Now, I would like to explain to you what I understood from Master’s Li article Path .
Some time ago, I suffered a lot because I felt I could not participate actively to clarify the truth during Fa rectification period due to the language barrier. I saw other practitioners doing many things and I did not feel able to do the same, but in the article path Mater Li said:

"A cultivator has no role models. The path each person is to take is different, because each person’s foundation is different, the sizes of their various attachments are different, the characteristics of their beings are different, their jobs among everyday people are different, and their family environment is different, and so on. These factors determine that each person’s path of cultivation is different, that how they get rid of their attachments is different, and that the sizes of their tests are different. Therefore, amidst the manifestations of things it’s very hard to find a path that others have made, and it’s even less possible for a person to get ride down one."

After reading this, I understood that I should not try to do like the others practitioners, but I should walk my own path and use my surrounding to accomplish my work for Dafa. Having enlightened to it, my work is now even more efficient. I started to use my direct surrounding which is school, work, my Russian and Belgian friends, I also started practising in a public park. All of that can allow a great number of people to know about the truth.
I think that it is not necessary that all of us do big media things to clarify the Truth. Even each of us at his or her own level, to his or her neighbour, can participate to the clarification of the Truth. Each of us should participate upon his or her abilities and availabilities.

To conclude, Master Li said:

"The path a Dafa disciple takes is a glorious history, and this history has to be created by his own enlightening."