Life in our fast-paced world is often overwhelming and stressful. But for millions around the world, the spiritual practice of Falun Dafa has helped them find balance in their lives and improve their physical and mental health. In this video, young practitioners of Falun Dafa reflect on how the ancient practice has profoundly changed their lives in this modern world.
Falun Dafa, or Falun Gong, is a traditional Chinese spiritual practice of the mind and body. The practice includes five gentle meditative exercises and a study of teachings centered on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance or in Chinese, 真 (zhēn), 善 (shàn), and 忍 (rěn).
The slow-moving exercises open energy channels, help purify the body, and improve health and wellness. After doing the simple and easy-to-learn exercises, practitioners find significant health improvements, including stress relief, better sleep, and more energy.
Along with the physical health benefits, people also find positive changes in their mental health and spiritual wellbeing. Falun Dafa teaches the cultivation of one’s mind and character, and practitioners strive to improve themselves through studying the teachings and upholding high moral standards.
Through studying Falun Dafa’s teachings, people have gained new perspectives and understandings of themselves, life, and the universe. Many have also found answers to life’s difficult questions.
Falun Dafa’s slow-moving, gentle exercises and traditional Chinese moral philosophy and has helped millions find a sense of self, direction, and purpose in this fast-paced, modern world. Falun Dafa is an ancient practice for the modern-day living.
In our fast-paced world
where life seems to speed by,
it's easy to lose our sense of self,
our direction,
and our purpose.
Navigating our busy lives can often take a heavy toll
on our physical and mental health.
For many,
meditation and spirituality have helped them find balance
and better manage the stress of living in our modern world.
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong,
is an advanced spiritual practice in the Buddhist tradition.
Falun Gong improves both the mind and body
by combining gentle, meditative exercises
with the development of one’s moral character.
Practicing Falun Dafa has helped millions of people around the world
lead happier, healthier, and more energized lives.
Before I started to practice Falun Dafa,
I was a very undisciplined person.
I was very unsatisfied with myself and my life.
But after I started to learn Falun Gong
and after I started to do the exercises every day,
my life completely changed.
My energy levels were up,
my relationships with almost everyone improved,
I was much more disciplined in my studies,
and life felt much easier and lighter to go through.
I felt like a genuinely happier person.
One key principle of doing the exercises of Falun Dafa
is to empty your mind.
So in this really fast-paced world
where we're being fed information every single second,
it's really nice to take a break from all of that
and really clear my mind.
It helps me to focus better and be more productive,
that I'm not being affected
by all of these information on social media anymore,
I can really retreat to this peaceful and quiet place in my mind
and be able to really calm down.
The main text of Falun Gong, "Zhuan Falun"
expounds on the process of self-cultivation
and teaches practitioners to live by the universal values of
"Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance".
By following these principles in their daily lives,
many have experienced transformative changes
in their personalities, mindsets, and lifestyles.
In my own words,
I would like to say that Falun Dafa is
a spiritual guide
through this confusing modern world
in which someone can get really easily lost in.
It is a step-by-step process of
eliminating bad things from yourself
and filtering through your bad notions, your bad attachments,
and letting the best of you shine through.
When I read the teachings of Falun Dafa,
I always find something to improve in myself.
That's what always amazed me about Falun Dafa, is that
you're not just read a book and that's it, you just put it on the shelf.
When you go back and read it again,
there's always new insights,
almost like a different book, because you also change yourself.
It's very wonderful,
that's what I did not find at, for example,
just regular personal development books,
or just other spiritual disciplines.
Through Falun Dafa,
many have found a sense of deep, spiritual fulfillment
and discovered their purpose in life.
Before I learned about Falun Dafa,
I thought I was just doing
what a young person is supposed to do in life.
I was very busy outside,
but feeling very empty inside.
And I tried to fill that inner void
with academic achievement, work,
social life, and material things,
but I always had a feeling that something was missing.
After studying the teachings of Falun Dafa,
I felt that my life had a meaning.
I found my "why", and I no longer felt empty.
I would describe Falun Dafa as a mind and body practice
that helps one discover the beauty and strength of life
from within ourselves.
It helps me cultivate my heart
and become a serene and peaceful person from the inside out.
Shortly after starting college,
I was studying math and physics,
every day I would go into my lecture rooms
and I would be thinking,
"What's the point of me doing everything I'm doing?"
Every day in my life was filled with constant distraction.
Even if I wasn't studying,
I was on my phone scrolling through videos,
or I was on my computer playing video games.
I quickly realized that every day was the same as the last,
there was just nothing meaningful to what I was doing.
I always knew deep down there just had to be more to life than that.
And it was only after practicing Falun Dafa
and studying "Zhuan Falun"
that I finally realized what that was.
I finally discovered what my purpose was.
I knew that I could become a better person
through Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.
So really, my only advice
to someone going through a similar thing would be:
just pick up a copy of "Zhuan Falun" yourself
and see what you might discover.
If you are looking for inner peace,
if you are looking for the answers to difficult questions in life,
if you just want to become a better and a happier person,
I would really recommend you to try Falun Dafa.
It made me a better person,
it made me happy,
and I would never go back.
I just wish that more people know about Falun Dafa,
especially people who are looking for something to improve in their life,
and to have a moral compass,
try to apply the universal principles
of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" in your daily life
and you will see that there is a way out of every situation.
