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Podcast 688: Wunder, die ich erlebte, seit ich Falun Dafa praktiziere

·21 min·2 clips
A former drug addict who stole cars describes how receiving a Falun Dafa flyer became the best day of his life.
The episode features a first-person narrative from a Falun Dafa practitioner in Calgary, Canada, who began practicing in October 2020 at age 23. He recounts his troubled past, starting drug use at 14, stealing cars to fund his addiction by 16, and becoming homeless by 18 due to severe drug dependence. In 2019, he was shot in the forearm during a police chase after stealing a car and was placed under house arrest. While on house arrest, he received a flyer about Falun Dafa from a Chinese woman collecting signatures against forced organ harvesting in China, which sparked his interest. He immediately began studying Falun Dafa teachings online and listening to lectures daily. Within two weeks, he reduced his drug use to weekends only, noticing no physical withdrawal symptoms, only cravings. He describes strange occurrences, such as a cup of lighter fluid clicking Morse code messages urging him to meditate more and a radio turning on by itself in the garage when he tried to smoke, which he interpreted as messages from the Master to quit. After six months, he flushed his remaining drugs down the toilet, achieving sobriety. He then faced internal struggles, feeling unworthy of being a practitioner due to his past karma and considering quitting, but persisted. He started attending a practice site every weekend and gave up degenerate music like rap and rock, embracing Shen Yun music instead. He became a ticket seller for Shen Yun, facing initial skepticism from his non-practicing parents, but they eventually supported him after seeing his happiness. The narrator also shares an experience at a restaurant job where he practiced mercy by forgiving his alcoholic boss who owed him money and lied, leading to the boss's repentance and repayment. Throughout, he emphasizes the principles of Falun Dafa, such as eliminating attachments, developing mercy, and the importance of a single thought determining good or bad outcomes.
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