5 Ways Falun Dafa Meditation Changed My Life

When I was younger, I never considered doing meditation or Tai Chi type of exercises. Well, I was not very well aware of this type of exercise anyway. And as far as I could tell, this type of exercise was for older people. But as I grew up, as I progressed in life, and I tried to optimize my health, I tried to get into healthy eating, exercising, then tried to get good habits. I was doing exercises like an Olympic athlete. Like my program, my workout program was super intense. And I built a lot of muscles, I was very strong, fast, I was able to jump very high. But eventually, I got so much load on my body and my system that my health started to deteriorate, my energy levels. I was tired all the time. I couldn't sleep throughout the night. I was waking up in the middle of the night. Then every time I was eating, I was feeling tired afterwards. And generally speaking, my health was not optimized. I was trying hard to really reach this peak level of energy, mental clarity, health, fitness. But it was not working out. During that period of time, I came across the concept of working in. Working in means that you do exercises that are more like low intensity. Not just low intensity, but they're extremely low. They're more of a meditative type of exercise. And you might use some movement as well. Tai Chi type of exercises. So I was really looking for a system, a traditional system, Qi Gong system, that can really help me systematize. Put like a systematic way of doing meditation in my life. So I can see the benefit. Because as we know, you have to commit to doing something if you want to see the benefit. And eventually, I met a Chinese guy in Leeds city center, and he introduced me to Falun Dafa. So I went to the free class. And then I was joining the class every week and doing the exercises. And since then, I just stuck with it. And now I'm practicing for seven years already. The first thing I noticed after trying the exercises was increased physical energy. It was amazing. Immediately after the exercises, I felt like I woke up with amazing energy. But it was this type of energy that was very sustained. It was not that the type of energy you get after drinking coffee, for example. It was like high energy, but in a very calm way. In a way that you can really enjoy life. And the second way I noticed an incredible benefit was the mental clarity. After the exercises, I felt like, for example, when you're inside a room and it's stuffy, and it's maybe too warm, and you feel sleepy, and you want to go to sleep, basically. And then you get outside in nature, and you breathe fresh air. You feel instantly like, wow, I feel so much more clear now. So that's the type of mental clarity that I experienced after the exercises. And it's amazing, right? It's incredible. The third way I really saw an amazing benefit from practicing Falun Dafa was I saw my relationships improve. Falun Dafa is a practice of mind and body. So the exercises, the meditative exercises, is just one part of the practice. The other part, which is probably the most important aspect of the practice, is the character cultivation. So in Falun Dafa, we put emphasis on improving our character. We try to follow the principles of the universe, the three main tenets that underlie the human body, life, and the universe, which are truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. My understanding is that one of the main ways to improve your character is when you face challenges in life, and trials, and hardships, or when you come across conflicts with other people, you have to take a step back and look at yourself, look inward, and try to find in which way you have some kind of self-serving desire or attachment that brought about this uncomfortable situation in your life. And by doing that and taking a step back, instead of trying to protect yourself or to prove your point, if you take a step back, usually the other person will take a step back as well, and conflicts result much easier and much faster. The fourth way I see an enormous benefit from practicing Dafa is peace of mind. So in the book, and in the many books that the teacher of Falun Dafa expands on the principles he's teaching, he explains how things work, basically, from a higher vantage point, from a higher level, explain many questions that you have in life, many big questions that you have in life, and he uses a very rational and systematic way to explain this. Of course, it takes faith to a certain degree to accept these ideas. Falun Dafa is a belief system. But when you really come across this type of explanation of the physical world and the ultimate purpose of life, then your worries about the future basically disappear. And the last way that I see a massive benefit from practicing Dafa is spiritual growth. Of course, the practice itself is about spiritual growth mainly, right? Of course, there's the physical benefit where you see your physical health and your mental health improving. But the real purpose of practicing Falun Dafa is not just to improve your well-being, but actually to attain spiritual perfection. So to grow spiritually, to become a better person, and ultimately reach a level of transcendence. Okay, these are the main areas that I see enormous benefit from practicing Falun Dafa. If you want to try, you can go to falundafa.org where all the resources are available for free. The exercise, there's a video with a teacher teaching you every single exercise and every single movement. There's the music that accompanies the exercises that you can download and just practice at home. And you can find everything you need on the website. There's the book also that you can download for free and read. This is the main text in Falun Dafa. Also, the other thing you can do is to join a practice site. Of course, now with the lockdown measures, it's difficult to go and see people in person. But maybe around the world, they have opened up now. Maybe you can try. You can go to the website and find a local practice site and go meet other practitioners that can teach you in person. Which is, I guess, it's much better than just learning by yourself, right? And the third thing you can do is join my class. I have a virtual class every week. And you can just join through teleconferencing call. And I'm going to teach you the exercises and we're going to practice together. So if you're interested, just send a message to this page. And we're going to give you the details. That's all from me. See you next time.