Owen Yao

 我来自一个偏远的山村,因为家中人口比较多,小时候生活很贫困, 家里劳动力少,有时吃了上顿没下顿，也没读过什么书,不认识几个字。在这样的环境下长大,到我十四岁左右懂事时,便开始负担起了家里的大小事,包括挣钱帮助减轻家里的经济负担。

I come from a remote mountain village in China. Due to my large family and limited resources, my childhood was marked by poverty and hard work. I had to take on various responsibilities at 14 years old, including earning money to ease our financial burdens. I faced many challenges and even experienced homelessness and so many hardships. I couldn’t understand the purpose of life during those difficult times.

在拜读了师尊近期连续3篇新经文后，对自己内心的震撼和对修炼的严肃性，特别用人心人念和人情来看待修炼的危害，有了深刻的认识，决心抓紧赶上正法进程。

I feel ashamed that it was only through hints from Master and the encouragement of fellow practitioners that I began to write a sharing article.

I was moved deeply by Master’s three new articles. I gained a deeper understanding of the seriousness of cultivation, and particularly the harm that can be caused if we treat cultivation with human attachments, notions and emotions.I was determined to catch up with the process of Fa-rectification.

前段时间，常常想起得法之初的情景。懵懵懂懂的我，喜欢看书，在书摊上看到《法轮功（修订本）》，随手翻开，对于师尊法里讲的失与得，提高心性的章节印象深刻，那个在书摊捧起书看的画面定格在了脑子里。当时单纯的想，这是一本教人向善做好人的书。至此，翻开了得法修炼的历程。 

A while back, I often thought of when I first began to practise cultivation. I was ignorant then and loved to read books. I found a copy of “Falun Gong” at the bookstore and began to read it. The chapters on the principle of loss and gain, and improving xinxing, left a deep impression on me. The image of myself holding the book in my hand and reading it at the bookstore became fixed in my mind. I had a simple thought at that moment: this is a book that teaches one to be kind and good. Since then, I embarked on my journey of cultivation.