(Clearwisdom.net) First I would like to thank Master Li Hongzhi for saving me. I am an ordinary village woman. I have never been to school and couldn't even read one word. I am simple-minded and don't know much about things. Everyone thinks that I am silly, and even my own mother calls me a "silly girl." I had many illnesses, especially after I reached 40 years old. I suffered from a strange illness. Whenever the sickness attacked me, I had a severe headache which made me feel like the sky and earth were spinning around. I also vomited, and was not even strong enough to get out of bed. My husband really worried about me. He searched everywhere for good doctors and medicine. But it was all in vain.
After he heard that Falun Gong could "cure illnesses," he found a practice site and took me there. Since starting Falun Gong practice, my whole life has totally changed. I now understand the fundamental principle of being a human being. I improved my xinxing, and I quickly learned the five sets of exercises. Through practicing the exercises and studying the Fa, Master purified my body. I remember when I first began practicing Falun Gong, one day in June. I suddenly had a fever, my body felt very cold, and all my bones were sore. I didn't feel any warmer even when I covered myself with a quilt. My little grandchild said, "Grandma caught a cold." I said, "I didn't catch a cold, this is Master purifying my body for me." I endured with dogged will and continued to study the Fa and do the exercises. In less than two days, all the symptoms were gone. After this experience, I realized that when I have faith in Master and the Fa, Master will take care of me. Since then my belief in Dafa has strengthened.
Because I didn't know how to read, as soon as I started to read the Falun Dafa books, I felt very sleepy. What should I do? Master said in Zhuan Falun,
"As long as you cultivate, you belong to our discipline. My Law bodies are aware of everything. Whatever you think about, they’re aware of it, and they can do anything. If you don’t cultivate they won’t look after you, but if you do cultivate, they’ll help you all the way to the end." (Zhuan Falun – 2003 translation version)
Master had already arranged my cultivation path, as my husband decided to teach me the characters. Since then I knew that I would never give up Dafa, and every day my hands don't want to be parted from Dafa books. Before long, I learned to read the entire Zhuan Falun book. I felt Master's great compassion after this personal experience.
At the beginning, it was also not easy to learn the movements. I couldn't understand the diagram of the exercises. It was again my husband who helped me. I couldn't help thanking Master enough for giving me the opportunity to obtain this precious Dafa. I realized that my previous lives were all for this Dafa.
Since then I have had an indissoluble bond with Dafa. It would be fine with me if I did not eat for the whole day, but if I didn't study the Fa or do the exercises for a day, I would feel worse than being hit by someone. Every day I took the tape recorder with me to the practice site and practiced with fellow practitioners. My husband also made things convenient for me.
But after July 20, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Dafa, things changed. But it didn't change my unshakable faith in Dafa. I thought to myself that my life was given by Master, Master is my closest family member, and all that I want is to pay my gratitude to Master. In order to validate Dafa, I went to Tiananmen Square to say a few fair words for Master and Falun Dafa, "Our Master is innocent, Falun Dafa is a righteous way." Because I chose to believe in Dafa, the local authorities started to persecute me and I was sent to a detention center. In the detention center, I didn't cooperate with the evil people and continued to read my books and do my exercises as usual. I also learned to recite Hong Yin II in the detention center. Master said, "When disciples have ample righteous thoughts, Master has the power to turn back the tide (Hong Yin II, "The Master-Disciple Bond") Because I believed in Master and Dafa and I had no fear, the evil couldn't do anything to me. Soon I left the the detention center with righteous thoughts and with Master's protection.
Below are several stories about my cultivation:
Not Attached to Sentimentality, I Clarify the Truth to the Judge in Court
My husband is an everyday person. After the persecution started, he no longer supported me, and family conflicts began. He threatened me with divorce, but my heart was not moved. Master told us "...only in the most complicated crowd of people, or in the most complicated environment, can you cultivate to high levels." (Zhuan Falun – 2003 translation version) I tried to persuade him, but he was not willing to listen and insisted on going to the court and getting the divorce. I told myself that my heart must not be moved and I shouldn't be frightened of going anywhere. With Dafa in my heart, at the court, I clarified the truth to the judge by saying that Falun Dafa gave me a healthy body, practitioners of Falun Dafa are good people... The judge was dumbstruck, and asked my husband to go home and think it over before making any decision. With Master's help, my husband changed his attitude after he came home. He said, "No more divorcing. You do what you like in the future. I am not going to bother you any more." Since then my cultivation environment has become much better. Thank you Master for helping me overcome this tribulation.
Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Behavior, Not to be Taken Advantage of by Evil
I have been doing truth clarification work for six years. Because I always have strong righteous thoughts and have no fear, things have gone smoothly. I understand that it is Master who is making all of this happen. I am the one who is doing this in the human world, but Master is the one saving sentient beings. For Dafa disciples, nothing is more important than saving sentient beings, and this is our responsibility. Thus I do truth clarification work every day. I would feel sad if I didn't clarify the truth for a day, as sentient beings are out there waiting to be saved.
Once I was clarifying the truth to a plainclothes policeman. He told me directly, "Do you know what I do for living?" Then he took out his identification card to show me. I said, "I know you are a policeman, but even if you were from the 610 Office, I am still not afraid, because I want to save you. I hope you stop associating with evil and leave yourself a way out. Otherwise, when the evil party collapses, aren't you going to suffer with it?" His attitude changed and said, "I know that all Falun Gong practitioners are good people, Aunt, you'd better leave quickly." I gave him a pamphlet and he accepted it. I know it was Master who strengthened my righteous thoughts.
In these years, I have been clarifying the truth to many people. Some even came to my home and asked me to help them quit the Chinese Communist Party and its related organizations. There was one person who used to be a practitioner. She made some money from buying and selling. On one occasion she gave us five thousand yuan to make truth-clarifying materials. But because she didn't study the Fa well, she was taken advantage of by the evil and was illegally sent for two-years of forced labor. In the labor camp, she was brainwashed and went to the opposite side. After she was released, she asked me for the money, which had already been used for making truth-clarifying materials. I clarified the truth to her again and again, and sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. My heart was not moved by her. In the end she stopped mentioning the topic.
Treat Suffering as Happiness
Some practitioners say that cultivation is very difficult and there is a lot of suffering, but I think cultivation is a very easy thing, a happy thing, and it is most sacred. Why is that? It is because nothing is difficult when you can take fame, self-interest and sentimentality lightly. I do not care about the suffering in this world. I treat all suffering as something good. When it comes to food and clothes, I never seek anything special. I have no job and live quite a poor life. My husband and I only have four hundred yuan a month to live on, but I feel that I have a good life, and there is even money left over to make truth-clarification materials.
The above are some things that have happened in my cultivation. I share this with fellow practitioners in order for us to encourage each other and to improve together. Fellow practitioners, let us cultivate diligently together and follow Master home.