(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Dafa practitioner who began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. In 1995, I was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the lung and hepatitis B. While I was being treated, the medications had a deadly interaction and the hospital did not give me much time to live. While I was desperate, I fortunately found Dafa and became a practitioner. In less then three months, Master gave me a brand new body. Until then I had never experienced the happiness of being completely illness free! Master not only renewed my life but also protected me every step of the way.
1. With Master's Protection, a Knife was Not Able to Cut Me
While I was studying Fa in my room on June 9, 1997 at about 11:00 p.m., my husband came in and began cursing me. He wanted to force me to give up cultivation, and swore that he would fix me that night. Just like previous incidents with him, I endured this, believing that I was repaying a karmic debt, but I had a firm thought: No one can stop me from studying the Fa or cultivation. After an hour, he became more agitated, and with an explosive temper, he pointed to me and said, “From today on, you cannot practice or read that book!”
It seemed that he would not stop, so I told him again the changes that I experienced since I obtained Dafa, “My life is renewed, and even terminal illnesses have been cured. I am doing everything inside and outside our home, and even when you had an affair I didn't make a fuss, but was considerate toward you. Had I not practiced Falun Dafa, I would not be able to stop fighting with you, do you think an ordinary person could do that?”
He would not listen, insisting that I give up cultivation. I knew that he was being manipulated by evil forces which intended to interfere with me. This had happened several times in the past and it was time to stop. I told him directly, “I will practice Falun Gong to the end, nobody can stop that!” He jumped up screaming, “Fine, I will cut your arms off, then let's see how you are going to practice.” He went into the kitchen to get a knife. I could have run away and temporarily escaped the tribulation, but I calmed down. Even if I avoided the situation this time, it would happen again later if it was my tribulation, so I knew I should face it. I let go of the fear in my heart. He came back with the knife yelling, “One last time, as long as you give up Falun Gong, there will be nothing, otherwise, I will cut!”
At that time, Master's statement, “...with the master and the Fa here what is there to fear?” ("Lecture in Sydney") appeared in my mind over and over. Yes, I have compassionate Master with me, so why should I be afraid? No sooner had this thought appeared, than I felt a warm current from head to toe, and I knew that Master was supporting me. I turned my head to the right to avoid looking at my husband, and stretched out my left arm and said, “Here it is, cut.” He actually used all his strength and chopped down. The first cut was on my left shoulder, the second was on my left elbow. It felt like the knife was gently touching me, but there was no cut and no pain. I was thinking that he was just trying to scare me, that he used the knife to pat me, and that after twenty years of marriage, he didn't have such a heart after all. I turned my face toward him, and he raised the knife high above his head and used all his strength coming down! He was committing a crime! Immediately I thought, "Alright, if this is what I owe, I will pay it all now." The third and fourth knife cuts were on my left shoulder again, and maybe I developed fear for I felt the sharp blade of the knife, but I was not injured!
After he had chopped at me four times, and saw that there were no cuts, he threw the knife on the bed and felt the places where he had just chopped. He found no wounds, and he became infuriated, “I can't believe it, the skin is not open. Next time, I will bring a gun home.” I looked at my unharmed left arm, and could not stop crying, as I knew Master endured all this for me. After a while, he seemed ashamed and stood in front of me for a long time. I was preparing his bed and consoled him, “I am alright. Nothing happened, go to bed.” My grateful tears didn't stop until morning.
This happened during my individual cultivation. The following experiences have been during the Fa rectification period.
2. With Master's Protection, I Escaped Danger
I was at work on May 29, 2002, when two vehicles appeared at our office. I realized it was Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel coming to harass me. Since I went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa in 1999, the harassment from the CCP had been constant. They ordered me to join a brainwashing class, but I refused them immediately. I clarified the truth with my personal story: (1). All my illnesses disappeared after three months of practicing Falun Gong, and I used kindness to resolve a fourteen-year-old-resentment, (2). I abide by Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, am not focused on fame or personal benefit, and I am considerate of others, (3). When it was time to assign jobs in the Township Education office, I took the job at the greatest distance, to let others have the better choices. The reason I was able to do all of that was because of Dafa.
During the truth clarification, the evil took advantage of my loophole, the attachment of fighting. They were listening quietly, when the leader said, “As long as you are still practicing, you have to come to the session.” Master said, “No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil’s demands, orders, or what it instigates.” (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” from Essentials for Further Advancement II) I remained very calm, and told myself that I only listen to Master. I said to them, “I absolutely will not go to the session. That is not a place for a good person.” They wanted to force me, but I sat down on the floor and began sending forth righteous thoughts. There were six to seven people there, but none of them dared to get near me. The leader ordered the guard to hold down my hand and pull out my legs, but he could not. They could not do anything for three hours. Their boss cursed at them numerous times on the phone, “You are a bunch of good for nothings, you can't even handle a female. Get the driver to bring her here, I will handle this myself.”
After I heard this, I thought that after this long, if they didn't change, I would leave. I asked Master to protect me and allow me to leave. I didn't even care about their existence. I walked straight to the door. I scared all of them, and they all followed me out. There was no one in the room, and I suddenly realized there was a back door in the room. I went back to the room, and left through the back door, climbing over two set of walls over three meters in height. When I ran towards the main road through the fields, I heard “Stop! Stop!” They were only one hundred meters away. I was a little scared, but the thought of Master calmed me down. As I reached the main road, there was a small van waiting for me, and after about two hundred meters, the driver let me out. He said that those people would try to catch up with the van with another car. (Later I learned that they did catch up with the van and showed their IDs in an attempt to catch me.)
As soon as I left the van, there was a motorcycle driver who yelled at me, “Madam, do you need a ride?” I understood immediately, “Master, thank you!” I couldn't stop my tears. Master protected me from danger that day.
3. I Escaped a Den of Monsters with Master's Protection
After I escaped danger, I went to a large-scale materials production site. I didn't know that this particular site had been discovered and monitored by CCP thugs for some time already. Eight days after I went there, I was arrested along with over a dozen fellow practitioners. I was sentenced to three years in prison, and dismissed from my job. We endured inhuman treatment in prison, but I felt Master endured most of our suffering. Here are two examples.
(1) When I was first got to prison, the authorities tried to force us to acknowledge that we were inmates. For a Dafa disciple, what an insult! I refused. They brutally beat me, and I was forced to stand and squat, and deprived of sleep, washing, and normal bathroom breaks.
After several days had passed, one day Master reminded me in a dream that the tribulation was over. The next day, the guard ordered two death row inmates to take me to a big room where they torture Dafa practitioners. The guard again forced me to acknowledge my inmate status, I kindly reminded her, “I committed no crime. I am not an inmate.” She began screaming and hit me from all directions. I saw that she was hopeless, so I began sending forth righteous thoughts, but I was not so stable, which affected the power. She picked up an electric baton and began shocking me. She screamed, “Which one is tougher, you or the baton?” I heard the electric baton and the noise and blue light were continuous.
I realized it was my attachment to fighting that weakened my power, Master immediately showed me the scene when I was not injured by the knife cuts and my righteous thoughts emerged right away. The knife could not harm me, so how could such a small baton? It seemed I heard Master again, “...with the master and the Fa here what is there to fear?” ("Lecture in Sydney") Master created a scene in which it appeared that I had heart disease, I fell to the ground and suffered a general seizure. I actually felt comfortable and wrapped in a warm sensation. The guard stopped the baton and never used it again.
(2) Twenty days before I was released from prison, an inmate leader suddenly asked me to carry a heavy load to the third floor. When she put a heavy bag on my shoulder, I immediately felt weakness in my legs. Before I could start walking, she put a second bag on me, and then a third. I passed out, had a general seizure, and difficulty breathing, I felt my heart was spasming, and the pain was beyond words. It seemed that my life reached the end. I was in and out of consciousness, and recalled all the days during Master's Fa rectification. My tears flowed, “I can't die here. I have to get out of here alive! I have to witness the day of Fa rectification! I have to go to my true home with Master!
It was a miracle! As soon as I had that thought, the misery I felt earlier subsided. Half an hour later, I recovered. Master endured for me and protected me one more time. Many witnessed the wonders of Dafa that day.
During truth clarification activities to save sentient beings, Master also protects me every step of the way, many times narrowly avoiding danger. In May of 2009, I was clarifying the truth at a market, the person was accepting and listened to me attentively. I was happy and raised my voice as if there were only two of us at the market, then someone reported me. When the director of the 610 office came, I was clarifying the truth to another person. Since some people came to also listen quietly, I thought they were also seeking out truth. Ten minutes later, they attempted to arrest me. I immediately realized this situation was caused by my attachment of elation. Even if I have a loophole, I won't allow evil to persecute me.
Master said,
“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.” ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston")
I was neither disturbed nor scared. I thought, "I am a disciple of Master Li Hongzhi. I am doing what Master wants. No one dare to touch me!" I got on my electric bike and drove away.
Looking back at the path I have walked, I am deeply touched, as Master has always quietly protected me. The only thing a disciple can do at this precious moment is do the three things well, carry out our prehistoric vows, and repay Master's boundless compassion!
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