(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. It's not at all an exaggeration to say that Falun Dafa has given me a new life.
Starting a new life after practicing Dafa
I had many diseases before I started practicing cultivation. Indoctrinated with the philosophy of “struggle” by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), I developed many attachments such as jealousy, competitiveness, vanity, and the desire to excel. If I said “yes,” nobody else was allowed to say “no.” I had conflicts with my classmates at school and with colleagues at work. As a result, my health was getting worse. What annoyed me most was hemorrhoids. I had two operations, but they were not successful and the site just wouldn't heal. Hemorrhoids tortured me for six months. Even the doctors had no solution to help me out.
One day, my younger sister-in-law said, “Go practice Falun Gong. My mom learned it already and feels pretty good.” Her mother had a dark complexion and wore sunglasses every day before practicing Falun Dafa. Because of this, she didn't even attend her daughter's wedding. She tried numerous treatments of both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Finally she practiced Falun Dafa at the suggestion of her friends and relatives. Great changes took place from then on. Her face and skin looked healthy, and she took off her sunglasses. As I witnessed all these changes in her, I said, “Please ask your mother for a copy of Zhuan Falun for me.” In late March, 1998, my younger brother brought me Dafa books. I immediately started to read them. The more I read, the more I felt the wonder of it. I deeply regretted what I had done. If I had obtained the Fa earlier, I could have done better. If I had obtained the Fa earlier, I wouldn't have dared to curse others. In the past, I had cursed people as casually as speaking. When I read the Fa, I was aware of how much “de” (virtue, a white substance ) I had lost.
As a result, the wonder of Dafa manifested in me. First, the hemorrhoids that had so tormented me disappeared. My other diseases also disappeared gradually as I cultivated. My relationship with my mother-in-law also improved. Before I practiced Dafa, I had not been to her home for two years. I had had conflicts with her over my child. For a period of time, I even wanted to cut off our relationship. However, after I started to practice Dafa, I lived by its principles. When I had something really good to eat, I would think of my parents-in-law first and take some to them. They said good things about me in front of my relatives and friends. My mother-in-law often said, “She has turned into another person since she started practicing Falun Dafa.”
My mother witnessed the wonder of Dafa
My mother is close to 80 years old. My father died when she was 40, so she brought me and my three siblings up by herself. She suffered a lot of pain and experienced many tribulations. Her health was not good and she had osteophytosis in her legs. We children all hoped that our mother could live a healthy and happy life in her later years. However, how could we decide her life? I said to her, “Mom, come practice Dafa.” My mother also believed that Falun Dafa was good. She went to find a local practice site. Fellow practitioners taught her the five exercises. They arranged for her to study the Fa in a group. My mother had never been to school. Dafa unlocked her wisdom, and soon after she started to practice, she could read Zhuan Falun. Great changes took place in her. She felt light all over.
We could not believe it when the CCP started persecuting Dafa and Dafa practitioners when my mother had cultivated for only two months.
My mother had been brainwashed by the CCP for a lifetime. She always obeyed it, so she stopped practicing because she was a CCP member. As a result, all her diseases recurred. When she was 70 years old, she had a heart attack and diabetes. An operation that cost tens of thousands of yuan didn't help my mother's heart recover. She couldn't eat fruit or go downstairs. I said, “Mom, you've stopped studying Dafa. We know clearly what Dafa is. Just think about it and take a look. Is Dafa what the CCP's rumors and propaganda say it is? They are telling lies. Only Dafa can save us.” Gradually my mother started to think about it rationally. One time she said to me, “The CCP is truly evil. It prevents people from practicing such a good Fa. I worked myself to the bone for it when I was young. As a result, I had many diseases, but who cares for me now? Only my children have helped me out and paid for my surgery. It cost me not even one cent to practice Falun Dafa, but the CCP made up lies and does not allow us to practice.”
When we had the above discussion, it was the time when everyone was starting to quit the CCP. My mother was very determined. She used her nickname to quit the CCP and came back to Dafa. She recovered her health and could go to her old team workers' homes by taking the bus herself. They asked her, “How did you recover?” My mother told them how good Dafa is and how the CCP makes up lies and propaganda. Her team workers all understood the truth and believed that Falun Dafa is good. The wonder of Dafa is manifested again in my mother.
Amazing changes took place in my older brother because he believed Falun Dafa is good
After my elder brother was laid off by a state-owned enterprise, he worked for a private company. One day after work, as he was washing his hands at work, he was suddenly unable to move or speak. He was taken to the hospital. We rushed to the hospital and told him to repeat, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He followed us and recited these words in his heart. The following day his left leg had some feeling and he could lift it. On the third day, a doctor X-rayed him. The doctor concluded, “The cerebral hemorrhage is spreading” and suggested an operation and then immediately contacted the surgery doctor. We said, “Let's observe for several days, then make the decision.” We encouraged my brother to believe in Dafa. From then on, his condition improved with each passing day. The effects of the stroke gradually disappeared. He recovered very quickly. The other patients and their relatives around admired him very much. About six months later, my brother left the hospital and went back home. Now he is pretty good except that his left leg is a little lopsided when he walks. All of our relatives and friends witnessed the wonder of Dafa and commented on it.
The Udumbara flowers blossomed on my husband's car
My husband is a driver. He also benefits from Dafa because I practice cultivation. The Udumbara flowers that blossom once in three thousand years have blossomed on my husband's car twice. He came home and told me the good news. I felt very lucky, but I also really felt ashamed of myself. I was not diligent, but Teacher has given my family so much.
I was told the phone number of my coworker in a dream
After July 20, 1999, when the CCP started persecuting Dafa, in order to validate Dafa and do the three things well, I started clarifying the truth to my former coworkers. I had conflicts with one of my female coworkers before we were laid off, and we hadn't seen each other since 1997. We stopped contacting each other because we were so incompatible—like fire and water. After I started to practice, I constantly looked within to identify my shortcomings. I behaved according to the standards of Dafa and developed a wish to save her. Her home phone number was on my mind all the time. One day, I dialed her number, but a stranger answered the phone and told me that I had called the wrong number. I was surprised and didn't know how to find her. One day in the early morning I had a dream. In the dream someone told me her number. After I woke up, I compared the number in my dream with the number in my mind. I found that the only difference was the fourth digit. That digit in my memory was 9, while the digit I was told in my dream was 0. I dialed the number in my dream. It was true! It was her number! I immediately asked her if she had changed her home phone number. She said, “Yes. The fourth digit of my number was 9, but now it's 0. All the phone numbers in our area have been changed.” She was very surprised and asked me how I found her new number. I told her of my dream after I met her in her home. She was amazed at the whole story. I told her about Falun Dafa and the truth about the persecution. She agreed with me and believed that Falun Dafa was good. Later she also agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. “Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (Zhuan Falun) Teacher helped me because He saw my heart to save people.
It's impossible to completely describe the wonder of Dafa. Many other amazing stories have happened to my relatives and friends.
I really appreciate Dafa's compassionate salvation and Teacher's compassionate protection.
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