(Minghui.org) I have never seen Master personally, and Master has never asked for a penny from me. I only paid 12 yuan to obtain a copy of Zhuan Falun, yet what I got in return is enormous and priceless. Dafa has given me a new life and saved my once-broken family. Even many family members and friends have benefited tremendously from my cultivation. Compassionate Master, how can I ever repay you?
Those Miserable Days
I suffered from very poor health since I was young. By the time I graduated from high school, I was plagued with all kinds of health problems, including neurasthenia, arthritis, gastroenteritis, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The bones in my body hurt badly whenever I felt fatigued or the weather changed. For two years my father took me to every hospital in our area, yet no medication or treatment could control my symptoms.
Cultivation Brought Miracles
In the winter of 1997, my then-boyfriend, now husband, encouraged me to try practicing Falun Gong, which his mother was practicing, yet I paid no attention at all. However, he was not deterred and brought up the topic again not long after. He emphasized that his mother, who in the past had to check into the hospital every month, regained her health through the practice. He really wanted me to give the practice a try, because he didn’t want to see me suffer in pain. Desperate to find a cure for my health problems, I changed my mind and asked him to buy a copy of Zhuan Falun for me.
As soon as I began to read the book, I was in awe of the principles described within. I soon learned to do the five sets of exercises and joined our local group practice. Every morning I got up at four in the morning to practice the exercises in the park, and at night I read the book by myself.
Just a little more than one week into my practice, one colleague asked me what new cosmetic product I was using, since she noticed that my complexion looked very rosy. I told her that I had begun to practice Falun Gong. She was amazed by what she saw in me and joined the group exercises the next day. She also bought a copy of Zhuan Falun. My ill mother also witnessed the change in me and picked up the practice.
Master purified my body at the beginning of my practice. For the first month of my cultivation, I kept coughing non-stop day and night. I couldn’t sleep at all.
Despite the discomfort, I kept in mind what Master said:
“When you feel very uncomfortable, it indicates that things will turn around after reaching the extreme point. Your whole body will be purified and it must be completely purified. The cause of your illness has been removed, and what remains is only this bit of black qi that will come out on its own to let you suffer some and have some pain. It is forbidden for you not to suffer even a little bit.” (Zhuan Falun)
My cough stopped about one month later, and I have never coughed since over the past 15 years.
My other symptoms also gradually disappeared. I got married in 1998 and soon became pregnant. Even though I had severe morning sickness and wasn’t able to keep anything down, I still went to work as usual and even did night shifts sometimes. After I returned home every day, I lay in bed and listened to Master’s audio lectures. Eventually I smoothly delivered a baby boy. Had I not begun cultivation, it wouldn’t have been possible for me to have an uneventful pregnancy and delivery.
One day on my way to work, a motorcycle knocked me down. The force was so strong that I crashed hard to the ground, and the bottom part of the motorcycle got broken. My entire spine felt like it was going to split, but I knew that I’d be fine since Master was watching over me. I asked the driver to pull me up and send me home. I kept listening to Master’s audio lectures, and I was able to return to work on the third day.
Overwhelmed by Tribulations
The year my son was born, in 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its persecution of Falun Gong, yet I persisted in my cultivation.
My husband’s family was living a hard life. He had to support his disabled older sister (also a practitioner). Our newborn son often fell ill and needed a lot of medical care, which made our finances even tighter. To make ends meet, my husband did something behind my back: He took a high-interest loan and bought a used car to use as a taxicab after his day job. The car required frequent maintenance, and the traffic police eventually banned its use. Unable to use the car, my husband began gambling, in hopes of earning more money, only to get trapped deeper and deeper in debt. I didn’t find out about all of this until one day a debt collector came knocking at the door and threatening to sue us if we didn’t repay the money soon. I had no choice but to go around begging family and friends for money. My mother lent me her life's savings, and my father-in-law offered his house to use as collateral to take out a bank loan.
Just when I managed to pay off my husband’s debt and wanted to take a break, his mistress showed up, asking for money. She threatened to abduct my child if I didn’t meet her demand. I explained to her our debt situation and gave her a few hundred yuan, all the money I had.
This was not the end of the story, though. My husband also got involved in a traffic accident and was responsible for paying more than 7,000 yuan in damages to the other driver. It was truly adding insult to injury!
Soon after we got everything settled, both my husband and I got laid off from work and lost all sources of income. My husband found a new job, yet it paid extremely low. He couldn’t bring himself to face the reality and became depressed. He quit the new job and instead went to an Internet bar to play online games every day. I ended up having to support the whole family. I did all kinds of things, including selling clothes and other products and working as an accountant. After two years, I could no longer endure this and left home during a fight with my husband. I wandered around for two months. I didn’t have my copy of Zhuan Falun to read and felt like I had lost my roots.
Ray of Hope
Compassionate Master didn’t give up on me and arranged for me to meet a couple who were both practitioners. When we met the first time, I told them about my past cultivation experiences and my current family situation. They were sympathetic and offered to lend me their savings of 10,000 yuan to buy a new apartment. Their kindness was like a mirror reflecting my shortcomings and reminding me of my memories of Dafa practice. I decided to return to my husband instead of buying a new apartment and living alone. I worked hard to treat my family with kindness.
Over the next few years, I was still obsessed with making more money to repay debts. As a result, I didn’t really cultivate and began to show symptoms of sickness.
After some local practitioners talked to me repeatedly in 2009, I suddenly came to realize that I was in grave danger. I asked myself: What was I really longing for in life? I made up my mind to read Master’s lectures and articles published after the persecution began. Through Fa study, I learned of the severity of the persecution and felt the urgency to clarify the facts to people. I kept studying the Fa and correcting myself. I became more considerate of my husband and took good care of him. I did all of the housework without complaint.
Because of my change, my husband has become very responsible for our family and supportive of my cultivation. He even encourages our son to persist in cultivation. My mother-in-law and I began to teach my son to practice the exercises when he was 8 years old. Now 14, he is very healthy. He is also an excellent student with good morals.
Once, a friend took his son to visit me and was touched after listening to me talk about the changes in my family. He then asked his son to read Zhuan Falun together with my son.
Since beginning her cultivation, my mother-in-law has become healthier and looks younger. Her handicapped daughter can now take care of herself. My father-in-law is also very supportive of Dafa.
My own mother used to suffer from arthritis, periarthritis and humeroscapularis, and nothing seemed to help. Yet after practicing the five sets of Dafa exercises, she was able to walk breezily.
People Experience Miraculous Changes after Learning the Facts
My family members and I clarify the facts about Falun Gong to people by sharing our own cultivation experiences. We’ve seen numerous people experience positive changes afterward. Below are a few examples.
My older brother had hydronephrosis. After I explained the facts to him and his wife, they both withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. One month after my brother withdrew from the CCP, his complexion became very rosy.
My husband’s aunt suffered from chronic nephritis, diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary disease for 30 years. The drugs used to treat her nephritis led her to develop osteoporosis. In 2009, my mother-in-law and I clarified the facts to her and got her to quit the CCP. She began to recite, “Falun Dafa is good!" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” every day, and soon saw her health improve. One day she sprained her wrist. She kept reciting these words, and her wrist was perfectly fine the second day. She often comments that Falun Gong is truly miraculous.
A cousin used to have tumors everywhere in his blood vessels. His family took him to numerous hospitals, but to no avail. His medical care financially drained his family. After learning of his situation, my mother and I visited him. We saw that he had edema all over, and his limbs were extremely weak. He had to sit in a wheelchair every day and needed help with using the restroom and bathing. At the age of 38, he had trouble uttering sounds and talking. I told him how I began my cultivation and what Falun Gong was all about. He agreed to quit the CCP's Young Pioneers League and Youth League and promised to recite, “Falun Dafa is good!" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” every day. One month later, his conditions improved. Now he can take care of himself and does not require assistance.
I advised two managers in my company not to write anything slanderous about Dafa. In just half a year, they both got promoted to their ideal positions.
I’ll strive to be more diligent and do the three things well.
From the Call for Submissions to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of Falun Dafa’s Introduction
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