(Minghui.org) In light of World Falun Dafa Day, I would like to share several stories of how my family has benefited from Falun Dafa, and how this cultivation practice changed my life.
Falun Dafa Enters My Family's Life
I live in a small village in Hebei Province. When my husband was young, he almost died from food poisoning, which affected his health adversely for years onward. All our savings went for his treatments, yet his health still only grew worse.
My father-in-law lived with us and was also in poor health. Neither my husband nor his father could help with the farm work, so we lived in poverty.
I felt hopeless and tried to escape from the misery several times. After running away, however, villagers would find me and take me back home each time. I was bitter, hated everything, fought with others, and cried secretly.
Then my husband began to practice Falun Dafa. It was the summer of 1995. Within a short time he recovered from all that ailed him.
His recovery, of course, caught my interest. So I began to read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, and at first, I thought it mainly taught people to be good, as well as about how good is rewarded and evil punished. After I finished reading, however, I understood that it actually teaches people to cultivate to high levels.
I soon began to practice Falun Dafa, living by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I made a point to think of others first and to remain kind to everyone.
Others in our village witnessed the changes in my family, and many of them soon took up the practice.
Accident Proves Goodness
A car drove over my husband's foot in the winter of 2008. Four of his toes were cut off and his little toe was ready to fall off as well. The driver took my husband to a hospital, and the doctor said it was impossible to save the fifth toe.
Upon arriving home, my husband immediately studied the Falun Dafa books and did the exercises. As such, there was no swelling, only a little loss of blood, and but a tiny bit of pain.
The driver visited us throughout the following days. He tried to give us 1,000 yuan and offered another 50,000 yuan as compensation for future suffering. We did not accept the money, which touched the driver's heart.
This action soon spread throughout the area. People found it hard to believe that in today's world, there still existed people who would not try to extort money from others. Some people even visited us just to hear if it were true.
Once people found out that we did not extort any money, they were moved and admired the kindness of Falun Dafa practitioners even more. Many people asked us for Falun Dafa amulets. Several other people, who used to refuse to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), began looking for practitioners to quit the CCP.
Overcoming Dangerous Situations
In 2015, my husband was working with an electric saw when the grinding wheel broke. A large piece of the wheel flew at him and hit his stomach. It was summer time, so he was wearing only a thin shirt. When I heard the loud sound, I ran out right away. I saw my husband clutching his stomach, unable to speak. When I saw the broken wheel, I immediately knew what had happened.
We went inside, burned incense, and asked Master, the founder of Falun Dafa, for help.
“Don't worry,” I comforted my husband. “Master is protecting us.”
I asked him to take his hands away from his stomach so I could check the wound. He was worried and thought that he could not release the pressure from the wound. When he took his hands away, we saw only a minor cut and a small trace of blood.
My husband recalled that when the broken piece hit him, he felt how all his internal organs were hit with a very strong force. He noted how at that point, he was unable to breathe and felt as if his stomach were cut open.
We have encountered quite a few dangerous situations since we began practicing Dafa. But we've always escaped with little or no damage.
When my son was young, for example, he once fell into a well, which was more than a dozen feet deep. He was not injured.
On another occasion, my husband lost control of his motorbike while on a river bank. The front wheel went over the edge but the bike stopped just in time.
“Only Falun Dafa can teach people to be so good”
Once, when I rode my electric scooter to work, I stopped at a crossing and waited for the traffic light to turn green. Out of nowhere, a car made a sharp turn and hit the front end of my scooter. My handlebars were damaged and I could not turn them at all.
The driver apologized and offered to pay for the repairs. I told him that I would not take his money because I practiced Falun Dafa.
I pushed the scooter to a repair shop. The repairman knew that it was hit by someone as soon as he saw the damage. "How much did you get from the person?" he asked. I told him I did not take any money, and he could not believe it until I told him I practiced Falun Dafa.
"Falun Dafa practitioners are such good people,” he said. “Only Falun Dafa can teach people to be so good. The Party is really wrong to persecute Falun Dafa!”
After he finished the repairs, he said he wasn't going to charge me. “You did not ask for one cent from the person who damaged your scooter. I want to learn from you Falun Dafa practitioners and be a good person as well.”
I told the story to some of my colleagues after I got to work. “Falun Dafa is really good!” some of them said. “These practitioners are really good. The only hope for China is Falun Dafa!”
More and more people have come to understand the goodness of Falun Dafa, no longer believing in the lies perpetuated by the Party.
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