(Minghui.org) I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1998. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute it in July 1999, I was the only person who still practiced Dafa in my village and surrounding towns.
Diligently studying the Fa teachings, sending forth righteous thoughts, and following the teachings helped me resolve problems. I sent righteous thoughts 14 times a day when the persecution was most severe and now I still send righteous thoughts seven times a day.
My husband and I did not get along when we got married. My relationship with my mother-in-law was also difficult. When my son was 10 years old, he encouraged me to get a divorce and said he would live with me. Too embarrassed to file for a divorce, I decided to stay in the marriage.
I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1998 and tried to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. However, I did not act like a practitioner when I argued with my husband. I often regretted my behavior afterward, but I would make the same mistakes again and again.
One time, my husband pointed at my forehead and said, “You have a long way to go!” I cried and thought that I would listen to what Master [Li Hongzhi] said: “...you did not fight back when hit or talk back when cursed at.” (“Fa-Teaching Given at the Conference in Sydney,” Version 2018). Following this Fa principle, I didn't get angry or argue with him.
My husband's attitude began to change and he eventually started helping me deliver Dafa informational materials. In the past, he often said, “I am very unlucky! There is only one Falun Dafa practitioner in the village and I am married to her.” Now he says, “I am so blessed! I am married to the only practitioner in the village!” He has also started to read Dafa books.
I didn't do well the first time I asked people to withdraw from the Party and its youth organizations. I went to my neighbor’s home and began to tell them about quitting. However, they gave me the cold shoulder and said nothing. Embarrassed, I left.
I was deeply hurt by their reaction due to my attachment to fame. I cried for three days. I then asked Master to strengthen me, so I could have the courage to step forward and clarify the truth again.
I went outside to wash clothes near the well and saw a woman from my village. I asked her to withdraw from the Party and she agreed. After she left, another woman who'd refused to quit in the past changed her mind and agreed to.
With more confidence, I went to every house in my village and the nearby towns to distribute Dafa materials and tell people about withdrawing from the Party. Almost everyone, except for about nine families, quit the CCP. I didn't give up on those families and continued to visit them. They eventually agreed to quit.
One time, people from three villages were harvesting apples. During one of their breaks, I talked about the regime's staged “Tiananmen self-immolation” and how Dafa has spread around the world. I then asked them to quit their memberships in the Party, but no one said anything. When we went back to work again, I said to no one in particular, “I am not selling anything or trying to make money off of you. I'm only telling you to withdraw from the Party for your safety.” Suddenly, everyone shouted at once, “Yes!” Every person quit the Party.
It took me a long time to get my husband’s brother and sister to quit the CCP. They were very cautious. My sister-in-law's attitude towards me changed after she learned that I got up every day at 3:50 a.m. to do the Dafa exercises and saw how well I took care of her mother, despite our unpleasant past. My brother-in-law was the most stubborn, but after talking to him in private one day, he and his wife finally agreed to quit the Party.
I have experienced what Master said about time being faster. After the fall of 2007, I felt uncomfortable, as if there were a stick in my body. I was still “stuck” in the harvest autumn period when my son told me that the lunar month of December had arrived. I was surprised and confused. But after studying Master's Fa, I realized what had happened to me.
Master said:
“Another thing is, the capacity of the human body wouldn't keep up [if time were sped up too much]. The matter in each layer is subject to that layer's limitations, so the material elements wouldn't be able to keep up.” ( “Teaching the Fa at the 2005 Manhattan International Fa Conference,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. V)
I have never stopped following Master's teachings. Although I have been arrested several times for my belief, I have remained firm in my cultivation. Nothing can stop me on my cultivation path.