(Minghui.org) I am 70 years old. I was born and raised in a village where my parents were too poor to send me to school. Just like the other village women, I got married, gave birth to children, and experienced hardship every day.
When I went to the city shopping in 2007 I met a lady who clarified the truth to me about Falun Dafa, and asked if I had quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations. I said that I had never gone to school, and had never joined any of the CCP organizations. She said that in that case, I only needed to recite, “Falun Dafa is Good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good” sincerely and I would be blessed. I agreed, put it to mind, remembered the phrases going forward, and thanked that lady!
Then, I returned home and did not forget to recite “Falun Dafa is Good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good,” during the day or night. I felt very good about it. One day I thought, “I want to find out what this practice is all about. I decided that I would not work and earn money anymore, as I wanted to search for this amazing practice.
However, where should I begin my search? Thus, I went to the supermarket, mall, wholesale center, morning market, and other places every day. Basically, I would go wherever I could find lots of people, hoping to find information about the practice. However, despite searching for a long time, I could not find anything. As the days passed by, I talked to myself as I walked, “What practice is this? Where are you? Please let me find you quickly. I am so anxious!”
Then, a neighbor brought her child over to my house to play. This aunty is my son’s godmother and she often came to my house. This time, she talked about a practice, so I asked her, “What are you practicing? Is it the one where one recites Falun Dafa is Good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good?” She said, “Yes, it is Falun Dafa!” I said, “Aunty, why didn’t you tell me earlier?” She said, “Nowadays, Dafa is being persecuted and the evil people arrest practitioners everywhere. You still dare to practice it?” I replied simply, “Of course. What is there to be scared of. I am neither stealing nor snatching anything from others. I am trying to be a good person. Why won’t they let me practice!” Aunty was very touched and decided to take me to the Fa study site the next day!
Master Li Taught Me to Read
Aunty first helped me to get the precious book Zhuan Falun, the main book of this cultivation practice. Once arriving at the Fa study site, I immediately went in and saw some people taking turns reading Zhuan Falun. I sat down and listened to them read while my finger traced the characters in Zhuan Falun. Although there were some parts that I did not understand, the more I listened to what the practitioners read, the more my heart felt happy. The more I listened, the more comfortable I felt. I felt as though I was a kid who had been lost for many years and finally found her mother. In my heart, I knew that I finally had a Master, and I wanted to follow Master home!
After that, I would hold onto the book to read for the whole day. My daughter laughed, saying, “You keep looking at the book, but you do not know how to read. So what are you looking at?” I said, “I may not know them but they know me!”
Since then, I would often see words on the walls of my house everywhere. I took a closer look and wondered why they were all words. What was even stranger was that when I opened the book to read, I was able to read all the words. as Master Li (Dafa’s founder) was actually teaching me how to read. Therefore, be it day or night, I would keep readingZhuan Falun. Even if I did not sleep, I did not feel sleepy. Master knows everything that his disciple is thinking about!
After practicing Dafa for a month, I felt that I improved at an alarming rate. Every day, I felt like I was sitting on a rocket that shot upwards at lightning speed. I was flying upwards through layers and layers of the heavens. I felt that I had changed, and I was reborn. Those days were the happiest and most wonderful days in my life.
Following Master Home
After that, I continued to learn to read Hong Yin. When I read the 47th poem “Destined Return for the Holy Fruition,” tears flowed. Isn’t Master talking about me?
Master said,
“Oh how many the years, looking for the master,Finally the day has arrived to meet him.Cultivate and return, the Fa now gained,And follow your master to return, consummated.” (“Destined Return for the Holy Fruition,” Hong Yin)
Every sentence that Master spoke warmed my heart. All the hardships that I had experienced through all my lifetimes were arranged so that I could obtain the Fa! I had gone through so many hardships searching for it! As I read on, I could not help but call out loudly, “Master, I have finally found you today. I vow that I will follow Master this lifetime and will never turn back!”
Never Letting Up Despite Going Through Tribulations
After studying the Fa for more than two months, my son found out about it. He forbade me to study the Fa. He was brainwashed by the CCP, and the CCP is also currently persecuting Falun Dafa. They arrest practitioners everywhere in China. My son said, “Mother, you are already so old. If you are arrested by those bad people, what will I do? Why don’t you stay at home obediently. Thus, nothing bad will happen.” After that, he hid my Dafa books, and said even some bad words to a practitioner who was visiting me.
One day, I sincerely told my son, “Nobody can stop me from cultivating. Even if your dad was alive, he could not stop me.” With that, I took my sleeping blanket and left the house. As I walked on the road, I coincidentally met my brother’s son. He told me to go to my brother’s house.
I stayed at my brother’s house for 13 days and worked for 13 days. My brother has a business so I helped him transport coal every day. I became very tired so I had little time to study the Fa, and had no chance to practice the exercises.
Once, I met a practitioner. The practitioner took a look at me and said, “How can this do when you do not study the Fa every day? I will find you a place to stay. There is a practitioner who still has a room that has not been rented out. You can go stay there.” I went to stay at the practitioner’s house. Now, I could study the Fa, and practice the exercises every day.
After staying there for about a month, my son found out about it and rented a house in the northern region of the city. He took me over there and said that this would distance me from practitioners. Now, I could not cultivate.
However, I had already looked at that place and found out that this building had other Dafa practitioners staying in it too. How wonderful. Once again, I could study the Fa and improve together with fellow practitioners. After staying for more than two months, my son found out what had happened to me since I moved to this place. This time, he said that there was nothing more that he could do.
After that, my son went to rent another house in the southern region of the city and wanted me to move there, saying that this way I would not be near cultivators. After I had just moved there I met practitioners when going shopping. I again was together with practitioners.
Not long after that, my son found out about my present situation. He sighed and said, “This Falun Dafa is so powerful. There are cultivators everywhere. I really cannot control my mother any longer. I really respect your Dafa. You all really have someone (referring to Master) watching over you, but please be very careful.” I said that nobody could stop me from cultivating, and persisting in cultivating in Dafa is the right thing, while trying to persuade me to give it up is wrong. Falun Dafa’s true cultivators are all being watched over by Master, and everything is under Master’s arrangement and control.
One day, my son went out to do a good deed and set some animals free. A monk came into his shop and sat on a stool. The shop attendant poured him some water but he did not drink it. The shop attendant asked him who he was looking for and he said that he was waiting for someone. After my son came back, the monk asked if he set some animals free. My son looked at the monk and thought how does he know that. The monk went on to say, “You do not need to set animals free here and there. Go back home and treat the old Bodhisattva in your house well.” After saying that, the monk left the shop.
The shop attendant told me that my son no longer tried to control me. Through studying the Fa, I understood that this was Master helping and protecting me. After studying the Fa, I became more open-minded and was no longer calculating when it came to my son, as we are cultivating compassion. We obtained compassion through cultivating in the Fa. Only Falun Dafa has the power to bring about such great compassionate Dafa disciples.
Recalling my experience in obtaining the Fa, it was not an easy process. It was truly hard and difficult to find and obtain the Fa as I faced all kinds of interference. However, we are all being led into the practice by Master personally. He led and supported us step by step, empowered our righteous thoughts and made proper arrangements every step of the way. Master did not leave me behind, helping me to be undeterred by the persecution. Thus, I have been able to progress until today in a steadfast manner.
Thank you Master! I am forever in gratitude to Master!
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