(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I am 92 years old. I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997, two years before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ordered the persecution. But no matter how brutal the persecution is, I have always firmly believed in Master (the founder of Falun Dafa) and steadfastly cultivated.
I have never stopped studying the Fa or doing the exercises. Many practitioners have praised me for my perseverance. Actually, it is Master who has protected me, encouraged me, and blessed me all the time. His compassion has motivated me to cultivate to the end.
Health Problems Gone
I used to have many health problems, such as cervical spine hyperplasia, atrophic gastritis, ulcers, and a knee joint spur. I suffered from the pain and had to take medications three times a day. One week after I started practicing Dafa, all my ailments disappeared and I felt light. I truly witnessed the power of Dafa!
Master cleansed my body and helped me eliminate my karma, which had accumulated from my wrongdoings in previous lives.
Master said,
“One issue that should be clarified is that average qigong treatments and hospital treatments only defer tribulations that are the fundamental cause of illnesses to the remaining half of one’s life or later. The karma is not removed at all.” (Lecture Seven, Zhuan Falun)
Master has introduced the great Fa to the world. It genuinely guides people toward high levels. It purifies the practitioners’ bodies until all karma is eliminated and one can cultivate to consummation. This is exactly what I’d dreamed of. I am so lucky to be able to obtain such a profound Buddha Fa!
Relatives Benefit from Dafa
In addition to studying the Fa and doing the exercises, I seize every opportunity to tell people about Dafa. Fellow practitioners and I rented a bus and drove to the countryside to spread Dafa. I also set up a group Fa study site in my home and invited practitioners to watch videos of Master’s lectures. Sometimes as many as 50 practitioners came.
I also introduced Dafa to my relatives and friends and gave some of them copies of Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa. As a result, more than 40 people have taken up Dafa and have been blessed.
For example, the lump on my nephew’s head that he’d had for years disappeared soon after he became a practitioner.
My niece’s husband had an accident on a motorcycle late one night. He passed out on the spot. I visited him in the hospital and brought him a copy of Zhuan Falun. “Read this book and it will help you. Also, sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’”
He nodded. Although his legs were severely swollen, he was not in much pain. The doctor was amazed at his quick recovery.
Six years ago, my brother-in-law was dealing with health problems including failing kidneys, heart issues, and inflammation of the hepatic duct stones. He had a high fever for several days. The hospital couldn’t do anything for him and was about to discharge him. He was very skinny when I visited him. He was curled up and trembling in bed from the pain.
“Sister, I am dying.” His voice was almost inaudible.
“Only Dafa can save you! You will be fine as long as you believe in Master Li and recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ in your heart.”
I gave him videos of Master’s Fa teachings and some Dafa booklets.
The day after he began to recite the phrases, he could talk and drink. His condition improved by the day, and a month later, he was able to do farm work again. He told everyone that Falun Dafa had saved his life and that Falun Dafa was really good. He learned the Dafa exercises and persuaded his wife to practice it.
My nephew’s son got married in June this year. Thinking that it would be a good opportunity to introduce Dafa, I had my son drive me to the wedding and ended up helping 11 people quit the CCP, including the bride and her parents. My nephew’s neighbor, in his 70s, came over and told me his story.
He said, “I always remember when you told me how good Dafa is. I have a Dafa amulet in my pocket all the time. One day, I was on a tricycle and got hit by a big truck. In that moment, I asked Master to save me. My tricycle flipped over, and I fell on the ground, unharmed!”
I sometimes went out to clarify the truth with my daughter. She often told people, “My mother is in her 90a. She has not taken any medicine in more than 20 years since she started practicing Falun Dafa. She has been very healthy.” Seeing me, people have acknowledged the miraculous effects of Dafa in healing and keeping fit.
Master Is Always by My Side
Since the CCP launched the nationwide campaign to persecute Falun Dafa in 1999, many innocent practitioners have been arrested, detained, and tortured by the police. Clarifying the truth and saving people have become important parts of our cultivation.
I have encountered many dangers clarifying the truth, and every time Master has helped me out. I truly feel that Master is always by my side! I would like to share two stories.
I talked to people about Dafa at a farmers’ market in the spring when I was 87. On the way home, I tripped over some stairs and fell. I instantly thought, “Master, please save me!” I landed lightly on the ground, like someone was holding me. I was not hurt. I immediately enlightened that Master had saved me. He was by my side!
The next summer, I saw a man in his 60s sitting on the front steps of a building. When I tried to give him a Dafa booklet, he showed me an “on duty” armband and said, “Do you know what I do?”
“No matter what you do, you should know that Falun Dafa is good,” I said.
Before I could finish talking, he grabbed my wrist and started to drag me to the local police station.
“Let me go!” He didn’t listen. He dragged me so hard that I almost fell.
At that time, a few passersby asked him why he was dragging me and told him to let me go. Suddenly, a loud voice not far away said, “Dad, let her go! I will disown you if you don’t!”
It turned out to be his daughter, who showed up with a child in her arms. The man loosened his grip. She showed me the way to leave the site. I was again grateful for Master’s protection!
Letting Go of Attachment to Personal Gains
In my cultivation, I have overcome several major sickness tribulations. Master must have borne tremendous pains for me! Not only did he save me from hell, he also extended my life for cultivation.
However, I still have many attachments to remove in my cultivation. I especially had a hard time letting go of the attachment to personal gains. Five years ago, I found out by chance that my pension was much less than that of my colleagues with the same length of service. I was very upset.
After carefully checking around, I realized that I’d put down the wrong start date for my job. It should have been June 5, 1951, but I put July 1. This mistake cost me a year towards my pension since those calculations are done based on the fiscal year that starts July 1. I knew there was a mistake but I did not correct it at that time. The same thing happened with my retirement records. I actually retired on July 18, 1987, but it says June 1 on my retirement certificate. Once again, I lost a year, from 38 down to 37.
Whenever my pension was raised to adjust for inflation in recent years, I got upset because the gap between what my former colleagues received and what I received got bigger and bigger year by year. My attachment to gains could not help but emerge. I thought of going to the social security bureau to make the correction. Two of my colleagues, who were already at work when I started working, were still alive, and they could testify for me.
My pension payment was adjusted again in July 2022. I was not happy that I was earning 1,000 yuan less a month than my other colleagues. I talked to my daughter, also a practitioner, about my intent to petition.
My daughter said, “Mom, we are practitioners. Is that right to do? Isn’t it an attachment?”
I explained, “For years I have not asked for the loss to be made up because I am a cultivator. But I feel that cultivators should tell the facts. It is a lot of money if I can get it. I am entitled to this money. I know this is an attachment, but I just can’t let it go.”
Master said,
“Cultivation must take place through tribulations so as to test whether you can part with and care less about different kinds of human qing and desires. If you are attached to these things, you will not succeed in cultivation.” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)
That very day, we studied the section “Improving Xinxing” in Lecture Four of Zhuan Falun in my group Fa study. I was deeply touched and in tears. The attachments of fame, gains, and sentiments are deeply rooted in me. It is very hard to let go of them completely.
I realized that the pension issue was a test of my xinxing. I struggled it to let it go for five years. A person who has cultivated to consummation will not be tempted. I only lost a little bit of money. Not only was I tempted, I also wanted to petition for it. Am I a true cultivator?
Master said,
“Whether you can let go of ordinary human attachments is a fatal test on your way to becoming a truly extraordinary being. Every disciple who truly cultivates must pass it, for it is the dividing line between a cultivator and an everyday person.” (“True Cultivation,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
If I cannot let go of this small interest, how can I pass the tests of more attachments? I was wrong, Master. I will eradicate all attachments completely!
After this test, I continued to look inward and found many attachments that I have not yet removed. Those shortcomings, such as family affection, fear, showing off, and vanity, should be removed one by one in my future cultivation. Only by letting go of all attachments can I achieve consummation and return to my original home in heaven.
Many thanks to Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
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