(Minghui.org) I have been practicing Falun Dafa for over 20 years, during which time I experienced many trials and tribulations, and have persisted until today. All that happened was given by Master Li Hongzhi’s (Falun Dafa’s founder) compassionate protection. Recalling my cultivation journey, every scene is still vivid in my mind.
I’ve tried to do the three things well together with other practitioners and put all my heart into helping Master to save people. Be it the small paths between the fields in the villages, markets, or public spaces, we have all been there to clarify the truth. Among those who accepted our words, some thanked us, displaying their gratitude, some wanted to give us money, and some even wanted to invite us to their home for a meal. However, there were those who didn’t want to listen or believe us and even intended to report us to the police. Given Master’s protection, we survived all of that. Now, society has changed a lot.
During the pandemic, people were scared and did not know what to do. They wore masks and dared not have contact with one another. They feared contracting the virus. Households closed their doors and most people stayed in their homes. Saving people is every Dafa practitioner’s responsibility.
One of my sisters (also a practitioner) and I distributed truth-clarification materials door to door. When we met predestined people, we clarified the truth to them and helped them quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations. My sister and I overcame our attachment to comfort, laziness, and fear, and withstood the persecution at the time. We persisted in our belief in Master and the Fa, and maintained righteous thoughts to overcome every hurdle so as to deliver the materials.
One evening, we went out to distribute materials. The ground was still frozen due to the heavy snow the day before. When we went to the houses of the village’s Party secretary and villagers’ leader, my sister said, “Let’s not distribute to these two houses now. We’ll come back and do them in a few days.”
I responded angrily, “If I’d known you would be like this, I wouldn’t have come out with you.” I despised my sister a little, but I didn’t realize that I had an attachment to complaining.
I went to another house and slipped. I fell hard and heard a cracking sound. I sat up with my sister supporting me, but I couldn’t get up. I realized that I had broken my right ankle. My sister dragged me to the wall under the trees to sit so that no one would see us. I was so worried and started to cry. I thought: Delivering Dafa materials is such a sacred thing to do, why does it turn out like this? I must have a loophole. I must have attachments that provided the old forces with a chance to create problems for me. How are we going to get home in the freezing cold?
My sister said, “Let me go to our sister’s house and get her husband’s help.” My brother-in-law drove over and took us home.
My sister and I knelt in front of Master’s portrait, as I repented to Master, saying: “My heart to save people was not pure. I looked down on my sister. I was unkind to her and complained. If I have attachments or loopholes, I will correct them based on the Fa. I will definitely not acknowledge the old forces' arrangements, and will only listen to Master.”
That night, my sister encouraged me to stand up. I leaned on the stacked blankets and did the five Dafa exercises. It was really hard to do the first four sets of exercises with my right foot dangling in the air. I dare not to let it touch the floor as it was so painful. While doing the sitting meditation, I couldn’t sit with both legs crossed in the full lotus position. While sitting in the half-lotus position, wedging a cushion between both legs alleviated the pain a bit, but it was still really hard to bear.
I didn’t tell my son about this matter. It was already hard for him to go to work every day. He has his own family and stays in the city. My husband passed away over 10 years ago. Therefore, during this period of time, my sister looked after me and all the burdens in the house landed on her shoulders.
One of my neighbors came to my house. She said that I should go to the hospital for treatment. I told her that I was fine and would recover soon. However, my heart began to waver due to my attachments: Why am I recovering so slowly. My foot is so swollen and looks so big. Tears filled my eyes.
That night, Master enlightened me in a dream. He told me to calm down. After waking up, I told my sister about it. She said that this was Master’s benevolence and encouragement, asking me to calm my mind down as Master would definitely fix the break for me. I thanked Master in my heart for taking care of me.
My sister-in-law knew about my ankle and came over. I told her that I am a practitioner so I will definitely recover. She also believed that it would recover as she understood Dafa. When the CCP persecuted Falun Dafa, she gradually slacked off in her cultivation. Despite this, my brother’s family all deeply acknowledged that Dafa is good.
My brother told my son about my situation without telling me. My son is very filial to me. However, he couldn’t return due to the pandemic, so he kept calling me. I told him to relax, as I would definitely recover.
My son still wasn’t at ease and called his relatives who kept coming to visit me. One of them works in a hospital. She brought a whole bag of medicine over for me to treat my ankle. I thanked her and said, “I’m grateful for your kind intentions. However, I will definitely recover. Through these years of learning the Fa, I have never had any need to take any injections or medications. Rest assured that I will recover after practicing the exercises for a while. You are my family, I have to tell you the truth. The pandemic is very serious, and so many people have died.
“Currently, it is the Heavens eliminating people. The evil Party has persecuted Falun Dafa for so many years and even harvested practitioners’ organs while they were still alive, so they can make great profits. Now it is the Heavens punishing people. Those whose minds still contain thoughts that Dafa is not good are in great danger. You must sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ and you will definitely be safe and have a good future.”
As she listened, my nephew’s wife said that she believed that Dafa is good and had quit the Party. Before she left, she took the big bag of medicine and instructed me to take good care of myself.
Every day, I studied the Fa, did the exercises, cultivated my xinxing, looked within for my shortcomings, and found a whole load of attachments. I looked down on this sister and spoke sarcastically. Sometimes, when she felt sleepy during Fa study, did not do the exercises accurately, and did not keep her palm erect when sending forth righteous thoughts, I would criticize her in my heart and complain about it. This happened so often that it became natural. My eyes were glued to her. I did not cultivate my compassion.
Master said,
“Shan is the manifestation of the nature of the universe at different levels and in different dimensions. It is also the fundamental nature of Great Enlightened Beings. Therefore, a cultivator must cultivate Shan and assimilate to the nature of the universe, Zhen-Shan-Ren.” (“A Brief Explanation of Shan,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
Dafa displayed its supernatural powers and my ankle recovered. I was able to ride my electric bike to the market within less than seven months without taking any injections or medication. My foot just recovered miraculously like that. This painful lesson made me understand from the Fa that the future living beings live for others so I must cultivate my compassion. Only then can I attain the standard of the universe’s character of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.