(Minghui.org) I am 74 years old, and a veteran practitioner who started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. I am honored to have practiced cultivation under Master’s compassionate care for over 20 years. I’d like to share two ordeals that I encountered after practicing Falun Dafa.
My Husband: “Falun Gong is amazing!”
I felt a unwell when I got home around noon on a hot day in June 1997 after listening to Master’s lectures at a practitioner’s home . Red bumps appeared on my body. I thought it was prickly heat, and didn’t pay it much attention. That afternoon, more bumps appeared, and the next day they became pustules, and I was in pain. The pustules developed very fast – from my back to the front. I couldn’t lie on my back, wasn’t able to sleep, and couldn’t even take a shower. I tried not to touch them to avoid the burning pain.
I thought that I would get over it soon, so I didn’t tell my family. But on the third day, it was in great pain, so I told them. My husband is a doctor, and said that I should have told him earlier. He told me that this was shingles and urged me to go to the hospital. My son and daughter-in-law also urged me to go.
Calm and determined, I told them, “I am eliminating karma. I’ll be fine. I am a Dafa practitioner, and have Master to take care of me. Don’t worry about me.” Seeing my determination, they gave up.
I didn’t know how to send righteous thoughts at the time. I kept asking Master to protect me and help me get out of this ordeal as soon as possible. I insisted on studying three Fa lectures of the Fa a day, and did the exercises twice a day. I would rest against the table to take a nap when I was tired. Upon waking, I would continue to study the Fa and do the exercises. On the sixth day, the pain had eased a bit, and the pustules on my body were turning black. They had completely disappeared by the 10th day.
My husband though it was a miracle, and said: “I have never seen this kind of ailment improve so quickly. It would usually take several months, half a year, or even longer to recover. Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) is amazing!” He truly believed in Dafa from the bottom of his heart, and later he recited, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” when he felt unwell. He also quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCCP) and its youth organizations.
Falling From the Roof
My house has an old tile-roof, and leaked when it rained. It was troublesome to frequently ask someone to repair it, so I learned to do it myself. Due to several heavy rains in March 2017, water leaked in many places. I couldn’t find anyone to do the work, so I went on the roof to repair it myself. A few grids were rotten, so I pried them off and replaced them with good ones.
After I replaced the last grid, I fell off the roof. The ground was covered with pieces of tiles, wood, and rusty nails. I was bleeding, and parts of my body were severely bruised and swollen.
I lay on the ground and couldn’t move. My husband and son wanted to take me to the hospital, but I shook my head and said, “Don’t touch me. Let me rest for a while.” After about half an hour, I regained my senses. They insisted on taking me to the hospital, but I still refused.
I sat on the ground and asked Master for help: “Master! I’m sorry to have made trouble again, please help me get well soon.”
I recited in my heart, “When it’s difficult to endure, you can endure it. When it’s impossible to do, you can do it.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)
It wasn’t okay for me to sit like this, and no one would do the work for me. After another half an hour, I gathered my strength and climbed up on the roof again and finished putting up the tiles.
After I got down, I lay on the bed without taking off my dirty clothes, motionless. The pain was unbearable. I kept sending righteous thoughts: “Completely eradicate and disintegrate all the evil beings and factors that persecute my body. I am a student of Master Li Hongzhi. If I have loopholes, I will rectify them in Dafa. No one deserves to persecute me!” I repeatedly asked Master for a speedy recovery.
After my family went to work the next day, I started doing the exercises. When I was holding the wheel above my head --- 2nd exercise -- it was really hard to hold my arms in place. But I persisted until I finished all five exercises. After washing my face and brushing my teeth, I put on clean clothes. Then I read another lecture of Zhuan Falun. After 11:00 a.m, I made lunch for my family, since they were about to get off work at noon. After my daughter-in-law saw me not well, she said, “Mother, you don’t need to do the housework. Please go to hospital for a checkup. Don’t push yourself too hard.”
I said, “I’m fine, don’t worry about me. I’ll be all right soon.” I had recovered after a few days..
I think the tribulations were tests of my xinxing. Whenever a tribulation comes, it is meant to see if I could firmly believe in Master and Dafa. I’ve made up my mind: no matter how big an ordeal, I will stay unmoved, and firmly walk on the path arranged by Master.
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