(Minghui.org) I was very fortunate to attend Master’s lectures in person in 1993. I benefited both physically and morally from practicing Falun Dafa. I worked even harder and became the technical lead at my company.
After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) initiated the persecution in 1999, I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa in 2000. I was arrested and sentenced to one year of forced labor. After I was released, I asked my employer to give me my old job back, but the management team said that the 610 Office wouldn’t let me return to work if I wasn’t "transformed." I lost my source of income. I found a temporary job in a city where one of my relatives lived. I struggled financially, so my relative occasionally helped me out.
I was arrested in 2009 and was force-fed in the detention center. When my life was in danger I was sent to a forced labor camp, but the camp refused to accept me. My relative picked me up and took me home.
After I was released, I developed a lung infection and coughed up a significant amount of blood. I was hospitalized and unable to eat or drink. If I recited the two phrases, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” I could drink a mouthful of water. The doctor said that I had lung cancer. I was hospitalized for several days. The medical bills were over 20,000 yuan (US $2,819). I didn’t have much money, so I was transferred to a small hospital. Local practitioners came to help me, and I increased the time I read the Fa and practiced the Falun Dafa exercises. Thanks to Master’s protection and compassion, I recovered.
To avoid the persecution and alleviate the pressure on my relative, I left and took a bus to another city. There was a security check on the bus when we were halfway there. I didn’t have an ID card as a result of the persecution. I explained my situation to the driver and he let me leave the bus at a service station.
I was in a strange city with no ID and little money. I lost contact with my family because my laptop was damaged. Then the three-year COVID pandemic came. I was homeless in the darkest days of my life, but I managed to overcome all sorts of tribulations and hardships thanks to Master’s protection. I’d like to tell you what happened and express my immense gratitude to Master.
The Sky and Sea Are Boundless When We Take a Step Back
I stayed at a beach for two weeks, met a boatman, and clarified the truth to him. He was sympathetic. When he learned that I had nowhere to live, he rented me a small, simple room and charged me ten yuan a day. I gave him 20 yuan a day instead. I finally had somewhere to stay, which was a relief as winter was fast approaching. Compassionate Master found me a place; I don’t know what I would’ve done otherwise.
The room had no electricity or running water. I used the last 200 yuan I had to buy an electric soldering iron, capacitors, and an inverter and connected it to an electric scooter and generated electricity. When the Dafa exercise music came out of the small speaker, I was moved to tears. I was so grateful to Master.
Now that I had a place to live, I could peacefully study the Fa. I was so focused on studying the Fa that I forgot to eat. As I read, the bowl beside me quivered. I rubbed my eyes and looked at the bowl again. It was still quivering. I realized that Master was giving me a hint to eat. I went out to look for food. I saw a box of dead crabs on the roadside. It was rumored there were viruses in the seafood so many people didn’t dare eat it. I put the crabs in a bag and carried it back. I ate the crabs for two days. Thank you, Master, for always protecting me.
When I was clarifying the truth to people, one person said that the words, “The sky is vast and the sea is wide” were on a rock. At the time, I truly felt that, “The sea is wide and the sky is vast.” When I stepped back and let go of attachments I felt another meaning of these words and felt the sea and sky were renewed.
Master Always Looks After Us
My landlord told me to apply for a health code card in March 2020. I asked him to give me three days to find another place. I thought, “Master, please help me!”
Previously the landlord told me that the owner of a nearby cottage was also a practitioner. I lived there for seven months but never saw her. Two days after I asked Master to help me, I saw a man working in a field. I talked to him and he said he was the practitioner’s husband. I explained my situation and he said I could stay in their shabby cottage.
I moved in. There was no window. It was sealed in plastic and the door wouldn't shut properly. Luckily, the weather was warm. I was able to connect with local practitioners. I felt so happy. They brought me food, daily necessities, and a cell phone. They helped me a lot, especially on cultivation matters. I’d like to thank them for their selfless help!
I used free Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet. Some required passwords. Sometimes I guessed the passwords and they worked. It was amazing.
I read Master’s new articles and practitioners’ experience sharing articles on the Minghui website so I could keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification. A practitioner gave me a laptop. I sent greeting cards to Master at the holidays. I installed a satellite dish to watch NTDTV. I watched NTD television programs and the Shen Yun show during the Chinese New Year.
I learned how to grow sweet potatoes, peanuts, corn, and so. I made a living by collecting garbage and selling it.
One day my body became swollen and oozed yellowish fluid because I ate paint-tainted rice. A passage of the Fa came to my mind, so I found it and read it carefully.
Master said,
“It’s the industry brought about by modern science that’s been seriously damaging humankind’s habitat. That’s absolutely true. It’s not the damage of the gaseous entity that caused the hole in the atmosphere above the Antarctic. Human beings can’t harm high-level beings. Why didn’t a hole appear in Europe, an industrially developed region? Why did it have to be in the Antarctic, a place where there are no inhabitants? It’s because gods saw that there was too much waste emission and toxic gas on earth, so they opened up a window to let the waste gas out and then closed it up. It’s not in the least what modern science presumes.” (Teachings at the Conference in Switzerland)
I was reassured after I read this Fa. My body was discharging the poisonous elements. But how could I pass the test? I lost my group Fa study environment. I didn’t practice the exercises much, either. When I did the exercises, my mind wandered. So, I studied the Fa more and did the exercises more. One day, when I meditated for three hours my body became very warm. The ulcers, yellow discharge, and pustules gradually receded. I increased the time I practiced the exercises. All my symptoms soon disappeared. Master helped me overcome this tribulation.
So Lucky to Practice Falun Dafa
I was riding my bicycle home around 5 o’clock one evening. When I was riding uphill, I saw a woman pushing a tricycle full of goods. I stopped and helped her. She got on my bicycle and asked me to push the tricycle. I bought water and food for her to eat. She didn’t refuse and said the food saved her. I clarified the truth to her.
My clothes were soaked in sweat. I felt tired. I recited the Fa in my heart. I didn’t know how far I walked. We reached her destination three hours later. When I came back home, it was 11 p.m. I simply wanted to let people know how wonderful Falun Dafa is.
My neighbor caught COVID during the pandemic in December 2022. He knew that I practiced Falun Dafa, so he came to see me. He said he felt unwell and asked me if he could spend the night at my place. I agreed. I went to bed early so as not to disturb him.
I felt unwell a while later. I got up and meditated for two hours. The next morning I asked my neighbor how he felt. He said all the COVID symptoms were gone, and he felt the power of Falun Dafa.
I met another practitioner while clarifying the truth to people. She helped me a lot and introduced me to her Fa study group. When I went to the Fa study group, I felt as if a lost child found his family. You might not understand my feelings at that moment if you didn’t have the same experiences I did.
A memorable sentence in the novel Journey to the West says it was hard to get a human body, it was hard to be borne in the Middle Kingdom (China), it was hard to come across the righteous Fa, and the person would be extremely lucky if he had all of the above. I was one of them. I cultivate in the universe’s Great Way. How is it possible for me to not feel happy? Even though I’ve experienced many tribulations, I am happy all day long.
Earlier this year, a local practitioner tried to persuade me to go back to my hometown so that I could get my ID card and get the proper retirement process underway from my former company. Before the Chinese New Year, Master published the article “How Humankind Came to Be.” I felt it was time for me to go home. Master arranged for my relative to pick me up. Neither of us knew where the other one was, but he found me in three hours.
I have practiced Falun Dafa and followed Master for 30 years. Thanks to Master’s protection, I’ve overcome many tribulations. I know that Master has sacrificed a lot for me. Thank you, Master! I’ve experienced Master’s immense compassion and boundless wisdom. I cannot express my gratitude enough to Master for his compassion and salvation.
I would like to end this article by quoting what Master said:
“Never since the dawn of time have massive and magnificent changes in the cosmos taken place as they are now with the Fa rectification, and nor were there ever Dafa disciples. Master created this glorious opportunity and has led you to this historical epoch. Strive to spiritually perfect yourselves, do your utmost to show what you are made of as you strive to save all lives, and try to do even better!” (“Fa Teaching at the 2019 New York Fa Conference,” Team Yellow Translation)
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