(Minghui.org) I am a 76-year-old woman, who started cultivating Falun Dafa on March 2, 1994. My 28 years of cultivation have given me the opportunity to experience many things and gain much growth. Here, I would like to thank Master and share examples of miracles performed through the power of Dafa.
1. Uncompromising Belief in Master and Dafa
I have experienced a lot of sickness karma over the past twenty-eight years. Here I will share my experiences overcoming four sickness tribulations.
A. Excessive Blood in Stools, then Constipation for Eight Days
Five months after I obtained the Fa, I found myself excreting an excessive amount of blood after I went to the toilet. No matter the amount of pressure exerted, my blood kept flowing out until the water was filled with dark red blood. When this went on for days, with no sign of relief, I started to become worried. “How much blood can the human body hold? Won’t I die from excessive blood loss?” Then I remembered Master’s teachings regarding symptoms of karma elimination, and realized I could be excreting dirty blood. So, which concept should I believe? If I took it as an ordinary illness, I would revert to being an ordinary person. However, this was not what I wanted. Life is harsh and death is inevitable for all. I wanted to leave this behind and decided to treat my symptoms as part of karma elimination.
Perhaps because I was a new practitioner, and this was my first big tribulation, hence the requirement for me to pass the tribulation was high. I continued to excrete large amounts of blood for the next 28 days. Yet my body did not physically weaken. I retained a stable composure and still rode my bicycle back and forth to work as usual. Whenever doubts began to surface in my heart, I would ask myself, “Have you not suffered enough in this world? If you refuse to believe in the Fa, go back to being an ordinary person. Even the hospital may not be able to save your life. Having chosen to believe in the Fa, you must hold fast in your belief to the end.” I quietly managed without telling anyone else, nor did I go to the hospital.
On the morning of the 28th day, the toilet bowl remained crimson with blood. At noon, I found it harder to pass any stools, and had to use more force than normal. I expected to see more blood in the toilet bowl due to the excessive force applied. However when I got up, I found no blood at all. I was stunned by this miracle, and in this way passed my first life-and-death tribulation.
I soon encountered another problem. My stools became excessively dry, leaving me with severe constipation. This had been a recurring health problem before I obtained the Fa. With the earlier experience under my belt, it became easier to place my trust in Master and Dafa. I decided to go with the flow and trust this was a normal process of karma elimination, even though my bowels did not move at all over the following eight days. Although I had enemas at home and briefly entertained the idea of using one, I stopped this train of thought almost immediately. By the end of the eighth day, I felt the urge to relieve myself. Having prior experience with such a situation, I was prepared to exert significant strength to discharge the hard, dry stools, when a miracle occurred. My stools remained soft and came out without significant effort.This experience laid a solid foundation for my belief in Master and the Fa.
B. Overcoming Tribulation of Extreme Pain
Shortly after overcoming the tribulation involving bloody stools, my left upper arm started to ache. Within six months the pain escalated from mild to severe, to the point I could hardly bend my arm or move my fingers. The smallest movement of my fingers would trigger unbearable agony. The lightest touch against my arm would trigger pain that paralyzed my whole body. Putting on and taking off my clothing became a most difficult task.
My previous experiences had raised my confidence, and I decided to fully place my trust in Master. Even as the pain continued to escalate, I refused to budge.
The pain started to ease around the seventh month. I was very happy and my hopes of seeing the end of this tribulation were renewed. Over the next few months my pain gradually eased until it finally vanished, fourteen months from the start of my ordeal.
C. Eliminating Karma of the Heart
Two years after I first obtained the Fa, I suddenly experienced severe pain in my heart. It was so painful that I could hardly breathe. My clothes became soaked in sweat, but my nerves remained calm. My heart stopped hurting ten minutes later. That day the same symptoms repeated eight times in a row. Although I was barely able to tolerate the pain from each episode, my whole body felt relaxed and comfortable after everything was over.
One day while riding my bicycle on the road, I suddenly experienced the same severe heart pain symptoms. I quickly got off my bicycle and sat on the side of the road, waiting for the pain to subside. Afterwards, I immediately got on my bike and continued my journey with renewed energy and physical strength.
I encountered the above three illness eliminating karma tests early on, before the persecution of Falun Dafa by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 20, 1999. I also suffered from karma elimination tests after July 20, 1999. But by then, the requirements to overcome tribulations had become greater and harder, since it related to Dafa practitioners’ efforts in resisting the persecution and saving sentient beings.
D. The Second Episode of Excessive Blood in Stools
After the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published, saving sentient beings by persuading them to quit the CCP and its youth organizations became my priority. I sorted the various addresses of relatives, friends, classmates and colleagues, before hitting the road to visit them. My first stop went smoothly, but soon after reaching my second stop, I discovered blood in my stools, in quantities exceeding that of my first time. The wall and floor of the squatting toilet were splattered with blood. My whole body started to swell, and my legs felt heavy and weak. Each visit required an excessive amount of strength and stamina, as I had to wash the toilet clean. I was at a loss. Should I continue my journey as planned?
Thinking about the many sentient beings waiting to be saved boosted my resolve. Having decided not to give up, I resolutely went to the train station and stood in line to buy a ticket to my next stop. When it was my turn, the salesperson told me, “Only standing tickets remain. Do you still want it?” I agreed without hesitation, even though I would have to stand continuously throughout the four-hour journey. Unexpectedly, as I was digging for cash to pay, the salesperson at a neighboring counter shouted, “I still have a seat.” The salesperson at my window immediately got up, retrieved the ticket and sold it to me. I immediately burst into tears at this almost impossible miracle. My symptoms had weakened me so badly that I could barely stand. Compassionate Master had seen my difficulties and helped me out. This strengthened my determination to continue my journey.
On another occasion, I barely managed to squeeze onto a crowded train. There were so many passengers, I could find space to place only one foot. My other foot was left dangling midair, as I exhaustedly leaned against the back of a seat. Suddenly a young man sitting in front of me caught my eye, stood up and said, “Auntie, sit here.” He then stood up and proceeded to squeeze his way to the other end of the carriage. I thought he planned to use the toilet and had allowed me to sit for a while until he returned, so I hurriedly replied, “Thank you! I will return it to you later.” I sat down and waited. Unexpectedly, the young man did not return. I asked the passenger on the opposite side, “Why didn’t he return after going to the toilet?” The passenger replied, “He already had a seat over there. When you boarded, the person in this seat had just gotten off. He ran over here to reserve this seat for you.” I realized merciful Master had helped me again.
I continued to excrete large amounts of blood in my stools as I journeyed to save sentient beings, over a period of three months. As soon as I returned home, the bleeding stopped. I realized the old forces had been testing me, trying to prevent me from saving sentient beings. But compassionate Master had protected me the whole way before finally disintegrating this tribulation set by the old forces.
2. Miracles Frequently Appear on the Road to Saving Sentient Beings
I started traveling around the country to save sentient beings, until I learned how to use my mobile phone to call people instead. Within ten years, I traveled over half of China in order to save people. From Qitaihe in the north, to Shenzhen in the south, from Yantai in the east to Urumqi in the west. In the process, I exhausted all my retirement savings and inheritance from both my own family and my mother-in-law. In between the hardship, I encountered memorable moments and obtained a healthy body.
Each time I manage to save someone, I experience happiness for the person from the bottom of my heart. Whenever I fail to save them, I experience sadness and regret and say, “Next time you encounter someone who tries to tell you the truth about Dafa, I hope you will seize that opportunity.” When others verbally humiliate and mock me, I will send out righteous thoughts. “Stop doing this. It is not good for you.” At the same time, I would remind myself not to take this to heart, to seize this opportunity to eliminate my combativeness, pride and human feelings of injustice.
Once while rushing to catch a train, I ran into a violent storm. The roads were flooded, and tricycle drivers all had to stop offering service. Trapped by the heavy rains, I was worriedly looking out at the sheets of water gushing down, when a tricycle suddenly appeared driving in my direction. The driver headed straight to the train station after I got onboard. At the train station, he pointed me in the correct direction and said, “I can’t take you any further. Hurry, go and catch the train.” I paid the fare, thanked him, helped him quit the CCP and gave him a truth-clarifying leaflet to read so he could also save his family members. He carefully tucked the leaflet in his clothes to protect it from the rain and thanked me. As time was tight, I proceeded to run towards the station entrance. As I ran, I asked for directions. A kind person took me straight to the ticket gate, and I managed to board the train just as it was about to leave.
In order to persuade my ex-colleague’s family to quit the CCP organizations, I traveled to a remote rural area. After clarifying the truth, my ex-colleague drove me in a tractor along the dusty rural road to the nearest long-distance bus station. Midway, we encountered heavy fog which reduced visibility to only 1-2 meters. As we risked hitting vehicles traveling in the opposite direction, I asked him if the journey remained possible. He confidently replied, “It is possible. I guarantee you won’t miss the long-distance bus.” As I knew Master was protecting us and the tractor, I had no anxiety. By the time we arrived at the county, it was dawn and the fog had dissipated. I managed to catch the long-distance bus as originally planned.
On one occasion, after exiting the airport, I was walking while looking upward for the bus stop sign when I suddenly fell to the ground from quite a height. Although I was lying on the ground, I felt no pain. On opening my eyes, I realized I had stepped over the edge of the open bus platform and fallen one meter below onto the taxi lane with my suitcase. I immediately turned over and saw a row of people on the platform above, looking down at me. No one came to lend me a hand, as I stood and hopped up the platform with my luggage. A young woman witnessed this scene and was amazed to see this elderly lady in her 60s walk away from this incident unscathed. Even a young man would not have escaped without injury. She insisted on giving me a lift to town in her car. I took the opportunity to clarify the truth to the woman, successfully persuading her to quit the CCP.
On another occasion, I had just left the airport and parked my luggage beside the ticket booth in order to buy a bus ticket. Immediately after obtaining the ticket, I heard the ticket inspector shout, “There are still two empty seats. Hurry if you want to board, the bus is leaving soon!” I immediately ran over and tried to get on the bus. However the inspector blocked me with his arm, refusing to accept my ticket or let me onboard. I could only stare puzzled as he sent away the bus with its two empty seats. Suddenly I realized my hands were empty, and my forgotten luggage remained standing next to the ticket booth. I realized Master had arranged for the ticket inspector to block my path, continuing to care for me as I journeyed to save sentient beings.
I also encountered cases where I was reported for clarifying the truth. Once when I was focusing on clarifying the truth to a young man and helping him withdraw from the CCP, I was reported by a person standing nearby. Two policemen arrived. They took away truth-clarification materials, and gave back my personal belongings, waved their hands and told me to leave and go home, and ran away in a hurry.
Once I gave a truth-clarification flyer to the driver of a car parked on the side of the road, and when I was about to clarify the truth to him, he said with a straight face, “Do you know what I do? I’m in charge of arresting you!” I ignored his words, looked at him and said softly: “Look at the flyer, it’s good for you.” Then he waved his hand and said, “Go, I won’t detain you. He also kept the material and began looking at it.
I have been reported by others for clarifying the truth, kidnapped by the authorities and imprisoned. Regardless of where they are, Dafa practitioners must do well the three things. The people inside the detention center then became my focus of truth clarification. I realized all this had been arranged so I could save the sentient beings here and eliminate the evil. After finishing this task, Master immediately arranged for me to return home. The evil beings dared not keep me within the facility for one more day. During my illegal detention, I persuaded over a hundred people to quit the CCP organizations, including the guards who were monitoring my movements 24 hours a day. In the end, the evil beings unconditionally restored my freedom.
As I journeyed, I encountered many good people who willingly accepted the truth and gave me encouragement and confidence. Below are two examples.
Once, after successfully persuading a taxi driver parked at the side of a road into quitting the CCP, the driver fished out one hundred yuan and handed it to me. I told him, “These truth clarifying leaflets are all free. I can’t accept your money.” “I know practitioners use their own money to produce these materials. Please use this money to produce more materials and save more people.” I accepted his kind donation and replied, “Don’t worry. I will honor your wishes and give this money to the practitioners in charge of producing these materials.”
On another occasion, after persuading a tangerine vendor to quit the CCP, I bought some tangerines from him. After putting the tangerines on his scale, the vendor did not immediately tell me the weight of the fruit, nor the amount of money owed. Instead, I saw him adjusting something behind the electronic scale. After a while, he reported the weight and collected payment from me. Immediately afterwards, he fiddled with the scale again. I suddenly realized the electronic scale had been adjusted to report a heavier weight than what was being weighed. He had adjusted the balance to a normal level, before weighing the fruit and charging me!
Whether they are passengers at train stations, ship docks, buses or within airplane cabins, I try to rescue everyone I encounter. The memory of those whom I did not reach out to remains fresh in my mind. I often regret these lost opportunities and remind myself not to let any opportunities pass in the future. Perhaps for that person, it could have been his only chance to hear the truth.
3. Cultivating a Healthy Body
I realized a healthy body comes from cultivation and has nothing to do with what I eat. So, whenever I lack the time or conducive conditions, I focus on doing well the three things instead of what I eat or drink.
My rosy complexion often triggers this question from others, “What health supplements do you take to maintain your health and keep your skin smooth?” I usually answer, “To tell you the truth, I don’t take any health supplements because I don’t have time. I only cook on weekends, when my children come back to visit. The leftovers afterwards are my best meals of the week. Most of the time, I eat pickles three days a week and do not remain healthy due to a certain diet. If you want to know, I will tell you.” I would then proceed to clarify the truth about Dafa to them, persuading them to quit the CCP. While others wear down jackets and sweaters, I would be dressed in two thin layers of clothes and one thin jacket. Yet my hands would be warmer than theirs. Under such circumstances, the other party would always accept the truth of my words. According to most of them, “I can see the truth reflected in you.”
I usually give people truth-clarification materials to make up for my lack of time to fully clarify the truth. Once while taking the bus, my rosy complexion caught the attention of many passengers, who proceeded to ask one after another for truth-clarification materials. I passed out eight copies within that one trip, and even managed to persuade some to quit the CCP.
I know full well that my long-life and health are given by Master for cultivating in Dafa and saving people. As we constantly remove our human attachments, we also strengthen our faith in Master and Dafa. Our level of belief results in a commensurate number of miracles. As long as one truly believes in Master and the Fa, there are no barriers or hardships that cannot be overcome.
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