(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in January 1999. Guided by Dafa’s principles and safeguarded by Master, I have come this far. I truly appreciate Master for his compassion! I’d like to share some of my enlightenment and cultivation experiences during the past 20 years.
Being Fortunate to Cultivate in Dafa: Recovered from an Incurable Illness
I had developed neurological migraines. Every time I had a relapse, I had to tightly wrap my head with a strip of fabric. Moreover, I couldn’t stand the slightest bit of light or sound. I couldn’t be exposed to wind after washing my hair either; otherwise, I’d be in extreme pain. At that time, my family accompanied me to go all over to try to find a cure, but it all was in vain. Thus, I lived with endless pain every day. I often wondered: What’s the purpose of one’s life? Would I have to live like this for the rest of my life?
My company handed out a bonus in September 1999. Not everyone got a bonus. But I happened to be one of those who was entitled to get a bonus, and my boss asked me not to broadcast it. Then a coworker who didn’t get the bonus overheard it, so she went to argue with my boss. My boss thought I disclosed it to her. He immediately came to find me to say something unpleasant.
How could I possibly stand him venting his anger at me? At that time, my head buzzed. Then, I felt the sky spinning. My whole face turned stiff and blue with anger. I staggered all the way home. What my boss said about me kept replaying in my mind. My anger had gone through the roof. Tears of pain and grievance welled up in my eyes. The physical pain was about to overwhelm me, and then I really felt that I was living in too much pain.
At that time when I saw no hope, or way out, I bumped into a friend. She was easily upset, just like me. She told me excitedly that her neighbors were practicing Falun Dafa, and after she practiced with them for a few days, her temper turned for the better. She said she could control herself, and not get upset easily, and she asked me to give it a try. I thought: How could there be such a great thing? It wasn’t far from me, so I decided to go there to check it out.
I was fortunate enough to listen to Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) lectures, and I came to understand that the unpleasant things in one’s life are attributable to one’s karma, that has accumulated lifetime after lifetime. In that instant, it solved my questions and confusion in life.
When I learned the second exercise, I was soaked with sweat at the end. Before that, even though it was very hot, I rarely sweated like that. When I worked on the production team, and everyone there sweated profusely, I didn’t sweat at all. Because of that, I was criticized by my team leader who said that I didn’t work hard enough.
Before I finished doing the exercises, I passed out. Vaguely, I heard the people around me saying: She has a great predestined relationship, Master helped to clean up her body. Before that, I was very timid. I didn’t even dare to use the washroom at night. Since then, I was braver. Every night I went to study the Fa on time. Before dawn, I also went to join the morning group exercises.
Three months later I had recovered from all my illnesses which were considered incurable by medical science. Both my brother and sister-in-law were heads of Neurology. Even they had said that there was no cure. My initial thoughts of learning the practice were to save me from being upset. Unexpectedly, I even recovered from all my diseases.
I truly came to experience what Master said about feeling light for being illness-free. That kind of relaxed feeling and happy mood is beyond any description. Since then, I felt light when walking. In my dream, I was flying like a bird. My body, mind, and moral values have been purified and elevated. I feel grateful for Master’s immense compassion, and that I was able to find the path home!
With the Elevation of Moral Character, Dafa’s Extraordinary Nature Manifests in Me
Because my mother-in-law didn’t help me babysit my child, I thought that when she got old, I wouldn’t look after her either. Sometimes my sisters-in-law were stingy when she dealt with me. After I began to practice Dafa and was guided by its principles, I understood the principles of being a good person. I also came to understand that the issues I had were due to the karma I created lifetime after lifetime. Therefore, I stopped resenting my mother-in-law. In addition, the relationships between me and my sisters-in-law have also improved.
I held myself to the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance at all times and tried to put others first in everything I do. Often enough, I had my children go to help my mother-in-law clean the house and do chores. During the holidays, I went to her place very early to make dumplings and prepare other dishes for her.
My family got to see the beauty of Dafa through me. They began to acknowledge Dafa. Meanwhile, they also received blessings from Dafa.
One cousin came to borrow money from us to build a house. It happened to be that we were doing the same thing for my family and were short of money. However, since he came, seeing that he was very worried, I went and borrowed money from my neighbors and gave it to him. Later on, I didn’t push him to return the money to me, either.
His father was very old, and we lived very close. One day, he said that he missed his grandson and wanted to see him. So I helped him buy something, then planned to drop him off at his son’s home on my way. But my cousin’s wife thought that I came to their home to get the money back; she became upset and began to curse at me. I quickly told her that wasn’t my intention. But, regardless of what I said, she ignored me and kept swearing at me. It wasn’t until my cousin returned home, with his father explaining it to her on the side, that she stopped. My heart still wasn’t moved. Then we were at peace again. If I didn’t cultivate in Dafa, I would have never treated it like that.
Around 20 days after I obtained the Fa, I was riding a bicycle. Then suddenly, I was hit by an e-tricycle that was traveling at a high speed. With that, I heard a bang. Even though the collision sounded very loud, strangely enough, I only felt that I was slightly pushed. When I turned around, I saw that it was a tricycle hitting me. The rider was so petrified that he kept apologizing to me. I thought: I am a practitioner; nothing I encounter is accidental. I shouldn’t blackmail him. When I took a look at myself, I was intact: My feet were still on the bike pedals, and my bicycle stood by itself as opposed to falling over to one side. Thank you, benevolent Master for helping me resolve this tribulation.
Clarifying the Facts with Righteous Thoughts to Awaken People
Then, more than six months after I began to cultivate before I was able to understand the inner meanings of cultivation, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP), Jiang Zemin (former leader of the CCP), and his rogue regime started its brutal persecution of Falun Dafa. I understood that Dafa truly taught people to pursue kindness and be good people. I wondered how it could be defamed like that.
A practitioner and I decided to go to a construction site to hand out truth-clarification materials in 2004. Only after we arrived at the agreed-upon place, did we realize that none of us had any materials with us. She was a bit upset about it and said, “I’ll never go with you again.”
I thought: It’s such a trivial matter, why did you make a fuss over it? I felt so upset. Then I went home to get the materials. I brought a box of books, including the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and went to a busy area at the construction site to hand them out.
When we had only two copies left, we were falsely accused by someone poisoned by the fabricated lies from the CCP. In the afternoon, we were arrested by the police. After her family paid the fine, she was released; whereas I was illegally detained at a forced labor camp for three years. After she came home, she developed a lot of fear. Driven by her fear, she gradually stopped cultivating. She was taken advantage of by the evil, and, consequently, had serious illness karma symptoms and passed away.
It was just like what she said, we were really never together after that. It was truly pitiful. I felt it’s necessary to point these things out to caution fellow practitioners: As a cultivator, one has to cultivate one’s speech and never say extreme things.
When I went out with Ms. Ding (alias) to clarify the facts to people, the police arrested us and took us to the police station in 2012. Ms. Ding had a form for making truth-clarification calls, which had quite a lot of phone numbers on it. She was afraid the police officers would see it, so she quickly put it in her mouth and swallowed it. In order to try to get that paper, the police officers beat her mouth very hard until it was swollen. I said in an upright manner that they can’t persecute good people. While sending forth righteous thoughts, I never stopped talking to them.
That same afternoon, we were taken to the domestic security division where we were illegally held for 10 days. Seeing that a police officer had a runny nose, I whispered to him, “Please sincerely recite, ‘Falun Dafa is wonderful!’ ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful!’ You’ll get better very soon.” When I saw that he didn’t respond to me, I then said to him again with a smile, “Give it a try. If you are sincere, it’ll work.” He came to me later and whispered that he was fine.
During the past more than 10 years, I made an appointment with another practitioner to go out every day at the same time to clarify the facts to people face to face. I ran a small business with my husband, and sometimes I was afraid that I’d be running late. So I thought to myself: Please, Master, help me to use the speed of a god to quickly finish this piece of work, so I won’t delay in saving people. Thus, I could miraculously finish what I was supposed to do an hour ahead of time every day. Then we went out together to clarify the facts to people. Even though I only had an hour of free time, I always treasured this precious time, when I could help from a few to a dozen people quit the Party and its youth organizations.
I ran into a middle-aged military-looking man in a supermarket in 2020. He looked very fit. I went up to him, praising him for his health. After we talked for a little while, I began to tell him the truth about Dafa. He didn’t refute me, nor did he agree to quit the CCP. Even though I felt a bit of pity for him, I used my righteous thoughts to ask for Master’s help to give him another chance. This time it laid a foundation for him to learn the truth later on.
A week later, I ran into him again in the same supermarket. This time he raised several questions, and I answered them all. But he still didn’t want to quit the CCP. After a while, one day I thought about going to that supermarket. Unexpectedly, I ran into him again. I said, “Our predestined relationship made us run into each other three times at the same place. I feel I’m destined to save you!” This time, I clarified the facts to him more in-depth, I talked about the fact that the President of Wuhan Hospital couldn’t recover after being infected with the COVID virus, and died in the end. One’s life is so fragile, which one has no control over,
I wished from deep down that he could be saved. In the end, under Master’s empowerment, the ice in his heart melted. Thus, he decided to quit the Party and chose a good future for himself. After that, I still occasionally went to that supermarket, yet I have not seen him since then.
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