(Minghui.org) One morning as I was exercising, I saw some people practicing Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) at the side of the road. So I followed along and did the exercises with them. That was the only time I had done the exercises, and I hadn’t read any Falun Gong books. Later, I was too busy to do the Falun Gong exercises. After I retired, right when I planned to resume doing the exercises, the government prohibited people from practicing Falun Gong. Thus, I wasn’t able to practice.
Beginning to Cultivate Dafa
In 2004, the security department at work tricked me into going to the workplace, where the city’s 610 Office personnel asked me if I still practiced Falun Gong, and who taught me. They told me not to practice anymore. I felt humiliated by their deception, yet I answered their questions wisely. After returning home, I borrowed a copy of Zhuan Falun to see what it was all about. It turned out to be a precious book that teaches people how to be good, as it was about cultivation. Feeling curious, I read through all the other Dafa books one after another. At that point I embarked on my path of true cultivation.
I used to have many illnesses, including a herniated lumbar disc, severe gastric bleeding, frozen shoulder, tenosynovitis, and enlarged liver, and my eyesight was so blurry I couldn’t see the TV clearly. After I began to cultivate, I made myself strictly follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I gradually eliminated the attachment to selfishness, and always considered others in every situation. I was continuously improving my xinxing, and my realm was constantly elevating. All of my illnesses disappeared without my noticing it. I sincerely thank Dafa and Master Li.
I started practicing Falun Gong after others had been practicing for over ten years. It made me become determined that no matter what interference or persecution I came across, I would firmly continue my cultivation. I hungrily studied the Fa. Since I took care of my grandson and did housework during the day, I only had time to study the Fa and do the exercises in the evening. I didn’t want to stop reading, even when it was late at night, and I didn’t feel sleepy. The inner meanings of the Fa continuously revealed themselves to me, often moving me to tears.
Once when one of Master’s new lectures was published, I tried to use my son’s computer to read it, but it was password protected. I tried to guess his password by putting in my family members’ phone numbers and dates of birth, but that didn’t work. I was very anxious because once my son came home I couldn’t continue reading. I tried one more time. Unexpectedly, a long password was revealed. I was excited to tears. I truly and deeply experienced Master’s constant presence by my side, as well as the wonder and miraculous nature of Dafa. I later asked a computer expert if it was possible for the computer to reveal the whole password when I forget it. He said that the computer can only reveal a part, not the whole. I thanked Master for letting me study the new lectures in time.
I admired those practitioners who could surf the Internet and download Dafa materials, and I decided to learn to use a computer, even though I was in my 70s. After buying a computer I began to learn quietly. I kept asking and learning. Over time, I learned many computer skills. One time, a practitioner asked me to transfer some audio documents from my removable disk to hers. This really stumped me, as the computer only had one USB port. I thought it would be better if there were two or three ports. Just as I was getting anxious, the USB drive in my hand fell to the floor and I couldn’t find it. I had to sit on the floor to search for it, and eventually found it near the computer tower. Unexpectedly, I discovered two more USB ports on the side of the tower. I immediately put my hands together to thank our great Master. It was miraculous. Whatever I think, Master knows. Master is always by a disciple’s side, guiding us in cultivation.
Finding Former Practitioners
One day, as I was studying the Fa with a practitioner who had just resumed cultivation practice, she got a call from her husband. He asked her to go to his younger sister’s home to take a look because his sister called him and said she was about to go into shock. He could not go because he was sick. The practitioner was in a panic and didn’t know what to do. I said, “Let me go with you.” I took my bank card, called a taxi, and went to her sister-in-law’s home.
Luckily, the sick sister-in-law was still able to open the door. We asked her what kind of illness she had. With her face pale and yellow, she said in a weak voice, “I often go into shock these days. I was examined at all the hospitals in our city, but was always told I have no illness. It’s so strange. Why did they all say I have no illness even though I fainted many times?”
I asked her if she had ever practiced any forms of qigong. She replied, “I practiced Falun Gong. But after it was banned, I never practiced it again. But a few days ago, I dreamed that I was planting flowers under Master’s guidance.”
I said, “Master is using doctors’ mouths to tell you that you have no illness. Please hurry to come back and study the Fa and do the exercises with us. Think about how big your predestined relationship is that Master teaches you in person!” Her enlightenment quality was not bad, so she listened to me.
Two weeks later, when I saw her again, she had a radiant face and looked 20 years younger. Her husband witnessed the miracles of Dafa and no longer objected to Dafa from then on. Furthermore, he began to help practitioners post truth-clarification adhesive stickers. And he recited the auspicious phrases, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” as he posted them. Their whole family quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates of their own initiative. She knelt down in front of Master’s picture and was grateful for Master’s blessing. I was very happy for them.
Passing Sickness Karma Tribulations
I recall one winter night when I suddenly had severe stomach pain. Even with both hands pressing on my stomach, the pain was still excruciating. I was sweating all over, and my clothes were soaked. Countless times, I recited in my heart, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Ten minutes passed, then twenty minutes passed, but the pain wouldn’t stop. I thought, “Is this the gastric bleeding I had before? Should I tell my son? No, he would take me to the hospital, but this isn’t illness, it is karma elimination and interference. Should I tell fellow practitioners? No, I didn’t want to trouble others in the middle of the night.” My clothes were soaked through, and my whole body was curled up. Would I die from this pain with no one knowing? At that moment, a sentence came to my mind:
“...Once your thought is righteous, evil will collapse...”(“What’s There to Fear,” Hong Yin II)
That’s right, I am a disciple assisting Master in Fa-rectification. Master is taking care of me, and no one is qualified to interfere. I still need to complete the mission Master entrusted me with. After struggling for over half an hour, I unknowingly fell asleep. In the morning, I was weak all over and continued to rest. When night came, the stomach pain returned. I simply sat up to send forth righteous thoughts. An hour passed, and I fell asleep sitting up. On the third night, the interference came again. I continued to send powerful righteous thoughts, and the stomach pain gradually eased. I persisted in sending righteous thoughts for another half hour, thoroughly eliminating the old forces interference and persecution of my physical body. Gradually, I fell asleep.
It was truly a battle between righteousness and evil, which tortured me for two days and three nights. Fellow practitioners came to see me at dusk, asking if I could go to post adhesive stickers together with them. I said I could. I put on my clothes and stood up. I was still unsteady on my feet, but once I walked out the door, I no longer wobbled. I posted stickers for an hour and still didn’t feel tired.
My son came home one day and noticed that my eyes were red. I didn’t feel any discomfort, but he insisted that I go to the hospital. I said to Master in my heart, “Master, I’m not ill. Everything is normal. To validate Dafa and lay a foundation for clarifying the truth to my son, I’ll go with him this once.” The examination results showed normal eye pressure and blood pressure, with my vision measuring 0.8-1.0. The doctor was surprised, and said, “For someone in their 70s to have such good eyesight - there’s no illness. You can go home.” My son didn’t say anything more after that.
On another occasion, a classmate noticed that my eyes were alarmingly red, and offered to accompany me to the hospital. I told her I followed Dafa, and my eyes would be fine the next day without going to the hospital. The next day when she saw me, she exclaimed, “Your eyes really are better! It’s miraculous. I’ll recite the auspicious phrases too.”
I said to her, “First, you should quit the CCP and its affiliates, then cultivate along with me.” She happily agreed.
I have experienced so many miracles during my cultivation. Under the protection of Master, during the past ten-plus years, I have learned to surf the Internet, download materials, make greeting cards, edit brochures, make wall calendars, and burn Shen Yun video disks, etc. The “small flower” of my family run truth-clarification materials production site is growing healthily. This is something that cannot be achieved by an everyday person in their 70s. I thank Master for selecting me to be a Dafa disciple. I will rectify every single thought of mine, and constantly upgrade my levels, be a true cultivator, fulfill my mission, and return home with Master!
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