(Minghui.org) In 1997, an explosion occurred in my home due to leaking liquefied petroleum gas. The accident disfigured my face, permanently twisted two of my fingers, and led to the amputation of my remaining eight fingers. This disability robbed me of the ability to fully care for myself.
In March 1999, after practicing Falun Dafa, I regained the confidence to stand tall and continue living. I would like to share my personal experiences of overcoming illness karma and validating the extraordinary power of Dafa.
The First Incident
My first illness karma occurred in the spring of 2008. One day after breakfast, my nose suddenly started to bleed. Since this had been a common occurrence since my childhood, and happened at least two or three times a year, I paid little heed to it. But I soon realized this episode was markedly different when the bleeding refused to stop. I tried to plug my nose with tissue, but the blood started flowing into my mouth instead. Over the next three days, the continued flow prevented me from eating or sleeping. As I sat on my bed, catching my dripping blood in a bucket, I begged Master to help me overcome this illness tribulation while using righteous thoughts to eliminate this interference from the old forces.
Because true cultivators do not suffer from any illnesses, I repeatedly recited,
““I’m Li Hongzhi’s disciple, I don’t want other arrangements or acknowledge them”—then they won’t dare to do that. So it can all be resolved.” (Teachings Given on Lantern Festival Day, 2003)
I figured that, as long as I continued to believe in Master and the Fa, this tribulation would be resolved. My nose continued to bleed, drop by drop. By the sixth day, my head felt swollen, my ears were ringing, and my heart felt like it was beating too quickly. I also felt breathless, while my eyelids and lips were pale, devoid of any blood. My vision was blurry, my tongue felt numb, and my legs were so weak I found myself falling as soon as I tried to stand up. It felt as though I could lose my life at any time.
My son was so scared he refused to sleep and kept vigil by my side throughout the night. He even knelt and hugged my legs, crying, “A person only has so much blood! You will die if you don’t go to the hospital. Mom, just listen to me this once!” I reassured him, “Don’t be afraid. This is a sign my karma is being eliminated. I have Master’s protection and no being would dare to take my life!”
By the evening of the seventh day, my nosebleed finally stopped, and I lay down to sleep. The following morning, I got up and burned incense in front of Master’s portrait, bowing and thanking him for saving my life! I then ate breakfast, did the exercises, and studied the Fa. I took no supplements, and within seven days, I had fully recovered. My nosebleeds never recurred.
The Second Incident
In 2012, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) used the pretext that I had allowed fellow practitioners to produce truth clarification materials in my home to illegally sentence me to seven and a half years in prison.
I was out walking in July 2018, not long after my release from prison, when an electric vehicle carrying two barrels of paint knocked me down. I fainted and only regained consciousness after hearing loud wailing cries next to me. I opened my eyes and saw a woman in her 40s. Through her frantic tears, she told me she thought I was dead. I could hardly breathe or move my left leg and had a big bump on the back of my head. I had blood and scratches all over me.
The woman suggested I called my family, so they could arrange for the traffic police to deal with the incident and escort me to the hospital. I replied, “There is no need. I am a Falun Gong practitioner. Our Master requires us to be considerate and to do things according to Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. I will not take advantage of anyone. As long as you understand that Falun Gong is a true spiritual practice and that jealousy made Jiang Zemin (the former head of CCP who launched the persecution) spread lies to defame Falun Gong and to persecute this group of good people. It will be enough for me if you understand the truth.”
She escorted me home and wanted to leave some money, but I declined. Overwhelmed, she said, “Now I understand and truly believe Falun Gong is a spiritual practice. Others would have taken the opportunity to extort money from me. I have really met a good person today.” Wiping away her tears, she gratefully thanked me before she left.
I knew this was arranged so that I could pay off my karmic debt and my life was in no danger. I thanked Master and decided to leave myself in his care. That night, I was unable to lie down on my back. With my left leg swollen like a green radish, I spent the entire night upright, studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate any interference from the old forces. Three days later, the blue bruise on my thigh had turned purple and started making its way down my leg, moving a little further each day. Finally, this purple bruise was pushed out of my body, vanishing without a trace. I was stunned as I witnessed this miracle.
The Third Incident
The third time occurred during the fall of 2021. One night, I got up to use the bathroom and felt a sudden sharp pain in my left knee. It felt as though a gap had suddenly appeared in the middle of my knee, and something was squeaking from within this hollow. Unable to hold myself up, I almost fell down. Fortunately, there was a stool nearby, so I used it to get me to and from the toilet. With each step and flare of pain, the thing inside my knee screamed. The entire journey to the toilet was so painful, it left me drenched in sweat. I believed a creditor had come to collect a debt and quickly asked Master for his support. I would bear the karma if it was mine and reject this interference if it was not.
Because my son works in a distant city, I am usually alone at home. Whenever the pain became overwhelming, I would ask myself, “Am I a Dafa disciple? Yes, I am! Although I have not done the three things well, no evil is worthy of testing me. I only acknowledge Master’s arrangements.”
I would also recite Master’s teachings,
“I am rooted in the universe. If anyone could harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
After nine days, I managed to overcome the extreme pain with firm righteous thoughts and belief in Master and the Fa. The evil was defeated, demonstrating once again the extraordinary power of Dafa.
The Fourth Incident
The fourth incident occurred in March 2022. I woke up one morning and tried levering myself upright with my right arm. But it refused to work, and I fell back on my bed. After I got up, I discovered my right arm felt numb and I was unable to hold a glass of water firmly or lift a spoon to my mouth. My right leg was the same, and my whole body leaned to the right uncontrollably when I attempted to walk.
My son exclaimed, “Isn’t this a symptom of a stroke? Quickly, we must go to the hospital! You will become disabled if you delay!”
Initially startled, I soon started denying my condition with righteous thoughts. “True practitioners have no illnesses. All these are signs of karma being eliminated. I did not hold myself to the standards of Dafa, so the old forces took advantage of my loopholes. This is the result of my competitive mentality and attachment to pride.”
A few days earlier, I was unable to tolerate some of my son’s daily behavior and attempted to correct him. My son talked back to me, and his sharp words hurt me and riled me up. I scolded him, “I am your mother. Why are you speaking to me like that?” I felt increasingly resentful as time went by, burning with a constant desire to prove I was right and he was wrong. Because my character had fallen to the level of an ordinary person, I failed to pass this test.
I realized my mistake after studying the Fa and calmly let go of the notion that because I was his mother he had to listen to me, regardless of whether I was right or wrong. I then apologized to my son, saying, “I’m sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have gotten angry with you. What you did was not right, but the way I told you was wrong. I didn’t follow the requirements of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. I should have calmly pointed out your shortcomings, let you know my thoughts, then stepped aside to let you think for yourself about how best to proceed. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to improve my character.” My son smiled and replied, “It’s okay. Your feedback had merit. I developed these bad habits at work. I will try to improve.”
Master said,
“...matter and mind are one and the same.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
After discovering this stumbling block on my cultivation path, the false symptoms of a stroke vanished within two weeks. A miracle, given that this condition is one of the hardest things for ordinary people to fully recover from.
As true Falun Dafa practitioners, we must have unwavering belief in Master and the Fa, especially when we encounter serious illness karma. Doubting Dafa and holding onto human notions will make it hard to overcome tribulations. Believe in Dafa and miracles will occur.
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