(Minghui.org) I am over 70 years old and live in a rural town. I used to be in very bad health. I had a big bulge in my spine, and the doctor said that I would end up being a hunchback. My eyes often hurt, as though something was in them. I had to wear strong reading glasses by the age of 40, and my mind was foggy. I took medications all year round, leading to severe stomach problems, and I had many other health issues.
I was fortunate to start praciticing Dafa in November 1996. My body has changed dramatically since then. I no longer suffer from any health problems, and I have stopped wearing reading glasses. I started to spread Dafa, and helped many predestined people to start cultivating.
The Fa Study Group in My Home Has Never Shut Down
We set up a Fa-study group in my home in 2003. At first, only practitioners who were related to us participated, but others soon joined. We range from a dozen people at most to as few as four or five of us at a time.
The Fa-study group in my home has met for 20 years. At times, some practitioners suggested that we stop temporarily when times were tense. I said that group study is part of our cultivation established by Master and that Master is watching over us. My family later moved into a new building, and we used the original apartment exclusively for the group Fa study.
Through study and discussion, we in our group know how to look at problems based on the Fa, how to look inward, and how to avoid ordinary people’s concepts when we encounter problems. We have all become good at distributing materials and clarifying the truth.
My family members know that Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Once, my son spoke his mind after drinking at a party in a restaurant. He said without shame, “My mother practices Falun Gong. It is good to have faith. If my mother did not practice Falun Gong, she would have had health problems long ago. What would have happened to us if she was ill? Who could have taken care of two kids? We wouldn’t be able to go to work. No matter what the government says, I support my mother!”
Clarifying the Truth in Different Ways
Master affirmed the role of currency bills with truth-clarifying messages printed on them in his lectures, so I spent these bills, and my family followed suit. I would often make change for the vegetable vendors and give them the truth-clarifying bills. I do it often, and many people know me. Sometimes I do not need to say anything—I just hold up a truth-clarifying bill, and someone will say, “I want change.”
Outsiders came to our county to hold a sales fair in 2014. Their prices were low, and many people bought things. The salespeople often ran out of change, and their customers were disappointed. When I saw that, I thought, “Isn’t this a good opportunity to exchange truth-clarifying bills?”
I ran home and got a pile of truth-clarifying bills, rushed back to the fair, and announced, “I have change here. Does anyone want change?” Although the salespeople had doubts when they saw bundles of new bills with words printed on them, they were happy to exchanged for them so that they could sell their goods. Some practitioners were worried about me, but I said, “It’s okay, Master is watching over us!”
We old ladies have been binding the truth-clarification calendars at my place for over 10 years. As we distribute them, we urge people to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Many people take the calendars, and I tell them to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” to keep them healthy and be saved when calamity comes.
Believing in Master and Dafa, I Overcame All Kinds of Illness Karma
Since I started practicing the cultivation, I have had major interference from illness karma several times. I developed herpes zoster in 2003, and symptoms of a herniated disc in 2019, which was extremely painful. Miraculously, it didn’t hurt when I carried the package of desk calendar holders upstairs from the basement.
There was also a period of time when my brain was confused and I almost fainted twice on the bus. People who saw me were worried, but I said I was okay. There was also a time when my heart bothered me before noon every day, and it felt hard to breathe. My family always urged me to go to the hospital when I had the symptom, but I would say, “Thank you for your concern, but I’m fine. Master Li takes care of me, and I don’t need to go to the hospital. I promise I will be fine.” No matter how uncomfortable it was, I would still do the housework and the three things that a practitioner should do.
I made it through by looking inward, sending righteous thoughts, studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and relying on my firm belief in Dafa. After overcoming illness karma several times, my family was convinced and began to admire Dafa and Master. They supported me in studying the Fa and doing the exercises even more.
Letting Go of Myself and Changing Human Notions
To keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification, I read every issue of Minghui Weekly to see how the other practitioners do things and cultivate themselves. When I meet with local practitioners, I often say, “Change human notions, do not cling to self, harmonize with Dafa, make others happy, and put others first.” These aren’t just words—it is something we must actually do.
When my tooth hurt and it was hard to bear, I first looked at myself to see where I was not in compliance with the Fa. Then I said to my tooth, “Tooth, I am a Dafa practitioner and a particle of Dafa. You are a part of my body, so you are also a particle of Dafa. You should recite with me ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ You should also assimilate to Dafa and not discredit Dafa.”
After I did that a few times, the tooth stopped hurting. I am over 70 years old, but I still have all my teeth and not one of them is loose. In fact, when I was in my 40s, I often had toothaches and two of them almost fell out. They were both fine after I started practicing.
The police sometimes knocked on our doors and harassed us in recent years. Some practitioners were frightened and some have become resentful, but those in our group had a different mindset. We would thank them, because, without tribulations, we cannot improve. It was they who provided us with a good opportunity to improve our xinxing, and they have been looking for opportunities to hear the truth.
This spring, my family traveled to a southern city, and they insisted on taking me along. We had to go by plane, and I didn’t want to go. First, it would waste time. Second, there was a mark on my ID card so they would know I was a practitioner. I had filed complaints against Jiang Zemin using my real name. I was worried that I would run into trouble at security before we boarded the plane.
My children were unhappy and insisted that I go with them. I agreed and then intensified my efforts to copy the Fa and send righteous thoughts. I thought, “My ID card is a Fa instrument, shining with golden light; all sentient beings are waiting for salvation; the staff on the plane will treat this practitioner well.” As it turned out, coming and going there were no problems going through security. My family was happy.
In fact, when we show our compassion and change human notions, nothing negative will happen, because many things are caused by Dafa practitioners’ thoughts.
By Copying the Fa, Miracles Occur
My eyes began to fail three or four years ago, and I had trouble making out characters, especially those with a lot of strokes. There were also signs of cataracts. I thought, “I am a Dafa cultivator—how could I be aging like this? Isn’t this to interfere with my studying the Fa? I absolutely refuse and deny it.” I decided to start hand-copying the teachings. I had two requirements for myself: a. Respect Master and Dafa and write clearly and neatly. b. I would find time to hand-copy the Fa without letting it affect my doing the housework, going out to clarify the truth, or studying the Fa with the group.
The first time I hand-copied Zhuan Falun, I used regular printing paper. I imitated the character style in the book. The more I wrote, the better my handwriting became and the more my eyesight improved. The second time, I copied the book on B5 paper. By the time I copied it the third time, my eyesight was completely normal.
I used the printing paper, folded in half, and copied four pages on one piece of paper, which is about the same as in a regular copy of Zhuan Falun. I have copied Essentials for Further Advancement, Essentials for Further Advancement II, and Essentials for Further Advancement III. Now I am copying Zhuan Falun Volume 2.
Cultivation is magical. When their eyes deteriorate, ordinary people dare not read much for fear of straining their eyes. However, my eyesight is getting better and better as I hand-copy the Dafa books. Now I can see very small characters clearly.
Overcoming Obstacles
I am convinced that if we believe in Master and Dafa and use righteous thoughts without human attachments whenever we encounter problems, there will be no obstacles that we can’t overcome. Master will be able to do things and resolve all difficulties for us. It is Master’s boundless compassion that protects his disciples and smooths the path of our validating Dafa and saving sentient beings.
Thank you, Master, for your compassion! Thank you, fellow practitioners, for your help and cooperation!
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