(Minghui.org) My husband and I are both 80 years old. We have practiced Falun Dafa for almost 30 years. We could write a book about our many experiences, but we will share just a few of them below.
My husband and I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. As soon as we learned it, we felt it was truly wonderful. No one had ever explained principles like: Where do humans come from? What is the true purpose of our existence? Where do humans go? Why should we be good people? How can we be good people? Why do people get sick? And, when we were confused about our problems, learning Dafa instantly opened a door for us. We were overjoyed and truly grateful to have been given the path to the ultimate truth.
From then on, we diligently studied the Fa and did the exercises daily. Unknowingly, our bodies became disease-free, very light and agile, and we walked so quickly it felt like flying. Now, our relatives and those around us comment on how youthful we look, and they say that learning Falun Dafa is beneficial. A taxi driver asked us our age. We said we were 80, and he was amazed. We told him we practice Falun Dafa.
One time, while bathing in the public bathhouse, someone asked me my age. I said I was 80. Another person asked, “Why do you not need anyone to accompany you at your age? It’s unbelievable.”
I always wear high heels when I go out. Many times, people catch up to me from behind and ask me how old I am. When I say 80, they don’t believe me. One time, as I was leaving a fellow practitioner’s home, he looked at me from behind and sighed, “How can she be 80? Most 80-year-old ladies appear hunched, let alone wear high heels. Falun Dafa has given her good health.”
Indeed, Falun Dafa can bring about miracles. As long as one follows the Fa teachings in Zhuan Falun, one will benefit.
We have a son and a daughter. Our daughter also practices Dafa and behaves very well. Our son is totally the opposite. We rented a stall in the market three or four times for him to run, but he failed each time. We bought a two-bedroom apartment in the city, which he secretly sold without our permission. I found out when I told him I was going to bring food to his home. He asked us not to come because he had sold the house. I was stunned and furious.
After selling the apartment, our son bought a smaller one. When I delivered food to him, he told me he had sold his apartment, too. His behavior drove me crazy.
When I returned home, I used the Fa principles to guide me. Being angry was definitely wrong, but I didn’t know which attachment was causing my anger. While offering incense to Master, we suddenly heard a loud noise. It sounded like a large rock rolling down a mountain (our home is halfway up a hill in the countryside). My husband and I were shocked. We went outside to see what it was, but saw nothing. We realized Master was enlightening us to let go of our attachments to personal interest and qing. Perhaps those two incidents paid back something we owed our son from a previous life. Gradually, we began to look past the incidents and stopped resenting him.
Our son’s marriage was also a difficult test for us. He married a rural widow with a six-year-old child. We weren’t happy about it at that time, and our relatives and friends expressed disapproval too. We referred to Master’s Fa. We didn’t know what kind of karmic relationship the couple had. If they were destined to be together to settle their accounts, we could be doing a bad thing if we tried to keep them apart. So we put aside our pride and prepared to treat them well after they were married.
My son turned to illegal lottery sales after he failed in business. He ended up losing a lot of money. After that, he and his wife fled to another city. His wife had taken out a loan in our name without informing us. The lender demanded that we pay the debt. Because we are Falun Dafa practitioners, we paid the 30,000 yuan she owed. Afterward, our son divorced her.
If we weren’t Dafa adherents, we would have demanded the money from our ex-daughter-in-law. However, as Dafa practitioners, we thought there must have been karmic ties for her to have married our son. Perhaps we owed her money in a previous life, and we settled our debt this way. Therefore, we shouldn’t hate her or fight like ordinary people. She still visited us during the Lunar New Year with her child. She knows that we, her ex-parents-in-law, are truly good people who practice Falun Dafa.
If we had not learned Falun Dafa, our son’s behavior would have driven us crazy. However, because we cultivate Dafa, Master Li has consistently guided us to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and our xinxing has continued to improve. Even though we had to live in a small house in the city during winter, we were not upset about it. Because we always put others first and have the Fa in our hearts, we remain cheerful even when facing the most difficult situations. People we meet say they admire us.
Falun Dafa has transformed us, fostering good health and harmony within our family. We also keep elevating our spiritual realms. By practicing Dafa, we have obtained a priceless treasure. In our future cultivation, we will be more diligent, so as to meet Master’s requirements.
Thank you, Master.