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Greetings, revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I am 69 years old and was fortunate to start practicing Falun Dafa in March 1998. Before that, my eyesight was very poor. Everything was blurry, and I could barely see a meter in front of me. I was almost blind. I also suffered from depression, insomnia, headaches, dizziness, inflammation of the gall bladder, and other ailments.
After studying the Fa and practicing the exercises, these stubborn ailments vanished without a trace. I am now healthy and full of energy. Having cultivated for over 20 years, I have steadily progressed to this day under the protection and blessings of Master Li Hongzhi. Taking this sacred Fa conference as an opportunity, I wish to share my cultivation journey and insights with everyone.
Once Blind and Illiterate, I Can Now Read Dafa Books
I am from the countryside. There were many children in my family, and life was hard, so I never went to school and could not read or write. When I first started to practice, I could only watch the videos of Master’s lectures.
At that time, fellow practitioners gathered in my home to study the teachings together. After watching Master’s lectures, we would read the Fa teachings. At first, I listened as others read, but soon I grew anxious and longed to read the Fa myself. But I couldn’t read, and I couldn’t even make out the characters—what could I do?
But this was truly my wish, so I asked, “Master, I want to read the book, too.” The next day, I told the instructor that I wanted a copy of Zhuan Falun. The instructor asked if I could read it. I said, “Yes.”
So a fellow practitioner got a copy of Zhuan Falun for me, and I was so delighted to have it. Even if I didn’t recognize a single character or couldn’t see it, I was determined to learn to read Zhuan Falun and all of Master’s writings.
With determination, during group Fa study, I followed along word-for-word, tracing each character with my finger as they read. When I later encountered unfamiliar characters, I would ask my husband what they meant. Eventually, he taught me how to look them up in the dictionary. I finally managed to read Zhuan Falun and, eventually, Master’s other books as well.
During this time, my eyesight gradually started to improve, and things went from being blurry to clear. After studying the Fa for a year and a half, my eyes were completely healed! This is the miraculous power of Dafa!
Negate the Persecution, Return Home with Dignity
On July 20, 1999, after Jiang Zemin, the former CCP leader, launched a brutal persecution of Falun Dafa, I went to Beijing with fellow practitioners to petition for justice for the practice and for Master. Falun Dafa teaches people to be good, and its practitioners cultivate themselves according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, to become better individuals. What crime is there in that?
On two separate occasions when I went to Beijing, I was arrested and forcibly returned to my hometown for detention. After being released from the detention center, since there was no other way to petition, I began to distribute and post truth-clarifying flyers and stickers. I was also repeatedly arrested and held in brainwashing centers.
In January 2001, around the Chinese New Year, during my last detention in a municipal government brainwashing center, another practitioner and I escaped by scaling the wall in the middle of the night.
Afterward, we lost contact with our fellow practitioners, and returning home was unsafe, so we became homeless. Later, we were fortunate enough to reconnect with practitioners in another city, and I learned that Master had published a new article, “Suffocate the Evil.” With the help of these practitioners, we found accommodations and continued distributing truth-clarification materials.
After being displaced for some time, I recited something Master said—“The Dafa disciples ascend to the highest heavens and, presiding over Heaven and Earth, rectify the human realm” (“The Foretelling,” Hong Yin II)—and realized it was time to return home.
Master also taught us: “If you can let go of life and death, you’re a God” (“Fa Teaching Given in New York City,” Teachings at Conferences in the United States). Dafa disciples follow the righteous path, and Master decides everything! What evil could match that? With Master as our guide, I denied being homeless and returned home with dignity.
Firm Righteous Thoughts, Overcome a Family Tribulation
I planned to go home, but first I went to find my son to ask about the situation at home. He said, “The very night you escaped, Dad was arrested and detained at City Hall. The next day, they interrogated him about your whereabouts. He didn’t know where you were, so he couldn’t tell them, so they beat him.
“Mom, when you get home, no matter what Dad says, don’t argue. I don’t know what those government people told him, but he came home, saying he’d find you and kill you. That’s why I’m not going home, either.”
I thought to myself, “No matter how well or badly I have cultivated, Master will protect me.”
The persecution of Falun Dafa and its practitioners has also affected their families.
When my husband was arrested, he was unjustly beaten and intimidated, leaving him seething with anger. When my son, daughter, and I returned home, my husband looked at me and said, “Why did you come back?” The three of us said nothing and went straight to the kitchen to cook. When the meal was ready, I called my husband to eat, but he wouldn’t. He told the children, “Leave. I’ll threaten to kill her and see if she chooses Falun Dafa or me.”
When the children refused to leave, he pressed a knife to my chest and ordered me to choose. I recited something Master said: “if your mind can be imperturbable there will be nothing you can’t handle.” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s),” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II) I declared, “I choose Dafa!” He asked me three times, and I gave him the same answer every time. Despite the situation, I felt not a shred of fear.
Seeing that he couldn’t intimidate me, he tossed the knife on the floor, declaring he wanted a divorce. I replied, “Fine, let’s take care of it after we eat.” After the meal, he said, “Let’s go.” Just then, both the children seemed to want to say something, but I waved my hand to signal them to stay silent. Then I followed him out the door to get a divorce.
On the way, he suddenly said to me, “Let’s go see your parents first. Once we’re divorced, I won’t be able to see them anymore.” I seized the moment to say, “I’m telling you this even though we’re divorcing: You suffered while I was away. Take good care of yourself from now on. Sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’”
When we got to my mother’s house, she and my sister-in-law were standing at the door. My sister-in-law said, “Oh, you two are here!”
I said, “We’re getting divorced and came to see Mom and Dad first.”
When my brother heard that, he rushed over and snapped, “You’re divorcing my sister, yet you still come to see Mom and Dad? Just leave!” He kept my husband from entering the house.
My mother asked him why he wanted a divorce, and he replied, “Falun Dafa.”
This riled them even more, and they said, “You’re lucky your wife practices Falun Dafa!”
Surprisingly, my husband went along with them and told me, “If they want you to practice Falun Dafa, I won’t interfere. I won’t care where you go to study or practice. I won’t divorce you.”
I said, “Our home is a practice site. I’ll invite them over to study the Fa and practice the exercises.”
He said, “Okay. I won’t interfere with what you do for Falun Dafa; I’ll even help you.”
When we got home, the children were crying. My husband said, “Don’t cry, I won’t divorce your mother. We just went to your grandma’s house.” They stopped crying.
With Master’s blessings, I steadfastly maintained my righteous thoughts and overcame this challenge.
Rebuilding a Material Production Site
Under the influence of Dafa and Master’s immense compassion, my husband became a completely different person. He fully supported my practice of Dafa, helped me set up a truth-clarifying material production site, and helped to distribute materials to save people.
The day after I returned home, several practitioners came over to study the teachings and do the exercises, and my group's Fa study site gradually resumed. Although some fellow practitioners were still hesitant to come to my house, we never missed a single day of group Fa study, accepting as many as would come.
Two weeks later, I wanted to reestablish our home-based material production site. I asked my husband, “While I was away, did you let them take the equipment?”
He replied, “Not a single thing was taken. Everything’s still here. Both you and our son had been arrested—of course, they were going to come to our house. I locked the door, didn’t sleep all night, and hid everything.”
I burst into tears. When he asked me why I was crying, I said, “You did such a good job, you’ve suffered so much, thank you.”
“These machines cost money, how could I let them take them away!” he said. Just like that, we easily rebuilt the material production site.
After that, whenever we were studying the Fa or making materials, my husband would keep watch outside. If anyone approached, he’d knock on the door. When the front door and back of the house were clear, he’d help us pack the materials. He was very capable and worked with us seamlessly. Fellow practitioners were happy for me. Together, we went out to put up stickers and distribute flyers, hoping more people would understand the truth and be saved.
In the group environment, fellow practitioners improve their xinxing quickly and help each other overcome difficulties. For years, under Master’s protection, we have done the three things steadfastly to this day.
Overcoming Sickness Karma by Believing in Master
In 2020, I suddenly began to shake all over and started coughing up blood, red clots of blood. Unable to read or study the Fa, I put on headphones to listen to Master’s lectures. Later, I drifted into a dazed state and passed out. When I woke up, I begged Master to save me, but I soon passed out again, knowing nothing more.
I don’t know how long it was before I woke up again. I called out to Master to save me, shouting repeatedly. That day, I lost consciousness three times. When I woke up, I was still wearing headphones, listening to Master’s teachings. I declared loudly: “I reject the arrangements of the old forces. Master decides everything about me. Wherever my cultivation is lacking, I will rectify it through the Fa. I firmly reject anything from the old forces. Please, Master, take charge of me.”
Later, I struggled to get out of bed and stood in front of Master’s portrait. I put my hands together and said, “Your disciple is determined to go home with you. I will correct myself and improve myself in the Fa. I will definitely follow in Master’s footsteps and go home with Master.”
I strengthened my righteous thoughts, persevering in studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts daily. My health improved by the day, and within two weeks, I overcame this life-threatening ordeal of sickness karma.
I sincerely thank our compassionate and magnificent Master for giving me a second chance at life!
(Selected Submissions to the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)
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