(Minghui.org) One day, many years ago, a young man from another town told me, “You will become a cultivator someday.” I didn’t believe him and even cursed him. However, I did become a cultivator years later.

I started practicing Falun Dafa in 2005. I’m in my 70s now and have come across several little but amazing things on my journey of cultivation. I would like to share some of these experiences with my fellow practitioners.

I was a heavy smoker for more than 40 years before I started cultivating. I smoked two packs of cigarettes every day, and even smoked when I woke up in the middle of the night. I was an alcoholic for 30 years. I once had a drinking competition at a gathering and drank alcohol as if it were water. It took me a whole week to recover. Whenever I got drunk, I cussed and smashed things. My wife was upset with me, but couldn’t keep me under control. After my son got married, I didn’t like some of my daughter-in-law’s behavior and wouldn’t talk to her. My family relationships were tense. Despite being overbearing at home, I was obedient to my parents.

I suffered various diseases from the time I was in my 40s, including a lumbar disc herniation, a bone spur, cervical canal stenosis, and asthma. I couldn’t turn my neck. None of these diseases could be cured. I had to take a lot of medicine to keep them under control.

A friend of mine introduced Falun Dafa to me in 2005. I thought I wouldn’t be able to quit smoking and drinking, because I had tried and failed three times before. However, I was unexpectedly able to quit as soon as I started my cultivation. I was completely amazed! Soon afterward, all my diseases were gone. My temperament and personality improved, too. I started talking with my daughter-in-law. My family no longer had to watch my moods. We enjoyed a harmonious family atmosphere.

Having witnessed how drastically I had changed, my family became appreciative of Falun Dafa and supportive of my cultivation. After the persecution was launched, I was thrown into a forced labor camp twice. My family visited me in the labor camp. My wife didn’t blame me and brought me good food she had cooked for me. No one in my family tried to persuade me to give up my cultivation. My daughter has read Falun Dafa books. She has reminded me to cultivate my speech when I have said something bad about others. My son bought me an electric tricycle so that I could go out to clarify the truth.

One day in 2019, a fellow practitioner and I were making books of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and The Ultimate Goal of Communism, when four policemen broke in. The books were all over my home, but I didn’t have a bit of fear. I pulled the lead police officer into my room and told him the truth about Falun Dafa. He didn’t say a word and left with the other three. A young policeman told me to hurry up and send the books somewhere else before he left.

I didn’t want to leave any opportunity for the police to commit any sins against Falun Dafa, so I hurriedly moved the piles of books. The same group of policemen came back while I was moving the books. The head officer asked me to give him a book. I gave him a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. He smiled and didn’t say anything. I said, “You can build a lot of mighty virtue if you leave us alone, but any participation in the persecution would be terrible for you and your family.” He smiled and left with the other three. After I finished moving everything, they visited me one more time and never came back again.

I was arrested by the police when I went to a neighboring county to clarify the truth of Falun Dafa. I was charged with undermining the implementation of the law. The procuratorate attempted to sentence me to two and a half years in prison. I refused to sign and insisted that I was innocent. They couldn’t answer when I asked them how I had undermined the implementation of the law. I was eventually released.

I went back later and clarified the truth to them. They told me that my arrest record had been cleared. I also visited the police station that had sent the police to arrest me and clarified the truth to the director. Before I could finish talking about the degenerated morality in society and Falun Dafa’s being widespread across the world, the director said he knew about the degenerated morality in society. He retreated to another room, told me to go home, and even pointed in the direction of my home.

Sentient beings are awakening. Thank you, Master, for your compassionate salvation and protection! The only thing I can do is to cultivate myself diligently.