(Minghui.org) I was weak and in bad health when I was young. I suffered from migraines, back pain, stomach problems and varicose veins. I was not able to work. The hospital couldn’t cure my illnesses. Folk prescription didn’t help either. All my savings were spent on my medical bills. In the end I had no money to treat my illnesses.
Falun Dafa was introduced to my village in 1996. I was in my 40s then. People introduced Falun Dafa to me as I was in bad health. I read Zhuan Falun and found it was a good book. Though atheism was taught at school, old folks in my village often told stories about deities and Buddhas. I believed in my heart that deities and Buddhas exist. I was touched by Master’s teachings. Master used simple language to tell profound principles. Master said that we should become a good person according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and that illnesses were caused by karma that was accumulated life after life. The real purpose of life was to return to one’s original, true self. Falun Dafa is a cultivation way. I decided to start cultivation then. I felt very fortunate that I came across such a good practice. I felt delighted in my heart.
Master purified my body soon after I started practicing Falun Dafa. I recovered from all my illnesses. I could work on my farm and felt energetic all day. I started to spread the Fa in markets and festivals so that more people could learn it and benefit from it. As I studied the Fa more and lived my daily life according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, the Fa manifested more inner meanings to me. My outlook on life changed tremendously. I was immersed in the vast and boundless grace of Master.
Facing the Persecution
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. The CCP’s TVs, radios and newspapers fabricated lies about Falun Dafa. The vicious propaganda spread across every corner. They falsely accused Master and distorted the facts about Falun Dafa. I was not able to stay at home any more. I must let people know the truth and restore Master’s reputation. I must tell the government how I had benefited from Falun Dafa and why the persecution was wrong.
I decided to travel to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa in December 1999. I went with several practitioners by bicycle. Because there were check stations all the way to Beijing, I separated from them. My jacket was left in another practitioner’s bicycle. At night I slept in a field with corn stalks underneath my body. There was snow in the field. I curled up and shivered all over. Thanks to Master’s protection, I unwittingly entered into a comfortable state and felt warm. I didn’t feel cold at all. I experienced wonderfulness of Falun Dafa.
Before I arrived at the Petition Office in Beijing, I was arrested by the patrol police. Officers from my local police station went to Beijing to take me back to my hometown. I was detained for 15 days and was only given half of the amount of the meal of an inmate for each meal. They left me in the yard to freeze. One day I was handcuffed to a crossbar with only a sweater. They didn’t let me wear my thick coat. I thought to myself that great Arhat didn’t feel cold or hot. I stood in an exercising posture. Soon I felt warm and again entered into an indescribably comfortable state.
One day the director of my local police station interrogated me. I didn’t cooperate with him. He ordered a policeman to slap me repeatedly. I was not moved by the slapping. I didn’t feel any pain. The policeman felt exhausted at the end and complained of a headache and toothache. I saw his face was disfigured. I realized that Master protected me and transferred the karma to the perpetrator.
One day the director called me outside and kicked my legs with his police boots repeatedly. But I didn’t feel any pain. Thanks to Master’s protection, I managed to get through it.
In a windy winter day, the policemen took off my cotton coat and handcuffed me to a truck railing and paraded me through the village. They hung boards on the two sides of the truck. Many people looked at me when the truck went through a market. I shouted loudly, “I am neither a thief nor a bad person. I practice Falun Gong and become a good person because of the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.” The police officers tried to stop me. I continued shouting. They smashed my head onto the big loudspeaker in the truck repeatedly. I felt like I was thrown against soft cotton. I didn’t feel any pain. Master protected me and was by my side all the time. Master bore the karma for me.
On another occasion I was detained for one month after I went to Beijing to appeal for the justice for Falun Gong. The guards sent me to a mental hospital for a physical examination. They planned to send me to a forced labor camp. The examination indicated that I suffered from late stage hepatitis B. The labor camp didn’t accept me. I was released immediately. I realized that Master protected me again.
Looking back at my cultivation journey during the past 20 plus years, Master has been protecting me on every step of my cultivation.
Thank you, Master, for your compassion! Without Master, I would not have walked on my cultivation path this far. I hope that practitioners will cherish this rare opportunity, study the Fa more, look within, firmly believe in Master and Dafa, understand the Fa principles, and cultivate in the Fa until completion.
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