(Minghui.org) Master eliminated my karma when I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. I vomited for two days and nights and I had a fever. I wasn’t worried, no matter how uncomfortable I felt, I got through it—when I wasn’t vomiting I practiced the exercises because I knew this was how Master was helping me cleanse my body and eliminate karma.

Except for my skin condition which improved by 90 percent, all my other illnesses were resolved. I felt light and full of energy, and I was much thinner. My world view changed, and I felt like a completely different person. This was the first blessing I received after I began cultivating: I felt reborn.

I usually went out on weekends to tell people about Falun Dafa. I had a sense of purpose in life, hope for the future, and I knew to measure my every thought and action according to Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. I felt fulfilled, joyful, and happy. Bathed in the light of the Fa I was able to do good deeds, and I did not seek recognition.

For example, in addition to teaching classes, I was also in charge of the hygiene for the entire school. Our school had a teacher’s bathroom which is indoors, and the student toilets were outdoors. When the temperature dropped in winter, the frozen urine had to be scraped off the outdoor toilets. The school leaders asked the male teachers from the sports department to do this, but they refused. They said it was dirty and tiring. When I saw no one volunteered, I did. It was cold, and the frozen urine splashed everywhere, but I silently cleaned the toilets so the students could use them.

The indoor restroom became blocked, and the excrement started rising from the sewer. It eventually covered the floor. The school tried to hire someone to fix it, but no one was willing to take on the job. The principal was very anxious. I thought, as a practitioner, I should think of others in such situations. I should follow Master’s teachings. If others won’t do it, I will. When everyone else went home, I borrowed two buckets from a homeroom teacher. She offered to help, but I told her, “You’ve taught all day and you must be tired. Please go home and rest. I can handle it.” I cleaned for more than two hours. When I went home I could still smell the foul odor on myself, and I hadn’t eaten dinner.

The next day, the principal was deeply moved when he heard what I did. He said practicing Falun Dafa made someone so good. This change in myself was another blessing I received from practicing Falun Dafa.

I used to be a very domineering person, someone who wouldn’t back down even when I was wrong. I was very tough and had a strong fighting mentality. After I practiced Falun Dafa, I understood what Master said, “… as a practitioner one should not fight back when being punched or insulted ...” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun).

My coworkers could see from my behavior that practicing Falun Dafa could change a person. At work, I always measured myself by the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, and everyone said Falun Dafa is good.

When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting practitioners, the higher-ups ordered the school leaders to transform me, but they said, “How can such a good person be transformed? What would we transform her into?” So, they did not aggressively persecute me.

I continued to measure myself by the standards of a practitioner. However, I had a lot of fear due to my previous experiences during the Cultural Revolution. My father was labeled a “capitalist roader” and I was dismissed from school for eight months. I understood how ruthless the CCP could be when it targeted people. The school leaders feared I would go to Beijing to appeal, so they had someone keep an eye on me and they wouldn’t let me go home. Winter break just started, but I had to stay at the school. My Fa study and my practicing the exercises were interrupted, and I lost contact with other practitioners. I was upset, in a bad mood, and I lacked righteous thoughts. Those days were very hard to endure.

Some practitioners were illegally arrested in 2011. I was exposed and my house was raided by the police. My Dafa books and truth clarification materials were confiscated, and I was arrested and sent to the police station. I was later transferred to a detention center.

There were only two other practitioners there. The inmates were involved in prostitution, drugs, theft, fighting, human trafficking, etc... Clarifying the truth to them wasn’t easy. Some of them refused to listen, and I only managed to help a few quit the CCP. When I wondered why, I realized it was because I looked down on them. I thought they were scum, instead of seeing them as people who hoped to be saved.

I was interrogated twice, but I remained silent. The police were furious and kept saying, “She should be sentenced!” I thought, “You don’t decide. Master decides.” The moment I entered the detention center, I sent forth righteous thought—I told myself that under no circumstance would I implicate other practitioners. I asked Master to strengthen my righteous thoughts.

I asked Master for help as this is not the place for a practitioner. I wanted to study the Fa and go out to tell people about Falun Dafa. Under Master’s protection and with my family’s efforts, I walked out of the detention center after 19 days. After I got out, my family, fearing police harassment, told me to go far away.

While I lived in another place Master arranged for a practitioner to find me and we studied the Fa together. I was also able to receive truth clarification materials. During a time when I was experiencing serious sickness karma, when I was about to give up, fellow practitioners came to help me. They sent righteous thoughts, helped me look inward, and read the Fa with me. They encouraged me, saying: “As long as you have faith in Master and the Fa, Master will take care of you.”

Master saved my life once again, and I passed the tribulation of sickness karma, walking steadily to today. Thank you, Master, for your salvation! Thank you, fellow practitioners, for your help!

I’ve cultivated for 29 years. Without Master’s protection along the way and the selfless help of fellow practitioners, I would never have overcome the huge sickness karma and the persecution of the old forces. I wouldn’t have the life I have now. What a huge blessing this is!

My tears flow when I think about the difficulties and hardships Master endured. Master has given me a new life—I went from a person burdened with karma, to someone who understands the principle of looking inward when facing tribulations. How great is Master’s grace!? I can only follow his teachings, cultivate myself well, and do the three things well, in order to lessen Master’s burden.

Thank you, Master!

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