(Minghui.org) Before I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997, I had arthritis that started when I was 12. When it was severe, I had to crawl to and from school. My arms were stiff after I wrote and were difficult to straighten. Bone spurs developed in several finger joints.
When I began practicing Falun Dafa, the other practitioners and I walked over one li (about half a kilometer) every day to reach the Fa study and exercise site. I walked very slowly and with great difficulty because my legs hurt. I always lagged far behind.
After a week of studying the Fa and doing the exercises, as we walked to the practice site, I looked at the practitioners walking ahead of me and thought, “I can catch up with you.” From then on, I kept pace with them.
We needed to switch to a different practice site, which was about a kilometer away. Two days later, we switched to one that was even farther. I was able to walk there with the other practitioners.
One day in February, light snow was falling, and the temperature was below zero. We practiced the exercises outdoors. I wore thin shoes and inadequate clothing, and I shivered from the cold. After we did the exercises, my hands swelled. I wasn’t upset. Miraculously, from that day on, the pain in my hands disappeared, and my legs became flexible.
Because I’ve had joint pain since childhood, I never tried to cross my legs. When I first started meditating, even crossing them loosely was painful. But I kept one thought in my mind, “I will definitely be able to cross my legs.” Gradually, I was able to cross them, and later I could sit like that for half an hour. Now, each day, I study the Fa while sitting in the double-cross-legged position for two hours plus one hour of sitting meditation—I can sit with both legs crossed for three hours every day.
In 2015, I experienced symptoms of illness karma in my legs—it was so painful that I couldn’t sleep for three nights. My human notions surged, and I thought taking a walk might help. But after walking around, my legs hurt even more. At that moment, a righteous thought came to me, “This isn’t right. I am a cultivator. Cultivators don’t have illnesses—Master Li was eliminating my karma. Walking to help my legs was treating myself as an ordinary person.” From then on, I focused on Fa study, doing the exercises, and looking within. My legs gradually recovered completely. Thank you, compassionate Master.
When I first started practicing Dafa, I experienced dizziness, vomiting, and diarrhea, and I lay in bed for three days. On the fourth day, a Fa conference was scheduled in our area, and it was about one hour away by bus. A practitioner asked me, “Are you going?” Without hesitation, I replied, “Yes.” As soon as I boarded the bus, all the discomfort in my body disappeared, including the neck pain that had troubled me for years.
After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa in July 1999, I felt fearful. When I recognized this attachment, I immediately worked to eliminate it, and I rejected the old forces’ arrangements. With Master’s encouragement, I began going out to clarify the truth about the persecution to people. I also told all sentient beings in my dimensional field to remember “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
There was a neighbor I had advised many times to do the three withdrawals (from the CCP Party, Youth League, and Young Pioneers organizations), but he refused. As the Chinese New Year approached, I went to his home to give him a calendar that had information about Falun Dafa. He said, “I’ll take the calendar, but if you’re going to talk about that (the three withdrawals), you can leave.” I stayed calm, went home, looked within, and sent righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil factors in his dimensional field.
I went to his home a few days later. He said, “Your health is really good. You have had remarkable changes in your body over the years.”
I said, “My health improved because I practice Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa that teaches people to be good. Master also purifies our bodies.” The neighbor decided to do the three withdrawals for a safe and peaceful future.
Over the years, I hand-copied Falun Dafa’s main book Zhuan Falun 15 times, and I copied each of Master’s lectures given in various regions once. When I saw the characters in Zhuan Falun glowing, I knew Master was encouraging me.
I told a young man who came to my shop about Falun Dafa. I asked him to sincerely recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” which could save his life when disaster strikes and bring good fortune and blessings. The young man readily agreed and said, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. I’ll remember to recite this often.”
Later that day, he was hit by a car, but he was completely unharmed. He bought some gifts and came to my shop to find me. I wasn’t there at that time. He told my family about the miraculous experience of sincerely reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” as I suggested. I was gratified to learn that the young man received blessings and was safe.
My daughter and I went on a trip with a tour group. During lunch, I heard someone shout: “Someone has fainted!” Many people ran over to look. I put my palms together and asked Master to strengthen me. Then I went to the unconscious woman. Gently cradling her head in my hands, I leaned close and said, “Recite ‘Falun Dafa is good,’ ‘Falun Dafa is good.’” Then I repeated, “Recite ‘Falun Dafa is good,’ ‘Falun Dafa is good.’” When I said it the fourth time, the woman responded with “Mm.” I repeatedly asked her to recite “Falun Dafa is good,” and each time, she responded with “Mm.” After a few more repetitions, she sat up.
I bought 50 jin (about 25 kilograms) of flour. When I got home, I discovered it had gone bad—it had a faint moldy smell, and when I tried to make steamed buns, the dough wouldn’t rise. As a cultivator, I shouldn’t waste food. I said to the flour: “Remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’” I kept using the flour to make steamed buns and stuffed buns, and they all turned out wonderfully. My son ate the steamed buns and said, “This flour is really good—the steamed buns are delicious.” I replied, “It’s still the same flour.” We were amazed by Dafa’s power.