(Minghui.org) My husband and I both teach at the same vocational school. We were both in our early 30s when we started practicing Falun Dafa in November 1994. Before that, we were often dishonest. For example, we took items from our workplace home for personal use without hesitation. When applying for public transport reimbursement from our school, my husband and I would submit claims more than 10 times what we actually spent.
Teachers are responsible for preparing teaching materials and lesson plans. I avoided investing any effort in this area and just read the textbook in class. My lectures were always perfunctory and conducted in a rush so I could finish classes early and go home. In between classes, I spent my free time playing cards or ping pong with other teachers.
Before he started practicing Falun Dafa, my husband was a heavy smoker and an alcoholic. On one memorable occasion, he fell into a large pit after drinking too much. In line with the practices commonly seen at our school, his students would buy him cigarettes or treat him to lunch or dinner. Instead of working in the office, he would hang out with his students, making himself so scarce that sometimes no one could find him for work related matters.
After learning Falun Dafa, we found ourselves benefiting both physically and mentally. All of our ailments disappeared, and we learned how to be honest. In the communisty, at work, or at home, we tried to ensure our thoughts and actions met the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.
It has been 30 years since we first started practicing Falun Dafa. After seeing how it changed us for the better, my relatives started believing in Dafa and Master. They even chipped in to help us clarify the truth about the persecution, receiving many blessings as a result.
My Husband and Me
Not long after we began practicing Falun Dafa, I was put in charge of a class while my husband was promoted to become head of his professional teaching office. When the academic affairs office found themselves overwhelmed with work and unable to provide my husband’s department with adequate professional course teachers, the head of the academic affairs office decided to pass the workload on to my husband. He ended up teaching four professional courses a semester, consisting of 12 large classes a week (equivalent to 24 regular classes, with each class requiring 45 minutes of teaching time). Normally, each teacher only needs to conduct two large classes a week. After several years, my husband jokingly commented, “I’ve already completed my pre-retirement qualifications.”
Despite his heavy workload, my husband completed his tasks cheerfully, carefully preparing his lessons before diligently teaching his students. Although passing rates at vocational schools are not held to college entrance exam standards, because most students just want to earn a diploma, and student grades are not tied to teachers’ bonuses, my husband remained conscientious and did his best to deliver quality work according to the requirements of a Falun Dafa practitioner.
My husband is well known as an outstanding lecturer and writer. One year, a province-wide essay competition was announced, and prospective participants were given more than a month in advance to prepare their essays. Out of jealousy and a desire to win the competition herself, the colleague in charge of registering participants from our school deliberately withheld information about the competition from my husband.
Contestants were instructed to gather the day before the competition. While inspecting the list of contestants, one organizer realized my husband’s name was missing and asked in surprise, “Where is he?” The person in charge reluctantly told my husband to come. My husband reached the venue that night and was given a run-down of the essay competition, which was to be held the following day. My husband wrote his essay that same night without anger or complaint. The next day, his essay was awarded first prize.
One day, I visited my husband’s office and saw a stack of colored paper on his desk. In need of a few sheets for personal use, I blurted out, “I’d like some colored paper.” My husband replied without hesitation, “Go ahead.” As I reached out a hand, I felt the Falun (law wheel) in my lower abdomen move and immediately realized, “The Falun Master gave me actively adjusts for any incorrect state. I am a cultivator who should not take advantage of others! Although each sheet of paper only costs 10 cents, the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance remain regardless of the quantity stolen. These are the ironclad laws of the universe!” I shared my thoughts with my husband, who exclaimed, “You're right! I never thought of that before!”
One year, the school calculated our pay based on the number of hours we taught. In essence, the more classes we taught, the more we earned. During that time, I had a coworker who sometimes did not show up. I would cover her classes when she was absent, but when the school announced our teaching hours, I was surprised to find out she had more than me. Initially resentful, I later remembered that Falun Dafa practitioners are held to different standards than others. Moreover, the academic affairs office had already settled the accounts. Raising this issue would cause them trouble, put our school leaders in a difficult position, and embarrass my colleague. After some thought, I let go of the matter. If I had not been a practitioner, I would have appealed to the school, not just to rectify the compensation owed, but also to save face in front of my colleagues.
After taking charge of a class, I applied the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to my thoughts and actions. These same teachings were also helpful in subtly influencing and motivating my students. Initially chaotic and unruly, discipline in my class gradually improved to the point where students stopped fighting and lying and instead strove to learn. During self-study periods, my class would remain quiet even in the absence of a teacher, a phenomenon previously unheard of.
One year, our work unit initiated a program to provide housing subsidies to young teachers. The work unit would provide a fixed sum of money, which the teacher could use to buy a home in their location of choice. Additionally, we could claim reimbursement for heating expenses as long as we submitted receipts. The house my husband and I bought did not require payment for heating. As such, we did not submit any reimbursement claims, resulting in savings of more than 1000 yuan [$147] for our work unit each year. In the early 1990s, 1000 yuan was a significant sum. If not for our practice of Falun Dafa, we would have used our connections to fraudulently obtain a receipt and claim that amount.
After becoming Falun Dafa practitioners, my husband and I were recognized by all of our colleagues as good people. When the CCP launched its brutal persecution of Falun Gong, none of our leaders or coworkers betrayed us to the authorities or treated us differently. They continued to trust us, quietly protecting and caring for us in various ways. The principal once told me, “If you two aren’t good people, then it should be said that no good people work here!”
I have a colleague whose mother practices Falun Dafa. Despite repeated attempts by her mother, she refused to withdraw from the CCP. Yet, one year when the police arrested me, she immediately called her mother and said, “The Communist Party must be evil to arrest such a good person. I want to quit the Party!”
My Daughter
A Falun Dafa practitioner since a young age, my daughter would also like to share her cultivation experience:
“I encountered many miraculous scenes in my childhood. For example, whenever I lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), the flowers and bees on the patterned mat would come to life and move around. I also saw heavenly ladders, beings from other dimensions, and so on.
“I was six years old and playing in my maternal grandmother’s yard when I slipped and fell head-first into my grandmother’s vegetable cellar. I hung upside down, suspended in the middle of the hole with my feet kicking outside for a long time. My grandmother eventually came out, saw my feet sticking out, and pulled me up. My grandmother was terrified as the large round opening of the cellar had no barriers to prevent my fall. Yet, strangely, I did not fall down. When my mother found out, she said, “That was Master protecting you!”
“When I was in middle school, we were let out at noon one day, and I decided to cross the street to buy lunch. I didn’t see any vehicles coming, so I started to run across, but a motorcycle came hurtling round the corner and ran into me. When I came to my senses, the motorcycle was speeding away, leaving me standing, stunned. A classmate standing near the school starred at me with a terrified expression and stammered, “You…became…invisible just now...” At that moment, I realized Master Li had protected me!
“I can recall everything my teachers say and even the contents of textbooks in perfect detail. For example, people usually memorize a text by reading or writing it repeatedly. But I only need to glance at a piece of paper to imprint its contents in my mind. To recall its contents, I just read it from the ‘paper’ in my mind. I thought everyone could do this until I discovered how unique my skill was. I realized I was granted this ability because I practice Falun Dafa!
“Every holiday during family gatherings, my cousins would compare their exam scores. One of them once asked me, ‘How many subjects were you tested on in your final exams?’ When I replied, ‘Five,’ my cousin asked, ‘What was your highest score?’ ‘100.’ ‘And your lowest score?’ ‘100.’ My cousin was astonished.
“My grades are usually the best in the entire school. The school once held a writing competition, where essays from students in grades four to six were judged as a group. Even though I was in fourth grade at the time, I won first place. I also excel in sports. For example, I always win first place in cross-country races or long-distance running events at our school’s sports meets.”
My Younger Brother
As she grew older, my eldest niece fell in with bad people. Under their influence, she idled away her days and became addicted to drugs. She stayed out and only returned home to demand money from her parents, screaming and shouting when they denied her. She was even detained for drug use.
In anguish over her daughter, my sister-in-law cried so much her health deteriorated. Anxious and distressed, my younger brother contemplated suicide. He even knelt before his daughter and begged her to change her ways, but to no avail. Desperate, my brother consulted several fortunetellers, all of whom came to the same conclusion: that the child resembled a mountain fire, because both parents owed her a heavy debt from their past lives, and their daughter was destined to burn them to ashes [spend all their money]. Even if they sacrificed their lives, that would not be enough to repay their debt. My brother and his wife were utterly despondent.
In 2015, Falun Dafa practitioners initiated a movement to file complaints against Jiang Zemin for instigating the persecution. After I told my younger brother about this, he quickly submitted a complaint against Jiang Zemin, accusing him of violating the Constitution and persecuting Falun Gong. His complaint was published on the Minghui website.
Less than five days after my brother filed his complaint, my niece met a good man, quit drugs, and started being civil to her parents. The couple later got married and had a lovely baby boy. With no professional skills, the young couple was having trouble bettering their situation, until my niece came across an opportunity to become an agent for several cosmetics brands. She started earning more than 10,000 yuan ($1,474) a month. They now have two cars and a comfortable life. Two years ago, they welcomed their second baby boy.
Seeing their daughter quit drugs, build a happy family, and give them two grandsons was a miracle for my overjoyed younger brother and sister-in-law.
My younger brother was promoted to manager at his company and got a raise. He attributes all this good fortune to blessings from Falun Dafa. On New Year’s Day and Master’s birthday, he always sends his well wishes to Master. His wishes were twice broadcast on NTD Television. He told me, “From now on, whenever there’s an opportunity to send greetings to Master Li, I will participate.”
My Younger Sister
The times I was illegally detained, my younger sister tirelessly worked to secure my release. She gained a clear understanding of the CCP’s evil nature through her interactions with the police, while her exchanges with practitioners convinced her of the goodness of Falun Gong. She started listening to Master Li Hongzhi’s audio lectures while cooking or doing chores. As she grew increasingly fond of Dafa, she began telling relatives, friends, and acquaintances how good it was and the importance of quitting the CCP for their personal safety. Many people she spoke to voluntarily withdrew from the CCP. Whenever she encountered difficulties, my sister would act according to the principles of Falun Dafa.
Soon after she first learned to drive, her car scraped another relatively expensive parked car, leaving deep scratches. My sister drove off and didn’t much it thought. But then she remembered Master’s teachings about being a good person and realized, “One should take responsibility for one’s wrongdoings!” She turned around and drove back.
Several people were standing there inspecting the car. One of them saw her said, “Oh, you’re the one who drove away!” “But I came back,” she said. The traffic police were called, and my younger sister had to pay the other party 500 yuan in compensation. Fortunately, her car was insured, so the insurance company covered it. If my sister had run away and later been caught by the police, the outcome would have been worse.
My younger sister likes playing Master’s audio lectures at aloud at home. This inadvertently led to my brother-in-law overhearing and benefiting from them. My brother-in-law managed to quit his longterm smoking habit, to the surprise of his friends. A heavy drinker who would create trouble whenever he came home drunk, his drinking led to frequent arguments between him and my sister. After listening to Master’s teachings, my brother-in-law quit drinking. His sallow complexion became fair and rosy.
My Father and Other Relatives
One day, my 71-year-old father set out to walk to a nearby scenic area. Just as he was about to reach the main road, my younger brother drove up behind him and called out to him. Just as Father stopped and turned around to talk to him, a speeding car swept past both of them and overturned at the side of the road.
We found out later that the driver was drunk and incoherent. If my brother and had not appeared when he did, Father would have been hit by the car. My brother said in hindsight, “There was no urgent reason for me to drive after Father and call out to him.” After hearing about this, my family acknowledged it was Master who protected my father.
One particularly cold winter, my older brother was driving several of my relatives in a van to a distant mountain to visit Mother’s grave. Rural roads are typically less well-maintained, with snow accumulating in some places. As they were heading home, the van skidded at a sharp turn and fell into a ditch nearly two meters deep. The bottom of the ditch was lined with large rocks, and the car landed upside down.
It happened so quickly that the passengers inside the van had trouble figuring out what had transpired. My eldest niece was surprised: “Hey! How did we end up upside down?” Apart from a slight cut to her lip, no one else was harmed. One by one, they crawled out of the upside-down van.
My younger sister called her classmates for help, and more than 10 people soon showed up. They put heavy ropes around the vehicle and pulled it out of the ditch. Except for a small dent, the van was undamaged, even the windows. If the windows had broken, everyone would have frozen long before they reached home. My younger brother quickly drove back. After the initial shock, our amazed relatives said, “It was Master Li Hongzhi who protected us!”
Conclusion
Throughout these 30 years since we first started cultivating Falun Dafa, my husband and I have been free of illness and remain in perfect health. Master Li’s teachings elevated our moral standards and guided us on the path to being good people! My relatives have similarly benefited from the blessings of Dafa, and we consider ourselves the most fortunate people in the world!
