(Minghui.org) I am in my 70s and have been practicing Falun Dafa for 30 years. I used to suffer from numerous health problems, including vertigo, severe pharyngitis, and persistent headaches. My blood pressure was often high, sometimes reaching 180 mmHg. I experienced constant tinnitus, and my digestion was weak, leading to loose stools regardless of what I ate. Weighing only 88 lbs I felt extremely weak and was unable to perform daily tasks. My poor health affected my mood, and I would often lose my temper and swear at others.
After I began practicing Falun Dafa, Master Li purified my body, and all my illnesses disappeared. I felt healthy and energetic and my temper improved as well. I was as joyful as a child and told everyone I met, “Falun Dafa is wonderful. It has miraculous healing power.”
In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners and fabricated lies to slander the practice. I thought, “Falun Dafa is a wonderful practice, why does the government suppress it? Why should teaching people to be good following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance be slandered? The government must be wrong. As someone who has benefited from the practice, I must tell people that Falun Dafa is good, and teaches people to be good by following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance; that my teacher is innocent; and that the suppression is wrong and the propaganda on television is false.”
Each day, I went out to talk to people about Falun Dafa. When I received materials that explained about Falun Dafa and the persecution, I packed a large bag of them and visited different villages to distribute the information.
However, due to my limited understanding of the Fa, I considered doing such tasks as cultivation. The old forces took the advantage of my shortcomings and persecuted me. I was arrested and my home was ransacked three times. This caused great distress to my family, especially to my daughter. Unable to understand the situation, she developed very negative feelings toward Dafa.
After I was released from the labor camp, my daughter did everything she could to stop me from cultivating. She refused to let me leave the house or make contact with other practitioners, and would become angry whenever she saw me doing the exercises. She threatened several times to cut her wrists and kill herself, even going so far as to hold a knife against her wrist.
I tried to explain Falun Dafa to her, but she refused to listen and became angry as soon as I started talking. I realized that I needed to improve myself, that I had much karma to eliminate, and that the Party’s persecution frightened my family.
I continued studying the Fa, and looking inward for my attachments, and continued working on improving myself to the standards of the Fa. Gradually, my daughter’s extreme behavior lessened, and she began to allow me to read the Fa and do the exercises at home. However, if she found out that I went out, she still got angry. Our relationship remained cold and distant, and for years she refused to call me “Mom.”
She did not understand what Falun Dafa was, or why it is important to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Furthermore, she didn’t want to hear me talk about it. I was at a loss for how to proceed. Despite my efforts to change myself, I felt I could only reduce her resentment toward me, without really helping her to understand Falun Dafa, or recognize the evil nature of the CCP. Ultimately, I could not convince her to quit the Party.
Shortly after COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan City, my daughter contracted severe pneumonia, known as “white lung.” She suffered severe respiratory distress and was hospitalized, eventually falling into a semi-comatose state. I became her primary caregiver, preparing her meals, delivering them to the hospital, feeding her, and tending to her daily needs. (Editors note: In China, family members are often responsible for caring for hospitalized patients.)
My daughter was visibly moved and asked, “Mom, you haven’t been vaccinated, aren’t you afraid of being infected?”
I replied, “I have Master’s protection and I am immune to it. I’m not afraid.” And indeed, I was not infected during the whole period. This left a deep impression on her. I then asked, “While I was in the labor camp, did you ever have negative thoughts about Falun Dafa? Did you defame Master? Did you destroy Master’s picture and the ‘On Dafa’ scripture I kept on the wall?”
After many previous denials, she finally admitted her mistake, and she seemed to realize the gravity of her actions. I said, “You’ve defamed the Buddha’s teachings and committed a serious sin! How could you not suffer retribution for the sin you committed? Yet Master is compassionate and he protected you. He used this tribulation to eliminate your karma and awaken you. You would otherwise have lost your life.”
I asked her, “Do you want to get better? You must truthfully admit your mistakes, apologize to Master, write a ‘Solemn Declaration’ acknowledging your wrong doing, sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,’ and quit the CCP and its organizations. Only then can Master save you.”
My daughter said sincerely, “Master, I was wrong, please save me!” Then, I explained to her in detail about Falun Dafa, why one should quit the Party, and why I go out to talk to people about Dafa. My daughter listened attentively.
She remained in the hospital for about two weeks and was discharged before being fully recovered. After returning home, my daughter sincerely wrote a “Solemn Declaration” addressing her awakening to the truth about Dafa, and then quit the Party’s organizations. She sincerely recited “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and read through Zhuan Falunonce. Her illness soon completely disappeared.
Now my daughter wholeheartedly supports my practice of Dafa and encourages me to go out to clarify the truth to people. When she is home, she affectionately calls me “Mom” and our house is filled with laughter. She works in the food industry, and whenever fellow practitioners need to buy food, my daughter kindly delivers it to their homes after work. The practitioners all say that she has changed dramatically. Thank you, Master, for saving both my daughter and me.
Through today’s sharing I want to tell people that cause and effect are absolutely real; that bad deeds must be repaid, and that all the disasters and misfortunes that people encounter are self-inflicted. I especially want to tell those who are still defaming Falun Dafa and persecuting Dafa practitioners, to awaken to the truth about Dafa while there is still time. I also wish to remind everyone that Gods and Buddhas are compassionate, and that Master has been patiently allowing all sentient beings opportunities to realize the truth, using various means to awaken them. My sincere hope is that all people can recognize the truth about Dafa, quit the Party and its organizations, respect the law of cause and effect, and uphold kindness. Only then can they receive Dafa’s salvation. Believing that “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” will bring them a bright future!
