(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) at the end of April 1997. Under Master Li’s compassionate protection, I have made it safely to this day.
In August 2008, I was crossing the road on my bicycle when a speeding car hit me and knocked me down. As I lay there, I felt around for my belongings and found my bicycle basket, my keys, and a pumpkin that had been smashed.
Two young men got out of the car and offered to take me to a hospital. I replied, “I’m fine; there’s no need. I can ride my bike home on my own. I saw your car was quite far away when I went to cross. How did you end up hitting me?”
They replied, “We were going too fast and couldn’t stop in time.”
“You can go. I’ll get home on my own. I practice Falun Gong and won’t try to extort any money from you.”
One of them remarked, “I don’t think you can actually ride your bike just now.”
I swung my leg over the seat, got on my bike, and said, “I’ll show you that I can.” It was only as I rode off that I noticed the bystanders who’d been watching the scene unfold.
On the afternoon of October 3, 2024, I was riding my bicycle and approaching an intersection when a food delivery courier on an electric bike came rushing toward me from the opposite direction.
I jumped off my bike just as he whizzed past, brushing right up against me. I was a little shaken and upset. A man on a bike behind me said, “Why didn’t you tell him off?”
“Perhaps he was running late with a delivery and feared getting a negative review. Once someone gets a bad rating, they can’t earn as much money. These delivery couriers have a tough life, and I don’t want to add to their troubles.”
The man persisted, “You were lucky you jumped off in time! Just a few days ago, two bike couriers collided, and someone actually died. You should have yelled at him.”
I smiled and said, “You’d better be on your way. I’m off now.” That day alone, I witnessed two other traffic accidents, but thanks to Master’s protection, I again emerged from the incident safe and sound.
Cultivators Have Few Negative Thoughts
Since I began practicing Dafa, the negative thoughts in my mind have diminished significantly.
In the winter of 2012, I was on my way home from work just as it was getting dark. A man in a yellow military-style coat was sitting hunched over on a large rock near the road. He reached out to ask me for money, so I gave him 10 yuan.
He told me he hadn’t eaten for three days, so I gave him another 10 yuan. He then added that he needed to return to his hometown to visit his parents’ graves. When I took a closer look, his face bore the marks of hardship. I saw he was travel-worn and didn’t strike me as a fraud.
I thought to myself that, during this period when Dafa is being widely spread, no one should be left to starve or freeze to death. I asked him how much money he needed to get back to his hometown.
He said he needed 120 yuan. I then gave him 150 yuan. Suddenly, he dropped to his knees and asked for my name. I replied, “I practice Falun Gong.”
By this time, a few people had gathered to watch. A couple gave him three flatbreads and a nearby restaurant owner called out, “Hurry up! You can still catch the last bus!” Only then did the man quicken his pace and head toward the bus station.
Another time, as I was walking, I came across an elderly woman—likely in her 80s—sitting on an overturned bucket. When she saw me, she reached out her hand for me to help pull her up. Without a second thought, I grabbed her and lifted her to her feet.
An elderly man standing nearby remarked, “So many people have walked past, yet no one paid her any mind.” I asked, “Why is that?”
He replied, “What if she were to fall down? Someone would feel they were liable.” I simply said, “I didn’t think that far ahead!”
I was once out for a walk with the elderly woman I was taking car of when a car pulled up beside us. The people inside asked me for directions to a hospital, so I tried to point out the way.
One of them suggested, “Why don’t you just hop in and show us?” There were two men and a woman inside the vehicle. I instructed the woman I was looking after to sit by the side of the road and wait until I returned.
When the elderly woman’s family found out about this, they were astonished: “Weren’t you afraid those people might kidnap you?”
Her teenage granddaughter exclaimed, “I simply cannot fathom why you would dare get into their car! Let me tell you, even a five-year-old child knows better than to get into a stranger’s car!”
I replied, “I didn’t really think about it. I just imagined how anxious I would feel in a strange city, where I didn’t know the way! Who wouldn’t hope for someone to help out when they’re lost?”
Reflecting on the incident afterward, I recalled that, before taking this woman out, I had read this passage in Zhuan Falun: ““The Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and harmonizes everything.”” (Lecture Three, Zhuan Falun). We carry a righteous energy field and, consequently, the people around us will not harbor malicious thoughts.
“She Hasn’t Even Taken So Much as a Sewing Needle From Us!”
I took great care looking after this woman. I cleaned her room every day, and, whenever the weather was warm, I took her outside for a stroll in the morning and again in the afternoon. I also ensured her meals were well-balanced and varied.
This was especially true when her grandson was taking his college entrance exams: I made sure I prepared good meals.
Both the woman and her family held me in high regard. When I was persecuted in a forced labor camp and when I was harassed by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents, they always gave me me their steadfast support.
In 2010, the woman’s daughter was summoned to the labor camp where I was illegally detained. The officers there alleged that I was petty and opportunistic, implying that I must have stolen items from her home. But she responded firmly, “She hasn’t even taken so much as a sewing needle from us!”
The officers were left speechless. They had intended to coerce the woman’s daughter to pressure me to “transform,” but their scheme came to nothing.
In November 2021, a year after the CCP began the “Zero-Out” Campaign, (a renewed crackdown on Falun Gong practitioners launched by the 610 Office and the Political and Legal Affairs Committee) several Party agents came to harass me. But both the woman’s daughter and community officials stood up to the agents, saying I worked hard and cared deeply for the elderly.
I have come to realize that, amidst conflicts, only by looking inward to identify my own shortcomings can I rectify my relationships with others and truly achieve genuine xinxing elevation.
Twenty-nine years have passed since I started practicing. And were it not for Master’s compassionate protection, I would simply never have made it to where I am today. No words can adequately express my gratitude to Master—I can only repay his kindness by cultivating diligently.
Category: Cultivation Insights
