(Minghui.org) My cultivation journey in Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) began in June of 1998. I have been through many tribulations and would like to share a few concerning my family.
Just over a year after I became a Dafa cultivator, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its brutal crackdown on Falun Gong in China. My home environment became hostile. As a timid, simple-minded person, my husband believed the Party’s lies about Falun Gong and wanted me to stop practicing.
My husband asked me, “Are you still going to practice?”
I said, “How can I not practice something so good? All my ailments are gone—you saw this with your own eyes.”
He retorted, “It was time for you to get better anyway.”
Ignoring his negative attitude, I carried on practicing. Then he started hitting me, especially on my head. He tore up my Dafa books, smashed the tape recorder I used to play the exercise music, and followed me around all day.
Nothing my husband did could shake my faith. I would get up late in the night to do the exercises after he had fallen asleep. Unable to control me, my husband threatened me with divorce, but I refused. He even called four of my uncles to our house, and shamed me in front of them. He accused me of not taking care of our home, neglecting our child, and not being a proper wife.
I knew my husband’s irrational behavior was the work of the evil old forces in other dimensions, so I said to my relatives, “Uncles, you all know I used to get sick all the time and could not do much work. Now I am healthy because I practice Falun Gong and can do all kinds of work. Falun Gong teaches us to be good people! The self-immolation at Tiananmen Square was a hoax fabricated by the CCP to defame Falun Gong.” Seeing that I had made up my mind, my uncles all left and went home.
I did not want to keep getting up secretly in the middle of the night to do the exercises and needed a breakthrough. One day, my husband was writing at his desk, and I started doing the exercises next to him. This enraged him so he grabbed an ink bottle and started hitting me with it. I continued doing the exercises no matter how hard he hit me. I made up my mind that I absolutely must pass this hurdle.
Unable to deter me, my husband stopped hitting me. While I was doing the second exercise, the Falun standing stance, I felt my body get bigger and bigger, so large it was indescribable. Then my body gradually became smaller and smaller. The sensation was incredible! I knew I had done the right thing—Master was encouraging me! This experience further solidified my determination to cultivate Falun Dafa.
One day, I came home later than expected after visiting another practitioner. My husband yelled insults and scolded me with the most vulgar language from 7 p.m. until nearly midnight.
I was not moved and thought: “I owe you from the past, keep going—the more you curse, the faster I repay you.” Not only did I not get upset, but I felt a deep sense of calm. Finally, my husband got tired of behaving that way and went to bed. He later reported me to the police and two officers came to our house. I told them about the goodness of Dafa. They said, “Practice at home if you think it’s good for you. Just don’t go to Beijing.” Then they left.
In 2001, Master explained the Fa principle of sending forth righteous thoughts to clear away the old forces in other dimensions. It became clear to me that the evil specter of communism had been manipulating my husband to do bad deeds against me and Dafa. He was also a victim.
One night, my husband went to bed early, and I sat beside him, sending righteous thoughts. When he saw me there, he turned his back on me and covered his head with the quilt. Remaining calm, I asked Master for help to cleanse any interference from evil forces in all dimensions that were controlling my husband. I continued until around midnight, when my husband suddenly threw off the quilt. Tears were streaming down his cheeks.
“Why are you crying?” I asked him.
“I am sorry,” he said. “I treated you so badly, yet you still care about me.”
The evil factors that were controlling my husband had disintegrated, and his true self had awakened. That was the last time my husband interfered with my cultivation.
My compassion towards my husband emerged, and he looked pitiful. I said, “Don’t damage Dafa anymore; otherwise, how will you repay all the karma you created?” He lowered his head and did not say anything.
I often sent righteous thoughts on his behalf. He was later involved in two dangerous situations, but walked away unharmed both times under Master’s protection. My husband now fully understands that Dafa is good and that Dafa saves people. He sometimes even tells other people about it.
One time, my husband had pain from a kidney stone. I suggested he ask Master for help, so he said loudly: “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” The pain soon stopped, and the next morning he passed a stone that was the size of a barley seed. From then on, his face was glowing, and he started to regain weight.
I want to thank compassionate Master for saving my husband and keeping our family together.
My husband’s second eldest brother got divorced, and he had to raise his two sons by himself. Often in a bad mood, he spent his free time drinking alcohol. The two boys ate meals at our place or other relatives’ homes. In the wintertime, I made them warm clothes.
When they got older, they dropped out of school and often went to internet cafes. Worried about their future, their father wanted the second son to join the army. One of the rules for enlisting in the army was that nobody in the registrant’s household practices Falun Gong. Any family member who is a practitioner would have to write and sign a statement stating they no longer practice Falun Gong.
My husband said, “Tomorrow at 8 a.m., officers from the county police bureau and police station are coming. They want you to write a guarantee statement. The boy cannot join the army if you don’t write it, so what do you want to do?”
Just as my husband finished speaking, his eldest brother and his family came over. They begged me to write the guarantee letter. I said, “I worry about the child’s future as much as you do. You know what kind of person I am—it is not wrong for me to be a good person. The CCP wants to use this excuse to persecute me. Don’t worry, I will take care of this. Please go home for now.”
All of this was interference. While sending righteous thoughts for the entire night, I asked Master to help me. The next morning, I told my husband: “Nothing will happen, don’t be scared. Master is here, the Fa is here. I will not cooperate.”
I spent the day at my uncle’s house studying the Fa, sending righteous thoughts, and looking inward. I found the attachment of hatred hidden deep down. There were some grudges between our family and my husband’s second eldest brother. He never returned anything he borrowed from us, including money. I looked down on him and once harbored thoughts of taking revenge.
I said to the old forces: “I shall correct myself according to the Fa; you are not allowed to interfere. I only follow Master’s arrangements.” Then I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil elements manipulating the police and my family members.
That night, my husband phoned and said, “Come home, it’s fine. The people from the police bureau didn’t come.”
In the end, the child joined the army and the matter was forgotten. I am grateful to Master for arranging all this. I will increase my efforts in doing the three things well and return home with Master.
This is my personal understanding. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.