(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) in 1996 when I was 22 years old. By chance I had met two classmates who were cultivating in Falun Dafa. They told me that the practice was very good and invited me to study the Fa with them.
At that time, I had no existing faith and no idea what being a cultivator meant. I just wanted to go there and find out more. I was astonished the first time I listened to them reading the Fa. Dafa is extraordinary and yet I had never heard of it.
Dafa changed my worldview. I realized that the things I had previously admired and pursued were negative and wrong. I wanted to become a good person—an even better person who conducts themselves according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. From that point on, I embarked on the path of cultivation.
Validating Dafa With My Demeanor
One day in 2003, I went to the bank to withdraw some money. I withdrew 8,000 yuan with my passbook and returned home. When I checked my passbook later, I realized the balance was unchanged and the 8,000-yuan withdrawal had not been deducted from my account.
I returned to the bank and told the cashier what happened. She checked her computer and could not see any record of the withdrawal. She thanked me for informing her about the mistake. I told her that I cultivate Dafa and do not take advantage of others. I have come to understand the principle of “no loss, no gain,” and strive to be a person who considers others at all times.
I once ordered a basic model washing machine, but the store delivered an expensive high-end model with a built-in dryer. I called the store to explain, but the salesperson didn’t believe me and asked for the model number. They checked and realized they had made a mistake. They were very grateful and thanked me on the phone. I did not dare to say on the phone that I practiced Falun Gong.
Another time, I bought gift sets for Chinese New Year and noticed there was an extra gift. I immediately returned it to the store. The store owners were very surprised and a nearby customer couldn’t believe there were still good people like me. I told the store owners that I was a Falun Dafa practitioner and wouldn’t take advantage of others. I clarified the truth to both store owners and helped them quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Incidents like this happened to me frequently and are very common among Dafa practitioners. However, demonstrating upright behavior like this is extremely rare in today’s morally declining society.
Knowingly Losing Vested Interests
I got married a few months after I started practicing Dafa. Before I married, I was spoiled. I didn’t need to do anything at my parent’s home and was also not capable of doing anything. My in-laws’ family are very hardworking people and own restaurants and breakfast stalls. I was not good at housework or conversation, so my parents-in-law looked down on me. I tried my best to follow Dafa’s principles, but I had no work experience and really couldn’t do anything well. It was really tough! I got up at around 3 a.m. to help make tofu pudding and then sell breakfasts from a cart in front of the restaurant. My mother-in-law was not happy with my work.
A few years later, my father-in-law passed away from a stroke and then my mother-in-law also suffered a stroke. Although she treated me poorly, I maintained a practitioner’s mindset and tried my best to take care of her. I talked to her and bought her favorite foods and snacks. I also asked her what I could do to improve and tried hard to do better, although my progress was slow. She was very touched and stopped being judgmental toward me. After that, she shared everything with me and became even closer to me than her own children. My kindness had finally dispelled her prejudice against me. Instead, whenever she talked with other people, she would praise me, saying, “My daughter-in-law is wonderful. She treats me so well!”
However, life is unpredictable. In 2011, my husband suddenly passed away from a heart attack, leaving me and my mother-in-law behind. On the day my husband passed away, many relatives on his side came to our home and asked my mother-in-law to live with her daughter. My mother-in-law did not want to leave and told them I treated her better than her children did. Hearing this, all the relatives left, including her uncle-in-law, who said, “A daughter-in-law like that is so hard to find! A mother-in-law who chooses her daughter-in-law over her own daughter—you can’t find anyone else like that around here.”
The third day after my husband passed away, my sister-in-law and her husband showed up with a group of gangsters, demanding I hand over the family assets. I stayed very calm, said they could take whatever they wanted, and I would care for my mother-in-law if she didn’t want to leave. They were was speechless. They had expected a fierce battle over the division of assets, but I handled the situation so calmly that they all just left. I later heard the gangsters saying that the woman of the house practiced Falun Gong and refused to fight over any of the family property. This story spread throughout the neighborhood where my husband’s relatives lived.
The family property included two single-story houses and the ground floor of another building. I lived in one of the single-story houses. It wasn’t worth much at that time so they didn’t want the house. The ground floor of the building was worth 300,000 to 400,000 yuan, so they took it. I even gave them the passbook for about 20,000 yuan in rent I had paid, which surprised my sister-in-law.
My sister-in-law was very angry that her own mother didn’t want to move in with her. She knew it was morally indefensible to take all the property while her mother didn’t live with her, and that this also violated national law. I felt very sad seeing how distorted human nature becomes when dealing with money. I told her to just let her mother stay with me, but she insisted her mother go with her. Maybe she was afraid I would change my mind and ask for the property back!
I couldn’t bear to watch this scene, so I went outside for a while. Later, I heard my sister-in-law tricking her mother by saying I was waiting for her in the car, and that was how she finally took away her mother. The poor elderly woman passed away within half a year.
Although I felt a sense of injustice, especially when money was tight, but I am a Dafa practitioner, so I can take these matters lightly. Everything happens for a reason and I just let fate take its course.
Later, I was told that my mother-in-law wanted to see me before she passed away. I was very sad to hear this as I didn’t know she was sick. I am very grateful for Master. I could not be burdened by worldly things and live an easy life. I am writing this to validate the greatness of Dafa.
Experiencing a Miracle During a Tribulation
A practitioner and I went out to clarify the truth in the winter of 2024. On our way back, I fell hard on a patch of ice. As the back of my head hit the ground, I felt a buzzing sensation. When I got up, the practitioner asked if I was alright. My first thought was that I was fine. The practitioner helped me up and offered to take me home, but I insisted on walking by myself. Seeing that I seemed alright, she went home.
However, my legs felt like cotton wool and had a mind of their own. Somehow in that moment, I was suddenly at home while still in a daze. I asked my family how I got home and they checked to see that my electric scooter was there. I then told them what happened.
I touched the back of my head and felt a large bump. I kept asking my family how I got home. They thought I’d lost my mind after the fall. Then I quickly realized a miracle had happened and Master had brought me home! If I were a non-practitioner, wouldn’t I have suffered a concussion from hitting my head on the icy ground? My legs felt all wobbly so I couldn’t have ridden my bike home. Master brought me through another dimension, and I was home in an instant. I couldn’t believe it; it was incredible! Master has always been protecting and blessing me.
