(Minghui.org) I am in my 40s now and can ride my bicycle six to ten miles without any problem. I haven't had the need to see the doctor or take any medicine for over 10 years. This is because I have been practicing Falun Dafa. I often say, “I am looking younger by the day and feel better as I grow older.”

Plagued with Illnesses

When I was in my 20s, I had an irregular heartbeat, severely low blood sugar levels, and a backache. The low blood sugar made me feel very weak, even after the doctor gave me insulin. I was tired most of the time and irritable. If I got angry, my heart rate increased dramatically. Life was very tough for me and I didn't know what could be done about it.

By the time my child was three years old, I was 27 and confined to bed for most of the time. One day while I was in bed, I saw my daughter playing happily on her own. I thought to myself, “My health is so bad. If I passed away, what would happen to her?” The thought of this made me cry, and my daughter saw me. She did not know what had happened but it scared her and made her cry. She rushed over to me. I embraced her and told her that everything was fine, but I couldn't stop my tears.

I was a regular visitor at the local hospital but did not see any improvement in my health. While waiting for a bus to go home one time, I saw a sign, “Experienced Chinese Doctor.” I went to see him. I did not have enough money to buy all the medicines he prescribed, so I asked the doctor to leave me with just enough money to purchase my bus ticket, and I would buy the rest after returning home. It turned out that the person selling bus tickets was new on the job. A mistake was made and I was given the wrong ticket. I didn't have enough money to get home.

Witnessing the Power of Dafa

1. My mother quit smoking

My mother was visiting me when volunteers from a local Falun Dafa center were offering people the chance to watch the Falun Dafa nine-day lectures. My cousin asked my mother to attend, and she did. I didn't want to go because I didn't believe that listening to lectures could help. My mother had been addicted to smoking for many, many years. When we asked her to quit, she would say, “I would rather quit eating.” The only way to get her to stop smoking for a while was to offer her fruit.

After attending the fifth and sixth lectures, my mother bought a pack of cigarettes and my father-in-law gave her another pack. When she finished listening to the seventh lecture, she returned one of the packs to my father-in-law, saying that she wouldn't smoke anymore because it didn't taste right. We were very surprised and couldn't believe the change in her attitude. She was true to her word and didn't smoke anymore, and was very happy when she went home.

2. Miraculous changes happened to one of my aunts

After my mother returned home, she told her sisters about the lectures. One of her sisters had a serious case of arthritis. She had difficulty with her fingers and legs. After seeing what happened to my mother, the sisters decided to learn the Falun Dafa exercises. They lived about six miles from me.

When they heard that the nine-day lectures were to be offered in my area, they decided to come over to listen to them. At lunchtime my mother told me that one of my aunts could not use chopsticks because of her arthritis and that I should give her a spoon. Indeed, I could see that she had very little control of her fingers, even with a spoon. I was also told that she had to stop many times along the way to my place to massage her legs.

After about three weeks my aunt came again to listen to the lectures. I prepared a spoon for her but she said, “I don't use spoons anymore. I can handle chopsticks now.” I couldn't believe it and looked at her with a doubtful eye. Everyone at the table was looking at her. She showed that she could control her fingers to use the chopsticks! My mother quickly added, “This time she didn't need to massage her legs either. In fact, she walked ahead of us.” Everyone laughed and was happy for her.

Blessed by Practicing Falun Dafa

After my mother started to practice I began, too. I saw what happened to many people around me and changed my original views about Falun Dafa. I read the book Zhuan Falun carefully and understood that one should follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and become broadminded and tolerant and not complain. It is also necessary to have high moral standards and be unselfish. This is not easy to do but I decided to give it a try.

After reading Zhuan Falun several times I understood that all negative events in life are caused by karma, which in turn is caused by a violation or misuse of the laws of nature. The real purpose of life is to learn and understand the true nature of human beings. My view about life gradually changed as I continued to read the book. Now I understand that I should treat everyone with honesty and compassion.

As I continued to read and do the exercises, my views gradually changed to align more closely with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and my illnesses gradually disappeared.

It is Falun Dafa that has purified me physically and spiritually. This is why I feel so great. I believe honesty and compassion are fundamental to Chinese culture. Good and evil will be rewarded accordingly. In ancient China, people in high positions were tolerant and compassionate. It is the communist culture that has destroyed traditional Chinese culture, leading to serious cases of corruption and decline in moral standards. The only hope for China is to return to the practice of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.