(Minghui.org) I am in my 70’s and have been practicing Falun Dafa for over 26 years. I have gone through many ordeals, and gained a new life after I started practicing.
It happened 30 years ago, at my work place. I was accidentally hit on the head by a wooden crate, and passed out. When I came to, I was in the hospital. I had a concussion and could not work. We had several children to look after, and my family’s financial situation was not good. We could not make ends meet. Later, I was diagnosed with advanced cirrhosis of the liver, and nearly lost my life. I couldn’t eat for more than 20 days, and was emaciated.
A work colleague visited me, and introduced me to Falun Dafa. At that time, I couldn’t read any books, and only watched Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) teachings on video. When I watched the fifth lecture, I began to vomit, and what came out was foul-smelling rotten meat. I vomited while watching the video. Strangely enough, I did not feel uncomfortable, and the more I vomited, the more relaxed and better I felt. In addition, I was more energized. I was hungry and wanted to eat. I ate some dumpling, and then I fell asleep. My body and spirit improved daily. I thought: This Falun Dafa is so good, I must practice it.
I purchased the book Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa. As soon as it arrived, I saw a Buddha on the front cover talking to me, but I couldn’t understand what the Buddha said.
When I was a child, my family was poor. I didn’t receive much education and couldn’t recognize many words. Studying the Fa was very difficult for me, and I kept asking my children about the words I didn’t know. Eventually, they became annoyed with me. However, I was not discouraged, and kept studying the Fa. I finished reading Zhuan Falun in four days. Master’s Fa reached my heart, and I tried to be a good person, a better person, just as Master tells us to do.
I have been studying the Fa and doing the exercises every day, cultivating my mind to be a good person, according to Dafa’s standard. I am in a good mood, free of illness, and happy every day, and I no longer have any worries about illness and pain. Dafa has given me a second life!
On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a widespread suppression of Falun Dafa, slandering Dafa and Master, and frantically arrested practitioners. I firmly stood by Dafa and was arrested six times by the police. Every time I was arrested, my home was searched, which made my family tremble in fear. Whenever the authorities made a move against me, it would trigger an already lingering fear in my husband. The CCP has greatly harmed the Chinese people.
I developed symptoms of a stoke in 2012. My two daughters rushed to my home, and insisted on taking me to a hospital. I knew that am a Dafa practitioner, under the watchful eye of Master. Master allowed me to become a practitioner, and I had nothing to be afraid of. My condition was the result of paying off karma. I told my family not to be afraid, and that I would be fine in a few days. I did not go to the hospital.
My mind was not clear, and I had no control of my mouth or legs. I could not study the Fa or do the exercises. When other practitioners learned of my situation, they wanted to help send forth righteous thoughts for me, but I politely declined. Practitioners’ righteous thoughts are used to eliminate the evil that persecutes Dafa, and my own hardships must be corrected by myself—my righteous thoughts could do that.
I tried to keep myself awake, not allow the false appearance of the illness karma to scare me, and at the same time, I sent forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil factors that were interfering and persecuting me in other dimensions. If the illness was a result of the karma that I had generated, I would have to bear the hardship for the debt I owed.
I was back to normal in less than a week, without going to hospital, or spending money on medical treatment. It was Master who once again protected me!