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1. Starting to Practice in Dafa, Returning to One's Innate Nature
One autumn day in 1998, a Falun Gong practitioner at the place where I worked lent me a copy of Zhuan Falun. It was a weekend and I read through it without stopping. I thought it was excellent. I had glaucoma, and, due to the pressure in my eyes, usually if I read for more than half an hour, my eyes hurt terribly. But this time they did not hurt at all.
The same practitioner lent me tape recordings of Master Li Hongzhi's lecture in Jinan and gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun. After that, every morning, I got up at 2:40 a.m. and did the exercises for two hours. Afterwards, I listened to the lectures while cleaning the house. In the afternoon, I studied the Fa with the practitioner at work and at 8 p.m., I would begin the sitting meditation.
During that time I had so much energy that even if I did not sleep, I did not feel tired. My entire mind and body were immersed in the Fa. I felt that I was the most fortunate person in the world—as if a happy event had occurred. I was like a lost child who had finally returned home after many years.
Although I was not old, before I started to practice, I suffered from all kinds of illnesses. After practicing Falun Gong, my illnesses disappeared. I regained my health, my temperament improved, and I worked with enthusiasm. All these blessings came from Dafa.
2. Going to Beijing to Validate the Fa
On July 20, 1999, the communist regime began to persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples. I, who had benefited from Dafa, did not wish to hide at home and not stand up for Master and Dafa. For several days, I felt terrible. If I went to Beijing, I could lose my job and my family. Worse still, I might even lose my life. My child was still young, but if I didn't go, I was letting Master down! My husband saw my misery and said, “Go if you want to.” I did not expect him to be so supportive and I was very touched.
The situation was really bad in Beijing. There were police everywhere, both in plainclothes and in uniform. In front the huge iron gate outside of the appeals office, there was a very long line of people seeking appeals. I joined the line. The iron gate did not open. Instead, a group of plainclothes police came and began to ask everyone, one by one, what they were there for. A police officer took me to my city's Beijing liaison office.
An officer in his 50s began to question me. He asked about my family and work situation, then said, “You have such a great family. If the country forbids you from practicing, then stop practicing. You should not go against the government.” I told him how I had regained my health after starting the practice. He and two other officers said, “Falun Gong practitioners are all good people”.
At night, two police officers chatted with me. One officer said that initially he did not understand much about Falun Gong. He said, “A lad came to appeal and I hit him till his face was swollen. My arm hurt for several days afterwards. Later, an old lady came to appeal. She was a professor. She talked to us about Falun Gong and I then understood what Falun Gong is. If I come across any more practitioners I will not beat them again. Falun Gong practitioners are remarkable!” The two officers had great respect for me. They made a bed for me using chairs and even gave me one of their blankets.
The next day, two people who looked like high ranking officials came to pick up practitioners from their work place. I told them about my experiences in practicing Falun Gong. We spoke very calmly, and they were eager to hear what I had to say.
On March 26, 2000, I was taken into custody and held at the detention center. I had never felt so calm before. I had stood up for Master and for Dafa. While in a half-awake state, I saw things that looked like black ants all over my legs crawling towards the sole of my foot. Upon reaching the ground, they disappeared. I knew this was Master removing a lot of my karma. I was detained with a dozen practitioners in the same room. We studied the Fa and did the exercises together. We also explained the facts about Falun Gong to other detainees. I was detained for 50 days, and during this period, I kept memorizing the Fa. Gradually, I had a clearer understanding of the principles. Master has taught us everything. It is just that we had not enlightened to it before. We kept telling the prisoners the facts about Falun Gong, and after observing our speech and actions, the prisoners knew that Dafa was good. They stopped abusing others and getting into fights. They even recited Hong Yin with us and helped to protect Falun Gong books. Some said that if they knew about Falun Gong earlier, they would not have ended up in prison. The inappropriate behavior that the police had gone through such great effort to stop was rectified through Dafa.
3. Dafa Saved My Family
In May 2005, I discovered that my husband was having an affair and I openly spoke to him about it. He admitted that he was wrong but did not want a divorce. He asked me to forgive him. I said, “I can forgive you but you must cultivate Dafa! Only Dafa can change you. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. What's troubling is if you don't change for the better.” He was very touched and resolved to cultivate in Dafa with me. After he began practicing, he returned home on time every day after work, studied the Fa, did the exercises, and stopped treating our child coldly. Everyone said he had changed into a completely different person.
When my husband first started to practice, his body always emitted the smell of dog feces. We knew that Master was helping him eliminate many bad things! With great emotion my husband said, “Cultivation is truly a great blessing! If not for Master, our family would have broken up and I would have been destroyed, too.”
On May 22, 2010, in the afternoon, I received a phone call, “I accidentally hit your son. Please come quickly.” My first thought at that time was: Master will protect him and everything will be all right. My husband and I arrived on the scene and saw our son and his classmate standing on the side of the road. My son said, “I'm all right,” and walked over to show me. The flesh on his arm was torn in two areas and a small tuft of hair on the crown of his head was missing off. His pants were torn open from the crotch all the way to the ankle. His classmate was crying, and said, “I was behind him and saw what happened. There was a loud sound and he was tossed into the air. He turned a few times in the air and landed on the ground. I thought he was dead.” The driver quickly came over and asked me what I wanted to do. I told him I was a Falun Gong practitioner and that my child was all right, thus I would not extort money from him. I asked him to repair my child's bicycle. The driver asked how much I paid for the bicycle. He wanted to pay for it. I told him it was newly purchased for 400 yuan. He said he had only 200 yuan. I replied 200 yuan was all right. With that, we brought our child home. When my friends and relatives heard that my child was badly hit and yet was all right, they all exclaimed he was protected by Master and that Dafa was indeed miraculous. Our family is truly fortunate.
4. Master Unlocked My Child's Wisdom
Nowadays, families in China are only allowed one child, so I have a very strong attachment of sentiment towards my child and I was very attached to his academic results. However, things did not turn out according to my wishes. The more I tried to help, the worse his results. I did not know what to do. This went on until his mid term exams. I was forced to let go of my anxiety and follow Master's arrangement.
When I let go of my attachment, my son changed, and he did better and better in his exams. In the end, he got into a good high school. This was beyond our expectations. After the exams, my child said to me, “Before, the more you worried about me, the more I was suppressed. However much you let go, is how much I could improve. When you let go of it completely, I was liberated. Now I can remember everything the teacher taught in class and with one look at the exam questions, I know the answer.”
My child's intellect improved by leaps and bounds after he went to high school. He came in first in his class and was in the top 20 in the whole school. At a parents' meeting, the head teacher of his class praised him saying, “Your child is outstanding. He is very sensible and is good at drawing and carving.” In fact, my child's ability to draw and carve is inborn. He has never attended any special classes. My child's intellect improved tremendously within a short period of time. It is Dafa that unlocked his wisdom and he changed completely. My child amazed my relatives: Falun Gong is truly remarkable.
5. Relative Benefits from Practicing Dafa
I have a relative named Xiao Hong. She became ill in January 2007 and could not sleep or eat. She went to the hospital and was diagnosed with a spinal condition. She had to go for an operation and could not do heavy chores.
When Xiao Hong's younger sister, Xiao Hua, phoned and told me the bad news, I suggested that she let her sister listen to Master's taped lectures. After listening to Master's lectures Xiao Hong could stand up by leaning against the wall. She said, “I will cultivate in Dafa and leave everything to Master!”
Xiao Hong's husband and relatives brought money to pay for her operation. Xiao Hua did not want her to have the operation and both parties had a big fight over the issue. I had a discussion with the doctor. As Xiao Hong's illness was not life threatening, could the doctor give her some time to try Falun Gong? Falun Gong is miraculous and improves one's health and fitness. If she became better through the practice, she would not have to go for an operation and it would save her money. If things did not get better, it was still not too late to have the operation. The doctor agreed to my suggestion.
The night that Xiao Hong came to my house, a female practitioner came to see her. She shared her experience in recovering from her illness through practicing Falun Gong. Four or five days later, a practitioner whom I had not seen for six or seven years came. Coincidentally, she had previously suffered from the same condition as Xiao Hong, and, on top of that, she had other illnesses as well. Before practicing she spent most of her time in the hospital, but after practicing for three months, she recovered completely. Xiao Hong's faith in Falun Dafa became more firm after hearing these testimonials.
About half a month later, Xiao Hong could walk normally. Then I taught her the exercise movements. Every day she sent righteous thoughts with me and she was very diligent. In a few days, she could meditate for one hour in the full lotus position. After she started to practice, she looked younger and everything returned to normal. The doctor came and saw her transformation. He kept saying Falun Gong was truly extraordinary and that this was something hospitals could not accomplish.
When her relatives saw that Xiao Hong had changed into a different person, they asked: “She has recovered so quickly—where was she treated? She must have spent a lot of money getting cured!” Xiao Hong quickly replied, “I did not spend a single cent. I recovered through practicing Falun Gong.” Everyone agreed that Falun Gong can treat illnesses and is a good practice. They all decided to practice in the future.
Several years passed by in a flash. Last autumn I went to see Xiao Hong. She told me she has been in good health and did not need to spend money on treatments. There are many chores in the village, and she is busy from day to night, yet she does not feel tired at all. In the last few years, her husband was not as fit as before and could not do heavy chores. Xiao Hong took over his work and became the main labor force. Her son said, “My mother would have died if she did not practice Falun Gong. I will not listen to anyone who says Falun Gong is bad because my mother is a living testimonial. I'm not afraid to say Falun Dafa is good to anyone.”
From the Call for Submissions to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction
