(Minghui.org) I suffered from many illnesses before I obtained the Fa. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and Dafa saved my life. I cultivated my xinxing, and Dafa saved me a second time from a severe car accident.
Cultivating Dafa and Getting a Second Chance
It was well known that I had poor health when I was about 50. I had hepatitis B, uterine leiomyoma, rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, and other ailments. I was hospitalized several times, but there was no help for me. I was told that I had thyroid cancer.
My mother died of lung cancer at the age of 33, and my younger sister died of breast cancer when she was about 40. I thought I would die, too. I pretended to be calm, but I was miserable. I told my husband to prepare for my funeral.
My doctor suggested that I take chemotherapy after my second surgery. I knew how painful it would be and lost hope. My aunt came to visit me from another city. She brought me a copy of Zhuan Falun and told me it was a magical book. I did not completely believe her. However, when I started to read it, I couldn't stop. I finished the whole book without a break. I suddenly felt that my mind was clear and my spirits were lifted. It was what I had searched for for years.
Master helped me purify my body the next day. I vomited and had loose bowels for two days. But I felt that my body was light. I studied the Fa and practiced the exercises from then on. All my ailments were gone. My family members and colleagues said that Falun Gong was magic. I have never taken medicine since.
Another miracle occurred a few months later. One day, I had a backache and lower abdominal pain when I was at work. I went home, lay down, and tossed in pain all afternoon. I went to bathroom in the night and noticed I passed a piece of tissue. The next day, I passed another piece. I collected both pieces.
My husband and I went to hospital and asked a doctor who had been my classmate to take a look on the tissue. She asked if I had had a surgery for uterine fibroids. I said I hadn't. She asked me where I got the tissue, and I told her what happened. She told me they were uterine fibroids. I knelt down and cried: “Thank you Master! Master cleansed my body.” My husband said, “It is a good thing. What are you crying for?” I said, “My appreciation is beyond words. You don't cultivate. You can never understand.”
Overcoming Xinxing Tests
Soon after I obtained the Fa, our company had a managers' meeting. Although the company president didn't name me, everyone knew that I was the one he criticized. I was angry initially and thought I should fight back after he finished speaking. However, Master's words appeared in my mind. Master said in Zhuan Falun:
“You can move up only by developing gong solidly, improving yourself constantly, and assimilating to the characteristic of the universe.”
How could I forget I was a cultivator? I should be tolerant. I gradually calmed down.
I said nothing in the meeting. However, I was angry again after I went home. All kinds of attachments arose. I worked diligently, but I felt I was treated unfairly. My anger grew and grew.
I stood in front of Master's picture and laid out my complaint. Master still looked at me compassionately. I said, “I am sorry, Master, but I really cannot let it go. I will come back and cultivate well after I fight back.” I suddenly saw that Master seemed to be upset in the picture. I was shocked and quickly ran into kitchen. I realized I had done wrong; otherwise, Master would not be upset with me.
I studied the Fa and searched inwards. Master said in Zhuan Falun:
“But normally when a problem arises, if it does not irritate a person psychologically, it does not count or is useless and cannot make him or her improve.”
“Accordingly, in your future cultivation practice you will run into all kinds of tribulations. How can you practice cultivation without these hardships? If everyone is good to one another without conflicts of interests or interference from the human mind, how can your xinxing make progress by your only sitting there? That is impossible. One must truly temper and upgrade oneself through actual practice.”
I suddenly realized this was a hint to me to improve xinxing. I said to Master in my mind, “I was wrong. I know what to do now.” I made my thinking right and adjusted the state of my mind.
I acted as if nothing had happened when I went to office the next day. The company president said to me, “I know you are someone who would argue a point to the end. I didn't expect you to be so broadminded.” I smiled and said, “Do you want to know why?” I told him my experience after going home the previous day. He was skeptical and said, “Is that true?” I said, “Don't forget. I cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” He said, “I believe you. It turns out that I dodged an argument with you. I should thank your Master!” I said, “Yes.” And then both of us laughed.
I truly felt happiness after improving my xinxing. And the company leaders trusted me even more and thought highly of me.
Dafa Saved Me from a Car Accident
My husband has a bad temper and often curses at others. Previously, I often fought with him. After I started to practice Falun Dafa, however, I followed Master's words and demanded of myself that I be tolerant. At the beginning, I had tears in my eyes. But, gradually, I ignored what he said. However, I didn't truly upgrade my mind. I didn't get rid of the attachment to arguing with him.
In 2007, I had a fight with my husband. I slammed the door and went out on my bicycle. I was hit by a car at 7:30 a.m. I fainted and didn't regain consciousness until the doctor had shaved my hair and was about to open up my skull. My son told me that I had been hit by a car.
I said to my son, “We must go home immediately.” I fainted again. My head was swollen, and x-rays showed blood in my brain and a fractured skull. The doctor advised my son to permit the surgery. He said that my life was in danger otherwise. My son said, “My mother is a cultivator. She said no surgery. I will listen to my mother.”
I woke up on the next day and wanted to go home. However, the driver who hit me said I couldn't leave; he would not take any responsibility if I left the hospital. I told him, “I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I would not ask you to pay anything.” Finally, he said, “If you insist on leaving, we have to get a notarized letter saying I won't be liable.” He spent 600 yuan to get a letter and agreed to help me leave. I firmly believed in Master and believed in Dafa. I put down thoughts of life and death. I chose to leave the hospital.
The third morning, I was sent home on a stretcher. During the two days that I was in the hospital, other practitioners gave copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to the driver, his family members, and the leaders of his company and clarified the truth about Falun Gong to them. The driver said, “If I had hit a non-practitioner, I would be broke. Why are you so nice?” The practitioners told him that Master taught us to be good people and that he would understand if he had a chance to read Zhuan Falun. He was grateful and even left us his phone number.
After going home, I read Zhuan Falun and practiced meditation as long as I was clearheaded. I could get out of bed to practice the movements five or six days later. I recovered in less than two weeks. I went to visit the driver with other practitioners. His whole family was shocked and thought it was a miracle. His mother-in-law also wanted to practice Falun Gong.
My Reflection on Cultivation
I reflected on what happened to me after the accident. I realized that it was not eliminating karma or paying off a debt, but the evil persecution. I had cancer before becoming a cultivator. My life had been extended by Master since the day I obtained the Fa. If I could not cultivate well, especially if I could not cultivate well on the path of Fa-rectification, the evil would persecute me at any time with all kinds of excuses – such as I haven't been able to pass xinxing tests for a long time; I don't give up extreme attachments; I cannot do the three things well to validate the Fa; I don't truly deny the old forces' arrangement completely. If the old forces think a person cannot reach consummation based on their standard, they will take his life.
Cultivation is serious. One's moral character, or xinxing, must reach a certain standard. We are safe only when we walk righteously on the path of cultivation and obtain Master's protection. We will fall behind if we do not strive forward to catch up in Fa-rectification. We went through billions of years of tribulations before we were lucky enough to obtain the Fa. We should strive forwards.
This lesson cleared my head. I calmed down and studied the Fa. The more I study, the better I will know what to do. I realize some issues I have at the current stage. I will strengthen my main consciousness and search inwards at all times. I will have sufficient righteous thoughts. In this way, I can stride forward on the path of Fa-rectification.
