(Clearwisdom.net) I am very honored to be a Falun Dafa student during the Fa rectification period, and to be able to assist Teacher in validating the Fa. I would like to talk about my twelve years of practice to our honored Master and to my fellow practitioners.
1. Predestined to Receive and Practice the Fa
In 1996, one of my female colleagues introduced me to a book called Zhuan
Falun. I immediately read thirty six pages nonstop. After I had read the
entire book for the first time, the principles of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" took root in my heart. The book
gave me a shock because there had been many unanswered questions in my life that
were constantly nagging me, and I found the answers to all of them in Zhuan
Falun. I finally understood the meaning of life. I was then determined to follow
Teacher and follow the path of cultivation to consummation.
2. Falun Dafa Has Purified My Soul
From then on, in all aspects of my life, I have conducted myself according to
the standards of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." I am a doctor
with a heavy workload. In this materialistic society, people put money above all
else and struggle to pursue it. The hospital setting is especially prone to
lapses in ethics: People accept outright bribes (given in red envelopes in
China), or accept so-called "gifts" or an invitation to dine out. Many
doctors write prescriptions for drugs from pharmaceutical companies from whom
they receive royalties. They do not consider cost or benefit to patients; they
simply will not write a prescription unless they get kickbacks. Their monthly
wages of 2,000 to 3,000 yuan pale in comparison to the tens of
thousands they can make in kickbackds from pharmaceutical companies. Indeed,
after a few short years of practicing, they can usually earn enough money to buy
a luxury car and live in a big house.
In contrast, I try to live according to Teacher's guidance, and try to be a
good person and act responsibly towards my patients. I choose the most
economical and best treatment options, keeping the welfare of my patients in
mind. I know that patients are suffering when they come to the hospital and I
try my best to treat them right away. When rehabilitated patients and their
families come with gifts to thank me, I refuse to accept the gifts and instead
tell them about the requirements Dafa followers have to fulfill and let them
know the wonderful things that Dafa has brought me. Patients and their families
are usually very moved by my conduct. They also feel very lucky to have been
treated by a doctor who practices Dafa and tell me that they will remember that
"Falun Dafa is good." They express the desire to become good persons
and have let me know that they despise the Communist Party officials that
persecute good people. Some have agreed to do the "Three Withdrawals"
in order to obtain a bright future.
On one occasion, another doctor at work encouraged me to prescribe a certain
drug that comes with royalties; instead, I smiled and prescribed a cheaper,
generic drug. This doctor called me stupid in public. He was incredulous and
said that it was incomprehensible how anyone could refuse a kickback in this day
and age.
I am almost fifty years old but I have never yet accepted any commission from
a drug company. Although other doctors are enjoying living their wealthy
lifestyles, I am still living in the old hospital building, and riding my
bicycle, but I am very happy nevertheless. I am really glad to be one of Teacher's
followers and not caught up swimming in murky waters with the others. No matter
what the temptation, my heart is peaceful and at ease.
3. Advancing Steadily while Validating the Fa and Offering Salvation to All
Sentient Beings
July 20, 1999 was the most difficult day in my life. The Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) announced that it was planning to repress the magnificent Dafa and our
esteemed Teacher. Practitioners were arrested and imprisoned by public security
personnel. In those black days of terror, I, like many of my fellow
practitioners around the world, put down whatever I was doing and went to appeal
to all levels of governments. We explained to them the truth about Falun Dafa
and asked that the good name of Dafa and Dafa's Teacher be cleared. I visited
the local State Council Office for Complaints Bureau but they did not listen,
and instead notified the hospital personnel to come and take me home. On July
20, 1999, I traveled to the Beijing Council Office for Complaints together with
another practitioner and her two year-old child. There were plainclothes police
officers everywhere who did not allow us to file the petition. They loaded us
and many other practitioners who had also come to appeal on buses and took us
away.
Although I went to Beijing twice to file a petition, I was unsuccessful both
times. I later began to tell people in my local area the real situation about
Falun Dafa and how practitioners were persecuted by the government. Since the
government-staged, so-called "Tiananmen Square self-immolation"
incident, I have taken advantage of my work to tell my co-workers, and patients
what was really happening and gave them informational materials about Falun Dafa
and the persecution. Everywhere I went, I saw the hand-outs and fliers that I
had given to people at the hospital. At first, people were amazed that CCTV
could have staged an incident such as this but after reading the materials,
people remembered how throughout history the Chinese Communist regime has
brutally killed many innocent people. They all knew that the CCP would stop at
nothing.
Especially after the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist
Party, people have seen the evil nature of the CCP. I established a site
for printing Dafa-related materials in my home and used my spare time to print
Nine Commentaries booklets. I could only print out about 19 booklets a day
because I had only a small printer. I also explained the real situation about
Dafa to many doctors and nurses in my work unit and helped them with the
"Three Withdrawals." Many patients and their families were also saved.
After I finished handing out the information, I often noticed the same patients
and their families standing by the window or sitting in the waiting areas and
concentrating on reading the materials. I was very happy that they had a chance
to learn the truth. Teacher said:
"I can tell you, the fact that right now Dafa has been able to break through the evil persecution and have more of the world's people know about Dafa is inseparable from the things you're doing today. The overall situation right now is what you've established." (Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at U.S. West Fa conference)
I had not been back to my home town for the last 14 years but this year, I
decided to pay a visit. At a gathering of relatives and friends, I explained
that I had something important to tell them. I then told them about how
wonderful Dafa is, how brutally practitioners are being persecuted and that the
"Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident" had been staged. When
people heard that practitioners were being persecuted and that their organs were
being harvested and sold by the CCP, they were really shocked! I told them that
after the Nine Commentaries were published, people finally recognized the evil
nature of the CCP. In the end, everyone signed the "Three
Withdrawals." They told me that they would remember that "Falun Dafa
is good" and be good people. My trip helped more than 50 relatives and
schoolmates understand the truth about Dafa and the persecution.
4. Creating a Family Practice Environment
My husband had trouble understanding why I wanted to go to Beijing to appeal
after July 20, 1999. He constantly made disrespectful remarks about Dafa. I made
no apology and used every opportunity to let him know the truth and tried to
persuade him to quit the CCP. At the same time, I made sure to honor and be nice
to my in-laws, protecting my younger in-laws, and to properly educate my
children and take good care of my husband. My wages and bonus pay were
relatively good. On Chinese New Years or on other holidays, the hospital usually
distributed a lot of things which I shared with my in-laws. When my brother
in-law and his wife were having marriage problems, I did my best to help them.
My sister in-law is not well off and had borrowed 5,000 yuan without paying me
back. When her child wanted her to buy a piano, she again borrowed 2,000 yuan
from me. She even asked me to send her 1,000 yuan so she could go to visit her
parents. Even my husband was upset, but I told him, "Your sister has a
tough life and she misses your parents, we should help her." Ten years ago
when my in-laws brought their home, they did not have enough money, so I gave
them all of my savings, 16,000 yuan. My in-laws treat me like their own daughter
because I treat them better than my own parents. Because I am good to his
parents, naturally, my husband tries to be very nice to me too.
Ever since my husband completed the "Three Withdrawals," his attitude
toward Dafa gradually changed. When other practitioners come to my home to study
Fa and share experiences, my husband treats them warmly and leaves the room so
we can quietly study the Fa. Although he knew that I was producing printed
information at home, he did not oppose me. With his change in attitude toward
Dafa, his business has thrived and our living conditions have improved. My
entire family is now supporting Dafa and the practitioners.
In this final stage of Fa-rectification, I need to be diligent and do the
three things well that Teachers has asked us to do. I will save more
sentient beings and fulfill my vows.