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Greetings Teacher!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I’m a 65-year-old practitioner who has been cultivating for over nine years. Before I started practicing Falun Gong, I suffered from many diseases. Back then my coronary heart disease was very serious and sometimes my heart would stop beating momentarily. In October 1996, I spent over 7,000 yuan when I was hospitalized and I had to carry medicine with me at all times.
Just as my life seemed to be reaching its end, a friend of mine introduced me to Falun Gong and lent me two books: Zhuan Falun and Zhuan Falun (Volume II). The teachings in the two books opened my eyes. Every sentence moved me and answered my questions about life. I forgot my pain and sleepiness and read the books every night, and I couldn’t put them down. Whenever there was a power outage, I lit a candle and continued reading. After I finished reading them, I ran into my friend's wife. I told her that the books are so good and I had finished reading them. That night, my friend came and introduced Falun Dafa to me and told me about the local Falun Gong practice site, where practitioners gather each and every night. He offered to accompany me to the practice site the next night, but I asked instead: "Could I go now?" "Of course, let’s go," he replied. At the practice site, the smooth movement and the beautiful music moved me so much that I felt I was in another world.
After meeting the coordinator of the site, I told him, "I want to meet Teacher." "No one from this site has met Teacher yet." he said, "But if you truly believe in Teacher and the Fa, you will improve." The next day, April 7, 1997, I went to the site and started practicing with them. That day was the turning point of my life; it was the starting point of my cultivation and my "second" life. Since that day, I have studied the Fa every day. Within a month, all of my illnesses were gone. Teacher purified my body for me, and I felt wonderful.
1. Spreading the Fa
The principle of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance changed my view about the world and taught me the true meaning of life. I discovered how to be a good and better person. I also saw why people get ill, that is, because of the karma they accumulated in their previous lives. I started to measure myself with the standard of Dafa, follow the guidance of Dafa in my daily life and told others about the beauty of Dafa. Bringing Dafa books with me, I went to visit my relatives and friends and told them about how I have changed after practicing Falun Gong and introduced Falun Dafa to them. Many of them started practicing Falun Gong after my visit. In my hometown, a small village with a few dozen families, about fifty people were practicing Falun Gong before the persecution and benefited from Dafa.
One day in April 1997, when I was done shopping and went back home, I found I had an extra pillow sheet. Then I rode on my bike for over ten kilometers to return it. Although the thing itself was trivial, I wanted to introduce Falun Dafa to people. I brought a copy of Zhuan Falun with me and told them about the beauty of Dafa. The owner of the sheet told me: "I will read it very carefully. I may be someone with a predestined relationship."
2. Riding on My Bike to Spread Dafa and Surviving a Big Tribulation
One day in July of 2000, I was riding on my bike with Dafa truth-clarifying materials and went to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Somewhere about fifteen kilometers away from home, I was hit by a big truck. I lost consciousness and almost died. When I woke up, the owner of the truck wanted to send me to the hospital. I asked the owner whether I caused this accident. They told me that was not the case. The reason was that a second truck hit the first one and the first one hit me. They also told me that the owners of both trucks were beside me. I told the drivers, "You didn’t run away and fail to take responsibility. I want to thank you." I added, "I’m a Falun Gong practitioner. With Teacher’s protection, I will be safe." Then a person standing by asked me, "So, Mr. Li Hongzhi is your master." "Yes," I answered firmly. That person asked again, "Do you have the Falun?" "Yes," I answered even more firmly. They were all looking at me quietly. I said to them, "I have two requests for you: first you must remember that Falun Dafa is good and Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good; second, please find a copy of Zhuan Falun and read it carefully." Over two dozen people standing by looked at me with admiration.
I washed my face, got on my bike and left the scene of the accident. Back home, when people saw my disordered face and bloody chin, my fellow practitioners encouraged me, but other people felt worried about me. What I did was just what I should do as a Falun Dafa practitioner.
3. Believing in Teacher and Clarifying the Truth on My Bike
At 1:12 p.m. on September 2000, I got on my bike, took some truth-clarifying materials, and headed to a nearby city. On the way, I clarified the truth to people I came across whenever I took a break. I rode for six hours and forty-three minutes and over seventy-five kilometers, I arrived in the city at 7:55 p.m.
4. Clarifying the Truth and Helping People Withdraw from the CCP and Saving Sentient Beings
My mission as a Dafa practitioner is saving sentient beings. My responsibility is heavy and time is tight. I often rode over thirty kilometers to the countryside to clarify the truth. Among those I have helped withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are farmers, factory workers, students, officials and policemen.
Above are a few small things in my cultivation. I still fall short on many things. I will cultivate myself more diligently and follow Dafa and do the three things well to catch up with the progress of Fa-rectification.
Thank you, Teacher! Thanks, my fellow practitioners!
