(Minghui.org) This is a special story about what happened to a fellow practitioner's younger sister. Everyone who heard this story was moved.
This fellow practitioner started practicing Falun Gong in 1995. Because of his influence, his whole family more or less understood Falun Dafa. His sisters read Dafa books and practiced the exercises, although not diligently and with doubt.
His younger sister stopped practicing after the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999.
In 2000, the younger sister had a heart valve replacement. On January 8, 2012, she had another operation because of a relapse of her heart problem. While she was recuperating in the recovery room, her heart stopped, so she was operated on a second time. The nurse tried to comfort her and said, “You don't look like you are in your 50s.” She replied, “I used to practice Falun Gong and was healthy. My brother still practices. He was jailed for years after the persecution started in 1999. He is also in his 50s, but looks like he is in his 30s—and healthy. If I survive, I will resume practicing Falun Gong.”
After she was transferred to the inpatient ward, she twice developed pleural effusion—a buildup of fluid between the layers of tissue that line the lungs and chest cavity—and underwent surgery again to have the accumulated fluid removed. Then, pimples appeared all over her body. Her son checked her symptoms online and concluded she had skin cancer. Her son later consulted with her doctor. Her doctor waved his hand and said that she only had 10 days to live. Before the surgery, her family gave the doctor an 8,000-yuan bribe, hoping the doctor could save her. Now the doctor took out the bribe money and said, “I can’t keep this, because there isn't anything I can do to save her.” The whole family lived in despair from day to day, neither willing nor able to count down her final days.
This fellow practitioner and his wife (also a practitioner) told her every time they visited her: “Remember! You used to be a Falun Gong practitioner. You know 'Falun Dafa is good,' and 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.'” She nodded and her eyes lit up. Feeling hopeless, her mother—who used to resent Falun Gong for the hectic life her practitioner son endured because of the wicked CCP persecution— also advised her, “Since people say that reciting 'Falun Dafa is good' can save you, you should do it.” Her mother not only recited it every day at home for her but also asked the other daughter to do the same. As his youngest sister neared death day by day, this fellow practitioner and his wife no longer held out any hope.
In bed half-asleep, his youngest sister one day saw Master sitting on a lotus platform, emitting golden light and coming close to her. She was very excited and said, “Master, I could not sit straight up during meditation.” Master said to her, “The physical body is nothing but a shell of skin. For true cultivation, only cultivating your mind counts.” Master also told her many other things. When her brother and sister-in-law next visited her, she was able to take a short walk. She excitedly told them about what she had seen when she saw Master.
From this incident, she truly understands the solemnity of cultivation. Her husband, son, sister, and mother all witnessed the miracle of Dafa and realize the mighty blessings of the true Buddha who has descended to the earth. They also understand the true meaning of life. She resumed her cultivation again, and her mother also began studying the Fa sincerely.
Before this incident, this fellow practitioner did not receive good responses from his family when he clarified the truth. Worrying about his being persecuted again, they opposed his cultivation even though they all knew that Dafa was good. Now the whole family positively accepts Dafa. He said to me with emotion, “Master is very merciful. He still took care of my sister even though she failed to live up to the requirements of a Dafa practitioner.”
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