(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1998. My family witnessed Master's compassion and the miracles of Falun Dafa through my experiences. In the years of relentless persecution after 1999, my family was never against my practice and did not believe a word the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said.
How I Found Falun Dafa
In the summer of 1996, my newborn baby cried constantly for no reason. During the first month after her birth, I had to hold her all the time. My back pain was so bad that I was a frequent visitor at the hospital. By the fall of 1997, I could not even get out of bed. An x-ray showed that three of my vertebrae were dislocated and there was a possibility I could become paralyzed. I tried everything I could possibly think of: Chinese medicine, Western medicine, special remedies, and worshiping gods and deities. Nothing worked.
In the spring of 1998, my mother-in-law heard about Falun Dafa and told me about it. I was not interested. A few days later she brought home a copy of Zhuan Falun Fajie - The Law of Zhuan Falun Explained. I turned a few pages, but did not understand it. During the summer, she brought home Zhuan Falun. That evening everyone sat outside to enjoy the cool weather. I could not sit up for too long and went to lay down on the bed. I got bored and took out Zhuan Falun from under the pillow. I read about 20 pages and felt something going on in my lower abdomen. I fell asleep. Several days later my back hurt terribly, and I had to take off from work. Nine days later, my cousin, who was also my coworker, came to visit me. She saw me sitting on the sofa looking fine and got upset. She said to me, “You are still young with a small child. Your job is not too demanding, yet you are just not going to work everyday. Aren't you worried about what people say behind your back? Who doesn't have some small health problem?” After she left, I cried and felt that I had been wronged. I would have liked to go out and work if I could. I told myself that I would give Falun Dafa a try. I wanted to try my luck and see if qigong could cure me.
I went to a practice site with my mother-in-law and saw several elderly ladies holding their arms up. I mimicked what they did and raised my arms. It scared me because I felt something turning fast between my arms. It was powerful, and I could feel my arm muscles moving. I saw that nothing was actually visible there, but I truly felt it. When I meditated, I sat in the lotus position for 45 minutes and felt extremely comfortable. I was very sure that there was something special about Falun Dafa.
Before fall, I had not finished reading the book and had only practiced the exercises a few times. One night, I had to wake up to urinate frequently. I normally had a bedpan next to the bedroom door when the weather got cold. The next day I went to clean the bedpan, and saw that it was full of blood. I was terrified. I still went to work because I wasn't allowed to just take time off. At around 9 a.m., I was still urinating blood. I went home and told my mother-in-law what was happening. I got the thermometer out to take my temperature, but I dropped it and it shattered. My mother told me, “Don't bother. It is Master purifying your body.” I could not hold back my tears. I lay on my bed and cried myself to sleep. At noon, I got up and went to the bathroom. Everything was normal when I urinated. From then on, I had no more back pain. In the next 14 years, I did not take any medicine. My family all witnessed the miracle of Falun Dafa.
Falun Dafa Changes People's Hearts
My oldest sister was in her 60s. When she was young, her mother-in-law and three brothers-in-law often verbally and physically abused her. Her husband was a simple minded person and never defended her. When she was in her 30s, her in-laws beat her so badly that she fell into a coma. Her lungs were severely injured when her brother-in-law hit her with a flashlight. Her husband held her cold body, trying to warm her up, and cried all night. My sister almost died that time. The villagers sympathized with her and were angry at what her in-laws had done to her. Her mother-in-law dared not assault her again. However, my sister's injured lungs made her suffer for the next 20 years. When the weather got cold, she could not stop coughing. She often coughed so hard she wet her pants. She could not lay on her back at night and had to sleep face down. Taking shots and medicines could only ease her pain. When the pain became severe, my sister felt she would be better off dead than alive, and each time she hated her husband's family even more.
I told my sister about reincarnation and karmic retribution. I wanted her to treat others with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, to forgive those who hurt her. I let her listen to Master's lectures. One day when I took my child over to her house, she told me that her mother-in-law was sick. Her four sons were busy and had little time to take care of her. None of her daughters-in-law came to help, except my sister. They made peace after not talking for dozens of years. Her mother-in-law was very ashamed and did not want to ask too much of her. She often told her mother-in-law, “Mom, I am here to help. You just tell me what you need.” Her mother-in-law often cried.
Later, a neighbor told my sister that her mother-in-law often told them that she did not treat my sister right. My sister told me, “After I heard the Falun Dafa tapes, though I did not understand all of it, I still thought that it was a great teaching and that it's best to be a good person. Hating others made me angry, so angry that my health got worse and I could not do anything about it. When I stopped hating, I felt relaxed and comfortable.” My sister was not a practitioner, but during the persecution, she often told others how great Falun Dafa is. Her lungs no longer bother her and she is getting healthier.
My second brother read Zhuan Falun once and kept telling me that the teachings were great. He was busy with his business and did not take up the practice. He once told me that when he was out of town, he met a friend in a restaurant. That person left his wallet in the restaurant and my brother picked it up. There was 800 yuan and several pieces of identification in the wallet. At that time, 800 yuan was about one month's salary for an ordinary worker. My brother got in his car, caught up with his friend, and gave him his wallet back. He told me he wouldn't have done that if he had not read Zhuan Falun. My brother told me, “The book tells us to be considerate. How would I feel had I traveled far away and lost my wallet? I like being a good person. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. If I did not read the Falun Dafa book, I might not have returned the wallet.”
Understand the Truth and Gain Blessings
A coworker of mine once told me, “When I hear you clarify the truth of Falun Dafa to me, I feel really comfortable. Could you tell me more often?” She also told me that she had a lump near her vocal cord and was afraid of having surgery. Two weeks after her surgery, I went to see her at the hospital. The surgery was not successful, and she was at risk of losing her voice. Her family had already sued the hospital. Struggling breathe, she told me that she finally understood that the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident was a fake. She knew that it was impossible for people to talk with their vocal cords severed. I told her, “Your doctor definitely did not want the surgery to fail. Your family had to spend a lot of money and time and ask for a lot of favors to file that lawsuit. Let it go. You know the truth of Falun Dafa and there will be a miracle if you sincerely recite, 'Falun Dafa is good.'”
Two months later she called me and spoke with a clear and loud voice. She recovered, and her family dropped the lawsuit. She kept thanking me, but I told her to thank Falun Dafa and Master.
