My Last Dose of Medicine

(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in mid-December 1998 to recover from an illness.

I was seriously ill and bedridden at the time. I could not lie flat in bed and had to lean on a pile of folded quilts. I also had to pad my feet. I could not take care of myself and depended on my family members for my daily needs. They said that I was getting conservative treatment at home, taking Chinese herbal medicine. In fact, to be honest, I was at home waiting to die.

One day a close classmate of my daughter’s told her, “Your mother is very sick. Why don’t you ask her to practice Falun Dafa?” She then said, “My sister had chronic leg pain. She sought medical treatment for a long time, but there was no improvement. After she started practicing Falun Dafa, her leg pain went away.” My daughter said, “How can my mother practice if she is bedridden?” The classmate said, “Falun Dafa has books. Your mother can start reading the books.”

My daughter borrowed a copy of Zhuan Falun for me. She said, “My classmate said that this practice is miraculous when it comes to healing illness and improving fitness.” I doubted it and said, “Your classmate is bluffing. I don’t want to read it. Take it away.” My daughter said, “Mom, she is not asking for any money. What would she gain? Just take a look.” Seeing how worried my daughter was, I said, “Okay, leave it on the cabinet.” My daughter told me again and again, “The person I borrowed the book from says it is precious. Please take care of it.” That annoyed me. However, a thought came to me: “It is me who needs help; they did it for my benefit. Why am I annoyed?!” I told her, “Okay.”

My daughter then told me that a relative in her mother-in-law’s family had the same illness. She was going to visit them to see how they were treating it. She said it would be two or three days before she returned and told me not to worry. I said, “Okay, take your time.”

My husband said, “Your medicine is almost gone. Tonight you will have your last bowl (of soup made of Chinese herbs).” I said, “I’ve really had enough of it; I don’t want to drink it anymore.” That night after I finished the last of the medicine, I began to read Zhuan Falun. While absorbed in reading, I unknowingly lay flat and continued to read. I felt sleepy around 11 p.m., closed the book, put it next to my pillow, and fell asleep.

It was past 5 a.m. when I woke up. I picked up the book, turned over in bed, and started reading again. There were quite a few characters in the book that I didn’t recognize, but I felt that I just wanted to read the book. As I read, I sat up and kept reading. I did not feel any discomfort and forgot that I was ill.

Within three days, I was able to get out of bed. Seeing that the house needed to be cleaned, I filled a basin with water, picked up a rag, and started cleaning. Just then, my daughter came home with her six-year-old son. They were shocked to see me cleaning the house. My grandson rushed up to me, “Oh, Grandma, why did you get out of bed? Hurry back to your room and get back into bed.” My daughter also tried to help me back to my room. She asked her father, “What is going on with Mother? Is she alright?” My husband said, “That day after you left, she started reading the book after 9 p.m. Then she changed.”

Hearing their conversation, I remembered that I was sick, “How did I forget that?!” I went into my room, patted my head, and the part of my body that used to be sick, and shouted, “I’m alright! Really, I am alright!” I felt energized.

That last bowl of medicine was truly my last. For the 24 years since then, I haven’t taken any medicine.

With Master’s Help, My Husband Started Cultivating

My husband witnessed all the changes in me. He did not say anything but took note. My children were happy about my recovery. My eldest son bought a big audio tape player, and I borrowed the audio recordings of Master’s Fa lectures. All my children gathered at home, and we listened to Master’s Fa lectures together.

I also restarted my business. Our family life returned to normal. Falun Dafa gave hope to our whole family again!

In May 2000, I went to a fellow practitioner’s home at 3 a.m. one morning to do the exercises. When I came back, my husband said, “Soon after you left, a gentleman came and told me, ‘The people who practice Dafa will leave in December.’” I asked my husband, “Are you sure you were not dreaming?” My husband said he was not dreaming. I asked him, “Did you see the man clearly?” He said, “He was tall and dressed in blue. I did not see his face.” I showed him Master’s picture in Zhuan Falun. He said he couldn’t tell. I said to my husband, “He did not ask you to tell me that the people who practiced Dafa are leaving, he told you that the people who practice Dafa are leaving. Do you want to go or do you want to stay?” He said, “I want to go, too.” I said, “Then start cultivating!” He said, “Okay. I’ll cultivate.”

My husband started cultivating Dafa. I told him, “You have to remember that this year has a December, and next year has another December. Every year has a December. Don’t tell other practitioners about the December.”

One day a practitioner arranged for my husband to watch the video of Master teaching the exercises. When my husband heard Master speak at the end of the video, he said, “That is the voice that spoke to me that morning.” I said, “You have a great predestined relationship. Master told you to start cultivating quickly, so he could take us home.”

My Husband Got Rid of His Biggest Attachments in Less than a Month

My husband was determined to cultivate. He got rid of his two biggest attachments—smoking and drinking, in about 24 days.

He was seriously addicted to smoking. He once told his coworkers, “It's okay to skip meals, but it’s not okay to skip smoking and drinking.” He smoked over two packs of cigarettes a day. Before one cigarette was finished, he used the butt to light a new one and continued to smoke. After he started cultivating, he discarded his smoking addiction in about 24 days.

My husband was from a big family of eight siblings. He was the seventh. Shortly after he started cultivating, his eldest brother had a birthday. We went to celebrate it, and his many nephews and nieces also went. They all learned that my husband had started cultivating Falun Dafa and had stopped drinking. However, these nephews and nieces tried hard to make my husband drink. He did not give in.

One of the nephews was an official. He said, “Uncle will certainly save face if I ask him to.” While down on one knee, the nephew held up a cup of liquor and made a toast to my husband. My husband said, “I practice Falun Dafa, so I can’t drink alcohol.” My husband’s firm rejection made the nephew blush from embarrassment. Even I felt a little embarrassed. My husband was about 57 or 58 that year. The older nephews and nieces were our age.

Before cultivating Falun Dafa, my husband had to take painkillers daily, and he always had painkillers in his pocket. Since he started cultivating, he has not taken even a single pill for more than 20 years. Now, at the age of 79, he walks with a spring in his step. My children’s friends told my children, “Your parents walk like young people.”

Our children have witnessed the miracles of Falun Dafa, and they support our cultivation. During the pandemic in 2020, my eldest son suddenly felt unwell; he had body pain and a high temperature. He asked his wife and daughter to stay in a different room, so they wouldn’t get infected. He recited, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He couldn’t sleep all night, and in a daze he still kept reciting the phrases. The next morning his temperature was normal, and he was fully recovered after breakfast.

My children all know that Falun Dafa is our foundation, and they think about Dafa first when they encounter situations.