I Entered a True “Institution of Higher Learning”

(Minghui.org) The ancient Chinese book The Great Learning states that great learning lies in the pursuit of truth and perfecting one’s integrity. My childhood dreams were to be admitted to an institution of higher education, go to university, and improve my moral and cultural accomplishments. However, those dreams weren’t realized and I regretted that as an adult.

In 1996, I was fortunate to read the precious book Zhuan Falun by Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong). I felt very excited and thought to myself, “This is the institution of higher learning that I have been waiting for all my life.” Since then, I have continued reading Zhuan Falun and made sure that I study at least two lectures every day. I also memorized the text and started reciting the book. By 1999, I had copied the full text of Zhuan Falun nine times, and I have copied the book three more times in recent years. In 2010, I was able to memorize the entire book Zhuan Falun.

Whenever I sit down to copy or recite the Fa, my mind is instantly calm. Falun Dafa has opened my wisdom and vision, and I am amazed by the wonderfulness of the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, as well as the origin of the universe and life, etc. I feel that Master is guiding me in a true institution of higher learning, and my childhood dreams have at last come true.

Falun Dafa Helped Us Turn Misfortune into a Blessing

In 1996, my husband, who was in his 50s, became seriously ill, paralyzed, and subsequently confined to his bed. Although I also suffered a number of health problems myself, I had to take care of him. Being physically small and weak, it was a significant burden for me to get my husband, who weighed more than 75 kg (165 lbs), in and out of bed every day, put him in a wheelchair, and push him to the yard so he could sunbathe.

Our neighbor felt very sympathetic towards us and said to my husband, “You are in such poor health; you should practice Falun Dafa. It’s very good. All my illnesses have been cured through practicing Falun Dafa.” Unfortunately, my husband did not take the advice because he was afraid he it would hurt when he heard that he needed to sit cross-legged to do the sitting meditation. However, I asked the neighbor to get me a copy of the book Zhuan Falun. Once I read the book, I could never let it go and was determined to follow Master on the path of Falun Dafa cultivation.

In the early days, even though I could not enlighten to the higher principles of the Fa, I knew I must study it more often and constantly improve my xinxing. Every day, I studied the Fa and did the exercises, and soon, all my illnesses were gone, and I regained good health.

There were times when I escaped danger under Master Li’s protection. One year, when I was in my 50s, we planted a fig tree in our yard. Within a few years, it grew as high as the second floor. Its leaves blocked the sunlight from entering the house.

One summer day, I climbed up a high branch of the fig tree to prune the branches with a pair of clippers. When I grabbed a dry branch, it broke with a loud crack. I lost my balance and fell from the tree. My body hit the cement wall on the first floor, then bounced back and hit the ground with a heavy thud. I was in shock and immediately thought, “I am a practitioner and I have the protection of our Master. I am not hurt.”

My daughter heard the noise and ran out of the house to see what had happened. When she saw me, she was so scared that she started crying and shouted, “Mom, are you okay?” As she helped me up, I dusted myself off and smiled: “Why are you crying? I practice Falun Dafa, and Master protects me. I’m alright.”

If I had not practiced Falun Dafa, I could have been seriously injured by the fall. But I only had a bit of bruising around my back, and I was able to function as usual, including getting my paralyzed husband in and out of bed every day.

Later, I felt that Master not only protected my life during the fall but also helped remove my sickness karma. I used to have severe back pain, and when it was bad, I could not do anything. After the fall, my old back pain disappeared without any medical treatment. It was truly like a misfortune had turned into a blessing. My whole family also witnessed the extraordinary power of Falun Dafa. My daughter and my nephew’s wife also started practicing.

Going to Beijing to Safeguard the Fa

On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin, then leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and head of state, launched a nationwide persecution of Falun Dafa and its practitioners, using fabricated lies and slander. I decided to go to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. I left a note for my daughter telling her that I would go to Beijing to safeguard the Fa. I took Zhuan Falun and three banners with me.

On the trip there, I thought: “Our Master is innocent. I must speak out for justice for Dafa.” When I arrived at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, I saw tight security all around, with police and plain clothes everywhere. I gathered my courage, entered the square, and held up a banner that said, “Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa.” At that moment, I felt incredibly proud.

Soon, several policemen pounced on me, forcibly pushed me into a police car, and took me to the local police station. A week later, the police took me back to my hometown. They took me to the local police station and demanded that I give them money. I said I had no money. They let me go home that night.

Life and Death Test

One day ten years ago, I was riding a bicycle on my way to deliver truth-clarification materials to fellow practitioners. When I came to an intersection on a crowded road that led to a big bridge, a car suddenly drove right at me, leaving me no time to move out of the way. I don’t remember what happened next.

Later, two young men who were involved in the accident told me that when I was hit by their car, I fell to my knees first, my head was bleeding, my face was covered in blood, and I passed out. People called 120 for emergency service. As soon as the ambulance arrived, the paramedics bandaged the wound on my head.

I woke up and saw people surrounding me. There was a police car and an ambulance on site. As a young man was wiping blood off my face, I thought: “I’m a Dafa practitioner, and I have Master to protect me. I’ll be fine.”

I tried to take the gauze off my head, but the young man stopped me and said, “Don’t touch it. Your head was injured, and the wound needs to be stitched up at the hospital.”

“Don’t worry, young man. I’ll be fine,” I said. The paramedics started to put me onto a stretcher. “There is no need to do that. I’m fine.” I stopped them. Seeing that I refused to go to the hospital and I was able to move around, they didn’t insist and left.

Then, a policeman came to me and the two young men and asked, “Do you have any dispute?” “No, there is no trouble,” I said. The officer then left. The crowd also dispersed. I asked the young men to push my bike for a little while.

As we were walking, I told them the facts about Falun Dafa and encouraged them to quit their memberships in the CCP organizations. I also gave them a copy of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Seeing that I didn’t blame them or try to extort money from them and that I cared about their well-being, the young men kept thanking me, “You’re such a nice person. Thank you. Thank you very much.”

I understand from the Fa principles that the reason I was in such an “accident” was because I had to pay back some debts I owed from my past lives. Master saved me again. Thank you, Master Li.

Following Master in Saving Sentient Beings

Through studying the Fa, I understand that I am a particle of Dafa. My mission is to save sentient beings, and I must do it well.

My husband passed away more than ten years ago, and soon after, my son, who was a senior officer in the army in a big city, and his wife had twins, a boy and a girl. He asked me to live with his family to help them out. After I moved to the big city, Master arranged for me to meet local practitioners so that I could continue to accomplish my mission of saving more people.

During the day, I went shopping with paper currency on which I had written facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution. Sometimes, I would take my grandchildren out to play and talk with people in the park about Falun Dafa. I also delivered truth-clarification materials to homes and apartment buildings.

One day, my daughter-in-law smelled ink on her son and became upset. She said that the smell of ink would affect the child’s health and that I must not distribute truth-clarification materials anymore.

“Don’t be upset,” I said to her. “You know that I couldn’t have regained health without practicing Falun Dafa. I’m in good health, so I can help you out now. We must live with a conscience. Dafa is still suffering injustice. How can I stand by and not do anything?”

My daughter-in-law knows that I have benefited a lot from practicing Falun Dafa, and she knows that Dafa is good. She can feel that I am a kindhearted person who always considers others first, and takes good care of her as well. She is a very reasonable person, and since then she has never complained about me doing truth-clarification work.

In the evening, I often go out to distribute informational flyers and travel as far as I can. I noticed some posters slandering Dafa in the nearby residential communities, so I went out three times in the evening to remove them. I kept sending righteous thoughts on the way, pried open the bulletin boards, tore down the posters, and disposed of them.

A few years passed very quickly. One summer day, while I was putting up a sticker with the words “Global Public Trial of Jiang Zemin” at an intersection, a plainclothes police officer reported me. I was arrested and held in a detention center for 25 days.

While in the detention center, I kept looking within and rectifying my thoughts and behavior according to the Fa principles. I clarified the truth to people around me and helped more than twenty of them quit the CCP organizations.

Before I was released, the police asked me to write a guarantee statement saying that I would give up Falun Dafa practice. I refused and said, “If anything, I will write that since I started practicing Falun Dafa, all my illnesses have disappeared. For more than 20 years, I have not needed to take any medication because I have become so healthy. There is no way that I would stop practicing Falun Gong.”

My son drove to pick me up and took me directly to a restaurant for a meal as a treat. When I got home, he said to me, “Mom, the army already knows about you. An officer from the 610 Office came to me and said he would not contact the local police station, but since the army is a government agency and has very strict requirements, you should leave and go back to your hometown.”

My son has read Zhuan Falun and recited poems from Hongyin. He has always supported me in my practice of Falun Dafa. In order not to affect his work, I went back to our hometown and once again became committed to truth-clarification and saving people in tandem with other local practitioners.

Time goes quickly, and it has been a few years since I came back. Now, I get up at 3:00 a.m. every day to do the five exercises. Then, I study the Fa for half the day and copy or recite the Fa. Then I go out to talk with people about Falun Dafa. In the evening, I study the Fa and copy or recite the Fa again. I try to measure my conduct by the Fa principles in daily life and try not to have any regrets about my behavior. I feel I am so fortunate to follow Master and cultivate myself in Dafa.