My Life Completely Changed After I Stepped Onto the Path of Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) When I began Falun Dafa cultivation practice, I was a meek and timid girl who had married into a brutish family. My in-laws and husband were all very irritable. We lived in a “war zone” filled with fighting. I was often insulted and beaten, which led to severe depression. When I met with friends, I would talk about my grievances endlessly.

I came down with several diseases, including vertigo, nephritis, arthritis, and mastitis. The vertigo was especially serious. I always carried medicine in my pocket and had to take it whenever I experienced vertigo.

Being Fortunate to Find Dafa

Introduced by a friend, I was fortunate enough to begin practicing Falun Dafa in August 1998. In the beginning, I watched Master’s video lecture series at my friends’ home. I came to understand that Dafa is a high-level Buddha Law cultivation practice, which cultivates both Buddhist and Taoist principles. I thought, “For one to be able to cultivate into a divine being would be such a wonderful thing!”

After I watched Master’s nine lectures, a veteran practitioner taught me the exercises. On the first day when I was doing the Falun Standing Stance exercise, I suddenly fell face down onto the pile of rocks next to me. I was unconscious at the time.

When I woke up, I found that the skin on my head and face were not even scratched. I later realized I had recovered from my vertigo and several other diseases. The chilblains I developed on my hands and feet each winter were also cured.

Falun Dafa helped me regain my health, and I felt lighthearted. In the Fa, Master teaches his disciples to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance to become better people. I kept that in mind and measured my actions against these principles.

Treating My In-Laws Kindly

I hated my in-laws because they hurt me deeply. So I avoided them and felt disgusted whenever I saw them.

I also hated my husband to the core. He was addicted to gambling and played mahjong all day and night. He didn’t care about the family and pushed all the household chores on me. Moreover, he would beat me when he lost money or was unhappy. He once beat me so hard that my eardrum was almost perforated, causing a mild concussion. I secretly planned to divorce him when our child was older.

Dafa pointed me in the right direction, however, and helped me find direction in my life. I understood that I probably had done bad deeds in my past lives, which led to the mistreatment I experienced in this life. All my suffering was likely to pay back my debts, which had resulted from accrued karma. Master teaches his disciples to cultivate kindness. As a practitioner, I must follow Master’s words and measure my actions against Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

I took the initiative to get close to my in-laws and treat them and my husband well. My husband has one brother who lived away from home. So we took care of my in-laws in their later years. To be more precise, I took care of them all by myself because my husband often worked away from home. Even when he came back in the winter, he spent entire days in the mahjong hall.

When my in-laws were ill, I accompanied them to the hospital and met with the doctors. I also did all the farm work for them. I often left unfinished chores at home to do their work. I was concerned they’d be worried for having lost their ability to work. I always finished their work first before starting with my own. They were very pleased with me.

My father-in-law passed away at the age of 82, whereas my mother-in-law passed away at the age of 86. They both knew that Dafa is good. From my familial piety or devotion to them, they both witnessed that Dafa is truly wonderful. My father-in-law also read Zhuan Falun twice. Before my mother-in-law passed away, wherever she went, she always sang my praises to people and helped spread the truth about Dafa.

Understanding My Husband

The relationship between my husband and me has also improved. When he beat me, first of all, I managed to follow Master’s teaching: “...so you did not strike back when hit or talk back when cursed at ...” (Lecture Given at the Conference in Sydney), which was a basic requirement from Master. I kindly talked to him, using Dafa’s principles to harmonize our relationship.

After beginning my cultivation, I completely changed my thought about divorcing him. Under Dafa’s compassion, my husband’s temper changed for the better and he even began to admire Dafa. If someone were to badmouth Dafa in front of him, he’d have spoken up for it.

Because of my faith in Dafa, I was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and was illegally imprisoned for three years. During this time, my husband was only allowed to see me two times. The reason why the jail guards denied my family visits was because they said I was too stubborn and refused to be transformed. My husband and child came to see me several times, but were turned away. My husband thought I would never come back, and fell into a state of despair.

After I was released from prison, I returned to a home with an exposed roof, no cooking utensils or tableware, and a yard full of weeds. My husband was worried I would leave him.

I said to him, “Since I practice the universal law, I can’t leave no matter how hard life is. In the past few years, I have suffered in prison, whereas you and our child suffered a lot at home, even more than me. You were both a father and a mother; it was not easy.”

My husband burst into tears and said, “I’m so sorry!” I replied, “Don’t be sad. We’re still young, let’s start over.”

Encouraged by me, my husband was able to pull himself together. Both he and my son went to take on contract work in other cities, whereas I farmed at home. After a few years, our family life improved. In particular, my son mastered a new skill and earned a considerable amount. He then got married, and we had a grandson.

My grandson is now about to graduate from elementary school. He’s practiced Falun Dafa for a few years, and Master has opened up his wisdom. He’s excellent at school. Whenever he saw Dafa brochures and amulets discarded by people who didn’t accept the truth about the persecution, he’d pick them up and hand them out again. He often talked to his classmates about Dafa, telling them that Dafa is a Buddha Law meant for saving people.

Time flies! I have practiced Dafa for 26 years. During this period of time, I was so fortunate. I’ve been in good health and haven’t needed to take any medication. I’m in high spirits, because I know that what I’ve obtained is even envied by divine beings. Master also gave me wisdom, and I learned how to drive a three-wheel vehicle to run errands and take my grandson to school.

I’m now in my 60s, but people who know me think I appear to be in my 40s. Because Dafa is a cultivation method for both mind and body, I look rejuvenated.

The Miracles My Brother Experienced

When my eldest brother was mining coal underground in 2005, he broke both his legs. He spent more than a year recovering, still had to use crutches, and needed help from others when walking. After I was released from prison in 2006, I didn’t know the extent of his injuries.

My sister called me one day in 2007 and told me that our brother had gone to her house and showed her his injuries. I then brought him a copy of Zhuan Falun and Dafa exercise music.

I was very sad to see my brother’s injuries. His legs were swollen and had bruises. The incisions after the operation had not healed and were still oozing pus and blood. My brother had a large bag of medicine with him. He also had a heart problem, so there was medicine for that in the bag as well.

I tried to convince him to practice Dafa with me. I explained that because I was subjected to the persecution, I had been thrown into a forced labor camp and held for over three years. But he didn’t believe me.

I said to him frankly, “My brother, what the CCP opposes is not necessarily bad. The cadres of the CCP are corrupt, watch pornography and gamble, and drugs are rampant in society. However, you can’t find a single case of this among the Falun Dafa community. Falun Dafa practitioners practice Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. They think of others in all situations. They bring only benefits to society without causing the slightest harm. Would you say Dafa is not good? If every one of us were to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, there wouldn’t be any bad people in society.”

He finally understood my points, and said, “Well said! There’s nothing wrong with being good people. Our family members are honest people, and our ancestors have all been kind. Why don’t you give me a copy of the book to read?”

While he was perusing through Zhuan Falun, he remarked, “This book is good! I’ll follow you in practicing Dafa.”

I was very excited, “Why don’t you do that? You could get rid of your crutches in a week’s time!”

He didn’t believe it, “Are you kidding me?” I then talked to him about the how I recovered from my illnesses.

Sure enough, on the seventh day of his doing the exercises, the swelling in his legs subsided, and he threw away one of his crutches. A week later, he threw away the other crutch. On the third week, I invited him to my house and suggested that he ride a bicycle with me to get there. My brother agreed. When he was tired, he would rest for a while, then continue riding his bicycle. It took us three hours to ride more than ten miles, and we arrived safely at my home.

After I read Zhuan Falun and did the five sets of the exercises with my brother, it took a month, and my brother’s legs were fine. This could have never been achieved by modern medical science. My brother, who was diagnosed with a permanent disability, was now healthy and could carry on with a normal life.

What’s even more amazing is that my brother returned to work in the mine. This was a miracle and blessing from Master and Dafa.

My eldest brother is 75 years old and still works, which has reduced the burden of life for his children. He has a fair complexion, is energetic and healthy, and looks ten years younger than his peers.

The reason why I’ve written about the transformations my relatives and I have experienced is to validate the wonderfulness of Master and Dafa. The universal values of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance expose the atheistic lies of the CCP, so people can now understand the truth and be saved by Dafa’s saving grace.