Falun Dafa Brought a Family Hope

(Minghui) He Ziyu was a shy, quiet girl. Facing this complicated world, she often wondered, “Who am I? Why am here?” When she asked her parents and teachers these questions, they had no answers.

Her mother quietly struggled with health issues. When Ziyu was 8, she began noticing hair on the floor in their home. When she pointed it out, she saw the painful and helpless look on her mother’s face. Her mother had been diagnosed with cancer – just like Ziyu’s grandmother.

Her mother said to her, “Please take care of Dad and your young brother.” She did not tell her daughter that she had already written her will because she knew her days were numbered.

Miracle Brought by a Flyer

It was August 2004, and just as Ziyu’s mother felt it was time to bid her family farewell, a friend gave her a flyer with information about a Nine-Day Falun Dafa class, and said, “Please try this. My husband had a gastric ulcer but he recovered after he began practicing Falun Dafa.”

Although there were only two classes left, Ziyu’s mother decided to attend them. Surprisingly, the first night she slept very soundly—she hadn’t been able to sleep for 14 nights due to the agonizing pain.

Impressed, Ziyu’s mother bought a copy of Zhuan Falun the main teachings of Falun Dafa. “Because I didn’t have much time left, I knew I needed to finish reading the book,” she recalled. “If I died, at least I would have read the book.”

While she read she noticed that her severe pain was gone. Instead, her body felt light and she was able to eat and sleep well. Her emaciated body started to recover.

“Zhuan Falun is miraculous,” Ziyu said. “We noticed my mother’s thin hair became dense, and her gray face was brighter. She looked like a different person.”

Delighted with the changes, her mother immediately shared the news with her extended family. Ziyu’s grandmother and a grandaunt—who both had cancer—began to practice Falun Dafa. Their changes were also dramatic.

“Because of the chemotherapy, grandma had little hair left,” Ziyu said. “When I visited her after she began practicing I noticed that her hair was thick and black, which really surprised me.”

He Ziyu and her mother attend a Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference.

The Nightmare Is Over

Since she was a young child, Ziyu had the same nightmare, “A group of monsters chased me and tried to catch me.” After her mother began practicing Falun Dafa Ziyu stopped having this nightmare.

The mother read the Falun Dafa teachings to her children in the evening. Both Ziyu and her brother liked Hong Yin. “We didn’t understand much, but we knew Dafa is good and Dafa told us how to be better people,” she said.

Ziyu’s dreams changed. “Several times, I saw mother meditating, and her body glowed. As I walked towards her the light emanating from her body eliminated all the monsters. After I repeatedly had this dream my nightmares stopped.”

Ziyu soon attended middle school and she slept well every night. Then one night in her high school freshman year, she had a another dream. “A hurricane came and destroyed everything, including houses, trees, people, animals, and all the buildings. I was walking alone in a desolate place when I heard Falun Dafa music. I followed it and saw mother doing the Falun Dafa exercises, and she was meditating. When I woke up I realized that only Falun Dafa can save us during calamities.”

Becoming a Falun Dafa Practitioner

Ziyu was in her college sophomore year in 2015 and suffered from depression. She had insomnia and couldn’t sleep.

She remembered her mother and Falun Dafa, so Ziyu went home, and got a copy of Zhuan Falun. “I thought that since I wasn’t able to sleep, I would read the book. After I began reading I could sleep well,” she said.

Ziyu also downloaded the exercise music and did the exercises in her dorm every day. Her classmates soon noticed the changes in her. Due to gastric illnesses, she was thin. After she began practicing her appetite increased and she gained weight.

One day a classmate said, “Your hair is so dark. Do you dye it?” Ziyu looked in the mirror – yes, her hair was much darker and thicker. “I was so thankful to Falun Dafa for giving me a good appetite, and good health.”

A Better Person

When she was in her junior year one of her friends always gave her a hard time and said bad things about her in front of others. One day the friend texted her, “I hate you very much.”

Ziyu was confused and asked why she was angry, but the friend did not answer. Feeling wronged and frustrated, Ziyu wept. “This happened every day. I often checked the schedule hoping she and I would not be in the same class,” she recalled.

Some other friends also asked what happened. “I reminded myself that I’m a Falun Dafa practitioner, and I knew I shouldn’t say bad things about others, so I chose to stay quiet and just forbear,” she said.

Struggling and feeling isolated, Ziyu did not argue or retaliate; she instead just continued reading Zhuan Falun. One day when she read Lecture Four, she realized that her negative feeling were human notions. “If I’m a genuine practitioner, I won’t have any resentment. So I decided to do better. Although she still treated me that way, I was able to remain calm,” she said.

The day she graduated, Ziyu and the other girl happened to sit next to each other. “We were able to talk like friends. I noticed that her attitude toward me had improved dramatically,” she said. “From this, I learned that when facing conflicts practitioners don’t avoid problems, but instead let go of their human notions and feel that conflicts are cultivation opportunities. When karma is eliminated, the conflicts disappear,” she said.

Ziyu reads the Falun Dafa teachings.

Ziyu is now a young adult and a determined Falun Dafa practitioner. “I’m so grateful that Dafa gave me a peaceful mind in this chaotic world,” she explained. “The principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance improved my family and I’m now a better person. I’m so thankful.”