[Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day] My Mother-in-law and I Make a Great Team

(Minghui.org) In the spring of 1988, I had been married for just three years when I suffered a herniated disc that left me unable to work. Although my job was relatively easy, I still had to stay in bed at home.

My mother-in-law, Yuan, was fifty-eight years old at the time. She was responsible for taking care of the entire family, helping me raise my child, all the while suffering from gastritis and cholecystitis. Despite taking a lot of medication, her condition did not improve much. She often rubbed her stomach with both hands, exhausted and in great pain.

I Learn Falun Gong With My Mother-in-law

After failing to find a cure at various hospitals and trying traditional Chinese medicine with no success, I started looking for alternative remedies for my back problem. Yuan even took me to consult spiritual healers and exorcists, but nothing worked. She encouraged me to join a qigong class, but after seeing others’ vigorous movement, including jumping and dancing, I declined her suggestion.

Years later, one day, Yuan excitedly told me that someone in the village was practicing Falun Gong. She said the practice had slow and graceful movements, and there was also a book that guided them to be good people. The villager has a cousin in the city who suffered from chronic bronchitis. After he practiced Falun Gong for a few days, he was cured. He then came to the village to teach his cousin for free.

I was initially skeptical about Falun Gong. However, seeing Yuan’s hopeful expression, I didn’t want to disappoint her, so I said, “Go ahead and learn it and then teach me.” Each evening, Yuan went out to practice Falun Gong, and I lay in bed reading the book she had brought back, Zhuan Falun. When she had free time, she taught me the exercises. To be honest, at that time, I was reading the book and practicing the exercises just to please my mother-in-law.

In the fall of that year, Yuan took me to the exercise site. I noticed eight or nine people doing the second exercise, holding their arms up as if holding a wheel. I stood behind them and raised my hands in front of my head. The moment I raised my hands, I was shocked. I felt as if I was holding a spinning gyroscope, and I could hear the “whooshing” sound of its rotation! I opened my eyes wide and looked between my arms, but there was nothing there!

The sensation I experienced was very real, and I could even feel my arm muscles being pushed and moved in a tangible way! In that instant, my previous prejudice against qigong collapsed—there truly are things in this world that are invisible yet undeniably real! I realized that everything written in the book Zhuan Falun was true! From that moment on, I finally began to truly practice Falun Gong.

My mother-in-law learned Falun Gong in order to help me, and I embraced Dafa to honor her good intentions. I am grateful to Master Li for allowing us to obtain Falun Gong and experience the miraculous benefits of being free from illness! Since then, Yuan and I have embarked on the path of returning to our true selves, practicing together, bathed in the light of the Fa.

We Are a Great Team

On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin, who was then head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), initiated a campaign of persecution against Falun Gong. When Yuan and I heard about this, we were aware that Falun Gong teaches practitioners to be good people and purifies our bodies. Both of us had experienced recovery from our illnesses through the practice. How could we allow the CCP to deceive people? We joined other Falun Gong practitioners in spreading the truth about the practice and exposing the lies spread by the CCP.

Yuan and I have become an excellent team. She takes care of all the household chores, including the laundry, cooking, and picking up the children. My eldest brother's son, who is in middle school, was raised by Yuan when he was young and has lived with us ever since. My other nieces and nephews attend elementary school and kindergarten. My father-in-law helps with the school pickups, and everyone gathers for lunch and dinner at our house. You can imagine how busy my mother-in-law is every day. Yet she never complains. She is always cheerful and full of energy.

Yuan’s selfless dedication allowed me ample time to engage in Falun Gong activities. I would ride my bicycle for forty or fifty miles to collect truth-clarification materials. I would go door to door with fellow practitioners to distribute these materials, and by the time I returned home, my children were already asleep. Sometimes, when hanging Falun Gong banners or posting flyers, I would stay overnight at a fellow practitioner's house if it was too late or too far from home. My husband has witnessed firsthand how practicing Falun Gong has improved my physical and mental health. Although he worries and reminds me to be careful, he has never opposed or hindered my efforts to distribute truth-clarification materials.

Yuan’s silent support enabled me and my fellow practitioners to distribute materials about Falun Gong throughout the surrounding villages and towns, bringing truth and hope to our fellow villagers, letting others know what has happened to our nation and how to choose a bright future for themselves. I would also leave nearby areas for Yuan, so she could distribute materials herself, fulfilling her wish to spread the truth.

During holidays or days off, I do my best to help my mother-in-law with household chores, keeping the house tidy and organized, or assisting her in preparing wonderful meals. Additionally, I buy her clothes that fit her well and give her haircuts. She can’t help but smile whenever she wears the new clothes and sees herself in the mirror with her new hairstyle.

Yuan and I support each other and maintain a harmonious family. Our relatives and friends are all impressed by the close and strong bond that I share with my mother-in-law. My father-in-law had a stroke in 2009 and was bedridden for three years, requiring our care. Two months before he passed away, he became confused and often lashed out, cursing at others, but he never lashed out at Yuan and me.

The Realm of Compassion

This year, Yuan turned 85. One day after the New Year, she suddenly developed diarrhea. She soiled so many undergarments and thermal pants that she ran out of clean clothes. I quickly bought some disposable diapers and helped her put them on. She was experiencing diarrhea five or six times a day at irregular intervals, for a significant amount each time, and she also lost control of her bladder. I would rinse her lower body, clean the toilet, wash her thermal underwear, and mop the floor. This continued for three days without any improvement. Sometimes I would massage her abdomen and ask, “Where does it hurt?” She would reply, “Nothing hurts. Don’t worry. Master is purifying my body.”

On the fifth day, only yellow water came out. Despite experiencing significant diarrhea, she continued to eat and drink as she usually did. This situation lasted for nine days. It was remarkable that at age 85, she was doing so well. During the days I cared for my mother-in-law, I attended to her needs meticulously and without any complaint.

Master has helped me understand a wonderful state of mind. After washing and helping Yuan to bed, I suddenly felt as if I had entered another realm. All material things around me seemed to vanish, and the air was filled with compassionate energy, warm and gentle. I felt like an angel, holding a fragile infant in my hands, protecting it with every fiber of my being. It was a state of selfless compassion; the peace, warmth, and comfort were indescribable. Though it lasted only a moment, it left me deeply moved.

I now understand why the divine sees human life as suffering. When people pursue fame and wealth, their minds and bodies are tormented. Those who cultivate Dafa are selfless, without resentment or hatred. They achieve the elevation of both body and mind.

Master told us:

“What was taught by religions and what people experienced in the past were only superficialities and shallow phenomena. Its broad and immense, profound inner meaning can only manifest itself to, and be experienced and understood by, practitioners who are at different levels of true cultivation. Only then can one truly see what the Fa is.” (“Broad and Immense,” Essentials For Further Advancement)

Just as I was realizing the wonderful state that Master revealed to me, Yuan's diarrhea suddenly stopped, and everything returned to normal.

The miraculous stories experienced by each practitioner may become myths or legends for future generations, but they are indeed true. As World Falun Dafa Day is celebrated on May 13 this year, I want to celebrate together and share the cultivation stories of my mother-in-law and me, as well as bear witness to the extraordinary greatness of Dafa with everyone.

(Selected submission in celebration of World Falun Dafa Day on Minghui.org)