(Minghui.org) I am a female Falun Dafa practitioner who came from a rural area. I am now 77 years old. Let me begin by sharing an amazing experience of how I began practicing Dafa.
One morning, at around 5 a.m. during the 2008 Chinese New Year, I saw a book as tall as a person radiating golden light for a distance of about 20 meters. It was moving away from me. I didn’t know what kind of book it was. Then, on another day, someone gave me a pendant with the words “Falun Dafa is good.” That was when I realized it was Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa.
Several weeks later, a neighbor, who came down with cancer, came to my house. She said someone had given her a book and told her that this book could save her life. I asked if I could take a look. After I looked, probably given my poor enlightenment quality, I simply returned the book to her.
A few days later, I heard a voice next to my ear saying, “Go get the book called Zhuan Falun back. Don’t waste any more time!” Thus, I borrowed the book again and started reading it. I only studied the Fa, and didn’t know anything about the Falun Dafa exercises. After studying the Fa for a little over six months, I went out to the streets to tell people about the beauty of Falun Dafa whenever I saw an opportunity.
A year later, I met a Dafa practitioner and learned that there were also exercises that practitioners do. This practitioner gave me a video of Master teaching the exercises, and I learned to do them by watching the video.
My stomach felt bloated for two to three months, and my feet hurt for several days. Seeing that I wasn’t improving in cultivation, Master said in my ear, “So much has been done for you, and you still don’t look inward.” Master truly teaches practitioners how to cultivate.
My little courtyard is a dozen square meters. There was a tree over 12 meters tall, which had been there for 60 or 70 years, but the tree’s roots had already died. The courtyard was surrounded by houses, and we were all worried that one day it would fall.
A man stopped by and said that he would remove the tree for free. After checking it out, he really wanted the tree, but in the end, he said there was no safe way to cut it down. It was too tall, and no matter which direction it fell, it could damage the houses badly. The neighbors were all talking about it, and worried that if the tree fell, it would be a disaster.
One day in 2019, around 4 a.m., I heard a loud “boom.” I got up and went to look. The tree had fallen toward the old, broken gate in the courtyard and landed safely. Only a few roof tiles were displaced. The neighbors all said to me, “You must have done so many good deeds. This is incredible!” A former village secretary said that I have divine beings helping me. I knew it was Master who helped me take the tree down safely.
My husband underwent three surgeries for rectal cancer in 2014. He believed that Dafa was good. After the third surgery, the doctor asked how he was feeling. He said, “Great!” The doctor thought it was unbelievable. After being discharged and returning home, he immediately lit incense for Master. He also began studying the Fa and occasionally did the exercises.
Master extended my husband’s life by three years. Before he passed away, I told him to recite “Falun Dafa is good.” He no longer had the strength to speak, but his hand moved in a rhythmic motion. I asked him, “Are you reciting ‘Falun Dafa is good’?” He nodded and then passed away peacefully.
On the fifth day after my husband’s passing, in broad daylight, I saw a column of white smoke, as large as a round table, shooting diagonally northward in my yard. Three days later, I saw my husband standing on a heavenly bridge, with flowers and beautiful scenery. My husband is waiting in heaven for Master to make the final arrangements for him.
When my granddaughter was in high school, her grades dropped to the bottom of her class within a short period of time. She came home and told me, “Grandma, I’m one of the worst in my class. I’m afraid I won’t get into college.” She was very discouraged. I told her to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and ask Master to open up her wisdom. Then, I handed her the book Zhuan Falun.
Master truly opened up my granddaughter’s wisdom. She graduated from high school, was accepted into a prestigious university, and later successfully completed her postgraduate studies. After graduating, she began working in a major city. A year later, she married a classmate from her college days. Her studies, employment, and marriage all went smoothly, and our friends and relatives were envious. This was a blessing she received from believing in Master and Dafa.
I went to the market to clarify the truth, and saw a man who was a plainclothes police officer. He began to follow me. I left the market and crossed a bridge about 100 meters long, then sat down at a shop.
A police car arrived. When I got up to leave, the car followed me, and a man stuck his head out of the car to look at me. Right then, there was an electric motorcycle taxi on the rural farm road, and I immediately got on it and left. The police car couldn’t follow me because the road was too narrow.
Master resolved this tribulation for me and prevented the police from committing a crime against Dafa.
I once clarified the truth to a man in our village who had been abroad. He said, sounding annoyed, “Falun Dafa is against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party).”
I replied, “The CCP has millions of armed police and troops. Does Falun Dafa have the force to fight against them? But, Heaven is going to eliminate the Party, because the CCP has done so many bad things. It has killed 80 million people during peacetime. If you quit the CCP, you’re no longer associated with it. When Heaven eliminates it, you’ll be safe.” He understood that Heaven wanted to destroy the CCP, and Dafa practitioners were only advising people on how to stay safe, and were not engaging in politics. So he agreed to quit and thanked me.
I said, “You should thank Dafa’s Master! It’s Master who wants to save the precious Chinese people.”
He responded, “Thank you, Master!”
I tell people that sincerely reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” can keep them safe. Some say, “Science is so advanced, and we should believe in science.” So I tell them, “Science can’t block viruses. Science can’t stop disasters. Masks only filter dust. Human beings are the most spiritual of all creatures, and we all want to stay safe.” I would then take the opportunity to clarify the truth and ask them to quit the CCP and its youth organizations.
The above are experiences on my cultivation journey. Everything is filled with Master’s care. Only by truly cultivating diligently can I live up to Master’s compassion!