I Feel Joy From the Bottom of My Heart

(Minghui.org) I smiled when I saw my wife before work one morning. She smiled back and said, “It would be great if our son loved to smile like you.” I agreed but said he’s too busy with his studies. After I returned home, I realized the reason I can smile so much is because I’m lucky enough to be on the cultivation path of a Dafa practitioner. I feel joy from the bottom of my heart!

I was born in the 1970s and have lived in the closed environment of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since I was a child. I went to school reading the textbooks it fabricated and I was taught to sing songs praising the CCP. I was brainwashed by its lies and propaganda.

When I first met my wife, she introduced Falun Gong to me, saying it’s a practice that teaches people to be kind and can make one healthy. Because I believed in the CCP’s atheism, I didn’t accept what she said. I thought it was “feudal superstition,” and that my wife and her friends were obsessed. However, I didn’t oppose her practice.

In early 1999, not long after we got married, the CCP began slandering and defaming Falun Gong, and persecuting practitioners. My wife wanted to speak up for Dafa, so she went to Beijing to appeal and was illegally detained. When she returned home, she was harassed and monitored by the police and local officials, which seriously affected our life. I advised her to give up the practice, but she insisted on continuing.

When we were at home, she played Master Li’s audio lecture recordings. Over time, I felt that the content of the lectures made sense and began to like them more and more. Unconsciously, I started to live according to Master’s Fa principles. I was able to do business without cheating, and no longer took advantage of others. I felt very peaceful!

The persecution was very severe at the time. My wife had been arrested twice and was continually harassed and threatened. But we persisted in not giving up Dafa despite the pressure. I once had a toothache and my wife said, “Read the section in Zhuan Falun regarding illness karma.” The result was amazing, my toothache disappeared! But due to my poor enlightenment quality, I did not truly start practicing cultivation.

When I had toothache again, it hurt during the day but not when I ate. Master saw that I had not yet understood his hint, so it began hurting when I ate, but not at night. I didn’t realize that Master asks that we study the Fa and do the exercises. I then had unbearable toothaches during the day and at night. My wife said, “I think you should do the exercises.” I started practicing cultivation in earnest from then on.

After I began studying the Fa and doing the exercises with my wife, my xinxing improved and my body became healthier. I’ve since had no need to take medicine.

My father once hit an elderly man while driving. I rushed the man to a hospital, but unfortunately, he died. My wife and I discussed that we should handle this matter according to the standards of a cultivator. So we withdrew our savings to meet the needs of the man’s family as much as possible, and we didn’t expect my brother to help us out. In this way, we walked on the right path, and Master made everything right for us.

The family of the deceased man didn’t ask us for extra money. Through this incident, my uncle and his family also changed their views on us and gained a positive understanding of Dafa (due to the persecution, they had always opposed our cultivation). The attitudes of the people in our village towards Dafa also changed.

On another occasion, my parents were driving to a market and were hit by another vehicle. When I arrived at the scene, I saw my mother lying on the ground with blood all over her face. I quickly helped her into the car. The bystanders advised me to settle things with the offender. But I took my parents straight to the hospital for an examination and paid for the expenses without asking for compensation.

After my mother was discharged, she wanted to get compensation from the driver, but he didn’t want to pay a penny. This made my mother very angry, so she went to the village officials to plead her case. My wife and I explained to my mother that she and the driver may have had a karmic relationship from a previous life, which led to the accident. My mother was still angry. But we were unmoved, and used the Fa principles to explain the situation to my parents and family. They ended up dropping the idea of pursuing compensation from the driver.

The CCP persecutes Dafa and wants to poison the world, so Master asks us to clarify the truth and save people. My wife and I have gone from village to village to do small business and deliver Dafa pamphlets to thousands of households. We’re truly happy when we can help people learn the truth.