Man in His 80s Appears in the Prime of His Life

(Minghui.org) I am an 83-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner from a rural area in China. I began practicing Dafa in 1997. Under the compassionate care of Master, it has been a smooth 28-year journey. With practitioners’ encouragement, I wrote a little of my cultivation experiences down and would like to share them with practitioners.

Extending the Duration of Meditation

Under the guidance of Master’s Fa, I endured hardships in meditation to improve and prolong my meditation time. When I first started to extend my meditation time, I was in an unstable state. If I had a thought in my mind that it was too painful, that I’d better take my legs down, I would not be able to persevere.

When my legs were particularly uncomfortable, I would be able gear up and do the meditation for a long time if I remembered what Master said,

“...physical pain is the easiest thing to endure: Just grit your teeth and it’s over.” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)

I now practice five sets of exercises every day. My schedule is very tight. I study the Fa every day, clarify the truth, and save people. I sell vegetables on the street; I plant vegetables on my land, about 2,390 square feet, and I have to make three meals a day and do household chores. I sleep a maximum of three or four hours a day and am in good spirits. I go to bed at 9 o’clock at night, and get up at 12 o’clock to send forth righteous thoughts. I then meditate for two hours, do the standing exercises, and then sometimes go out to distribute truth-clarification materials in the dark. I no longer sleep in the remaining time before dawn. I then go to the field to take care of and pick vegetables to catch the morning market. After selling vegetables and eating lunch at noon, I will send forth righteous thoughts, and when I have time, I will rest for a while and then start to study the Fa. I also study the Fa in the evening until 9 o’clock.

I can carry two buckets with 100 pounds of water for irrigation, and I can carry dozens of pounds of vegetables to the market two kilometers (1.2 miles) away to sell vegetables. The average man in the prime of life is not as energetic as me. I can go up and down eight floors in one breath, and I usually walk briskly.

When relatives, friends, and classmates who I hadn’t seen for many years saw me, they were surprised that I hadn’t changed much. Some people also say that I, a man in his 80s, look like I am only in my 60s. This is all a manifestation of Falun Dafa’s extraordinary nature.

Clarifying the Truth to Save People

In today’s China, surveillance cameras are on the streets everywhere. In order to save people, I distribute about 40 copies of truth-clarification materials every week, and for safety, I mostly go out in the middle of the night. While selling vegetables, I use truth-clarification banknotes, and dozens of such banknotes can be used every day to save as many people as possible. As long as Dafa practitioners do the right thing, there will be no danger. I keep Master’s Fa firmly in mind, suppress all evil, and fulfill my mission.

So far, under the merciful protection of Master, my wife and I have never been persecuted by the evil Party, nor have we been blacklisted. Thank you, Master!

Steady Cultivation Under Master’s Protection

On the path of cultivation, many thrilling and dangerous things have happened to us, and we have relied on Master’s protection.

In the years when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Dafa, my wife and another practitioner went to the countryside to clarify the truth at a farmer’s market. They then went to her eldest sister’s house for dinner. My wife felt anxious for no clear reason and wanted to leave early. They left without having a meal. After returning home, her eldest sister called and asked anxiously if they were safe. It turned out that right after they left, the police came looking for them, saying that someone from the farmer’s market had reported them. It was Master’s protection that had allowed them to leave in time and defuse the menacing persecution.

On another occasion, a few practitioners and I helped to move the truth-clarification materials and printing devices and supplies to make the materials. The equipment was large and there were a lot of supplies. When we arrived in the city center, where there were usually no checkpoints, a police checkpoint was set up, and many police officers were checking cars. It was too late to turn back. When the police asked us what we were doing, and opened the trunk, they knocked on the outer tarp and asked: What is this? I replied calmly, “It is all a mess of farm tools and garden stuff; we rural people are not willing to throw anything away when we move.” The police let us go. There was a second checkpoint, and we went through it smoothly as well.

I still felt that something was wrong, and my wife said, “Don’t rush, I’ll get out of the car to take a look.” She saw that two teams of police cars were lined up in the distance ahead of us.

We stopped and found a place to send forth righteous thoughts. Throughout the whole process, we asked Master to strengthen us, and we sent righteous thoughts. After more than an hour, the police dispersed and we continued on our way and finally arrived safely.

I later heard that it was because there had been a major homicide that day, and so the police had come out. Of course, we hadn’t known. In fact, it was an evil arrangement in another dimension, wanting to persecute us. It was Master who protected us and the equipment.

Working Together and Taking Money Lightly

Our Fa study group studies the Fa once a week. We help each other and improve together. Everyone has been moving forward steadily. My wife is now 80 years old, and she is also undertaking Dafa projects to the best of her abilities. We support each other, care for each other, and make progress together. Sometimes one party is slacking off and depressed, and the other party will encourage and help the other party to improve.

My wife had stomach pain for some time. Our children were not at ease, so they took her to the hospital. The doctor said that she had a gastric ulcer, superficial gastritis, gastric perforations, etc., and the hospital could not cure her. When she came home, we intensified our efforts to study the Fa. My wife began to recite Zhuan Falun, and after memorizing it for the third time, her stomach was healed without needing any medicine.

The government assigned a homestead to us, but we did not sell it (it could have been sold for 300,000 yuan (US $41,781) at that time). My son said that he wanted the land to build a house on, so we gave it to him. In today’s society, which is rampant with materialism, only Dafa cultivators can so easily take money lightly.

Many people advised my wife and me to stop working in our vegetable patch and stay at home to enjoy life. However, we both remember Master’s teachings, and as Dafa practitioners, we don’t seek comfort. We have to validate the Fa and fulfill our vows!

Thank you, Master! Thank you, practitioners!