One Kind Thought Connected Me with Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) I’m an elderly Falun Dafa practitioner from the countryside. I used to have cataracts, rheumatoid arthritis, vertigo, uterine cancer, and several other illnesses. We had financial difficulties. I didn’t want to burden my daughter and husband. Because I couldn’t afford medical treatment I lived in unbearable pain every day and often thought of ending my life.

There was a Falun Dafa practice site in our village before the persecution started in July 1999. I saw people doing the exercises and someone suggested that I practice, but I was always too busy with farming.

I found a Falun Dafa leaflet on my doorstep in March 2003. After reading the article “An Elderly Official Was Jailed for Repairing a Road,” I realized how upside down society had become. Good people were wrongfully imprisoned, while bad people roamed free without any moral restraint. With just this thought, even before I finished reading the leaflet, I suddenly had to use the restroom. After countless trips to the bathroom, I realized my vision improved and I could see the fields in the distance. My cataracts disappeared, the headaches were gone, and all my illnesses vanished. I wanted to practice Falun Dafa.

While I waited in the field for the irrigation water for my paddy field one day, I thought I would try meditating. Looking around and seeing no one nearby, I sat on the ridge, placed my right leg over my left, then my left leg over my right, and sat for several minutes. I was overjoyed.

When I returned home I told my granddaughter that I could meditate. She asked me to show her, so I sat cross-legged on the sofa. My husband came in, saw me meditating, and flew into a rage. He yanked me up from the sofa and dragged me toward the door, shouting, “I told you not to practice! Let’s go see the village [Chinese Communist Party (CCP)] branch secretary, the village head, and your nephew.”

At that time, a practitioner from our village who went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Dafa was being persecuted. My husband was frightened and insisted on dragging me to the CCP branch secretary. I struggled with all my strength, refusing to be pulled through the village, as it would have been humiliating. Yet, in my heart, I thought: “No one can shake my will to cultivate. I am determined to practice Falun Dafa.” My husband ripped my clothes, but still couldn’t drag me away.

Afterwards, I looked for a practitioner and brought home the book Zhuan Falun. After reading the book I finally understood the reason all my illnesses disappeared was because after I received the leaflet and understood the truth about Dafa, a kind thought arose in my mind; the reason my husband could not drag me away was because at that moment I aligned myself with the divine. Master said: “Good or evil comes from that instant thought.” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)

My family and relatives also greatly benefited during the more than 20 years that I practiced.

My Son-in-law Survived

In April 2008, my son-in-law was riding his motorcycle, with my four-year-old granddaughter on the way to his cousin’s house for dinner, when a car hit them. He was thrown more than 10 meters. He lost consciousness and he and the child were rushed to the hospital. My granddaughter suffered a concussion but recovered after several days in hospital. My son-in-law’s injuries were extremely serious. The doctors said three bones in his head were fractured, and they issued a critical condition notice.

I was very anxious when I heard what happened. A practitioner told me, “Don’t worry. Go to him and recite, ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’” I hurried to the ICU, where I saw my son-in-law lying motionless on the bed. I quickly called his name, urging him to wake up. I whispered into his ear, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” After I said this three times he suddenly sat up. But then he lay back down.

When the doctor came I said, “He will survive.” The doctor looked puzzled expression and asked how. People in the ward said they saw him sit up. The doctor thought it was miraculous. Just over a month later, my son-in-law was discharged from the hospital, and he remains healthy to this day.

My granddaughter also experienced a miracle. She was born with a congenital heart defect. When I studied the Fa and encountered characters I couldn’t recognize I asked her to help me, and she thought that Dafa is good. Around the age of 13, she underwent heart surgery. Some people said she would never be able to marry or have children. But now, she is happily married, has given birth to a lovely daughter, and lives a joyful life with her family. These are all blessings from Master.

After personally witnessing these miracles, my granddaughter now believes in Dafa and sincerely recites, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

My Nephew

My nephew was the village CCP Youth League secretary and always looked for ways to be promoted. Misled by the CCP’s lies and propaganda about Dafa, he took part in the persecution. In 2002, he illegally detained eight practitioners from our town and held a “study session” to forcibly brainwash them for more than two months.

After I began practicing in 2003, I wanted to clarify the truth to him. I brought him some materials, but when he saw them he angrily mocked me, repeating my words sarcastically, “I’ll give you materials, I’ll give you materials…” He immediately called his mom, my second eldest sister, and said, “Mom, something terrible has happened. Aunt has started practicing Falun Dafa.”

A few days later, my sister and brother came to my home. My sister asked me if I practice Falun Dafa. I replied, “Yes. You know how sick I was, but I’m healthy now and I can do all the housework.”

My brother tried to frighten me, saying, “Go ahead and practice, and they’ll slice open your belly.” I immediately recited what Master said:

“Be resolute cultivating Dafa, the mind unstirredAscending in levels is what’s fundamentalFaced with tests, a person’s true character is revealedMay you achieve Consummation—Buddha, Dao, or God”(“True Character Revealed,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II)

My sister told my brother, “Our sister is firmly in it [Falun Dafa]. As long as she is healthy, let her be.” They no longer tried to stop me.

My sister came to believe in Dafa and often urged her son not to tear up truth-clarification materials, and told him that was doing bad deeds. But he would not listen. In the winter of 2020, he was diagnosed with rectal cancer and required surgery. During the operation, the doctors discovered that the cancer cells had already spread to his large intestine, making surgery impossible, so they simply stitched him back up. After returning home, the whole family was plunged into grief and wept. My daughter told my nephew’s wife, “Go see my mother, she practices Falun Dafa. She can help.”

I knew this was retribution for the bad deeds my nephew committed against Falun Dafa. I brought truth-clarification materials and a USB drive to his home and urged him to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. He hesitated and did not agree. Seeing his condition and his hesitation, I was anxious and said, “If you want to quit, then quit.”

His daughter immediately exclaimed, “Dad, you should quit! Grandmother is looking out for you. I’ve already quit the Youth League and Young Pioneers, and now I fully understand. I’ll quit the CCP with you.” He then agreed to quit.

Before I left, I told him, “When you are alone, kneel and sincerely repent to Master for your bad deeds.” I also reminded him to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Later, my nephew went to the provincial hospital, received chemotherapy, and underwent surgery. Now he knows that Falun Dafa is good. He has fully recovered and is healthy.

I have many more real-life examples like these. I’ve only shared a little about how my family have benefited from Dafa. I hope that everyone who learns the truth of Falun Dafa will find their way to a bright and hopeful future.