(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 2008, a decision that has broadened my outlook and brought joy to my life.
Tribulations Abound
As the youngest child in my family, I was spoiled by my parents. I grew up to be stubborn and willful. When something upset me, I could hold a grudge against everyone and refuse to talk for days.
I was well known in my neighborhood for being a good student. Yet, despite all the hard work, I did poorly in my college entrance exam. There was nothing I could do but to accept reality.
My first marriage ended in divorce, and my second marriage brought me even more misery. My husband and his family mistreated and verbally abused me. We also experienced financial hardship. In despair, I thought about committing suicide and dreamed about killing my husband.
My health deteriorated over time. First my eyesight became blurry and I suffered from excruciating headaches and dizziness. I could not recognize familiar faces at normal distances. My eye doctor even tried to persuade me to retire early, citing my eye problem as a disability. Soon I also developed chronic constipation and stomachache, hypotension, pharyngitis, rhinitis, insomnia, and a lump in my breast.
Reading Dafa Books Brings Relief
I came across a Falun Dafa practitioner in 2006, who persuaded me to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its associated organizations. Then, she started to tell me about Dafa. I was shocked to learn that Dafa is a practice of the Buddha school.
“If Falun Dafa is truly the Buddha's law,” I thought, “Buddha please help me in my practice of Dafa, because that is something that I truly want to do.”
A couple of years later, a practitioner gave me a book that contained many Dafa stories and amazing cultivation experiences. I was nonetheless shocked when I personally experienced the marvels of Dafa.
Within minutes after I started reading this book, my eyes felt pulses of coolness and comfort that I had never experienced before.
“It is so amazing,” I told the practitioner who gave me the book. “My eyes were cured within minutes. Can you please let me read the book you have been reading?”
Thus, I started reading Zhuan Falun. After some time, I asked my husband, “Have you noticed any changes?” He replied, “You have a bigger heart now than before.”
One day as I was reading Zhuan Falun, the characters turned into a silver color. Another time the letters appeared to me in many different colors, glittering like diamonds.
Every word and sentence in the Dafa book touched my heart. The more I read, the more joy I felt. To my amazement, all my other illnesses disappeared and my body felt light.
Following the Dafa Principles
My daughter, a freshman in high school, asked me to complete a form that her teacher had given her. It turned out to be a 2,000 yuan need-based fellowship application form, although her teacher said she was selected for her excellent scholastic performance.
If this had happened prior to my practicing Dafa, I would have had no qualms about completing the form. But, I knew that I should follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and should be considerate of others. If my child obtained the fellowship, another family in greater need would not be able to get the money. Furthermore, since my child was getting a need-based fellowship for her excellent schoolwork, it would be fraudulent. So I told my daughter, “We should not apply. Other families need it more than us. Let them have the chance to get it.”
Later, her teacher insisted that she fill out the form. Her classmates envied her for the opportunity and tried to persuade her to take it. Eventually, my daughter returned the uncompleted form to her teacher and insisted that she select another student.
My daughter later told me that her teacher praised her for the selfless act. She quit the Young Pioneers' League and refused to join either the CCP or the Youth League. She also recited “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” in her daily life. I am certain that because of Dafa, she was not hurt when her bicycle collided with a car.
Benefiting from Dafa
One day in 2013, I went to select glasses for my child at a local store. Once the clerk learned that my eyesight improved greatly since my last eye exam, she asked me for my secret. I told her how Falun Dafa changed my life and about the brutal persecution. She was infuriated by the persecution and told me that she believed in Buddha, as well. Although she was afraid to quit the CCP, I told her to recite “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
The next time I met her, she told me that her persistent cough disappeared after she started to recite the sentences I told her. She was also spared from a food poisoning incident when her whole workplace went out for a meal. She then asked me to help her quit the CCP. She was later promoted to the store manager position.
I hope that more people will hear about Dafa and read or listen to the experience sharing articles by practitioners. I hope that they will no longer be deceived by the CCP's slanderous propaganda, and have a blessed life.
