(Minghui.org) I had many health problems during my childhood, including a bad spleen and stomach. I was weak, couldn’t sleep, and had low energy. I couldn’t swallow anything if I tried to talk while I ate. My hands and feet were always cold. I also had hives and other issues. I tried both Western and Chinese medicines to no avail. I even studied traditional Chinese medicine, but my efforts were fruitless. I struggled with all these health issues as I was growing up.
When I was 8 or 9, I would look up at the vast sky and wonder where people came from. I asked my mother but she couldn’t explain.
On July 20, 1996, I went downstairs and heard my neighbor talking to several people in the courtyard. She said that she was practicing a Buddha school cultivation. Out of curiosity, I went over and asked her if one had to undergo conversion to become a practitioner. She said they practiced the exercises early in the morning, it was free and I was welcome to learn them. The next day I went to the practice site with her. Afterwards, she lent me the book Falun Gong and then Zhuan Falun. From then on, I started practicing Falun Dafa, and underwent fundamental changes, physically and mentally.
After I practiced for three months, all my health problems completely disappeared! I was free of illness and full of energy. I walked with a spring in my step. I haven’t taken any medicine in the last 28 years.
Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, taught practitioners the principles of this immense and boundless universal Fa. He explained the meaning of life and its origin. I feel fortunate to be a practitioner. I followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and became an upright person. I no longer had conflicts with my coworkers, and I understood the reason I suffered in the past. I cherished the predestined relationships with my friends, relatives, and family members. My life would be pointless if I didn’t practice Dafa. I am moved to tears when I read the precious Dafa books or talk about my cultivation experiences.
My relatives, friends, and people in my hometown saw the great changes in me and within a year, many of them started to practice Falun Dafa. Some of them experienced miracles.
In the summer of 1996, my younger sister was diagnosed with ovarian cysts. The doctor at the county hospital recommended she have surgery. She discussed the issue with me in early October. She was exhausted and looked pale and unfocused. She complained about the pain in her abdomen. I took her to a clinic near my dormitory for diagnosis and treatment. Her ultrasound exam indicated that the cysts had grown and needed to be removed.
My sister decided to practice Falun Dafa with me. She learned the five sets of exercises in three days. She took a copy of Zhuan Falun with her when she returned home. We met again four months later during Chinese New Year. Her face was bright and healthy. She looked at least five years younger. She said she read the Fa and practiced the exercises every day.
“Everything gradually went back to normal and my abdomen no longer hurt,” she said. Her ovarian cysts were gone.
Seeing my changes and watching me do the exercises during the 1997 Chinese New Year, my mother decided to start practicing Falun Dafa. She never went to school and only attended night school literacy classes. She started by reading Zhuan Falun one word at a time, and then she could gradually read phrases. Slowly, she was able to join the words and phrases into sentences. Now, not only can she read Zhuan Falun and other Dafa books, she also memorized “On Dafa” and some of Master's short lectures.
My mother often recited “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Her hypertension and heart disease that she had for more than ten years disappeared, and she no longer needed to take medicines. She felt much younger. My father once praised my mother saying her temper and vocabulary improved.
At the age of 83, my mother suddenly had symptoms of a stroke and fell into a coma. She was taken to hospital. Miraculously, she was discharged from hospital nine days later, rather than 28 days as scheduled. Once home, she could easily walk upstairs to the second floor by herself.
In 2012, my oldest sister-in-law was diagnosed with gallstones by local and county hospitals. In the summer, she stayed at her niece’s home to prepare for surgery to remove the gallstones at the provincial hospital. Her niece was a Falun Dafa practitioner and played Master’s lecture recordings for her every day and told her to sincerely recite, ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’
The day her surgery was scheduled, a color ultrasound test was done and no gallstones were found. The doctor repeatedly confirmed that the gallstones had indeed disappeared. Her two sons didn’t believe it, so, on the way home, they had another ultrasound taken at another hospital, which confirmed that she no longer had gallstones.
I used to have strong self-esteem and at the same time, strong inferiority—the two contradictory mindsets actually came from the same attachment, my ego. I strictly required of myself to be a decent person and worked hard to gain respect from leaders and other people. I often felt resentful and lost my temper. The bad feeling encouraged attachments of gain and competitiveness.
When I began practicing Falun Dafa, I memorized “True Cultivation” in Essentials for Further Advancement. I behaved in accordance with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and finally overcame these attachments. I also memorized Master’s article “Further Elimination of Attachments.” After eliminating the attachments of fame, gain, and sentimentality, I was able to immerse myself in the light of the Fa and I felt extremely happy.
Seven years ago, my husband suddenly hit me violently for no reason. I burst into tears, feeling resentful that he didn’t appreciate everything I’d done for the family over the years. I then thought of Master’s teachings and realized I wanted to be recognized. Master taught us to “attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism.” (“Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature,” Essentials for Further Advancement) I immediately let go of this attachment.
Only by comparing every thought with Dafa’s principles can I continue on the cultivation path carefully arranged for me by Master and be worthy of Master’s compassion.