(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1999 and have benefited a lot from it, both physically and mentally. Master’s Dafa not only enabled me, a bedridden patient with nephrotic syndrome, to regain my health, but also allowed me to understand that I shouldn’t just think about myself; I should become a good and kind person. I would like to share some stories about my past with fellow practitioners.
I was a bus conductor before I began the practice. In the 90s, it was common knowledge that the conductors stole the ticket money, and even the drivers colluded with the conductors. They divided the embezzled ticket money afterward. I was too timid to steal, so my co-workers couldn’t get any benefits through me, and didn’t want to work with me. A driver on our team saw that I was isolated and earning less than others, so he asked me to get on his bus as a conductor, and let another conductor steal money. I cooperated with them, and the three of us shared the embezzled money. I thought that this would be safer for me, and I would have a share of the money, so I readily agreed. But after implementing this plan, I was inexplicably nervous whenever I got on the bus, and I no longer felt at ease.
In order to prevent ticket theft, the company had inspectors who could get on the bus at any time and conduct surprise inspections. The conductor on the bus with me was in charge of stealing the money, and I helped keep guard and stay alert for inspectors. After participating in stealing money, my financial situation improved, but after all I was doing something wrongful, so I was always stressed.
The winter in the Northeast is very cold, and I couldn’t use the bathroom in time after being on the bus for a long time. One day, the inspector suddenly got on the bus, and I was so nervous that I felt dizzy and panicked, and I almost collapsed. I was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with glomerulonephritis [a kind of kidney disease].
I later became pregnant, which increased the burden on my kidneys. After giving birth, I developed nephrotic syndrome. My husband took me to famous hospitals all over the country, but they couldn’t cure it at all, and the doctor could only prescribe some expensive drugs to protect my kidney function. A box of pills cost my husband and me two months of our wages. The family’s savings were spent, and I was bedridden. I was desperate. I was only in my twenties, I couldn’t take care of myself, my children were still young, so I wondered, how would I live in the future?
I have a relative who practices Dafa, and he told me that Falun Gong has miraculous effects in healing illnesses and keeping people fit, so I entered Dafa cultivation. Just a few months after I obtained the Fa, Master purified my body. I spit out something like cotton wool. Filthy substances were also discharged. After a few cleansings, my nephrotic syndrome was cured without medicine. I was so excited, and I was truly grateful from the bottom of my heart that Master had saved me. I was determined to practice Dafa all the way to the end. My husband and family saw the miraculous changes in me and supported me studying Dafa.
Within a few months of obtaining the Fa, I was disease-free and felt light, and not only did my body improve, but the Dafa principles also purified my mind. I understood that the purpose of being a human being is to return to one’s true self, and I also learned that good will be rewarded and evil will be punished, as well as the principle of no loss and no gain.
Dafa made me understand that what I did when I was a conductor was wrong, and that I had lost virtue. I was determined to be a good person according to the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. When I was in the midst of the joy of being healthy, the CCP began a frenzied suppression of Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin [former head of the CCP] issued brutal genocidal policies against Falun Gong cultivators. The police came to my house and asked me to write a “guarantee statement” to renounce Falun Gong, but I sternly refused, “If I don’t study Dafa, my life will be gone. How can I not practice?!”
After that there was no peace at home. The police came to my house twice in three days to try to force me to write a “pledge not to practice,” threatening me that I would be fired from my job if I didn’t write it. They threatened to illegally send me to a forced labor camp, and harassed me at work. The leader at my workplace had no choice but to send me home and withhold my salary. I lost my livelihood.
Seeing that I was unmoved, the police went to my husband’s workplace to harass him, and asked the leaders of his workplace to force my husband to divorce me. My husband asked them, “My wife studies Dafa to be a good person, what’s wrong with that? Why don’t you let her practice?”
My husband took his work seriously and responsibly, and his leaders recognized him. After this incident, my husband’s leader learned that I had been cured of nephrotic syndrome because of the Dafa, and because I did not give up my faith, I was always harassed, arrested, and detained by the police, and my family had no peace.
In response to the police harassment, the leader of my husband’s workplace said that he would never cooperate with them. To help my husband work with peace of mind and to protect me, the leader specially approved of me working as a temporary worker in their company. The leader said, “Faith is a personal issue, and life is the most important. If the police come here to arrest someone, we can stop them.” And just like that, I got my second job.
The leader arranged a relatively casual position for me to manage office supplies. I cherished this hard-earned job and was determined to work hard according to the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
The office copy machine was always out of order. I looked closely and found that it was caused by paper getting stuck in the machine. The previous administrator had received kickbacks from the manufacturer, and had ordered a garage-full of paper (there was no need for so much paper), and the normal operation of the machine was affected by the dampness of the paper.
I calculated the approximate amount of paper used by this department in a month, bought a few new boxes of paper, moved the paper from the garage to the upstairs, put it flat, and dried it. Everyone used the old and new paper alternately, so that the copier rarely broke down.
In fact, my position is a lucrative post, and I am responsible for purchasing office supplies. Because it is difficult to count the amount of office supplies, it’s difficult to find out if administrators and suppliers embezzle. After I took over, the maintenance staff for the photocopier manufacturer came to me and tried to give me a kickback of thousands of yuan, and asked me to sign a blank invoice, which I refused. Another time, a paper vendor called me and said, “Since you took over, we’ve been unable to complete our mission.”
Because I am not greedy, I have saved the company a lot of money. At the end of the year, the leader said to me, “You’ve used so little money in a year?! Since you took over, you have saved a lot of money compared to the previous office supplies costs.”
My job is relatively leisurely. Sometimes my colleagues ask me to help them make copies of documents, and I always help them when they ask. Dozens of people gradually started coming to me for help making copies, and I have enthusiastic helped. Although it is not my job, I feel that I am a person who cultivates Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, so I should be kind to others and help others, which makes me happy.
The leaders sometimes give me materials and ask me to copy them for meetings in the afternoon. I will sacrifice my lunch break to make all the copies for them.
Because I demand myself to act in accordance with the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I am diligent at work. I am not greedy or possessive, and treat my colleagues enthusiastically, regardless of the gains and losses. The leaders and my colleagues have shown their appreciation. The leader not only gave me a salary increase, but also paid my health insurance, and I had a share of the various benefits of the company (originally I was a temporary worker, and there were no benefits according to the regulations). Every year, my husband and I receive very substantial bonuses and benefits. When I told my colleagues about Dafa, they were all very receptive.
I am very grateful to Master for letting me understand the Fa, and understand that people really shouldn’t do bad things. In the past, I embezzled money for personal gain. I was worried every day, finally fell ill, and spent all my family’s savings to treat the disease. Not only did I spend all the embezzled money on treatment, I almost lost my life. After studying Dafa, I was not greedy and no longer took things. I work diligently, but after letting go of personal gains and losses, I have gained more.
Looking back, I often feel that if it weren’t for cultivating Dafa, I would still be living in a muddy state, fighting every day for small profits. Or I may have become seriously ill or died. Master’s Dafa not only saved my life, but also purified my soul and made me know exactly how and why people should live. It was Master and Dafa who reshaped me!
Thank you, Master, for your mercy and salvation!