(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) when I was in utter despair. My husband passed away when I was 63 years old, and I had to live on a survivor’s pension of 60 yuan a month. Plagued with health problems and with no salary, no medical coverage, and no savings, I was in a desperate situation. I was very ill, but I had no money to pay for health care. I couldn’t bring myself to ask my children for my help, because all five of them were struggling themselves.
The very first time I did the Falun Dafa exercises, I felt the changes in my body. I thought, “This practice is truly wonderful! There really is a true Buddha!” I found hope in life again.
Everyone else at the exercise site could sit in either the single lotus (with one leg crossed) or full lotus (both legs crossed) position, but I couldn’t even lift my leg. I was anxious and wept. I thought to myself, “Do I really not even have this little bit of predestined connection? Master, please help me!” Suddenly, I felt my leg loosen a little. I tried lifting it and I was amazed that I could sit in the single lotus position! My body felt light in the front and heavy in the back, and I leaned backward, just as it says in Zhuan Falun. I stopped crying and smiled—Master had helped me! Master knew what I was thinking, and I was now Master’s student! Every cell in my body seemed to be vibrating in joy! In my heart I vowed: I will forever be Master’s student.
On July 20, 1999, former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin launched an all-out persecution of Falun Gong, declaring it would be “eliminated in three months.” The Falun Dafa exercise sites throughout China were shut down, and we could not longer do the exercises together as a group. I thought to myself, “Falun Dafa is such a good practice, yet they say we can’t practice it. It’s not up to them.” I continued to do the exercises, listen to Master’s lectures, and read Zhuan Falun at home. I did not miss a single day.
Around the 2001 Chinese New Year, the CCP staged the self-immolation incident on Tiananmen Square and broadcast the video repeatedly on state-run media, shocking China and the world. But Master told us, “For practitioners, we have set the strict requirement that they cannot kill lives.” (Lecture Seven, Zhuan Falun)
Isn’t “self-immolation” killing? Dafa practitioners can’t commit suicide, so I knew the self-immolation was a fake. I fully believed that Dafa was good because it was Dafa that changed my life, and it was Master who gave me the will to live. I was determined to cultivate to the end. I wanted to speak a fair word for Dafa and Master, so that people would know Falun Dafa is good.
Many Ways to Tell People Dafa Is Good
Distributing truth-clarification booklets, hanging banners, posting adhesive notes—these have become part of my daily routine. Whenever practitioners provided the materials, I would cooperate to get the job done. In the early days of the persecution, several of us went out together at night to distribute flyers and small booklets, often staying out until midnight.
I went with three other practitioners on foot to a village about 2.5 km (about 1.5 miles) away. We split into pairs to distribute information household by household and finished around 11 p.m. When the four of us regrouped and started walking back, a car came up behind us. One of us hailed it, and the driver stopped. I gave him the name of our village, and he told us it would be 10 yuan to drive us there, so we got in.
That was 20 years ago. There were no taxis in our area, and private cars were rare. Meeting a car in the middle of the night like that had to have been Master’s arrangement. We clarified the truth to the driver, and after listening and understanding, he said, “I met some good people today. I’ll do a good deed, too—no charge.” We all laughed, but we still paid him the full fare.
Another time, four of us took a car to a village over 5 km (3 miles) away. Once there, we split into two groups. The younger pair hung banners because they were heavy, while the others put up adhesive notes. At the village entrance, we hung “Falun Dafa Is Good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Good” banners and posted adhesive notes nearby. We then started to head back down the road, hanging banners at intervals and posting adhesive notes on every utility pole and billboard. Without realizing it, we were back in the city. Even at over 80 years old, I didn’t feel even a bit tired.
In the early days, I wrote “Falun Dafa Is Good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Good” on currency bills myself. Later, when other practitioners printed the messages on them, I carried those bills at all times and used them everywhere—when I bought daily necessities, gave children New Year’s money, exchanged them with relatives and friends to play Mahjong, and gave them to my children to do business.
Validating Dafa
To clarify the truth to relatives and friends, I described my own physical changes. With the mindset that “one person is not too few, a hundred is not too many,” I helped Master save people. Seeing my wish, Master arranged for relatives from both my husband’s side and my own to visit me. I told them about how my health improved after practicing Dafa and explained how people can tell the Tiananmen Square self-immolation was fabricated, because Master forbids practitioners from killing. Later, I also told them about quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Once, my husband’s younger sister said about me, “Every time I see my sister-in-law, she looks the same. She never seems to age. Look at her straight back and her baby face. She is so full of energy!”
My nephew’s wife said about me, “Auntie has more energy than I do. At over 80, she walks so lightly. I really admire her. This time I’ll go home and find the [Dafa] book. I want to learn Falun Dafa, too.”
So far, on my husband’s side and among our children and their descendants, 45 people have quit the CCP and 11 have read Zhuan Falun. On my side of the family, 36 people acknowledge Falun Dafa is good, 27 have quit the CCP, four have gotten copies of Zhuan Falun, and three with limited literacy have gotten Master’s lecture recordings.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, I went to a family birthday celebration. Two younger brothers-in-law came to me to hear about Dafa. First, my fourth brother-in-law said to me, “You are here! I haven’t seen you for over 30 years, but I recognized you right away. You look the same, very healthy!”
I told him, “It’s because I sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ You should try it, too. Recite these words sincerely every day, and miracles can happen. Look at the CCP—corrupt, full of infighting, persecuting good people who practice Dafa, harvesting organs—it brought on the pandemic. So many of us have died over the past three years. Many prophecies say great disasters are imminent. To avoid calamities, there are only two things to do. First, withdraw from the CCP organizations you swore allegiance to and second, sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’” He asked me to help him quit the Party he’d joined when he was in the army.
Then my sixth brother-in-law came over to see me. I said to him, “The CCP has carried out many political campaigns since it seized power and has killed around 80 million Chinese. As the old saying goes, ‘Good is rewarded, evil is punished.’ It’s only a matter of time. Heaven will eliminate the CCP. All of its members will suffer along with it. It’s not worth it. For the happiness of your family and your own safety, let me help you quit the CCP. What do you think?” He agreed.
In November, I went back to my hometown with my oldest daughter, who is also a practitioner, to attend my granddaughter’s wedding. We brought with us one copy of Zhuan Falun, three audio players with Master’s lectures, and four audio players with truth-clarification information. When we arrived, my relatives greeted me warmly and complimented me on my health.
I said to them, “You all know it’s because I recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Don’t forget to say it. Doing so often can help you avoid great disasters and keep you safe.” My second nephew thought that was wonderful. My daughter gave him an audio player with Master’s lectures, which he thanked her for.
My daughter asked my third niece if she could read. She could, so I told her, “I’ll give you a precious book. Will you read it?” She agreed, saying she now had time.
The next day, my eldest and second nephews each got an audio player with Master’s lectures. In just two days, a copy of Zhuan Falun and all three audio players we’d brought had been given to people with predestined connections. Of course, all of them had already quit the CCP and understood the truth about Dafa. My daughter and I also helped five more people quit the CCP.
At the wedding reception, my eldest nephew told my daughter that he’d listened to the recordings all night until it ran out of battery, and he thought it was excellent. My second nephew’s wife said, “My husband started listening as soon as he brought it home yesterday. He was so happy.”
Fellow practitioners: All sentient beings are waiting to be saved. Time waits for no one. Let us work together, make the best use of our time to help Master save people, assimilate to the Fa, and fulfill our vows.
Thank you, Master!
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