(Minghui.org) I was born into a traditional, highly educated family, and I’m the fourth of five daughters. When Falun Dafa was introduced throughout China, my family was fortunate to begin practicing. We were guided by Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Our morals improved, and we are healthy and happy. I would like to tell you how our family benefited both physically and mentally.
My Parents Were Fortunate to Find Falun Dafa
My parents were very kind and worked hard to take care of their family, but their health was poor. After having five children, my mother was plagued with postpartum illnesses. The worst was her sensitivity to drafts. She wore a hat all year round—thick ones in winter and thin ones in summer. Just to cook a meal after she returned from work, she had to take several breaks. Our home was filled with all kinds of medicines and therapy devices. My mother often went out to exercise to improve her health, but nothing really helped.
In early 1996, while doing her morning exercises, my mother noticed a Falun Dafa practice site in our residential area. A volunteer instructor told her about the practice and taught her the exercises for free. As my mother listened to the exercise music, she felt very relaxed and decided to practice Falun Dafa. Not long after studying the Fa (teachings) and doing the exercises, her illnesses disappeared. Someone who had taken medicine for years finally experienced what it felt like to have no illness. She truly felt the miraculous and extraordinary nature of Dafa.
One time, my sister and I were walking in our neighborhood, and I saw someone walking ahead of us—the person looked like our mother, but in the blink of an eye, she disappeared. When we later mentioned it, my mother said it was indeed her, going out to distribute Dafa truth-clarification materials. The way she walked was light and energetic, completely different from before she practiced.
My mother told us that, one night while she was distributing truth-clarification materials, there were no lights in the stairwell. As she was going downstairs, she missed a step, twisted her ankle, and was in intense pain. In her heart, she asked Master Li for help: “Master, please help me. I still have so many materials to distribute, and so many kind people have been deceived by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) lies, which have led them to slander and hate Falun Dafa's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. They need to know the truth.” With sincere faith and a heart of consideration for others, she finished distributing all the materials she brought. When she was about to go home, she couldn’t remember which ankle she had twisted—it healed without her noticing it.
Before my father practiced Falun Dafa, he had tuberculosis, emphysema, and silicosis. After studying the Fa and practicing the exercises, he recovered without treatment. However, he stopped practicing after the CCP began to persecute Falun Dafa, and his lung condition returned. In critical condition, he was rushed to the hospital, where tubes were inserted all over his body. He did not improve. The hospital director told our family to contact other hospitals to see if there was a better option.
After my father returned home, he coughed up blood. He was exhausted and sat in bed all day. He could not lie down to sleep because it was difficult for him to breathe. Encouraged by my mother, he resumed studying Falun Dafa and practicing the exercises. He recovered completely within a few days. His body underwent dramatic changes—his hair, which had gone gray at a young age, even grew back black.
I Began to Practice Falun Dafa
I had poor health from a young age. One of my most vivid childhood memories is lying on the bed watching my parents and sisters eat; I couldn’t join them because a fever, the mumps, or other ailments made it impossible for me to eat. As I grew older, more illnesses appeared: shortness of breath, migraines, severe constipation, arthritis, and more. Even though I was young, I already felt life was hopeless and often looked at myself in the mirror and asked, “Who are you?”
I later married and had a daughter. In the seventh year of our marriage, my husband had an affair. Feeling angry and hurt, I divorced him and raised our child on my own. That was in 2006. Worried that I might not cope well, my mother encouraged me to read the book Zhuan Falun. The very first day I read this precious book, my mother was pleasantly surprised to see that I no longer cried all the time, and was peaceful like still water.
When my daughter was young and called out, “Mommy, hold me,” I wanted to hold her, but I didn’t have the strength. Doctors once said that, although I was only 30, my bones were like those of a 60-year-old. After I began to practice Falun Dafa, all my illnesses disappeared. I felt light and agile, and sometimes when walking, I felt as if I might fly. In 2008, when our home was being renovated, I helped clear the construction debris. The loads were heavy, yet I carried bag after bag outside—something unimaginable before.
I also taught my daughter to read Zhuan Falun. Whenever she encountered words she didn’t know, I explained them to her. Later, when my daughter had several episodes of high fever, her temperature returned to normal while listening to recordings of Master Li Hongzhi’s lectures. My daughter is an adult now. The seeds of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance have taken root and sprouted in her heart. She treats others sincerely and kindly, and both her studies and career have gone smoothly—all blessings from practicing Falun Dafa.
My Sisters Begin Practicing
My sisters and I ate at our mother’s home. After the meal, my third sister was washing dishes in the kitchen, and the two of us chatted. I told her how extraordinary Falun Dafa is, including the miraculous things we experienced after my daughter and I began to practice. For example, how my daughter was about to be hit by a car that was sliding downhill. The car suddenly turned, and my daughter was not harmed. Another time, when I plugged in the power cord of a tape recorder, a large fireball burst out of the socket with a loud bang. The plug and wire separated instantly. My hand was holding the plug at the time, but I was not injured. My third sister is very kind-hearted. Later, she and her daughter began to read Zhuan Falun.
My third sister used to have dark patches on her face. My daughter once innocently looked at her and said, “Auntie, your face is dirty,” and tried to wipe it with her little hand, but it wouldn’t come off. My sister had tried several spot-removal products, but nothing worked. After she began practicing Falun Dafa, the patches on her face gradually disappeared. My mother said the exercises were purifying her body. As long as one seriously studies the Fa and practices the exercises, and measures oneself by the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, any incorrect state will naturally be corrected.
In the spring of 2017, my third brother-in-law felt weak and went to the hospital. Test results indicated that three-quarters of a major artery was blocked. The family contacted a top-level hospital, but because it was the Qingming Festival, the hospital asked him to come after the holiday for further tests. Fearing that something might happen to him, my brother-in-law was very worried and sadly discussed his final wishes with his wife. We all reminded him to sincerely recite, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” A few days later, the further tests showed that his artery was 99 percent blocked. He was immediately hospitalized and had surgery for a stent. The doctor said that his artery, as shown on the screen, was as thin as a strand of hair, and that patients in this condition could die at any time. Yet my brother-in-law was able to survive until the surgery due to his belief that Dafa is good. He later began to read Dafa books with my third sister. He also encouraged his mother to study the Fa and practice the exercises.
My second sister grew up with atheistic beliefs, so she did not believe in cultivation. However, she saw how our father recovered from being critically ill. She couldn’t understand it: How could an illness that hospitals couldn’t cure be healed simply by reading Dafa books and practicing the exercises? She found it hard to comprehend how our parents’ chronic ailments could disappear after practicing Falun Dafa. Mother asked her to read Zhuan Falun with us. Out of filial piety, she agreed. After we continued to read together for a while, my second sister said to herself, “I don’t know how it happened, but I’ve come in as well,” meaning she had begun practicing Falun Dafa.
In my second brother-in-law’s family, their lineage has been passed down through a single male for generations. Their family had only one son in each generation for several generations. Because my second sister gave birth to a girl, her in-laws were dissatisfied and were cold towards her. Her younger sister-in-law’s family of three lived with their parents year-round. Despite all this, my second sister did not argue or complain. Remembering Master’s teaching that “Zhen-Shan-Ren is the Sole Criterion to Discern Good and Bad People,” (Zhuan Falun), she held herself to high standards, striving to be a good person. She treated her in-laws with kindness and virtue, honoring them as she would her own parents. Her parents-in-law now treat her like their own daughter.
Seeing the goodness of Falun Dafa reflected in my second sister, her husband became very supportive of her practice. In the mornings, he would remind her, “It’s time. Get up and do the exercises.”
Since studying the Fa and practicing the exercises, my second sister continued to experience the extraordinary nature of Dafa. For example, several blisters appeared above her waist, causing stabbing pain that made it impossible for her to sleep. It was diagnosed as shingles. She wept from the pain, but later noticed it subsided when she did the exercises. As she continued to study the Fa and practice, she soon recovered.
When my youngest sister’s daughter had a fever as a child, my parents read Zhuan Falun to her and taught her to recite, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” On one occasion, the child had a fever for five or six days without improvement. My brother-in-law became anxious, saying that if it didn’t subside by the next day, they would go to the hospital. Miraculously, the fever was gone the next morning. My sister and her daughter studied the Fa, and my brother-in-law sometimes read Dafa books as well. He also helped my mother distribute truth-clarification materials.
As the youngest in our family, my sister rarely had to do chores and wasn’t very good at housework after she married. Guided by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, she realized the importance of thinking about others and being selfless. She learned to cook, do housework, and take good care of her family. She also changed her bad attitude toward her rural in-laws, buying birthday gifts for them and delivering them personally, which made the older generation very happy.
My younger sister’s workplace was restructured, and management positions were cut. People used their connections and backdoor methods to protect their jobs. My sister was conflicted about how to handle it and couldn’t sleep. Late at night, she opened Zhuan Falun but couldn’t read a single page for a long time. In the end, she decided to let go and let things take their natural course. Coincidentally, another position that required her professional skills opened up, and my sister happened to be a perfect fit, so she was assigned to that management role. What seemed coincidental was actually Master’s arrangement for her. When someone asked my sister what connections she used to get that position, my mother smiled and said to my sister, “Your connection is really powerful—it’s Master and Falun Dafa.”
We sisters often returned home to visit our parents. When we read Dafa books together, our eldest sister studied the Fa with us, although she still didn’t fully believe in cultivation. Our mother’s life and death ordeal changed her mind.
One day last winter, after my mother came out of the bathroom, she suddenly felt short of breath. Her lips and limbs turned purple, and she sat on the bed struggling to breathe. We sisters immediately clasped our hands together in front of our chests and asked Master for help. Together, we sincerely recited, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Master, please save Mother.” After a while, my mother recovered. The next day, the same thing happened again after she used the bathroom. We hurriedly asked Master for help once again and sincerely recited the same words. My mother recovered again, and we knew Master saved her life again. Over the following days, my mother repeatedly experienced dangerous episodes of shortness of breath.
Around the sixth day, after my mother came out of the bathroom, she again began to gasp for air, and her head tilted to one side. When I touched her, her hands were ice-cold, and her fingers were tightly clenched. I tried to lift her head, and I shook her, but there was no response. I was stunned. I pinched the area between her nose and upper lip, but she still didn’t respond. My sisters begged Master to save her. Then, a miracle occurred: My mother slowly opened one eye, her complexion gradually returned to normal, and she came back from the brink of death.
My eldest sister said emotionally, “If Mom were an ordinary person—a nearly 90-year-old woman whose brain had been deprived for oxygen for prolonged periods of time several times—even if she survived, she would likely be in a vegetative state.” Having personally witnessed the entire process of Mother coming back from the verge of death several times, my eldest sister saw with her own eyes how compassionate and great Master saved our mother’s life seven times. She witnessed miracles manifested by Dafa that science cannot explain. She understood that Falun Dafa is no ordinary practice and that Master Li is here to save people. Afterward, when she read Zhuan Falun, her mindset was completely different. A few days ago, her husband also read several pages of Zhuan Falun. To her surprise, his knee pain, which wasn’t cured after spending thousands of yuan on medicated plasters, disappeared after reading the book. Her husband asked her to teach his mother to study the Fa and practice the exercises.
We Are Bathed in the Light of the Fa
Our entire family has been fortunate to form predestined connections with Dafa and enter cultivation one after another. Since we began practicing Falun Dafa, our whole family has become free of illness and enjoys good health. We no longer cling to material interests or argue over who contributes more. Our family is harmonious, our neighbors get along well with us, and our leaders and coworkers speak highly of us.
Guided by Dafa’s principles, our big family is no longer lost. As Dafa spread widely in China, we connected with this sacred predestined relationship. In this final period, our entire family has been fortunate to hear the Fa, enter cultivation, and embark on the path of returning to our true origins.
How fortunate we are to be able to practice Falun Dafa in this lifetime and be bathed in the light of the Fa. Every step on our cultivation path is filled with Master’s boundless compassion and protection. Each member of our family has a story worthy of a book. Due to limited space, I have shared only a few experiences with you.
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