(Minghui.org) I’m from a rural area and began practicing Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) in 2003. Dafa has bestowed so many blessings upon me, and I firmly believe it has given me the courage to be at this point today.
I had been frail and sickly since childhood, suffering from stomach ailments, neuralgia, severe anemia, and constipation. My husband also suffered from various health issues. We had a son in a boarding school, so we faced constant expenses for tuition and living costs.
Our family was destitute and heavily in debt. The meager income from our small business wasn’t even enough to cover medication. Unable to afford hospital care, we relied on small local clinics for treatment. Eventually, I felt I was at death’s door. I hadn’t had a bowel movement in days and was in agonizing pain from the bloating. Medication proved ineffective.
An uncle of mine, who served as the deputy county head and was highly respected, suggested that my husband and I practice Falun Dafa. He told us that Dafa was miraculous and remarkably effective at restoring one’s health. So I decided to give it a try.
My uncle arranged for me to visit a practitioner’s home that afternoon to learn the Dafa exercises. On my way back home, I mentally reviewed the movements I’d been taught. By the afternoon of the third day, I had mastered all five sets of the exercises. I then realized my illness symptoms were gone: I felt light and energetic!
I thought to myself: “I now have a master!” I felt an indescribable joy and happiness. It was as if the very air tasted sweet. That same day, Master Li began cleansing my body. He was already looking after me before I had even read the Fa teachings. I was overjoyed and expressed my gratitude to Master in my heart.
After I had been practicing for about six months, my husband’s symptoms also disappeared. This was truly a case of when one person practices, the whole family benefits. I thank Master for saving our lives! My husband also began practicing, and our entire family is now immersed in Dafa’s boundless grace. To this day, we remain in good health and haven’t had the need to take a single pill.
I had been practicing Dafa for less than a year when a practitioner said to me, “No one here knows how to make truth-clarification materials. Fellow practitioners have to deliver them from out of town every week, which is a great hardship. We really ought to take the initiative to make the materials ourselves.”
I thought to myself: “If only I didn’t have to run a business and could just stay at home to make these materials.” Once I had that thought, Master arranged this path of cultivation for me.
A few days later, a practitioner brought over an old computer and taught me how to use it. I knew absolutely nothing about computers and found it difficult to learn. Yet, I was resolved to master the skills, regardless of how hard it was. I knew this was an arrangement Master had made, so I asked him to strengthen me.
I had saved up some money and, in order to study the Fa well and be more diligent in doing the three things, I spent over 3,000 yuan to buy a computer. That was a huge sum for my family, but it was done for the sake of saving people. With the help of fellow practitioners, a “little flower” blossomed in my home—I had established a material production site!
I encountered many difficulties during the process of learning, but with Master’s strengthening and the help from other practitioners, I finally succeeded. I now supply materials to local practitioners and distribute some myself. This brings me great joy. Since then, I have gone out every day to clarify the truth with various Dafa calendars, discs, and adhesive stickers.
Shortly after I began practicing Dafa, I was very busy with my business and lacked time to study the Fa. So I tried to make up for it by listening to the audio recordings of Master’s lectures instead. After six days, I developed constipation. By the tenth day, I was in excruciating pain and could no longer bear it. I didn’t know about looking inward but decided to set everything else aside for the day.
I picked up a copy of Zhuan Falun and began to read it. I couldn’t even sit on a stool, so I studied while leaning against the edge of my bed. As I read, I found myself suddenly being able to sit up on the bed. Just as I finished reading one lecture, a miracle occurred: the constipation disappeared, and I felt a sense of lightness and comfort.
Since then, no matter how busy I am, I make sure to study the Fa, up to three lectures of Zhuan Falun daily.
Around 6 o’clock one morning, I went out to distribute materials and approached a utility pole. The area was well lit, and I noticed there was a car nearby. Although I wanted to put a flyer on the windshield, the bright light made me hesitate. Just then, the light suddenly went out, so I quickly placed the flyer on the car. As I turned to leave, the light came back on. I said silently in my heart, “Thank you, Master!”
I was handing a desk calendar to a young man when he exclaimed, “It’s Falun Gong!” I proceeded to tell him that Falun Gong has spread to more than 100 countries and regions. It was only then that I noticed a police officer was standing behind me. He walked up and wanted to know what I was handing out. “Give it to me!” he ordered, then took the calendar away.
I didn’t think about anything else but just simply sent forth the thought of asking Master to strengthen me so as to not allow the officer to commit a crime against Dafa. He seemed to freeze in place and didn’t say a word. I then remembered I had many wall calendars at home and immediately left the scene.
I was once caught by a surveillance camera distributing materials. Police officers came to the village to arrest me and asked around for my address. But the village Party secretary intercepted them. The secretary had previously known a practitioner whom he protected during the height of the persecution. My husband and I also helped the secretary quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
When I returned from the market the next day, the secretary arrived with a group of people. They said they had come to visit my husband, a veteran Party member (though he had since quit) and wanted to offer some words of caution. I told them that he was in the city looking after our grandson. The secretary did not mention that the police had intended to come to my house the day before. They then went to the city and urged my husband to tell me to stop distributing materials, as they were concerned about my safety.
We quickly moved our equipment and persisted in sending righteous thoughts for an extended period. Under Master’s compassionate protection, we safely weathered this ordeal.
I looked inward to identify the root cause of this tribulation. Recently, I had been studying the Fa less, my righteous thoughts were weak, and I harbored an attachment to fear. I began studying the Fa and sending righteous thoughts more diligently. After some time, I resumed clarifying the truth.
I then started going out to distribute materials every day. Before heading out, I read one lecture of Zhuan Falun and maintained righteous thoughts along the way. This approach yielded good results. Very few people refused the materials and some even called out to me from a distance. I later attempted to explain the facts about the persecution to strangers, though I struggled with it. I was mostly comfortable speaking to friends and relatives.
A practitioner came to my home to pick up materials. We placed them in a cloth bag and secured it to the back of her tricycle. She later discovered the materials were missing. We lived about 10 miles apart, and the route involved bumpy, pothole-filled roads that had been rained on earlier in the day. I thought, “What we are doing is the most righteous thing. With Master’s protection, everything will work out.” We retraced our steps and, after walking a short distance, we spotted the bag by the roadside. We were overjoyed!
One evening, my husband and I went to a nearby town to distribute materials. We encountered a driver who lost control of his car. We were struck and sent flying against the rolling shutter door of a storefront. My husband was wearing cloth shoes, and the soles had separated from the force of the impact. Yet, neither of us sustained any injuries. The driver was astonished to see that we were perfectly fine.
None of this would have been possible without Master’s compassionate care and protection. I am determined to study the Fa more, send forth righteous thoughts effectively, and continue clarifying the truth.
I have walked my path of cultivation for over 20 years, a journey marked by both smooth stretches and rugged challenges. No matter how long the road ahead may be, my faith in Dafa remains unshakable; I will follow Master all the way to the very end!