All Leaders,
Greetings! I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. I did not receive a good education. (I was illiterate before practicing Falun Dafa.) This letter is written on my behalf by another practitioner who is also in jail. It is the voice from the bottom of my heart.
There are 9 people in my family, seven of us are Falun Dafa practitioners. Buddha saves the predestined person. Believing and enlightening come before seeing. I want to tell you some of our family members' experiences and some supernormal phenomena that happened after we started the practice.
My mother began to practice in 1996. Before practicing, she suffered from hepatitis, cirrhosis, and ascites. Her abdomen was swollen and her urine was bloody. She suffered from extreme pain. When the pain began, she used a rolling pin wrapped with a cloth to massage the painful area. In addition, she suffered from psoriasis [an almost incurable skin disease] for more than ten years. She sought doctors and experienced a lot of suffering. There were cracks filled with blood all over her body. Because of the tinea, her body was covered with a hard shell, which emitted an odor. Flies followed her. She itched during sleep. She scratched with her hands. Lots of hard skin was scratched off. In the morning, she had to use a dustpan to collect the flakes of dead skin. Her quilts were also full of blood spots. My mother could not sit or stand up. She had to creep back and forth to make dinner. Mother could not endure this extreme suffering even with her determined and tough nature. We seven daughters and sons cared about mother. We wanted to spend whatever money we had to cure my mother's diseases. We spent a total of at least 50,000 Yuan [about US $5,800, average monthly wage is $60] on her diseases.
Once my brother came home from Beijing to introduce Dafa to my mother. He said, "Master is here to save us. As long as you do not want to get something from Dafa, your disease would be cured. " Since then, my mother kept on listening to Master's lectures and practicing the exercises in the morning. As her cultivation practice progressed, mother's health started improving. Within just a little more than a year, my mother's disease, hepatitis and psoriasis were cured without any treatment. After practicing, my mother had never taken even one pill nor received one shot of medicine. Amazingly, she thoroughly recovered. Psoriasis is almost an incurable disease. No method could provide a complete cure. However, it is gone because of the great power of Dafa. Does not it prove that Falun Dafa is supernormal? Others asked my mother with surprise how she recovered. She answered, "It is Falun Dafa that saved my life."
In 1996 I went to visit my second younger sister in Beijing. I saw her sit cross-legged. I though it was wonderful, so I followed her. I also sat cross-legged. After I went into tranquility, I saw a ladder extending to Heaven. A lot of people were climbing the ladder while some of them dropped down. Later I learned, "Falun Dafa has for the first time throughout the ages left the characteristic of the universe (the Buddha Fa) to human beings; this amounts to leaving them a ladder to ascend to heaven." ["The Teachings in Buddhism are the Weakest and Tiniest Portion of the Buddha Fa" in Essentials for Further Advancement]. Later on, I saw three or four Falun revolving in front of my head. This experience strengthened my belief. In the meantime, because I have obtained all these precious things, I hoped all kind people could hear the voice of truth.
I brought back Dafa materials from Beijing. Dozens of people, male and female, the old and young, went to my home to study Falun Gong. The principal of a local school provided a room for our Fa-study. Many people learned from us.
Although I am illiterate, because of my cultivation, I could read through Zhuan Falun. Once I opened the book. I saw our Master's Fashen [law body] wearing a big yellow robe (later I knew it was yellow cassock) in front of my eyes. I also saw flowers, animals in other dimensions; it was very pleasant scenery. Then the scene faded out gradually. It told me that Master Li is really the Buddha who came here to save human beings. In other dimension, there are Buddhas, Daos and Gods. No seeing, no believing is for everyday people. Only those compassionate, genuine practitioners could see and feel the greatness.
Master Li is here to teach Dafa and save people. The door of cultivation is open. In order to save us, Master endures unimaginable tribulation. However, the vicious beings still slandered our Master. We brothers and sisters went to appeal in Beijing to tell the truth. My second sister and I were inexcusably detained. We were handcuffed with our hands twisted behind our back until our hands were all swollen. Local policemen sent us back to our hometown. They handcuffed me together with my sister. They put us into the trunk of a car, were we were kept for 6 to 7 hours. After we were sent back, the local police station asked 7 or 8 strong men to beat us with willow sticks soaked with water (to make them heavier). Our faces became swollen and our bodies were covered with bruises. They forced us to kneel down on a wooden stick and hold a wine bottle in our mouths for a long time. Then we were kicked on the ground for several hours.
For the appeal, I had already suffered a lot. Now I was sentenced to three years in labor camp. Nothing can change my firm heart for cultivation. I want to validate Dafa with my life. Meanwhile, I hope all kind people can obtain Dafa, and cherish this great opportunity. Those who are led by lies and do not correct their vicious thoughts about Dafa will be eliminated by history.
Leaders, hope you all support Dafa and hope the goodness be permanent in the human world.
Dafa Practitioner: Tang Yuxin (pseudonym)
February 3, 2001
Category: Perspective
