Articles on 1999 Russia Falun Dafa Conference, St. Petersburg
(09/18-19/99)
My name is Magdalena Savic. I live in Sweden. I have practised Falun Dafa since 1995. I want to
share with you what Falun Dafa has given me. I shall give a short account of how my life has been
before I started practising Falun Dafa.
I was a very sick person. Since I was born I had weak physical health. Nobody really knew what
was wrong with me. I was just weak, had no immunity to sickness, could faint anytime, and was
susceptible to all kinds of illnesses. My parents carried me to many doctors to seek help. The
doctors never found the cause to my weakness and sick physical body. So the doctors recommended
strong tablets, change of environment, varying food and so on. At one time my life was hanging on a
straw and the doctors could not help me. In desperation, my father who had faith in God promised to
donate his whole month's salary to the church if I could recover. I survived that time and my father
kept the promise and paid the amount to the church.
I survived the crisis. I could feel better periodically, but no significant change had taken
place. There were not many days when I could be without treatment. So I tried during whole life to
take great care of my body through physical training, strong tablets and many visits to doctors.
Despite all these efforts and the fact that I have never smoked or drunk alcohol, I suffered from
muscular problems at the age of 26, my body twitched and I could not control my movements. The
doctors suspected epilepsy and so it could not be cured. There was something wrong with my brain. I
had to take medicine for the rest of my life. The next shocking message came at the age of 36. I had
cancer in my lungs. I was treated with radiotherapy but instead of becoming better the cancer spread
to my whole body. Then I was treated with chemotherapy. I got worse and worse. I did not know what
to do. The doctors could only give me painkillers. I nearly gave up my life but still for some
reason I struggled to survive.
The doctors did not give me much hope. I started to look for alternative methods. I thought that
they could help me. For several years I tried all sorts of physical and spiritual treatments and
medicine qigong. I have paid an enormous sum of money in my endeavour to become healthy but did not
succeed. When one symptom disappeared a few others appeared. It never ended. Nothing helped and I
continued to search.
In 1995 I came in touch with Falun Dafa through an acquaintance. Just a short while after I have
practised Falun Dafa, my physical body became indeed purified from all illness. Today at the age of
49, I am free from all illnesses. I do not need any tablets, any therapy or any ordinary physical
training. Like a miracle, my body feels fantastic and it is healthy.
To obtain Fa, and the feeling of having a body free from illnesses is difficult to describe with
words, it has to be experienced. Yet, getting a healthy body is just a side effect of practising
Falun Dafa. That was the very first thing a Falun Dafa practitioner experiences.
In the book "Zhaun Falun" Master Li Hongzhi said, "I do not talk about healing
illnesses here, nor will we heal illnesses. However as a genuine cultivator, you cannot practise
cultivation with an ill body. I shall purify your body. The body purification will be done only to
those who come to genuinely study the practice and Dafa. We emphasize one point that if you cannot
give up the attachment or that illness, we cannot do anything and will be helpless to you. Why can
it be done to a practitioner, then? It is because a practitioner is most precious, and he wants to
practice cultivation. Therefore, having this thought is most precious when his Buddha nature comes
out, the enlightened people will be able to help him." I understand that the orthodox Fa
provides salvation unconditionally to people who want to cultivate genuinely.
Apart from the fact that my physical body is free from diseases, I know the reason why I am here
on earth as a human being. Falun Dafa has given me a new life with a clear and conscious mind. It
also gives me the ability to differentiate between right and wrong, god and bad, a possibility to
cultivate my Xinxing, assimilate to the characteristics of the Universe Zhen-Shan-Ren, become
enlightened, return to my original true self, and attain perfection.
Falun Dafa has given all these to me. For all this I thank deeply Falun Dafa and the teacher of
Falun Dafa Mr. Li Hongzhi. Thanks you, Mr. Li Hongzhi!!
Category: Beginning Cultivation
