(Clearwisdom.net)
I am sixty years old this year. Falun Dafa has brought goodness, happiness and satisfaction to my family.
I'm originally from Rongchang County, Chongqing City. I was adopted by a couple in Xichang in 1970. When I first went to live with them, my parents were very good to me and I was also nice and respectful to them. I was very lucky to be a part of this family. Five years later I got married, and I had a child in 1976. The family was big and the house was narrow and small so conflicts occurred in the family. My spouse and mother were both illiterate, and my spouse had a bad temper. If she was angry, several bulls could not sway her. The conflicts between my wife and my mother became worse daily, so we lived separately with my parents. The house was so small and I wanted to rent an apartment outside. However, since the landlord was afraid that my mother would come to find fault with my wife, they did not rent the apartment to us. We had to tolerate living in the narrow house with my parents, and we suffered a lot due to my mother's actions. Sometimes when we were cooking downstairs, my mother threw a brick upstairs causinjg sand to fall down through the floor boards, covering our pans with sand. We usually had rice with sand. We repeatedly sought the village officials to mediate, but it was in vain. The situation became worse as time passed.
Because I could not tolerate the inhumane treatment, I sought refuge outside by smoking, drinking, and being fond of women. I drank alcohol all day long and went on a rampage on the road. My wife chased after me, and cars gave way to me. One time I was so drunk that I did not know I had fallen into the water. Passersby saw me and dragged me out of the water. Some people even had a bet with me that if I would quit drinking wine then they would quit eating food. I never tolerated anything and no one dared to offend me. I would even go to court for a trivial matter. I lived to compete and had illnesses all over my body. I could not focus on my job and I was penniless. I could not even turn over in bed as I suffered from severe stomachaches, hemorrhoids, and lumbago [a rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back]. Medicine had no effect on me and I had no money for medical treatment.
When I was hopeless, Falun Dafa spread by Master Li Hongzhi brought me a new life.
I started to practice Falun Gong in 1997. After practicing for a short period, all of my previously incurable diseases disappeared. The miraculous Fa principles allowed me to understand the truth of being a good person. I eliminated the bad habits of improper eating, drinking, and womanizing that I'd acquired over decades.
In 2003 the road that our village was building was supposed to cross my land. Everyone knew that I was a big problem before, and officials at all levels came to persuade me to relinquish my land. But now I was a cultivator who followed Master's teachings to be considerate of others everywhere, be selfless and consider others first, be strict with myself by following Fa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and to be a good person in society. Even before the officials asked, I promised to give up the land without hesitation. Other people saw that I had easily agreed, so they also gave up their land one after another. The general secretary of the village said, "I did not see the faraway Tiananmen Self-Immolation Incident in Beijing. I only see that our villager changed greatly after learning Falun Gong and he is considerate of others everywhere." Before that, because I practiced Falun Gong, the police substation and police department repeatedly came to my house to ask me to write a guarantee statement. After that road event, they never came to harass me again.
It is Dafa and Master that brings blessings to my family. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is the Fa, and it can rectify human minds, make bad people good and awaken people's kindness. Master Li Hongzhi taught us that every cultivator should look within at conflicts and find where he is wrong and then rectify himself. Therefore, I followed the teachings of our great benevolent Master and was strict with myself and rectified all of the bad notions and habits I'd had for years. My weight increased from 100 pounds to 135 pounds and I am now free of illnesses. My whole body is light and my mind is clear. I can tolerate everyone and everything and I no longer haggle over every ounce with vendors and such. My family is also harmonious and rich and my wife changed her temper after practicing Falun Gong. The plants in my field are better than others, and my family now even has a telephone and a TV. While my wife and I cultivate, my child has also benefited and he is healthy. All my family members live happily, and in harmony. All this has been given to us by Master and I will never forget this.
