(Clearwisdom.net) I am a new practitioner. Several years ago, a Falun Gong practitioner talked with me about Falun Gong and gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun. However, I was poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) slander and dared not to read the book or do the exercises. Therefore, I missed the opportunity to become a practitioner several years ago, and I feel great remorse about that.

I was in poor health and got diagnosed with lung cancer last year. Then I spent half a year in the hospital and endured a lot of suffering, including losing most of my hair from treatment. At that time, I started to pray to Buddha and chant scriptures in order to be healed. I spent a lot of money on treatment, but it was useless.

I was too scared to stay in my room once a neighboring patient who had the same cancer passed away, so I moved from ward to ward. That's how I met a practitioner, whose relative was in the hospital for colon cancer. The practitioner talked to me about the facts of Falun Gong and asked me to recite, "Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!" I did not believe her at the time because I was still too poisoned by the CCP's slander. I tried to ignore her, but she was very patient and told me that many people were healed after they started to practice Falun Gong. I was almost convinced, so I said: "All right. I want to give it a try. But I will only do the exercises and won't read the book." However, she explained to me that I must read the book if I really wanted to learn Falun Gong.

After a few days passed, I asked the practitioner's relative, "Is Falun Gong really good?" He replied that he only practiced for a few days before giving up because he had loose bowels whenever he read Zhuan Falun. I said, "This book must be really effective if it helps clear away the toxins." I then started to read Zhuan Falun, and I was really shocked about how wonderful it was. I told other patients, "This book teaches people how to be good. What we've heard about Falun Gong from the CCP is not true."

I then asked the practitioner to teach me the exercises. As I started to practice, I felt better and better, and in just a few days, I felt like a different person. I realized that Master had saved my life. From then on, I studied the Fa and did the exercises in my room every day.

Then, a strange thing happened. I was going to measure my temperature, when the thermometer snapped. I was really confused about how that could have happened. Then I realized that Master dropped me a hint. As a practitioner, I did not need to stay in the hospital, so I left.

After I got home, every bone in my body seemed to ache, which I understood needed to happen for me to repay karma. However, I could not take care of myself and even needed help to dress. I believed in Master and said to Master in my heart, "Master, please let either my legs or hands ache instead of all of them at the same time, so that I can take care of myself." Then my legs didn't hurt anymore, so I could walk by myself.

I wanted to go to a fellow practitioner's home to study the Fa and do the exercises with her, but her apartment was quite far away, and I had to take the bus. However, I had excruciating pain in my hands, which presented a problem for taking the bus. So, I took some painkillers before I went.

I spent three days at this practitioner's apartment, and she took good care of me. We studied the Fa and did the exercises together. But I felt that I could not do the second exercise because my hands hurt too much. Then I noticed my attachment. I still had painkillers in my bag and planned to take some when I got back home if my hands continued to hurt. The practitioner didn't know that, however, so she continued to encourage me to get through the pain so that my karma could be paid off faster. As a result, I eventually stopped thinking about taking the painkillers. On the third day, this practitioner's family members were quite worried about my hands, but my righteous thoughts suddenly emerged. I said, "I will be fine very soon." My hands didn't hurt that same afternoon. I got back home with no problems and threw away the medicine. Later on, I recovered completely.

Initially, I studied the Fa and did the exercises diligently. Later on, however, I started to slack off in my cultivation and started to feel really tired every day. Master used fellow practitioners to give me hints that my life was extended beyond my predestined time solely for cultivation, but I did not realize it right away. Although I wanted to give up my job to stay home to study the Fa and do the exercises, I was in poor financial straits and my boss persuaded me to continue working. Then I developed a severe cough and had to stay home for 20 days. I also became very thin, which made me realize that I needed to cherish my extended life and devote it to cultivation. I really regretted that I did not do well and said to myself, "I must get well soon." I knelt down and begged for Master's forgiveness and promised Master that I would cultivate diligently from then on.

My family members were very worried about me and wanted to take me to the hospital at the time, but I told them that I could not be healed in the hospital. Master was taking care of me, and only Master could save my life. Many fellow practitioners came to send forth righteous thoughts to help me, and then I was also taken to a fellow practitioner's home for three days. We studied the Fa and did the exercises together. On the third day, I was able to walk by myself. My family was really surprised when I returned home. My husband was so excited that he said: "You finally came back! I thought you wouldn't live another month. Falun Gong is so amazing!"

I have personally experienced Master's benevolent compassion. I do not know how to repay Master, except to cultivate diligently as a true practitioner. I am also deeply grateful for my fellow practitioners' selfless help.