(Clearwisdom.net) I would like to share my experiences of how Falun Dafa made me healthy again and how I have helped many sentient beings to quit the CCP.
I was badly injured in a car accident in October 1996. Quite a few of the bones in my neck were splintered and fractured, and I became partially paralyzed. I also suffered from multiple bone fractures and could barely breathe because the broken bones had injured my lungs. Realizing the seriousness of my condition, my uncle insisted on helping me to transfer from a county hospital to a reputable general hospital. I was on the verge of death in the emergency room for 15 days. Doctors told my parents that I would be severely paralyzed and that even if I did survive, since my entire nervous system was damaged, I would only live for another five or six years. My parents felt they had been thrown into the abyss of despair.
My uncle's wife was a Falun Dafa practitioner, and they both visited me frequently when I was in the hospital. She introduced Dafa to me and told me how practicing Dafa had helped a co-worker of hers recover from a stroke. I was interested and asked my aunt to bring me a copy of the book Zhuan Falun. In the beginning my arms and hands were too weak to hold the book and I was only able to read four or five pages per day. However, my arms and hands felt much stronger when I was reading the book the second time. Not only did I begin to learn many universal truths that were unknown to me before, but I also noticed my mind beginning to change.
Master said in Zhuan Falun,
“Upon walking outside this auditorium, many of you will feel like different people, and your outlook will be guaranteed to change. You will know how to conduct yourselves in the future, and you will no longer be so befuddled. It is guaranteed to be this way. Therefore, your xinxing has already caught up.” (Zhuan Falun)
I loved reading this book and felt encouraged. I knew it was not an ordinary book, and studying the book was my daily work.
Before I knew it, my body started to recover, and the life-support tubes were removed one by one. My legs were regaining feeling and I was able to take a few steps with my parents' assistance. The doctors could not believe their eyes, and claimed that what was happening to me was a miracle, as there was no cure for paraplegia available in modern medicine.
After I came home from the hospital, I surprised myself by walking on my own with a cane. My friends and relatives intending to console me on my injury were astonished to find me in good spirits and in better condition than they expected. I knew it was Dafa that had saved me.
I tried to do the five sets of exercises but found them more difficult than reading the book because of my physical limitations. I managed to stand in the little space between my bed and a bureau, and used the furniture to keep myself from falling over. I could not do the exercises correctly as I was unable to bend down for the Falun Heavenly Circuit. Doing the Falun Standing Stance, I could only stand for one minute, as my stomach muscles would start to cramp. During the sitting meditation, my neck ached so much that I sat against a wall with a cushion between my neck and the wall. Nevertheless I still managed to go through all the five exercises at least once per day.
My home became a practice site in a year, expanding from several participants to 40. Through group Fa-study and practice, I made rapid progress in mind and body improvement. One day when I was doing the meditation, I felt as if two hands were gently pulling my head up, and it felt very good. After the meditation, my stomach felt weird, as if a hand was reaching in, trying to pull things out. I consulted fellow practitioners who had just arrived and they said, “It was Master purifying your body.” I was moved and then grateful. My understanding of the Fa had not been very clear until that day. I had doubts as to whether Master acknowledged me a disciple, because I could not even practice the exercises properly. This experience eliminated all my doubts.
Soon I experienced Master working on my stomach again, and I felt a hand taking something away from my stomach. By reading Zhuan Falun I learned how supernormal abilities work, and from then on I was able to do the meditation without leaning against a wall. Additionally, my neck no longer ached, and my stomach didn't cramp when holding the law wheel in the standing exercise. However, I was still unable to bend down to do the fourth exercise properly, and could not do the meditation for more than 30 minutes before falling to the left.
I didn't stop practicing Dafa when the persecution started in July 1999, and Master continued to purify my body further. One day when I was practicing the meditation, I was suddenly unable to move, and felt a flow of qi moving from the lower part of my body up to my throat, then spreading and filling up my chest, cycling five or six times. After that I was able to meditate for an extended period of time without falling over, and I could bend and perform the fourth exercise properly. I no longer suffered from shortness of breath, and all the obstacles in my practicing Dafa were removed.
Master said,
“We do not talk about healing illness here, either. Rather, we talk about holistically adjusting practitioners’ bodies to enable you to practice cultivation. With an ill body you cannot develop gong at all.” (Zhuan Falun)
Although I can't say that I have fully regained my health according to modern medical definitions, my recovery is an inexplicable miracle, as seen from a modern science perspective. I understand it is merciful Master who has provided me with the chance of a second life to cultivate in Dafa.
Saving Sentient Beings by Clarifying the Truth
I moved to a city after marrying my husband in 2000. I did not have any opportunities to communicate with other practitioners, and I did not go out to validate the Fa. Moreover, there was a loophole in my understanding of the Fa, that is that the old forces would set tribulations for me by persecuting me because my karma was so huge. Therefore, during the next three years, my body, which was previously purified by Master, was set back to it's previous condition, and I developed many of my old symptoms. I felt I was experiencing the test of life and death again.
When I read Master's newer lectures I understood what Fa-rectification was and what Dafa disciples' responsibilities were in this particular period. I realized that I was to move on from personal cultivation to Fa-rectification cultivation by clarifying the facts about the persecution to everyday people. I was not able to talk to many people, as I was unable to get out of my apartment. I talked to taxi drivers about Falun Dafa and the persecution every time I went to visit my parents. But the number of drivers whom I could clarify the truth to was very small, and I wanted to do more than just that.
So I started writing letters about Dafa and the persecution and asked my husband to drop them into people's mailboxes, as I was still unable to go out. He was a little frightened at first, and so was I. But nothing bad has ever happened, thanks to Master's protection, and we eventually forgot our fears. I don't remember how many letters I wrote, but most of the households in our neighborhood got one. I then realized that there was not much else I could do in that neighborhood, so I thought I might be able to do more in my home village. When I discussed with my husband the idea of moving back to the village, to my surprise he had had the same idea for a while, so we moved back on June 1, 2004. Only one diligent practitioner was left in my village at that time, and some practitioners from other towns came to visit me when they heard that I had returned. Not long after, two veteran practitioners in my village decided to practice Dafa again. Because my husband supported my cultivation and work for Dafa, I started coordinating our group practice, study, and the distribution of truth-clarification materials, and my home became a site for our activities. My husband has helped me a lot in doing Dafa work. I am grateful for what he has done for me and for his own future.
After reading Master's articles, I understood that people could only be saved when they withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I could not go out every day to talk to people, but I used every opportunity to talk with my neighbors and those who came to my home.
There were three times that I had the chance to talk to a large number of people about quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The first time was when my oldest brother was arranging a birthday banquet and invited many friends and relatives to come. Since I knew about the arrangement, I started sending forth-righteous thoughts to strengthen my power to clarify the truth and help people to quit the CCP. I talked to a lot of the attendants that day, including some whom I had not seen often in my life. Because my intention to save people was pure and sincere, there was no interference, and everyone I talked with agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. A relative I had gone to school with joked with me, saying, “I haven't seen you for a while, and look at you, you are such an eloquent speaker now!” I said, “Dafa gives me my wisdom, so that I can speak to you.” More than 20 people withdrew from the CCP and its youth organizations at this banquet.
The second opportunity happened a few months ago when my second oldest brother held a banquet to celebrate his son's traditional “one-hundred-days.” I again started strengthening my righteous thoughts, and this time it went even better. One person who had accepted the truth and withdrawn from the CCP helped me to persuade others to quit the CCP and its affiliates organizations. By the end of the banquet, more than 40 people had quit the CCP. I understood that night that the majority of everyday people would choose a good future for themselves as long as there were no evil interference.
The third opportunity was at house-warming for my third oldest brother. I again sent forth righteous thoughts beforehand and noticed that the quality of my truth clarification was much improved. It therefore took only two or three minutes for people to understand and accept the truth and to quit the CCP.
My two nieces grew up knowing, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Several years ago, my older niece became a Young Pioneer at her elementary school. I talked to her, and she wanted to withdraw from the Pioneers by writing a renunciation statement herself. When I asked her about her classmates, she said, “Since I don't know how to talk to my friends to convince them, I can bring them home and you can talk to them. Will that work?” Since then, she, as well as my younger niece, have brought many of their classmates home, and they too have withdrawn from that Communist youth organization.
Because of my limited mobility, each time I go out to meet people is a precious chance for me to clarify the truth and persuade them to quit the CCP and its affiliates. Of course, Master carefully arranges all these chances. A circus came to our village one summer. I didn't intend to go at first, but my mother gave me a ticket that she had been given. I felt that it would be a good chance for me to clarify the truth, so I asked my husband to take me to the circus. At the gate, I met my cousin who had come back from Singapore for a visit. We greeted each other briefly, because her son was eager to see the show. After they entered the tent, I had the chance to talk to two people about Dafa. As it was crowded, I was unable to get in any further and stood close by the gate. After a little while, my cousin came out to me and said it was too stuffy inside. When she was chatting with me, I told her about quitting the CCP, and she agreed to do so.
Another opportunity presented itself in my home this year. We have a large vegetable garden, and my husband planted lots of green onions, intending to sell them this spring. I asked the village speaker to spread the word that we were selling green onions. When fellow villagers came to buy onions, I told them about quitting the CCP. I sold some onions this way, but still had a huge pile of them. Then a man, who turned out to be a wholesale dealer, wanted to buy all of our green onions. I talked to him about quitting the CCP, and when he and my mother-in-law were organizing the onions, he agreed to quit. I then asked him how he had heard we were selling onions, and he said, “I heard it at home the other day when you were announcing it on the village speaker.” That was quite unbelievable, because his home was at least ten miles away from ours. I realized this was Master's careful arrangement again to save people who had predestined relationships with Dafa.
Master said,
“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master. It is good enough if you have this wish. It is the master who actually does this, as you are simply unable to do it” (Zhuan Falun)
I have used a variety of opportunities to clarify the facts and help to save sentient beings. I will continue to do more in order for more people to learn the truth and support Dafa.
