(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Dafa for 16 years. I get all teary-eyed whenever I recall my cultivation path back to health. I want to say from the bottom of my heart. “Thank you, Teacher! Falun Dafa is good!”

I am 53 years old now. Most women my age show their age, with their faces having turned dark and gray, their skin losing its luster, and having less energy than when they were younger. On the other hand, my face is delicate, a healthy color, and looks like that of a young lady. Acquaintances and strangers think that I look very young. My former colleagues and classmates who see me again after many years say, “Why aren’t you getting old?” My husband and I are the same age, but he doesn't dare to look into the mirror with me. He says he is too old to compete with me. My strong son, in his 20s, can't walk as fast as I do.

When I tell people the facts about Falun Dafa, I tell them that Falun Dafa is a cultivation method of mind and body and that it elevates practitioners’ spiritual realm and helps them stay healthy, that Falun Gong practitioners have great energy and look younger than others their age. Whenever I tell them my age, they are astonished, because I look so much younger. Many people can see that I speak the truth when they look at me.

Suffering Many Illnesses

No one can imagine how seriously ill I was many years ago. I was plagued with more than 20 health problems, including heart disease, cerebral arteriosclerosis, tracheitis, rheumatoid arthritis, cerebral circulation insufficiency, and neurosis. I had to take medication daily. My face was sallow. I frowned all the time and looked miserable.

I looked for doctors everywhere. I tried Western medicine, but that didn’t work. Then I tried traditional Chinese medicine and brewed lots of pots of concoctions infused with medicinal herbs. However, nothing cured me and the side effects of the medication made me feel even worse. I was always tired and in pain, without any improvement.

Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains, it pours. In 1993, I had stomach problems. I went to the hospital for tests and was diagnosed with stomach cancer. I was miserable and depressed. My temper was awful. I got mad easily—just like a match, one stroke could ignite me. My stomach became worse day-by-day. I was told I needed an operation, which was very expensive. Medication that treated my cerebral circulation insufficiency was over 400 yuan, and therapy for my rheumatoid arthritis also was very costly. I felt so burdened and hopeless. I lost confidence in those treatments and in myself.

Cured by Practicing Falun Dafa

With nowhere to go, I started practicing Falun Dafa. I experienced a miracle, as I became healthy and the cancer disappeared. People no longer saw me carrying medicine everywhere I went, nor did anyone hear me complain about my illnesses. I changed into a new person, in body and mind.

Our workshop was very cold in the winter. My workmates were all dressed in cotton coats and cotton shoes, but I wore only a woolen sweater, a work suit, and leather shoes. My fellow workers admired me because I was healthy and full of energy. I lived a happy life without any worry.

Tortured and Homeless

In July 1999, the Jiang Zemin regime initiated a brutal persecution of Falun Dafa, and the propaganda that defamed it was broadcast by the state-owned media throughout China. My conscience didn't allow me to keep silent. I went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Dafa. As a result, I was arrested and inhumanely tortured. Over the years, I have been held in detention centers, forced labor camps, and brainwashing centers many times and was forced to become homeless.

From 2003 to 2004, the security office where I worked and the city's 610 Office relentlessly persecuted me. They arrested me and took me to a brainwashing center twice. They shocked me with electric batons, beat and kicked me, and forced me to squat between two beds with my hands handcuffed to either side. I almost went insane.

In spite of all this suffering, I held steadfast to the Falun Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I considered others first and tried my best to be a truly good person.

Experiencing Another Miracle

In July 2006, I fell down at work and developed symptoms of a cerebral hemorrhage. There was a lump the size of a duck egg on the back of my head. I was told that I should be treated and monitored around the clock, but refused to follow the suggestion. Later, my employer offered to pay me to get examined, which I refused to accept. I remembered how, in the past when I started to practiced Falun Dafa, I was cured of all my illnesses and became very energetic. I felt certain that, by practicing Falun Dafa I would return to good health and I would not waste a penny on treatments.

At the beginning no one understood my decision. My relatives and friends all tried to persuade me to have treatments. They said that I was a fool. But, within time, their confusion disappeared and was replaced by amazement because of what they witnessed. I hadn't taken any medication nor been given any treatment, yet the lump on the back of my head disappeared, along with all the other symptoms. People witnessed power of Falun Dafa after seeing me return to health.

I also with to share that after I fell and had a cerebral hemorrhage, my employer was ready to give me disability payments, which means no work for more pay. I refused to accept that, because I considered the collective interest. I knew that my supervisors would be fined and employees' benefits would be affected. Everyone talked about it and said, “It is difficult to meet such a person today. Only Falun Dafa practitioners would think of others first and aren't attached to personal gains. They are unselfish.”

My return to full health amazed the people around me and proved to everyone the power of Falun Dafa. Everyone where I worked talked about my return to health for a long time.