(Minghui.org) Greetings, revered Teacher! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
My mother began practicing Falun Dafa in early 1996, in order to eliminate illnesses and keep fit. Following her, and with Teacher's arrangements, 15 more family members have now become practitioners. I wouldn't be able to finish reporting all of our family's cultivation experiences, even after 10 days. Therefore, I'll share just a few of the miraculous stories. Please kindly point out any sharing that is not on the Fa.
Mother Practitioner
My mother was the first in our family to begin cultivation practice. Under Teacher's arrangements, she spread the Fa to many people. Whenever someone runs into misfortune or difficult illnesses, she'll often tell him or her to practice Falun Gong. People who began to practice due to her introductions are all very diligent. They are very steadfast in cultivation and closely follow the Fa-rectification process.
Last fall when my mother took her grandson to day care, she ran into an elderly woman. As soon as the woman saw my mom, she grabbed her hand and said excitedly: “How long has it been since you've taken your grandson to school! I've been waiting for you and just wanted to tell you about what's happened since you asked me to recite 'Falun Dafa is wonderful!' I do that whenever I am free. I recite it while I stand, sit, cook, or wash clothes. Take a look at me - my hands are healed. Now, the moment I close my eyes, I clearly see a house full of flowers; it is so beautiful. I truly thank you for telling me!”
My mother then remembered that a long time ago, she had seen this elderly lady. The woman's hands couldn't stop shaking. So, my mother had told her to recite “Falun Dafa is wonderful!” Now, she told the lady to thank Teacher for this healing and to pass on this life-saving phrase to others.
Daughter Practitioner
The evil persecution began before my daughter was born. She was very sick, and we took her to the hospital often for medications. However, every time she received medication, she had such a hard time with it and kept crying. Even though I'd practiced for three years, I couldn't understand from the Fa why she was like that. Later, my mother told me: “Your daughter began practicing when you had her, so she must have come for the Fa. Therefore, the tribulation she's suffering from was arranged by Teacher to help her eliminate karma.”
My husband was not a practitioner at the time and didn't like the idea of his daughter not taking medication. When she was eight years old and my husband became a practitioner, she stopped taking medication. Even though she was slim, she was very healthy. She is steadfast in her cultivation. Every time she experienced a fever and I couldn't maintain my xinxing, she'd remind me: “Mommy, please rest assured, Teacher is protecting me.”
When my daughter began to talk, I taught her to recite Lunyu, Hong Yin and study the Fa with me. For the past ten years, at every critical moment she always reminds me from the Fa. There is one thing that I feel that we fell short on - that she couldn't finish the five sets of exercises. I realize that I didn't fulfill my responsibilities well as her parent and didn't help her to eliminate her attachment to comfort.
When she went to school, we all hoped that she'd be assigned to a good class. However, she was only assigned to a seemingly average class since we didn't bribe the person in charge of the school. We understood that everything was arranged in other dimensions. No matter which class she was assigned to, that's her predestined relationship, so we should follow Teacher's arrangements.
Some time later, the best teacher in our county was sent to her class. Now it's time for her to go to junior high school, but I'd never bribe her teacher. As practitioners, our actions will set examples for future society. I talked to her and decided that we'd study one Fa lecture daily and leave things to Teacher's arrangements. Wherever we're supposed to go, we'll go. No matter which school we end up with, it will be the best arrangement for us.
One day in winter, while on the way to her grandmother's home, she was hit by a motorcycle and knocked unconsciousness. Later, she woke to another car passing by. After I received the phone call about her accident, my first thought was from Teacher's Fa:
“We have said that good or evil comes from a person’s spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences.” (Zhuan Falun)
With that thought, I calmed down. My daughter looked terrible with blood smeared on her face, her jaw wide open, dirt all over her body and bleeding. The person who hit her had run away. After I thanked the people who'd helped her, I asked if she wanted to go to the hospital. She cried, but said that she was ok and asked me to take her home.
At home, I cleaned her face with water and wiped away the dirt from her wounds. She didn't receive stitches or bandages, yet her wounds healed in a few days, and there was only a scar left on her jaw. Later when practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts, they saw that my daughter owed the motorcyclist and the person who drove the car in her previous lives. Teacher helped her pay back these debts. We are truly grateful to Teacher!
Husband Becomes a Practitioner
My husband's attitude towards me was neither supportive nor against before he began practicing Falun Dafa. He likes reading books from other countries and had seen through the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Therefore, when Dafa was being persecuted, he understood that the evil CCP was playing its old tricks again. However, since I hadn't clarified the facts to him with wisdom, the evil took advantage my gaps. The company I worked for placed tremendous pressure on my family, so my husband began opposing my Fa validation activities.
Under this pressure, I begged Teacher many times and asked for my husband to become a practitioner. I also sent forth righteous thoughts many times to eliminate all of the evil factors interfering with him, from microscopic to macroscopic dimensions. At that time, I did those things for my own purposes, in order to have a relaxed cultivation environment; I overlooked saving the sentient beings within him.
However, my husband also saw the beauty of Dafa in me. There are three brothers in his family, but he was the only one taking care of his father, who'd been ill for many years and didn't have any income. Sometimes, my husband couldn't take care of our child at all, and my daughter and I lived quite a thrifty life. Even though I was somewhat resentful, and with attachments to self-interest and competitive mentality, I never displayed these in front of him. As a practitioner, I know to hold my thoughts and actions against the requirements of the Fa and then eliminate all of the unrighteous thoughts. When people from my workplace put pressure on him, asking him to talk me into giving up practicing, he'd reply: “We can discuss anything else, but it's impossible to give up cultivation.” When our relatives said negative things about my daughter and I, he'd say: “They practice at my home, not yours.”
My husband started practicing Falun Dafa initially for his father's benefit, who had cancer. In order to save his life, he accompanied his father in listening to Teacher's Fa lectures on video and read the Fa to him. My father-in-law observed a sparkling round object on top of his head for over a hour; he was then able to sit up. However, he didn't believe that this was due to listening to Teacher's Fa, and he eventually passed away in agony. On the day of his funeral, my husband quit drinking and began learning the exercises. He often felt that obtaining the Fa is so difficult. He is very grateful to Teacher!
After my husband began practicing Falun Dafa, we realized through discussions that our economic situation was due to persecution from the old forces. For one to cultivate in Dafa, one deserves to have good fortune, and the old forces had to stop persecuting us. Under Teacher's arrangements, my husband found a job with a decent income, and I was hired as a full-time employee. Now, we don't have to worry about our economic situation. Through our discussions, we've realized that being a good person does not mean that we should be taken advantage of easily, nor should we let our non-practitioner family members take advantage of us to commit any crimes. People who cultivate in Dafa walk a divine path and, therefore, should be respected. We also realized that having no attachment of fear doesn't mean that one should not pay attention to security. We should always clarify the facts to people with wisdom and rationality.
Aunt Practitioner
My aunt suffered from a serious heart disease before she began practicing Falun Gong. In order to heal her illness, she had tried other qigong practices in the past. She has been very diligent with her Falun Gong practice and has overcome illness tribulations and family tests time after time. Later, her husband also became a practitioner. In order to save sentient beings, she goes out to clarify the facts, regardless of wind or rain. In the mountains, villages, cities - she left her footsteps of validating the Fa everywhere.
During the time when evil was very rampant, CCP officials ordered her to go to the local community management committee to sign a guarantee statement stating that she would not go to Beijing to appeal for Dafa or go out to clarify the facts. At the office, she had one thought. “Let everyone come, so I can save them.” Soon enough, people all came in. After my aunt clarified the facts to them, they allowed her to return home.
In 2009, Domestic Security Division staff went to arrest my other aunt (Aunt B). My uncle was brainwashed by the CCP, so he complained about us and said: “You practitioners are too selfish. You don't care about your family and children!” We replied: “We are not selfish. If we were, how could we let go of our sentimentality to our children and save people who we don't even know? The CCP committed these crimes. If not for this persecution, would we ever need to step out to clarify the facts to people?”
With fellow practitioners' assistance, my aunt went to find the relevant people from the county Domestic Security Division, 610 Office, Procuratorate, court and judicial departments to clarify the facts and demand Aunt B's release. At that time, practitioners from our county joined together and became one body; we dissolved many evil beings in other dimensions.
One practitioner complained about the lack of practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts, but as she was falling asleep, she saw that when the rescue team demanded my aunt's release from the evil people, the road to the police department was filled with practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts. Even though Aunt B was still sentenced to three years of imprisonment, many inmates learned the truth about Falun Gong during her detention. They have chosen a bright future for themselves.
Last year, my aunt was arrested while clarifying the facts and taken to a detention center in another city. She looked within immediately and discovered sentimentality towards her sister. She returned home after being on a hunger strike for four days. During her detention, she helped many inmates learn the truth about Falun Gong. Those people showed great respect for practitioners. On the day she was released, one girl put her shoes on for her. She said: “I'd only put shoes on for you; I didn't even do this for my mom.” One inmate called her after she returned home and asked: “Are you ok after your hunger strike?” She said that she was fine. The inmate said, “That's all I wanted to know.” These people have also chosen bright futures for themselves.
During our cultivation practice, there are areas where we fall short, which might hinder other family members from practicing Falun Dafa. We understand that when we display the beauty of Dafa and how fortunate we are to be Dafa practitioners, we can save more sentient beings, helping them to learn the truth earlier. We truly thank Teacher and our fellow practitioners!