(Minghui.org) I am a national-level government official in China. I have been a government employee for nearly 20 years since I graduated from college in 1992.
It all began with my son. Ever since he had his first IV fluid therapy at the age of three, he had been constantly ill. He would catch a cold nearly every month and was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) at the age of five. Then he was diagnosed with second degree lymph node tuberculosis. We took him to several hospitals and put him on many expensive imported drugs, but his neck remained red and swollen. When a doctor recommended a biopsy, I decided to check my son out of the hospital and seek alternative treatments.
I didn't know why, but I felt that an unknown force prodded me. I had not heard anything previously about Falun Gong, however, when we were trying to find an alternative treatment, we met a practitioner.
Before I knew that I was pregnant with my son, I dreamed of a blue sky with several extraordinarily sparkling stars in it. The stars began to move. They united and turned into a powerful gold dragon, which is considered a divine being in Chinese mythology. The dragon circled above my head for a while before it turned into a golden fish and flew into my belly. The next month I found that I was two-months pregnant. My son was born in the year of the dragon.
I knew my son was very special, but why would a gold dragon have illnesses? I realized that it was a blessing in disguise when my son and I started practicing Falun Gong.
I met a practitioner when my husband and I were seeking a better treatment for my son. Out of politeness I accepted a copy of Zhuan Falun (Falun Gong's main study text) from her. I didn't expect much, but was drawn to it as soon as I started reading it. All of my doubts and questions about religion were answered. But I didn't officially start practicing Falun Gong until 2011.
One morning my son and I were practicing Falun Gong's third exercise when he claimed to have seen a Falun. He said there were stars inside it.
“Why would there be any stars in it?” I asked. “Because the Falun encompasses the entire universe,” he replied.
When he practiced Falun Gong's sitting meditation, he was leaning against a giant mountain. He also saw a giant golden Buddha surrounded by many smaller Buddhas. He told me the giant Buddha was Teacher.
My son has traveled to different dimensions during his meditation. He said it was beautiful with spectacular scenery, and the water had a different color. The butterflies were giant. He spent some time playing with a small white dragon before he returned to our world.
He has had many unusual experiences since he started practicing Falun Gong.
One day he was waiting for me to pick him up at the school entrance when a red sedan suddenly came at him. The sedan stopped in time, but the tire of the car was on his foot.
“It was driven by a woman about your age,” he recounted. “There was a little girl in the car, eating crackers. The woman came out of the car in a panic. I asked her to back her car up a little because one of the tires was on top of my foot. She backed up the car, and then I said she may leave.”
I was outraged when I learned what happened. How could she have just left after she ran her car into a child? How could she be so irresponsible?
My husband took him to the hospital for a scan just to make sure everything was all right. He had some bruises, but nothing was broken. He made a full recovery within three days.
Then it suddenly dawned on me that my son was alright because Teacher had protected him from harm. Another reason was that my son had followed Falun Gong's teachings, and he was kind and forgiving towards the woman who hit him with her car.
Each time I study Falun Gong's books, I gain a better and deeper understanding, which has helped guide my cultivation. I have never had such a clear view of life in all my forty-plus years.
In terms of its physical benefits, my son is now in good health and I feel agile and energetic. When I walk an hour to work, I don't feel tired at all. When I practice the Falun Gong exercises, I feel myself surrounded with a powerful energy. One day my son told me, “Mom, you carry blue light.” I cannot see what he sees, but I do feel myself surrounded by energy.
Teacher sometimes gives me hints in my dreams, guiding me towards the right path. After I started practicing Falun Gong, I asked a Taoist master to perform a consecration ritual on a bracelet and on a mirror. [Editor's Note: People in China have such rituals done so that the consecrated objects will carry the power of protection.] I had nightmares about toilets and filth after that. I shared my experiences with a fellow practitioner and she suggested that I contemplate upon the meaning of focusing on one cultivation way. I realized that I should not have kept anything from a different cultivation school as I had already decided to practice Falun Gong. I got rid of both the bracelet and the mirror, and I no longer had any more nightmares.
As a government official, I have a lot of lunch and dinner invitations. I once dreamed of traveling somewhere that required me to take an elevator. But each time the elevator door opened, many people came out of it, leaving behind their vomit inside. I overcame the feeling of repulsion and got on the elevator, but it always failed to take me to my destination. When I eventually got out of the elevator, I found myself inside a dark, ghoulish corridor. I had the same nightmare repeatedly. Each time I woke up from it, I knew it was a hint from Teacher that a path in the secular world would never take me to where I really wanted to be.
In contrast, I always feel myself enveloped in a pure, clean energy field when I spend time with fellow practitioners. When I talk to them, I benefit a lot from their cultivation experiences and insights.
In fact, I once had a lovely dream after I came back from a gathering where fellow practitioners and I exchanged cultivation insights. I dreamed of a world with beautiful green mountains and meandering brooks, and a cascade of lavender flowers flowing down from mid-air.
My husband and my mother have also started practicing Falun Gong after they witnessed the enormous transformations in my son and me.
My understanding is limited due to my present level of understanding. Words seem inadequate to describe my experiences with the profound cultivation that is Falun Gong, but I would like to thank our magnificent and compassionate Teacher for never giving up on me.