(Minghui.org) I'm a secondary school teacher and live in the rural area of Yangquan, Shanxi Province. At the end of 1996 I was very fortunate to learn about Falun Gong and started practicing. For the past 18 years, I've witnessed and experienced our Master’s compassionate salvation and the miracles of Falun Dafa.
I'd like to share my personal cultivation experiences. I hope everyone can understand the truth as soon as possible and obtain a bright future.
I was involved in a car accident in 1987. In 1989 I was hospitalized in both city and county hospitals for Hepatitis B. I took both Chinese and Western medications and spent nearly 10,000 yuan, but nothing helped. A year later I started trying qigong practices. I tried several, but none were effective.
When Falun Dafa was introduced into our area, I fortunately obtained the Fa and started cultivating. Since then, I've never been to a hospital or taken any medication. All the illnesses I had before were gone.
In the past 18 years since I started cultivating Dafa, although I experienced the CCP persecution, the fact that I had no illnesses was well documented. My medical card is the best evidence that a Dafa practitioner is healthy.
Not only have I not had to go to a hospital, my wife, son, and my 80-year-old mother rarely took medicine. Although we've never calculated how much in medical fees our family has saved the government in 18 years, it must be a huge amount. If the whole country practiced Falun Gong and incurred no medical expenses, how much money the government would have saved!
Throughout the years, we didn't spend a penny from my wife’s or my government issued health card. Although we have been paying the premiums on accident and medical insurance, we've never had the need to use it. In my opinion, our unused health cards are the best and most powerful testament to how great Falun Gong is.
Before I started cultivation, I wasn't addicted to smoking but I did get drunk once in a while. After I started reading Zhuan Falun, I felt like I suddenly woke up.
However, it is more easily said than done. Practitioners cultivate in ordinary society. When friends and relatives gather, it's difficult to keep from drinking and smoking. People try to force cigarettes on you and try to make you drink. Especially when Falun Dafa first began to be persecuted, ordinary people tried hard to get me to smoke and drink. Fortunately, I was able to resist--I had no desire to. How wonderful that is! Thank you, Master!
The money I've saved from 18 years of not buying cigarettes and alcohol is not a trivial amount, and I've incurred no financial, mental, or physical losses due to smoking and drinking. Dafa cultivation only brings benefits and no harm, so shouldn't people practice Falun Dafa?
I learned about Falun Gong and started reading Zhuan Falun when I was 33. My experience has taught me that, as long as I firmly believe in Master and the Fa, Dafa’s supernormal power will manifest.
I am a teacher in a rural area. I have worked hard and have never taken any sick days off. When I need time off, I take it after class or when my work will not be affected. I am a class adviser and I also teach two classes. I am not moved by fame or self interest, and have never bargained with the school for personal gain.
Nowadays, teachers in their 50s with over 30 years of experience either teach less or don’t teach at all, claiming health reasons. In contrast, I have never been a problem for the school, and my health is excellent. I not only handle the course work well, but also stay current and have learned computer multimedia to use in my teaching.
I have never pursued fame or personal gain and have several times given up the opportunity to advance to "senior teacher." However, that has never caused me any financial loss. I don’t want what doesn’t belong to me, and I haven't lost anything that was truly mine. It has really been a miraculous experience for me!
I rode a motorcycle to work for 13 years. Besides paying for fuel, I only replaced three tires. I drove a car to work for another four years. Besides paying for gas and regular maintenance, I did not have any other significant, unexpected expenses. I have only bought compulsory car insurance, and my premium has decreased every year. That I've never had a traffic accident is another miracle!
Most people today have been robbed or had something stolen from them at least once. If you ask around, very few have not. But I am one of those very few. Since I started cultivating Dafa, I have never had anything stolen from me, nor has my wife or our child.
My family originally lived in a rural area. We had a yard without high walls or a security system, and we did not have a guard dog. However, our home was never broken into. For eight years we lived downtown. Our home was never broken into. In contrast, my brother, who lived next door to us, was broken into even when they were home! Several of our neighbors had multiple break-ins when they were not home. The families that lived in the tall buildings downtown with burglar-proof fencing up to the sixth floor were still burglarized. As a Dafa practitioner, I have never incurred such expenses and have lived a worry-free life. Isn't that also a miracle?
In 2005 we moved into a new apartment. One day the water supply was shut off, and I went to work without turning off the faucet. The property manager called me at work and told me that water was running out of my apartment and had seeped through the ceiling of the downstairs apartment. The neighbor downstairs asked for compensation to make repairs. I hurried home and went to the neighbor’s apartment to check on the leaking ceiling. I apologized and offered compensation for their losses. I then went home to clean up my apartment. I did not argue with the property manager about the water problems.
Situations like this usually lead to, at the very least, a tense war of words. But the tension was dissolved by my sincere apologies and sincere willingness to accept responsibility for what happened. The neighbor decided to repair the damage himself, and the matter was quickly resolved. In fact, anyone who has read Zhuan Falun would understand that Master taught us to act this way!
These "small" things I mentioned above are common among practitioners. They show that practicing Falun Gong is beneficial to both the individual and the society