(Minghui.org) (Continued from Part 1)
Recovering from a Serious Illness
Sujie, one of my friends, had a heart attack, with her blood pressure being very high. She was taken to the intensive care unit and the doctors were going to put in a heart stunt, which is a small artificial tube to open the blockage in the heart.
She was in bed with a nasogastric tube, delivering oxygen to her heart, when I visited her. I said: “It is said that practicing Falun Dafa cures illnesses. Do you believe it?” She nodded her head and said: “Yes.” I asked her if she want to practice it and she said: “Yes.”
I had to admit that I didn't know how to do practice but that I knew some Falun Dafa practitioners. All I had was copy of Zhuan Falun that I had downloaded from the web. She asked me to bring the book so she could read it. Sujie dared not read the book with doctors and nurses around in the intensive care, so she hid it under the pillow.
She told the doctor that she wanted to go home the next day. The doctor told her that she was crazy, being so sick and unable to walk. He felt that she was trying to kill herself. But she insisted and was transferred out of intensive care after a few days.
She was discharged from the hospital within a week and began to study the Falun Dafa book. We downloaded Teacher's exercise video and learned the exercises. Her health recovered quickly. She was able to walk and come downstairs. She could do simple chores at home, and soon was able to go shopping.
Her father had been diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago and had several operations. Other patients at the hospital with the same illness had died, so he was given a short lifespan. Seeing his daughter recovering from a heart attack in such a short time because of practicing Falun Dafa made him a believer in Falun Dafa. He began to recite “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” everyday, and listened to Teacher's lectures. He lived for another 15 years after his cancer was diagnosed.
Walking Away from an Extra-Marital Affair
One year before I learned Dafa, I became involved in an extra-marital affair. At this low point in my life, I began studying Dafa.
Teacher said:
“There are many young disciples among our practitioners. You should mind your personal lives. On the subject of intimacy, you mustn’t go along with the degenerated behavior of ordinary human society. You can have a wife or husband—that’s fine and proper. It isn’t a problem for you to cultivate while conforming to ordinary human society to the maximum extent. For you to live as husband and wife is fine, but if you aren’t husband and wife and have sexual relations, then you are doing the filthiest thing. That is something gods absolutely cannot accept—not a single god would accept it.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Eastern U.S> Fa Conference”)
Teacher's words were directed toward me. I felt that I was doing the dirtiest thing and I could no longer cultivate. I thought that I was not qualified to be a Dafa disciple. I wanted to cultivate. I had experienced the preciousness of Dafa. How could I stop practicing? But I could not walk away from the affair. My whole life was centered around him. Therefore, I said to Master in my mind: “I am sorry, Master. I can't do it. I can't make the choice. If I could, I would study Dafa.”
A week later, I felt differently, but I did not understand what happened. I no longer missed him. It only took a few days to forget him. Tears covered my face. I had thought that this was impossible. He had been occupying my entire body and soul. I hated it all, but could not get rid of my obsession. Now, it was all over. I could think freely, live freely and choose freely. I would have never achieved this without Teacher's help.
I wrote him a letter, “Because I want to practice Falun Dafa. My belief will not tolerate such immoral behavior.” I got a new cell phone and phone number, closed my email account and moved my office. We no longer communicated.
Ten years have passed without ever seeing him again. It is as though we have never met. I can't even remember his name.
Coming Back to Falun Dafa
Yanjie's former husband, a powerful director of an important government division had died 15 years ago in his early 50s.
She was surprised to hear that I practiced Falun Dafa and admitted that she had practiced it, but stopped after the practice was banned by the communist regime in 1999. She told me a secret that she had kept for a long time.
Falun Dafa was very popular in 1998. Many people returned to good health because of practicing Dafa. Many people where Yanjie lived practiced Dafa and so did she. They did the exercises in the park daily, and promoted the practice on holidays. She became good tempered and no longer complained about things. Her husband was happy to see her change and felt Falun Dafa was good.
However, Yanjie will never forget July 19, 1999. Her husband told her that she could no longer practice Falun Dafa, because the government had publicly banned it, and would be arresting people the next day.
He said, “I am in charge of this task. How can I explain to people if my wife is practicing Falun Dafa?” She told him, “Giving up Falun Dafa is out of the question.”
Her husband tried to stop her, but she stood her ground, did the exercises in the park in the morning and studied the Fa at another practitioner's home at night for the next five days. The police and the 610 Office didn't touch her because of her high-ranking husband.
Her husband flew into a rage the first thing in the morning on July 25 and she remained silent. He began to curse against Dafa and Teacher. Teacher was untouchable in her mind. She told him that he would receive punishment. He did not believe it and yelled, “Let him punish me. Let me be run over by a car.”
Without any symptom, the perfectly healthy director died at the home of a single woman that night. His body turned all black when he died. Because of his high position, the government investigated the case thoroughly. At first they thought that he had died of a stroke. Then, they suspected a heart attack which was disproved by an autopsy. Someone said it might be an acute pancreatiatis. The autopsy of the belly showed that it was not the case.
Yanjie gave up her cultivation. The cause of his death has not been solved as of today. But, she still kept many Dafa books that were original editions. I asked her if she would give them to me. She said, “No. I want to keep them. “How about Teacher?” I asked. She said: “He is still my Teacher.”
(To be continued)
