(Minghui.org) My mother is 92 this year. Before she started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, she was nearly illiterate and could only read a few words, and she suffered from all kinds of diseases including emphysema, gastroptosis, osteoarthritis, and cataracts.
Soon after she began practicing, my mother's illnesses disappeared, she regained her health, and she was full of energy. Furthermore, she is able to read all of Master's Fa teachings and practitioners'truth-clarification materials, and she can memorize many poems in Hong Yin although she never had a formal education.
Witnessing her good health, people who know her say, "It's a miracle.”
My mother firmly believes in Dafa and treats every tribulation with a practitioner's attitude. Nothing can stop her from cultivating.
The following are some of her cultivation experiences.
Studying the Fa Despite Being Illiterate
My mother lost both of her parents when she was very young, and her sister-in-law bullied her.
She married my father, but he passed away when she was only 32. My father's sudden death was a heavy blow to my mother. Soon after, her health deteriorated and she suffered from severe emphysema at the age of 35, and then gastroptosis, osteoarthritis, and cataracts. She tried to cure herself with qigong, but to no avail.
My mother was introduced to Falun Gong in 1998 when she was 77 years old. In the beginning, as fellow practitioners read Zhuan Falun, she followed along by pointing to the words line by line. Soon after, she could read the book by herself.
Earlier in her cultivation, my mother studied the Fa for more than eight hours every day. When she couldn't fall sleep in the evening, she recited poems from Hong Yin.
My mother doesn't need to wear glasses when she reads the Fa. She said that the small characters in the book gradually grew bigger and were red.
When she came across a word she didn't know, she would sincerely say in front of Master's photo, “Master, I don't know this word and don't understand its meaning. Please help me!” Immediately, she felt her knowledge expand, as though someone was teaching her, and she would shed tears of gratitude.
My mother and several practitioners have established a Fa-study group in our area.
Doing the Falun Gong Exercises Every Day
My mother is very strict about following the requirements for practitioners. She studies the Fa diligently and does the five Falun Gong exercises every day.
When doing the exercises, if I scratched my face or moved my legs, my mother would say to me afterwards, “When you do the exercises, you shouldn't move even if you have an itch. One tiny change will cause a mess.” I was ashamed that I couldn't be as diligent as she.
Falun Gong cultivates both the mind and body, and my mother's xinxing and physical health continues to improve because she practices diligently.
Injuries Heal Without Medicine
My mother moved to live with my youngest sister in a big city in 2004. One afternoon, she went to Thousand Buddha Mountain to talk to people about Falun Gong and the persecution. She accidentally fell down some stairs by the temple gate and lost consciousness.
It was dark by the time she regained conscious, her left toe was bent backward, and she had pain in her back. She sat up thinking, “I won't lie here and have Dafa discredited.” She then straightened her toe.
When my sister picked her up to go home, she didn't tell her the details of the incident and was determined to pass the test.
At home, the pain worsened, so my sister and her husband wanted to take my mother to the hospital. She refused and said that, as a practitioner, she would be all right. She endured the pain and studied the Fa in bed. When the pain lessened slightly, she sat up and did the exercises. She recovered in three months and was in good health again. Others witnessed the miraculousness of Dafa. Since then, my sister has stopped asking her to take medicine.
In 2010, my mother moved to live with my younger brother. Once in the summer, the hot water bottle she carried exploded, and the hot water splashed on her left foot, burning her skin.
The area that got burned began to ooze pus. My brother applied medicated ointment on the wound to avoid an infection. My mother, however, quietly washed it off and covered the area with clean tissue. She continued with her regular activities as though nothing had happened.
Twenty days later, the burned area had completely healed without using any medicine. The new skin was pink and clear without any scratches. My family again witnessed the miraculous healing power of Dafa.
Needlessly to say, many other miraculous things have happened to my mother. She has benefited a lot from the practice. She often tells us, “If it wasn't for Dafa, I would have died a long time ago. To be worthy of Master' salvation, I have to cultivate diligently.”
