(Minghui.org) I am not a Falun Dafa practitioner, but I have great respect for Falun Dafa. Whatever people say, they cannot deny that there is nothing wrong in believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Even for me, if I encounter hardships and silently recite "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance", I immediately feel a powerful force that helps me. Please read on and I'll tell you some of my experiences in this regard.
I used to be the general manager of a factory in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. I retired from that position and then went to work for a couple more years in Sichuan Province.
I had intestinal bleeding one day returned to my home city of Nanjing for a checkup. The doctor suspected that it was colorectal cancer and said I needed surgery as soon as possible. He told me to prepare for the worst. I was hospitalized and prepared for surgery.
A Falun Dafa practitioner heard about this and came to see me. He asked me to frequently recite “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and said it could save me in times of danger. He told me, “If you can recite it wholeheartedly and quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), you will be protected. Keep reciting it right up until you are asleep on the operating table.”
I took what he said to heart and immediately quit the CCP. From then until the surgery, I continued to recite “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” over and over.
After the surgeon opened up me up, his experience told him that it was cancer. He showed what he cut out to my family. They saw that my intestine was pretty badly rotted. The doctor said I would probably need another surgery to remove more and to prevent the cancer from spreading. The final decision would come after the pathology report came back from the laboratory.
Remarkably, when the report came it said that the tumor was benign and not cancerous!
The doctor said that in every other case when he thought it was cancerous, it always was. I was the only one where the doctor's judgment was wrong. I knew that Falun Dafa had saved me and that a miracle happened because I recited and truly believed “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I experienced the miraculous and powerful Dafa first hand.
The surgery went well, and I recovered faster than most people. My family all said, “You are so lucky!” I happily told them the fortune came from the fact that I recited “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
In 2012, I went to climb Purple Mountain (a well known tourist site of great historical significance in Nanjing, known as Zijin Shan in Chinese). I was afraid to climb up to the top of the nine-story Linggu Tower. In fact, most people don't make it to the top.
I was in my 60s and afraid of heights, but I really wanted to climb it. A Dafa practitioner told me, "Just recite 'Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good' as you climb it." So I did that, and soon I was at the top without much effort.
Later on, some of my friends came to visit from Shanghai. They were all between 60 and 70 years old, and we went to Purple Mountain together. They all listened to me. As we climbed up, we shouted, “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” Soon we were all at the top. Our voices were very loud and echoed around the mountain and the tower.
I didn't know Falun Gong well ten years ago. I only knew that many people were practicing it, and I thought it was just for health reasons. However, through all kinds of personal and other experiences, I understand now that it is not just for curing illnesses. The real essence and meaning are behind the three characters: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Through cultivating one's xinxing, a person can become sincere, kind, tolerant, and pure. Also, his or her moral character will keep improving.
My father once taught me: "One must be polite, sincere, and kind to others, no matter if they are friends, family, elders, siblings, or anyone around. It is a basic human principle. One can gain others' trust only if he treats others sincerely."
What a person needs is a kind heart. We need to take the initiative to help those who need help and we should treat everyone around us with kindness, regardless if we know them or not. Kindness, or compassion, can make our world more beautiful. We do not need hostility, jealousy, scheming, or fighting. Even if we are being wronged, it is not that necessary to fight back, because as long as we treat others with dignity, we will be at ease.
In today's world, the moral values are being lost, people have no beliefs, fake products are everywhere, and everyone is after money. Do we not need Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance?