(Minghui.org) When I regained consciousness, I was laying in bed and discovered I could not move my legs. My tearfully wife told me, “Both your legs are fractured, and the doctors say you may be permanently disabled.” I was shocked and felt like I was falling into an abyss. All my dreams of becoming rich disappeared into thin air. Tears swelled up in my eyes at the thought of “permanent disability.”
This happened in 2008. While I was driving to Beijing with my wife and her parents our car collided with a big truck.
It took me a while to digest what I had just been told. Feeling extremely miserable, I asked about my wife's parents. My wife told me, “There were four of us in the car. We all practice Falun Dafa and are protected by our Master. We are all fine, except you. I tried to encourage you to practice Dafa in the early days, but you wouldn't listen and you even tore up a Dafa book. You could have died in the accident if it hadn't been for the benefits you received by being around us, and because we practice Dafa.”
My wife and her parents started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. At that time, I was young and strong, and busied myself with making money all day long. I didn't feel practicing Falun Dafa as something I wanted to do.
After July 20, 1999, when Jiang Zemin and his clique started persecuting Falun Dafa, many people were arrested by police. My father-in-law was also twice arrested and our home was ransacked. All our hard-earned money was robbed by police.
I blamed my wife and her parents' practice of Falun Gong for what happened and was strongly against them continuing to practice. However, no matter how strong my opposition was, my wife and her parents still studied the Fa and practiced the exercises every day. I couldn't understand how they were able to carry on like this. My father-in-law read the book Zhuan Falun every day, and when he finished reading he would hide the book.
Once, he had to take care of something and went out, without putting the book away. I saw the book and got so angry that I tore it up. When my father-in-law came back and saw what I had done, he said, “You've committed a big sin. This is a book from heaven to offer salvation to all beings in the universe. Even some police officers have secretly kept Dafa books in a safe place after they confiscated them, but you dared to tear it up!” I didn't feel I had done anything wrong and felt that I had my revenge.
Remorse and Deep Regret
Lying in the hospital bed and listening to my wife, I felt remorse and deep regret as I recalled those days when I was young and would not take “no” for an answer. I felt really ashamed for what I had done and was determined that I would begin practicing.
My treatment cost us over 120,000 yuan and I spent a whole year recovering at home. The good thing about it was that I had a lot of time to study the Fa. From Master's teachings I understood: Human beings didn't come to this world to be humans, but for the opportunity to return to heaven during this most precious period of time, when Dafa is widely disseminated around the world. I must seize the opportunity and cultivate solidly.
Through cultivation, I completely regained good health. My wife and I still do business every day. However, I no longer have the attachment to making money. I specifically chose to do a wholesale business in the market, as it only requires us to get up early and work in the morning. Since we are free in the afternoon, I can go out to clarify the facts to people and encourage them to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Before I started practicing cultivation, I would get up early and go to bed late, constantly thinking of how to make money. In the end, I not only didn't get rich, but also became “permanently disabled” and was in debt. After I began practicing Falun Dafa, my life completely changed. Now I'm focused on Fa study and saving people. Although I only work half a day, I make more money and all my injuries disappeared. I haven't felt sick at all since I started practicing and I feel full of energy.
In the past, I used to feel really pleased when I made money, but now what makes me truly happy is when I've helped people quit the CCP.
Thank you Dafa! Thank you, Master!
