(Minghui.org) I'm an illiterate farm woman in my sixties. My life was very unhappy and I always cried about my misfortunes. When I started practicing Falun Dafa in 2005, I found the meaning of life. My abdominal pains, leg pain, chronic dizziness, arthritis, lumps on my wrist, and fluid in my stomach disappeared. The principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance unlocked my heart and helped me to get rid of my life-long resentment against my mother-in-law.
My Husband Said, “It's a Miracle!”
My husband doesn't practice Falun Dafa, but he always reminds me to study the Fa}, and when it was time to send forth righteous thoughts. He personally experienced the miracle of Falun Dafa.
One day, my husband came home with dirt on his clothes and his arm was injured. When I asked him if he had fallen off his motorcycle, he said he was fine. I knew Master must have protected him; he could have been seriously injured.
The next morning, he didn't complain about any pain, but went back to bed after breakfast. I told him to rest. When he got up, his shoulders, neck and arms were in so much pain, that he couldn't move them. I told him to say, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance is good!” I also gave him a couple of Falun Dafa brochures to read.
After he read the brochures for a couple of hours, he fell asleep. When he got up, he could move around normally. He said in surprise, “Ah! I'm fine now!” He lifted his arms repeatedly in disbelief, and said, “It's a miracle! I just read the brochure for a while and took a nap, and everything is fine.” I asked him if he would still like to get an X-ray done. He said, “No, no, I'm fine. I have to thank Master Li (the founder of Falun Dafa)!” He pressed his hands together in front of his chest in respect.
Dafa Dispersed My Grievance Against My Mother-in-Law
I married my husband when I was very young. I respected my parents-in-law and everyone in his big family of eight. My mother-in-law ordered me to make summer and winter clothes and shoes for everyone in the family. I also had to wash all their clothes and cook three meals a day for the entire family. No one helped me. We had no sewing machine or washing machine. I had to do all the work by hand. I worked until midnight every day. I didn't have enough to eat for years, but still had to work on an empty stomach.
Even though I did everything right, my parents-in-law often yelled at me and banged on the table while scolding me. My heart started pounding as soon as I saw them. We all know how terrible the great Cultural Revolution was. That is exactly the terror I had to live in every day.
My husband and I eventually moved out, but my mother-in-law became paralyzed a few years ago. My husband had to go to work during the day, so the duty of bringing her food and taking care of her fell on my shoulders. I was so upset that I had to attend to someone who had already given me forty years of misery!
I don't remember how many times I cried in agony. After I began practicing Falun Dafa, I remembered Master’s poem,
“As a cultivatorOne always looks for one’s own faults‘Tis the Way to get rid of attachments most effectivelyThere’s no way to skip ordeals, big or small[During a conflict, if you can remember:]“He’s right,And I’m wrong,”What’s to dispute?” ({{Hongyin III – Who's Right, Who's Wrong)
Master also told us in another poem,
“Reaching Consummation, obtaining Buddha’s Fruit,Eating bitterness treated as joy.Toiling the body does not count as bitterness,Cultivating the heart is most agonizing.Each and every barrier must be broken through,Here and there, demons are everywhere.A hundred hardships falling all at once,See how one lives.Able to endure suffering in the world,Transcending the world, is a Buddha.” (Hongyin - Tempering One’s Heart and Will) (Version B)
I realized it was an opportunity for me to toil my body and cultivate my heart. For years, my mother-in-law created one test after another for me and laid a good foundation for my cultivation. I should thank her indeed!
All my grievance was gone. I cooked for her and took good care of her every day. I cooked the food she liked, fed her food and medicine with a spoon, cleaned her urine and feces, and made sure she was warm in winter. Even though she still gave me a hard time, I kept Master's words in my mind,
“In cultivation, when you’re really having trouble with somebody, or when other people treat you badly, it could be one of two scenarios. One is that you might have mistreated them in your previous life. You feel wronged, 'Why are they treating me like that?' Well, why did you treat them like that before? You say, 'I don’t know anything about back then. This lifetime has nothing to do with that lifetime.' But it doesn’t work like that.” (Zhuan Falun – The Fourth Talk)
My mother-in-law recently passed away. My husband and I spent more arranging her funeral than any of his siblings. I'm proud I followed Master's instructions, and didn't treat issues like everyday people.
The great principles of Falun Dafa dispersed my sadness. I know I paid back what I owed her. Dafa unlocked my heart, and lightened my body. I'm determined to follow Master and awaken more people, stay diligent, and return to my true origin.
Category: Improving Oneself
