(Minghui.org) Not long after I began practicing Falun Dafa, I recovered from the health problems I had suffered from for many years. More importantly, I understood the principle of being a good person and walking on the path to my true self. Cultivating Dafa not only brings harmony to my family, it also benefits society.
Letting Go of Resentment for My Mother-in-law
Before practicing Dafa, I couldn’t get along with my mother-in-law. I hated her for 10 years because she said something to malign me. We hardly communicated. Once in a while, we had big fights. In the end, she moved out of our home. I often told people that my biggest regret was having such a mother-in-law.
Carrying around that anger for over 10 years didn’t do my health any good. A doctor recommended Falun Dafa to me, but I didn’t begin practicing it at that time. It wasn't until I could no longer bear the pain that I decided to give it a try.
Amazingly, all my diseases went away in a short time, and I didn’t hate my mother-in-law that much anymore. But I still judged her because she worshiped an animal possession qigong practice. I was determined to cultivate away the resentment.
As soon as the thought of resenting her appeared, I immediately denied it. Gradually, I found that I didn’t resent her that much. I also discovered my mother-in-law's many merits. I absolutely couldn’t see these merits before cultivating Dafa. I now realize how happy I am when I'm not resenting other people.
My husband has six siblings. Families with many siblings often care about trivial matters, such as vying over medical and living expenses. Since cultivating Dafa, I don’t care about these kinds of things. I once found 200 yuan in my mother-in-law's pocket when I washed her clothes. So I asked my sister-in-law to return the money to my mother-in-law. She now thinks that I am really kind. My sister-in-law also told some of the villagers how dramatically I changed, because she witnessed the miraculous manifestation of Dafa in me.
My mother-in-law takes turns living in the homes of her sons. Once, when it was time for her to move from our home to the oldest brother’s, he was very slow about making arrangements to pick her up. His excuse was that her room wasn't ready, but he was not making the necessary repairs. He even said he needed to earn some money first before fixing the house. I allowed resentment to develop and thought he was playing tricks.
I realized my thoughts didn’t align with Dafa’s requirements, so I told myself that I must listen to Master and have strong righteous thoughts. I should not follow these bad thoughts. When my righteous thoughts defeated the evil thoughts, I was told that my brother-in-law would soon pick up my mother-in-law. I then understood Master’s Fa principle:
“But true improvements come from letting go, not from gaining.”(“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. II)
Since I’ve been practicing Dafa, I no longer quarrel with my husband. I also try my best to encourage my family to be considerate of my 80-year-old mother-in-law. That is the only way our family will be blessed and live in harmony.
Clarifying the Truth to Villagers
No beginnings are easy. At first, I couldn’t open my mouth to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa to people in public. However, as long as I have the heart to save people, Master will strengthen my righteous thoughts.
I started working with a few people in my village and the neighboring communities. I knew it would be a good opportunity to clarify the truth to them. I was hoping someone would talk about Falun Dafa first. With just this thought, one of them started chatting about Dafa. In this way, I naturally talked about how Falun Dafa teaches people to be good and brought up my own experiences.
I told them about my miraculous recovery and how I got along with my mother-in-law. Someone from my village confirmed how I’d changed. In this way, all those present learned the truth about Dafa. They also began to say Dafa is good.
A fellow practitioner and I once clarified the truth to a 90-year-old man and tried to help him quit the Chinese Community Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. He refused no matter what we said. When I met him a second time, I gave him a copy of The Ultimate Goal of Communism. When I met him again, he told me that everything in the book was true and he wanted to quit the CCP.
His neighbor is also a Party member who also couldn’t initially accept the truth. I kept telling him the facts over and over again. I then sent him brochures about Falun Dafa, and he finally understood the truth and wanted to quit the CCP. However, he feared being persecuted by the CCP if he did, so I gave him an alias, “Li Yuan,” to submit online and told him the opposite is true; he would be blessed for agreeing to quit. This was the first time I saw him smile and I was glad another life was saved.
Confronting the Village Secretary
I helped two female directors and one elderly village secretary to quit the CCP. The village secretary once led the police to my home. I didn’t let them in and told them the truth about Falun Dafa at the door. One young officer was trying to take a picture of me. I ran out into the street and said very loudly, “I practice Falun Dafa to be a good person. I didn’t do anything wrong. You can check with my neighbors, so I won’t let you take any pictures of me!”
I raised my voice on purpose so that people could hear me. The officer tried to trick me by saying he was taking a picture to protect me. I replied, “Is this how you protect me? ‘The self-immolation at Tiananmen Square’ was Falun Dafa being framed by Jiang Zemin. No genuine Dafa practitioner would self-immolate!”
They were speechless. In the end, I told the village secretary not to bring the police to do such bad deeds. They were committing crimes against Dafa. I was very emotional at that time, and I didn’t sound very nice.
When I later saw this village secretary on the street, I apologized to him for my tone of voice. He said it was OK and agreed that the police were quite annoying. I then tried to help him quit the CCP, but he refused and turned away.
After some time, he came over to take pictures of my house. I said, “Sir, I am really worried about you—everyone has quit the CCP, everyone except you. Once you quit, you won’t contract the [CCP] virus. I can help you quit the CCP with the alias ‘Li Zhu.’” He agreed immediately. He refused earlier because he thought he had to report his resignation to the Party secretary.
Regular People Praise Me
Since I’ve been cultivating Dafa, as my mind has elevated, the people I meet agree more and more when I clarify the truth to them. It seems that people’s attitudes about Dafa depend a lot on practitioners’ behavior. During the worst of the persecution, my fellow villagers said they didn’t believe anyone who said Falun Dafa was bad. They knew that Dafa was good because they knew about me.
After it snowed in the winter, I cleared not only my road but also all the adjacent roads. Everyone said only I would do this and that I was the best person in our village.
If I didn’t cultivate Dafa, I wouldn’t be able to stay healthy, and there would have been endless conflicts in my family. No words can express my gratitude to Master. I will be more diligent and do the three things well to live up Master’s compassionate salvation.
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