(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa 25 years ago, and I’m now 77 years old. I’d like to tell you about some of my cultivation experiences.
Reading the Teachings Reinforces My Righteous Thoughts
I used to be illiterate. But now I can read Zhuan Falun and all of Master Li’s (Dafa’s founder) lectures. I can also read practitioners’ cultivation-sharing articles. When I first began practicing I asked my husband to read the Fa to me and teach me Chinese characters. I also asked my son and daughter to read the Fa to me. All of them benefited. My husband started to practice Falun Dafa. My children knew that Falun Dafa is good and they support me though they don’t practice Falun Dafa. They have been blessed. My daughter now attends a superior university. My son completed his Ph.D. and got a good job in a big city.
When we moved to a new city I joined a local Fa study group. I treasured the environment very much. We read the teachings and discussed our cultivation experiences. It helped me a lot. Later on, I joined another Fa study group so that I could read with other practitioners twice a week. My husband had a stroke (cerebral thrombosis). I took care of him before I went to the Fa study group for two hours. When I went back, I did the shopping on the way. My husband’s situation didn’t stop me from participating in Fa study.
When my husband’s health deteriorated we moved back to our previous city. My son hired a housemaid to look after my husband, so I had plenty of time to read the Fa. I read practitioners’ sharing articles. They said that memorizing the Fa helps one assimilate to it, so I started to memorize the teachings.
Looking Within Helps Me Pass Tribulations
I didn’t live with my son when I first went to Beijing. One day I bought four cabbages and brought them to my son’s apartment by tricycle. The elevator didn’t work. So I climbed the stairs to the 14th floor while carrying the cabbages. Seeing that I was sweating and tired, he scolded me, “Who told you to bring the cabbages here? Why didn’t you throw them away since the elevator doesn’t work?” I became so upset that I left. Instead of thanking me, he criticized me. I reacted like an everyday person. I felt so wronged that my stomach started to churn.
I tried to hold back my tears when I went downstairs so as not to let people see it. I remembered Master’s poem,
“He who regards notordinary sorrows and joysA cultivator is heHe who has not attachmentto worldly loss and gainAn Arhat is he”(“Breaking Free of the Three Realms,” Hong Yin)
I thanked Master and said that I was wrong. My stomach stopped hurting. As I walked along, I met five people. I clarified the truth to them and told them to remember the two phrases: “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I said repeatedly saying the phrases would keep them safe. They all accepted it.
During the Chinese New Year in 2022, our maid said she didn’t have time to do the massage for my husband because I was gone for three days. I felt wronged again. I wasn’t home because my niece got married and I attended the wedding. Since I was gone she didn’t need to cook for me. How could she say that I caused trouble?
My stomach started to hurt again. I got on my bicycle and tears rolled down my face. I wondered why I was upset. Didn’t Master tell us to look within during conflicts? When I enlightened, my stomach pain disappeared. When I returned home I talked to the maid calmly as if nothing happened.
Passing Sickness Tests
One day a doctor came to our home to do acupuncture for my husband. He noticed the red bumps on my legs and said that it was a symptom of a stroke. My family has a history of high level blood lipids and stroke. I was afraid. My legs became numb and my body suddenly felt cold. I realized that my thoughts were incorrect. Practitioners do not have illnesses. I sent forth righteous thoughts to negate it. I studied the Fa more. Two hours later I felt normal again.
Several years ago my daughter asked me to have a physical examination which indicated that I had a stroke. My diastolic reading of blood pressure was 160 and my systolic reading was 200. She asked the doctor for prescriptions and bought them for me. I didn’t take them. I knew it was just a false appearance. I didn’t acknowledge it. I’m in good health and do the three things every day.
A corn grew on my foot and lasted for five years. The pain was so severe that I could hardly bear it. I put some medicine on it and it disappeared. Afterward, I knew I failed this test. Then another one came. Something like psoriasis began growing on the sole of my foot. It was very itchy and I kept scratching it. It bled and pus came out. This time I didn’t treat it as an illness. I knew that since I failed the last test, this test was bigger.
I looked within to see if I had attachments. I found many. I was attached to my husband and I worried about him. I was jealous and keen of my reputation with vanity. I must eliminate these attachments. So I studied the Fa more, practiced the exercises more and spent more time clarifying the truth to people. I soon recovered.
Saving People and Fulfilling My Vows
Master requires us to do the three things, so I do them with my heart because I know it is my mission and my prehistoric vow I made to Master. In the beginning, I didn’t have any truth-clarification materials. My husband wrote messages on cards and sticky posters. I went out to put them up. Later I met the local practitioner who ran the material production site. I got materials and helped deliver some to other practitioners. I distributed the materials with other practitioners as well.
One night three of us distributed over 2000 copies. We also put up some sticky posters. I didn’t stop until the following morning. The village roads were bumpy and filled with stones. My feet were covered in blisters and bruises. When I put up a sticky poster reading “Falun Dafa is good,” it glowed. I knew Master was encouraging me.
When I nearly finished, a young man stopped me and asked what I was doing. I thought to myself that I was doing the most righteous thing and no one could interfere with me. I was not afraid. I told him that I was visiting my relative. He asked me what the relative’s name was. I told him that the surname of my relative was Wu. He said that there was no person with the family name of Wu in the village. I told him that he was newly moved in. He walked away. I thanked Master for resolving this tribulation for me.
One practitioner was arrested and she told the police my name. The police searched my home. I was not there so they arrested my husband. My husband was incarcerated in a brainwashing center for more than 40 days.
When I returned the neighbor told me that the police came to my home. She urged me to leave quickly. I packed up a few things and went to the city. I stayed with another practitioner for a few days. I decided to move to another practitioner’s home. As soon as I left, the police came. I stayed with the other practitioner for six months. Her home was a material production site. I helped look after her two children. We studied the Fa and distributed truth-clarification materials together. I left because I had to look after my grandson.
I went to Beijing. My husband and I didn’t forget our mission. My husband wrote “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” on cards and sticky posters. I went out to distribute them. I put up the sticky posters on the stairs inside residential buildings and even on the stairs of Tiananmen Tower.
One day my daughter drove me and my husband to Tiananmen Square. We put up the sticky posters on Tiananmen Tower. We sent forth righteous thoughts and distributed cards with information about Falun Dafa along the way. I shouted, “Falun Dafa is good” several times inside Tiananmen Tower. At first, the guard didn’t hear me. But when he did, he didn’t know who was shouting because it was so crowded. I left safely.
Thanks to Master’s arrangement, I was able to contact the local practitioners. I was able to get the truth-clarification materials as well as Master’s newly published articles. One day we came across a banner that was more than ten meters long with messages defaming Falun Dafa. We returned that night with some tools. My husband and I removed the banner and quickly took it down. We left. I was thinking that it would be good to have a rubbish bag to put it in. I felt something under my feet. I looked down and saw a big rubbish bag. I cut the banner into several pieces, put them into the bag, and threw it into a rubbish bin on the street.
My husband had serious symptoms of a stroke and couldn’t look after himself. We moved to another city. We met a local practitioner who had a practice site near us, and we attended the group Fa study. One day it snowed heavily and then it melted. The road was muddy and it was difficult to walk. The Fa study site was a bit far. But I treasured the opportunity of interacting with practitioners.
As I walked in the mud and snow, a black car drove by and stopped near me. The driver asked where I was going. He offered to give me a lift as it was hard to walk. At first I refused as I didn’t want to trouble him. On second thought I felt this might be arranged by Master. I should tell him the truth. So I agreed and got in his car. I thanked him for his kindness and then clarified the truth to him. He agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I gave him an amulet and asked him to remember the two phrases: “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He thanked me for letting him know the truth about Falun Dafa.
I arrived at the group Fa study on time. The other practitioners thought that I would not come due to the heavy snow. I told them about my experience. They were excited and were more certain that as long as we were in the Fa, Master would arrange the best things for us. We thanked Master for his encouragement.
On my way home a red car stopped beside me, and the driver offered me a ride. I thanked him, and then I clarified the truth to him. He agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I thanked Master so much.
When I boarded a bus the door closed on one of my legs. I didn’t get angry. I got off the bus. A van then stopped near me. The driver asked me where I was going and offered me a ride. I saw the driver was very kind and I clarified the truth to him. He agreed to quit the CCP. I gave him some truth-clarification materials.
When a taxi came, I got in it. The driver asked me where I was going. I told her my address and then clarified the truth to her. I told her what Falun Dafa is and how I benefited from practicing. She agreed to quit the CCP.
I clarify the truth to whomever I meet. I’ve clarified the truth to all the repairmen who came to my home. I clarified the truth to our maid and she withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I told her about Falun Dafa’s principles. Her temper improved her relationship with her husband and her mother-in-law.
I go out to clarify the truth to people almost every day. I will cultivate more diligently and study the Fa more so as to fulfill my vows of saving more sentient beings and follow Master to return to my original home.
https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2023/2/14/学好法-坚定的走在证实法的路上-441193.html64_Journeys_of_Cultivation
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