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A Non-practitioner Learns His Lesson Through Retribution By Xiaohe, Practitioner in China (Clearwisdom) Not long ago, a practitioner told me the following story about
how repeated retribution changed a non-practitioner's attitude towards Dafa.
A middle-aged practitioner and her husband live in a city in northern China.
The husband is quite well educated. However, he was very much attached to what
he knew and had acquired certain notions that impeded him from understanding
Dafa. His wife is solid in her faith in Dafa, since she has benefited a great
deal from her cultivation. After the campaign of suppression against Falun Gong
began, the husband was influenced by the evil propaganda and became even more
negative towards Dafa. He slandered Dafa and Teacher. His wife repeatedly and
patiently told him to stop doing that and warned him of retribution, but he
refused to listen.
In the winter of 2000, the wife was arrested while clarifying the truth. The
husband, though not supportive of his wife's activities, paid a fine of 3,000
Yuan [Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban
laborer is about 500 Yuan] and got her out of the jail. Not realizing that
it was the old forces that imposed the persecution, he scolded his wife
immediately when he saw her in the detention center, "It is all because you
practice Dafa...." Before he finished, he fell flat on his back and hit his
head against the concrete stairs. However, he was not injured. His wife told
him, "If it were not for Teacher's benevolence, you could have lost your
life or become disabled." The husband seemed to be touched by what his wife
said and murmured to himself, "That is quite true. I did feel cushioned
when my head hit the ground."
About six months later, his wife attended a Dafa Experience Sharing
Conference. She came home to see her husband sitting on a chair, pointing his
finger at her. He went on to slander Dafa and Teacher. His wife said calmly,
"Please close your evil-controlled mouth. You will receive retribution if
you go on like this." Before she could finish, the husband suddenly fell to
the ground. After the fall, he did not say anything anymore. He said nothing
during dinner and did not watch television that night.
Two weeks later, the wife found that all the Dafa posters on the door of
their house were torn off. That night, the husband was cooking in the kitchen.
As he was turning on the electric stove, fire leapt out from between the wires.
The fire spread rapidly, and he was scared. He thought, "What if there is
an explosion? How many people will be injured if that happens?" Right after
this thought, the fire was gone. Breathing a sigh of relief, he found eight
blisters on his right hand, and his left hand was covered with painful burns. He
told his wife what had happened and showed his hands to her. His wife responded,
"This is the retribution for tearing the Dafa posters off the door. You
must have used your left hand to do it." The husband was surprised, 'How
did you know?" The wife said, "Look at the wounds on your left hand.
Don't you understand that it is the third time that Teacher has shown his
benevolence towards you? If you still don't repent, you will lose your life one
day."
The husband thought about the two incidents that happened before and was
finally convinced of the power of Dafa and the benevolence of Teacher. Since
then, he not only supports his wife's practice, but also actively helps his wife
in clarifying the truth as well as distributing and posting flyers and posters
in the building complex. He even clarifies the truth to the police. Also,
whenever he hears people say bad things about Dafa, he will share his
understanding and help these people realize that Falun Dafa is good.
Posting date: 2/24/2002 |