Practicing Dafa Is My Good Fortune

Zhen Lijuan

Veteran practitioners have already experienced what I am about to discuss. The purpose of writing this article is to sincerely encourage those who have just started this cultivation practice, as well as those who have not yet begun. I hope you can all share my joy in saying good-bye to a meaningless life, in getting rid of all suffering and illness, and in gaining improvement in morality and life from practicing Falun Dafa.

I. Turning Hatred into Peace

In ancient and modern times, the most difficult thing in a family is for a young woman is to get along with her mother-in-law. I do not mean to make critical comments about other people, but the real cause of all the hardship in my family was that we were all against "Zhen-Shan-Ren" (Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance). In short, before I obtained the Fa, my family was already on the brink of breaking apart; my husband and I were on the verge of divorce. In order to release the pain in my heart, I used to read some spiritual books. But they didn't give me much help. At that time I felt that I had no way out. My daughter and I had illnesses. My family fought all the time and were cold to one another. I was suffering from both within and without. I felt hopeless, and didn't know how I should spend the rest of my life. For the past ten years, our rancor has piled up mountain-high. There are sayings like "One step back, the ocean is broader and the sky is clearer;" "Forgiving other is one's joy;" and "No replacement for getting ill from being angry." I understood these sayings theoretically, and I tried to smile at my sadness. But my heart didn't fee t hat way. My body and mind were suffering all the time. On October 9, 1998, I obtained Dafa. When the Fu Dao Yuan handed the Zhuan Falun to me, she told me that this book is very precious and I should wash my hands before I read it. I didn't take it seriously in my heart, but I followed what she had told me. I didn't realize that I had started a new life as I opened this book. All my suffering has come to an end. Although I love reading books, I have never found a book like Zhuan Falun that can inspire me so much. The words in this book are of great compassion and awe-inspiring righteousness. When I read what the teacher says "Do you know what kind of things I have done? I regard all practitioners including those who are able to genuinely practice cultivation through self-study as my disciples" (P91). I just couldn't hold my tears for some unknown reason. My heart was crying out: "Is this real? Is this real? Can I call you my master? How can I be so lucky to be your disciple?" I couldn't wait to read through the whole book right away. My point of view about life has been changed greatly, though I still bear many questions in my mind. What really amazed me was that I could forgive my husband and his mother, unbelievably, from my heart. I discovered the things that I had done wrong, that had caused me such unforgettable pain and had haunted me for such a long time. I was contrite about hurting their feelings. The most difficult step was to admit my own wrongdoing and not complain about others; even bow to the person that hurt me. Ten years of hatred was released in one day. Only Zhuan Falun can have such a power! It is the great law of the universe, the high-virtue great law! A few days after I read the book, my husband suddenly got sick. He was sent to the emergency room. I stayed with him the whole time and took care of him with a sincere heart. I remembered one time when I had arthritis and wanted to see a doctor, he accused me of pretending sickness just to spend money. Now when he is sick, I take a day off to take care of him. I could finally return his hatred with my virtue. After this adversity, my family gained good fortune from bad luck and has been reunited. I know that my husband's illness was not accidental. It happened so fiercely, yet disappeared all of a sudden. And its outcome was that it has brought us from the edge of divorce to reunion. Our master says in Zhuan Falun that "As a practitioner, your path of life will be changed from now on. My Fashen will rearrange it for you."(P130). After that, I tape-recorded my Cantonese translation of the Cultivation Practice Story from Falun Buddha Law, Volume 1, and played it for my family during dinner time. In this way, they came to understand about Xinxing. They also know that Dafa practitioners are all good people pursuing "truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance." Other family members have also been affected by some good changes, even though they don't practice. For example, my mother-in-law used to be very devout in worshipping her god, while she cursed people behind their backs. Now she is careful about what she says. Furthermore, she used to not cook for my family. She probably thought that she wouldn't gain benefits from helping her daughter-in-law. One time my daughter had a high fever. It was already 7 PM when we got back from the hospital. My mother-in-law hadn't cooked and preferred being hungry. We were always fighting. Now, my mother-in-law prepares the meals everyday. When I come home from work, everything is finished. Falun Dafa can help people to regain their innocence and achieve a higher level of morality. It can only have a positive effect on all countries and their people, and can have no negative effect.

II. Feel Incomparable Happiness After Body Purification.

My daughter is about 10 years old. She had a skin disease since1995, which gradually became worse. Her skin would blister and fester all over her body, becoming runny and bloody. The clothing she wore became stained with blood. The thing that I worried about most was, my daughter could note at 98% of the food in this world. Once she ate, the disease spread allover her body. The only food she could eat was rice, green vegetables, pork, apples, and 10 other kinds of food. She could not eat wheat. For years, she tried all types of Chinese and Western medicine. After she used an allergy injection as a cure, her problem became much worse. She even tried the scorpions and snakes remedies, but nothing worked. The symptom srepeated over and over for several years. We paid for the most expensive medicines, and my daughter had tasted the bitterest ones. My poor little daughter looked sallow and emaciated. She told me that she felt weak in her limbs and shaking all the time. Once she even said: " Mom, why am I so miserable? I would rather die." She was too little to understand that her disease was just like a knife that cut my heart day and night. We held each other and cried together. I was encouraged to remain hopeful. "Even though Mom might be reduced to poverty and ruin, she would still want to cure your disease." I even entrusted my friend to help me find a specialist in Beijing. Later, I didn't have to lose a family fortune. I bought Zhuan Falun and the series of other materials. At that time, I never thought it would be possible for my daughter to obtain a healthy body, especially after years of bitterness and suffering. At the beginning of practicing cultivation, she stopped taking any medicine. Master kept nursing her health and purifying her body. After I went deeply into studying Dafa, I realized that restricting the diet to certain foods only was Dafa at an ordinary person's level, but a genuine practitioner had no such restriction. "Break an abstinence overall," I told my daughter. " Once you become a genuine practitioner, you will go through the pass." Now I am glad to tell everyone that my daughter is no longer afraid to eat anything. Like a greedy cat, she now can unbridledly eat any food like beef, durian, roasted duck, bamboo shoot, and etc. These foods should be avoided by patient with skin disease. Now only the photo of her ulcerous skin is the evidence of the past. Those who criticize Falun Gong say that we are not allowed to take medicine once we get sick. Master replied in A Brief Statement of Mine: "Some sources claim that I forbid people to take medicine. Actually, that is absolutely untrue. I have simply explained the relationship between cultivation practice and taking medication. I have enabled 100 million people to achieve health. Countless terminally ill patients have recovered and have become healthy. This is a fact." Yes, it is a fact. Think about this. From 1995 to 1998, how many injections had she be given? How many medicines had she taken in 3 years? Did she recover? No. Why is she a healthy person after practicing Dafa? With respect to myself, I used to have diseases like arthritis, migraines, night sweats, and arrhythmia cordis. I visited the doctor frequently and became a chronic invalid. I could never be happy for 3 days. Now any disease disappears without trace, including a uterine tumor. Can anyone attain this by taking medicine? Just think it over. Today. it's the time that "the changes of cosmic phenomenon are radical. Humans lose the sense of mercy. The morality is out of control and the demonized spirit unfolds. People suffer in the natural and man-made climates." What master spreads to man-kind is not the common principle at the ordinary people's level. This is a great supernormal law--the principle of the universe, which has never been spread by anyone else. A practitioner must upgrade his Xinxing in order to improve his level, get rid of attachments, according to the criterion of ordinary people, and then become enlightened at the level of the principle of the universe. Dafa displays magical effects on the practitioners' bodies by the supernormal principle. This is already an incontrovertible fact. Up till now, I have been talking about the time before and after I obtained Dafa. The most important thing that I haven't talked about is how to study Dafa and cultivate Xinxing. After several months of practicing cultivation, I truly realized the truth that mind and matter are one thing. At that moment I woke up: to live in this world, birth, old age, illnesses, and death will exist just like that for the ordinary people. The most terrible thing is a person who can never distinguish righteousness and evil. He commits his wrong doing unconsciously, but still considers himself in the right. How poor and sad he is. In the past, I always judged a person based on what he said and what he did. Now I know before I determine the good from the bad, I shall make sure that my mind follows the characteristic of the universe - Zhen-Shan-Ren(truthfulness, benevolence, forbearance.) Therefore, as practitioners, we all need to cultivate our Xinxing. Who improves our characters and morals? Who purifies our bodies? Who brings us towards higher level, and shows us a way of returning to our true selves from our negative lives in the past? It is all due to our master Li Hongzhi. Once someone told me: "You said you are a practitioner and take everything lightly. Why do you care about the Chinese government who treats you as an evil sect?" In fact, we are the ones who understand the truth and get direct benefits. What we do today is not for ourselves, but for those who struggle and suffer deeply in their hearts; for those who suffer from lingering illnesses; and for those who are deceived by the mass media and rumors. No matter what, we never get involved in politics and never treat others as enemies. We will tell everyone sincerely, benevolently, and conscientiously that Falun Gong is so good. Our master is so benevolent. All my friends, the principle of the universe is so hard to hear of ,throughout the ages, and stands without equal in all generations. Now our master is spreading Dafa in the human society. The Buddha's law is very difficult to get, as well as the righteous principle. Please value this rare karmic relationship. We Dafa practitioners really have good fortune.

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