(Clearwisdom.net) My name is Liao Shuhui and I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Taiwan. Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My condition stabilized after surgery and chemotherapy. After ten years, I thought I had survived it. Unfortunately, the cancer cells moved to my bones, and my spine suffered serious damage. It was so painful that I could neither stand nor sit. Even lying down for a long time was painful for me.

It might have been because one year ago, things happened in my family that depressed me tremendously. I tried to seek comfort in religion, but deep in my heart, I could not let go. It was at this time that the illnesses snuck up on me. It reminded me of the Chinese saying that misfortune never comes alone.

Then it was more tests, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, which alleviated my pain to some extent, but I was so weak that I could only lie in bed all day. Due to problems with the nerves in my fingers, I could not even hold a pair of chopsticks, so I needed to be fed. Life was so meaningless. I was a terminal patient without hope.

My family is small and my parents live far away in the south. During the day while my husband went to work and my children went to school, I felt so lonely. It was as if I was on an island, waiting for them to come home in the evening and help me put on my back support. They would help me get on my wheelchair to go to the park in the neighborhood.

It was like this day in and day out. One morning, I said to myself, "I cannot go on like this." So I picked myself up, and slowly walked with a cane to a park nearby. I found a place to sit down and heard some beautiful music. Following the music, I saw a group of people practicing something that looked so peaceful and with very light movements. I was so excited. At this time, a woman who introduced herself as Ms. Jiang came over and asked if I would like to join them. I told her that I have serious illnesses and I was afraid that I would not be able to do it. She said kindly, "Don't worry." I have always been interested in Buddha Law and Qigong. This practice combined the two and it was free, so I thought I would give it a try.

The five sets of exercises were very easy to learn. I was told that it was more important to cultivate one's heart, measuring ourselves up to the universal characteristic of "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance," get rid of our attachments to self and jealousy, and when conflicts happen, look inward for where problems may lie. If we can do that, we will achieve a peaceful mind and good health. Through our own cultivation, we will achieve good health and an elevated state of mind.

Since then, I have gotten up early nearly every day to go to the park to practice with other practitioners. Once in a while, I skipped a day due to my laziness. It is an open door, and no one is keeping an eye on you. Other practitioners only encourage you to do better. Cultivation is really from your own heart, and no one can force you to do so. After I practiced for 10 days, I was able to walk to practitioner Ms. Lu's home to participate in the nine-day lectures. All of the practitioners there clapped for me. I went to the hospital for checkup once a month. The doctor said that I looked really well, and I told him that I was practicing Falun Gong. He asked, "Could you teach me--" My cancer index has been reduced from 517 to 17 (the normal range is below 30). I am able to hold my chopsticks again, and now I can do housework and even write.

After I learned Falun Dafa and began to follow the guidance of our Teacher to improve my character all the time, I have become happier. I do not blame other people, and I do not get upset or depressed when things do not happen the way I want. Witnessing my improvement physically and mentally, my husband's bad temper also improved. We are a very happy family now.

I don't understand why such a great practice is being persecuted in China by the authorities. Had it not been for my illness, I may not have had the opportunity to learn this great practice and get to know the true purpose of life. How could I have ever imagined that my misfortune could lead to something so great?

Posting date: 11/16/2004
Original article date: 11/15/2004
Category: Personal Cultivation
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/3/16/9082.html

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