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Cultivation Stories of a Senior Practitioner from Anqiu City of Shandong Province (Clearwisdom.net) I'm a 69-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Anqiu city of Shandong
province. Before practicing Falun Gong, I was illiterate and suffered from many
illnesses. In 1997 a relative came to our village to teach Falun Gong. That
relative looked very healthy after practicing Falun Gong. I started learning the
practice and felt very comfortable after doing the movements. I have not stopped
practicing since. Because I could not read, my daughter-in-law had to teach me
to read Zhuan Falun word by word. I did my best to learn. Within a short
time, I was able to read the whole book. Now I can read all of Master's books
and lectures easily and only need to ask my daughter-in-law for help with very
difficult words. Although I can read Dafa books, I cannot read other things like
newspapers. I understand that Master gave me the ability to read the Fa just for
the purpose of cultivation. I treasure it from my heart and I am grateful to
Master. Since practicing Falun Gong, all my illnesses have disappeared without
my noticing. My whole family is very happy for me. Since the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 20, 1999, under great
pressure, some practitioners in my village stopped practicing Falun Gong. Now
all of their illnesses, which had disappeared after they practiced Falun Gong,
have come back to them again. One woman in her 40s' used to be ill all year long
and could not do any work and required others to take care of her. By practicing
Falun Gong she got rid of all her illnesses and totally recovered. Her whole
family was very supportive of her practice. After the persecution she gave up
practicing and all her old illnesses returned. Others who had given up
practicing are all experiencing similar problems. The Communist Party Secretary
of my village told me: "Look, they gave up practicing and fell ill again.
You should continue practicing!" After the persecution started, practitioners from other places regularly sent
truth-clarifying materials to us. During the persecution some of them were
abducted, detained, or sent to force-labor camps. Sometimes I could not wait for
the delivery of the materials and tried my best to go out to get them. Even so,
there are still many times that I could not get any. On the days that I don't have truth-clarifying materials, I am not moved. I
believe in Master and believe in Dafa. Sometimes I feel Master right beside me.
I remember one day a couple of years ago: after sending forth righteous thoughts
at midnight, I left home with 20 or 30 pounds of truth-clarifying materials. I
went to surrounding villages to distribute them. Before entering a village, I
took off my shoes to avoid waking the dogs and bothering the residents. Walking
in my bare feet, I distributed the materials door to door. Some places were
muddy and even very icy. However, my feet did not feel cold or painful, but warm
and comfortable. I did this village by village until I ran out of materials. 4. Dafa saved my cousin's family In 2003, with my advice, my cousin started practicing Falun Gong. Not long
afterward her health began to improve. Her family was very happy about this. After the Spring Festival of 2004, the weather was still cold. My cousin used
a coal stove to keep her home warm. One night everyone in her family was
poisoned from the fumes. No one could get out of bed except my cousin. She
barely got up and opened the door before she lost consciousness. At about 8 or 9
o'clock the next morning, when her neighbor visited her, my cousin had already
come through the danger and so did everyone else. The only difference was that
the others did not recover as fast as my cousin did. The neighbors witnessed the
power of Falun Dafa from this incident. Before this event, my cousin's husband believed the government's propaganda
defaming Falun Gong and refused to read any truth-clarifying material. Now he
has changed, and he is actively involved in clarifying the truth and validating
Dafa. Posting date: 2/19/2005 |