Falun Dafa Brings Happiness to My Family
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jilin City
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. Teacher and Falun Dafa freed my wife from illnesses I started to learn Falun Dafa in May 1997. My wife started two months
earlier. Before that, she had been suffering from the after effects of a serious
heart attack and was afraid of hearing any kind of noise at home. Although she
was only 45 years old, she had to stay in a hospital at least two times a year.
Her health condition caused my family a great deal of stress. In an attempt to
cure her illnesses, we took her to almost every hospital, large or small, and to
private clinics as well. We even tried superficial treatments and unconventional
doctors. However, there was no improvement. Our whole family's attention was on her. We dared not to speak a single word loudly in case she
would be scared and her illnesses would become more serious. Our children had to
accompany her when taking a bath at the public bathhouse [1] for fear that
something unexpected might happen to her. In March 1997, my wife and I happened to meet a Falun Dafa practitioner,
Sister Wang, who is a colleague of mine. Sister Wang asked why she had not seen
us for such a long time. My wife replied that she had a heart attack and had
been in the hospital for quite a while. Sister Wang said, "Let me tell you,
many people have recovered from their illnesses after they started practicing
Falun Gong. I have Falun Gong literature at home. You can read the book."
Without hesitation, we followed Sister Wang to her home and picked up the book,
"Zhuan Falun". My wife finished the book within two days. The
more she read, the more comfortable she felt, and the clearer her mind was. All
her depression and distress disappeared. The principle of
"Truth-Compassion-Tolerance" taught in Falun Dafa is the key to
unraveling through the mysteries of the universe. At the beginning, it seemed to
be a book teaching us to be a better people. However, as we continued reading,
we discovered more profound principles. We know from the perspective of the Fa that the karma that people
have accumulated throughout their lives must be repaid. After she understood
these principles, she followed the principle of
"Truth-Compassion-Tolerance" and kept improving her xinxing.
Without thinking about it, she has recovered from all her illnesses. It has been
eight years since she started to practice Falun Dafa. Since that time, she has
never again suffered from her illnesses and has never taken any medicine. My
wife works as a production dispatcher. In the past, during her illness, she had
to find someone to take over her job. During eight years of cultivation, she has
never taken one day off! Our family witnessed the change in her and rejoiced
from the bottom of our hearts. It is Teacher and Dafa who saved my wife's life. 2. Steadfastly cultivating Dafa In May 1997, I began to practice Falun Dafa as well. Both my wife and I
studied the Fa, practiced the exercises together and followed Teacher's
instructions of: Study the Fa and obtain the Fa, (Translation subjected to improvement) In winter, it is very cold in Jilin. Without a large indoor practice site, it
was hard to practice outside, so I contacted my work unit and received a permit
to use the club. Over 100 practitioners from my work unit came to the club to
practice the exercises. On July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime started to suppress Falun Dafa. It was like
heaven was falling down. They harassed and arrested practitioners everywhere.
They came to my home as well, asking us to write a "guarantee
statement" that we would not go to Beijing to appeal and we would not
practice Falun Dafa. When they came, I tried to clarify the truth to
them, telling them that Falun Gong teaches people to be good people and improves
people's health, that it is a practice of cultivating both mind and body, and
that my wife recovered from a serious heart attack after practicing Falun Gong. However, they kept coming to my home, to my work unit and frequently to the
evening market to harass me. They also asked for my home phone number. I told
them solemnly that we are walking along a righteous path, following the
principles of the universe, "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance," to be a good
person. I also told them that my wife had a serious heart attack and fully
recovered after practicing Falun Gong. I said, "If anything wrong happens
to her, you will be responsible for that." Teacher told us, You have fear (Provisional translation subjected to improvement) Even since then, they dared not to harass us any longer. I realized that as
long as we steadfastly cultivate in Dafa, with righteous thoughts and righteous
behaviour, Teacher is protecting us all the time. I was forced to retire in March 1999, and received a very small pension. Due
to the low income, we did not have money to send our child to the university. So
in September 1999, I started a business selling shoes at a street stall. I often
met practitioners when I was working at the stall. So I have almost all the
articles written by Teacher and from Minghui since July 20, 1999. Some fellow
practitioners came to me whenever they needed me. I passed them Teacher's
articles and "truth-clarifying" materials. At that time, no matter how vicious the evil was among fellow practitioners,
we always encouraged each other and were steadfast in our cultivation practice.
With the protection of Teacher and the Fa, we did not have any fear. Some
practitioners who were released after detention dared not meet with us. When I
discovered this, I proactively went to them and helped them to study the Fa and
come back to the Fa again. Sometimes, when I was doing business at the evening
market, three practitioners would come to my stall, where we shared our
experiences and understanding of the Fa. We exposed the crimes of Jiang's regime
in suppressing Falun Gong. We wrote letters, posted truth-clarifying stickers,
and distributed truth clarification materials. We sent forth righteous thoughts
together to eliminate the evil and the arrangements of the old forces. Wherever I go, I take Dafa materials with me and explain the truth of Falun
Dafa to people I meet. I often travel to Changchun City to purchase merchandise
for my business. In order to catch the 4 o'clock bus in the morning, I leave
home at 3:00 a.m. and distribute truth-clarifying materials on the way. I
usually arrive at Changchun at 6:30 a.m. In winter, I usually distribute truth
clarification materials before dawn. When I purchase shoes from the
distributors, I hand a copy of the materials to each person there. Sometimes, I
explain the truth to other people on the bus. In 2000, during a gathering of old
school classmates, I took the opportunity to clarify the truth to them,
especially to several classmates who had poor health. I told them about the
change in my wife and they felt the miracle of Falun Dafa. All my classmates had
the chance to know the truth of Falun Dafa and to change their attitude. One of
them decided to get a book and study the Fa. After the lunar Chinese New Year in 2003, there was a gathering of the
vendors who sell shoes. At the very beginning, I did not plan to go. But on
second thought, I realized that it was a good opportunity to promote Dafa.
Although all those vendors knew that I practiced Falun Gong, I had never
promoted Dafa to them. At the dinner table, I found a chance to move the topic
to truth clarification. When I started to speak, I had some fear in my heart
because each of them had a different state of mind. How could I explain the
truth to them properly? Then I thought that Teacher does not want to leave one
disciple behind. We came to the human world with Teacher in order to save
sentient beings -- to save their lives. With these thoughts, I had compassion in
my heart. I explained the truth to them and asked them to remember that Falun
Dafa is good, that Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is good. After that, I cited
several examples about how good Falun Dafa is, which achieved a very good
effect. In 2004, one of the shoe vendors came to my home to learn the Fa. I
found a book for him and taught him how to do the exercises. Currently, he is
very diligent in cultivation practice. In this way, wherever we go, we bring
truth-clarifying materials with us, tell people the truth and help people who
have predestined relationships to obtain the Fa. 3. Falun Dafa brings happiness to my family My second son was an average student when he was in senior high school. But
in September 1999, he was enrolled in the Education Institute unexpectedly. In
the university, he was elected as the chairperson of the Student Union. After
graduation, the school recommended that he work in a private school in Guangzhou
City. During his career, he obtained a first award and second award for
excellence in teaching. The second year, he was hired by a local public school.
In June 2004, after less than a year of probation, he was promoted from being a
recommended teacher to a formal position. He told us that there were more
than100 people waiting to be promoted, with 100,000 yuan in hand (in
order to achieve their goal by means of bribery). I told my son, "All
the benefits we have are from Dafa. Without Dafa, your father wouldn't be here
today, and you wouldn't be here today either. No matter what happens in the
world, never forget our distinguished Teacher, never forget that 'Falun Dafa is
good' and that 'Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is good.'" My son said, "I
have kept it in my heart." 4. Step forward to expose the evil and save sentient beings by clarifying the
truth Every Dafa disciple should do well the three things that Teacher asks us to
do, and to improve and upgrade as a whole body. Before long, a small Fa-conference was held at my home. Over ten
practitioners participated. We exchanged ideas about how to get rid of fear,
expose the evil, and clarify the truth face to face to more sentient beings
under the current situation. We all expressed that the evil is afraid of being
exposed. We should expose their crimes on the Internet. We should write to
everyday people to clarify the truth; we should go to the market in pairs to
explain the truth to people face to face, with one practitioner sending forth
righteous thoughts, while the other one clarifies the truth. We should also
distribute truth clarification flyers and cards, etc. During the sharing, one
practitioner cried. She said, "Since the persecution began on July 20,
1999, this is the first time that so many practitioners have shared their
experiences together." We helped each other to find out how far we were
from the requirements of the Fa in cultivation practice and to get rid of our
attachment to fear. We all agreed that only through studying the Fa more
frequently could we understand the Fa better and do better at explaining the
truth and saving sentient beings. Once, a practitioner gave a Protection Card [2] to a vendor after purchasing
a piece of clothing at a stall. The practitioner told him to remember that
Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is good and Falun Dafa is good. The vendor said,
"I know that. My wife is a practitioner as well. After she practiced Falun
Dafa, she returned 30,000 yuan that she picked up on the road to the bank. Even
though she is a member of the Communist Party, she would not have returned the
money if she did not practice Falun Dafa, especially when both she and I have
both been laid off. It is Falun Dafa that helps her to improve her xinxing and
do well." After hearing their story, we were very touched. It's true. Only
Falun Dafa can make people become good people, and only Falun Dafa can cause the
morality of society to improve. The above is my personal understanding and experience in my cultivation
practice. If there are any mistakes, please kindly point them out. January 19, 2005-02-17 Notes: [1] It was very normal to take a bath at the public bathhouse in China at the
time. [2] A card with the words "Falun Dafa is Good" printed on it.
Share in learning and share in cultivating,
Following [the Fa] in everything,
Compliance is cultivation.
"Solid Cultivation" from Hong Ying I
He will seize you;
Your thoughts are righteous,
Evils collapse.
"Fear What?" from Hong Ying II
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