Overcoming Each Tribulation with Pure and Firm Faith

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Heilongjiang Province

(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. I would like to share my cultivation experiences and the power of Dafa, to encourage fellow practitioners and thus contribute to our mutual, diligent improvement.

1. Constantly receiving Master's help and encouragement

When I had just begun the practice I had to take care of our young child and take care of many chores during the daytime. I could not find time to study the Fa and practice the exercises. I thought it would be better if I could wake up at night to study and practice Falun Gong. As soon as that thought emerged, Master helped me. Thereafter, every night at 1:00 a.m., either the doorbell or the ringing of the phone awakened me; no one else could hear it but me. I got up then at that hour and completed the five exercises and read a chapter of Zhuan Falun.

I became frightened once while walking in the dark. Suddenly a shining, colorful sphere revolved around me. At first I could not see it clearly; gradually it became clear. It was a Falun, which accompanied me along the dark road. I was excited, knowing that Master was there to encourage me.

2. My sister witnesses the power of Dafa

After the onset of the persecution on July 20, 1999, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) madly persecuted Dafa practitioners. My older sister was worried and asked me to give up the practice. I was firm and believed in Master and Dafa. To convince her, I read the book Zhuan Falun to her. My older sister was a [lay] Buddhist. When I read the book to her, she stopped her chores and listened carefully. I asked her for comments after I completed a chapter. She said, "While you were reading I saw a monk standing in front of you, wearing a golden cassock and has his hands in the heshi posture. He is listening to you read. He disappears as soon as you stop." At that moment, my sister saw the power of Dafa.

3. Protected by Master

In 2001, the CCP held an exhibit to slander Dafa. I went there to validate Dafa and returned home safely. Two days after, another practitioner wanted to validate Dafa at the exhibit. I went there with him and waited outside for him. After a while I saw several people escorting him out. Many shouted, to send him to the local police. I walked toward him and whispered, "Follow me." "Is that ok?" he asked. "Yes! There is no problem because we have Master protecting us," I said. We escaped from the crowd.

In January 2002, two police officers arrived at my house and tried to arrest me. Someone had reported my distributing truth-clarification flyers to the police. They searched the whole house to find me. I was sitting at home and observed the whole thing; but they could not find me, because I was unafraid and believed Master would protect me. After they left, I left home.

I went to my relatives' home in a mountain area and held a job as a mountain guide. My husband joined me later, as did my older sister and brother-in-law. Conditions in the mountains were poor. There was only a little water in a well. The water was cloudy and contained many bugs. It would take two filtrations to make the water safe to drink. Even so, water was getting scarce, and eventually the well was dry. My sister and her husband had to leave the mountains and return home. My husband and I remained.

I recalled that Master had mentioned that a true cultivator would have his living environment provided for. I asked Master for help. On the third day, the well filled with water, and it was clean. We were grateful for Master's care and wept out of gratitude.

Because someone had reported us, the local police came to the mountain area to capture me. They searched our place and tore down the pictures from the wall. We believed in Master's protection and were fearless. With firm righteous thoughts and under Master's protection, we left safely.

I then stayed in a place close to my home. Since there were many police around I wear a mask when venturing out to avoid identification. But one day the thought occurred to me: what would I do once the weather gets warmer? The mask's string broke while I had that thought. I changed to another mask and its string also broke. I realized that I did not need the mask, that Master was there to protect me. Thereafter I no longer wore a mask and was safe.

4. Sending righteous thoughts and experiencing the power of Dafa

Another Dafa practitioner decided to leave home due to the persecution and stayed with me. Because of many human attachments, the evil took advantage of her. She suffered back pain and leg pain and could not walk. She had to live with an assistant. Later we sent righteous thoughts together and asked Master for strength. Thirty minutes after, she felt better. I told her now that she was back to normal she should get out and walk the next day. She looked at me doubtfully. The next day I made breakfast she walked in and shouted, "I am okay now." She became completely healthy.

That same year during the Lantern Festival my husband had severe diarrhea and vomiting. Half an hour later he could not move and could not hear or see, and then lapsed into a coma. I shouted at his side, "You must believe Master and Dafa and ask Master for help." At the same time I sent righteous thoughts and asked Master for help. My husband remained immobile, but I was unafraid because I remembered that we should do both mental cultivation and physical refinement. I new that these symptoms were an illusion. I did not acknowledge them. About 30 minutes later my husband awoke, was able to move, and his hearing and vision were back to normal. Master gave him a second life.

5. No injuries from a fireworks explosion

We went home to celebrate the 2005 Chinese New Year. We lit fireworks in our child's presence on the fifth day. One firework exploded between our child and me. It shattered a glass bottle and generated lots of smoke with broken glass everywhere, but our child and I did not get hurt a bit. My child quickly ran before Master portrait, kowtowed and said, "Thanks, Master, for your protection! Thank you, Master for your protection!"

Since beginning cultivation, I have encountered many miracles, but have only mentioned a few here. I realize that it is not too complicated to cultivate in Dafa. Simply remember that all that Master has said are truths! As long as I firmly believe in Master and Dafa, I can follow Master on the right cultivation path until I return to my true self.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/4/5/175838.html

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