(Clearwisdom.net) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1996. Looking back at my cultivation path in the past 14 years, I would like to share some stories about some of the miracles of Dafa and saving sentient beings that I have experienced.
A Predestined Opportunity that Comes Along Once in Many Thousands of Years
I clearly remember that early one morning before I obtained the Fa, someone was speaking to me when I was half-asleep and half-awake. He told me what I had gone through many different lifetimes, and he asked me to cherish myself instead of being ruined in ordinary society. After hearing this, I immediately sat up. I was sure that someone did speak to me and believed it was true. However, I didn’t know how to avoid being ruined in ordinary society.
In 1996, I fortunately obtained the precious book Zhuan Falun by chance. I read the whole book in one sitting. I knew that it was not an ordinary book; instead, it was the book that truly guides people to practice cultivation toward higher levels. Under the care of Master, this was how I entered Dafa.
Miracles I Experienced While Practicing Falun Dafa
After I practiced cultivation for a while, I felt uncomfortable one day. Just like it was mentioned in Zhuan Falun, I felt chilly all over my body, as though I was suffering from a heavy cold. The bones all over my body ached. However, I still went to work as usual. When I went to bed in the evening, I suddenly remembered my uncomfortable condition and realized in surprise that I had already recovered.
Once when I was half-asleep and half-awake, Master appeared to me and moved my body forward horizontally. But I couldn’t see it clearly. I was sleeping on the bed with my mom. I could see that only my body was moving forward, while my mom’s body was still. The same thing happened twice. Afterwards, I went to a practice site to do the exercises, and then I found out that it was Master purifying my body.
On another occasion, I took a bus to go shopping. Three people got on the bus when there were two more stops before I got off. When they passed by me, I felt that someone touched my knapsack. At that moment, I was moving towards the front of the bus, while those three people were moving towards the back. I checked my knapsack and found that the money inside was gone. I knew it must have been stolen by those three people. The miracle came just at that moment. I didn’t know why, but I was walking backward unconsciously. One of the three people walked towards the front. We arrived in the middle of the bus at the same time. I subconsciously stretched out my hand and he did so as well. I saw that there was money in his hand and that he put it in my hand carefully. After this, he walked back again, and I moved to the front. Everything transpired in a very short time, and my mind was blank at that time. Then the bus arrived at the next stop, and those three people got off first. Afterwards, I was wondering why I walked backward. Did I go to ask for the money from them? No, I didn’t have the courage to at that moment. I knew that actually everything was done by Master. It was just like what Master said,
“But as a practitioner, you are in principle protected by Teacher’s fashen. Others cannot take away what is yours, even if they want to.” (Zhuan Falun)
These experiences confirmed to me that I should firmly practice cultivation. I decided to return home with Master. That period was my happiest time. My mind was very broad, and I was always happy in my heart. When I walked, I felt as if I was being lifted up, like levitating off the ground. I was in the Buddha-light every day. I was grateful that I was able to walk on my cultivation path.
Clarifying the Truth to a Neighborhood Committee Officer Who Persecuted Me
After the evil persecution began on July 20, 1999, all the media continuously slandered Dafa. Many practitioners in my local area then appealed to Beijing. After we came back, however, we were arrested and illegally detained. During the process, I spread the wonderfulness of Falun Dafa to whomever I encountered. Thanks to Master’s care, I didn’t have fear at that time. One officer in my neighborhood committee said, “Looks like this person speaks about things very clearly. Let me take care of her.” Since then, she often came to my home and caused a lot of interference to my cultivation and my life. Afterwards, I thought, “I cannot let her continue to do this. Although I have clarified the truth to her, she still does it. That is committing crimes against Dafa.” Then when we had a conversation later, I told her seriously, “I can give everything of mine, even my life, for Dafa.” She looked at me with startled eyes and didn’t say anything. After that, she no longer comes to harass me.
Clarifying the Truth to My Deaf-and-Mute Sister
One of my sisters, who is deaf and mute, once came to my home. She told me by sign language that she had a bad headache. During the two years when I was detained in an evil den, she felt great pain and was in poor health. My heart was suddenly shocked at that moment. It turned out that she came for the truth. In the past I thought that I didn’t need to clarify the truth to her since she was deaf and mute, and was a kind-hearted person. In addition, I was not that good at sign language; it was not easy for me to communicate with her.
I then slowly signed to her, telling her how Master taught us to be good, how the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecuted practitioners, and the kind of torture I suffered in the evil den. She was shocked after hearing that. I could tell from her facial expression that she was wondering how these evil people could exist on this earth. I told her not to believe anything from television; that it was all fake. She told me that she understood.
I saw that her eyes became very bright and that there was no painful expression on her face. I then asked her, “Do you still have a headache?” She told me excitedly that her headache had disappeared! It was really unexpected that her learning the truth could lead to such a great change. My sister’s headache had plagued her for over ten years. But since then, it hasn’t recurred. Every time I visited her, she told me about how she explained the truth about Falun Gong. Once she explained the truth to her husband’s brother. Her brother-in-law was quite scared and asked her not to mention it anymore because it would cause her to be arrested. However, my sister said through sign language, “I have no fear. Falun Gong practitioners are good people!”
Helping My Eldest Sister to Withdraw from the CCP's Organizations
Among all my relatives, my eldest sister was the most difficult one to clarify the truth to. Right after I obtained the Fa, I started to introduce Falun Gong to her. After July 20, 1999, she became more stubborn, but I didn’t give up. I kept on clarifying the truth to her. I could feel that her mind was changing.
One day I visited her home, thinking that I had to help her quit the Young Pioneers (one of the CCP’s affiliated organizations). But, being busy with ordinary things at her home, I forgot to do so. After I left her home and had walked quite a long distance, I suddenly remembered it and immediately ran back. I knocked at her door, and my eldest sister opened the door. I said, “Dear sister, do quit the Young Pioneers now! I have explained to you how dangerous it is to be a member of it.” Seeing me gasping for air, my eldest sister was moved, and said, “You ran all the way back just for this! OK, help me to quit it.” Although my eldest sister was the most difficult relative to clarify the truth to, once she understood, she became very clear about it. She said, “Falun Gong practitioners are just studying books, doing some exercises, and being good people. They don’t trouble anybody. Why does the CCP persecute them so cruelly?” I felt very gratified after hearing this, knowing that ten years of clarifying the truth to her had paid off.
Cultivating Xinxing While Coordinating with Fellow Practitioners
While clarifying the truth and coordinating with fellow practitioners, I sometimes had serious xinxing conflicts with other practitioners. Once I distributed informational materials with another practitioner. We only had one building left to go to. I told the practitioner, “Please wait for me there. After I finish this building, we will go to another place together.” After I finished and returned to look for the practitioner, she was not there. I waited there for her for quite a long time, until it was very late. Then I had to leave and planned to continue distributing materials by myself. However, I saw that practitioner on the way. She even told me that she was looking for me there. Immediately my heart became disturbed. All kinds of human thinking and blaming her came to my mind.
On another occasion, I went to spray paint truth-clarifying words with another practitioner. She should have painted “Falun Dafa is good,” but she only did “Falun Da is good.” I asked her to blot out those words because she missed the word “Fa.” She said, “I thought I had painted ‘Fa’ twice.” Her reply made me so angry that I could hardly describe it. It was even worse than the last time.
These two things made a big impression on me. On the surface, it seemed that I was not wrong. However, are the things that Dafa disciples encounter just by chance? Master said, “Your true improvement will always be first and foremost.” (“Teaching the Fa in Canada, 2006”) Without the factors of improvement, these things wouldn’t happen to me. Through studying the Fa more and more, I recognized that I had the mentality that when I was right, I wouldn’t let others make mistakes. Although my fellow practitioner did wrong, she could adjust herself through practicing cultivation. Was there any practitioner that never made a mistake? Why was I so angry? As I looked within deeply, I found that I had the mentality of being prideful. After I found this, I knew what to do next.
Once when I walked on a sidewalk, I found an elderly lady in front of me who walked with great difficulty, with a big and heavy chopping board on her back. I ran forward, saying, “Aunty, please let me carry the chopping board for you!” She said, “Thank you! You are really a good person.” I said, “If you want to thank someone, please thank my Master. It is my Master who told us to do so.” In this way, our conversation started and I began to explain the facts about Falun Gong to her. She listened quietly and carefully, and agreed with me. In the end, she quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. On another occasion, the same elderly lady went for a walk with several other elderly ladies. I happened to see her and greeted her. She told the other ladies that I was very good and that I practiced Falun Gong, and then she shared the story about us to the other ladies. From this experience, I realized that Dafa disciples must do righteous deeds. Ordinary people connected everything about us with Dafa.
Whenever I watched “Fa-Teaching Given to the Australian Practitioners,” seeing Master pick up and put down the microphone again and again, I really felt very badly. We practitioners often say, “Make Master happier and less worried.” Master, I will improve myself, truly and diligently practice cultivation, and do well in what Dafa disciples should do, so that I can fulfill my vows and be worthy of Master’s compassionate salvation.
