(Clearwisdom.net) I was hit by a car in 1998. The police took me to a hospital, where I remained for ten days in a vegetative state.
A notion crossed my mind on the tenth night. I lost consciousness when I moved my head slightly. After a while, there was another notion and this time I was very careful. I calmed down and thought, "Oh, I remember now. I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I have a Teacher and should not be lying in a hospital."
My body was as stiff as a board, but my thinking was clear. I knew that a car hit me and that I was in a hospital. I was thinking, "Teacher, I don't want to lie here." I wanted to get up, but could not. I was mumbling, wanting to sit up to meditate. I heard a woman's voice. I realized it was my nurse. She thought I was only talking nonsense, but I told her that I wanted to sit up. She supported me with her hands, so I could sit up. She held my body tightly so I would not fall out of the bed. I asked her to let go of me. I reassured her that I would be all right. I thought, "Teacher, I want to meditate, but my arms and legs are too stiff. What should I do? I beg you a hundred times. Teacher, please teach me from the beginning."
Almost immediately, my legs folded into the double lotus position. I recited the formula for the fifth exercise in my mind. I said quietly with conjoined hands, "Teacher, I firmly believe in Dafa and You. The trouble I encountered was caused by my not cultivating. Perhaps, I have accumulated too much karma. I practice Dafa and must repay my debts. I know that Teacher has already shouldered too much for us. I don't want Teacher to take on any more. I will pay my own debt. Teacher, you have said that if we can consummate in this lifetime, that a creditor might take my body to compensate what I owe. Then, please give me more hardships and let me continue my cultivation. I would have no regrets, even if I have to die. If my suffering can pay back my debts, then I will also have no regrets. I will listen to whatever Teacher says and follow his arrangements."
I realized that I was floating in a blue sky, while I was talking. I saw Teacher, wearing a golden cassock and sitting lotus style, smile at me from above. I sensed that Teacher had not given up on me. He led me to a higher level. I said respectfully, "Please, Teacher, tell me what I should do."
Teacher appeared as a huge Buddha, shining with golden light and as big as the universe. "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." These three big words appeared above Teacher's knees, one after the other. Every word was shining inside a golden circle. Each one appeared to get bigger and bigger. I said to Teacher, "I now understand, 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance' are the boundless great principles. I know the boundless meaning of the word 'great'. It is not one dimensional, but three dimensional, in different time zones and different spaces, from the microscopic to the macroscopic, with all living beings bound and connected to the great principles. Teacher, I vow to you that I will assimilate to the principles, and I will remember 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance', and follow you to the very end." Teacher then slowly disappeared.
All this happened within a couple of minutes. What Teacher has given me cannot be measured with human words. Every thought we harbor, under any circumstances or at any time, would be crystal clear to Teacher. That is the truth.
I entered a truly tranquil state during meditation this time. From the very beginning I entered into a deep tranquility. Teacher has brought me the best condition. From the interior to the exterior, my body started to circulate properly and I truly experienced the state whereby, "The truly wondrous can be seen."
I became aware of the crowd of nurses in my room as I came out of meditation. They all smiled and said, "How miraculous! When you first sat up, you looked scary, like a corpse. Then you started to meditate and your complexion slowly turned rosy. You sat there looking like someone from heaven. It was wonderful to watch."
I started taking care of myself and that startled the people around me. The patients all said, "Incredible!" I was planning to leave the hospital the following day.
At 5:00 a.m. the next morning, I went to the restroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. The day before I was in an almost vegetative state. The attending nurse stood up to support me, but I declined. I said, "I am a Falun Gong practitioner and I won't depend on anyone. You don't need to help me. It will be fine if you just keep an eye on me." I went to the balcony and did the four standing exercises. Everyone witnessed the wonders of Falun Dafa. I ate breakfast like a normal person.
The director of medical surgery came in and patted me on the shoulder. I sat up out of politeness. He said, "You can lie down. I know your condition very well. The doctors and nurses on duty last night told me everything about you. May I ask what kind of Gong are you practicing? That is so miraculous! Would you mind teaching me?" I was so delighted. I said, "I practice Falun Gong. It is for cultivation of both body and mind. If you want to learn, I'll be happy to teach you." I then asked him to discharge me.
He said, "No, we already told your son to get your affairs in order. You injured your head, which bled a lot when you first arrived. We put eight stitches in your head to stop the bleeding. The CT scan showed a broken blood vessel in your brain and a huge blood clot, three inches in diameter. Normally, a blood clot the size of a grain of rice would cause a semi-paralysis of the body. Your condition cannot be treated like a simple cerebral thrombosis. The blood vessel has already broken. Even surgery is not a sure remedy." The doctor left.
At that moment, I was not moved at all by what he said. I was thinking, "How do I put it so that it can be accepted by my doctor and my son, so I can go home. The only way was to get rid of the blood clot inside my head. Then they will see that I no longer need to stay in the hospital." I looked up and saw the inside of my entire brain clearly on the wall. It was just like the pictures on TV. First the blood clot started to loosen up and then little by little it got smaller. Finally, just a few dots showed here and there.
The broken blood vessel was another problem, but I had no need to worry about that. Teacher has mentioned that gods made human beings. I wore this human skin and became a Dafa disciple. The vessel was such a minuscule matter. No big deal. I looked and the vessel indeed had been reconnected. In reality, my blood vessel was repaired the night I meditated. Three days later, Teacher let me see that my entire brain was all clear of any blood clot. Everything was functioning properly inside.
The morning of the fourth day, I asked the director to order another CT scan. He refused, because he felt it would take a much longer period of recuperation before there would be any change. He was about to walk out the door.
I thought, "What you think does not count, but you will not believe, unless you can see it. Please, Teacher, please tell the doctor to order another scan." Immediately, the doctor turned around and signed the request form. He said, "Ok, you can have one." I got out of bed quickly and went down to the CT room. The result of the CT scan showed that my brain was completely normal.
"Cultivation is one's own business, while the evolution of cultivation energy is done by ones’ master." (Zhuan Falun)
That is the truth.
I showed my CT scan result to the director. "Please look at this. I am sorry, but I want to be discharged right now." He said, "There is fluid accumulated in your brain and it is dangerous. How can you go home?" I was disappointed for a moment, but then I thought that fluid accumulation was nothing after all Teacher has already done. I can bear that little bit of hardship. Didn't I promise to bear more hardship? I said firmly to the director, "It's not a problem. I must get out of the hospital."
I returned home and the physical pain was excruciating. I insisted on studying the Fa and did the exercises. I considered myself normal and disregarded how painful it was. I did not stay in bed and I always sat with a proper posture in front of the window. The pain was all over my body and I sat on the concrete floor to meditate. I felt that the music could be heard in the whole universe. I started sweating just a few minutes into the exercises. All the extra fluid in my brain was gone, just eight days after I returned home. During this process, I often experienced the wonder of studying the Fa without my physical body with just a thread of conscious awareness.
I rode my bike ten miles to the city square the next day. Later, I listened to Teacher's lecture on videotape with other practitioners. Soon, I went right back to cultivation and telling others about the Fa.
I wanted to share my experience with the new practitioners in particular. Believe firmly in Teacher and the Fa. Let go of our attachments. Then we can pass every trial and tribulation.
