(Clearwisdom.net) Dear Master, dear fellow practitioners, I am a new practitioner and have practiced for less than a year and a half. During this period of time the other practitioners in my Fa-study group--they have all practiced for more than 10 years--have given me a great deal of help. I gradually came to understand the purpose of life, which is that we have been waiting for a long time for Dafa and to be saved.

I will divide my sharing into two parts.

The Miracle of Cultivation

After retirement, I worked as a road engineer inspector. On August 8, 2008, I suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. With a slack mouth and crooked eyes, I was partially paralyzed and lost consciousness. My wife was taking care of me at Nahe Hospital; she is a Dafa practitioner. Seeing me regain some degree of consciousness the next day, she asked me to recite with her word for word, "Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." I asked her if there were other people in the room, and she said no. So I began to speak aloud, "Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." Miraculously, I was then able to raise my leg and further regained consciousness.

With the improvement of my condition, my wife requested that I be transferred back to Harbin. But the doctor and hospital officials did not agree with her. The doctor said that a patient with a cerebral hemorrhage could not be moved within 15 days, and the first 7 days were the most critical. But my wife insisted, and the hospital had no choice but to acquiesce. Nonetheless, they sent a doctor and a nurse to accompany me to Harbin.

When I was getting into the ambulance, my wife said to me, "Right now, nobody except Master can save you. Please just calm down and listen to Master's lecture and do not think about anything else." Once I was in the ambulance, I listened to a recording of Master's lecture for the whole ride.

While arranging the transfer from Nahe Hospital, we notified our children to help arrange for the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical College to admit me. The head surgeon in the cardiovascular division told my children that, if even the transfer trip went well, at least one liter of blood would be lost during travel. It was more than 500 kilometers from Nahe, and the trip took 6 hours and 40 minutes. Upon arriving at Harbin, they gave me a CT scan right away and saw that I had not lost any blood at all. The head surgeon was surprised and said, "Falun Dafa is miraculous!"

While I was hospitalized, every day I listened to an average of one or two of Master's lectures. I started to recover. There were nine people in my room, including three patients and several caregivers. As I improved beyond all expectations, my wife clarified the truth to them. They all quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. They also agreed that Falun Dafa is good.

I was hospitalized for 21 days in total. When I was released, I was able to walk from the first floor up to the sixth floor without assistance. I went on to fully recover. It is Falun Dafa that gave me a second life.

Study the Fa Well, Maintain Righteous Thoughts, and Improve in Dafa

Without having had that illness, I probably would not have started to practice Falun Dafa. In the past, I also had high blood pressure, gout, and other health issues. I spent a lot time drinking and playing mahjong, and I hardly did any household chores.

Now things are different. Through practicing Falun Dafa, my high blood pressure and gout are gone. Since Dafa and Master renewed my life, I have to cherish it and walk well the path arranged by Master. Considering that a practitioner does not have illness, since Master helps to purify our bodies, I discarded the medicines my daughter bought for me. They were worth more than 1,000 yuan.

I am very fortunate because, ever since I began to practice, I have been able to join other practitioners to study the Fa, send forth righteous thoughts, and save sentient beings. We use different approaches to save people. To reduce costs, I went to parks to pick up used popsicle sticks and cleaned them. Then we bought colorful paper, cut it into small pieces, and made many truth-clarification signs using the popsicle sticks. We then went to the countryside and placed the small signs all over.

To save more people, I wrote more than 100 letters to different government agencies, including police departments, procuratorates, domestic security divisions, police stations, 610 Offices, etc. I told them that Falun Dafa is good and asked them to respect Dafa and Dafa practitioners. I also asked them to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

I went to the countryside with fellow practitioners to distribute pamphlets and hang up banners to let more people know the truth about Falun Gong. Among us, the oldest is 70 years old, and the youngest is 64. One time we got lost since we were not familiar with the road. We had no car and no bus came by for us to catch. It was very dark, and we had to walk more than 20 kilometers (about 13 miles) in the mountains. I took the lead, and we recited the Fa as we walked. It was 1 a.m. when we arrived home, but we did not feel tired at all.

Here I would like to thank Master and fellow practitioners for their help along the way. I will be more diligent in the future and be a genuine Dafa practitioner.