(Minghui.org) My mother became seriously ill in 2012. She had suffered from various health problems for 40 years, but this time her condition was much worse. Her face looked slightly blue, she completely lost her strength, and she couldn't sleep through the night. She went to several doctors and specialists, but none of them could figure out what was wrong.
I knew that only Falun Dafa could save my mother. However, my family had been strongly influenced by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) propaganda. They had even sent me to a mental hospital to try to force me to give up my cultivation. I knew it wouldn't be easy to persuade my mother to practice Falun Dafa, but I decided to try my best.
I told my older brother and sister-in-law to take a break since they were exhausted from taking care of her. I took my turn to take care of her at night. In the middle of the night, my mother woke me up, saying that she felt terrible. She looked very pale. I told her I would send forth righteous thoughts for her. I concentrated on eliminating the bad matter in other dimensions. Before I could finish, she cried, “It worked so well! I want to learn how to do it myself!”
Falun Dafa's power convinced my mother in just ten minutes. My parents both decided to start cultivating in Falun Dafa.
Seeing the drastic improvement in my mother's health, my brother and sister-in-law were completely convinced, and their attitude toward Falun Dafa and my cultivation took a 180-degree turn. They don't have to worry about my parents' health anymore. They have finally realized that the CCP's propaganda had deceived them and that Falun Dafa is good.
More than ten of our family members and friends started practicing Falun Dafa after seeing the changes in my parents.
Once a Cultivator, Always a Cultivator
As the only girl in a wealthy family, I was pampered by my parents and older brother for as long as I can remember. Even though I looked pretty, I had had poor health since childhood. Serious psoriasis on my legs was painful and extremely itchy. I was weak and coughed all year long. I tried all kinds of medicine, but nothing could help me. My friends often made fun of me for being so sickly. I wasn't able to enjoy a happy childhood and often felt hopeless.
I married a strong and talented young man in 1993. But my dream of a happy marriage was broken, too. I had two miscarriages and an operation, which made my health even worse. I had absolutely no experience with housework, since my parents and brother had taken care of everything. My mother-in-law, who lived next door to us, was angry seeing how awkwardly I handled housework. She nagged and blamed me. Though I didn't fight back out of respect for elders, I complained to my husband. To my dismay, he refuted me with a bad attitude, regardless of how meanly my mother-in-law treated me. I was heartbroken and exhausted after only five years of marriage.
Qigong exercises were popular in China in the 1990s. I asked my husband to look for the Falun Dafa lecture videos for me. I wished to improve my health through qigong. This decision completely changed my life.
Watching the lecture videos answered my questions about the origin of life, the reasons for illness and suffering, and so many other questions I had. I felt Falun Dafa was exactly what I had been looking for!
Following Master's teachings, I let go of my original motivation for practicing, which was to treat my diseases. I began to practice Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance in my life. Happiness filled my heart. My attitude toward my family and my life got better and better. I began to help my husband with housework. All my illnesses disappeared before I realized it. I didn't need any medications and felt perfectly healthy for the first time in my life! Seeing how much I had changed, my mother-in-law also started practicing Falun Dafa. My parents stopped worrying about me.
The persecution of Falun Dafa started only one year after I started my cultivation. I felt crushed by the tremendous pressure from my family and my workplace. My husband threatened me with divorce. My family watched me 24 hours a day. I was certain I would lose my job if I didn't give up my cultivation. Everything seemed to push me into a corner.
I remember walking around at my workplace, painfully thinking that it might be the last time I would be there. My bosses had left me no choice. Even my husband's company had sent the Party Secretary to pressure me to give up cultivation. But I knew clearly that Falun Dafa had brought me good health and pushed me to strive to be compassionate. I had witnessed a cancer patient recover by practicing Falun Dafa, a friend who was on her deathbed who was saved by Dafa, and someone who couldn't be corrected by laws eventually became a good citizen after practicing Dafa. I decided to say a fair word for Falun Dafa by going to appeal in Beijing.
I was detained for making my appeal. After I was released from the detention center, my husband wanted a divorce. My father-in-law attempted to force me to write a repentance statement. My parents, my brother, and my parents-in-law all frowned upon me. Everyone I knew looked at me differently. I was deprived of all bonuses and promotions at my workplace. Thinking back to that terrible period of time, I couldn't have survived it if I hadn't learned tolerance, compassion and all the other important virtues from practicing Falun Dafa.
Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance had melded into my spirit. Even though I didn't handle everything perfectly, I always held the intention to improve upon my shortcomings. Falun Dafa had turned my complaints into gracefulness and made me considerate of others. A long-time colleague said I was like a different person because I used to be sarcastic, liked to show off, and never gave up my own interests. I can't imagine that I would be alive today with my former mentality and health.
I am grateful for Falun Dafa. It was Falun Dafa that freed my heart, saved my marriage, taught me how to tell right from wrong, and gave me hope!
