When Xinxing is in Place, Wonders Occur

(Minghui.org) I am grateful to Master Li, the founder and teacher of Falun Dafa, for his life-saving grace, and even more grateful for his compassionate protection that enables me to walk on the road of cultivation at sixty-four years old.

Udumbara Flowers Bloom

Before I practiced Falun Dafa, I had bronchitis, neurasthenia, right shoulder periarthritis, liver disease, and other ailments. Although I didn’t study the Fa well in the beginning, and mainly did the exercises, all those illnesses disappeared.

On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin began to persecute Falun Dafa. Because I publicly clarified the truth, I was arrested several times, beaten, sent to a brainwashing center, and detained in a labor camp. I was also fined and my home was ransacked on many occasions. In addition to being frightened about these things, my husband was often harassed and suffered a lot of physical and mental harm because I followed the Falun Dafa principles. He died of lung cancer in April 2012. When he was hospitalized, another practitioner went to see him and asked him why he didn’t practice Falun Gong. He said: “I know Falun Gong is good, but I just didn’t dare practice.”

Because of unrelenting ill-treatment while in detention, I lost my true self, and compromised with the evildoers. Still, Master didn’t give up on me, a disappointing disciple, and arranged for fellow practitioners to help me overcome the tribulations.

One day, I lay down on the bed feeling disheartened and was thinking of giving up cultivation. When I walked out to the yard, I was amazed to see a few udumbara flowers blooming on a bunch of old steel wires that were hanging under the eaves of the house. My husband was still alive then, so I called him over. He said with a smile, “It’s amazing, it can bloom on the wire, and it’s so beautiful.” I knew it was Master encouraging me, and that I must continue to cultivate my character.”

Miracles Manifest Again and Again

While illegally detained in a labor camp, I was forced to work, and was not allowed to do the Falun Gong exercises. Thus, the symptoms of a frozen shoulder returned. Every day, my arm hung limply and I didn’t dare lift it up. It was really painful during that time. One day, a practitioner transcribed one of Master’s scriptures for me. As I was reading it, a guard called me to the duty room. He asked me to hand over the scripture. I held it so tightly that he couldn’t pry my fingers apart. Finally, he twisted my arm behind my back and lifted it up sharply. My frozen shoulder became mobile at that moment, and never hurt again.

I wondered why my shoulder was healed. Later, I realized that it was because I wanted to protect the other practitioner from being punished and didn’t have any selfish thoughts, which met the requirements of the Fa. Master eliminated karma for me. Thank you Master Li.

One day, before the Chinese New Year in 2012, while using a noodle making machine, three fingers of my left hand were accidentally caught in the machine. I instinctively pulled my hand back. The skin, flesh, and fingernails that were pressed by the noodle machine fell away. My ring finger was damaged the most, and so I cut a section off with a pair of scissor. The scene was really horrible.

I knelt in front of Master’s portrait and begged him to help me. Then I wrapped a strip of cloth around my wounded fingers and sealed them with a plastic pocket. I slept soundly that night and didn’t feel much pain. I knew that Master had borne the suffering for me.

Three days later, a practitioner came to my house and saw the wound as I changed the gauze. She said: “I am really scared for you.” Maybe I also had bad thoughts at the time, and my hand hurt a lot. After the practitioner left, I thought that how my hand looked had been imagined. As soon as I had that righteous thought the pain immediately subsided.

My family wanted me to go to the hospital to have the wounds treated. I was not tempted, thinking that Master was omnipotent and would look after me. Because they didn’t see my wound, they didn’t force me to go to hospital. I took care of my mother as usual, and often washed her clothes.

One day when I was eating at my mother’s house, my younger sister said: “Your hand could easily become infected.” Later, my hand did become infected. The swelling made the skin from my finger to the wrist thick and shiny, and the suppuration building inside the wound was uncomfortable.

One day, when a practitioner in my village looked at my hand she said: “Oh, how is it swollen like this.” I touched the wound with my other hand and said: “It would be good if the pus could come out.” Sure enough the pus started to discharge from the wounds. Eventually, my fingers fully recovered and looked just the same as they had before. I knew this was a manifestation of Master Li’s mighty virtue and the power of Dafa. Thank you Master.

I stayed at my mother’s place in the winter of 2013 and so my stove at home wasn’t used for a while. As New Year’s Eve was approaching, I told my mother that I would go back home. Before I went to bed, I set up the stove. I woke up during the night and wanted to wash my hands and study the Fa. My last memory was of standing in front of the water tank. When I woke up, I was lying in the corner of the bed and the cotton pants I was wearing were soaked with sweat. I realized that I had been poisoned by coal gas. Master saved my life again.

My mother was scared when I told her what happened. One of my sisters called and said: “The gas poisoning either kills a person or results in serious sequela.” She asked me to go to a hospital to be treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy to counteract the carbon monoxide. Instead, I just lay on my bed for two days, and nothing bad happened. I have a great Master who is omnipotent.

Look Inward, Eliminate Attachments

This spring, on two evenings my son came to the Fa-study group and asked me for the home key. Two practitioners praised my son and said that he was both handsome and dutiful. After hearing what they said I was very pleased. Thus highlighting my attachments of pride and showing off.

In July, I heard from my brother that my son had set up a mahjong table. At that time, I not only didn’t look inward, but also complained to my brother for supporting my son in what he had done. I also felt resentful toward my son. Although I told him many times that it was not a good thing to gamble, he refused to listen and was so angry that he did not come home for a long time.

In August, my second daughter came home for a visit. My son did not come home until dark. After dinner, he took some toiletries from her car. As soon as I saw what he did, I quarreled with him, saying that he was not going the right way. The next day I found out that my second daughter was unhappy. I thought to myself, the children are not happy, is it because I am not according with the universe’s characteristic? Because I didn’t look inward, not only was the problem not resolved, but the conflict intensified.

When I calmed down and looked inward, I found my attachments of competing, resentment, and becoming easily irritated. Master saw that I looked inward, and helped me again. How the practitioners had praised my son, and my attachments of pride and showing off came to my mind. I realized that my attachments had been taken advantage of by the old forces and caused my son to do bad things. I came to understand what Master said:

“For a cultivator, looking within is a magical tool.” (Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference)

At the same time, I realized the seriousness of cultivation.

One afternoon, more than ten days ago, one of my relatives (a practitioner) couldn’t find me, so she went to the home of another practitioner named Alice. Alice told her about a dream she had. The relative went to two other practitioners’ homes a few miles away, and they all talked about the dream. When my eldest daughter heard it she became scared. She asked me to stay at her home for a few days. I got angry with Alice.

Master said:

“What one does without moral obligations and constraints is of demon-nature. Cultivating Buddhahood is to eliminate your demon-nature and strengthen and increase your Buddha-nature.” (Buddha-Nature and Demon-Nature in Essentials For Further Advancement)

I realized I had the attachments of zealotry, showing off, competing, and that I must eliminate them.

Last June, I went to a neighboring town with a practitioner to talk with people about Falun Dafa. I was reported by someone who did not know the facts, and was arrested. After a month of being held in the detention center, I was released on bail and returned home.

I was persecuted by the police in July this year. Several practitioners were worried about my safety and asked me to not stay at my home. However, I remembered what Master said:

“We should not have to stop taking baths because there are insects, and neither should we have to find another place to live because there are mosquitoes. We also should not have to tie up our necks and stop eating or drinking because both grains and vegetables are lives.” (Lecture Seven in Zhuan Falun)

I realized that the police officers were no different from bugs and mosquitoes. I live in my home and don’t have to go out to find somewhere else to live just because they harass me. So I stayed in my home.