People Awaken During the Pandemic

(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa nearly 18 years ago, and have benefited tremendously from the practice. I witnessed the compassion of Master Li (the founder of Falun Dafa). Given Master’s compassion, I cannot express my gratitude enough. During the past three years of the pandemic, I have seen and heard many people awakening, as they realize that Dafa saves people, and that countless people have benefited from it. Here are a few examples.

A year ago, I worked for The Epoch Times, and had a lot of contact with readers. People kept telling me about their gratitude toward Dafa and their admiration for Master Li Hongzhi.

An accountant in his 60s told me excitedly about his experience during the pandemic. When the pandemic was severe, he was required to wear a mask and get vaccinations at work. He said, “The pandemic is here to eliminate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I am not a member of the Party. I have nothing to do with the virus.”

He was fired from the company for refusing to get vaccinated. His wife quarreled with him, and he said to her, “I stick to my true nature to do things. Injections are useless. Why should I take them? They told me to wear a mask. Science can’t deal with the virus, let alone a mask. I will not get vaccinated even if that means losing my job. I don’t believe I will starve.”

His wife was vaccinated and wore a mask every day when going out, but she contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized for a few days. This time, she was convinced when her husband was not infected, even though he didn’t get the vaccine.

The husband thought he should look for a new job. Surprisingly, he found one within a week, and the salary was much higher than before. He laughed and said, “Although I don’t practice Falun Dafa, I often read The Epoch Times. I believe in Dafa and know that Master Li is not an ordinary person. I am proof of that.”

When clarifying the truth online, I was chatting with a man who lived in China and practiced a religion. The vast majority of people around him tested positive when the pandemic broke out the second time. He was also infected with the virus. I told him to recite sincerely “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

He did, and soon recovered. He quit the CCP and its youth organizations, and began practicing Falun Dafa. Due to his environment, he could only read the Dafa books and watch videos of Master‘s exercises. He talked to me from time to time when he had uncertainties in the exercise movements or wanted to discuss some understandings on the Fa. 

Another time, I was on a bus, when two people got on. One of them, a man in his 30s, sat in front of me. He slumped in the seat listlessly, and held on to the handrail in front of him, as if supporting himself.

I wondered if he was infected with COVID. I looked around, and saw a woman sitting nearby suggesting with her eyes, that I move seats. I smiled, but thought that if I did, it would make the man feel uneasy. He might be sad if he saw me avoiding him. I am a Dafa disciple, even if he is infected, he will not infect me.

I repeated in my mind, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” After a while, this man seemed to regain his energy and his hands stopped shaking. He looked at me, then gently retracted his hands and adjusted his posture. I was amazed. He turned into a different person within a minute or two. He had not heard anything when I recited the “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” in my mind, but he benefited from it.

He turned around and seemingly wanted to talk to me, but he was not Chinese, and I can’t speak English. He smiled, said goodbye with his eyes, and got off the bus.

When I am out clarifying the truth I often tell people to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” to avoid tribulations and keep safe. This auspicious phrase is a panacea, and whoever reads it will benefit. I didn’t expect that miracles would occur by reciting it for others in distress. Seeing the changes in this person made me realize even more the supernatural power of Dafa.

A fellow practitioner kindly suggested that it would be even better if I had told him to recite the auspicious phrase or had given him a small lotus flower. This incident allowed me to see the miraculous power of Dafa, as well as revealing my shortcomings and gaps in cultivation.

Saving people is not simply just doing things, but its also about one’s inner cultivation. From now on, no matter what happens to me, I will deal with it with righteous thoughts and actions according to the Fa. Righteous thoughts bring positive energy, and negative thought bring negative energy. Positive and negative energies will bring different results.

These three examples moved me a lot. The first gentleman, although losing his job, still believed in Master. His excitement and admiration as he told me this was really touching. The second person believes in God. He learned the truth about Falun Dafa during the pandemic, and believed in Dafa and became a practitioner. The miracle in the third incident broke the framed thinking in my mind and let me realize that the power of Dafa is boundless.

I will practice more diligently in the future to further elevate myself in cultivation.