(Clearwisdom.net) I was born in 1963. When I was only nine months old, I developed polio and became handicapped. My parents took me to many hospitals but there was no improvement in my condition. All of my childhood memories revolve around treatments, operations, acupuncture, massage therapy, etc. I suffered extensively both physically and mentally. When I grew up, my education, job, and marriage were all affected because of my handicapped leg.
With the help of a friend, in 1993 I went to Xiangyan Temple in Qian Mountain. I exerted myself to the maximum and climbed up to the Xianren Platform on my own. I prayed for Buddha's blessing, but I felt that the temple was no longer a pure place. When I gave a monk the incense money, I asked him, "Can you accept me as a nun?" He said, "A handicapped person like you is attached to the ordinary world; the temple cannot accept you." I felt completely dejected with nowhere to turn. At night, I often stared at the sky and asked where I was from, where I would go, what I was living for, and if there was any Buddha in this world that cared.
Later, I learned a qigong that taught collecting qi from plants. My hands smelled like pine oil and my body was full of yin qi. In winter, I felt cold inside the house, even in a heavy winter coat. I could not move my leg after I worked for a while. Finally, a gentleman living upstairs saw my situation and said, "You should go to learn Falun Gong!"
One morning in October 1995, I went to a Falun Gong exercise site. Instructed by a volunteer, I did the exercise movements one time and immediately felt warm inside. I was so surprised. I borrowed the book Zhuan Falun and finished it in a day. When I was reading it, my forehead was tight and my lower abdomen felt the rotation. Later I knew that Master had installed Falun for me. I was very excited after I read the book. It answered my questions from so many years. This book was such a treasure. It told me what cultivation was, how to cultivate, why human beings get sick, why your gong does not increase with your practice, etc. I liked it even more as I read more. The next day, I went to watch Master Li Hongzhi's lecture video. I felt many small Faluns rotating in my body, especially on my handicapped leg.
After that, I went to the exercise site every morning and went to group study after dinner. Within a month, my bronchitis, dysmenorrhea, and rhinitis all disappeared. My cold handicapped leg started to feel warm and gain strength. When I was doing the meditation, my celestial eye was opened. I saw myself with an image of a little girl and Falun. My whole body felt light. I almost forgot that I was crippled.
At that time, I felt very happy! After suffering for 32 years, I finally felt happy! I finally found Master Li to save me! I completely changed. I became optimistic. I felt lucky that I had found such a good qigong that gave me a new life.
With a healthier body and improved xinxing, I resolved the conflicts with my in-laws and went to visit my sister-in-law. I took good care of my husband and no longer looked down on him.
In 2001, when I was arrested for refusing to renounce Falun Gong, my sister-in-law went to talk to the officials in my workplace and told them how I had changed into a better person. She questioned them as to a reason for the arrest. Once, when the so-called sensitive days occurred, officials from the residential committee and from my workplace harassed me and tried to force me to write a guarantee statement not to involve myself in any Falun Gong activities.
When a human being has righteous belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, a sense of constancy arises in his or her heart. Nothing can change the person's wish to return to his or her origin. Someone asked me: "The Chinese government does not allow people to practice Falun Gong, so why do you still practice it?" I answered: "This mighty, virtuous Fa can change a person's fate, make him a better person and give him a healthier body. What fool would give it up?"
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