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Falun Dafa Is a Higher Science
I am a doctor whose practice is based on Western medical knowledge. Growing up, I was surrounded by atheism and knew little about cultivation practice. Therefore, based on the Western orientation, I thought Chinese medicine and qigong treatments were not scientific. I used to believe that "seeing is believing."
I was thoroughly indoctrinated by atheist principles, so when qigong became popular in the 1990s, I thought it was something like jogging, walking, or other physical exercises.
My husband suffered from a herniated lumbar disc for many years. When it was serious, he could not even turn over when lying down. He was hospitalized several times per year. Even as a doctor, I couldn't help him, as there was nothing that could bring relief besides strong medications.
A friend of my husband introduced him to Falun Gong in 1996. He was interested and wanted to try this practice, as he had been told that the practice could heal illnesses. His friend's wife even started to menstruate again when she started practicing. I thought it sounded great and didn't object. He read the book Zhuan Falun and did the exercises daily. After a while he removed his back brace and treatment equipment. I was a bit worried and said, "You don't know whether this qigong will work for you yet. Why have you removed your support system?" He said, "I know what I'm doing. It's okay. Practicing Falun Gong is now the most important thing in my life." I didn't understand him and thought it was only a typical qigong practice, so how important could it be? Within six months he had become healthier, and the herniated disc symptoms, his chronic bronchitis, and chronic inflammation of the small intestines no longer acted up. Even his fungal nail infection disappeared and he looked much younger.
I was shocked by how he had changed, and found out that his recovery was something that happened to most Falun Gong practitioners. I could not explain it with what I had learned by studying Western medical theories. My husband encouraged me to practice Falun Gong and I actually became interested in it. My thoughts suggested that practicing Falun Gong could improve health, and as a doctor, I wanted to understand the reasons behind these miraculous recoveries. I began practicing in June 1997.
Soon after, before I understood much about Falun Gong, I went on a business trip to Qinghai Province. I was worried about altitude sickness, but surprisingly, among all my colleagues I was the only one who didn't become ill during the six-month stay, although I was the oldest one. I didn't even catch a cold. My colleagues were all surprised and asked me for my secret. I told them that I practiced Falun Gong.
Also, I no longer became constipated, which was another factor in realizing that Falun Gong was not an ordinary practice, and I became more diligent in reading Zhuan Falun. I learned that the cause of a illness is not what is said by Western medical theory. Western medical knowledge says that a virus or bacteria causes illness, but there are many illnesses that can't be explained by that theory. I now understand that the fundamental cause of illness is karma, which is a black substance produced by doing wrong and bad deeds. Teacher said,
"Let us talk about the most common illnesses. Somewhere in the body one may have a tumor, infection, osteophytosis, etc. It is because in another dimension there lies a being in that place. That being is in a very deep dimension. An ordinary qigong master or an ordinary supernatural capability is unable to detect it; they can only see the black qi in one’s body. It is correct to say that wherever there is black qi, there is an illness. Yet the black qi is not the fundamental cause of an illness. It is because there is a being in a deeper dimension who generates this field." (Zhuan Falun)
The teachings of Falun Dafa explain that the causes of illnesses are hidden at a deeper, more microscopic, more fundamental level. The studies of pathology and etiology are limited to the surface and that is the reason why there are many things it can't explain. Teacher said,
"Hospitals are still able to heal illnesses, but their means of treatment belong to the level of everyday people while illnesses are supernatural."
"...average qigong treatments and hospital treatments only defer to the remaining half of life or later those tribulations that are the fundamental cause of illnesses. The karma is not removed at all." (Zhuan Falun)
That is the reason why illness reoccurs and doesn't heal completely. After reading Zhuan Falun, I understood that one must eliminate the fundamental cause of the illnesses, which is karma. The way to eliminate karma is to live by the Falun Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, be a good person, improve oneself, increase one's moral standard, and then transform karma into virtue.
I now finally understood the reason for my husband's and my miraculous recoveries and return to good health. Our Falun Gong practice is cultivation of the Buddha Fa. We followed the principles, so our karma was eliminated and we benefited and became healthy and fit. Dafa explained the fundamental cause of illnesses and the true nature of Western and Chinese medical practices. Practicing Falun Dafa can heal illnesses that can't be healed by Western or Chinese medical practices. Falun Dafa is far beyond the world's current medical knowledge. We don't practice Falun Dafa simply to attain good health. Falun Dafa is the Buddha Fa and it is a true science.
Freed From the Bondage of Modern Medical Practices, One Truly Cultivates
I began practicing Falun Dafa in order to attain good health. After a while, my view of modern medical practices changed completely. I was freed from the bondage of modern science and medicine, and I no longer thought that "seeing was believing." I no longer felt that Western medicine was the only way to treat illnesses. When Western medical methods failed, I encouraged my patients to seek other treatments, such as Chinese medicine and qigong.
Qigong and religions are not atheistic. My Falun Gong practice helped me break through the restraint of atheism. Besides good health, cultivation has deeper meanings and purpose. After being freed from the shackles of atheism I finally came to believe that gods really did exist. They are higher level beings in other dimensions. They have supernatural abilities and can control lower-level beings. They follow the universe's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Cultivation is about following this standard, improving one's character, eliminating one's attachments, and returning to one's true self.
Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,
"As a person sits there, without moving his hands or feet, he is able to do what others cannot do even with their hands and feet, and he can see the actual truth of each dimension in the universe. This person can see the truth of the universe and things that an everyday person cannot. Isn’t he a person who has attained the Tao through practicing cultivation? Isn’t he a great enlightened person? How can he be considered the same as an everyday person? Isn’t he an enlightened person through cultivation practice? Isn’t it correct to call him an enlightened person? In ancient Indian language he is called a Buddha. Actually, that is it. This is what qigong is for."
I finally understood what cultivation was all about. The ultimate goal of Falun Gong practice is to cultivate into deities and Buddhas. Falun Dafa is the Buddha Fa. I finally understood the purpose of my living on this earth and being a human. I rose from a perceptual to a rational understanding of Falun Dafa. When I started practicing Falun Dafa, it was to gain a good health. Today I understand that I practice to return to my origin. I was freed from the bondage of modern medical philosophy and atheism into true cultivation.
