[Selected Submission] A Cancer Patient’s New Life

(Minghui.org) May 13, 2012, marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of Falun Dafa to the world. On such an important day, I appreciate Teacher’s compassion and the new life Falun Dafa has offered me. I suffered from cancer prior to beginning my practice of Falun Dafa. I no longer have cancer and do not need any medication. After 1 year of practicing Falun Dafa I experienced a huge change in my health through cultivation of my moral character. I would like to share my experience with anyone who may have a pre-destined relationship with Falun Dafa.

I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1998. I’ve been a practitioner for 14 years, and I’m so delighted to be cultivating. However, I felt quite uncomfortable at times when I was trying to get rid of attachments. I am close to tears whenever I recall my efforts in eliminating attachments. It is astonishing! I would like to share my experience with sentient beings, especially those people who don’t know the truth.

Desperation

I was born in a village in China and went to school for 18 years. After graduating from college, I was assigned to work in a city. My husband and I were both laid off from the national bureau after five years and had to run our own business. Our lives became very difficult, and I was ill with several diseases such as mastitis, cholecystitis, and appendicitis. I spent thousands of yuan on medicine, which became a financial hardship for us. We also had to borrow money to run our clothing business. I suffered with mastitis for four years and couldn’t pay off our debts. I felt that these bad times would never end. I was just waiting to die.

While hospitalized I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I felt overwhelmed and helpless. The other patients were so surprised because my face was so pale. They asked me what happened. They were astonished when I told them I had cancer. They tried to comfort me, but I was just numb. I was simply without hope and just waiting to die. My husband brought lunch to me at the hospital. I waited until after lunch to tell him about the cancer diagnosis. After I told him, he was tearful and upset. I told him that I would leave the hospital and forego any treatment. He replied, “I would sell our house to pay for your treatment.”

The day after I was hospitalized, the doctor decided to remove my breast and the underlying muscle. After my operation, my first thought was that I did not want to survive. I thought, “Just let me die.” I was in such extreme pain throughout my whole body. I couldn’t move and had to stay in one position for 17 or 18 days. When I was discharged, the doctor said that I needed six, monthly chemotherapy sessions after my wound healed. I could live for another ten years after the treatment.

I felt helpless. Ten years—just ten years. If I lived another ten years, my daughter would be just 17 years old. What should I do? I could feel my life was close to the end. I didn’t have any hope and felt death was waiting for me.

Pre-Destined Relationship

When I returned home, my neighbors visited me and offered comfort. Some of them gave me money or bought food. They told me I could eat whatever I wanted. I wondered how I could survive. We were already very poor. I had spent almost all our money on the surgery. I had not paid off our old debts and the new debts were piling up. I was very stressed.

After four or five days, one of my neighbors visited me and asked me if I wanted to practice Falun Dafa. I replied that I did without any hesitation. She said, “Lots of people get rid of their illness after practicing Dafa. That’s such a great thing!” She knew I really wanted to try it, so she asked her granddaughter to bring me a copy of Zhuan Falun. I read it in my spare time. I cried as I read and couldn’t control my emotion. I don’t even remember how many times I've read Zhuan Falun with tears in my eyes. I wish I had known about Dafa earlier so that I wouldn’t have suffered so much. I read Teacher's Fa:

“That’s what it’s for. After monks die and are cremated there are sarira. Some people say they’re just bones or teeth. Then how come ordinary people don’t have them? That’s elixir after it’s exploded. Its energy has been released, and it has a lot of matter from other dimensions in it. After all, it’s something material too, but it doesn’t have much use. Nowadays people think it’s really precious. It has energy, and it’s luminous and hard. That’s what it is.” (Zhuan Falun).

I realized that this was so true.

I started to study Falun Dafa in the home of a fellow practitioner who had a picture of Teacher Li. I thought Teacher appeared so kind in the picture and that he was looking at me. One day when I studied the Fa, I felt a strange sensation. It disappeared immediately. I knew Teacher had just helped me clear my body. I studied the Fa everyday, and fellow practitioners encouraged me to practice the exercises at the local practice site. At that time, my wound wasn’t healed, but I really wanted to practice at the site with others. One day, I felt my whole brain was empty and open. The tendons in the back of my lower legs were shaking.

It really bothered me to change my wound dressing. I couldn’t look at the wound or I would faint. The discharge from the wound was yellow and had a strong odor. I was quite distressed. Sometimes I saw other practitioners practicing the exercises, but I had to go to the hospital for wound care. Several months later, the doctor said, “Your case is not normal. The skin should have healed in two weeks, but yours is still not healed.” I knew I should practice the exercises with the others, but I still worried that if I didn’t go to see the doctor, my illness would return. I did not want to die and leave my young daughter without a mother. What would happen if I only studied the Fa and did not see the doctor? Would my illness come back? If I continued treatment, I could live at least ten more years. I wasn't sure what to do.

Amazing Results

Since I continued to feel torn between studying the Fa or getting medical treatment, I felt very stressed. I knew Dafa was great, but I thought my illness was too severe. Cancer could take my life away, and I was very worried.

As I continued with my practice of Falun Dafa, I began to look healthier, but I still worried about my illness. Whenever I couldn’t sleep at night, I would touch my wound and wonder if the illness would spread. My husband suggested I consult another doctor in a larger hospital. I decided not to go, but my heart was still not at rest. I was sleepless for many nights.

One night I decided to take off the medicated dressing and use cotton on my wound. I decided not to go to the hospital for any further dressing changes. I did not want to worry about my health any longer. I just wanted to focus on my cultivation. If I died, I died. If I lived, I lived. I didn’t want to worry every day. After three or four days, I took off the cotton and saw that the wound was smaller. After a week, the wound was healed. After eight months of Fa study and Falun Dafa exercise practice, I had rid myself of the attachment to life and death.

In winter, I went to the park nearly every day for group exercise. My husband woke me up in time to get to the park each morning. No matter how cold it was outside, I continued to go exercise. Every day there seemed to be some unseen force encouraging me to practice. When I did the second position of the second exercise, the Falun Standing Stance, I felt four to five Faluns circling under my wound and armpit. They were adjusting my body, but I couldn’t see them. However, I deeply felt their fast rotations. It was a very magical and bright feeling. I avoided death and finally had hope. I chose to rise above ordinary human thinking. I obtained Dafa and I could cultivate and assist Teacher in Fa-rectification.

Our Teacher always takes care of me and helps me understand the Fa. Once I watched the lecture in Dalian on video, and Teacher talked about a cancer patient and something like a cluster of karma. It made me remember a clear dream I had one night: I was standing in front of my home. I saw a black round thing covering the western sky. It was like a tornado racing toward me very fast. I was so scared that I used my bed sheet to cover my head. I realized something fell quietly. I saw the east wall was black and wet. I saw something like quail that had died. I saw flies and a dragonfly die. They were black. They covered the floor and were very thick. Some of their wings were still shaking. I cleaned them up off the ground and was thinking that I should use a garbage can to dispose of them. Then I was awake. After listening to Teacher’s Fa one day, I suddenly understood that Teacher had already purified my body. I had already been made a healthy person! All my illness had vanished! I didn’t speak out, but I was shouting in my heart, “I’m healthy! I’m saved!” My sound lingered in the air for a long time. I witnessed Dafa’s great and amazing power and there are no human words to express my feelings in a clear way! That’s Falun Dafa’s “magic power.”

The result is that the difference between life and death is just one thought. I got rid of death and will return to my eternal home. I truly experienced Teacher’s Fa. The only way to appreciate Teacher’s compassion is to listen to the Fa and cultivate diligently.

From then on, I've never been sick. I worked with my neighbors to repair a road and they didn’t want me to do heavy work, but I could do it since I had recovered my health. I continued to do my housework and wash my clothes. My body seemed to acquire an airy lightness. My appetite and sleep improved. I didn’t get any further medical treatment or take any pills. The above are all the changes I experienced after practicing Falun Dafa for 1 year. I have continued to practice Falun Dafa for 14 years now.

A former classmate saw me and embraced me. Tears were in her eyes as she spoke, “You are still alive. I thought I would never see you again.” I am tearful as I write about my experiences. Teacher helps me all the time. He helps me understand, takes care of me, and encourages me. He supported me in passing through the toughest time in my life and helps me to continue to cultivate.

Conclusion

The above is my experience with cancer. Falun Dafa is an extraordinary science rather than superstition or something idealistic. I have personally experienced the benefits of Dafa and know this to be true. I have told nothing but the truth. We experience amazing results because we use the Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to correct our behavior. We witness the great power of Falun Dafa.