(Minghui.org)
I am 70 years old and was a troubled man. As an adult, I was bed-ridden for 34 years. For half of my life I was pursued by countless ailments and afflictions and was also heavily in debt. I tried to commit suicide many times without success. It is only because I learned Falun Dafa that I am alive now.
Bed-ridden for 34 years
About 70 years ago, I was born in an ice covered yard on the Eve of China's New Year and was surrounded by a gang of wild dogs. Relatives and friends borrowed a hunting dog to fight off the wild dogs. That dog died but I survived. However, my back became frozen to the icy ground so a layer of skin was left behind when I was picked up. It took three months for the new skin to grow in and completely heal.
I was diagnosed with congenital heart disease that caused mitral insufficiency, mitral regurgitation, and bradycardia (slow heartbeat), so my pulse was only 38 to 40 beats per minute.
When I was 23, I somehow contracted encephalitis, which later caused bouts of epilepsy. When the epilepsy recurred it would aggravate my heart problems.
I was involved in a horrible accident when I was 26. A semi-trailer loaded with cement struck me while I was riding a bicycle. I was flung into a ditch and lost consciousness. At the hospital the doctors found an angioma at the third, fourth, and fifth lumbar vertebrae, cervical dislocation on the fifth and seventh cervical vertebra, and cracked bones on the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebra. I went to the biggest hospitals in Beijing, Tianjin, Harbin, Jiangsu and Shanghai, but all of them failed to cure me.
I was now paralyzed and bedridden. I could not look after myself, and suffered from urinary and bowel incontinence. I had to take large doses of laxatives to keep my bowels working. Since I suffered from cervical dislocation my mouth and teeth were misaligned making it very difficult to swallow food. I suffered from pain both physically and mentally. I wanted to die because I felt so miserable. On top of that, I was heavily in debt from all the medical bills. Since I couldn't bear to let my aging parents worry about me, I tried to kill myself three times but didn't succeed. To please my parents, I stopped trying to kill myself.
I suffered from appendicitis and adhesions in 1994, and almost died on the operating table. I was revived with electric shocks to the heart.
I also suffered from regenerative anemia and was kept alive with blood transfusions. I contracted hepatitis A, B, and C from the transfused blood.
Eventually, my parents passed away within a week of each other. I cried and cried, until I was almost blind. I could only employ a part-time worker to take care of me daily, and relied on my neighbor to send me millet soup, which I lived on.
During that period, I learned more than 12 kinds of qigong exercises, and I also invited qigong masters to come to my home to treat my illnesses, but neither the qigong nor the masters had any effect whatsoever. My dream of using qigong to treat my illnesses was shattered.
By Cultivating Dafa I have Turned a New Page in my Life
At the end of 1997, I could always hear beautiful music while I lay in bed. So struggling to get up, I knelt on the bed to look out the window. One evening, when someone who practiced the exercises passed by my window, without thinking I got up and yelled to the lady, “Big sister, what are you doing down there?” She replied, “Practicing Falun Gong.” I asked her, “Do you recruit new students?” She replied, “Everyone can learn.”
When my neighbor delivered the millet I asked, “Can you lend me a copy of the Falun Gong book?” Later, my neighbor borrowed a copy of “Falun Gong” (Revised Edition). At the time I was nearly blind, but could read the theories of the practice and the Fa principles. I copied them down and drew sketches of the exercise. I imitated the movements of the exercises while in bed, and memorized the formulas. In this way I “practiced” the whole night. On the following day I felt something spinning inside my abdomen. Since the movement was very strong I was shivering and then had vomiting and diarrhea. What I vomited looked like a huge blood clot and my excrement was full of pus and blood.
At that time, I was taking 22 pills every day. After practicing Falun Gong I did not feel any pain anymore and forgot to take the medication. I stopped taking any medicine from then on. Two months later I was able to look after myself and go out to practitioners' homes to study the Fa.
Practicing Falun Gong and Experiencing the Miracles of Dafa
I practiced the exercises at night. One day, when I achieved the state of ding, I saw a gigantic being made up of light sitting to my right. I was a naughty boy and was playing around the person. On another occasion, after entering the state of ding I flew out the window. I saw the tall heavenly Southern Gate and girls bathing in a lotus flower pond. Just then, a scarlet gate opened. On the door there were golden nails the size of a bowl. Entering the main hall I saw that the floor was paved with golden bricks and the whole palace was resplendent and magnificent.
On the east wall there was a golden Buddha. In front of the golden Buddha there was a long, narrow, golden table on which there were golden candle stands with lit candles. A lot of monks were reading the scriptures. On the third time I went to the main palace a yellow satin praying mat was thrown to me. I touched it and it was very smooth and soft. I thought “I will not cultivate here.” I have never returned to that palace again.
One day, the neighbor who lives below me brought a fellow practitioner to see me. That practitioner wore a Falun Gong badge on his chest and I could see that it was emitting light. Gradually, other fellow practitioners came to my home. Some practitioners I had seen in my dreams and even their clothing was the same. I also saw the scene of "three flowers gathering above the head" on three practitioners.
When I read Zhuan Falun for the very first time I saw that every character was a swastika embedded with mirrors; the light they emitted was more than one foot high. When I watched Teacher's video Fa lectures I thought to myself that since my eyes were not good I would just listen with my eyes closed. However, my eyes were forced open by a very powerful light. My first thought was that it might be the headlights from a car. However, when I opened my eyes I saw a gigantic being made of light sitting on a lotus flower. His head touched the ceiling. Only then did I realize that Teacher was asking me to watch the video lectures with my eyes open.
Persecuted by the CCP, Kept Behind Bars, and Living on the Streets to Avoid Persecution
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began broadcasting propaganda that framed Falun Gong and persecuted the good people who believed in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. People from my workplace, the police station, and the neighborhood forced me to write a guarantee statement promising not to practice Falun Gong any more. I resolutely refused. I told them, “I will not renounce the path I have taken!”
On December 2000, I went to Beijing with several fellow practitioners to appeal for Falun Gong. On the train to Beijing I was arrested and sent back home by the police. I was then locked up at the No. 2 Detention Center in Qiqihar. One day a criminal kicked me down while I was making my bed and I was seriously injured. As a result I was unable to look after myself. I was released from detention on June 28, 2001. After returning home I continued to study the Fa and practice the exercises. My physical health returned to normal in three days.
Postscript: writing to my folks who do not know the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong
Many people are familiar with this sentence: "Monks always tell the truth."
In other words, a practitioner does not lie. I am nearly 70 years old, and spent half of my life in bed. What I said are the things that I experienced. Falun Dafa is the Universal Law and Teacher Li is an enlightened being who came to the human world to save people.
During its more than 60 years of tyranny in China, the CCP seized the property of landlords and capitalists through various political movements. It also murdered 80 million Chinese people. For sure Gods will punish it.
Most of the people in China joined the Young Pioneers, the Youth League, or the Communist Party at one time in their lives. If you are an element of the party and its organizations you will surely be eliminated by heaven. Therefore, the practitioners tell you, Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa, and by withdrawing from the party and its organizations you will be protected by Buddha and be safe. I sincerely hope my fellow Chinese will choose kindness and compassion so when disasters come, you and your family will be safe.
Category: Health Benefits
