(Minghui.org) I am 90 years old this year. I was born in a very poor, remote village. I have seven sons and daughters. After they grew up and got married, I often went to their homes to babysit their children and take care of their household chores. In the spring of 1993, my husband suddenly passed away. I was then 72 years old. Even though my children were all very devoted, I still felt very lonely. I missed my husband and very often ended up in tears.
1. My Life Eventually Pulled in to Shore
In 1995, my younger daughter asked me to go to her place, where I watched Master's video lectures. I looked at Master and felt He was very kind and I also felt that Master talked very well. Since then, I feel that my heart has brightened up, and I do not feel lonely or depressed any more.
My daughter bought me the precious book Zhuan Falun. After watching the exercises on the video, I went back to my third son's home and learned the exercise movements. However, after going back home, I forgot several movements. Several months later, my younger daughter came home and asked me to do the exercises with her. I finally remembered all the movements of the five exercises. I felt that Dafa was really good!
Master also purified my body and I experienced the Fa principle of cultivators’ bodies becoming younger. Soon after starting cultivation, I had my period, and ever since then, I've had a period once or twice each year. I felt that physically I was extremely light, and I felt thankful to Master and Dafa from the bottom of my heart.
2. Never Been to School, But Able to Recognize the Printed Characters
With the spreading of Dafa, more and more people joined in the different practice sites. No matter which of my children’s home I was at, I could always find the local practice site. In the morning, I did the exercises and in the evening I read the Fa. My life had hope and I was very happy. However, as I had not gone to school, at first I was not able to read Zhuan Falun and could not recognize a single character. I could only bring the book to the Fa-study site and sit there and listen to others read. One day, a young man said, "Aunty, you should look at the book and listen to them reading." I said, "I do not recognize the characters." He said, “If you read the book often, you will recognize them.” I was wondering how someone who never went to school could end up recognizing the characters.
One day, my younger daughter said, “Mom, you study the Fa! We have several senior aunties here who have never gone to school, but they can read the book and study the Fa. Let me teach you.” So my daughter taught me, one word at a time, starting from Lunyu. I learned one word after another, just like a little child. Gradually I could read Lunyu and I started to feel confident. My daughter then taught me to read the lectures. When we got to Lecture 8, I got a call from my hometown and had to go home.
After returning home, whenever I had time, I kept reading. If there were words that I did not understand, I would ask someone nearby. In July, my daughter returned home and she helped me finish reading Zhuan Falun. I felt more confident. Later, whenever I went to my children's homes, I would look for the nearest practice site and also study the Fa with fellow practitioners. When it came to my turn, I was also able to read the Fa. In the morning, I did the exercises and in the evening I studied the Fa. Every day, I was bathed in the happiness of the Fa.
3. Helping More People Obtain the Fa
Dafa is really great. Master purified my body, and I felt truly wonderful. I realized that as I benefited from Dafa, I should not just keep the benefits to myself, I should tell more people about such a good Master and such a good Dafa. I not only continued to study the Fa and practice the exercises, I also joined my fellow practitioners in the group exercises and Fa conference activities. After setting up the practice site, my elder daughter also obtained the Fa. My elder son and second son also set up an exercise site in their home. Sometimes when we needed materials, my second son, who had a vehicle, brought them on his way home.
Everyone joined in the group Fa study, doing the exercises, and participating in the Fa conference. Our xinxing kept elevating and, as a result, our family and the community benefited greatly.
As the number of people obtaining the Fa kept increasing, and more and more people were benefiting from practicing Dafa, Jiang's regime suddenly launched a rampant defamation campaign against Dafa and Master, and started the insane persecution of Dafa practitioners. I knew what was shown on TV was all lies. What was said on the TV is completely opposite to what I personally experienced from Dafa. However, I did not know what to do.
Very soon, I heard that Dafa practitioners were appealing to the government and clarifying the truth. I also wanted to go, but I had never left home to go to a far away place, so I could not make it. I could only tell people near me that whatever they saw on the TV was not true.
In the spring of 2004, I took some truth-clarifying materials and some DVDs to my hometown so that people there could also learn about the truth about Dafa. One night when we were playing the truth-clarifying DVDs, we were reported and the power to our house was cut off. We did not know what was happening at the time. Since we could not play the DVD, I just went home.
A while later, my grandson knocked on my daughter-in-law's window and told me through the window that many people from the Public Security Bureau had climbed over the wall and entered their house. They had arrested my grandson's wife. Upon hearing this, and after sending forth righteous thoughts at twelve o'clock, I said good-bye to my elder son and son-in-law and left home. I was 83 years old. My elder son and daughter-in-law were afraid that I might be in danger if I walked outside at midnight, and they kept asking me to stay. However, I insisted on leaving. I did not want to be persecuted by the evil. I knew that have my Master who protects me and I knew that nothing would happen.
I went to several relatives' homes, but they dared not let me stay. Eventually, one of my relatives called my niece's husband and sent me to my nephew's wife's home. The next day, my nephew's wife called my son to send me to some relatives who were residing out of town. With Master's protection, I stayed away from this disaster of the persecution. Later on, a section chief of the Public Security Bureau told my son, "If it was not because of the fact that your mom was too old, we would have detained her long ago."
4. Going Through Tribulations, I Did Not Slacken My Efforts in Cultivation
In December 1999, my younger daughter went to Beijing to validate Dafa and was illegally arrested. She later lost her job, and in 2002, she was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for giving out truth-clarifying DVDs. When my daughter was taken away in the police vehicle, I felt really sad, but I knew that there was nothing wrong with my daughter cultivating Dafa and being a good person.
After my daughter was arrested, I went to her home to take care of her son who was attending high school, so that both the father and the son could be comforted. During those several years, many fellow practitioners often came to visit and comfort me, helping to take care of my family. They often came to study the Fa with me so that I did not slacken in my cultivation.
During the four years that my daughter was jailed, my older daughter and I went to the jail to visit her nine times. Each time, we met someone predestined to know about Dafa. We would clarify the truth to them, saying that Falun Gong had been defamed and that Dafa practitioners were unfairly treated. Many people understood us, felt sympathetic, and supported us. As a result, many people understood the truth of Dafa.
Every time we traveled to the jail to visit my daughter, I sat in the full lotus position for the 300-kilometer trip, sending forth righteous thoughts all the way. After getting off the bus, my legs felt so light and I did not feel tired at all. When we were at the jail, my elder daughter would send forth righteous thoughts while I clarified the truth to the guards. I would say, “Since my daughter started doing the Falun Gong exercises, she has recovered her good health. She used to suffer from illnesses, and could hardly sleep at night. Why on earth would you people jail a good person like that?” The guard had nothing to say other than, "We have no other choice."
Master asked us to do well the three things. In terms of saving sentient beings, compared to those fellow practitioners who have done well, I was still far behind. There were still many sentient beings around me who had not quit the Chinese Communist Party and its related organizations. I needed to make better use of my time to clarify the truth to them and save them. My daughter bought me an MP3 player to help me with studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts. It turned out to be much more convenient for me to listen to Master's lectures and do the exercises.
Every day, I sent forth righteous thoughts during the four prescribed times. At 3:30 a.m., I would get up, joining in the time for the group exercises. Sometimes when I slept past the time, someone woke me up. When I asked my family who woke me, they would say, “No one.” I understood it was Master who woke me up, asking me to be diligent and not slack off.
My children saw that I was old, so they took turns to take care of me, one month per family. At the end of each month, I would pack everything up, including my exercise MP3 (two MP3s, one for listening to the Fa, and the other for doing the exercises), the charger, a small clock, Dafa books in a box (my younger son found me a special box for all these precious things). When the vehicle came, I would take them with me, and I never forgot anything.
We have a large family, and whether it was a wedding or a funeral, they would always invite me over. When they saw that I was so healthy, they could not help but ask why my health was so good.
I would aways tell them: “It is because I practice Falun Dafa that I am so healthy. You should also sincerely say, 'Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,' and you will also be blessed. After practicing Dafa, not only do I have a healthy body, but my children and the younger generation have also benefited greatly. My children all treat people sincerely in their workplaces. Their jobs are all excellent and their businesses are very prosperous. Those who work for the government also know that Falun Dafa is good, and they don’t drift with the tide. All my grandsons and nephews go to university. They are either graduated, doing further studies, or went straight into a job after graduation.”
Everyone in the fourth generation is healthy and clever. Those who know my family often say that I am a really blessed old lady. I always tell them that these are the blessings given to me by cultivating Dafa. One person practices, the whole family will benefit. Dafa indeed brings my whole family great blessings! Every year on my birthday, all my family gather together to celebrate. My second son tells the whole family every year, “We should all support our mom in doing the exercises. Since Mom has good health, we worry much less about her. Our whole family is thankful to Dafa and Master.” My son also told me, “Mom, you should do well in your exercises."
I still recall when TV and newspapers nationwide were defaming Dafa and our Master. One reporter came to ask me about Falun Gong. I said, “After practicing Dafa, I have good health, and I don't need to bother others. I asked my children to be good human beings by following the teaching of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. It is beneficial to all. What I said about Dafa is truly evident for me. Although I am 90 years old, I never bother my children. I have never been picky in terms of eating. I eat whatever they prepare. When my children are too busy, I can still offer to help cook and wash clothes. I wash almost all my own clothes. Sometimes my daughter-in-law says she would like to wash for me, but I don't need to bother her. I will do whatever I can.”
This year, I again joined the group Fa study. At my daughter's home, I always join the group Fa study. When I am with my third daughter-in-law, I always study the Fa and do the exercises with her. Sometimes, my granddaughter also joins us in reading the Fa.
My younger daughter lives on the seventh floor. I come down from the seventh floor, walk a little bit, and go to a fellow practitioner's home on the fifth floor. After studying the Fa, I come down from the fifth floor and walk back home before going up to the seventh floor again. I needed to learn how to open the electronic doors and the theft-proof door. This was not a problem for me as a Dafa disciple. With Master's help, I can learn anything. And my daughter can go to work with peace of mind.
After joining the group Fa-study, I find my own pace. In reading the Fa, I still make mistakes. Through group Fa study, my xinxing has improved, and I constantly get rid of many of my attachments. I can recite Lunyu and many of Master's poems in Hong Yin, which guide me in my cultivation.
When they said that I had many blessings, I was very clear-minded. Without Dafa, without Master's compassionate care, how could I be in this current situation! Falun Dafa is good! This is the feeling from deep down in my heart!
I will continue to cultivate well and diligently. Here I want to thank Master for his compassionate salvation! I want to thank all the fellow practitioners who helped me. I also want to tell the world’s people, especially those who have been deceived by the lies of the Chinese Communist Party: “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa!”
