(Minghui.org) I learned about Falun Dafa and obtained the Fa from the Internet in 2008. At that time, I was suffering from an illness and felt that I would be better off dead, as I could not bear the suffering. I wanted to become a monk, but my family was opposed to it. I wondered if there was a cultivation method that would not require me to become a monk, but would still allow me to cultivate. Within a month of having this thought, I became acquainted with a Dafa practitioner over the Internet.
It was just as Master said in Zhuan Falun:
“It is because a practitioner is most precious, for he or she wants to practice cultivation. Therefore, developing this thought is most precious. In Buddhism, people talk about Buddha-nature. When a person’s Buddha-nature emerges, the enlightened beings are able to help him.”
The doctor told me that only an operation could cure me, but I did not want to undergo surgery. I took some medicine at home and decided to learn traditional Chinese medicine in order to try to heal myself. Thus, I searched the Internet for practitioners of Chinese medicine and joined their forums. In the chat room, I asked a couple of questions. Someone answered them and we started chatting. This person was very helpful and taught me how to start learning Chinese medicine from scratch. I felt that he was very kind and thus we became friends over the Internet. During one of our chats, I mentioned qigong. He replied that next time he would teach me something better. However, I asked him to teach me right then. Due to my persistence, he then directly typed the words "Falun Gong." I had heard many negative things about Falun Gong due to the lies spread by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so I was quite apprehensive. But he assured me that it was very good and emailed me a copy of Zhuan Falun. While we chatted over the next month, I felt that he had very good character; thus, I decided to believe his words.
I started to read Zhuan Falun during my free time after work. I saw that the book taught people how to be good and considerate of others, and that there was nothing wrong with the book. After reading Zhuan Falun, my perception of life changed. At the same time, my friend had already convinced me to renounce my CCP membership. One night, within a week of reading Zhuan Falun, I suddenly appeared to have a relapse of appendicitis and there was slight pain. I felt like I was going to have a bout of diarrhea and felt nauseous. The whole night I kept going in and out of the bathroom. The moment I lay down, I felt like going to the toilet. But when I was on the toilet, I did not excrete anything, and I did not vomit anything. I did not sleep the entire night.
In the morning, even though I was very tired, I was able to go to work. In the afternoon, I felt much better. In the evening, I completely recovered. When I told about my experience to the Dafa practitioner who had given me the book, he said: “This is great! Master is cleansing your body.” At that time, I did not fully understand what this meant.
When I had first begun reading Zhuan Falun, I was met with a lot of interference. The moment I began studying the Fa, I would feel sleepy. People who did other cultivation methods also interfered with me. Before I started to cultivate, no one had looked for me, but soon after I started cultivating in Dafa, many people who practiced other cultivation methods contacted me and wanted me to learn their cultivation ways. At that time, I already knew that Dafa was wonderful and miraculous, so I definitely would not go with them.
My illness created an opportunity for me to take up the path of cultivation in Dafa. Later, when I went for a checkup, I received a clean bill of health. I know that there are other practitioners who learned about Falun Dafa over the Internet. For example, there is an elderly lady in my area who had a similar experience. She is now a very diligent practitioner.
Thank you to those fellow practitioners who forsake their safety and spread Dafa on the Internet. In this way, many people with predestined relationships can start to cultivate.
