(Minghui.org) I am almost seventy years old. After I retired, I kept busy by going from the city to the countryside taking care of my grandsons and doing housework. Wherever I go now, people admire me. Someone asked me, “How did you come to look so blessed?” The young people say, “You look so pretty and you don't have any wrinkles for a person your age. You have a beautiful complexion. You must have looked even better when you were young.” Many people comment on my good spirits and they admire me. It's true that I am energetic, and my body feels light, as though I'm walking on air. When I go up stairs, young people can't keep up. My legs move as if I am floating. I was not this way when I was young. When I was young, I was not pretty and I had a poor complexion.
Someone asked me how I lived my life. They wondered why I looked so blessed. I would like to share my experiences.
I wake up with an alarm at around 4:00 a.m. and I go to bed before 11:00 p.m., but sometimes, I am busy until midnight. During the day, I usually eat leftovers. I love vegetables, but I eat anything that will fill me up. I am not picky. My generation lived at a time when a lot of people died of hunger. I would also like to mention that the food was obtained through hard work and was considered a gift from heaven.
Before I began practicing Falun Dafa, I was retired and did not have any worries about life or work. There is a beautiful river near where I live, and I also enjoyed music and dance as hobbies. Theoretically, I should have been very healthy.
However, nothing is certain in life. In the spring of 2000, I suddenly felt chest pain and had trouble breathing. It felt as if my chest was being stretched. If one spot on my chest was touched, I could feel it throughout my whole chest. It was painful to breathe, cough, or sneeze. I did't dare try walking because of the pain. Later, I developed pain in many parts of my body, including abdominal pain, pain in the left side of my chest, back pain, pain throughout the torso, and my throat even felt painful. My lung had a problem and produced a crackling sound when heard with a stethoscope. Even in summer, I had to wear a sweater with a jacket. I went to doctors at the Army General Hospital and the province Chinese Medicine Hospital. No matter how many hospitals I went to, or how many experts I saw, and no matter how many tests I had, no one could cure my diseases. My spouse and I covered all of Wuhan City, but found no one who could help me. I was very skinny. My spouse said in desperation, “Why are the experts and professors unable to cure your diseases?”
What happens when a person does not pay back what is owed? How can illness be cured if you have not paid your debts? It was time for me to pay back what I owed.
In 2004, one of my classmates who was an official at a party school, taught me the practice of Falun Gong when he heard that I had very severe diseases. He told me that if I was sincere enough, my diseases would be cured. He said there were principles I needed to live by. He told me I must not pursue anything, or be attached to any outcome, and that I must live by the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” I was very surprised and asked him, “Isn't the government suppressing Falun Gong?” He said, “The persecution started because Jiang Zemin was jealous and scared. The government staged the self immolation. The public’s hatred toward Falun Gong was created by slanderous propaganda from the media. I am an official of the party and my workplace is the focal point of the party. I know what the CCP has been doing and stands for.” He told me how he had previously suffered from many diseases. He had undergone three endoscopy tests. He also suffered from cervical spondylosis, rheumatism, frozen shoulder, lumbar disc hyperplasia, and lung disease. Medication did not help him. Once he started practicing Falun Gong however, all of these diseases disappeared. Now he looks very healthy and young, has a good complexion, and is very energetic.
Because I trusted him, I read the book Zhuan Falun, to see whether Falun Gong was really what the CCP claimed it to be. When I opened the book, I was shocked and my heart was moved. It was nothing like the slanderous propaganda the media had described. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I now know that Falun Dafa is the Buddha’s Fa. Master said,
“The Buddha Fa is most profound; among all the theories in the world, it is the most intricate and extraordinary science.” (Lunyu, from Zhuan Falun)
I also know that cultivating Falun Dafa is to assimilate to “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” Cultivation in Dafa directly cultivates the heart. We should cultivate our hearts. Since I began cultivating, I have read the books many times. The more I read them, the stronger I became. I understood that I was sick because there is a principle that one must pay back a debt, and the aim of being a human is to return to our original true selves. Compared to the Buddha Fa, I am so shallow. The CCP has fabricated lies and poisoned sentient beings. As a result, sentient beings have generated karma with ignorance.
For seven years I have lived according to the laws that Master has given us. I never waste my time enjoying the beautiful scenery, and I am no longer interested in music or dance. Within three months of starting to practice, all of my diseases had disappeared and I had reached the state of being energetic and glowing with health. So I wanted to share my story with you and thank everyone for the praise. I hope every sentient being can be as healthy and happy as I am.
