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Believing in Master and the Fa—Walking Through Tribulations
By a practitioner in Shanxi Province, China
Many years ago my husband searched for a qigong school that could help him cure his health problems. He was lucky to finally find and read the precious book Zhuan Falun at the home of a friend. His friend also gave him several other Dafa books to take home. He devoured the books and learned the five exercises by himself, by following the instructions in the book. He began practicing Falun Dafa, and his heart disease soon disappeared.
My Husband's Back Injury Cured in a Month
My husband, myself, and three others drove to another town in 1998 to sell some products. Along the mountain road, the car turned over, and we were all thrown out. I managed to stand up and look around. I saw everyone but my husband. We searched for him and found him a few meters away. He couldn't move because his back had been injured.
He didn't want to go to the hospital. When we returned home, even though he was in extreme pain, he practiced the exercises and studied the Fa every day. Approximately eight days later, he was able to walk around, and recovered completely within a month. Everyone said that this was truly a miracle.
My husband went out and distributed informational materials about Falun Dafa and the persecution. When he was distributing materials one day in a neighboring village, someone who did not know the truth about Dafa reported him to the police. He was arrested, sentenced to prison, and detained in the Shanxi Province Prison, where police officers instigated detainees to beat him. In the end, they beat him to death.
My husband's firm belief in Dafa and his strong will to cultivate made me realize the wonders of Dafa and how evil the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) truly is. I would like to share some of my own cultivation experiences.
Believing in Master and the Fa—Seeing Bright Flowers after Passing the Shady Willow Trees
My daughter asked me one day to make a quilt cover for her. Before I started, I noticed a growth on the back of my thumb. It was extremely painful, as if there was a pin stuck inside of it. I did not have a good thought and didn't regard myself as a practitioner, so overnight my thumb turned dark green, and the color spread from my thumb up to my shoulder, and formed two red lines, each as wide as a chopstick.
I believed in Dafa and didn't get any injections. During the following week, I was in extreme pain and could not sleep. I occasionally held an ice-cold bottle of water in my hands to lessen the pain. Once the ice dissolved, I held another bottle.
When I could no longer bear it, I thought about going to a doctor. My children encouraged me to see one. My neighbor noticed that I was in pain and told me that she knew a very good dermatologist. I went with her to see this doctor, who said that it was an ulcer and had to be treated by Chinese medicine. He asked me to cooperate with him during the treatment. He asked me, “Have you ever taken any medicine?” I told him I hadn't, and he said, “Nowadays, people have unhealthy reactions even when they eat certain foods!” He told me that he did not want to treat me, and that I should see a doctor elsewhere.
My neighbor then took me to the city hospital, where a doctor pinched my thumb and said it was infected. He suggested that I stay in the hospital and get treatment, or go to a village doctor and get injections. I didn't have correct thoughts at the time and went to a village doctor, who later gave me injections for four days. They were not effective, and my hand and arm became swollen. That village doctor cut off half the flesh on my thumb and quite a bit of black blood started to flow. When I questioned him, he ignored me and told me to go back to the doctor in the city hospital. I instead went home and read Zhuan Falun .
On the last page of Lecture Nine in Zhuan Falun , Teacher said,
“When you are overcoming a real hardship or tribulation, you try it. When it is difficult to endure, try to endure it. When it looks impossible and is said to be impossible, give it a try and see if it is possible. If you can actually do it, you will indeed find: 'After passing the shady willow trees, there will be bright flowers and another village ahead!'”
Upon reading this paragraph, I felt the greatness of our Teacher in my heart. The energy of Dafa washed me clean like rain and went through my body, from my head to my toes, and I cried like a child. My hand felt much better and no longer hurt. After a period of time, I totally recovered. It was truly a miracle.
When you believe in Teacher and in Dafa, you will really see bright flowers and another village ahead after passing the shady willow trees!
Broken Ankle Recovered in 50 Days
By a practitioner in Guizhou Province
Practitioner A, 47, started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. On September 1, 2013, he climbed up a ladder onto the roof to check on a leak.
At the top, he tripped, and fell off the roof. He hit the ground, and the ladder fell as well. The noise was so loud that even his neighbors heard it, and came to see what had happened. Practitioner A had broken his left ankle so badly that the bone was protruding through the skin. Only his skin was keeping his foot connected to his leg.
His family took him to a hospital. A doctor said looked at his x-ray and said, “If the surgery is successful, it will cost 70 to 80,000 yuan. If it is not successful, it will be 100,000 yuan. After surgery, he will have to stay in bed for at least a year.” The doctor pushed back the protruding bone, stitched up the skin, put him in a splint, and told them to come back for surgery in 15 days.
Practitioner A's son showed the x-ray to all the orthopedic institutes in the city, consulted with them, and tried to figure out a good medical solution. However, the doctors each told him that the injury was too serious, and they did not dare to treat such a patient.
Practitioner A thought, "A Dafa practitioner does not walk an ordinary path. Injections in a hospital should not work." Practitioner A told his wife, who is also a practitioner, that he wanted to leave the hospital. His son disagreed because he was afraid that his father might become handicapped. Practitioner A talked to his son again and again, and eliminated his worries. He stayed in the hospital only five days, then returned home.
The following day at home, Practitioner A took off the splint himself. He listened to Master Li Hongzhi's Fa lectures every day. About 20 days later, he could sit in meditation in the half lotus position. A month later, he could do the first four exercises by standing in front of the bed. About 40 days later, he started walking around in the room. He was almost back to normal, apart from some discomfort. His left sole was a bit swollen, and his left leg was stiff and he couldn't bend it. He had experienced pain only the first day in the hospital when the doctor pushed the bone back. He didn't feel any more pain later on. His neighbors thought it was strange because they had never heard Practitioner A groan in pain, despite such a serious injury.
Practitioner A said that on the third day he was in the hospital, he had actually felt a strong force, which ran down his thigh to his injured bone. He felt a force working on the bone, which was repeated several times. He felt that his bone was already connected at that time.
From this practitioner's experience, his relatives, friends, and neighbors were amazed by Falun Dafa. Practitioner A's mother had also practiced Falun Dafa, was free of illnesses, and her body felt light due to practicing. However, when the CCP started to persecute Falun Dafa, her family members were poisoned by the CCP's lies. She was no longer diligent in cultivation, and in late 2006, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
Practitioner A and his wife wanted to save their mother by having her practice Dafa, but her husband insisted on taking her to a hospital, which cost them tens of thousands of yuan. After surgery, she became mentally incapacitated, and has now been bedridden for seven years. They hired a nurse to take care of her and the entire family was affected.
Because practitioner A refused to give up Dafa, he was sentenced to several years of forced labor. When he was released, he continued to practice and never encountered misfortune. His family, relatives, and friends all witnessed the supernormal abilities and wonders of Dafa.
Different choices, different results! Practitioner A said, after he could walk again, that he would go to see the doctors in the hospital so they could see how wonderful Dafa is!
The Power of One Righteous Thought
We purchased a car recently, and my husband was very happy. He rented a parking space for it in our residential community. One day we planned to go out, and he went to start the car. Unfortunately, the car had been hit by another car and there was a large dent in the left side. Irritated, my husband took photos of the damage.
He came back in and said, “We are not going out today. There is a dent in the car door. I took photos of the car that hit ours and its license plate number. I am going to talk to the owner.” I thought to myself, "He took photos as evidence and will argue with the driver. Then he'll ask for remuneration." I said to my husband, “Let's go out today as scheduled. Let's not exploit others.”
Though my husband didn't cultivate, his xinxing was not bad. Moreover, my cultivation also affected him, so he paid attention to morality. He said, “All right, let's go.”
We stopped to get gas. As we got out of the car, I glimpsed at the left car door and couldn't believe my eyes. The dent had disappeared! I checked the right door to make sure, but didn't see a dent there either. I asked my husband, “Was it the left door that was hit?” My husband said, “Yes.” It was then that my husband noticed, too, and asked, “What happened to the dent?” My husband looked at the right door as well, and we smiled at the same time! This was the effect of one righteous thought. Miracles even happen to cars!
