(Minghui.org) Before I began to practice Falun Gong I used to be ill and in pain at all times. My complexion and lips were dark, my face was full of wrinkles, I had a hunchback, and I looked much older than my actual age. I will never forget August 6, 1996, the day when I started to practice Falun Gong. Since then, I have gone through fundamental transformation.
Soon after I began to practice Falun Gong, I returned to good health and no longer had the illnesses that had tormented me for many years. I no longer had a hunchback, my face had a youthful look, my wrinkles disappeared, and I had a fair complexion. I no longer needed the medication or injections I had to buy for close to 16 years. People who knew me said that I looked much younger than those my age.
I want to share some of the many miraculous things I experienced over the past 10 years of my cultivation.
Protected by Teacher Amidst Danger
Two months after I began to practice Falun Gong my mother and I were riding a bicycle. We were on our way to watch our Teacher Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong's Fa lecture video. When I was passing through an intersection, my bicycle was turned around by 180 degrees and both of us were pulled off the bicycle. We didn't fall, but stood upright.
I couldn't figure out why the bicycle turned around and was lifting it upright. That's when a large truck was passing by and heading towards the southwest corner of the intersection. I asked my mother, “Do you know where it came from?” She said she hadn't seen it, but thought that I saw it and turned my bicycle around.
Suddenly it dawned on me that benevolent Teacher turned the bicycle for us, protecting us from a head-on collision with the truck.
At another time, mother was a passenger on my sister-in-law's motorcycle. My sister-in-law turned too quickly into an intersection and my mother was thrown from the motorcycle and she landed on a stone. Her ribs went inwards and when my brother touched it, he could clearly feel a dent. She was in so much pain that she didn't dare to move, so she was carried to her bed. After a short while, my mom saw a deep blu and round substance slowly floating towards her from the north window. Before it touched her ribs, she heard a click and she no longer felt any pain and there was no dent. Something like this can't be achieved or explained by modern medicine. This was a miracle witnessed by all those around us, a miracle because of practicing Falun Gong.
Before my mother started practicing Falun Gong, she had been diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. She had surgery, but the doctor told us: There is no guarantee that she would live for more than a year. After she began to practice Falun Gong, she wasn't very diligent and halted her practice during adverse weather conditions. She was also illiterate, and couldn't read the book by herself. Even so, benevolent Teacher didn't give up on her, but protected her. Her life was extended by 16 years. Also during that time, she didn't take any medication, nor was she given any injections.
One Person Practices and Others Benefit
I have noticed that since I began to practice Falun Gong, not only did I return to good health, but people around me who didn't practice benefited as well. They returned to good health.
My husband used to work in another city, and he often caught a cold or had a fever. Sometimes his temperature would be very high, and he had to take lots of medication. Since he returned home over ten years ago he has been healthy.
A colleague who sits next to me always came down with a cold, with me getting it after him. After I began to practice Falun Gong, I stopped having colds or flu and he was fine as well. He said that his entire family was sick except for him. Once he realized that he no longer got sick because of my practicing Falun Gong, he changed his attitude towards the practice.
Practicing Falun Gong Benefits Not Just Humans
My husband owned a cellular phone that didn't ring when someone called him. He gave the phone to me two years ago and it is working fine.
A few years ago, I planted two jujube trees on each side of my entrance door. They have been receiving the same care. However, the jujube on the east side of the entrance is big, its fruits are sweet and it has had a good yield every year. Whereas, the jujube on the west side didn't look good, with the stones growing outside the pulp. Last year, my husband and son wanted to remove it.
I know that trees are beings just like anything else. I didn't want to get rid of it. One day, I said to this tree sincerely, “You and the other tree came to my home around the same time, the other tree has grown jujubes which are plump, big and sweet. It has a good yield every year. So what happened to you? Your fruits don't look or taste good. My family is talking about removing you. As a Falun Gong practitioner, I don't want to ruin your life, I hope you can correct your state and grow jujubes that are good-looking as well as tasty. I hope you remember “Falun Gong is wonderful, Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful.”
The following year, this tree grew big and good-looking fruit, which tastes even better than the fruit from the other tree. When I told my son that the fruit was from the tree on the west side, he didn't believe me until he picked one and tried it. He felt that it was truly miraculous.
Attaining High Morals
After I began to practice, I have been following the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Therefore, when I am in society or at home, I always behave as a good person. This is appreciated by people I know or happen to meet.
One time, I went to the bank to withdraw some money. The cashier gave me 1,000 yuanby mistake. If it were before I practiced Falun Gong, I would have kept the money. At that time, I also was in dire need of money as I hadn't been paid for four months. However, I thought that I should not take something that doesn't belong to me. Therefore, I said to the cashier to check the money again and handed it back to her. I told her that she overpaid me. When she realized it she was very touched and kept saying thank you. I said, “I practice Falun Gong. It was its Teacher who asked me to be a good person. Therefore, you should thank our Teacher.”
Before I began to practice, I was selfish. It was Falun Gong that taught me to be a good person. It is truly a highly virtuous Fa, and it can help elevate a person's mind and their morality. It is also beneficial to one's country and its people.
