(Minghui.org) I'm an uneducated country woman who never went to school, so I was illiterate. To celebrate World Falun Dafa Day, I would like to share with you some miraculous experiences I had after I started practicing Falun Gong.
Listening to the Fa
I obtained the Fa in 1996. Prior to this I suffered from all kinds of illnesses, including a duodenal ulcer, vertebrae problems, and severe headaches that prevented me from going to school. Every time I got angry, the pain intensified and I had spasms. My life was a living hell and I was miserable.
One day when a colleague saw me taking a handful of pills, she said, “You should practice Falun Gong. It's very good.” I told her I couldn't read as I'd had no education. She said, “You can listen to recordings. I'll bring you the tapes.” I agreed. I felt really good when listening to the recordings. So I listened whenever I could, thinking I was so lucky to have Master taking care of me.
My colleague then suggested that I should also learn the exercises to achieve a better effect. She taught me the movements and also gave me a copy of the videotape of Master teaching the exercises. It took me several days to learn the movements. When I was learning the second exercise, I could feel a Falun rotating between my arms.
I told my husband about it. He was very happy and encouraged me to keep practicing. Soon afterwards, all my illnesses disappeared. My husband was so happy to see the changes in me and said to everyone he came across, “Falun Gong is very good. All my wife's health problems have disappeared and she can now do all kinds of chores.” Dafa is truly miraculous. I was very happy every day.
Reading the Fa
After listening to the Fa for two or three months, my colleague said, “You can't carry a tape recorder with you all the time. You should read the book.” “But I'm illiterate,” I said. She said, “I can teach you. If you truly want to learn, Master will help you. There have been many miracles.” I was a bit worried, thinking: "I'm already over 40 and I don't know any characters." I wasn't sure if I could do it. My colleague encouraged me, “You're only over 40. People in their 60s have learned to read.”
So I obtained a copy of Zhuan Falun and started to learn to read. At the beginning I asked my family members to teach me word by word, but when I started page two, I had forgotten the characters I'd learned on page one, so I had to go back to page one again. My colleague told me to just keep going from page to page. When I was at work, my colleague taught me to read, and when I was at home, my family members also taught me when they had time.
Hand-Copying the Fa
Later, my husband suggested that I hand-copy the book, saying I would learn quicker that way. I was a bit hesitant at the beginning, thinking: I can't even read, how can I write? At that time, other practitioners had also started hand-copying the book. So I got my courage up and started to copy as well.
As I had never written anything before, not even my name, my hand shook when I held the pen, and it took me a while to copy just one character. I was so tense that I was sweating all over, but I kept on.
Since I worked during the day, I could only copy the book at night. When I got tired I would lean over on the table to rest. When I woke up I would continue copying into the early morning hours. Although it was very tiring for me to read and copy the book, I enjoyed it very much and felt really happy every day.
A few months passed, and I finished hand-copying Zhuan Falun for the first time. I was really excited and couldn't believe that I, an illiterate person, had learned to read and write in a few months. It was beyond my wildest dreams. I truly felt the wonder of Dafa.
A Miraculous Escape
The Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999.
One day in 2002, I was illegally arrested and taken to the police station. I was badly beaten throughout the night and was covered with bruises. My feet were so swollen that I could not even put my shoes on. Later, the police fabricated some documents and wanted to send me to the police department. I asked Master for help: “Master, I shouldn't be here. I want to get out.”
I was locked in a room with a little window covered with bars. I pulled on the bars, but they didn't move. The police who were supposed to keep an eye on me were sleeping next door. I climbed onto the windowsill and tried to push the bars, but got down again, worried that the police might wake up. There was a motorbike outside the window and each time I pushed the bars, the motorbike made a noise. I asked Master to help me keep the motorbike quiet. It indeed became quiet.
I tried to push the bars many times, but they wouldn't move. I thought: "Master will definitely help me out. Let me try again." I put my head up to the bars. My head is about 17 cm wide, but there was only a space of 12 cm between the bars. It wasn't wide enough for me to get out, but as soon as my head touched the bars, it went through.
I was really happy, but I wasn't sure if I could get my body through. I tried and I went through with no problem. I sat on the windowsill, but couldn't get down as my feet were badly swollen. Just then a school student came by and I called her to give me a hand. With her help, I got down from the windowsill. I then took a taxi and left.
My relatives and friends couldn't believe that I could have gotten out between the window bars. However, practitioners all know that our Master can do anything and Dafa is truly miraculous.
