(Minghui.org)
Falun Gong practitioners benefit from the practice and so do their families. Many practitioners and their families have shared their stories, and I want to tell the world how my family benefited.
Recovery from a Stroke
My mother had a stroke in 2013. She was crippled and needed a wheelchair. My brother took her to see a well-known doctor who put her on intravenous feeding for 22 days. She did not get any better.
I am a practitioner and felt that I needed to talk to my mother about the practice. I said, “You were a good person throughout your life and always good to my grandfather. All you need to do now is to say 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, Falun Gong is good,' and you will be fine. Many people have benefited from doing that.” She agreed and recited them. I realized that she was not really sincere, however, and told her she had to be.
She prepared food for us when I visited her a few day later. I asked her to tell me who she thought had helped her get better. She said, “It was the founder of Falun Gong, whom you practitioners call 'Teacher.' It was Falun Gong.” She is in her 80s and is becoming healthier day-by-day.
Being Close to a Practitioner Can Change a Person
It has been said that people's attitudes, minds, and hearts change for the better just by being near a practitioner.
My sister is not a practitioner. She found a cell phone and returned it to the owner. He offered her a reward, which she declined. He was touched and they became good friends.
My sister-in-law, also not a practitioner, saw a 100-yuan bill on the ground on her way to the market. After giving it some thought, she left it there. She told me that, when she saw the money, she remembered what I had told her: “Don't take it if it is not yours.”
When I praised them, they said that they were learning from me.
Recalling the Past
I began to cultivate Falun Gong in1996. I was at home because I had a young child. I studied the Falun Gong books and went to the park for the group exercises on weekends.
My view of life changed after I began to cultivate, and I lived by the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I benefited, as did those near me. I no longer was bothered with health problems, and my child did not have to see a doctor.
My colleagues said their spirits were lifted when they saw me, and they were reminded of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. There were several practitioners where I worked. The manager was very supportive, and everyone got along.
Unfortunately, after the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, I was fired because I refused to give up the practice. I was detained twice for appealing for the right to practice Falun Gong.
My husband, also a practitioner, was illegally detained four times, imprisoned in a forced labor camp for a year, forced to stay away from home for a year. and sentenced to four years in prison.
I have no complaints, because I believe in Falun Gong and its principles. I am very rational, not sad, as healthy as ever, and happy. My family members and relatives also are beginning to understand Falun Gong, and many of them now live by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
