Seeing an Old Friend’s Excellent Health, I Took Up Falun Dafa, Too, and Experienced Its Healing Power

(Minghui.org) I am a 64-year-old lady in Chengdu. I started practicing Falun Dafa in 2016. Years of cultivation have improved my understanding of Falun Dafa, cured my chronic diseases, and allowed me to remain in great physical health.

Witnessing a Miracle

I happened to meet an old friend with whom I had lost contact with for close to 10 years on April 6, 2016. By then, my friend was close to 66 years old. Yet her healthy, well-proportioned figure, bright eyes, wrinkle-free skin, and rosy complexion took me by surprise. 

I could not help asking, “You still look so young and beautiful. What self-care regime are you using?” She replied, “Nothing special, I just practice Falun Dafa every day.” She then explained the truth behind the persecution of Falun Gong, aka Falun Dafa. She explained how Falun Gong teaches its practitioners to be good people and its ability to cure diseases and help one keep physically fit.

After listening to her, I considered my poor state of health and expressed interest in learning Falun Dafa. My friend agreed to visit my home and teach me the five sets of Falun Dafa exercises. I focused hard on learning the exercises, and within days was able to practice alone at home. Later, my friend gave me Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, audio recordings of Master teaching the Fa in Jinan, and the exercise music.

My childhood was spent in a farming village. Because my father suffered from lung disease and was unable to do manual labor, I had to help my mother in the fields growing crops. As a result, I dropped out of school after attending just the first grade of primary school. Illiterate and unable to read more than a few words, I found it hard to read the book Zhuan Falun. So, I focused my efforts on listening to Master’s audio lectures.

I used to run a small roadside stall. During the day, I would wear earphones and listened to audio recordings of Master’s lectures when doing business. Every evening, after finishing the housework, I would continue to listen. Through Master’s teachings, I realized that Falun Dafa is a practice of both body and mind, guiding practitioners’ cultivation according to the universe’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. As a true practitioner, one can obtain Falun and Master’s aid in cleansing one’s body.

Understanding these Fa principles further strengthened my confidence in practicing Falun Dafa. Cultivation became my top priority. I made the most of my available time, listening to Master’s lectures, and doing the Dafa exercises each day.

One day, I suddenly felt a warm sensation in my lower abdomen. When I continued to experience this sensation over the next few days, I knew Master’s Law Body was cleansing my body and had given me a Falun. When I realized my diseases were being eliminated and my health was gradually restored, my happiness knew no bounds.

Practicing Falun Gong Openly at Home

I had experienced the amazing powers of Falun Gong firsthand, after only a few days of cultivation practice. At the same time, I realized the persecution and propaganda being spread by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Falun Gong were all baseless rumors and slander. I wanted to share with my husband about the amazing benefits I gained. 

However, as soon as I told him that I had started to practice Falun Dafa, my husband lost his temper and yelled, “Do you not want to live anymore? It is illegal to practice Falun Gong! You will be arrested and sent to jail!” I hurriedly explained, “Falun Gong has been framed. Our Constitution states that people have the right to freedom of speech and belief. Our country’s law does not state anywhere that it prohibits people from practicing Falun Gong. Moreover, Falun Gong teaches people to be good and has a great effect on healing and fitness.”

Deeply deceived by the CCP propaganda, my husband refused to listen to me and angrily threatened, “Your door was closed these few days. So, you were secretly practicing Falun Gong! If you continue to practice, I will call the police. They will have you and your friend arrested and jailed.”

I knew my husband’s threats stemmed from his fear that I would face persecution for practicing Falun Gong. He had seen Falun Gong practitioners in his former workplace suffer, when the government refused to pay their wages and denied their children any opportunity for schooling or employment. I fearlessly faced down his threats and boldly replied, “I refuse to give up Falun Gong. Even if they arrest and send me to prison, I will continue to practice Falun Gong.”

From then on, I changed my original habit and began studying the Fa and doing the exercises with my bedroom door wide open, in disregard to my husband’s objections. I even started displaying my Falun Gong books openly in our common space at home.

One day, while seeing me practice Falun Gong, my husband lost his temper and spoke ill of the practice. Within minutes, his tooth began to hurt. As the pain increased, he started moaning and covering his face with his hands. I told him this was retribution for his sins against Dafa, and to quickly admit his mistake before Master’s image. My husband offered his apologies before Master, and his toothache instantly disappeared. From then on, my husband no longer slandered Falun Gong.

Erosive Gastritis Cured

As a teenager, I traveled alone to Chengdu to find work and earn enough to support my family. My exposure to hardships from a young age caused me to develop stomach problems. At the beginning, I suffered from frequent stomach discomfort, unable to tolerate cold food, prolonged hunger, or even too much food, since indigestion would cause me stomach pains. I was in my 20s when the hospital issued a diagnosis of erosive gastritis.

Over the next 30 years, my stomach problems continued to flare up whenever I became careless and ate something that did not agree with me, including cold food, hard food, spicy food or sour food. Each time I would suffer terribly from 10 days to half a month, dealing with severe bloating and pain. Medication did nothing to relieve my illness symptoms or my never-ending cycle of suffering.

My stomach pain began to flare up, increasing in severity as the night progressed on August 18, 2016. By midnight, I could hardly bear the agony and spent the night rolling around in my bed. At 5 a.m., my husband saw my condition and quickly called my son-in-law over to drive me to the hospital.

As soon as we reached the hospital entrance, my foggy mind suddenly became clear, and I recalled Master’s teachings. A cultivator doesn’t get sick. This stomachache was the result of Master eliminating my karma and cleaning up my body. As Falun Dafa practitioners, we should place our trust in Master and the Fa.

I instantly told my husband to return home. My husband was shocked. “A sick person must go to hospital for treatment. How can you go home?” I replied, “It’s not an illness, it’s the elimination of karma. Master will take care of me, so there is no problem.” Unable to change my mind, my husband and son-in-law had no choice but to take me back home.

After returning home, I endured the pain and began doing the meditation. As the practice music played, my pain began to decrease, restoring comfort to my body. After practicing for over an hour, my symptoms had vanished, and everything was back to normal. It has been seven or eight years since, and my stomach pain has not recurred.

Healing of Herniated Lumbar Disc

Having performed heavy manual labor since childhood, I found myself suffering from lower back pain. In my 20s, the escalating pain drove me to seek help. A hospital examination determined I suffered from intervertebral lumbar disc herniation, with lesions of varying severity in my first to fifth vertebra. At one point, I could barely stand, straighten my back, or even walk. Confined to bed rest, it took me two weeks to see gradual improvement.

My back pain suddenly flared up, causing me to collapse in a sitting position on the ground, unable to stand on my own in June 2016. My husband and daughter helped me get into my bed, then said they would take me to the hospital for treatment. I flatly refused and explained, “This is not a disease. Master is eliminating my disease karma for me.”

I rested in bed for a while before realizing I had to do my part in studying the Fa and doing the exercises, in order to help Master cleanse my body. Enduing the pain, I finished the exercises before falling asleep from exhaustion. On waking up, I had recovered from my back pain. It has been eight years since then, and my back pain never recurred.

Despite my family’s opposition and the looming threat from the CCP’s persecution, I continued practicing Falun Gong. The practice has become an important part of my life, and Dafa has cured many other ailments I had suffered as well, such as bile duct stones, high blood pressure, nephritis, and vocal cord nodules.

My husband changed his mind after seeing me cultivate, and the positive effects on my health and fitness. Now, my husband supports my cultivation of Falun Dafa, burning incense on occasion before Master’s image, or purchasing fruits to give as offerings to Master. I owe Falun Dafa for my happiness and wish to thank Master for his compassion!