(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa during the COVID-19 outbreak. I came to understand and accept Dafa’s principles step-by-step. By recalling some miraculous events and witnessing some real-life examples, I dispelled the atheism instilled in me since childhood and further strengthened my belief in Master and Dafa.
What is the purpose of human life? What do we leave behind when we die? Is what I strive for truly what I want? Many of us have pondered these questions. During the pandemic, we saw so many lives perish. In the face of invisible viruses and plagues, what can humanity do? What should we believe in?
The more hopeless I felt, the stronger my wish became for answers to these questions. I began to explore Buddhism and found that burning incense, chanting sutras, eating vegetarian food, and sparing animals’ lives were all to seek worldly things. We seek family well-being, safety, a stable life, or success and wealth. Were these what I wanted? I was so confused.
I saw that Falun Dafa practitioners around me were doing the opposite. They were dedicated to saving others, and not seeking comfort and pleasure for themselves in the human world. They spent their own money to inform people about the facts, risking arrest and persecution. In today’s society, where people are concerned about their own interests, what was their goal and what were they seeking?
With so many questions, I opened a copy of Zhuan Falun that had been stored at my home for a long time. I carefully read the book and found the answers to many of my questions in life. The conundrums that had always puzzled me were subsequently resolved.
I learned more information after breaking through the Internet firewall. It turned out that Falun Dafa has been taught since 1992. Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression, it has spread to over 100 countries.
My eyes were filled with tears after watching “Traveling Through Wind and Rain.” I was moved by Master’s benevolence and practitioners’ persistence in resisting the persecution. I felt sorry I had missed so many opportunities.
I was doing the Dafa exercises with a few practitioners one evening. I normally couldn’t tell if my movements were correct, but this time a practitioner suggested recording our group doing the exercises, so we could review it afterwards to make improvements.
The practitioner pulled out an old cell phone and started recording using the phone’s night mode. We turned off the lights, and everyone closed their eyes and began. We completed the five sets of exercises, put the phone away, and went home together.
On the way, the other practitioners watched the video to see if their movements were correct. A practitioner suddenly shouted excitedly, “Look! Falun! There’s a Falun!” I leaned in to take a closer look, and sure enough, circular, transparent Faluns (Law Wheels) of varying sizes appeared from different directions, rapidly rotating across the screen. When we were more concentrated in doing the exercise, more Faluns appeared, and they were more distinctive. When we were distracted, or our movements were incorrect, fewer Faluns appeared.
This was the first time I had seen this, and found it truly amazing. I took the phone home and downloaded the video onto my computer. The phone was old and had a low resolution, but I could still see the Faluns spinning. I asked my husband and other non-practicing family members to take a look.
Influenced by the CCP’s atheism, my husband was suspicious and came up with all sorts of excuses, saying, “Did you process the image after taking the video? One can set background effects.” I told him it was an old phone without an Internet connection, and had no settings for special effects. Seeing that he could not come up with another explanation, he stopped talking and walked away.
When I was doing the exercises by myself later, I used the same method to video record the exercises. When the exercise music started, I could see Falun spinning. I could even vaguely see the srivatsa (law wheel) symbol inside the large Falun. They were slightly transparent in blue, green, red, and other colors. It was truly magnificent!
Humanity is in a maze. We’re taught atheistic ideas from childhood, and people choose not to believe whatever cannot be explained by modern science. This is truly pitiful. The human eye cannot see things in other dimensions, yet a cell phone can, under certain circumstances. Viruses are invisible to the human eye, but they can be seen under a microscope. Things do exist even when they are invisible.
I am grateful to Master for pulling me out of hell, cleansing me, and offering me a path for cultivation. My life has subsequently become meaningful.