Falun Dafa Has Forged My Life

(Minghui.org) I am 57-year-old housewife. I live in a village. I obtained the Fa in 1996 and have been practicing Falun Dafa ever since then. I’d like to share my cultivation experiences with fellow practitioners and report them to Master.

Everything Arranged and Predestined

I understand from the Fa that everything that occurs in one’s life is not a coincidence and happens for a reason. Looking back at my life, I believe that everything has been arranged and predestined.

I liked quotes by famous people when I was in middle school. The quote that impressed me most and that I used to guide my life was from Pythagoras, who said: “Do nothing evil, neither in the presence of others, nor privately; but above all things respect yourself.” I had a strong sense of self-esteem and liked this quote very much. I hadn’t come into contact with the complicated issues in society at that time, and this quote indeed restrained me to some extent during my school years.

After I got married I lived with my parents-in-law. I was in a totally new environment. I got along with them superficially, but I felt awkward. Looking back now, I understand that my husband’s three siblings and their spouses were actually quite good and that it was me who couldn’t handle things properly. I was simple and had never done farm work before. I tried my best to work hard in the field, but I was slow and felt very tired, and this hurt my self-esteem. I struggled to live normally and wanted to save face so that I would not be looked down upon by others. Life was tiresome and hard for me. I wondered what the purpose of life was. Was it for fame and wealth and to be strong and triumphant? I felt mentally exhausted. I tried hard to look for answers to my questions but didn’t find them.

I got sick after the autumn harvest when I was 28. I was sick for half a year. It was a torturous time for me and I thought a lot. If I died would what I’d obtained through struggle and hard work mean anything to me? I thought that if I could still live, I would change my lifestyle. I would treat everyone kindly, including those who had hurt me before.

Several days later, my sister-in-law told me about Falun Dafa. When I saw Master’s photo in the book, my heart broadened. I felt an illumination in my heart. I had felt that I had been wronged in my childhood, so I liked to cry, but this feeling disappeared at that moment. I felt lighthearted for the first time. I decided to practice Falun Dafa after reading 10 pages of the book. I finished the book Zhuan Falun within three days. All my illnesses disappeared. I had spent almost 10,000 yuan (1,400 USD) seeking treatment but the medication and doctors could not heal me. Master saved me. I later realized that everything in my life had been arranged.

Beautiful Time After Obtaining the Fa

Before I started practicing Falun Dafa, I was a tragic figure like one in a TV series. I was sad and held grievances. I cried over tiny sad things. My father-in-law said that I cried over nothing. My husband asked me not to be too concerned with what my father-in-law said, but also reminded me that I might lose my eyesight if I cried too much about little things. His family members said harsh things to me but they were kind people.

I had my first xinxing test after I obtained the Fa when my father-in-law got very angry with me and my husband. He said that we had harvested the wheat too early because it was not ripe yet. We had harvested the wheat without seeking his approval. When my husband and I were spreading the wheat on the roof to dry, my father-in-law swore at us loudly from the front gate. My husband couldn’t bear it and got angry. I tried to comfort my husband and asked him not to take it to heart. I was thinking that from my father-in-law’s perspective he had gotten angry over this incident because he had different notions from us. We should keep silent and not argue with him. He would be all right in a while. I hadn’t expected that I would be so calm and take it so lightly, as if his cursing had nothing to do with me.

Things turned around when I maintained my xinxing. My eldest brother-in-law persuaded my father-in-law to go into the house. He talked to him. That year only my family and the family of my third eldest brother-in-law had planted early wheat in the field. Because my family had harvested the wheat early, the wheat was not damaged by strong winds. We harvested the wheat using the harvester. Then we planted Chinese cabbage. The family of my third eldest brother-in-law didn’t harvest the wheat early. The wheat fell during the strong winds. They had to harvest it using sickles and didn’t have time to plant Chinese cabbage. We harvested more wheat than they did, and then sold the Chinese cabbage for more than 3000 yuan (426 USD). I knew that we were blessed because I was in line with the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

Looking back, I realized that I should thank my father-in-law because he helped me get rid of some bad substances that I had accumulated in my body and had helped me elevate my level. Thank you, Master, for your arrangement and for your encouragement. I was illness-free and felt happy all the time because I practiced Falun Dafa. I didn’t feel tired when I was working in the field. That was a precious and beautiful time in my life.

Determined in Cultivation Despite the Persecution

My beautiful time ended after the persecution of Falun Dafa started on July 20, 1999. The vicious lies, slander, and framing of Falun Dafa by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda machines poisoned countless people. Except for my husband, all of my family members and friends were affected by the smear campaign.

My father-in-law had experienced many of the CCP’s political movements before. He had been forced to enroll in the military during the war. He was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. He knew how vicious and notorious the CCP’s torture methods were. He was afraid that I would be hurt. He said that everyday people could never win against the CCP and asked me to give up Falun Dafa. My eldest sister-in-law who had introduced Falun Dafa to me and my second eldest brother-in-law tried to persuade me to give up Falun Dafa. I said, “I understand your feelings. You are afraid that I might be persecuted. But you know that I suffered a lot when I was ill and the doctors couldn’t cure my illnesses, even though I spent a fortune on medical bills. But I didn’t spend a penny and have recovered from my illnesses by practicing Falun Dafa. We know who is right and who is wrong, who is good and who is bad. We shouldn’t say things and do things against our consciousness just because we are afraid of the persecution. Do you want me to be that type of person? I will never betray Master and Falun Dafa, which saved my life. I will never become an ungrateful person.”

Seeing that I was so determined in cultivation, they no longer forced me to give up Falun Dafa, but they were worried about me. All of them have since learned the truth and withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

I cried when the TV broadcast propaganda and lies about Falun Dafa. My heart felt like it was bleeding. I wrote 10 pages to debunk the lies on TV. In the end, I wrote down Master’s poem “Nothing Kept” from Hong Yin to encourage myself.

“In life, nothing sought,In death, regretting naught;Washing away all wrong thought,Buddhahood, with less adversity, is wrought.” (“Nothing Kept,” Hong Yin)

I felt relieved after I finished writing. If anyone ever tried to ask me to give up Falun Dafa, I would show him or her what I had written. But no one dared to ask me to give up Falun Dafa again. I later learned that local police station had harassed more than 30 Falun Dafa practitioners in my village and tried to force them to give up practicing Falun Dafa. They didn’t harass me. I understand from the Fa that I had been in line with the Fa’s requirement at my level at that time so I passed the test and the police didn’t come to me.

Thanking Master for Your Compassionate Arrangement

I learned that only one male practitioner and his mother-in-law didn’t give up cultivation in my village. We rarely contacted each other because we were not close during that time. I didn’t know any practitioners outside my village. I slacked off in my cultivation. I didn’t have a computer at that time. I came across practitioners from other areas occasionally. They encouraged me, and so I cultivated diligently for a short time before I became slack again. When I met another practitioner again, I cultivated diligently for some time and then became slack again. I cultivated on and off. I didn’t keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification. I knew I was far behind.

One day in my dream I found myself lost and couldn’t find the way home. I realized that I didn’t study the Fa, or practice the exercises, and didn’t do the three things, I was lost in everyday society. How could I possibly find the way to my original home? Master gave me the hint in my dream that I must cultivate seriously.

The third day after I had this dream, my cousin Lan whom I hadn’t contacted for a long time came to visit me with another practitioner. She bought all the equipment, including stapler and staples, for making truth clarification materials after she learned about the situation in my area. At that time I hadn’t even seen a computer before, and even less did I know how to use it. Lan taught me from the very basics. I couldn’t even find the cursor. They taught me patiently until I could run my own material-production site. I learned seriously. Whenever I thanked them, they always said, “This is Master’s arrangement. We should thank Master.”

Thank you, Master, for your compassionate arrangement and for not giving up on me! Thank you, practitioners, for your selfless help!

Cultivating Genuinely and Fulfilling My Prehistoric Vow

I could read the sharing articles on Minghui website after I got a computer. I saw the gaps in my cultivation compared to fellow practitioners. I regretted that I had wasted so much precious time. I realized that the reason I had become slack was that I didn’t study the Fa a lot and didn’t understand the Fa rationally, but rather understood the Fa emotionally on the level of thanking Master for curing my illnesses. By studying the Fa constantly, I realized that studying the Fa well and cultivating myself well was the foundation for clarifying the truth to people, and saving them was my prehistoric vow.

I initially gave out the truth-clarification materials in nearby villages with other practitioners on foot or by bicycle. We later used a motorcycle to travel to villages that were further away. Finally, when a practitioner had a car, three of us distributed materials in the villages as far as 30 miles away. Thanks to Master’s arrangement and protection, other practitioners always came to help when we needed it. We cooperated well and saved the sentient beings in our areas. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit our area, five of us clarified the truth in person to almost all the people in the villages under our municipal area. Many of them learned the truth and were saved. Though there have been a lot of natural disasters in recent years, the villages near us were not affected. People in those villages were blessed after they learned the truth. The practitioners and people there should thank Master for his compassion and salvation.

While clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings, I was just like the monks who wander around the world and come across all sorts of people and things. When I just stepped out to clarify the truth to people face-to-face, many of my attachments, human attachments, and notions were exposed. I needed to let them go. I’d like to share some of the stories here.

Overcoming My Fear of Dogs

I had been afraid of dogs since I was a child. I didn’t dare to go out at night. One night a chained dog jumped toward me so hard that it pulled the stake that it was tied to out of the ground. It forced me against a wall. I was so scared that I cried. But it didn’t bite me.

On another occasion, I visited a home. When the door was open, a big black dog rushed out. I bent over and extended my hand out to push it away. My thumb accidentally went in the dog’s mouth, but it didn’t bite my thumb. I was so scared that I cried.

One quiet night I went to see a practitioner by myself. Three big wolf-like dogs barked at me and then ran in a row madly toward me. I didn’t have time to have fear. I looked back at them calmly. The three dogs seemed to understand my order and ran away. Four Chinese words flashed through my mind at that moment–Divine eyes flash like lightning. Master protects me all the time and helped me get rid of fear. I was not afraid of dogs after that incident.

My cousin has a big black dog. It barked at my husband fiercely and tried to bite him every time we went there. But it wagged its tail at me. Everyone felt that it was strange. When I let go of fearing dogs, my attachments and notions, and had compassion, dogs have not intimidated when I have been out clarifying the truth to people. It is indeed that every being has consciousness.

Letting Go of Fear of Losing Face

I don’t like to be criticized or to lose face. I like to hear pleasant words about me. One day I came across an elderly man with a healthy and hearty look in a village. This was the first household that I was going to clarify the truth to. He said that I was against the CCP just after I had started a conversation with him. He cursed at me loudly and didn’t allow me to talk. He said that he was the former Party secretary in the village. His daughter-in-law apologized to me and said that he was not in a good spirits and asked me to forgive him. I felt uncomfortable in my heart and was almost in tears after I left his home. I tried to change my mentality. On a second thought, he was helping me get rid of my attachments and improve my xinxing. I’d better thank him. After having this thought I didn’t feel any grievance. I became calm and compassionate.

Clarifying the Truth to Large Groups of People

I was afraid of clarifying the truth to many people at once. I often came across a lot of people in the village during winter when there was not much work in the field. Villagers played Mahjong with many onlookers or were gossiping while sitting on the heated benches. One day a woman told me that there were many people in front of the shop in the village after I clarified the truth to her. She said she would lead me there. I was really afraid at that moment. But I asked myself why I had gone there and made up my mind to follow her. I pleaded with Master to strengthen me and give me wisdom. As a result, I felt I was clear-minded when I was talking to them. Eight people agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I was pushed into playing the main role in clarifying the truth to people. Master protected me and trained me, and gave me opportunities to establish my own mighty virtue.

I’ve had no fear of being in front of many people since then. I could clarify the truth to many people calmly and they listened to me quietly and politely. On one occasion I clarified the truth to 12 people. The male house owner invited me to sit on a chair and told the rest of the people in the house to listen to me quietly. No one talked. All of them listened to me attentively. All of them agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations using aliases. Master arranged everything for me. Everything was done by Master.

Sentient Beings Become Friendly

As I let go of my human attachments and notions, I found that sentient beings became friendly. Be it male, female, elderly, or young people, I could talk to them without any problems. One day near the Chinese New Year, I went to clarify the truth in a village. It happened to be a market day. There were lots of people in the market. Four practitioners gave out desk calendars and New Year posters and clarified the truth to people at the same time. They listened to us happily without any fear as if they had never heard of the persecution of Falun Dafa. I convinced more than 50 people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The other practitioners also had more people quit the CCP on that day than they normally did.

Master Takes Care of Me All the Time

Master takes care of me at all times and that was illustrated for me during a small incident. One winter day I felt thirsty after I talked to many people about Falun Dafa and the persecution. I didn’t have any money with me and couldn’t buy anything to drink or water. I came to a small mud cottage. As soon as I went into it, a beautiful lady in her forties handed me a white cup of water and said, “You must be very thirsty. Please have a drink.” I was really thirsty and thanked her. She asked me to come into the room. Her classmate was also there. We talked like old friends. They sang songs for me. I also sang a Falun Dafa song for them. They were very happy and videotaped it. They said they would keep it as a souvenir. They listened to me willingly and quit the CCP genuinely. They were saved. I left there happily.

There have been many touching stories while we were clarifying the truth to people. I and the worldly people thank Master for his saving grace!

Final Remarks

Master saved me when I was very sick at the age of 28. My life has been forged by Falun Dafa during my cultivation. I am so lucky to have become one of the countless beneficiaries who have benefited from practicing Falun Dafa. Every person in this world has such an opportunity to be saved and to obtain the Fa. But many people have listened to the CCP’s lies or become lost in this world of fame, personal interest, and emotion. They don’t know the real purpose of coming to this earth. Some have already lost or will lose the opportunity to be saved. But the Fa rectification hasn’t ended. I really hope that I, fellow practitioners, and the worldly people will treasure this precious opportunity, perform well, and discern good and bad. We are lucky enough to have human bodies in this lifetime and to have come across Master who spreads the Fa and saves sentient beings in this world. We will never have such an opportunity again. Master is forging our lives. If we miss this opportunity, we will forever regret it.

Thank you, Master!Thank you, fellow practitioners!