“How Do You Manage to Be So Energetic, Optimistic, and Healthy Every Day?”

(Minghui.org) The other day, a retired official who lives in my apartment building said to me, “I followed you as you walked along the river to the park. You walked so quickly, I couldn't keep up. I just wanted to ask you how you manage to be so energetic, optimistic, and healthy all the time?”

I told him, “I used to have bone tuberculosis (TB) and underwent major surgery. The hospital classified me as having a Level 2 disability. Since practicing Falun Gong, all my illnesses have disappeared. Falun Gong is truly wonderful. Don't believe the lies spread by the Communist Party.” He nodded in agreement and said, “The Communist Party has completely corrupted this society.” He also asked me to help him find a copy of the precious book Zhuan Falun.

I am 86 years old, in good health, full of energy, and worry-free. To be clear, it's not that I don't encounter troubles, but when conflicts arise, I remind myself that I practice the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance. I look within to see which of my thoughts lack kindness, and I strive to treat everyone with compassion. Thus, the conflicts are quickly resolved.

I have been practicing Falun Gong for 30 years, and it is has given me a new life. To have obtained Dafa in this lifetime is truly a great blessing. My gratitude to Master is beyond words.

Bone TB Cured

When I was young, I worked as a sales clerk at the Yongshan Store in this city. The pressures of life affected my health, leading to bone TB, lumbar osteoarthritis, hepatitis B, glaucoma, rheumatism, and gynecological problems.

In 1988, the tuberculosis in my bones worsened, and doctors discovered that the bones in my spine were riddled with holes. During surgery, two ribs were removed from the lower left side of my back, creating a large cavity and causing my spine to curve. Doctors drained pus and blood from my right thigh, which was extremely painful. They considered me to have a second-degree disability.

In the summer of 1995, a coworker told me about a practice called Falun Gong that was highly effective at healing illnesses and promoting overall health. People practiced it in the park. I decided to visit each park individually. The next morning, I went to a park and saw people sitting in meditation, their faces serene. I closed my eyes and sat down beside them. After they finished their practice, a volunteer instructor noticed I wanted to learn and kindly said, “Come back tomorrow morning, and I'll teach you.”

The next morning at three o'clock, I eagerly arrived at the park to learn the exercises. Once I learned them, I did them along with the practitioners. I learned that Falun Gong also had a book, so I wanted to read it. In 1995, Zhuan Falun was hard to find in our area, so everyone just listened to the instructors read it aloud. The more I listened, the more I enjoyed it. I learned why people get sick and realized that we should aim to be good people. Later, the instructor showed videos of Master Li’s lectures, a total of nine sessions. I arrived early each day and waited patiently for a video to be shown.

While watching the seventh lecture, I felt pain in my right leg and assumed it was caused by sitting near the window and catching a draft. Then, my celestial vision saw a tube as thin as a finger moving in and out of my right thigh, extracting something. Each time it moved, my leg briefly ached, and after five or six such movements, the pain disappeared.

I was so moved that I cried, thinking, “I have never met Master, and I have never given Master a single penny, yet he has purified my body.” Soon after, I noticed that the sunken area of my lower back had filled out, my spine had straightened, and all the illnesses I previously suffered from had disappeared.

Attended Asian Sports Festival

In 1998, the Asian Sports Festival opened in Shenyang, and Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate. Each day, practitioners gathered at the Industrial Exhibition Hall to do their morning exercises. There were no buses early in the morning, so I walked from home, which took nearly two hours, but I didn't feel tired. This was something I couldn't have imagined before.

That morning, tens of thousands of people participated in the exercises. The scene was peaceful and tranquil, and the energy field was powerful during the exercises. People doing other exercises [not Falun Gong exercises] early in the morning gathered around the exhibition hall to watch, and vehicles on the overpass slowed down as drivers also watched the spectacular scene.

When the group exercise session ended, vendors selling cigarettes and bottled water in the square in front of the exhibition hall were talking about what they had seen, “Who are these people? They are so well-behaved, they didn't leave a single piece of trash on the ground.” “It's strange, I didn't sell a single pack of cigarettes today.” “They are Falun Gong practitioners; they don't have any bad habits.”

Police Chief’s Kind Action

In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its persecution of Falun Gong. The media relentlessly vilified and slandered Falun Gong every day, as if reliving the Cultural Revolution.

On July 10, 2000, I purchased a train ticket and arrived in Beijing on July 13 to petition the government and clarify the truth about Falun Gong. However, there was no real way to petition anyone, and the petition office had become a place where people were arrested. All I could do was join fellow practitioners at Tiananmen Square to hold banners and shout, “Falun Dafa is good! Clear our Master's name!”

I was arrested and taken to a local police station in Beijing. I told the police officers at the station about my previous major surgery to remove two ribs due to bone TB, and how I had fully recovered after practicing Falun Gong.

I showed the station chief the area where the ribs had been removed and told him, “Our Master teaches us to be good people, to be even better people, by following the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance, and to cultivate virtue and do good deeds. The Communist Party has been spreading lies about Falun Gong on TV, inciting hatred among people.” The chief said, “I know, I know.”

I told him, “My Master purifies the bodies of those who truly practice Falun Gong, and teaches us to consider others when we act. Yet we have suffered such great injustices. That's why I must tell people the truth.”

The chief said, “Lady, come with me.” He led me to the door, raised his hand and said, “You can go now. Follow this road.” I followed the road and walked out of the police station gate.

A Cultivator’s Mission is Saving People

I go out almost every day to raise people’s awareness about the persecution and tell them about the goodness of Falun Gong.

From 2000 to 2009, I was arrested three times. Each time, I relied on my firm belief in Dafa and looked within to identify my attachments, and was released from the detention center within a month. I knew Master was protecting me, bearing the karmic debt for his disciples, and minimizing our tribulations.

Master always enlightened me before each of my arrests, but I didn’t realize it at the time. If I had cultivated better and eliminated my attachments, the persecution would have been completely resolved. Since 2009, I haven't encountered persecution. Whenever I visit the police station, I talk about Falun Gong with the officers, and none of them oppose Dafa.

Nowadays, more and more people around me are becoming aware of the truth. Many recognize me, and some even approach me to request informational materials, asking, “Do you have any new Falun Gong flyers?”

A young deliveryman once asked me, “Granny, I always see you on the street. What are you doing out here every day?” I replied, “Saving people.” I told him the facts about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. He understood and asked me to help him withdraw from the Communist Party and the Communist Youth League. He also took some flyers and said he would read them at home.

There are also people who still don't know the facts. Late that day, I met a young man who said, “Old lady, it's so dark, and you're still doing this? Why don't you go home?” I kindly replied, "It's so dark, and you haven't gone home either. We met by chance, maybe it's fate. Take a look at this flyer, it won't cost you anything.” The young man hesitated for a moment and said, “Okay, auntie, give me one.”

One summer day two years ago, after I finished talking with people about Falun Gong and returned home, I went out onto the balcony to eat some melon. I saw two police officers looking up at me from below. They said, “Auntie, open the door for us in a minute.” I saw that they were new, young officers whom I didn't recognize, so I quickly opened the door for them, intending to tell them the truth.

They refused to come inside and stood at the door, saying, "There's nothing wrong. We're just doing our routine check because that’s our job.” I told them the truth about Falun Gong, and they said they understood. I said, “At critical moments, remember to recite the auspicious phrases, ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good.’ You will receive divine protection.” They replied, “We'll remember. Thank you, Auntie.” They haven’t returned since then.

May all kind people come to understand the truth about Falun Gong and enjoy a bright future.