By Believing in Falun Dafa, My Family Members Are Blessed

(Minghui.org) I am a retired executive from a state-owned enterprise, and my husband is a retired section-level official. I used to suffer from a multitude of ailments, including herniated cervical and lumbar discs, bone spurs, chronic colitis, heart disease, insomnia, sinusitis, edema, and chronic constipation. My blood cell counts were less than half the normal levels. Every month I had to request reimbursement for hundreds of yuan in medical expenses.

My Body Cleansed and My Character Improved

On March 25, 1993, I had the privilege of attending a lecture by Master Li Hongzhi. As soon as I arrived home afterward, I threw all my medications, both Western and Chinese, into the trash can. I also burned all the materials from different sham Qigong I had learned in the past.

My husband and I attended a 10-day Falun Dafa workshop Master held in our area. On the last day of the workshop, just before Master left, over 40 attendees, myself included, waited outside the auditorium, hoping for one last glimpse of him.

As Master approached, I shouted, “Goodbye, Teacher Li!” Master stopped, looked up, and fixed his gaze on me. After scrutinizing me from head to toe, Master said, “Practice well.”

I felt a wave of warmth course through my entire body. I was so overwhelmed with emotion that I was unable to utter a word. With tears in my eyes, I watched Master walk away.

Thirty-two years have passed since then, yet it feels as though it happened only yesterday.

After I started practicing Falun Dafa, all of my ailments vanished into thin air. I have not had the need to visit a doctor or take any medication. Bathed in the light of Dafa, my body and mind are healthy, and my family life is harmonious. My husband also has been free from medical expenses. He used to have severe bronchitis like the rest of his family, and this condition, too, disappeared.

I am now over 80, my hearing remains sharp, and my vision is clear. Back in my 40s, I wore strong reading glasses. Within two months of practicing Falun Dafa, I no longer needed them. To this day, I can read even the smallest print clearly without glasses. I walk at a brisk pace, and people who meet me usually say I look much younger than my actual age. All these blessings were bestowed upon me by Master and Dafa!

Validating Dafa Without Fear

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to slander Falun Dafa and launched the persecution in July 1999, practitioners went from individual cultivation to Fa-rectification period cultivation. Safeguarding Dafa, validating Dafa, clarifying the truth, and saving people is now our sacred mission.

On December 22, 1999, I went to Beijing to protest the persecution of Dafa. I was arrested on the train and taken to a municipal women’s reformatory, where more than 100 Dafa practitioners were detained at the time, along with more than 400 other inmates such as drug offenders and thieves. On Christmas Eve, all of the practitioners gathered in the open-air square to participate in the global group exercises held from 7 to 9 pm.. The reformatory officers were intimidated. They brought inmates to beat and drag most of the practitioners back to their rooms and lock them up. In the end, 17 practitioners remained on the square and continued to do the exercises. I was one of them.

They had several inmates gang up on every single practitioner, stripping off our outer garments, shoes, and socks—leaving us in only our underwear—before forcing us to sit on the cold concrete floor with our legs stretched out and bound with rope and our hands tied behind our backs. After about three hours, the doctor there said, “You’ve been freezing for hours now. If you keep it up, you’ll suffer permanent damage to your kidneys, heart, and lower back.”

The officers, shivering in their insulated coats and trousers, told us to go inside. “We want to do the exercises!” we said in unison.

Finally, an administrator arrived and said, “You’ve been freezing out here for three hours. Go back to your rooms. From now on, I won’t prevent you from doing whatever you want.”

It was the very depths of winter, the coldest stretch of the year. Yet, not a single one of us fell ill afterward. This incident caused a sensation throughout the entire reformatory. Everyone went around saying that we must be immortals. Many asked us about Falun Dafa and wanted to learn it. Many inmates asked practitioners for their contact details and said they would come to learn Falun Dafa after they were released.

When I was leaving the reformatory, an officer shook my hand and said, “Next time, I will not detain you people anymore.” I said, “We shouldn’t have been detained this time. After all, we are all good people.” He kept nodding and repeating, “yes.”

I headed to Beijing three times to appeal for Dafa, but each time I was detained enroute. Before the last trip, I bought 17 train tickets to Beijing and hand delivered one to each practitioner who planned to go to Beijing. Nine of us, including myself, were arrested at the train station entrance.

The police demanded to know who the leader was, so they took us to a facility to verify our fingerprints. Miraculously, not a single train ticket that had passed through my hands bore my fingerprints. I was so grateful for Master’s protection!

I was taken to a brainwashing center and detained for 18 months. I thought, “Since I won’t be able to make it to Beijing this time, then let me save people at this brainwashing center.“

Usually, every practitioner was closely watched by two assigned inmates. Somehow, they assigned three to watch me and rotated them frequently. I treated them with kindness, and they were friendly toward me as well. They agreed with what I told them about Dafa and did not stop me from studying the Fa or doing the exercises. Some of them even wanted to learn the sitting meditation.

A detained practitioner once asked me to clarify the truth to the newly transferred head of the brainwashing center. That person was vicious and refused to listen the truth about Dafa. I thought, “I must help save him. If he doesn’t know the truth, he will participate in the persecution and commit more crimes, and the result will be very bad for him.” So I went to his office. Before I even entered, he started yelling at me, trying to intimidate me. I remained unmoved and went in anyway. He tried to lay down many rules for me, forbidding me from doing this and that, otherwise he would insult Dafa’s Master.

I truly felt pity for him. I looked at him with compassion and, in a calm and gentle tone, said, “We are good people who try to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Falun Dafa is high level Buddha Fa. As the old saying goes, simply offering a meal to a spiritual practitioner is an act of immeasurable merit.” I talked about the changes in my body and mind after practicing Dafa, and he calmed down.

“Heaven is watching what people do,” I continued. “Those who persecute Dafa practitioners will suffer retribution; it’s god’s will.” He understood and shook my hand. I advised him to change jobs and not to participate in persecuting Dafa practitioners. He nodded. Before long, he really was transferred to a different job.

Another staff member in the brainwashing center was also fierce, and many were afraid of him. One day, I saw him standing there alone, so I rushed over and told him a few short stories about karma and reincarnation and good being rewarded and evil being punished. He became very kind and receptive and said, “I know you are all good people. The CCP is afraid of talent; they only want lackeys.” I said that he had brains, wished him good luck, and advised him to look for an opportunity to switch jobs. He replied that he, too, was hoping to transfer to a different facility.

Family Members Supported Dafa and Were Blessed

My son and daughter-in-law did not practice Dafa, but after witnessing the benefits I had gained from the practice, they supported me and even helped me make and deliver Dafa truth-clarification materials. My daughter-in-law often helped organize the materials for me. My son helped to deliver Dafa books and truth materials to practitioners in another province.

Once, five police officers knocked on our door. My son opened it but refused to let them in.

Another time, the police were searching for me after I organized a cultivation experience sharing, which included several practitioners from outside of China. They even put me on an online “wanted” list. Two police officers from the First Division of the local public security bureau brought handcuffs to my daughter-in-law’s parents’ home, looking for me.

When my son learned this, he went straight to the head of the First Division and said: “In broad daylight, you barged into a private home carrying instruments of torture to persecute innocent citizens! My parents got healthy by practicing Falun Dafa. Think of how much they’ve saved the country in medical costs, and it has benefited us, too. We used to have to take them to the hospital every few days. Now they are healthy, and we no longer have to worry about them. And they even help us with housework and looking after our kid. What crime, exactly, have they committed?”

The division head quickly said, “Alright, alright. We’ll be more careful from now on.” After that, the police rarely paid us a visit.

My daughter-in-law is a section-level official. Once, while driving on the highway with her son, they collided with another car. Both cars were damaged, but fortunately, no one in either car sustained any injuries. Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, protected them! Their son is currently studying at a prestigious university in Toronto. He is blessed by Dafa. Our family is so grateful to Master!

My daughter and my son-in-law used to practice Dafa. Although they stopped after the persecution began, they know Dafa is good and supported my practice. Master blessed them as well. My son-in-law serves as a district-level official and departmental head, while my daughter is an electrical engineer. Both have enjoyed rewarding careers and excellent health. Their son studied abroad where he earned a PhD, established a career, and started a family of his own. He’s having a fulfilling life and enjoying a happy family in the United States.

Dafa has also blessed my eldest brother’s family. My eldest brother has five sons and a daughter. All of them are married. His first, second, and fifth daughters-in-law all practice Dafa, as well as the third son and his wife. All of them have excellent jobs—some are in business, some work at design institutes, and others work at the municipal judiciary. His fourth son served as the village head for several years, during the time he was protecting Dafa practitioners in the village and made sure the local Fa study group was never disturbed. His family members have also been blessed with successful careers and happy families.

My eldest brother’s daughter and son-in-law are Dafa practitioners. The son-in-law is a local Dafa group coordinator. They have houses in both the city and countryside. Their children all have great careers. Dafa brought boundless good fortune and blessings to my eldest brother’s extended family.

My third brother’s daughter-in-law once had a brain tumor. She got frequent headaches, became disoriented, and even failed to recognize people. Since I lived in the provincial capital, my nephew (my third brother’s son) brought his wife to my home, and I went with them to seek medical attention. The doctor said that she needed to have the tumor removed immediately, but there was no guarantee the surgery would be successful.

By then, I had been practicing Dafa for several years. I advised them not to waste their money, because surgery was no guarantee. I played Master’s lecture recordings for her, and they learned the Dafa exercises. Only a few days later, her headaches ceased and she was no longer disoriented. “Falun Dafa is amazing!” said my nephew.

After they returned home, my nephew’s wife was able to work and live a normal life again. This news spread quickly throughout the village and beyond. Many villagers wanted to learn Falun Dafa. My nephew had a practice site at his home, and he also helped to set up a dozen practice sites across the region. After the CCP began the persecution, my nephew was arrested many times.

In August 2002, my nephew was arrested again. On the day of his arrest, the police beat him to death. He was only 32, leaving his wife and 10-year-old son behind.

Master has been watching over my nephew’s wife and son. She has not had any issues with her head for over 30 years. She has been working at a nursing home in the city. After completing college, their son became a well-paid engineer. Both of them understand that Dafa has blessed them.

During the COVID pandemic, countless people lost their lives. Yet our entire extended family was safe—not a single one of us ever tested positive.

In 1998, before the persecution began, Qiao Shi, a former member of the National People’s Congress, and Wu Shaozu, an official from China’s National Sports Commission, along with other high-ranking officials and medical professionals, conducted surveys on the effects of Falun Gong in Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, and elsewhere. There were nearly 35,000 participants, 98% of whom reported improved health after practicing Falun Gong. Their conclusion was: “Falun Gong benefits our nation and people in many ways while causing no harm.” Dafa benefited practitioners both physically and mentally and benefited the nation and society as well!

I hope more people will get to know Falun Dafa and to know that Master is here to save sentient beings. I hope people will withdraw from the CCP’s organizations they joined so that they will be able to overcome the greatest tribulations as the cosmos renews and we enter into a glorious new era.

Thank you, Master, for your compassionate salvation!