My name is Shi Guirong and I am 32 years old. My family lives on Shanqian Street, in the Longtan District. In September 1998, by a predestined opportunity I was fortunate enough to obtain Falun Dafa. After I obtained the Fa [law and principles], I experienced amazing changes in my health and eliminated the torment of illnesses. Dafa is what gives me the courage to live on. I have made a firm determination that I will cultivate Dafa throughout my entire life.

Since my childhood I have been weak and have suffered from many illnesses. I once had problems with heart palpitations as a result of being angry or frightened which caused an accelerated heart beat, even to the point of going into shock. I did not have the strength for daily work and I always felt congestion in my chest, as if I was suffocating. After I got married I became infected with the hepatitis-B virus from a blood transfusion, and I always had abdominal pain and nausea. I felt aches all over my body, and it seemed that my back was under the weight of a large rock. Suffering from all these illnesses, I was always in a bad mood. Hitting my son and scolding my husband had become my routine. Regardless of what my husband said to me, I did not have a pleasant response. I even got angry with my parents, often for no reason. This went on day after day, year after year, and my health gradually deteriorated further. I suffered from coronary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, skin disorders caused by nervousness, blood diseases, etc., one after another. My hepatitis-B enzyme tests in particular showed a reading of AST/SGOT, ALT/SGPT reaching as high as 200+, and my hepatitis-B examination results showed three positive readings. My liver problem degenerated to the verge of liver cirrhosis. In March of 1998 my illnesses were aggravated further. My liver had swelling, and sometimes I experienced dropsy as a result of my liver disfunction. A doctor told me that my illnesses were dangerous and to cure them would be very difficult.

After listening to the doctor's words I thought that since I had suffered from the illnesses for so many years, I did not want to suffer any longer. I wanted to end my life to end the suffering.

My husband became alert to my depressed state of mind, and he did not go to work, but spent time with me all day long, every day. With earnest advice from my family members and with the doctor's requests, I agreed to be hospitalized, accepting a series of combined therapies from Chinese medicine, Western medicine, laser treatment, cold treatments, and others. Every day I had to eat a big bowl of Chinese herbal medicine soup, take a handful of Western medicine pills, and take quite a few intravenous and intramuscular injections. The treatment lasted over three months and cost nearly ten thousand Yuan (1). And yet, my condition was still not stable. When my condition seemingly improved, if I stopped taking medicine for two or three days, my illnesses would recur, and each time the symptoms got worse. My hepatitis-B enzyme AST/SGOT, ALT/SGPT tests stayed above 100. Facing this kind of situation, I lost confidence with the treatment and became more dejected. Without any other choice, my husband bought the medicines and brought them home. He urged me patiently every day to take the medicine and have the injections, but mentally I was actually waiting and prepared for my imminent death.

One evening after six o'clock I ran into my neighbor as he was going to watch Master Li's Fa lecture video tape. Even though I had lost all enthusiasm for life, without a second thought, I also expressed an interest in watching the videotape. I put on my slippers, and without telling my family, I went with him to watch the videotape of Master Li's Fa lecture in Dalian. To be honest, at the time I did not really understand what Master Li was talking about. But I liked watching it, I felt peace in my mind, and my body felt very comfortable. Without realizing it the time had gone past nine o'clock in the evening. I had never been able to sit that long! After I got home I learned that my family had been frantically looking for me. My husband was genuinely worried about me and he reprimanded me upon my return. If this had happened in the past, I would have been "looking for trouble" even if he had not been angry, but this time I did not get angry. Instead, I smiled and told him that I wanted to learn to practice Falun Dafa.

The second morning, while I was still in deep sleep, I felt that someone was knocking on my window to wake me up. I woke up, and when I checked the clock it was 5:10 a.m. I then threw on some clothes and walked to the practice site. Just like that, by my own choice, I began to practice Falun Dafa.

When I had just started practicing Falun Dafa, I had hard time waking up in the morning. Every day, I dreamed that someone was knocking on my window to wake me up. Afterwards I realized that it was Master Li's law body calling me. Because I had not learned the principles of Falun Dafa well, I was still taking injections and medicine. Master Li's law body tried to make me evaluate this again and again. With fellow practitioners' help I paid attention to learning the Falun Dafa principles better and I came to understand that illnesses were the result of the karma I accumulated lifetime after lifetime, and that I was eliminating that karma. I then disposed of the medicine when I realized I didn't need them anymore.

Only two weeks after I started to practice Falun Dafa, I was shown boundless miracles. My body felt relieved. I lifted my head and it felt like I had unlimited strength! My moral character also rose to a higher level. I had realized that for so many years that it was my husband who had been taking care of me. After working all day long he also had to do the housework and deliver and pick up our child. I felt I was not fulfilling my responsibility as a wife and mother. I thought I should now compensate him by making a strong effort to take care of the household chores. So I did a good general cleaning of my home and I organized my home inside and out. It was really clean and organized. I delivered and picked up our child, did the grocery shopping, and cooked the meals. My husband saw this and got scared. He kept insisting that I take it easy and not get too tired. My neighbors were also very surprised. They had never seen me so active. I now experienced a what it was like to have body without any illness, and I found the true meaning of life.

In order to verify these miracles, at my husband's suggestion, two months after I started to practice Falun Dafa I went to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. Before the examination my husband told me, "If your illnesses are gone, I will write a letter of commendation to Falun Dafa's founder [Master Li Hongzhi]." I said, "I am a true Falun Dafa practitioner, and Master Li purified my body. I am certainly completely well. You can help me to introduce Falun Dafa to other people."

The examination test results showed that my liver AST/SGOT, ALT/SGPT enzyme test, which had never been lower, even after such a long period of medical treatment, came out normal! My liver function was normal, and test results for the three symptoms I was tested for were negative. That signified that my liver problem, which no medical treatment could cure, even after such a long time, was cured. My coronary disease, blood disease, and rheumatoid arthritis also concurrently miraculously disappeared. The miracles of Dafa truly unfolded in front of people. I was moved, with tears filling my eyes.

Now, my body is agile and I am full of energy. My mind is also filled with compassion. Everyone in my whole family says that I have changed and become a different person. My mother, my sister-in-law, my younger sister, all of them saw my miraculous changes and they all walked onto the path of Dafa cultivation.

I know that the cultivation path ahead of me is still very long. I have to eliminate the karma I accumulated lifetime after lifetime. I will have to experience many tribulations during my cultivation, but I have made my determined vow to keep practicing Falun Dafa. Master Li gave me a new life. No matter what I shall encounter, I will keep practicing Falun Dafa, with firm steps moving forward until I reach completion in my path of cultivation.

Notes:

(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.