(Clearwisdom.net) My friend in Tongliang County, Chongqing City told me the following amazing story:

Several years ago a woman in her 80s was involved in a car accident. The doctor felt that the woman would remain paralyzed as a result of injuries sustained in the accident. Her daughter-in-law did not want to care for this seriously ill woman at home, and so placed her in a nursing care facility. Several days after the elderly lady left her home, she miraculously recovered through practicing Falun Dafa. Her daughter-in-law and neighbors were surprised and shocked when she was able to return home! They spread the news of her amazing recovery everywhere. I asked my friend if I might visit this elderly woman just out of curiosity.

The elderly lady warmheartedly invited us into her home for tea. This woman did not appear to be any different from others her age, except that she was slender, walked lightly, and spoke very clearly. I asked her age and she said with a gesture, "I am 86." I inquired about her traffic accident. She was immediately full of energy and said with a smile, "It was so miraculous!" Then she began telling her story.

One morning in May 1996, she and her husband were taking a leisurely walk in Fengshan Park. They saw a group of people quietly meditating. The elderly couple both felt a strong energy field around these people, so they were interested and started doing the sitting meditation just like the others. They later started to practice Falun Dafa.

Through practice, the elderly couple experienced their diseases vanishing very quickly. They felt happier and more pleasant than ever and they lived a better life. However, their good times didn't last too long. In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led by Jiang Zemin, launched the brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. At that time, her spouse was frightened and confused by the rumors spread on television, so he gave up the practice. However, the elderly lady did not give up. She said, "I know that the CCP spread rumors in the past about other movements, so I didn't believe what they said about Falun Dafa."

The woman's spouse gave up the practice and returned to living a regular life. In June 2000, he became sick and checked into a hospital. After undergoing a variety of treatments, nothing worked, so he finally thought about Falun Dafa and the joyful days during his cultivation. He said sadly, "Practicing Falun Dafa is so good!" Before he could start to cultivate once again, however, he left this world with great regrets. The death of her spouse made the woman very sad, but actually increased her determination to practice Dafa. Her daughter-in-law was afraid of being persecuted by the CCP, so she strongly opposed her practice. One day when the elderly lady was reading the Falun Dafa book, Zhuan Falun, her daughter-in-law ran over and tried to grab the book from her and throw it away. The woman firmly told her, "No one can stop me from cultivating. If you want to throw this book away then you should throw me away as well!" Her son saw this and immediately stopped his wife. He said, “As long as mother has a healthy body, let it be." Thus the woman kept practicing Dafa.

During the winter of 2008, the elderly woman visited her daughter's house in Bishan City. Her son drove her back to Tongliang City and drank too much alcohol along the way. While driving he was suddenly blinded by lights and had a car accident. At the time the elderly lady did not feel anything abnormal. Her son drove the car to the hospital and when she was lifted out from the back seat it was apparent that she was bleeding and had been badly hurt. Only then did the woman realize the seriousness of the accident.

During the examination, the doctor found a large wound at the back of her head, and the vertebra in her neck were damaged. She was immediately prepared for major surgery. As soon as this lady heard that she needed to have major surgery, she thought, “I am a Dafa practitioner and Dafa is boundless, therefore I do not need to undergo any surgery.” She then requested to leave the hospital immediately. Her son could not do anything to change her mind, so he checked her out of the hospital as she requested. The doctor predicted that she would certainly end up paralyzed.

As soon as the elderly woman and her son arrived home, her daughter-in-law made a big fuss about the situation and would not allow her mother-in-law to stay in her house any longer. She was not willing to take care of the paralyzed older lady. Therefore, the lady decided to return to her hometown of Bishan City. She believed in Dafa firmly and simply did not think that a practitioner would become paralyzed.

Several days later she called her son and said that she was completely healed and needed him to pick her up. The lady exclaimed, "It is so miraculous, Dafa is so miraculous. My son and his wife were so surprised when they saw me. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, it would have been absolutely impossible for them to believe that this miracle had actually happened."

After she paused for a while, the elderly lady said very proudly, "Two years have passed and not only was I not paralyzed, but I also don't need to be taken care of by anyone else. After my son and his wife leave for work each day, I stay home, cook the meals, and do some laundry for them. I don't take any medicine, yet I am very healthy, with a bright and positive outlook. My family members now treat me quite well and they are all supportive of my cultivation of Falun Dafa."

During the conversation, the woman showed her sincere respect to the Teacher of Falun Dafa. She reported that Dafa miraculously saved her from big disasters on many occasions, so her appreciation of Teacher Li Hongzhi could not be described in words alone!

In fact, ever since Falun Dafa spread throughout China, these kinds of amazing events have happened everywhere! Perhaps this is one of the reasons that no matter how harsh the persecution is, the practice of Falun Dafa remains strong.