(Minghui.org) In 1960 I attended Artillery Engineering College of the PLA Military Engineering Institute, and stayed on to teach after graduation. In the late 1970s, I was transferred to a military region, where I engaged in technical work until I retired. My title was Deputy Division Officer, Senior Engineer, technical level 6. I did very well at my job.
In the seventies, I started practicing Tai Chi for good health and longevity. This is not unusual in the armed forces. Because current science and technology and medical treatment are still very limited, they are unable to unravel the mysteries of life let alone the problems of birth, age, sickness, and death.
By the end of the 1980s, qigong had gradually grown popular; so I became interested in qigong. But what people practiced in the parks were mostly qigongs for healing diseases. A colleague of mine said, “I saw an old lady practicing qigong. She was able to levitate from her bed.” I asked, “How is that possible? If there was no reaction force, where could she create her force from? Isn't it against Newton's law? All middle school students know this.” But a lot of people saw her levitate—it's also a fact!
Of all qigong practices, I imagined, there must be some higher science that ordinary people couldn't understand. Therefore, in the early part of 1990s I successively learned quite a few qigongs and also spent quite a bit of money. These qigongs talked about supernormal abilities, healing illnesses, and messages, but not about the “real things” that I wanted to know about.
In April 1996, a friend told me about how great Falun Gong was. One day, I saw Zhuan Falun in a bookstall—I imagined it was there just for me. I went home and read the book straight through. I found that the content of the book was unprecedented without compare. After reading the book, I came to understand that the true purpose of life is to return to one's own true-self.
On April 29, 1996, an unforgettable day, after I watched Master's Fa-teaching on video, I felt like I had awoken from a dream! I came to finally understand the puzzling problems in my life from day one. After watching all of the nine-day lectures, I started going to the practice site, and officially became a Falun Gong practitioner.
Falun Gong is different from other qigong practices and doesn't require people to spend a penny. It only requires practitioners to become good people based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. Since I feel that Falun Gong is so good, I have been carrying an mp3 player to the park for fellow practitioners and to do the exercises together. In the period before Jiang Zemin's persecution, all of us did Falun Gong morning exercises in an orderly manner and read Falun Gong books, becoming virtuous and healthy people at work and in daily life.
In the beginning of Zhuan Falun, “LUNYU” states,
"The Buddha Fa" is most profound; among all the theories in the world, it is the most intricate and extraordinary science. In order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional thinking. Otherwise, the truth of the universe will forever remain a mystery to humankind, and everyday people will forever crawl within the boundary delimited by their own ignorance.” (Zhuan Falun, Internet Version, Third Translation Edition, Updated in March, 2000. USA)
I came to comprehend that this supernormal science wouldn't be experienced and touched until you have practiced it, experienced it, and have done thorough cultivation. The following are some of my experiences.
Early one morning, at about four o'clock, on June 12, 1996, I rode my bike to the park to do the exercises. When crossing a wide road, I looked to my left, and saw in the distance a light slowly driving towards me, but I kept going and didn't pay it much attention. A minute later, as I turned my head to look, a headlight smacked into me, the motorcycle rider's helmet hit my head, and his front wheel ran into my bike. Then, I felt myself tumbling through the air......
When I awoke, my first thought was, Teacher will protect me as I am a Dafa practitioner. When I tried to move my body I was able to get up without any problem. The Dafa books were still in the bike basket, but my bike wheels were severely bent up. There was nobody around. I thought that the motorcyclist who hit me must be long gone, but I saw him squatting on the side of the road, clutching his head. I could see that he been thrown over 10 meters from his motorcycle, and all he could say was that his head hurt. By now, a few people had gathered around us. I told the driver that I was OK because I am a Falun Gong practitioner, but I advised him to drive slower from then on.
So I started to take my broken bike home. He caught up with me and said, “I will take you to a hospital for a checkup. I said, “I'm okay! You can go.” He took 100 yuan from his pocket and said, “This will pay for repairing your bike!” I did not take his money. Although I was hit so hard, I had only felt some aches for a few days. I kept studying the Fa and doing the exercises. Within a few days I was fully recovered.
Since cultivating Falun Gong, not only have I become physically healthier, but my brain has gotten sharper. I participated in an aeronautical project testing flights on a beach. I failed twice, which caused flying objects to drop into the ocean. One needs to use emission, thrust, weight, and other parameters to calculate landing distance, but, the vast waters can't be measured or used for verification. Later, we went to the northwest base to do an experiment, it turned out exactly as as I had calculated. The problem was finally solved and validated.
On the Northwest Launch Site one test aircraft failed several times during an experiment. Everyone thought that the engine was causing the problem. After some analysis of the situation, I said that the engine definitely wasn't the problem, and that spending a few yuan would solve the problem. They didn't believe what I said. However, they had to leave us behind to finish experiment. In the end we managed to get the plane to fly very well.
The wonders of cultivation can only be understood by cultivators. Since I am retired, my workplace hires me back for certain projects, which I have done quite often. The person in charge of publicity said, “You've done such a good job. If it wasn't for the persecution of Falun Gong, we would write an article about your accomplishments.” It was a year in which the Chinese Community Party persecuted Falun Gong particularly viciously.
During the 20th anniversary of Falun Dafa being presented to the public, I sincerely thank Teacher for his compassionate salvation!
