The Seriousness of Dafa Cultivation

(Minghui.org) The first half of my life was hard, while during the second half I became the happiest person in the world – all thanks to practicing Falun Dafa.

Recovering From Psychosis

My family was poverty-stricken when I was a child, and I prefer not to talk about that time. When I got married, my husband worked as a chief accountant. I thought I would have a better life, but I discovered that he suffered from intermittent psychosis. The cash in the company was stolen, and the leaders investigated him. He couldn’t bear the pressure and developed psychosis.

For decades, he ran around everywhere and behaved unpleasantly when the psychosis manifested. No one could subdue him. Seeing his madness, my heart was broken. I was anxious when he suffered day and night. He was on medication all the time, but it was to no avail.

What was worse is that he drank heavily during meals. When drunk, he became mad. I felt so helpless. I suffered when he was in misery.

I fractured my leg in 2002, but had to look after my husband and children. Our family situation worsened.

An acquaintance introduced Falun Dafa to me. She asked me to practice the exercises and hoped I would recover soon. I read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, and learned the exercise movements. Surprisingly, I recovered quickly. However, unexpectedly, something happened that I would never forget – my husband started to change.

He listened to me reading Zhuan Falun, and I askedMaster to help my family. I let him watch Master’s Fa lectures and listen to the audio Fa lectures. His condition improved. One day he became mad and made trouble again, and I was not able to subdue him. I knelt down on the ground, begging Master while crying, “Master, please help us. He is like that. I am not able to go out to clarify the truth about Dafa to people. I am not able to work. Too much interference. Master, please help him.”

I asked him to kneel down. He didn’t. I played Master’s audio Fa lectures to him. He listened. I asked him to recite “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” after me. We recited the phrases three times. Then, I let him lie down on the bed.

At night we heard an unbearable strange noise outside the window. The noise was harsh and unpleasant, which gave me goosebumps. My husband could not bear it. He started to make trouble. Then all of a sudden he was frightened and pounced on me. I held him tight and didn’t let him move, and soon his symptom disappeared. He completely recovered from psychosis after this psychosis attack – it had been 30 years. My husband and I knelt in front of Master’s photo, tears covering our faces. We knew that our compassionate Master had cleared the spirit possession for him.

On one occasion I was at my son’s home looking after my grandson. My husband was at home by himself. He fell down, and I don’t know how long he lay on the floor. When he stood up, he found blood dripping from his mouth and ears. There was a big pool of blood on the floor. He cleared the floor and did whatever he had to do. Master saved him again.

When I was washing clothes I heard a loud noise inside his room. I didn’t take it to heart. When I finished the washing, I noticed him laying on the floor – he was not breathing. I thought he couldn’t leave like this. I sat at his side and shouted, “Master, please save him! Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I repeated those phrases several minutes. He came back to life – Master saved him for the third time!

My Son Benefited From Dafa

My son also benefited from Dafa during the second year after I started to practice. He read the Falun Dafa books. He was in his last year of junior middle school. His academic scores soared and he was the top student in his class. He was also the top student in the first and second years of his senior middle school, and won a prize in the provincial academic olympic competition. The prestigious Beijing University accepted him without him taking the entrance exams. He didn’t attend any after-school classes but his scores remained at the top. I knew Master was looking after him. He became a post graduate, also without taking the entrance exams.

He got upset when his girlfriend deserted him. The doctor said he was suffering from depression. He stayed in his room all day, didn’t go out, and didn’t speak. Medical treatments didn’t help him.

Finally, I thought of Master. We believed in Master from the bottom of our hearts. We repeated “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Amazingly, our son recovered completely. He was saved! He subsequently found a good job and got married.

Our whole family cannot express enough gratitude to Master! Dafa gives us a happy and content family.

Taking Cultivation Seriously

I could have been considered illiterate. I barely finished the second year of primary school, and my family refused to let me attend school. Master opened my wisdom after I started to practice Falun Dafa. I am able to read Zhuan Falun, and 40-plus books of Master’s lectures.

I started to practice Falun Dafa after the onset of the persecution. Initially I was not diligent as there was no cultivation and sharing environment, and I didn’t cherish the cultivation time. My family environment was not rectified. My husband earned a large salary, but didn’t give me any money. I had to pay for the family living expenses. I didn’t realize that this was my cultivation problem. I looked outside for solutions. I tried to work more, and earn more money.

I got two jobs to earn more money. I didn’t have enough time for cultivation as a result. Besides, I didn’t have enough to cover our living expenses. Master saw that I had not awakened to the requirements of a practitioner. I did not associate with practitioners. I tried to avoid seeing them initially, but was moved by their perseverance and sincerity. What was their purpose? Wasn’t it for my cultivation? I made up my mind not to let down Master and fellow practitioners.

I now cultivate diligently and do the three things well every day. My husband gives me money as well.

Master has been protecting me on my path of cultivation. When I slacked off in my cultivation, Master hinted that I get up early. When I clarified the truth to people successfully, he hinted to not develop the attachment to zealotry. When I felt pessimistic after being persecuted, Master sent practitioners to share with me and let me join a group Fa study.

I set up a Fa-study group at my home several years ago. We studied the Fa together, encouraged each other, and improved quickly. I could feel that Master had higher expectations of me.

Overcoming Difficulties

My husband and I stayed at my son’s home looking after his children. On Chinese New Year’s day my daughter-in-law lost her temper in front of her two sons and said harsh words towards me. I didn’t get angry, and looked within instead. I realized that Master was hinting that I go home quickly. The practitioners would come to my home to study the Fa. I would delay them if I didn’t go home. I was committing a crime.

I told my husband that I would like to go home the next day. He said that there was no bus during the Chinese New Year holiday. My son searched on the Internet and said he couldn’t find any public transportation. We went to the bus station and waited from morning until 4 p.m. People tried to persuade me not to go home because the city was going to be locked down. But I was sure that there would be a way for me to get home. Several minutes later a transit bus came through. I arrived home in time just before the city was going on lock-down.

I contacted a local practitioner who was unable to enter my residential area because it was locked down. On my way to meet her at the gate I noticed an entry pass on the ground, which someone must have lost. Master was helping us.

The practitioners at our Fa study group shared our insights from the Fa’s perspective, encouraged each other, looked within, and continued to clarify the truth to people every day.

Among us was a veteran practitioner who cultivates solidly and has strong righteous thoughts. She knows of many amazing stories. We also have practitioners who returned to practice Dafa, thanks to Master and practitioners’ help. They cultivate diligently. With the improvement of cultivation, everyone brought harmony and happiness to their families. Their family members benefit from Falun Dafa as well.

Facing the Persecution

The injury to my leg in 2002 brought me good fortune in obtaining the universal Dafa. Jiang’s regime, however, launched the persecution against Falun Dafa, and many people lost the opportunity to benefit from the practice. Many people were poisoned by the lies and don’t know the truth. The officers in the legal departments are still involved in the persecution and committing huge crimes.

I was arrested three times and was tortured. My home was ransacked and my Dafa books and the Dafa informational materials were confiscated. I sometimes feel hatred toward the persecutors. But Master teaches us to cultivate our hearts based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

I know my cultivation level doesn’t yet meet the standard, but I am determined to let go of resentment and selfishness, and develop kindness towards those maligning Dafa. They are also precious beings, but are poisoned by the lies, and have committed wrong deeds. They will regret when they have to pay for the sins they committed. I sincerely hope that they will learn, understand the truth, and be blessed by Dafa.

My greatest wish is that I cultivate diligently with fellow practitioners, and save more sentient beings.