97-year-old Healthy and Blessed After Supporting Falun Dafa and Its Practitioners

(Minghui.org) My father died young and my mother raised me and my six siblings by herself. She had to work so hard that her health deteriorated over the years. She had many chronic illnesses, including stomachache and heart problems. All the medical treatments she got failed to cure her, and she had to take a lot of pills just to get by. 

When I took up the practice of Falun Dafa in 1999, my mother noticed that my health and character improved dramatically. She supported me and the practice despite the ongoing persecution. I suggested that she recite the phrases “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” believing it would bring her blessings. She gladly did it every morning. Her illnesses slowly disappeared. She is 97 years old this year and still going strong.

Ten years ago my mother fell at home and broke her right shoulder and hip. She had to wear a fixture around her hip, which hindered her mobility. I suggested that she take it off and listen to the teachings of Falun Dafa, “If you have faith in Falun Dafa’s healing power, Master will protect you.”

Despite my sisters’ disapproval, my mother agreed with me and had me take off her fixture. We listened to Master’s lectures together, and she spent more time reciting the auspicious phrases every day. In three weeks, she was walking again. She could not be more excited and told this story to people who visited her. 

After she hit 90, she tripped and fell more often, but always ended up being fine. One time her head hit the door frame after she fell. She got up like nothing had happened. Another time she fell and fractured her shoulder. She refused to go to a hospital and had me take care of her. One day I came home late and found that she already had dinner ready. 

Last year I heard a loud bang from my room one evening. I knew that she fell and rushed outside. She lay flat on the concrete pavement. I tried to pull her up but she turned me down, saying, “Falun Dafa is good and Master will protect me.” She slowly got up on her own. There was no bleeding or swelling on her head. 

Besides supporting my practice, my mother tried to rescue me from the police station in August 2018. The police seized me because I tried to tell people about the ongoing persecution of Falun Dafa. They took me to an out-of-town police station. My then 94-year-old mother and one of my sisters traveled on a hot summer day to see me and demanded my release. 

When an officer blamed my mother for letting her daughter practice Falun Dafa, she told him that there was nothing wrong with the practice or me trying to become a better person. The police did not release me, and I was later given a three-year prison sentence. When I was released three years later, my mother remained healthy and active.

One of my nieces offered my mother some money to fly somewhere to take a vacation. My mother said that she would rather donate the money to Falun Dafa practitioners to raise awareness about the persecution. 

I feel that my mother’s good health at an old age is a perfect example of Falun Dafa’s healing power and blessings. 

I came across a woman in her 80s, who had bad health and gallbladder problems. Her illnesses prevented her from falling asleep at times, and she still had to cook for her children. I shared my mother’s story with her and urged her to recite the phrases as well. 

When I saw her again a few months later, she was so happy and said to me, “My illnesses were gone! I’m reciting the phrases every day. Falun Dafa is good!”