(Minghui.org) I am a teenager who has practiced Falun Dafa for over four years. Falun Dafa has brought me boundless happiness and shown me the meaning of life.
I had been plagued with sickness since I was a child. In my first year of junior high school, my health deteriorated so much that I had to drop out. My parents and I visited many major hospitals in the province, but the doctors all determined that my condition was incurable, and I continued to go downhill. By winter, I had lost much of my eyesight. My bones started to curve, and I found myself unable to walk. Naturally I became depressed and withdrawn, reluctant to talk to or meet anyone. My poor health also put a lot of pressure on my worried parents.
In 2018, my aunt, who is my father’s sister, returned to her hometown for the Chinese New Year. After learning about my condition and my parents’ difficulties, she approached my father and expressed her willingness to help. A Falun Dafa practitioner for many years, my aunt took me home to stay with her for a few months while she taught me about the practice. Because my body had been badly deformed by illness, I had to depend on others to care for my daily needs. My aunt prepared all my meals, helped me bathe, cut my nails, and washed my clothes, all this while holding down her full-time job.
While staying at my aunt’s home, I practiced the Falun Dafa exercises every morning and listened to Master Li’s (Falun Dafa’s founder) lectures and Minghui Radio broadcasts. My aunt also read the Fa to me, and encouraged me to memorize Zhuan Falun and Hong Yin. I learned many principles from Master’s lectures like how my poor health was the result of karma accumulated from previous lifetimes. Resolving this mystery set my heart at ease.
With my aunt’s frequent encouragement and praise, I began to open up and interact with others around me. Many fellow practitioners lived near my aunt’s home. Soon they became like my second family, dropping by to visit and study the Fa with me. They also helped me with my daily needs, without hesitation or discrimination. We got along well with each other. Previously, except for my mother, few people were willing to approach and befriend me. Their kindness convinced my mother that Falun Dafa practitioners are good people.
As my knowledge of Dafa’s teachings grew, my thought processes underwent a great change and my memory also improved. My parents were amazed at my newfound ability to recite Zhuan Falun by heart. Previously, my academic performance was mediocre. Besides having trouble understanding lessons, I found it hard to memorize academic texts. Cultivating in Dafa improved my intellectual abilities, allowing me to memorize many Dafa songs, Master’s poems and teachings such as Essentials for Further Advancement. I learned how to make delicate little origami lotus flowers and operate complex electronics with ease.
Master continues to adjust my body, reducing the pain and discomfort from my illnesses. Sometimes after experiencing Master’s compassion when I’m asleep, I wake up in tears. Last year, I developed shingles on my leg. Knowing this was arranged for me to eliminate my karma, I refrained from telling my mother because I didn’t want her to worry. I knew Master helped me by bearing my karma, as the pain was mild and the rashes soon disappeared.
After studying Falun Dafa, I learned to take things lightly. I understood that tribulations and misfortune are good things, as they help practitioners eliminate their karma and return to their original, true selves.
My mother used to suffer from minor depression and low moods. She often cried and frequently suffered bouts of insomnia. Her dissatisfaction with my father resulted in long-term conflicts between them. My mother would lose her temper with my father, and he would hit her to retaliate. My mother used to think about divorce, but for the sake of her children, decided to persevere with her unhappy marriage.
Using the principles of Dafa, I tried to help my mother. Whenever I caught her in a good mood, I would seize the opportunity to chat with her. Using content from the book The Ultimate Goal of Communism, I told her how the Communist Party destroyed Chinese traditional culture while promoting a distorted view of human behavior. Soon, my mother started listening to the Fa with me. She said, “Master’s teachings are really good. If everyone followed Master’s advice, conflicts between people would no longer exist.”
My mother also started practicing the Falun Dafa exercises. She told me her body felt numb and hot, which indicated that Master was purifying her body. Despite not being a committed Dafa practitioner, my mother’s mental state improved greatly. She became more tolerant, let go of many obsessions, and became more open-minded and less stubborn. My mother’s relationship with my father also became more harmonious.
My mother also began to adopt the moral values she learned from Dafa. Once, my younger brother was bitten by a dog. Our family paid more than 1,000 yuan for his vaccine. My mother did not kick up a fuss or seek compensation from the dog’s owner. She once voluntarily returned a lost wallet she found to its rightful owner.
Now, my mother often recites “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Whenever we visit my aunt’s house, she makes it a point to burn incense before Master’s portrait.
After I began cultivating Falun Dafa, our whole family received Dafa’s blessings, including protection from life-threatening incidents.
One day in 2020, I got an anxious feeling that I needed to contact my father. So, my mother called my father, only to hear him reply, “There was an accident. I am dealing with it now and will call back afterwards.” Worried for my father, I silently recited “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” hoping for his safe return. Later that day, my father returned home and described his harrowing experience.
My father had been driving a truck full of bricks to a construction site when his vehicle started to slide backwards on the slippery hillside road. Unable to brake on the frictionless surface, the truck slid several hundred meters downhill, colliding with and breaking an electric utility pole before flipping over. Despite the severity of the accident, my father escaped almost unscathed with only minor bruises. After hearing his story, my mother and I exclaimed, “Master protected you!”
My younger brother also encountered his share of accidents. Once while playing with a friend, he fell into a deep pit and escaped with only minor abrasions to his chin. On yet another occasion, my mother was riding an electric bike with my younger brother when he started pestering her to stop. Before my mother could comply, my brother twisted the bike handlebars, sending them crashing into a ditch. Fortunately, both escaped unhurt and the electric bike was undamaged. Master and the power of Dafa had protected them.
Falun Dafa practitioners adhere to the same Fa principles and are inherently considerate of others. An elderly female practitioner provided financial assistance for a few years to a practitioner who was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. When this persecuted practitioner’s financial situation improved, she immediately repaid her 20,000 yuan debt. I knew this woman’s family was not well-off. Even biological family members would hesitate to loan such a large sum. Yet for Falun Dafa practitioners, such acts of goodness are already ingrained in their lives.
Falun Dafa has taught many people in the world to become good, improved their physical and mental health, and given them happy lives. I hope more people come to understand the truth of the persecution of Falun Dafa in order to have a bright future.