Gratitude to Master for Giving Me a Second Life

(Minghui.org) Greetings, esteemed Master, and fellow practitioners!

I was happy to be introduced to Falun Dafa in March 2002. I was 39 years old at the time. After only two weeks of practicing my physical health improved greatly.

Before I began the practice, I had been divorced and lost my home. This resulted in my suffering mental, financial, family, and social pressure. My health was rapidly deteriorating. But for the sake of my children, I had to force myself to carry on.

To escape my ex-husband’s constant and unreasonable harassment, I decided to remarry. I didn’t know my second husband before we were introduced. But, remarrying unfortunately did not stop my ex-husband from harassing us. His continued threats and abuse caused my new husband a lot of distress. At the time, I felt like my life was not worth living, and I lost my smile.

My cousin, a Falun Dafa practitioner, came to visit my mother. After seeing the sheer misery and bitterness reflected on my face, she said, “If you practiced Falun Dafa, it might turn your life and future around for the better.” I only laughed bitterly. I didn’t respond, but my mother took her words to heart.

Infinite Wonders of Dafa

A couple of days later, my mother asked, “Why don’t you read Zhuan Falun, the book that your cousin mentioned, to see what it’s about? Like an obedient child, I went to my cousin’s house. I asked her, “I came here because my mother wanted me to find out more about the book that you mentioned when we saw you last. What’s this book all about?” She held the book Zhuan Falun in both hands and handed it to me. She said, “This is Zhuan Falun. If you want to learn, then I’ll give it to you as a gift. But, if you don’t want to practice, please give it back to me after you finish reading it once.” I took Zhuan Falun home.

When reading Zhuan Falun, I felt that my heart was light and bright. It was like a window had been opened. I felt indescribable joy. I didn’t feel suffocated anymore. I could finally breathe comfortably. Through Dafa, I realized that my circumstances were due to the karma accumulated throughout my past lifetimes.

I realized how wonderful it is to be a cultivator, because I could transcend the human realm! This is exactly what I needed and what I wanted to achieve in this lifetime! I made up my mind that I wanted to cultivate.

Before obtaining the Fa, I always felt as if I wanted to go to the top of a mountain where I could cry my heart out without anyone watching me. Before obtaining Falun Dafa, my heart was filled with far too much grief and misery. I had no one to talk to. But, after obtaining the Fa, my spirit was uplifted, and I became energetic.

When my mother saw the change in me, she was quite emotional about it. and exclaimed, “You talk more, and learned to laugh! Your cheeks have turned rosy, and your lips are redder!” Without even realizing it, I forgot to take my medication, and didn’t need the IV injections any longer. She witnessed my miraculous change, and asked, “I wonder what kind of book this is. I want to read it too.” But she was concerned about disrupting my cultivation progress, so she asked me, “Can you go to your cousin’s house and see if you can get a book for me too?” This is how my mother and I became fellow Falun Dafa practitioners.

It was the third year into the persecution of Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) in mainland China. To Falun Gong practitioners, under the blood-thirsty rule of communism, the oppression was like a nightmare. Since I obtained the Fa after July 20, 1999, I wasn’t on the records of the local police stations and government bodies. Therefore, it was convenient for me to deliver truth-clarification materials to fellow practitioners. I also handed out materials in neighborhoods on a daily basis.

Twenty years passed in a flash. During these 20 years, I have been oblivious to the joys and sorrows of an ordinary of life, and could ignore the hypocrisy dirtying the life of the world’s sentient beings. I felt truly happy, and carefree, because of experiencing the infinite wonders of cultivation.

Sharing the Preciousness of my Cultivation

One evening, I was on my way to my mother’s place to deliver the Minghui Weekly to her. But, I was hit by a container truck that was 14 meters long and weighed 19 tons. It was trying to avoid a collision with a tricycle, but instead it caught my bicycle and swept it into the air. I fell under the truck. I watched from under the truck as the truck ran over me.

From the Fa, I understood that to a practitioner, nothing happens by chance. There must be omissions or loopholes in my cultivation that allowed the evil forces to make this arrangement. I spoke to Master in my heart, “Master, I apologize. I’ve benefited so much from Dafa, but I haven’t contributed to Dafa yet. I can’t die from the crush now. I can’t be hurt either.”

The truck went over me. My legs were curled up. The crushing force pressed my legs into my belly. I wanted to stretch my legs straight, but I couldn’t do it. I soon started to look for my bag, as it contained the precious book Zhuan Falun, as well as the Minghui Weekly, truth clarification materials, and phone numbers. Because the persecution was so severe at that time I knew that if the bag fell into the wrong hands I would have been arrested by the police. I was worried that a passerby would look through my bag and find the contents. I called out, “The bag lying on the ground belongs to me, please help me retrieve it.” A passerby picked it up and gave it to me. I hugged it close to my chest, and wouldn’t let it go.

The passerby asked me for my husband’s number, and called him. An ambulance was also called. When I looked at my legs again, they straightened out. I didn’t feel any pain. I realized that Master had protected me.

After a while, the ambulance came. The doctor asked me to which hospital I would like to go. I said, “I don’t need to go to the hospital, I’m okay.” They put a stretcher next to me, but didn’t dare move me.

Shortly after, my husband, not a practitioner came and took me to the hospital against my wills.

After I was taken away by the ambulance, the doctor checked my blood pressure and pulse. The results were normal. I told the driver who hit me, “Don’t be scared. I’m a Falun Gong practitioner. My Master teaches us to be kindhearted people who follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. I won’t exploit you and ask you for money. You didn’t hit me on purpose. My husband is also a driver, I can understand you.” The driver was very touched.

But, in the hospital, after the examination, the doctor said, “This person got crushed. All parts in her abdominal area are completely crushed to pieces. I was diagnosed with: compound trauma, hemorrhagic shock, a bladder rupture, right kidney injury, ovarian uterine injury, pancreatic head, duodenum, and rectal injury, pelvic fracture, fracture in both ankles, right foot bone fracture, and left leg fibula fracture.” The doctor concluded: “There’s no point in performing resuscitation procedures. She’ll certainly die one way or another. She’s crushed to pieces and her blood pressure has dropped to 50/30.” But my mind was clear. I answered all of the doctor’s questions myself.

My family asked the doctor to perform resuscitation procedures no matter what. As requested, I went through a lengthy operation. The various parts of my abdomen were put in place. But they were damaged to the point that they could no longer be sewn together. And then, I was given a blood transfusion. The doctor also drained the blood from my abdomen. The doctor stressed, “This person might die anytime, anywhere. The family should always be prepared.” But, I was under Master’s protection. Miraculously, I survived.

Three hours after the operation, I woke up clear headed. I did not experience any sadness, misery, or physical pain. It felt as if the incident had nothing to do with me. In turn, I had to comfort my family. I told them that I was fine, that there’s no need to worry about me because Master is protecting me, and that I would stand up again and be the same as before.

The doctor observed that I was okay, but still said, “Even though she looks okay now, don’t be too optimistic about her recovery. If any part of her body gets inflamed or if she catches a fever, she could die anytime and anywhere.”

After a couple of days, the doctor witnessed that I was getting increasingly better, but still said, “She can’t be discharged from the hospital without spending at least two-hundred-and-fifty thousand yuan. She would lie paralyzed in bed for three to five years.” The doctor explained that an operation cannot be done for my fractured pelvis. I had to recover naturally, and the doctor didn’t think that it would be easy. The doctor added that she could feel the bone pieces sticking out.

Given the circumstances, my family and fellow practitioners took turns reading Zhuan Falun to me every day. The practitioners took care of me 24/7, and helped send forth righteous thoughts to support me. Fellow practitioners described my body, especially my hip bone that was collapsed and flattened. There was no skeleton to support me. My whole body was spread wide. I had a lot of tubes inserted in my stomach, including those for draining blood and urine, and I had an oxygen mask over my mouth. I was encouraged by a fellow practitioner to be firm in my thoughts, to believe in Master and Dafa, and that a miracle would happen. I told her in a faint voice that I was firm. She had to lean over right up against my mouth to hear me.

The doctor asked me, “How did you recover so quickly? Do you have spiritual beliefs?” We all laughed heartily. The hospital where I was staying had a practice site before July 20, 1999. A doctor who was a practitioner and worked in the hospital came to visit me and encouraged me to be firm in my belief in Dafa, and take the Fa as Master.

Under Master’s compassionate care, my internal organs recovered completely within 17 days. The doctor said to my husband, “Your wife is amazing! If this had happened to me, I wouldn’t be able to survive, even if I had been granted seven to eight lives!” This was because seven or eight parts in my abdomen were crushed, and each would be life-threatening if inflamed. Since they only repositioned my organs during the surgery they expected that I would need seven or eight more surgeries to recover.

I knew that Master had saved me. Human technology was not capable of helping me recover. I did not have any other operation after that first one. I’m grateful to Master for everything that he has endured for me!

The lower part of my body, from my pelvis down to my toes, was wrapped in a cast, and I couldn’t move. I thought, I’m a practitioner. I can’t do the exercises like this, so I took the cast off. The doctor caught me, and scolded me, “Usually a broken bone takes a hundred days to heal. How could you…?” I replied, “I’m sorry. I will bear all of the consequences, and it won’t be your responsibility if anything happens.” He laughed heartily.

Slowly, I could move my body. Gradually, I could sit up, put up my legs over the side of the bed, stand up, and lean against the wall to do the exercises. I stretched my limits one minute at a time while doing the standing exercises. In this way, I studied the Fa and practiced the exercises – I wasn’t able to do all five exercises though. I also kept up sending righteous thoughts. After 64 days, I was able to walk on my own, and got discharged from the hospital.

My husband bought crutches to help me walk, but I didn’t like using them. Instead, I held on to the wall or a stool for support. I wanted to learn to walk on my own and return to normal as soon as possible.

Master said,

“Good or evil comes from that instant thought. If she were lying down there claiming, “Ugh, I feel terrible. Something is wrong here and there.” Then, her bones might really have been fractured, and she would be paralyzed. No matter how much money she was paid, how could she be comfortable being hospitalized for the rest of her life?” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)

I am truly grateful to Master and Dafa for giving me a second life! I try to speak about the miracles that I have experienced because of practicing Dafa wherever I go. I fulfill the divine mission and responsibility of saving sentient beings. I also thank my fellow practitioners for supporting me with their righteous thoughts and meticulous care.

After I was discharged from the hospital, I went to the traffic department to settle the case with the driver who caused the accident. I clarified the truth to the traffic police. They said, “You are the leader of your organization, aren’t you? Don’t you try to convert me!” Because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has destroyed traditional values, the morality of the Chinese people has declined. The driver arranged to meet with me in the afternoon to close the case. But in the afternoon, the police officer handling the case told me that the driver had fled. The officer told me to immediately head to the court and sue him.

When I got to court, I clarified the truth to the judge. The judge exclaimed, “Dafa is so amazing!” Later, whenever court officials saw me, they always asked me to come inside their office to speak more about Falun Gong. They said, “Whenever you’re here, we will accept materials about Falun Gong. You put them here, right?” I responded, “Yeah, because I saw that you were all very busy, I was afraid of disturbing you, so I put the information down and left.”

While consulting with the lawyers about the case, I also clarified the truth to them. Some of the lawyers were scared to hear the truth. But others were kind and told me to stay safe. Throughout the whole process, even though I did not receive any compensation from the driver, I was grateful for the opportunity to clarify the truth to so many different legal departments.

During this test, I knew that I should view the circumstances from the perspective of a cultivator. By studying the Fa, I understood the principle of no loss, no gain. I let go of the attachment to monetary benefits. I also learned to put others first when things go wrong, and to look at things from the other person’s perspective. When problems arise, I always consider others first to see if they can take it. I realized that I should not waste my time suing the driver. I should rejoin the Fa rectification force, and return to giving out truth-clarification materials. I needed to fulfill my prehistoric vow to save sentient beings by telling the truth about the persecution.

Thank you Master, and fellow practitioners!

(Presented at the 2022 Canada Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference)