“You Have Changed So Much!”

(Minghui.org) I am a 63 year old Falun Dafa practitioner, who began practicing in September 2012.

Prior to July 20, 1999 when the persecution of Falun Dafa began, I read Zhuan Falun and felt that it was precious. However, given my poor enlightenment quality, and because I was operating my own business, I felt that I was short of time. So I didn’t begin cultivating, but gave the Zhuan Falun book to my sister, who was in poor health. She was very excited upon receiving the book. Although I didn’t cultivate, I firmly believed that Dafa was wonderful.

More than ten years passed before I decided to cultivate in Dafa.

My mother passed away on August 18, 2012. She had lived with me for years, and had been in good health. Seeing her in a casket before being quickly cremated left me stunned. It happened so suddenly. Why did she leave us behind so quickly? I thought that being a human being was so painful. So I said to my practitioner sister, “To be a human being is so painful, and dreadful! I don’t want to be a human any more!” She replied, “Then why don’t you practice Dafa with me?”

That’s how I returned to practicing Dafa. I understood that it would return me to my original and true self. I knew I had wasted so much time, so I made up my mind to study the Fa and do the exercises more intensively—Whenever I had time, I did all five sets of exercises twice per day, especially the sitting meditation, where I went from sitting in a half lotus to a full lotus position in a short time. In that position, I went from a few minutes to half an hour, then was finally able to sit for an hour and ten minutes.

I tied my legs at first to remain in the lotus position. No matter how painful it was, I didn’t untie them. With tears and sweat rolling down my face, it was difficult to endure. However, I just remembered what Master said,

“Reaching Consummation, obtaining Buddha’s Fruit,Eating bitterness treated as joy...”(“Tempering One’s Heart and Will,” Hong Yin)

With my karma, how could I reach consummation if I didn’t endure the hardship!

Master appeared in front of me multiple times during that time. A few times I felt that he did ritual anointment for me, as I felt a warm current penetrating through my body. I also saw a big lotus throne, which was truly beautiful. I got to experience all the miraculous things mentioned in Zhuan Falun. I knew Master was encouraging me.

“You Have Changed So Much!”

My relatives said to me, “You have changed so much.” In the past, I was very hot-tempered and demanding, and I didn’t get along well with my in-laws. My husband and I often fought with each other. This eventually led to my husband having an affair and divorcing me. At that time, I had no attachments towards my husband, only hatred.

In my immediate family, I also developed strong resentment towards my sister. One time, my brother and sister ran out of rice. My sister wanted to borrow seven yuan from me to buy a bag of corn meal. But I turned her down immediately. On top of that, I said a lot of harsh words to her, which made her break into tears. This happened a long time ago, but for a long time I felt relieved for making her cry. That’s just the way I was back then!

After I obtained the Fa and began to practice, with continuous Fa-study and constantly looking inward, I began to realize more and more that I had been a terrible person. I was deeply ashamed.

Soon after I began cultivating, my ex-mother-in-law called me, as my ex-father-in-law had developed a very serious illness, but she couldn’t afford his hospitalization expenses. It took her a day to ask around, but she only ended up borrowing 1,000 yuan. She has four sons and three daughters, but none of them was willing to help her, even though she’d promised to return the money.

I told her immediately that I’d give her 10,000 yuan and that she didn’t need to repay me. She was so surprised that she couldn’t say a word. It would have been unthinkable before that I would give her 10,000 yuan. Even more so now that my husband and I were divorced. What she didn’t know was that I was financially tight as well, and sparing 10,000 yuan for her was not an easy task. But since I was a cultivator, I wanted to be a good person and didn’t want to go back to my old ways. This is the power of Dafa. Dafa has transformed me!

This matter has caused quite a stir in my in-laws’ family. They realized that I had changed a lot, and for the better, after practicing Dafa. They truly admired Master for changing me into such a wonderful disciple.

Another time, I learned that my nephew couldn’t pay back a debt, so I transferred 1,000 yuan to him via my sister. I kept telling my sister to keep him in the dark, as I had no intention of having him pay me back. I didn’t get along well with my sister, and her son didn’t like me either. He had ridiculed and been sarcastic toward me more than once, and never had any contact with me. But now it’s different. Since I have learned Dafa, I listen to what Master said in terms of thinking of others needs first at all times. People who knew me from before know that I attached great importance to my own interests in the past. Only Dafa is in my heart now, and I have let go of self-interest. I have also financially helped practitioners who hired lawyers to defend themselves in their legal cases, and also gave rice, clothing, and money to practitioners who were just released from prison and had financial difficulties. I felt that since I had obtained Dafa, I was the richest person in the world.

My Granddaughter

My granddaughter was often sick in her childhood. She had a bad lung that required frequent injections. Because of her illness, she had dark rings around her eyes. People called her “panda eyes.” When she was five years old and saw me studying the Fa, suddenly she said, “Granny, I also want to do the exercises.” I said, “Sure. But can you endure the hardship?” She nodded her head without hesitating.

That night, I had a dream. My front door was open. A tall and big man, leading a young girl, came in. After he saw me, he put her little hand in my hand, then turned around and left.

After I woke up, I enlightened that this must have been Master hinting that I take good care of my granddaughter. She really could take a lot of hardship. One time, when she was doing the Falun Standing exercise, she fell asleep and fell to the ground. But she didn’t cry. Instead, she got up and continued with the exercise. She was also very respectful to Master. For example, she always put fruit onto the worship table for Master first.

Sure enough, there were xinxing tests for her. One year, her grandpa came to celebrate the Chinese New Year with us. He took out 500 yuan, and then asked her to kowtow to him, saying he’d give it all to her if she did that. But my granddaughter said firmly, “I will not kowtow to you, only to my Master!”

My granddaughter was very diligent in her cultivation. Therefore, she recovered from her illnesses within six months, . Even her grandpa was amazed by the power of Dafa. Her grandpa also acknowledged Dafa, and often listens to Dafa music.

Happiness and Hardship on the Path of Saving Sentient Beings

Soon after I obtained the Fa, I learned that Ms. Yun (alias) clarified the facts to people every day. I was a bit worried, and also wanted to follow suit. However, I only had a little education, so I wasn’t eloquent in front of strangers. What to do? I began to practice in front of the mirror.

One day, I suddenly thought that I’d go find an old acquaintance. So I went to see a neighbor from a long time ago who lived 60 miles away. It happened to be that her daughter had just been admitted to a university. So I gave her 200 yuan to congratulate her daughter first, then began to clarify the facts to her and try to help her quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations. But unfortunately, I didn’t articulate very well and couldn’t make myself understood. Thus, she didn’t quit. I was so disappointed!

Later I decided to go out with Ms. Yun to clarify the truth to people. As soon as she began to talk I send forth righteous thoughts. After a while, I also got the hang of how to help people quit the CCP. However, the very first time I clarified the facts by myself, I talked to a man, who swore at me. He was also very disrespectful towards Dafa. After I left, I cried all the way home. It wasn’t because I felt wronged, but rather that I regretted not being able to save him, and moreover, I let him commit a crime against Dafa. I felt like a failure and couldn’t stop crying even after I arrived home.

Through continuous Fa-study, I made up my mind to cultivate solidly. I was also able to discover many attachments.

After working with Ms. Yun for a while, I finally learned how to effectively clarify the facts to people. I held no fear at that time. Whomever I ran into, whether at the market, on the road, or on the bus, I talked to all of them. I couldn’t wait to help people quit the CCP organizations. If I didn’t feel I had helped enough people to quit on that day, I didn’t go home. I kept looking for people on my way home who I believed had a predestined relationship with me.

There was a retired teacher living in our district, who was in her 60s. I had trouble helping her quit the CCP. But I still thought that I must save her. Last fall, I went to the mountains and happened to run into her. Since it was only the two of us, I was able to clarify things about Dafa to her in detail. I started from the Eastern European upheaval to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and from the Paris Commune to the CCP. She was shocked, wondering what education I received. When I told her I only finished junior high school, she cast an admiring glance at me. Finally, she gladly renounced her memberships in the CCP and its youth organizations. Since then, whenever she saw me, she greeted me cordially, as if running into a family member.

Once when both Ms. Yun and I were on our way home one day in 2020, we saw a man limping. His body leaned over to one side, and he was drooling from the corners of his mouth. When we went up to him and asked about his situation, he told us that he had suffered a stroke. Ms. Yun began to clarify the facts to him, and helped him quit the CCP. We also gave him an amulet. He gladly accepted the truth. We ran into him again on the same street a few days later. He saw us first, and began to shout at us loudly. When we saw him, both of us were dumb-founded and couldn’t believe what we saw—he was not only walking normally, but also very quickly. He shouted at us, “Thank you! I’m well now! I’m well now!” Seeing his excitement at having been saved, both of us were very happy for him.

It hasn’t always been smooth sailing while clarifying the facts to people. I remember one time in 2020, when Ms. Yun and I talked to a person, I overheard a young boy calling on his cell phone, “Is this the police bureau? There are two Falun Gong here...” We immediately warned him not to do such a thing again, then left.

Another time, when I clarified the facts on the street, a man shouted at me loudly, “What are you talking about? If you keep talking, I’ll call the police!” I felt a bit scared this time, but Ms. Yun greeted him with smile on her face, as if she had run into an old acquaintance. She also looked at him compassionately and peacefully. He suddenly became quiet. This incident also made me realize the gap between us in our cultivation.

This is my first time writing an experience sharing article. I felt I had not reached the Fa’s requirements, but I came to enlighten that no matter how I cultivated, I should report to Master.