An Atheist Becomes a Falun Dafa Practitioner

(Minghui.org) I grew up in an atheist family. Indoctrinated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), I became a stubborn atheist and did not believe that there is a god in the world.

When my husband decided to practice Falun Dafa despite the persecution by the CCP, I thought he was stupid. I always found fault with him no matter what he did, but he never argued back. I often got angry and threatened to divorce him. I burned a Dafa book and slandered Dafa. He warned me that blaspheming Dafa would bring me karmic retribution, but I ignored it and made jokes about it.

I accumulated a great deal of karma because of my ignorance, which later led to many hardships in my life. In 2002 I had a dream that I was hit in the back by tree branches falling from a tall building. Both my husband and I agreed that the dream portended misfortune.

Benefits from Dafa

The day after the dream, my motorcycle collided with a large tricycle, and I was badly injured. On the way to the hospital, my husband asked me to recite “Falun Dafa is good, and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” My whole body was still shaking, and I was not sure if I would survive. So, I listened to him and recited the words with him three times. I did not feel any pain when my broken bone was set and the big wound on my head was sutured.

As my husband says, some really extraordinary things can occur in this world. Since the accident, I never had bad dreams again. I felt like something was always around to remind me, and thus decided not to talk nonsense about Dafa anymore.

My husband said, “You did not die in this accident and only received a scar on your face, nor did you lose any limbs. And you now understand the truth of Falun Dafa. Many people today don’t know that there are gods and Buddhas.”

In my mind, I still looked down on my husband and did not believe that Dafa was good. Not long after, I developed heart disease and was treated with Chinese and Western medicines for three years. Not only did my heart disease continue, but I also had problems with stomach and chest pains. My life was really hard!

One night, I was seriously ill and could not breathe. I thought that my life was coming to an end and I became scared. The next day, my husband said that I had to practice Dafa to get better if I did not want to get treated in the hospital.

Thinking that my family business was losing so much money at that time, I decided to practice Falun Dafa, as I had nothing to lose. On the third day after the exercises, I felt much better.

Becoming a Dafa Practitioner

Although I got better, I still did not believe that practicing the exercises for three days was more effective than taking medicine for three years. It must be the effects of the medication. More than a month passed, and my health was fine. I thus found an excuse and stopped the practice.

My illness came back one month later. I told my husband that I might as well do the exercises again. My husband said, “Don’t mess around this time. You not only have to complete the five exercises daily, but you must also read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa.”

Performing the second set of exercises, Falun Standing Stance, was hard for me the first time. But I persisted in keeping my arms up till the end of the exercise. I had a dream that night. I dreamed that there was a hole in my thumb, and water with many ants in it flew out of the hole. I felt extremely uncomfortable, like being bitten in the heart by tens of thousands of ants. I knew that Master was cleansing my body.

Every sentence in Zhuan Falun struck me, and all of the principles were well explained! I read it three times in a row. I even complained to my husband for not telling me to read the book sooner.

My distorted mind has changed since then. I returned to my intrinsic nature. Life was so wonderful and happiness was always with me. My celestial eye was opened and I saw some beautiful scenes. There are really gods and Buddhas in the world! The CCP has been lying to people. Atheism is harmful, and many people in China are still living as miserably as I was in the past.

I am grateful that Master has saved me again and again. He did not despise me as a sinful person. I sincerely hope that everyone knows the goodness of Dafa and can be free of their suffering as soon as possible.

I went back to work after my health was restored. Because of my busy work, I had less time to study the Fa and my cultivation gradually fell behind. It wasn’t until 2018 when we sold our house and I was less stressed, that I started cultivating hard again.

Saving people became more critical during the pandemic. I had to break through my attachment of fear in order to talk to people face-to-face. At first I went out with my husband to distribute truth-clarifying materials. When he was busy, I went out with other practitioners. We sometimes had to walk up and down as many as 30 floors, but I did not feel tired. A fellow practitioner and I work particularly well together and can often help 6 to 15 people a day quit the CCP.