(Minghui.org) I was born in the countryside, and I am 48 years old this year. I started practicing Falun Dafa in July 1999. When I look back on the first half of my life, I suffered a lot. Just as I was waiting to die, Master Li saved my life.
Mother Does Not Care about Me
I was born into a very poor family, and my parents were in poor health. I have three siblings, and we often starved for a few days every month. I had to drop out of school when I was in fifth grade.
My mother doesn’t like me simply because I am a girl. I hated her as a result and relied heavily on my father. It dealt me a hard blow when my father died after drowning while trying to save someone in 1999 during a big flood. I felt my world collapse, and I wanted to go with him. I couldn’t eat or drink. My relatives comforted me after my father’s funeral, “If you continue living like this, your father won’t be able to rest in peace.”
The next year, my older sister died of colon cancer.
I had three car accidents. In the most severe accident, I was hit by a big trailer while riding my bike. The trailer dragged me and my bike for over ten meters. A nerve on my left side was damaged and afterward I couldn’t feel any pain there.
When I was in my 20s, tumors grew on my ribs, but I didn’t want to receive any treatment. I would rather die.
My other sister and a friend felt sorry for me, and they wanted to pay for my surgery. Before the surgery, I went back home and told my mother about the surgery. My mother didn’t care about me at all, but said, “A stubborn person like you will get such a bad disease.” My sister and my friend were shocked and angry upon hearing this. They cried, “You must be an adopted child.”
After the surgery, I didn’t recover well because of insufficient nutrition. The incision did not heal well, and eventually turned into a hard lump.
My health condition deteriorated. I had repeated coughs and fevers, which eventually developed into tuberculosis. After being treated at an infectious disease hospital for a period of time, the doctor said they had no cure for me. In addition, I had no more money. The doctor told me to go home.
The Hope to Live
A relative sympathized with me and asked me to stay with her. She took me to see different doctors. I was eventually diagnosed with sepsis, but the doctor said they had no way to treat me. The relative said to me, “Do you have anything on your bucket list, I will help you realize them!”
At that time, my condition was very bad. I was bedridden and could not walk to the bathroom which was only few steps away. My relative had to carry me to the bathroom. My entire body was in constant pain. I couldn’t fall asleep. Sometimes I fell sleep for a while, only to be awakened by the pain again. Every second was a struggle for me.
A friend of my relative learned about my situation and she recommended that I practice Falun Dafa. So my relative played the recording of Master’s lectures for me. But at that time, my body was in so much pain that I was always in a bad mood. I couldn’t listen to it at all. A few days later, I couldn’t talk. My relative was scared and she stopped playing the recording for me.
But strangely enough, since then, my condition did not continue to deteriorate as it had been. When my relative’s friend came to visit me a month later, she encouraged my relative to continue playing the recording for me. “Not everyone is fortunate enough to learn Falun Dafa.” she said. So my sister resumed playing the recording.
I gradually started getting better. I was able to move to the living room. And my relative started to practice Falun Dafa herself.
One day when she was doing the exercise, I struggled to stand up from the sofa. I stood behind her, and tried to follow her movements to do the exercise. When I couldn’t hold on any longer, I sat down to take a break and then stood up again. During the one hour standing exercises, I practiced for about ten minutes. It was winter in the north, and I was wearing winter jacket. The intense pain made me sweat constantly and my jacket was wet.
Master said:
““When one’s Buddha-nature emerges, it will shake the World of Ten Directions.” Whoever sees it will come to give a hand and help this person out unconditionally.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
Master must have seen my wish to do the exercises, and helped me. After about two hours, I suddenly shouted with a loud voice. My relative was surprised, “Why are you talking so loudly? Are you still in pain?” Suddenly I didn’t feel any pain! For so many years, I hadn’t known what not having pain felt like. I lived in a dark world waiting for the death to come. Suddenly a light shined on my world and I saw hope. I couldn’t believe what happened! I was afraid it was a dream and my world would be in darkness again after I woke up.
I subsequently tried my best to do the exercises. Although it was extremely painful to do them, miraculously, after finishing the exercises, all the pain was gone.
My Mother Also Takes Up Falun Dafa
There was another amazing thing from practicing Falun Dafa: the hard lump on my ribs disappeared, as if I had never had an incision on my body.
Not only did I improve physically, but also mentally. My resentment toward my mother disappeared and was replaced by compassion. Seeing the miracle that happened to me, my mother also started to practice Falun Dafa.
On the occasion of the 25th World Falun Dafa Day, I am writing about my own experience as a way of thanking Master for his compassion and salvation! I hope that anyone who read this article will learn more about wonderfulness of Falun Dafa.
(Selected submission to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on Minghui.org)
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