Falun Dafa Saved Me from Despair

(Minghui.org) I became a Falun Dafa practitioner in 1998. Before that, I was a sickly person plagued by every ailment imaginable, including stomach problems, rheumatism, vertigo, heart disease, and depression. I never went a day without taking medication.

Sometimes I couldn’t sleep for eight days straight. I could barely walk steadily. My rheumatic legs ached, and I would sometimes stumble and fall. When I felt dizzy, I dared not open my eyes—opening them would make the room spin and make me vomit.

Eating anything slightly off would trigger stomach pain; even a little work left me breathless. I visited numerous hospitals—traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and qigong—yet saw no improvement. Instead, my condition worsened. When symptoms struck at work, colleagues grew fearful, sometimes rushing me directly from the office to the hospital.

My husband developed kidney stones. The pain was so severe that he was drenched in sweat and had to be hospitalized. Our salaries were low back then, barely enough to cover medical expenses, making life extremely difficult. My husband was discharged as soon as his condition showed slight improvement, before he was fully recovered.

Meanwhile, my illness worsened. Seeing my suffering, my husband sought out an old Chinese medicine practitioner he knew. The doctor said: “This condition can only be managed. There’s no cure—not just in our small hospital, but anywhere in the world. It’s capable of triggering multiple illnesses, such as rheumatic heart disease.” Hearing this, my heart sank in despair.

After returning home, my husband told our two children what the doctor had said, and the whole family broke down in tears. Finally, my husband said, “Don’t worry. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The New Year is almost here.” The next day, he boarded a bus to the provincial capital to buy some medicine for himself.

On the way back, he saw a woman carrying a bundle of books. He asked her, “Why are you buying so many books?” She replied, “This is a good book. Zhuan Falun teaches people how to be good, and it has remarkable effects in healing illnesses and keeping fit.” My husband told her, “My wife has been in poor health for years. Could you sell me one copy?” After returning home, he told me how he had obtained the book.

I was overjoyed to see the book Zhuan Falun. It felt so familiar—I didn’t think twice and just picked it up and started reading. The more I read, the more captivated I became. As I read, the words seemed to leap off the pages. Sometimes they appeared to be enormous, and I wondered if my eyes were playing tricks on me. At times, the book appeared to glow red, and I couldn’t explain why. I just felt this book was extraordinary.

In Zhuan Falun, there’s this passage:

“If you want to learn our practice, you may come as long as you want to learn it. We can be responsible to you and will not charge you a penny.” (Lecture Three)

Reading that, I thought: Such a wonderful practice is offered free of charge. I felt this teaching was truly righteous—not just an ordinary practice.

Before we knew it, the New Year had arrived. My husband and I returned to our hometown to visit both sets of parents. After we got back, my husband remarked, “You seemed so happy this year, chatting and laughing all the way home. You used to always look so gloomy and miserable. It’s been a while since I heard you grumbling about not being able to sleep or feeling unwell.”

I replied, “Yes. You forgot to buy my medicine before the New Year, as you used to. Could it really be that reading the book cured me? And there are the five exercises I have not learned yet. However, my illnesses are gone. This is truly miraculous!”

We were overjoyed at the time. My husband quickly located an exercise site for me to join. Every morning at 3 a.m., I’d get up, exercise with the group, go to work, and study the Fa in the evening. My whole family supported me in doing this.

Back then, I felt I had boundless energy—I was very happy! I visited friends and relatives, telling them about the wonder and beauty of Dafa. Seeing the tremendous changes in my physical health and mental state, they all believed what I said. About 20 people said they wanted to learn the practice and exercise with me.

Many miraculous events occurred during my cultivation. For instance, one night, I dreamed that Master Li visited me. He said, “Stay still; I will purify your body.” I lay flat as Master pushed his hands forward. I felt a surge of warmth rise from my feet to my body. When it reached my neck, whoosh, in an instant, I knew nothing more and slept straight through until dawn. From that day on, all my ailments vanished. For the first time in my life, I experienced what it truly meant to be free of illness.

One day, my husband said: “I bought medicine for kidney stones and for my leg pain only once. I haven’t taken either for six months now, and I haven’t had any pain at all. I haven’t practiced any exercises either. I just recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,’ and my illness is gone. It’s truly amazing!” Thank you, Falun Dafa! Thank you, Master!