(Minghui.org) My wife and I used to take refuge in Buddhism, and we chanted scriptures every morning and evening for 20 years, believing that, by doing so, the Buddha would take care of us. We didn’t know anything about the importance of cultivating our own character. Our health deteriorated, and we had many health problems.

At the age of nine I developed asthma and it didn’t even improve even after I’d practiced Buddhism for 20 years. Meanwhile, I developed more health issues, including rheumatism, itchy skin, hemorrhoids, allergic rhinitis, heart disease, and so on.

My wife also developed pain in her neck, lower back, and legs, plus tightness in her back and gynecological issues, for which she had two surgeries. Later, she also had high blood sugar. Our lives were truly miserable, and we felt helpless.

In September 2021, while I was doing Feng Shui (geomancy) for someone, I learned about Falun Dafa. As soon as I got a copy of Zhuan Falun, I began to read it every day.

However, due to my huge karma, I experienced constant demonic interference. Sometimes, I fell asleep soon after I started to read. I didn’t know it was interference from demons at the time, and this went on for a year.

By then, I had gained some intuitive understanding of Falun Dafa.

Seeing that I still had a wish to cultivate in Dafa, Master arranged for two practitioners to share with us in person, which did a great deal to boost our confidence to cultivate Dafa.

In April 2023, my wife and I started to practice Falun Dafa with all due sincerity. Since then, we have been getting up at 3:00 a.m. every day to do the exercises. We adhere to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in our daily lives and have overcome the interference of sleepiness. We became more determined to cultivate and kept encouraging each other.

Ten days after we started doing the exercises, I saw colorful Falun rotating around us and beautiful blue lights. When my wife read Zhuan Falun for the first time, she felt a bit sleepy before she finished reading the first lecture, so she lay down for a rest. As soon as she closed her eyes, she saw flowers swirling in front of her eyes. We realized that Master was encouraging us to cultivate diligently.

By studying the Fa and doing the exercises, our health improved, and, for the first time in a long time, we began to enjoy life, free from ailments. My wife’s weight increased from around 45 kg (99 pounds) to about 60 kg (132 pounds). We threw out all our medications—three drawers full.

We feel very happy and extremely fortunate to have taken up the practice. In addition to doing the exercises in the morning, we also pay attention to Fa study so that we can catch up with the progress of Fa-rectification. We also felt that we should tell our children and friends about this wonderful practice.

Our older daughter, who works in a hospital, had joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations. After we clarified the truth to her, she quit them immediately and has started reading Zhuan Falun and reciting “On Dafa” in her spare time.

Our younger daughter stays home to take care of her son. She listens to Master’s Fa-lectures given in Guangzhou when she has time and every day she recites “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

Our grandchildren can recite poems from Hong Yin. Our older daughter’s daughter is not quite four years old, but she can recite “Tempering the Will” very well and can sit in the lotus position.

Our younger daughter’s son, who is in middle school, also recites “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” every day.

During the New Year holiday, we clarified the truth at family gatherings to our brothers and sisters, our nephews, nieces, and our sons-in-law. They were all very supportive of Dafa and quit the CCP organizations.

Our son, who works in Xinjiang, found it hard to understand why we practice Falun Dafa due to the lies propagated by the CCP. We took a trip to Xinjiang to clarify the truth to him. He accessed the book Zhuan Falun on his phone using a VPN. I told him to look at the table of contents, pointing out that there is nothing political in it.

After our son learned the truth about Dafa, he also quit the CCP organizations and started to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I told him that he must not only recite the two phrases but also conduct himself by those principles in his daily life.

Something happened to me while we were in Xinjiang. One day, I suddenly felt that something was wrong with my heart, and it started beating very fast. This went on for a week, and I couldn’t sleep on my left side due to the pain in my heart. I began to feel anxious and scared.

On the seventh night, I said to Master in my heart, “Master, now that I have taken up the practice of Falun Dafa, I leave my life in your hands. If you can save my life, I will use the extended time you grant me to continue to study the Fa well. I won’t let you down. If my allotted lifespan has indeed come to an end, please arrange for me to be reborn as a human begin again and into a family where I can obtain Dafa so that I can continue my cultivation.”

I turned on my left side and heard some sounds in my chest. I said to my wife, “Master has unblocked the arteries in my heart!” Indeed, the pain in my heart stopped, and everything was back to normal. I overcame a major tribulation of sickness-karma.

During those days, I saw colorful Falun floating in the sky on two occasions. I knew that Master was encouraging me to keep up my confidence so that I could keep going in the face of tribulations. Thank you, Master, for giving me a second life!

Before I took up the practice of Dafa, I studied geomancy, divination, and the Four Pillars of Destiny, as well as face reading and palmistry. After I started cultivating Dafa, I stopped doing all of these, as there is the issue of “no second discipline.” I still do geomancy sometimes as I see it as a way to get to know more people to let them know what Falun Dafa is and about the persecution of Dafa disciples.

From studying the Fa, I understand that Master has been taking care of his disciples in our countless lives. Reflecting upon my own over 60 years in this lifetime, I have survived a number of life-threatening situations and made it through unscathed each time. Thank you, Master, for your compassionate protection and salvation!

I’m determined to study the Fa well and try my best to do the three things well so that I can live up to Master’s compassionate salvation, cultivate myself well and return to my true home with Master upon consummation.