My Health Was Restored as I Read a Falun Dafa Book

(Minghui.org) In 1998, during the off-season for farming, I went to one of my friend’s houses to play cards as usual.

A Stroke at 31

I was 31 years old back then. Like many young people in the countryside, I had my share of bad habits such as smoking, drinking, and gambling.

As we were playing cards, I suddenly felt my vision becoming blurry. But I wasn’t concerned and just assumed it was fatigue from playing cards nonstop.

A little while later, I became dizzy and nauseous and began vomiting. I said, “I can’t play anymore. Who wants to take over? I feel terrible.”

Just then the homeowner, who was a “barefoot doctor,” returned from a house call. One of the card players pointed to me and said, “Please take a look at him. Something’s wrong.”

By then, I was starting to pass out. The doctor examined me and said, “He is in shock.”

I said, “Please help me! I am in terrible pain.”

“I do not have the medications you need,” he said and instructed the others to find a tricycle to take me to the town hospital. Someone had already notified my wife, and she went to the hospital with me.

The doctor who examined me said, “This is a cerebral hemorrhage, which we are unable to treat here. He needs to go to the city hospital immediately.” By then, I had already lost consciousness.

By the time we arrived at the city hospital, it was already dark. After I was examined yet again, the doctor said I needed immediate surgery and that a family member’s consent was required.

He added, “His condition is very serious. There is no guarantee that the operation will be successful. Even if he survives it, he may not be the same as before and could be left with complications.”

My wife asked, “What kind of complications?”

“Possibly mental impairment or paralysis. He might end up in a vegetative state or he might not even make it off the operating table.”

My wife said, “No matter what, please go ahead with the surgery. As long as he is still breathing, I will take care of him.”

The five-hour operation turned out to be very successful. A blood vessel in my brain had ruptured, so the doctor made an incision in the back of my head to repair it.

I was in the hospital for 25 days receiving daily infusions of anti-inflammatory medication.

On the day I was discharged, I couldn’t walk on my own, and my vision was poor. I couldn’t take care of myself and needed constant assistance.

My wife was overwhelmed. She had to take care of me while also doing the housework and farm work. After a while, her diabetes, which she had suffered from before, flared up again. She was so weak that she couldn’t take care of me anymore.

I suggested that she return to her parents so that her family could take care of her, while I would return to my own parents. My parents were both in their 50s. By then, I was feeling better, and I could basically take care of myself, although I was still unable to work.

Thus, my wife and I each returned to our own parents so that they could take care of us.

An Amazing Book

One day I saw a copy of Zhuan Falun Volume II sitting on the dining table in my parents’ house. Out of curiosity, I picked it up and began to read at random.

The very first character I saw was “Qiong” (Firmament), and this is what it said:

“The vastness of the universe and the enormity of the cosmic bodies can never be understood by humans through exploration; the minuteness of matter can never be detected by humans. The human body is so mysterious that it is beyond human knowledge, which can merely scratch the surface. Life is so abundant and complex that it will forever remain an eternal enigma to mankind.” (“Firmament,” Essentials for Further Advancement)

This passage was so profound and meaningful that I was completely captivated. Despite my blurry vision, I struggled to read. I became so engrossed in the book that I finished it in one sitting.

I continued to read the book again and again, cover to cover, every day. Gradually, my vision cleared, and every character in the book became sharp. At the same time, my body was also gradually returning to normal.

I later realized that, as I was reading, Master was restoring my health. From then on, I embarked on the path of practicing Falun Dafa.