China Fahui | Master Saved Me and I Help Save People

(Minghui.org) Before I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996 I had a terminal illness. I was only in my 30s but the doctors said I would die within five years.

Compassionate Master Li (Falun Dafa’s founder) renewed my life. I am very grateful and I’d like to tell you about my cultivation journey.

A Second Life

I was 36 years old in 1995. One day, I noticed red spots on my feet which slowly grew larger. Then I developed a fever. I felt weak and I was unable to do anything. Clumps of hair soon started falling out. This was terrifying since I heard only a terminal illness could cause such a dramatic hair loss. I had to grip the doors with both hands when I got on the bus and it took all my strength. Watching me struggle the children often called me “grandma.” Those days seemed like an eternity and I felt helpless. My heart was filled with immense pain and I wept when I was alone.

I was later hospitalized and diagnosed with systemic polyarteritis nodosa. My family didn’t understand this term since we never heard it before. The doctor said there was no cure for this disease. It could only be managed with hormones, along with medications to protect my liver, brain, and heart. Moreover, the hormone dosage could only be increased, not decreased. If the condition worsened, it could cause organ ischemia, functional impairment, and even endanger my life. The doctor said I had at most five years to live—but my mother dared not to tell me this at the time.

Because of the large amount of hormones I took, my face gradually became very swollen and my body became as hard as a sheet of metal. I continued to lose hair. When almost all of it fell out children would cry in fear when they saw me. I was in unbearable pain, and it felt like life was worse than death. I wanted to die.

In my utter despair and helplessness, I was fortunate enough to encounter Falun Dafa. I obtained the precious book Zhuan Falun and read it every day. I also diligently practiced the five sets of exercises every morning.

It was initially difficult for me to meditate. The hormones I had taken made my body, feet, and legs stiff. I couldn’t lift my legs when I meditated. Even if I managed to lift them, they would slip down in less than a second with a thud like wood falling onto concrete, and it hurt a lot. But I didn’t give up and I kept pulling my legs up. Gradually, I was able to sit cross-legged for five minutes, ten minutes, then fifteen minutes. I persevered and being able to sit cross-legged for 30 minutes was a huge breakthrough. I continued to push myself through these challenges every day.

After I finished meditating, there would be a puddle of water on the floor. In winter, the meditation cushion would be soaking wet, and the water that drained out smelled terrible, like Chinese medicine. The whole room was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine. I wondered why. Then it dawned on me: Master was cleansing and purifying my body! I burst into tears, not knowing how much Master had endured for me, and how much karma he eliminated for me.

Six months after I began to practice Falun Dafa, my hair grew back, jet black and shiny. My complexion became rosy and my body was even healthier than when I was young. It was Master’s compassionate salvation that has brought me to where I am today. Master gave me a second life. Amazed by my condition, many of my coworkers at the factory began practicing Falun Dafa. Several of my family members also started practicing.

I was as happy and carefree as a swallow every day, and I told everyone I met about Dafa. Falun Dafa spread very quickly in our small area. Gradually dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of people came to practice. Once when we were practicing the exercises in the square, many people from various cities and counties came. The scene was spectacular. A Falun appeared in the sky, and some practitioners were enveloped in pillars of light. Many miraculous sights appeared.

We went to a rural area to spread the Fa. After breakfast some practitioners talked about their cultivation experiences, everyone eagerly recounted the miraculous things they experienced after they began practicing. Some villagers wanted to practice, so we taught them the exercises and gave them copies of the precious book Zhuan Falun. Many people began cultivating.

My husband has a brother and their elderly relatives in their hometown left them houses and money when they died. I initially wanted a share. Later, through studying the Fa, I improved my character, and discovered that I had attachment to self-interest and jealousy. I realized that cultivators should measure themselves by the Fa and do good according to its standards. I shouldn’t be competing with everyday people over personal gain. So I let go of my attachment to self-interest. Afterward, my heart felt very light.

Before I started practicing Falun Dafa, my relationship with my mother-in-law wasn’t good. After I began practicing, I let go of my resentment and forgave past grievances. When my husband was away, I often bought things and I visited her. She was touched and said, “You are truly good to me.” I replied, “My Master taught me to be like this.”

Going Out and Telling People the Facts

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa in July 1999, many practitioners were illegally arrested. Seven people came to my house and they demanded I stop practicing because they said the government forbade it. I shared my personal experience with them. My mother also told them about my physical condition before and after I started practicing. While she talked to them my mother revealed that the doctor had said I only had five years to live, something she never told me before. The people who came to “transform” me changed their attitude. Seeing my excellent spirit and physical condition, they left and one of them remarked, “We almost got ‘transformed’ by you [to practice Dafa]!”

Faced with this sudden change, I was at a loss. At that time, Master published the poem of “Your Heart Should Know” (The Essentials of Diligent Progress II) and we practitioners regained our righteous thoughts. We went out to distribute truth-clarification materials to expose the CCP’s lies and tell people what Dafa is. At that time, there were no material production sites in our area and Master’s articles and the truth-clarification materials came from other regions. We photocopied them and distributed them.

In 2006, nine years had passed since the doctor’s five-year sentence, and I was detained by the CCP officials for practicing Falun Dafa. I was detained again in 2011. The terms of these two detentions added up to more than three years. When I came home my husband beat me and slammed my head on the ground. When he stopped he touched his own head and found a bump.

He looked at me in confusion and said, “Why don’t you have a bump on your head like I do?”

I said, “Good is rewarded, but bad deeds are punished.” He remained silent.

At first, I had to make up an excuse to go out and clarify the truth to people. I later realized that cultivators cannot lie, and we must save sentient beings openly and honestly. I asked a practitioner to install a NTD Television dish in my home. My husband watched the programs every day and he came to understand what Falun Dafa is. He no longer stopped me from going out to clarify the truth.

The Dogs Stopped Barking

The other practitioners and I go distribute truth-clarification materials every day. We sometimes carry large bags of materials and distribute them where crowds gather and no one refuses them. We also went to residential buildings and we hung the materials on the residents’ doors. We distributed materials in all the neighborhoods in our district, and in some nearby places.

When we saw many local people understood the truth, we wanted to cover the nearby rural areas. When Ping suggested we go to the countryside to clarify the truth, I immediately agreed. We prepared materials in advance, including truth-clarification DVDs, stickers, and pamphlets.

When Ping’s husband heard that we planned to go to the countryside to distribute materials, he said, “After you get off the bus there, you’ll have to walk for an hour. The village ends at a lake and there’s no other way out [if police go after you].” He told us not to go, and said it was too dangerous. I was also a little scared, and I wondered, “Should we go?” I thought fear was a crucial cultivation test, but wasn’t having fear also being selfish? I quickly rectified myself: I wanted to listen to Master’s words and save people. We decided to set off as soon as the truth-clarification materials were ready.

I bought a pair of cloth shoes, which made walking much easier. Ping and I put truth-clarification stickers, Shen Yun performance DVDs, amulets, booklets, and other items into a biscuit tin and a milk carton, so it would look like we were visiting relatives. We first took a long-distance bus, switched to another bus, and we walked for more than an hour to reach the village entrance.

We arrived at Ping’s relative’s home at 2 p.m. and had a simple meal. We told her relatives the truth about Falun Dafa and distributed informational materials to nearby farmers. The rural people are quite modest and they all eagerly took the booklets, DVDs, and amulets. Because many people in the countryside are illiterate, only a few of them had withdrawn from the CCP organizations (Chinese Communist Party, Communist Youth League, and Young Pioneers).

That evening Ping and I delivered information to each home. Just as I reached one house, a large black dog darted out and barked, causing all the dogs in the village to bark. I was so frightened that my hands and feet went cold, and I trembled. I was bitten by a dog years ago, so I was terrified of them.

I suddenly remembered a practitioner’s article on Minghui.org that mentioned telling dogs about Falun Dafa. I told the dog, “Don’t bark. We’re here to help save your owner. Please remember ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ and be saved!” Upon hearing my words, the dog immediately stopped barking and wagged its tail, leading the way. The other dogs also stopped barking.

Another practitioner and I went to the countryside and we distributed materials and clarified the truth along the way during the day. We distributed truth-clarification materials and put up stickers at night. We also taught the practitioner’s relatives the exercises.

The next day, on our way back, we pasted truth-clarification stickers along the way. When we encountered some children, we told them the story of the red-eyed stone lion and explained that quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations can keep them safe. Many children withdrew from the Young Pioneers. After we helped a 12-year-old boy withdraw, he gathered more children so we could talk to them. I told the children, “The red scarf is dyed with the blood of martyrs and it brings bad luck. Please withdraw from the CCP organization and remember ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’” Nine children withdrew, and they happily skipped and hopped away, chanting “Falun Dafa is good! “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

Several times, a police car approached right after we finished distributing truth-clarification materials, but we were never in danger. We were spotted by a plainclothes officer while we put up truth-clarification stickers. He called several officers to chase us. We sent forth righteous thoughts, asked Master to help us, and we returned home safely. Thank you, Master, for your compassionate protection.

Helping Save More People

As we did more and more to save sentient beings, our fear lessened. At first, we didn’t dare to talk to people or persuade them to withdraw from the CCP face-to-face. As the Fa-rectification progressed and people became more and more awakened, we began to talk to them.

I met an elegantly dressed woman. I complimented her, and said, “You’re very attractive.” She said she was a doctor.

I continued, “Let me ask you a question: Can a person sing after a tracheotomy?”

She replied, “How could that be? That goes against medical common sense!”

I said that the CCP claimed in the staged Tiananmen self-immolation incident. I explained why she should renounce her membership in the CCP and its affiliated organizations and how to ensure her safety. I also told her how the CCP harvests organs from Falun Dafa practitioners while they are alive. She agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

Many local residents gather in the park and they like to talk about how corrupt officials embezzle hundreds of millions of yuan. They say the CCP officials force people to get vaccinated, which cause them to have strokes and heart attacks, and how the poisonous food and fruit harm people. As a result, many of them withdrew from the CCP to ensure their safety.

However, some people said, “You eat the CCP’s food, drink the CCP’s water, but you oppose the Party?” I often tell them, “The CCP doesn’t farm, doesn’t work, and doesn’t do scientific research. Where does it get its money? Even buying a bar of soap involves taxes. We are the ones who support the Party. Right?” They agree with me.

Tourists come to my area on one-day, two-day, and three-day tours to visit the ancient buildings, temples, pavilions, towers, and squares, and the area is bustling with people every day, especially during holidays. Many tourists come in families or groups. Local practitioners walk through the crowds and clarify the truth to these tourists. In the past, we clarified the truth one person at a time, but now with so many people, we are able to talk to groups.

A large family came: two sons, two daughters, their sons-in-law, nephews, and others. A man was pushing a wheelchair with an elderly woman sitting in it. I went over to talk to them and learned that the son-in-law was pushing his mother-in-law. I said, “Your family is very lucky and the son-in-law is great! With so many disasters happening now, please be safe.” I explained why millions of Chinese already quit the CCP. All eight family members quit the CCP organizations.

One day at the train station, four elderly people came by. One was playing the flute, another was singing opera, and the third was dancing; they were all dressed very beautifully. I immediately went up to them and said, “You look nice, and you seem to be having a lot of fun! Have you joined the CCP or its affiliated organizations?” They said they had. I told them how my past health problems were resolved after I began practicing Falun Dafa. They were amazed and agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

When I turned around, I saw four mothers holding their children. The children rushed over to me. I talked to their mothers and all four withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

I met five girls who were traveling together. I said, “This place is wonderful! The mountains are amazing, the river is beautiful, the food is delicious, the drinks are great, and the scenery is nice. Here’s another wonderful thing: quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations is great. Many people here have been saved by quitting the CCP. Just a few days ago, many people from Hunan and Chongqing quit. You five are like five golden flowers, so let’s use this name to signify your group's withdrawal. Okay?” They all agreed and were very happy.

We often encounter groups of traveling college students: some take photos, others line up to buy food or barbecue. We always go over and talk to them. Sometimes we lead the way, sometimes we act as tour guides, and help them to renounce their memberships in the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

These are my experiences. On the remaining cultivation path, I will definitely follow Master’s teachings, fulfill my vows, assist Master in rectifying the Fa, help him save more people, and complete my mission.

(Selected submission for the 23rd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)