(Minghui.org) I had a Chinese sesame flatbread shop in 2003. When I opened my shop one spring morning, a beam of light caught my eye, and I looked down and found a Falun Dafa flyer on the floor. This was the first time I had seen such a flyer, so I picked it up and read it. I felt that Falun Dafa was very good, and I put the flyer on a table.
Three people came in to buy flatbread at lunchtime. When they saw the flyer, they started to badmouth Falun Dafa, spouting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda that they had heard on television. I took issue with them and thought that, even if they didn’t buy anything from me, I wouldn’t let them say bad things about Falun Dafa. After I did that, I felt a warm current travel through my body. I felt comfortable and joyful.
I decided to practice Falun Dafa the next day. I went to see my cousin who practices it, and she was very happy to hear that I wanted to, too. She taught me the five exercises and gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun. On my way home, I felt that the air was fresher and my body was light.
My uncle who practiced Taoism learned I was practicing Falun Dafa and came to see me. He advised me not to practice it and said some bad things about it. My other uncle who lived in Dalian called me and badmouthed Falun Dafa, too. His intention was to stop me from practicing Falun Dafa. Because I had just started practicing and had a shallow understanding of the Fa, I wavered.
My cousin and several other practitioners came to share with me, and I realized that my uncles’ behavior was interference, so I decided to continue practicing Falun Dafa. But at that time, my uncle came again and advised me again not to practice. My cousin and uncle got into an argument. The CCP had just staged the Tiananmen self-immolation incident, and I didn’t know what to do. My cousin told me not to hesitate, that Falun Dafa was the most righteous Fa in this world, and she asked me what I was waiting for. The words “most righteous” pierced my heart. I started to practice Falun Dafa seriously and have not wavered in my belief since.
By studying the Fa teachings, I understood that Master not only bears and dissolves karma for me in this world, but also pays back and bears my karmic debts in other dimensions.
I had a dream one night in 2005. In the dream, I was on a dirt road just wide enough for a horse-drawn carriage. As I was walking along, demons that looked like the gold horn king and silver horn king (from “Journey to the West”) appeared and kidnapped me. They tied me up with chains and took me to a deep cave in a mountain. I asked them why they had taken me there. They said that I owed them debts and wouldn’t release me until I paid them back.
I said, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. I must leave here today.” Right then, the chains fell off. I heard a voice saying that I would be beaten if I didn’t repay the debts. I was frightened and asked Master for help because I wanted to leave. As I started to head toward the cave entrance, a long leather whip slapped against my back. I fell down and didn’t get up for some time. I pleaded with Master in my heart to save me.
With difficulty, I got up and started to walk out, but I was whipped again, this time on the left side. As a whip was about to fall yet again on my back, Master came and lifted me up with his hands. The whip fell on Master’s back, and he shielded me. I asked Master to beat them, but he protected me and carried me toward the entrance as if he hadn’t heard me. I saw Master being whipped from both sides of the cave, one after another. Master bore the pain for me with his body and paid back my debts. I got out of the cave thanks to Master’s protection. I then woke up.
Twenty years have passed, but I cannot stop my tears whenever I think of this dream.
Master said,
“... suffering is repaying a karmic debt, ...” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
I can pay back the debts I owe in this world, but how can I pay back the debts I owe to the divine in other dimensions if Master didn’t take care of me and bear it for me? How many debts has Master borne for me over the past two decades? How could I possibly repay Master? Thank you, Master, for your boundless saving grace!
One autumn day in 2005, a practitioner sent me “Falun Dafa is good” posters with adhesive on the back. She said that another practitioner had put posters like that around the town government building and the police station the night before. After dinner, I went to a crossroads in my village that had a power pole where I could put up the posters. At the pole, I started to peel the back off a poster, when I was lit up by the headlights of a police car. I realized that police had been stationed there. I packed up the posters, went to a small shop, and put the posters in a pile of groceries.
The police car parked outside the shop, but it drove away after a short while. Before I left the shop, it came back, waited five minutes, and left again. Thanks to Master’s protection, the police didn’t know where I went.
Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the police broke into practitioners’ homes, ransacked them, and arrested practitioners. Two police cars parked in front of my house one day. Eight police officers broke into my home and searched everywhere. They took my photos of Master and his DVD lectures. They were going to take me away, too. I said to Master in my heart that I couldn’t let them take me and that I wanted to leave. Just then, the young officer who had been watching me went into another room.
I quickly went to the front yard and saw a police car outside the gate and an officer inside the gate. I went to the back yard and saw another police car with two officers inside. How could I leave? I got nervous and said to Master, “Master, please help me leave here. Don’t let them see me.” As I bravely went up to the front gate, the officer at the car was answering a phone call. He then got in the car and drove away. Just inside the gate, the other officer looked like he was rooted to the spot and didn’t have any reaction when he saw me. My neighbor was standing outside my home to see what was happening. She didn’t seem to see me and didn’t wave to me. Thanks to Master’s protection, I left safely.
In July 2015, practitioners all over China filed criminal complaints with the Supreme Court and the Supreme Procuratorate against Jiang Zemin, former head of the CCP, for persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. I knew that I had to participate in this effort to keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification. By the time I finished my letter of complaint, the post office wasn’t allowing some practitioners to post their letters, so I sent forth righteous thoughts at home and on my way to the post office. My complaint was posted, and when I asked the postal clerk when the letter would go out, she said it would be sent at 8:30 the next morning.
I started to send forth righteous thoughts at 8 a.m. the next day to dissolve the evil beings that would interfere with and prevent the letter from reaching the Supreme Court in Beijing and to eliminate the dark minions, rotten demons, and the evil specter of the CCP. I felt a strong energy surrounding me. I saw that in other dimensions the word “eliminate” had become sharp swords. The swords were in a rectangular formation for a while and then re-arranged themselves into other formations. The formations changed constantly and looked amazing. Every sword shone with silver light. No matter what the arrangement of swords was, it was always above the complaint letter. I couldn’t explain what I saw with human language. I realized that Master was encouraging me.
I have had many such experiences over the past two decades of cultivation and know I would have not been able to accomplish anything without Master’s protection. I will believe in Master and the Fa and have righteous thoughts and actions when I come across issues. I will validate what Master said:
“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts, Master has the power to turn the tide.” (“The Master-Disciple Bond,” Hong Yin II)
Thank you, Master, for your boundless saving grace! I can never repay you for such immense grace. I will cultivate diligently, clarify the truth to people, and save more sentient beings.