(Minghui.org) I am a 60-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner who began cultivating in March 1999. I suffered from severely poor health prior to cultivating. Despite taking medicine year-round and learning many different types of qigong, my health never got better. Given family pressures, I considered ending my life. I began practicing Falun Dafa after repeated persuasion from my friends, and unexpectedly recovered from all my illnesses within two months. It has been 23 years since then, and besides improving my mental well being, Falun Dafa has influenced me into becoming a better, more considerate person. I would like to share with you a life-and-death tribulation I experienced.
While cutting my nails on the night of May 8, 2022, I accidentally cut off a small piece of flesh, about the size of a grain of rice, at the side of my right little toe. As there was only a little bleeding and no pain, I thought little of this incident and went to bed.
Five days later, I went to a neighboring village to buy vegetables. I sensed some weakness in my right leg after returning home, but I still proceeded to join the group Fa-study at a fellow practitioner’s home. That night, I discovered my wound was a bit red and swollen. The next morning, I found my right toes a little swollen and sore. After doing the Dafa exercises, I went to make breakfast. Yet, as soon as I took my first step, my right foot started hurting badly. I stayed at home for a whole day. I spent the next three days confined indoors, studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts. As my son, daughter, and husband worked elsewhere, I was alone at home. However, I did not want to worry them, so I didn’t tell them about my condition.
Two days later my right foot had swollen a lot. Stepping on the ground was very painful, like stepping on needles. Unable to move, I could not cook for myself. Fortunately, fellow practitioners and my neighbors heard about my plight. They delivered food and helped care for me, yet within those few days I still lost a lot of weight. My son and daughter returned home two days later, for the weekend. Immediately after laying eyes on me, they began insisting I visit the hospital. I reassured them and explained that it was part of the karma eliminating process, and with Master’s protection, I would be fine. Unable to change my mind, my children dropped the idea. Worrying about potential lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they stayed overnight only. Before they left, they asked me to call them if my condition worsened. I reassured them that I would be fine.
I married my current husband in 2001. At that time, my husband already had a 16-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter from his previous marriage. Being a stepmother is hard, and everyone advised me to have my own child. To maintain harmony within the family, I refused to have more children and focused on raising my young stepdaughter. My stepson later married and had children of his own. I helped care for my grandson until he entered junior high school. Soon after, my stepson and his wife welcomed the birth of a second child, who is currently attending first grade in school.
My family members respect me, as they know the hardships I had endured for the family for over the past 20 years. They supported my practicing Falun Dafa and understood that Falun Dafa is good. After returning to their workplaces, my stepson and stepdaughter called my younger brother and told him about my situation. My younger brother rushed over with my nephew the following day. Upon seeing my condition, they advised me to visit the hospital. My younger brother had seen the amazing healing powers of Dafa and knew I had been in good health since 1999. So when I rejected his proposal, he accepted my decision, but insisted I went to his home with him so they could help care for me. Unable to decline, I eventually returned to my hometown with him.
After two to three days, my original wound healed on its own. But in its place, two more wounds appeared at the side of my toe, from which large quantities of fishy, smelly pus flowed. Although my younger brother took great care of me and refused to let me move, I still insisted on doing whatever I could on my own. I also continued to practice the exercises daily, despite feeling unbearable pain whenever I stood on my foot. After doing the Dafa exercises, I was soaked in sweat.
I studied the Fa, sent forth righteous thoughts, looked inwards for my shortcomings, and tried to correct myself. As the days went by, my symptoms started to lessen, as did my younger brother’s worries.
I then noticed something in my wound and could squeeze it out with some tissue paper. It looked like a two-inch-long worm. The situation repeated two days later. Afterwards, the wound began expelling hardened pus the size of soybeans. Although the situation looked scary in the eyes of others, I knew that Master was purifying my body and expelling these dirty things.
On Sunday, my husband, daughter-in-law, grandson, and daughter all came to see me. Upon seeing my swollen foot, which had turned black and purple from the calf down, everyone insisted that I go to the hospital. They called over nearly 20 of my nearby relatives, who were shocked to see my condition. Everyone took turns persuading me, shouting and crying that my leg would be amputated if I refused to go. I told them as a Dafa practitioner, Master would care for me, and that my condition was not the same as that of an ordinary person.
As I remained unmoved, my niece and her husband fetched a doctor they knew. The doctor examined my foot, took out a metal needle and pierced the area between my big toe and second toe. When he pulled it out, pus flowed from the pierced area. He asked me if it hurt, and I replied that it did not. The doctor shook his head and went out to brief my family about his diagnosis. After he left, my family members returned to my room in tears. The doctor had told them, even if I visited the hospital now, I would lose my leg, and even my life would be in danger. My desperate husband said, “I will get on my knees to beg you. Listen to me this once and go to the hospital.” I told them to ignore the doctor’s diagnosis, as with Master’s aid, I would be fine.
The daughter-in-law of my eldest son (from my first marriage), also a doctor herself, rushed down to visit me soon after. She said, “Your current condition is highly dangerous. It is impossible for your leg to heal on its own without medicine.” After I continued to decline their advice and reassure them that I was fine, my relatives became frustrated and angry. I overheard my aunt loudly suggest they forcibly carry me to the hospital. Even if my leg were amputated, at least my life would be saved. My relatives also started discussing funeral preparations, in case I did lose my life, before leaving in tears. My husband had to handle a project in another region and could not stay by my side. Before leaving, he cried, “The doctor said you are suffering from sepsis. Why do you continue to refuse treatment?” I reassured him that I would be fine, as Master was taking care of me.
I subsequently intensified my Fa study, and did the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts more frequently. In the process, I found gaps where my character did not meet the standards of the Fa. Jealousy, resentment, fighting for self-interest, impatience, and competitiveness were some of the attachments I found.
For example, I had resentment. When my foot was swollen and I was unable to cook for myself, my sister-in-law who lived in the village would drop by to visit me daily. When I asked her to help me steam some buns, she did not reply. I thought she had not heard my request and repeated myself three times in a row. However, my sister-in-law continued to ignore me and even helped herself to gifts others had given me. I became angry and thought to myself, “You really have no conscience. I have always given you good things, and even let you stay with me for two months when your house was undergoing renovations. As the host, I had to cater to you during your stay. Yet when I am in trouble you treat me like this?!” I failed to follow the requirements of a practitioner, and instead harbored resentment and indignation.
My impatient nature also made it hard for me to be considerate of others. After discovering my attachments, I stopped resenting my sister-in-law. Perhaps Master had used her to test me, and I had failed to pass the test despite cultivating for many years. I felt truly ashamed, and resolved not to let Master down. My condition gradually improved after a month, and I could take care of my own needs. I called my husband and asked him to accompany me home. The following day, my husband and daughter arrived. They were overjoyed to see the swelling had gone down, and I was able to walk around in slippers.
Before October 6, 2022, the day of my daughter’s engagement, my daughter had agonized for days, thinking I would not be able to attend her engagement ceremony. She said she must thank Master for this miracle.
Relatives and friends in my hometown were equally shocked to see my recovery. Word had spread that I would not live for long. Yet seeing me socialize while standing before them, they all admitted the greatness of Falun Dafa. The hospital would have charged tens of thousands of yuan in fees, amputated my leg, and could not even guarantee my survival. Yet Falun Dafa had miraculously healed my leg at no cost!
My niece had made a bet with me earlier, “Aunt, I really don’t believe you can recover without going to the hospital. If you really recover, I’ll grant whatever wish you have.” Upon seeing I had recovered, she asked, “Aunt, what is your wish?” “I don’t need anything from you, just truthfully tell your colleagues, friends, and classmates what happened to me.” My niece happily agreed.
My eldest daughter-in-law, who works as a doctor, personally called me some time later to ask about my condition. When I told her I had recovered, she could hardly believe the news. She came to my home, saw me walking around with a normal looking leg, and exclaimed with a look of surprise, “This is unbelievable. Your condition was so bad, yet you recovered without any treatment. This cannot be explained by medical science. Falun Dafa is truly amazing!”
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