PureInsight | June 11, 2001
I am an engineer and have been working in scientific research for 18 years.
In 1994, I had a CT scan at Hospital No. 301. I learned that I had a malignant neuroglioma (a kind of brain tumor). Just a few days after the diagnosis, I was unable to move. I had a seven-hour long operation to have the tumor removed in the Hospital. But in a follow up exam only 54 days later, I was found to have a relapse. They found a 4cm x 3cm tumor. By the 84th day the tumor had grown to 6cm x 5cm. The doctors at the Hospital felt quite helpless. They asked me to go home. My only choice was to wait for death. My wife brought the films the CT scans taken before and after the surgery to another hospital for consultation. The chief doctor of the brain surgery group studied the file and told my wife, 'Do not cry. Since surgery can't remove it, the only choice is to try to prevent it from spreading further.' My wife asked him how much time I had left. He said, 'Based on the current situation, my guess would be three months at the most.'
My wife refused to give up and consulted the Beijing Anticancer Association. She was told of an anticancer powder that is particularly effective on brain tumors. With no other choice, I practiced Qigong while taking the medication. The condition seemed to be better controlled. However, my work unit could not reimburse me for the medical expenses. I had to pay 800 Yuan RMB each month (an average urban worker is paid approximately 500 Yuan RMB per month) for the medication. The total salary my wife and I made together was only 850 Yuan per month. By now our family was having a very difficult time.
During the time when I was ill, my wife suffered from both mental and economic pressures. Her health finally broke down. Her hair turned gray. She developed many diseases, including a pelvic infection, enteritis, and gastritis. The hospital recommended she be hospitalized. But our children and I needed her. If she had not found Falun Dafa, I'm not sure what we all would have done. Falun Dafa helped her to sustain the family. My wife began to practice Falun Dafa in 1995. On the second day of her practice, she developed diarrhea. She ran to the bathroom seven to eight times a day for two whole months. Even so, her mental condition was excellent. She felt very energetic. Her whole body felt very light when she walked anywhere. Three months later, all of her diseases totally disappeared. Her health completely recovered and her hair gradually turned from gray to back to black. I felt such happiness in my heart! When she practiced the sitting meditation at night, I felt clear, strong energy coming from her. I was inspired to read the two books, China Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun. The profound teachings of Teacher Li Hongzhi deeply moved me. Now I understand the reason for being a human being, the purpose of my life and the reason for my illness. Falun Dafa woke me up from the maze.
We both became Falun Dafa practitioners. I tried hard to practice and genuinely cultivate myself according to the cosmic characteristics, 'Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance.' On the third day of my practice, all of the symptoms that I had had before and after surgery showed up again. I felt pain in my waist and legs. When I did the 'Holding the Wheel above the Head' exercise, my head felt as heavy as a big rock. At noontime on October 23, I suffered such a severe headache that I felt like my head would explode. I felt so sick and weak, and I felt like throwing up. As sick as I was, I persisted in practicing the exercises and studying Teacher's lectures. After two days, a dent appeared on the right side of the lesion. When I had the surgery the year before, the doctors removed a piece of bone from my right temple; it is called a 'decompression window.' On December 25, I felt pain around the decompression window. I could hardly open my mouth to eat. The pain was gone after one week. On December 30, around 12:10 midnight, I woke up and felt a strong hot stream penetrating my body, just like on a hot summer day. I was drenched in sweat all over my body. About two o'clock in the early morning, I experienced the same thing for the second time. It was quite obvious that the Teacher was adjusting and purifying my body. I was saved. From then on, all those symptoms on my body disappeared.
After half a year of practice I recovered completely. Since then my health has always been good. It is Falun Dafa that gave me a second life. In December 1995, the work unit assigned me a new apartment. When decorating, I could carry a 100 Jin (110 lbs.) bag of cement from the first floor to the fifth floor. I did not feel any fatigue in over 20 days of work. I felt I had endless strength. In fact, I am even stronger than before I got ill. In the spring, it was time to plant trees. Since I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, I tried to do some tough work like digging the hole for planting a tree. The size of the hole was 1.5 meters nearly 5 feet) in diameter and 1.5 meters deep. There were a lot of big rocks there. I stripped off my shirt and worked hard. Finally I finished more than I was assigned to do.
Falun Dafa teaches us that a practitioner should always be a good person. In the work unit I did the dirty and tough jobs and considered others all the time. I gave up fame and personal interest. In March of this year, the supervisor told me that they wanted to recommend me as a candidate for 'Model Worker' honor. They also suggested to me that I use some of my private connections to get a promotion. My rank was two grades lower than that of most of my peers. Before practicing Falun Dafa, I complained a lot about that because I felt my contribution and my reward were disproportionate. Since I became a practitioner, I have tried to take fame and interest lightly, and truly be a good person. I told the supervisor, ' I am not qualified for the title of model worker. I have been on sick leave for a year and a half. The work unit has paid so much money for my medical expenses. I have already received so much. Please give this opportunity to someone else.'
Falun Dafa is the great law of the universe - a law of mighty virtue. It has not only saved my life, but also purified my soul.
(Edited from article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/5/23/10278.html)
