Traveling with Master Before and After Falun Gong Was Introduced to the Public

Traveling with Master Before and After Falun Gong Was Introduced to the Public

I was born in Beijing, and was interested in qigong ever since I was young. One day in 1990, I came upon some people practicing an unknown qigong in a park. A very special kind of power attracted me, which I could not resist. So I sneaked over to watch, but I was too shy to ask what they were doing, since I was so young.

That night, Master explained the practice of Falun Gong to his students, and I attended the talk. Though Master explained it in very simple words, he eloquently outlined the basis of cultivation practice. I had never heard of such great Fa, and right then I decided to learn Falun Gong. When I awkwardly asked Master to teach me, he looked at me and explained that he could not because he would not stay in Beijing for long. I did not give up hope however, and I followed the practitioners and watched them practice in the woods next to the Military Museum. Four or five days later, I noticed that Master was still there, so I requested once again to learn from him. This time, Master asked me why I wanted to learn. Somewhat confused, I said that I wanted to cultivate. Master said there were three conditions that I needed to understand before he could teach me. He said, "First, I am teaching you a practice that takes you to higher levels, I am not teaching you anything like fortune telling, Fengshui, or curing diseases, and I don't allow you to learn any of these. If you are interested in these, please feel free to find others who teach them [in lieu of practicing Falun Dafa]. Second, let's test each other for a period, I will test you and you can decide whether I am the right Master for you also (Master was very polite when saying this). Third, you are not supposed to tell any one about what I teach you, not even your family members." [Editor's note: This was before Master Li made Falun Gong public.]

I agreed with the three conditions and started to learn the practice of Falun Gong with Master.

In 1991, Master and his mother went to Thailand to visit relatives, and he stopped in Beijing on his way back to Changchun, his hometown. During Master's stay in Beijing, Li Jingchao's older brother Li Jingfeng introduced him to Master and he started to learn from Master. At that time, several other practitioners and I had already followed Master for more than a year. Starting on July 23, 1999, CCTV began broadcasting a program slandering and defaming Master. In the program, Li Jingchao claimed that he created the exercises with Master. Li Jingchao twisted the historical facts and betrayed his own conscience.

As a matter of fact, in early 1992, before Master made Falun Gong public, Master had criticized Li Jingchao because he tried to cure diseases with his Celestial Eye and he collected money for doing so. Back then, Li Jingchao had attachments to his Celestial Eye, and to acquiring money for curing diseases for others. He ignored Master's admonishments and moved further and further from Dafa, finally going against Dafa. This is a serious lesson for us.

Recently there has been a person in Beijing with the last name of Liu, who claims that he followed Master since he was nine years old, and that he could see with his Celestial Eye. Liu has spread his views among practitioners and has confused some practitioners. Liu has even asked for money from practitioners. The fact of the matter is, prior to 1990, Master never taught anyone the practice, and even his family members were not aware of the practice. I had followed Master from 1990 until he went abroad to spread Dafa, and I had never heard of such a person named Liu.

In 1992 when Master started to introduce Falun Gong to the public, it was a period when qigong was really popular in China. There were various different schools of qigong, and among them were also practices that involved spirit and animal possessions. At that time, people recognized a qigong practice by only two standards. One was whether the qigong practice could demonstrate some supernormal power, and the other was whether the practice could heal illnesses. At that time, the Qigong Institute also used these two standards to evaluate a qigong practice.

Master Li maintained a very firm position ever since he came out and started to introduce Falun Gong to the public. He transmitted Falun Gong only to save people, without putting on any performances. Dafa is serious and dignified, and should never be mixed with other types of qigong that are only for healing illnesses or that involve spirit or animal possession. Showing off supernatural powers was never used for attracting people to learn Falun Gong. It is just as Master said, "In being saved, only when you seek righteousness can your attachments be eliminated." ("Further Elimination of Attachments" from Falun Dafa Essentials for Further Advancement)

Therefore, Master chose to adjust people's bodies and to provide qigong consultation in order to help people understand Falun Gong. The earliest public appearance of Falun Gong was in June 1992, in the form of a large-scale qigong consultation. The consultation was in the assembly hall on the fifth floor of the building housing the Bureau of Building Materials, located at Ganjiakou Shopping Center in Beijing. The consultation continued for 10 days, and each day the consultations began in the morning and continued into the afternoon. These consultations achieved a very good effect. Whether it was a tumor or other growth, they all disappeared after the treatment. As verified by medical examination after treatment, endocrine disorders disappeared. A number of other physical problems, including protrusion of the lumbar or cervical vertebrae, were healed right away after the treatment, with x-ray examinations showing the problem completely healed. People with heart disease were very uncomfortable when they first came to be treated, but after the treatment, their pain was gone right away.

A practitioner, Mr. Tang, was at that time the volunteer in charge of the assistance center in Beijing. After Master treated his heart disease, he went to the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University for an x-ray, and the examination showed that his illness was healed. Everybody witnessed how miraculous Falun Gong was, and they all wanted to learn the practice. Then Master held the first Fa lecture class in Beijing. According to the recollections of some veteran practitioners who attended the class, there were about 200 people in the first class. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Mr. Tang was forced to take a stand on TV to defame Dafa, but we, as well as Mr. Tang, all know that it is Falun Dafa that gave him a second life.

3. The first time I ever experienced a teacher paying for his disciples' meals

Before, when I practiced other types of qigong, I had always seen that the disciples provided for their teachers. I had never, however, seen a teacher paying for his disciples' meals.

In 1991, after Master returned from his visit to Thailand, we went to the Jietai Temple in Beijing with Master. At lunchtime, we ate at a small roadside restaurant. We all tried to pay for the meals after we finished eating, but Master told us to stay put and he went to pay for the meals for all of us. This touched us deeply because we all knew that it had always been customary for the disciples to provide for their masters in other qigong practices. This was the first time we had seen a master paying for his disciples' meals. Over a dozen years have passed, but the scene from that moment still clearly leaps before my eyes.

4. During the years of following Master as He traveled spreading the Fa, we ate very frugally

During this early period, I followed Master as he traveled from place to place holding classes. During those years, Master ate only instant noodles when he traveled. When we arrived at the place for the class, Master usually did not eat dinner before teaching the evening class. After the class, when we returned to the boarding house, it was already 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. and the boarding house had stopped providing meals by that time. Master did not go out to eat in a restaurant. He always ate instant noodles and we also ate instant noodles with Master. For those few years, I ate instant noodles so much that I came to a point where I was really sick of eating them. I even felt uncomfortable when I smelled instant noodles. Sometimes we ate instant noodles that we had bought in bulk wholesale, and we would eat that for many days.

Master did not eat a lot and He ate fast. If there was any food left over, Master would pack it up and take it with Him. Master was very thrifty. Later, I found out another detail about Master. When eating with the practitioners accompanying Him, he always finished eating before the others and went to pay for all their meals.

5. In the hot summer, Master traveled on crowded public transportation

In July 1992, Master had just come to Beijing, and I went with Him on some errands. It was a hot day and I was thinking of hiring a taxi for comfort, but Master took a crowded public bus. I had to then quit talking about the taxi. I sweated profusely on the bus, but Master's thriftiness deeply moved me.

Some people have fabricated and spread rumors on television, saying that Master lived luxuriously. I do not know where such rumors came from and I do not know what kind of people they were who slandered and defamed my benevolent Master. I followed Master for many years, starting with Him two years before He introduced Dafa to the public. I now know that there is no limit to cultivation in Falun Dafa. When I think of the hardships Master suffered in those years to introduce Dafa to the people in order to save them, I cannot stop the tears from flowing.

6. "Listening calmly to people until they finish talking shows them respect"

When I first started to follow and assist Master as he taught Falun Gong publicly, I used to interrupt others in a conversation because my xinxing was not well developed and I was young and impulsive. Sometimes I forced my understandings and emotions onto others. On other occasions, because I was arrogant, I pretended to know everything. Master told me that listening calmly to people until they finish talking shows them respect. You also need to pay attention to what people are talking about. Use the Fa to measure it and see whether it agrees with Dafa. After carefully analyzing what they say, you can then patiently voice your opinion. You should try to listen more and speak less. Quietly listening to everything that a person wants to say and not being impulsive is a kind of politeness and self-cultivation.

I was deeply affected by Master's words. Over the past 10 years, I have often used these words to examine myself. When I noticed that fellow practitioners, especially the young male practitioners, were impatient and arbitrary, ignoring manners while contacting or talking with others, I would quietly tell them what Master had said to me. They all felt that it was a great benefit to hear these words.

In the class, except for teaching the Fa, Master rarely said much afterwards.

7. Every time Master saw off a disciple or a visitor, he always waited until he couldn't see the person any longer before returning to his room

Master is very dignified in his daily activities including walking, standing, sitting and laying down. He is easy to get along with and also has a warm and friendly personality. Even after so many years, I have never seen Master cross his legs or lean back when he sits on a sofa or a chair. Master shows great respect when talking with elderly students, and his tone of voice is very respectful. Every time he sees off practitioners or visitors, Master stands at the front door and waits for the visitors to disappear before he turns back to his room. This little detail has been rooted in my mind for so many years.

Master often held sessions for questions and answers during the Fa lectures. Master used the tenth class solely for answering students' questions. Students handed in many question slips every time. Even for questions that had already been answered many times before, there were still students who asked them again. There were always a lot of new students at various locations attending the class. Master said that he didn't want to repeat answers for some questions in order to save time, but students still raised similar questions again. When it happened, Master would patiently address the questions. Especially the newcomers from different places always asked similar and very basic questions. Sometimes the senior students became impatient, but for several years in different locations Master saw so many students, and he always patiently answered their questions as clearly and as detailed as possible.

Sometimes, in certain circumstances, I almost lost my temper. For example, newcomers always wanted me to correct their exercise postures. When the same thing happened again and again, after a while I became rather impatient. But when I remembered Master's patience, my own complaints disappeared immediately. Someone said that you won't learn new things when you meet with new students, so you always want to be with senior students who have cultivated to a higher level. In fact, this is not true. A true cultivator can improve under all circumstances. It is all reflected in the progress of one's cultivation when one interacts with new students and has to show patience, be kind-hearted and reduce one's attachment to self. For example, today as we clarify the truth, validate the Fa and save sentient beings, we have to face the evil's interference when explaining the facts to deeply brainwashed and poisoned people. When we face the misunderstandings people have, the ability to control one's emotions and to be kind and tolerant all manifest when a true cultivator breaks through the self and makes rapid improvements.

Master said,

"Compassion comes from a person's cultivation, and it's not something that's acted out; it comes from deep inside, and it's not something done to show others. It's something that exists eternally, and it doesn't change with the passage of time or changes in circumstances." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Washington DC Fa Conference")

Every time I read this paragraph of the Fa, I recall how touched I was by Master's compassion and patience when He was teaching the Fa and guiding disciples in those early years.

In 1993, a person from the Qigong Institute invited Master to his hometown of Liaocheng City in Shandong Province to hold a class. He claimed that he wanted to introduce a good practice to the people in his hometown, but in fact, his real purpose was to make money together with the local qigong association. When the class was over, according to the contract that was the same for the classes Master held in many places, Master only took 30-40%, whereas the local organizer got 60-70% of the fees collected. Master taught his class for a very low price. In fact, at that time Falun Gong charged the least of all the other qigong classes. A ticket was 40 yuan and veteran students got in for half price, 20 yuan, so there were many veteran students every time Master held a new class. Every time a class was held, there was hardly a cent left after paying the auditorium rental, food and hotel fees.

After the class was over, the organizer of the local qigong association in Shandong complained that Master has set the ticket price too low. When one of them took Master to Jinan Train Station in a car, she complained to Master continuously for more than an hour.

I sat in the backseat and listened. At first I tried to keep quiet. Eventually, I could not hold my temper any longer. Because I could no longer tolerate her slandering Master like that, I shouted out, "You shut up. If you keep this up, we don't need you to take us to the station. We will get out of the car and go there by ourselves." Master turned around and glanced at me. He didn't say a word. But I could tell that he had found fault with me and indicated that I should do no more talking and just sit there quietly. The power of Master's appearance of mercy and seriousness immediately calmed my aggravated emotions. That lady seemed to be controlled by this power as well and didn't say anything more after a few more words. After this incident, Master didn't explain anything. During this whole process, Master didn't say a single word. However, all of us who were present, including the organizer, realized our mistakes and shortcomings.

My own understanding is that "going beyond the limits of Forbearance" is taught to the enlightened side of Dafa practitioners in order for them to eliminate the evil and rectify the Fa. It is not meant for us to indulge those attachments that we have not yet removed from our human side. In fact, we need to restrain our human side well and cultivate our xinxing at all times. Our enlightened side will then be able to fully exert supernormal power and not be hindered by the human side. By then, divine power will manifest and participate in the Fa-rectification and eliminate the evil forces.

10. A glance from Master was like a mirror, revealing all my bad thoughts

In 1994, Master held a Falun Dafa lecture in Zhenzhou. The number of attendees was much more than had been expected, and the auditorium rented by the local host was in bad condition. The bricks in the benches were exposed, and there were windows without glass. I was worried, and approached the local host asking to change the meeting site and the sound equipment. During the conversation, I failed to preserve my xinxing and lost my temper.

Master asked me to come over to Him. I had been with Master ever since I had obtained the Fa, and this was the first time that Master talked to me without a smile. Before Master even spoke, my legs were shaking and I felt Master's commanding presence. A glance from Master was like a shining mirror, and all my thoughts were revealed. I began to examine the issues that I hadn't understood in the past. There were no words that could describe Master's might and dignity.

Twenty minutes after I lost my temper with the organizer, I lost my voice. I felt fine when I went to the stage to teach the exercises, but felt awful after I came back down. It lasted for four or five days.

In the summer of 1993, I followed Master to Wuhan, where He gave lectures. During the day Master and I went to visit the Guiyuan Temple in Hankou. With one palm erected in front of his chest, Master stood solemnly in front of the statue of Sakyamuni. I stood behind Master to the right, also with one palm in front of my chest (I should have pressed my palms together in front of my chest in the Heshi gesture). In front of the Buddha statue, my imagination ran away from me, and I thought, "Sakyamuni is only a Tathagata. The higher Buddha looks at a Tathagata like he is an everyday person, and my level is higher." Without noticing it, the hand in front of my chest slid down. While I was giving free rein to my imagination with my eyes closed slightly, Master suddenly turned towards me and stared at my eyes for more than ten seconds without saying a word. I was so frightened that I broke out in a cold sweat and suddenly understood.

I had thought I was a college student after just glancing at a college textbook. My swollen ego had led to demons breeding in my own mind, but I couldn't recognize it at the time. Some veteran practitioners had fallen into this exact same trap and eventually even refused to acknowledge Master. The lesson was grave.

12. The truth about the accusation, "No help is offered in life-threatening situations"

Before each lecture, Master would tell the host from the local qigong association that "persons with critical illnesses" should not be admitted. In the lectures, Master would also say that we were not there to cure diseases. If anyone did come to have his diseases cured, we would return his entry fee even if he had already registered. The host of the local qigong associations often did not honor this request since they wanted to make money.

In 1994, in a lecture with 4,000 participants in Harbin, a few people from Jinzhou carried an overweight man into the stadium. This person was absent minded and had totally lost the ability to move around. His family members carried him in and out before and after each class. He was carried into the class even when he could not raise his head and had to lie down to "listen" to the class. During the classes, Master repeatedly requested that patients in critical condition leave the stadium and made it clear that "the lecture is not to cure diseases." They didn't listen.

One afternoon the man died in his hotel room. His family members carried the body to the outside of the auditorium and requested that Master save him. Master was lecturing at the time. A staff member talked to Master briefly and Master went outside quickly and didn't return for a while. When he came back, Master told us that the man had died a few days before. It would have been possible to save him if he was still alive, but now he was dead.

The man's family members began to accuse Master of not offering to help when a person's life was at stake. A few "practitioners" also blamed Master, and one of them said, "I won't practice anymore," and threw the Falun badge to the ground. Master told him, "You do not meet the standard." Later Master said, "This individual was controlled by something. I would feel sorry if he was a genuine practitioner."

3. Witnessing the Miracles and Magnificence of Teachers Lectures in Guizhou

I began practicing Falun Gong in 1993. I was fortunate enough to hear Teacher as He taught the Fa in person on four separate occasions, and I also once heard Teacher teaching the Fa for the volunteer assistant center coordinators. I met Teacher five times, I respectfully listened to Teacher teaching the Fa, and I experienced Teacher's great mercy. I would like to share with fellow practitioners my deepest memories, my witnessing of miracles and the sacredness and wonderfulness of Falun Dafa.

In May 1993, one of my primary school teachers took me to Teacher's first class in Guizhou. It was on the third day of the class that I fortunately obtained the Fa.

The first time I saw Teacher, I felt that I had known Him for a long time, but I could not remember when I had seen Him before. I quietly sat down in the back of the class. The first sentence I heard was:

"Some people who have practiced other qigong before also come into my class. As long as you truly practice Falun Gong, I will straighten out all these matters, I will clean up your body, adjust your body, preserve the good parts and remove the bad parts, ensuring that you are able to practice cultivation later." (Draft translation of audio recording)

It was a miracle! How did Teacher know that, due to health problems, I'd practiced other qigong before? It seemed to me that I had found the genuine Teacher. I was deeply influenced by Teacher's Fa principles. Teacher's every sentence moved my heart. The more I listened, the more I wanted to listen and loved to listen.

Teacher held three classes in Guizhou. I attended them all and also brought along some of my colleagues and relatives.

When Teacher gave his final class in Guangzhou City in December 1994, I was there. On September 23, 1997, Teacher taught the Fa for the Guizhou assistant center coordinators at Guiyang. I was fortunate to meet Teacher again and listen to Him teaching the Fa. Altogether, I met Teacher a total of five times.

Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,

"I think that those who can listen to my lectures in person, I would say, honestly... you will realize in the future that this period of time is extremely precious."

How true! Every time I recall that period of time, I feel incomparably happy.

I remember that there was all sorts of interference during the third class. Either the electricity would suddenly fail during Teacher's lecture or the venue had to be changed at the last minute. Especially during the first and second lectures, while Teacher was talking, the power suddenly went out. No problem was found with the power supply or the circuit. I watched as Teacher did something in the air with His hands, and the lights came on again. Teacher then continued to teach the Fa. Then the lights went off again, and Teacher sorted it out again. This repeated many times. Sometimes it appeared that Teacher just thought silently for several seconds and the problem was solved.

We know from Teacher’s lecture that there are many Taoist practitioners in Guizhou. They cultivate in the remote mountains and block their caves with supernormal abilities, and they go through a great deal of suffering on their cultivation path. They have not obtained the right methods for cultivation, and even after a long period of cultivation, they still have not made much progress. There were many good practitioners among them that had come to listen to the Fa on this occasion, but there were also some bad ones. Teacher dislikes fighting with others, so He calmly resolved the interference and continued lecturing. No one could interfere.

Teacher gave another two lecture series’ in May and June. The first was held at the Provincial Geology Bureau, and the second was held in the assembly hall of the Guiyang Medical Institute. A third lecture series was held in August and many practitioners attended. It was to be held at the Provincial Government Hall. After the first lecture however, the class was not allowed to return on the second day. We quickly found a Youth Activity Center to use, and thus Teacher's lecturing was not affected. Later we knew it was the snake from Huaxi caves in a human form making the trouble. At the 1993 Oriental Health Expo in Beijing the snake meddled again, although he had previously told the volunteer director at the Guizhou instruction center that he would no longer cause trouble. Teacher had been merciful again and again and offered him many chances to correct his behavior, but he could not change his demonic nature and finally had to be eliminated.

After the first class finished, we were fortunate to have a group photo taken with Teacher in front of the Elephant Spring at Guiyang Qianling Park, which used to be one of our practice sites.

At the end of the second class, Teacher patted me on both shoulders and gently said to me, "Maintain your xinxing. Practice well."

A young male fellow practitioner saw this and said to me, "You are very fortunate! Teacher Li gave you precious things!"

I went home, but I was unable to keep my mind calm. I thought, "Teacher is leaving Guiyang soon. I must go see Him off."

It was raining. While I rushed towards the train station, I suddenly felt something very much like what Teacher had described in "Guanding":

"…a warm current will suddenly come down from the top of their heads to all over their bodies." (Zhuan Falun)

I felt extremely comfortable, and this feeling lasted for a long time. Since then, the icy-coldness I continuously felt in my limbs, along with all of my other ailments disappeared.

Teacher got on the train, and then the train slowly started up. Several practitioners gazed at Teacher from the platform. Teacher stood next to the door and waved to us. A photo was taken. In the picture, from Teacher's waving hand to the tops of our heads was all pure white in color. We were covered by the whiteness. Our bodies and faces can't be seen clearly, because they are all white. Every time we look at this photo, we all feel Teacher's immense mercy, and feel even more happy and filled with righteous thoughts.

4. Giving hints to people with predestined relationships

Before I practiced Falun Gong, I practiced many kinds of qigong for my health problems. I also had a local qigong master as well as several of my brothers and sisters give me qigong treatments. After I learned Falun Gong, I said to myself, "Only the Teacher of Dafa is my genuine Teacher. Only He can save me." I therefore said to my brothers and sisters, "Falun Dafa is true cultivation of both mind and body. Teacher Li has come to save people." From then on, I stopped practicing other qigong and concentrated on practicing Falun Gong. I hoped that they would also practice Falun Gong, including my former so-called "master." I bought a cushion and the whole set of Falun Gong books for him. He accepted the cushion but returned the Dafa materials to me. One of my sisters said to me that she knew Falun Gong was good and she wanted to practice, but she could not make up her mind for a long time.

One day at noon, close to the end of the second class, I went to my sister’s home. She delightedly told me about how she had sat in meditation at home in the morning (the qigong she practiced also had a sitting meditation), and saw from her third eye that a very strong and beautiful energy pole was revolving from the medical institute, the venue of our lecture class, towards her home. Her home was in the southwestern part of the city and the medical institute was in the north, so it had to pass over nearly the entire city. Then it stopped in front of her. It was very bright and made her feel very comfortable. More surprisingly, after she finished her sitting meditation, she discovered that a very beautiful painting of a landscape had appeared on her right palm. It looked like it had been drawn with a purple colored pencil, but she could not rub it off or wash it off. I was very excited when I saw it and said to her, "This is a hint from the Teacher of Dafa, telling you not to miss out on this precious chance." Then I took her to the class at the medical institute, and she finally listened to Teacher's lecture. It was the last lecture of the second lecture series.

After the lecture, I brought her to Teacher and told Him what had happened to her. Teacher took a look at the painting on her hand and happily told her to attend the third class in August. Sadly, because she could not let go of her previous practice and her so-called "supernormal abilities," nor put down her human attachments, she did not attend the class. It was a real pity!

Teacher said,

"For every true Dafa practitioner, I will clean out your body and purify your body for you. The illnesses that you know about, those you do not know about, and those that will occur in the future will all be cleaned out for you." (Draft translation of audio recording)

Before I practiced Falun Gong, I had many health problems, including the aftereffects of a concussion, problems with my back, hay fever, tuberculosis, inflammation of the rib cartilage, arthritis, kidney problems, and so on. My body was often swollen, my arms and legs were ice-cold, and I frequently had a cold. For a long time I couldn't live without medicine and injections. I was skinny, my complexion was dark, and I looked much older than my actual age.

Less than a month after I began practicing Falun Gong, all my diseases disappeared without medical treatment. My face developed a healthy color, and I felt energetic. Since that time, I have no longer needed injections or medicine, and I look much younger. My colleagues and family were all happy for me.

One afternoon after the second lecture series finished, I was mopping the floor at home. I suddenly felt a stabbing pain in my stomach. It was so painful that I rolled about on the sofa. After a while, my clothes were soaking wet. My husband and son were worried and were going to send me to the hospital. I told them it wasn't a disease, but it was Teacher purifying my body and getting rid of the root causes of my illnesses. I didn't want to go to the hospital. The pain was unbearable. I shouted, "Teacher, please give me strength!" As soon as I said that, the pain suddenly stopped. I was all right, just like nothing had happened. I again picked up the mop and started cleaning.

My husband and son could not stop saying, "This is a miracle. The pain was so terrifying just now. As soon as you called out to your Teacher, the pain stopped. Who'd believe this? We wouldn't if we hadn't seen it with our own eyes."

One time at work, I suddenly had diarrhea and had to use the toilet again and again. My colleagues tried to get me to take pills. I said I would be all right after the bad stuff was removed. I didn't eat anything at noon. I used the toilet several dozen times that day, but I was energetic and worked normally after using the toilet. My colleagues said, "How strange. You repeatedly use the toilet and eat nothing. According to common sense you should be dehydrated, but you are very energetic and in glowing health. Falun Gong is really mystical." Because of this incident, they all later joined the practice with me but stopped after July 20, 1999, due to fear of persecution.

After I became a practitioner, I experienced many miracles. I've been in two car accidents where the car turned over, and twice I fell down the stairs, but I was not injured at all. These are all because of Teacher's immense mercy and mighty virtue, bearing many big tribulations for me. Teacher has given me many lives. Thank you, Teacher.

All true practitioners can feel Teacher next to them, protecting them everywhere, all the time.

September 23, 1997 is a date that I can never forget. After we did the exercises at the practice site in the morning, an assistant told me that the assistants' meeting would be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Bajiaoyan Hotel, and admonished me to be on time. She later phoned me and asked me to go a bit earlier to clean up and prepare the meeting place. She also said she was so excited that she couldn't sleep the whole night before, and she didn't want to eat. I thought, "What could cause her to be so excited that she forgets food and sleep? Is it possible that Teacher is coming?"

I arrived at the meeting place quite early. When everything was ready, I went outside the hotel to meet the arriving practitioners. At the side door outside the hall, I saw Teacher coming, accompanied by the volunteer director of the instruction center. They were walking on the garden footpath only a few meters away from me. Teacher also saw me, and he smiled and walked towards me. I stood there longingly and could not remember anything. My eyes were full of tears, and I wanted to kneel down to Teacher, but there were many people around. At that moment, the volunteer director spoke loudly to me, saying, "Why don't you quickly lead Teacher to the meeting site?" Only then was I awakened from amazement, and I led Teacher to the meeting room.

This was my predestined relationship. I never thought that at Teacher's final visit to Guiyang I would welcome Him in front of the hall entrance. I was totally unprepared. I was immersed in happiness, and my mind was empty. Facing Teacher, I couldn't think of anything to say. In the end, before Teacher left I said, "Thank you, Teacher!"

Teacher held my hands, smiled, and kindly said to me, "Read the book more, study the Fa more. By reading Zhuan Falun, no matter how high a cultivation level you want to reach, it can guide you there." We practitioners took one step and turned around. We were reluctant to leave. Teacher saw us and then came over. He said, "Guiyang, I will come again."

Teacher, on behalf of all Dafa practitioners in Guizhou, I sincerely put my palms together and send this greeting to our great and compassionate Teacher. Teacher, you have done so much! Guizhou Dafa practitioners miss you!

We hope one day Teacher will come again. We believe this day isn't too far off!

7. Halo

As Teacher taught the Fa to Guizhou assistants for the last time, two of the hotel waitresses ran to me and told me that they saw Teacher sitting inside a very beautiful circle with a halo above His head. They also said, "Your Teacher is a Buddha." I told them, "Our Teacher came to save sentient beings. You can see this because of your predestined relationship. You are very lucky! You should quickly come to practice." They both said they couldn't give up everyday people's attachments. They had both read Zhuan Falun and practiced the exercises a few times but said the requirements were too high. Although I talked to them many times, and they actually got encouragement from Teacher, they were too lost in the maze of the human world. Ultimately they did not walk the path of cultivation. It was such a shame.

Teacher said in one lecture,

"People from this class will not only have their illnesses healed, but will also develop gong – genuine gong."

One of my colleagues attended Teacher's third lecture series. Not long after she began practicing Falun Gong, a health checkup in 1994 revealed that the Hepatitis B she had lived with for many years had disappeared. Furthermore, she had also developed gong.

On one morning in the winter of 1994, she got on a bus to go shopping, and a group of thieves squeezed in around her. One thief tried to steal her wallet, but as soon as his hand got close to the wallet, his hand recoiled. This happened repeatedly. At last the group of thieves had to give up, and they all just stared at her. In fact, she knew what they were up to all along but said nothing, waiting to see what tricks they would use, so she also stared at them. The thieves could not bear it, so they guiltily got off the bus early. When they got off, they shouted, "This woman carries energy! We cannot touch her."

Teacher's Fa displays invincible mighty power, so at the critical moment, this practitioner's supernormal abilities came forth, and she avoided losing her wallet to the pickpockets.

I personally experienced and witnessed the above incidents. Many Dafa practitioners have also experienced many supernatural things. I have written about what I saw and experienced, not only to share with fellow practitioners, but also to let everyone know that Falun Dafa is great and about Teacher's unselfishness, His open and noble character, His greatness and mercy, and Dafa's sacredness, dignity and wonderfulness. This magnificence simply cannot be captured with human language!

4. When Teacher Taught the Fa at the Assistants' Fa Conference in Changchun in 1998

At about 3:30 p.m. that day we went to the Shangri-La Hotel. The conference was held in a big hall located in the southwest corner of the second floor. The conference hall was serene and solemn. A yellow cloth covered the podium, on which there stood a pot of colorful flowers. Seeing this, we all had a hunch that Teacher was coming. We waited for that wonderful moment with great excitement. At about 4:50 p.m., Teacher appeared at the entrance. Everybody stood up and welcomed Him with thunderous applause. Teacher walked toward the podium along the aisle on the left side and reached out to shake the hands of the practitioners who stood near the aisle.

Once at the podium, Teacher stood and asked a staff assistant to position His chair higher, saying, "I'll sit a little higher so that everybody will have a good view." At 5:05 p.m., Teacher began the lecture. Teacher was very happy, and said to all the disciples in the audience,

"I haven't seen you for a long time... Yet you have cultivated yourselves well, and I can say that no true cultivator has been left behind. It's the same whether or not you've seen me in person. You won't be treated differently as long as you keep cultivating on this path of cultivation. (Applause) (Teaching the Fa at the Assistants' Fa Conference in Changchun)

Teacher believes in his practitioners. Teacher repeatedly told us to seize the time to study the Fa, practice the exercises and improve our xinxing. He also told us to use the Fa as a guide at all times. During the ten-minute break, Teacher didn't even drink any water. Instead, He stood beside the podium and answered practitioners' questions related to cultivation.

One veteran practitioner was afraid that there wasn't enough time left, so he asked Teacher how much time was left for cultivation. Teacher told him that as long as he seized the time to cultivate, time would not be a problem. Teacher said that time is limited, but I enlightened to its inner meaning afterward. Teacher knew about the arrangements of the old forces. Jiang's regime was about to launch the persecution against Falun Dafa and Falun Dafa disciples would soon walk the path of Fa-rectification cultivation. Practitioners in Teacher's hometown were major targets of the persecution. That's why Teacher repeatedly told us to seize the time to study the Fa and practice the exercises. He wished for us to lay a good foundation so that we could fulfill our historic responsibilities in the future.

After the break, Teacher began to answer questions for the group. Teacher pointed out practitioners' serious responsibilities many times during both the lecture and the question and answer period. We didn't enlighten to it at the time. One practitioner asked,

"Since Sakyamuni came from the sixth-layer universe, why wasn't he able to see the boundary of the small universe?"

Teacher: "Some of you in the audience came from very high levels too, but you can't see anything, not even things beyond humans."

(Teaching the Fa at the Assistants' Fa Conference in Changchun)

At that moment, we were all shocked. We had never thought that we came from such high levels. We didn't realize that Falun Dafa practitioners would be asked to shoulder a mission to validate the Fa, save sentient beings and establish lasting magnificence for Dafa during this historical period.

At 10:10 p.m., the lecture ended with warm and enthusiastic applause.

Teacher stepped down from the podium. He walked out of the conference room from the aisle on the right side. Walking in from the left and out from the right, Teacher actually circled the entire hall. How considerate our Teacher is. Teacher tried to shake hands with each and every Falun Dafa practitioner, fulfilling their wishes. Though I had cultivated for four years and was a practitioner in Teacher's hometown, I had never seen Teacher in person.

As our compassionate Teacher appeared in front of me, I suddenly held his hands with both of my hands. I cannot express how excited I was. I wouldn't exchange that moment for any amount of money. I had never had such an experience in all my life. My mind and body were entirely immersed in happiness. I can only express myself one way, and that is by firmly cultivating Falun Dafa. No matter how many difficulties and dangers there are, I'll follow Teacher and complete cultivation to the end.

Jiang has used his power to brutally persecute Falun Dafa since July 20, 1999. As a practitioner from Teacher's hometown, I tried to act in a way that is worthy of Teacher's expectation. I let go of all my attachments to the greatest extent and went to Beijing to validate the Fa and clarify the truth to people. Whenever I encountered difficulties, I recollected the scene I just described of Teacher giving the lecture, and remembered His words,

"It's hard to endure, but you can endure it. It's hard to do, but you can do it." (Zhuan Falun)

During these years of trials and tribulations, I have made many efforts to do what a Falun Dafa practitioner should do. I was dismissed from my job, illegally detained three times, and was once sentenced to forced labor. No matter how I was persecuted, they could never shake my firm determination to practice Falun Dafa.

We Falun Dafa practitioners should cherish this opportunity today, as it will never again be available. As the Fa-rectification progresses to the final stage, Teacher has told us to let go of human attachments and save the world's people. Not seizing this opportunity and using excuses not to act would be a manifestation of our human attachments. We must overcome the obstacles set in our paths that keep us from saving all sentient beings. The sentient beings have waited millions upon millions of years to be saved. If they cannot be saved, it will be our biggest loss. Let's cherish our time, try our best to do well the three things that Teacher has told us again and again to do, and walk every step righteously on the Fa-rectification cultivation path.

5. Recollections of Teacher's Lectures in Guangzhou

In 1989 my store was very prosperous. Suddenly, I was diagnosed with angina and fainted twice. In order to live out my life, I closed the store. On December 21, 1994, I was fortunate enough to attend the 5^th Fa Lecture Session in Guangzhou. On the first night of the lecture, Teacher cured my heart disease. The practitioner sitting next to me said, "I have followed Teacher and have attended eight Fa lecture sessions. This is the first time I’ve seen Teacher treat a heart disease. You are predestined. Cultivate well." At that moment, Teacher made two hand gestures to the standing practitioners and asked them to stamp their feet. He also had the other half of practitioners stand up and stamp their feet. Teacher did another two hand gestures. I could not bring myself to believe: Has the sickness that I have endured for so many years been cured? Time flies, and it has been ten years since that lecture session.

During the persecution, the police were trying to "transform" us. They strapped heavy stones to practitioners' bodies and made them run. I was ordered to run carrying a heavy bag of soil on my back. They would beat us if we didn't run fast enough. Even after all these tortures, my heart disease never recurred.

Teacher eased our emotions

On the night of December 28, 1994, the Guangzhou Lecture Session ended. Teacher said to us, "My visa is ready." All of us knew Teacher would travel around the world to introduce Falun Gong. We did not know when we would be able to see Him in the future. During the eight days of lectures, Teacher taught us the universal law and cleansed our bodies. When it was time to say goodbye, everybody was feeling sad. When all practitioners rose to see Teacher off, the applause was really intense. The energy field and my feelings were indescribable looking at Teacher walking towards the door. Our hearts were pumping, and tears filled our eyes.

Teacher seemed to not want to leave us in dismay. He turned back and made two hand gestures to everybody. The applause slowed down, as we could not detain Him anymore. Teacher then walked out of the lecture hall. I started to understand the meaning of His hand gestures: Teacher wanted to ease our emotions to help us cultivate well.

6. Teacher Cures a French Child from Thousands of Miles Away

Teacher asked about the child's condition. Since the child was not present, Teacher asked the two Frenchmen to picture the child in their minds. Then, Teacher used His hand to simulate the shape of the child and started to treat the child, removing the illness as if he were drawing silk out of a cocoon. After a while, Teacher said the child was cured and asked the Frenchmen to call home to inquire about his condition.

The hotel where Teacher stayed was not a luxury hotel and did not have international long distance telephone service, so the two Frenchmen returned to their own hotel and called home immediately. The younger man's wife told him that she wished he had called earlier because a miracle had taken place in their home. She told him that a cloud of golden light appeared in their home, and the child suddenly could move and speak. The child asked, "What happened, mom?"

The child was cured—what a miracle!

7. 
   When Teacher Taught the Fa in Guangzhou
   

Before I began practicing Falun Gong, I was normally a kind-hearted person, but I sometimes had a bad temper. I was irritable when I was confronted with hard times.

By chance, I was encouraged by one of my colleagues to practice Falun Gong. I didn't take his words seriously until the middle of July 1994, when I was fortunate enough to enter the Falun Gong seminar given by Teacher in Guangzhou. Because there were many people in the audience, I had to sit in the balcony and I could not see Teacher clearly. When Teacher started the lecture, I listened quietly and was so intrigued as He spoke that I no longer felt sleepy as I did before.

Teacher generally gave the Fa lectures from 7:00 to 9:00 at night. Only when the seminar came to an end on the weekend did He change the time to accommodate the final part of His teachings. Teacher was never late for the lectures. He did not use any text for his speech. To start, He took a small piece of paper from his pocket. He did not drink any water from the beginning to the end of the lecture. When someone served him water, he proceeded with his talk without drinking it. I came to a more complete understanding of Buddhism when Teacher came to the part regarding the difference between qigong of the Buddha School and Buddhism.

Before this I had been to temples to worship Buddha. The monks in the temple told me that Buddha would be more willing to bless me if I could donate as much money as possible. Now I came to understand that these monks were actually behaving in a way that led the Buddhism of Shakyamuni to decline, and they were not true cultivators.

Right before the end of the seminar, several of us met with Teacher by chance. I asked Teacher if we could take some photos with Him. Teacher said that He did not have enough time to take photos with so many students. In the eyes of Teacher all students were equal and should be given an equal chance, which could take a lot of time. In the end, we did not take any photos, but I was really glad that I had the chance to speak with Teacher face to face.

After I came back from the seminar, I began to abide by Teacher's Fa. I got rid of the materials that I had received from Buddhist temples. When the lay Buddhist who had directed me to the temple learned that I no longer went there because I started to practice Falun Gong, he flew into a rage and threatened that he would punish me for this. I said to him that I was not scared, because I was protected by the Teacher of a righteous way. Ever since then that person has not come to bother me anymore. From then on I have genuinely followed the path to my true home.

8. When Master Li Gave Lectures in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province

I became very emotional when I saw Master in the class. Although I had never practiced qigong before, I made up my mind that I must learn this practice. My mood at that time was hard to describe in words.

During the period of these classes, we were told that Master had just taught a class in another city and originally planned to go back to his hometown of Changchun, Jilin Province. However, the China Qigong Science and Research Association decided to have a qigong conference in the city of Qiqihar at that time and they invited Master to attend since they all knew that Falun Gong was great. Master Li gave up his vacation days and came to Qiqihar.

Since this class had not been scheduled in the initial plan and the schedule of a class in Beijing had already been finalized, the class in Qiqihar could only be held for seven days. Master said, "Before I came to Qiqihar, I sent a lot of Faluns to seek those who have a predestined relationship with Dafa. Everyone has come here because of predestined relationships. Therefore everyone should especially treasure this opportunity."

At the end of the first day of the lecture, it suddenly started to rain. Since no one had brought any umbrellas or raincoats, we all took shelter from the rain at the entrance of the building. The scene was quite chaotic. At that time Master walked out. At the sight of Master, we all quieted down. Master looked up at the sky with a smile and said to everyone: "The rain will stop in a moment. Don't worry. You may go home now." Soon the rain lessened and then stopped. A practitioner called a taxi and wanted Master to ride back to his lodging. However, Master insisted on not taking the taxi and told the practitioner, "Please don't bother. It is very kind of you, I know. But there is no need to waste money." Master then walked back to his lodging alone.

The seven-day class ended very quickly. Master needed to hurry back to Beijing on the same night that our class finished in order to conduct the next lecture series. Practitioners rushed to the railway station to see Master off.

When another practitioner and I saw Master, he gently said: "It is so late now. How come You still came in the rain?" Then He stretched out His hand and shook hands with us. We were so moved. Immediately, Master told a disciple next to him to buy platform tickets for us. Actually, we could get in and out of the station without any platform tickets by presenting our IDs since both of us were wearing our police uniforms at the time. We knew that Master charged the lowest fees for His classes and must have incurred a lot of expenses when He traveled nationwide giving lectures. Yet, Master spent His own money to buy us tickets. We felt very uneasy about this. However, we realized deeply that Master was teaching us how to be practitioners, how to achieve the standards of practitioners. Master was setting an example for us with His own deeds all the time. I remember that Master told us at that time, "You are still young. You must practice Dafa well to the end. Right now you may not know how precious Dafa is. But you will know in two to three years."

The train arrived at the station. Only then did we find out that Master and the disciples who traveled around the country with Him carried many Dafa books and materials. Wherever Master gave lectures, He brought many books and materials with Him. The book bags were very heavy even for young disciples like us. However, Master and the disciples who traveled with Him carried the books and materials everywhere nationwide to spread Dafa all year round. We could only imagine how hard it was during the process.

The train was slowly departing. Master continuously waved to us. Watching the train leaving, my heart was stirred for a very long time.

9. Illnesses Miraculously Healed by Falun Dafa

After Falun Gong was introduced to the public in 1992, it spread rapidly, and the number of practitioners multiplied day by day. By 1999, there were over 100 million people practicing Falun Gong in China. How did it spread so rapidly? Below are accounts of what actually transpired when Master Li spread the Fa.

At the time, my colleague Yao Jie's 10 year-old daughter was suffering from heart disease. She was diagnosed with viral myocarditis, and had severe symptoms of tightness of the chest, shortness of breath, cardiac arrhythmia, a low-grade fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, and tiredness. After over two weeks in the hospital, specialist consultations, medication, and much money spent, the child's condition actually worsened, and she could no longer attend school.

In July 1994, Master held a class in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. On the third day that Yao Jie's daughter attended the lectures, Master purified the bodies of the practitioners and all of her symptoms completely disappeared. She became completely well.

After the lectures, my colleague's daughter returned to Jinzhou City and resumed school. Her teacher was amazed, and upon learning that Master had healed her illness, the teacher expressed a desire to learn Falun Gong as well.

My mother suffered from avascular necrosis of the femoral head, and x-rays revealed that she was already in the late stages of the condition. Her hips hurt, and it was extremely difficult for her to walk. After attending Master's lectures in Harbin, the pain in her hips effectively disappeared, and she walked with ease thereafter.

Another colleague of mine also attended the lectures in Harbin. When Master was purifying practitioners' bodies, He told everyone that they could either think of an illness that they themselves had, or one that a relative had.

My colleague thought of the gastric disease that her son had, far away in Jinzhou City, and thought about getting her son's disease healed. When she returned home after the lectures and inquired, sure enough, her son's gastric disease was cured!

Such miracles are too numerous to list.

Just like this, the practice spread exponentially, and more and more people began practicing Falun Gong.

10. Short Stories of Master's Benevolence

My younger brother Zhiming suffered a stroke caused by two years of hypertension. He couldn't take care of himself, and it was as though he was in a vegetative state. He showed no improvement even though he took injections and medicine every day. It was a miracle that when he saw me as I returned home, he became conscious and had a smile on his face. We returned together to our hometown in the countryside.

In the evening, my brother listened to cassettes of Master's lectures and felt very well. The next day, he began to study Zhuan Falun. Whenever he finished one paragraph, he stopped to share understandings with me about the paragraph. I also demonstrated the exercises for him. By doing exercises and studying the Fa, benevolent Master purified my brother’s body. After having practiced Falun Gong for only one week, he completely recovered from the illness from which he had suffered for several years. He could ride around on a bicycle and even help others with their work. Whoever saw him said that Falun Gong was truly wonderful!

Every day before dawn, he got up to do the exercises. During the daytime he worked, and he studied the Fa whenever he had free time. In the evening, he listened to recordings of Master's lectures. He was very diligent. The whole family thanked Master from the bottom of their hearts for saving my brother's life.

One day, our family went out to the field to harvest the paddies, and only my brother and I stayed home. We let the bundles of harvested rice dry in the sun, and when there was nothing to do, we went in the house to study the Fa. We found that the day turned dark and it was about to rain. A huge dark cloud was hovering over the threshing ground. My brother was so worried that he paced back and forth. At that time, I calmed down and put my palms together. I asked Master for help, saying in my heart, "Master! It would be a pity if the rain washed the crops away. Master, please push away the rain and let it rain after we harvest the paddies." Right after I finished my words, I heard a loud "bang," and the rain clouds dispersed in all directions. Above the threshing ground was golden sunshine. The two of us moved the bundles of harvested rice in baskets into the house. I had just cleaned up the newly cut rice when the heavy rain came down. We put our palms together and thanked Master.

11. Master Performed Miraculous Deeds While Teaching the Fa in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

In June 1994, we were very fortunate to be able to attend the Falun Gong class that Master Li held in Zhengzhou City. For me, that was the most unforgettable time of my life.

When I look back now, I realize the tremendous interference from different areas that Master faced when He was teaching the Fa. Before Master's class began, a sham qigong master that was well known at that time had just finished a very expensive class. The auditorium that had been arranged for Master Li's class could not hold all the practitioners who wished to come, so the location was changed twice. In the end, the class was held in a simple gymnasium with a metal roof and metal walls. What impressed me most were the miraculous deeds that Master used to eliminate demons.

I remember that it was very hot on the third day of the lecture series. At around 6:00 p.m., as Master was lecturing, the sky that had been clear suddenly became black and cloudy. A strong wind started to blow, and rain and hail bounced off the metal roof, making a lot of noise. Dust swirled in the air. The power was knocked out and all the lights went off. It was raining very heavily. Master Li stopped speaking. He sat on the desk with his legs crossed in the lotus position and started doing hand-gestures. Not more than 10 minutes later, it stopped raining and the sky became clear again. Some beams of sunlight broke into the auditorium through the windows and cracks. The lights went on again. I remember Master Li said one sentence, "So much comes." Master also said He would treat all the practitioners in the class as disciples. We felt very excited by this. Seeing all this helped us to truly understand that Master was not an ordinary person.

When I look back now, I realize that Master cleaned up many demons at that time, and He actually also endured a lot of hardships for us. After His lecture, Master said, "You should hurry home. It won't rain for half an hour." When we walked out, we saw some places on the street with potholes over a foot deep and many trees were blown down by the strong wind. When we got back to our hotel, it started to rain again, but the rain was not heavy at all.

It was very hot in June in Zhengzhou City. When Master lectured, He seldom drank any water. After giving the lecture, Master also organized the teaching of the exercises and corrected practitioners' movements. I can't imagine how many hardships Master endured for practitioners while giving Fa lectures all across China. Every time I think about this, I burst into tears. The only way I can repay Master's compassionate salvation is through the righteous action of walking the path to validate the Fa and doing the three things well that practitioners should do: study the Fa, send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth of Falun Dafa and the persecution to the world's people.

12. Following Teacher for Thousands of Miles Around China

I fell ill when I was young. I went to see many doctors and was on various medications for quite a few years. Nothing restored my health, and I eventually lost faith in doctors and medicine. At the end of 1992, my health suddenly deteriorated. My family flew me to Beijing to see a qigong healer. After many treatment sessions, however, my health hadn't improved much. In July 1993, I saw a book entitled Falun Gong on my friend's bookshelf. I took it out and skimmed through it. In the book it said that a Falun would be planted in each practitioner's lower abdomen. I was shocked because nobody had ever been able to truly know the origin of life, and yet the founder of Falun Gong was able to create a living object. Something like this was unimaginable! I felt there must be something to it after all and mused that a Falun in my lower abdomen could very possibly heal my illnesses. So I hurriedly asked my friend to help me find out where I could learn Falun Gong.

On July 25, 1993, I attended the eleventh lecture series that Teacher gave in Beijing. It was then that I started on my cultivation path.

The classes were held in an auditorium at Beijing Public Security University. I was fascinated by the first lecture in which Teacher talked about prehistoric culture. I listened with my heart and found it amazing. I was born in 1948. As teenagers, my generation experienced the Great Cultural Revolution firsthand. From that bitter experience, we learned to think for ourselves rather than to blindly follow others. Despite this insight, I had always felt depressed in this confusing world. I didn't know what kind of standards I should use to judge others or myself. I liked reading magazines such as Mystery during my spare time, and I also thought a lot about things beyond ordinary life.

On that first day of the lectures, I learned and understood a great deal and was very excited. Attending the lectures every day, I felt better and better. Because of my positive experiences, I decided to attend the classes again. The twelfth lecture series given in Beijing was held in a company-owned site in the Wukesong area. After attending just a few of the lectures, I came down with a fever, and my chest ached whenever I coughed. I couldn't even talk. Some veteran practitioners told me, "Please try to come to the lectures no matter how sick you feel." After three or four days, the fever suddenly disappeared, and I felt that some substance was removed from my body. Next, I attended the thirteenth lectures series held in Beijing, this time at the Two Seven Automobile Factory. After attending the lectures, I didn't need a housekeeper anymore as I was finally able to take care of myself.

Class after class, I listened to Teacher's words. All the things that Teacher talked about were new to me. The question was, should I believe what He said or not?

I thought that since life is short and one person's experiences are so limited, it would be impossible to try to prove or experience everything oneself. So I decided that I needed to closely observe Teacher, for if He was trustworthy, the things that He talked about must be truthful. I started to study Teacher's every expression, smile, and every little act. One day after a lecture during the twelfth session in Beijing, I took the subway home. As I waited for the train at the Wukesong Station, I saw Teacher coming with his family and another practitioner. They were carrying their lunch boxes. When the train arrived, people pushed toward the door, shoving one another. However, Teacher was not in a hurry at all. He let others in first and was almost the last one to get on. I noticed that by the time he got on the train, there were only one or two seats left. So Teacher could have gotten a seat if He had hurried a little bit. But He just stayed there, and it seemed as though He didn't even notice the situation. In the space of a few seconds, all the people took their seats. In the end, Teacher was probably the only one on the train who was standing.

I was deeply touched. I felt that He is so different from us, and I wondered how He handles things in this world. I finally came up with an answer, which is that He is simply "righteous." How righteous Teacher is! He has nothing to hide. Everything of His is so truthful. During the classes, He always started the lectures right on time. He also didn't talk in a roundabout way and would instead immediately get right to the point.

Teacher cleansed our bodies during each class, and the health of many practitioners dramatically improved. It was remarkable. During the class, some people got rid of illnesses that had tormented them for their entire lives. I was so glad my health had improved, yet I was even more delighted with the joy I felt. I had never been so happy in all my life. Everything was so clear. Whether from near or far or being rich or poor, all the practitioners held the same thought even though we didn't really know each other. We all listened to Teacher and wanted to cultivate ourselves. After each lecture, we didn't even want to leave. When I was alone by myself, I couldn't help asking, "Why am I so touched?" I later came to realize that Teacher, and all the things that He talked about, touched something deep in my heart, which is "truthfulness." Teacher is so noble, unsullied, and indestructible. I was deeply moved.

After the thirteenth lecture series in Beijing, the next lectures series was to be held in Wuhan. I wanted to go, but it was difficult for me to travel by myself. Although my health had greatly improved, I had been ill for so long that I was still too weak to even pick up a thermos. But I really wanted to go. I encouraged myself, and at last I left for Wuhan by train. My bed was on the top bunk in the sleeping carriage, and it was hard for me to climb up there. Just as I was thinking this, a young man who had the bottom bunk said to me, "Do you want to sleep on the bottom bunk?" I really appreciated his assistance. Similarly, when I arrived at my destination, Hankou Station, somebody helped me with my luggage. I felt so lucky. It was only many years later that I came to realize that it was Teacher who had arranged all the help that I needed. Teacher held three consecutive lectures series in Wuhan. They were the third, fourth and fifth lecture series held there. The third session was held at the Finance and Economics College, the fourth session was in the City Committee Auditorium, and the fifth was at the Wuhan Steel Factory.

Teacher lecturing at the second class in Wuhan, Hubei Province, March 1993

By the time the three lecture series came to an end, it was mid-October. The next series was to be held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, and I followed Teacher there, where He lectured for the second time.

The things that Teacher talked about were roughly the same from class to class. However, He would sometimes explain the same thing from different perspectives. Teacher's few sentences would make me suddenly enlighten to something, and in this manner I came to understand more and more. The more I listened, the more I felt that the things Teacher told us were extremely important and vast. Gradually I came to clearly understand that the things He talked about are beyond the principles of Buddhism and Taoism. They are the principles of the entire universe. Teacher can create Falun, He knows the origin of life, and He can eliminate karma for us. Then who is He? I dared not think about it. I knew that introducing Falun Gong must be a huge event without precedent, so I told my husband about it and asked him to come and learn with me. I also called my daughter, who lived abroad, and asked her to come back as soon as possible to attend Teacher's lectures.

I remember that it was during the second class in Tianjin when, for the first time, Teacher said he would leave the Fa to the world. The word "leave" exploded in my head. I realized that Teacher would not offer classes forever. Then and there I decided that if Teacher would offer classes, I would attend them as long as I was allowed to, no matter where they were. With my weak body, it was very hard for me to follow Teacher's route. However, the second I heard a lecture, all hardships were forgotten. I would give up everything in order to attend the lectures. Each time I saw Teacher walk onstage to lecture, joy would rise from the bottom of my heart. I felt very close to Teacher, and those days were so great and bright. At the end of each class, Teacher would ask us to write something down in order to share our experiences with others. I felt guilty because I had nothing to say and didn't write anything. I didn't want to talk about how Falun Gong improved my health nor about how grateful I was. The only thing that was always in my heart was, "I hope Teacher can stay with us forever. I hope Teacher's glory can shine upon our lives forever."

In April 1994, I returned to Beijing from the second lecture series held in the city of Hefei. I stayed in bed for an entire day and night because I was really exhausted. The next lecture series was to be held in Changchun, Master's hometown. To visit Master's hometown was a wish I'd had for a long time. When the train arrived in Changchun, practitioners there held up signs and took turns welcoming practitioners from other cities. We were booked into a hotel relatively far from the city center because it was less expensive. We were all excited and attentively took in the view through the bus windows. A local practitioner who came to pick us up pointed at a building and said, "Look, that's Master's home!" We looked where she pointed and saw a plain brick building without any fancy decoration. It was about four or five stories high. I thought, "Master lives in such a place, even though He has great abilities. That is indeed rare." We felt great admiration and respect for Master and stared at the building in silence.

Master's residence in Changchun.

The lectures were held in Mingfanggong Auditorium at Jilin University. Because many practitioners came from other cities, Master held two sessions: one from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and the other from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. I bought a ticket for the morning class but couldn't get a ticket for the evening class. After the class, I was saddened as I went back to the hotel. The next day I stayed on the lawn outside the auditorium and waited until the evening class began, hoping to get a ticket. Suddenly, a practitioner next to me said, "Who wants a ticket?" I immediately took the ticket and gave her the money, and I walked into the auditorium in a great mood. Just as I was going to sit down, a familiar veteran practitioner ran up to me and shouted, "I was looking for you." I thought, "This is it. I won't be able to keep the ticket." Just as I had expected, she told me that a practitioner from Qinghai Province went to the class for the first time and could not understand Mandarin well. She wanted to listen to the lectures again and, as I was a veteran practitioner, I might like to give the ticket to her. I reluctantly gave her my ticket and walked out of the auditorium. The place was filled and the class had begun, yet, practitioners without tickets like me were still standing outside. That evening there was a dance party in the basement of the Mingfanggong auditorium. Anyone could have entered the lecture hall through a side door by purchasing a ticket for the dance party, but no one did that. A young man from Tianjin City said, "If we pull such a trick, we will not be able to attain anything even if we get in." Later I heard that the ticket checker at the door was so moved by practitioners' perseverance that he let them all in.

During that set of classes, Master walked to the lecture site every day. Some practitioners invited Master to ride in their cars, but Master refused politely.

A Falun ring appears during one morning’s exercise

The hotel we stayed at was far from Jilin University. Back then the price of a bus ticket was still quite low – less than one yuan. Some practitioners would leave the hotel for the lecture very early in the morning. One time I asked a practitioner why he didn't take the bus since the distance was rather far. He said he wanted to save money so he could attend another class. I was very moved. This was the last class Master held in Changchun. At the end of the class, Master said something to the people in his hometown with great sincerity and kindness, and everyone was moved to tears. It was less than half an hour before our bus was to leave and yet everyone was still listening to Master and unwilling to leave.

I heard that Master would hold classes in Chengdu on May 29, right after lecturing in Chongqing. I knew there was no practice site in Chengdu because no classes had been held there yet. I saw Master working very hard during the trip. While teaching in Tianjin, Master stayed in a hotel that cost only 20-some yuan a day. It did not even provide a shower. We went home and slept after the class, and yet Master was adjusting our bodies 24 hours a day. Even so, some people still went to the place where Master was staying and kowtowed in front of him, begging him to treat illnesses for people in their families, and they wouldn't listen to what Master told them. Veteran practitioners felt bad and they didn't bother Master, hoping Master could get a bit more rest. At that time, my husband was working in Chengdu. I thought I might make use of this convenient circumstance to see if there was anything I could do to help, so I went to Chengdu.

That day, Master got off the train along with many practitioners who had come with him from Chongqing. It was late May and the weather was hot. People who were assisting Master with the classes carried large bundles of the edited version of the Falun Gong books and were dripping with sweat. The Qigong Association sent a taxi and Master asked his assistants with the books to take it. My husband tried to drive his car to the train station exit so Master wouldn't have to walk a long distance. Right after he left the parking lot, many cars appeared from nowhere jamming the intersection in front of the train station. Fortunately my husband drove an imported car. It could start a bit faster because it had an automatic transmission. He tried everything he could and eventually got out of the traffic jam. He felt so anxious that he even developed a few blisters in his mouth. Because of the traffic jam, Master stood and waited in front of the train station for more than 40 minutes, for which I felt very bad for many days. Later, Master said it was interference and that He had encountered numerous such incidences of interference before.

The class in Chengdu was held in a hotel hall. Master never advertised his classes. Moreover, there were many other qigong classes in the area and people didn't take much notice in the beginning. On the first day of the class the hall was not full. However, the number of people increased dramatically after the classes began. By the last class, more than 800 people were in attendance. Every day, my husband would drive Master to the hotel after class. I was very happy that we could help Master in a small way.

When Master was touring to lecture the Fa, He had to arrange his own itinerary, as well as food and lodging. It was indeed a lot of work.

In Chengdu, I went to many places with Master. On the first day we went to Wenshuyuan Temple, a monastery. Our car was in front of several other cars heading to Wenshuyuan. There was also a businessman from Hong Kong in the car. He waited in Chengdu when he first heard a class would be held there. As he had difficulty understanding Mandarin while listening to the lectures, Master explained things to him during the trip. After we got out of the car, we saw Buddha's four warrior guardians. Master turned around and said to me, "They were all there while I was lecturing." I said, "Why do they look so ugly?" Master said, "They have mighty powers." During that time, temples were chaotic and filled with foxes and other evil beings. Master cleaned them all out wherever He went, and all He had to do was wave his hand.

Magnificent Dafa in Leshan Mountain, Sichun Province (1998)

Several days later, Master went to Qingcheng Mountain. The head assistants from the cities of Dalian, Guizhou, and Wuhan and several other practitioners went with Him. During that trip, I suddenly understood an ancient saying, "It doesn't matter if the hill is not high, as it is great if there are gods residing there." With a health condition like mine, I surprised myself by walking up the mountain and back down. When I returned home, my husband's colleague was greatly surprised to hear what I had done. After the class in Chengdu, we went to Leshan Mountain and Emei Mountain with Master. In the Hall of Arhats on Leshan Mountain, a fellow practitioner ran up to Master and said so-and-so Bodhisattva (I can't remember the name now) was embarrassed when she saw Master, and she sent greetings to Master. Master said, "When we leave, they will walk with us for quite a long distance." I was shocked to hear all this because all I could see were statues made of clay. After we left the hall, a monk behind us said, "This group of people is amazing." He obviously saw something in other dimensions. Emei Mountain was indeed different from other places. At Jinding (Golden Summit), the highest peak of Emei Mountain, I had my first real experience with my celestial eye. I went with Master on a tour and saw so many supernormal things. I found that my mind was reeling a bit. I asked Master, "So the legends are real after all?" Master replied, "The legends weren't born out of nothing."

The next lecture series was going to be held in Zhengzhou. I just managed to get a ticket for a berth on the train, and was on the same train as Teacher. It was very hot that day during the trip. When we arrived at the train station it was very crowded. Just like us, Teacher carried his baggage and was soaked with sweat. I felt badly about that but could not help with anything. After we got on the train, we found that our train car was the last one, and it didn't belong to the same railway company as the front carriages. The main train belonged to the Chengdu Railway Bureau, while our car belonged to the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau. This meant that the front carriages would not provide any service, not even water, to our car, and we couldn't enter the front cars of the train because the connecting door was locked. A practitioner from Wuhan who traveled with us found a water jug. When the train stopped at a station, we got off the train and went to the front car to fill the water jug. But we did not have enough time to run back to our own car so we had to stand in that carriage until the next stop. There was just enough water to drink. We could only soak a bowl of instant noodles in water as a meal for Teacher. We bought 6 tickets together with Teacher, and we were in the last coach of the train.

When the train passed Mount Hua, Teacher stood at the end of the train. There was no window in the door of our car. Teacher stood there for a long time, looking at the mountains that were far away. At that time, I felt puzzled and wondered what Teacher was looking at, so I also went over and gazed into the distance. Teacher told me that many people who cultivated the Tao on Mount Hua came down from the mountain to visit him. They were following the train. Teacher asked them, “What do you think about my disciples?” Some of them had been cultivating for a long period of time. They said that few of them could compare with Teacher's disciples. These people accompanied us all the way to Zhengzhou to listen to the Fa. Later, during His lecture, Teacher talked about what had happened that day.

The conditions at the Zhengzhou facility were almost the worst I had ever seen. The Qigong Association had provided an out-of-date gymnasium for the class. The central wooden floor of the gym was quite old and broken in places, and the surrounding bleachers were built with broken bricks. There was not even any glass in the windows. The class began on June 11.

A few days later it was the weekend and, midway through the class, a howling wind suddenly swept in and clouds darkened the sky and obscured everything. Heavy rain and hailstones came pouring down, and lightning accompanied by booms of thunder filled the sky. The rain came pouring through the windows. People in the stands surged towards the center of the gymnasium. Soon, hailstones as big as walnuts came crashing down, which fiercely shook the gym's metal roof. I had never experienced such a situation. With the violent wind, hailstones, and thunder and lightening, it seemed that the storm would crack open the roof of the gym. The roof above Teacher's platform started to leak. The rain poured through quickly and noisily, and then the main electrical switch shorted out. The lights went off, and it was as dark as night in there. All of these things happened within a few minutes.

Everyone was looking at Teacher and heard him ask, "Who is up there?" We saw Teacher gently close his eyes and place his hands in front of his chest with his palms facing up. Practitioners who sat close to Teacher fixed their eyes on Him. Some practitioners said, "Look at Teacher's hands!" Shortly after, Teacher clenched his hands into fists, as if he was grasping something. Then he opened the water bottle on the table, drank the water, and put the thing in his hands into the bottle. Immediately, the storm stopped, and the sun came out and shone into the gym. We all applauded and cheered. After that, Teacher sat on the table and performed a set of great hand gestures. Then Teacher said, "I have done a big thing for you. I have removed many things." At this point, the lights came on one by one and Teacher continued His lecture.

Later, a young man from Zhengzhou, who often followed Teacher to attend the classes, said that he was in the main control chamber at that time. After the main switch shorted out, there was no electrical power, but the lights went on one by one anyway. The next day the Zhengzhou newspapers reported that roofs had been lifted off several buildings during the storm. The weather bureau was in a panic and said that there had been no indications that a storm was on the way. The Qigong Association sponsor said, "We saw an extraordinary scene today." The next day, the mayor of Zhengzhou went to shake hands with Teacher. It was said that his daughter-in-law had attended the class and had seen what happened.

The next lecture series was the second session held in the Jinan Gymnasium. The room had a seating capacity of about four thousand people. All seats were taken. During the Jinan lectures, Teacher gave a very detailed lecture and also told us some of the things that would happen soon after.

1998 Jinan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference

The next set of classes was held in Dalian. Teacher did not want all of us to go to Dalian. He told us not to fly to Dalian on the 30th. Teacher encountered various interferences on the way to Dalian. The interference from the evil was tremendous. In the end, Teacher took a boat to Dalian.

I remembered that in Chengdu, the practitioner who was in charge of the Dalian assistance center once told me that there were dragons in a photo that they had taken with Teacher. I was quite surprised and asked her if I could see the photo when I went to Dalian. She said yes. When I arrived in Dalian, I kept thinking about the picture and looked for her to ask if I could see it. One day she brought the photo for me to look at. When I looked at it, I saw that it was true. In the sky behind Teacher and the practitioners, there were two dragons very close to each other; one in front and one in back. The dragons' heads were very big. The contours of their noses and eyes were very clear. It seemed there were people sitting on the dragons. She then pointed at the photo and said to me, "You see, there are two double-edged swords.” I looked at them. The swords were quite small but clearly discernible. I stared at the photo blankly for a while. She said that photo was the only one that showed all of these things. When she took the negative to develop more prints, they did not turn out. Her son would not believe what the picture showed so he tried 20 times to investigate but gave up in the end. Later, during the tenth lecture as Teacher was answering practitioners' questions, a practitioner said that he had seen two double-edged swords when he read Zhuan Falun. Teacher said, "Yes, I brought those from the cosmos and they are boundlessly powerful."

On August 5, the classes began in Harbin. They were held at the Harbin ice hockey stadium. At that time, the stadium was still under construction. There were only seats on three sides, and the fourth wall was still just plywood. The staff of the stadium had never seen so many people travel tens of thousands of miles to attend a qigong class and so they also listened to Teacher's lectures. One day, before the class started, Teacher came to the stadium to see the practitioners. When He walked in front of the practitioners, the practitioners who sat in the stands that were closest to Teacher stood up together, reverently expressing their respect. Teacher walked forward, the practitioners sitting ahead stood up together as well. In this way, as Teacher walked around the stadium, a group of practitioners stood up and another group sat down, orderly and continuously. The scene was spectacular. The entire stadium was permeated with sacredness and reverence. Even the practitioners themselves were amazed. It happened spontaneously and had not been planned at all. A person who was attending the classes for the first time and sitting next to me whispered, "Wow! I've never seen such a scene. It is impossible for any of the national leaders to receive this kind of reception."

The Yanji lectures were held in the Yanji Gymnasium. A local practitioner, who was of Korean descent and who had been the first person to attend Teacher's lectures in other cities, had eagerly made the arrangements for this class. He said that he wanted to do a good deed for the people of his hometown. It was said that 70% of the people from his workplace attended the lectures. On the last day of the class, the Korean practitioners wore bright and colorful folk attire, which was the most ceremonious formality, to express their gratitude to Teacher and to see Teacher off. There was a brief closing ceremony after the class. Teacher donated 7,000 yuan, his entire income from this lecture series, to the Yanjin Red Cross.

After leaving the classroom that day, I went directly to the railway station and took the Tumen Number One train to Changchun, where I changed to the train to Harbin.

After traveling the whole night by train, I arrived in Changchun in the morning. I dragged my suitcase and felt very tired. When I got to the underground passage gate, I saw Teacher standing behind me, kindly looking at me. I was so happy and moved but was afraid that Teacher would want to carry my suitcase, so I hurriedly said, "Teacher, please go first and don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I often travel by myself and won't have any problems." After Teacher went ahead, I moved down step by step towards the underground passage. I carried my suitcase and walked to the exit, following the queue to get out of the railway station. When I looked up, I saw Teacher standing in front, waiting for me to come out. He was still so kindly looking at me. At that moment, I felt warmth flow through my heart. I pressed my hands together to do Heshi and said, "Teacher, please don't worry about me. I can manage it by myself." That day, I reached Harbin without any trouble and miraculously went back to Beijing the next day.

Teacher lectures at the second lecture session in Guangzhou in 1993

It was said that more than five thousand people had come and those that came last could not get tickets. Long before the first lecture started on the first morning, the square in front of the gymnasium was a sea of people. Among them, about 500 were without tickets. Some Beijing practitioners gave them their tickets. As the tickets were handed over, the givers and the receivers and the people watching had warm tears in their eyes. After the lecture started, people without tickets still stayed in the square in front of the gymnasium. Their perseverance deeply touched the workers at the gym, who then made an exception and opened an adjacent building where they set up a TV connected to a simultaneous videotape player so people could watch the lectures.

The fifth lecture session in Guangzhou was an exceptionally grand occasion. It could be seen that people were eager to obtain the Fa. The consciousness of sentient beings had been aroused and their respect for Teacher was beyond description in any language. One day, practitioners came very early, standing quietly on both sides of the corridor between the gate to the gymnasium and the hall inside. The crowds of people left no space in the gym except for the corridor through which Teacher would enter. When Teacher came, He was greeted with great respect. The great reverence for Teacher from everyone's heart of hearts astonished the workers at the gym. They asked practitioners, "What kind of person is your Teacher? We have never seen so many people paying so much respect to anyone."

The fifth Fa lecture session in Guangzhou excited and encouraged practitioners. We realized what a great thing Teacher had taught us and what kind of roads we would be traveling on the paths of our cultivation. Everyone had made up his or her mind to continue practicing to the end.

This was the last lecture series Teacher held in China. Within just a few years, Falun Gong was at the height of its spread in China.

To attend the fifth seminar, people had made special trips from the US, Hong Kong, and some European countries. These people, after returning home, became the first group of practitioners in their local areas and later did much work in spreading the Fa all over the world, making a great contribution to the Fa.

Recalling my journey of cultivation during the past eight years, I rejoice very much over my opportunity to live in the time when Dafa was first being spread, to listen to Teacher's lectures in person, and to be taught the practice by Teacher in person. How valuable a predestined relationship this was! Many people would envy me for having such a relationship. Although during those years I encountered many tribulations and suffered a lot, my feelings and mentality were totally different from when I had no choice but to suffer from ill health prior to my cultivation in Dafa. In my cultivation, after suffering, I clearly felt dirty materials being eliminated piece by piece from my body. Now my body is full of energy, my life full of hope, and I can see a hopeful and beautiful future.

As a matter of fact, every being's life was originally beautiful. Due merely to ignorance of the universe's principles, a being unknowingly caused much karma and its life was drawn into an abyss of suffering. Teacher told us the true principles of the universe, purified our bodies, and equipped us with the Falun and all the mechanisms needed in our cultivation, which enable us to cultivate ourselves in Dafa and continually raise our levels, both physically and spiritually. Non-practitioners may see suffering in practitioners' lives, while we as practitioners feel happy because we are beings who are ascending and who are able to exist forever together with the universe. In the past, this would only be considered demonstrating the good will of human beings, while today we are truly and earnestly going along this path and we are truly able to jump out of the abyss of suffering and return to our true origins.

It has been very hard for our Teacher to spread the Fa. He has done so without rest during all these years of spreading the Fa. There are many things that we may never know and our hearts may never be able to hold. The loftiness and greatness of His moral character and the vastness and magnificence of His wisdom, even a ten-thousandth of it cannot be expressed using human language. In July 1999 in Mainland China, I saw radio and TV stations fabricating rumors like crazy. With cruel motives, they were arousing people's bad thoughts. Not only everyday people, even some practitioners started to waver. I just felt it was pitiful to the point of being absurd. How can one probe Buddha's heart from the perspective of human notions and judge Buddha's principles using human reasoning?

At this last moment of rectifying the universe with the Fa, we must follow Teacher on the way forward as we did before, for ourselves and especially for the eternal future of the sentient beings in the universe.

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