After Developing Kind Thoughts, Good Fortune Arrives and Calamities Disappear

Ms. Zhao, a farmer in the countryside near Langfang City in Hebei Province developed a strange disease in May of 2004. One month later, a doctor diagnosed her as having "suppurative arthritis." This disease caused fluid accumulation between the joints and flesh of her legs. Every time she visited the doctor, he would withdraw two tubes of fluid from her legs with a 50 millilitre injector, causing her much pain. In order to cure the disease, she tried various treatments and an operation, but her health didn't recover and she could no longer afford the expensive medical bills, so she remained at home. She had to lie in bed for nine months after returning home without additional treatment. This caused the muscles in her upper limbs to wither. The 20,000 yuan¹ paid in medical expenses was a huge burden for a peasant family, and the whole family lost the happiness that they had previously.

In May of 2005, a Falun Dafa practitioner went to Ms. Zhao's home and told her about the magnificence and beauty of Falun Dafa, and she listened very attentively. When this practitioner was about to leave, Ms. Zhao suddenly had a thought, "Falun Dafa is so wonderful and this practitioner talked to me for so long for my own benefit, I should see her off." With such a thought, a miracle happened: she got out of her bed and walked a few steps! Her family was startled, and everyone present was very excited. They all said, "Falun Dafa is really miraculous."

The following day, she promptly called that practitioner to ask for a copy of the Falun Dafa book, Zhuan Falun, and said that she wanted to practise. After the practitioner sent her the book, another miracle happened. This 51-year-old woman didn't even finish grade three of elementary school, but when she opened Zhuan Falun, she could read the whole book and copy some sentences in the book. Her husband said, "We have been married for over 25 years, but I never saw you reading any book before. This really is a miracle." Then she also asked to learn the exercises.

Only three days later, which was the fifth day after she came across Falun Dafa, an even greater miracle happened. She could not only get out of bed to cook and wash clothes, but also walk around like a healthy person. Just over ten days later was wheat harvest time, and she rode a bike to the field to reap the winter wheat with her family. Her neighbours and all the villagers could not believe their eyes, and asked her how she was able to recover. She told them the process of starting to cultivate in Falun Dafa and finally told people, "Falun Dafa is wonderful and it is Falun Dafa that saved our whole family!"

Due to this earth-shaking change, her family also changed from opposing her practise of Falun Dafa to a heartfelt support for Falun Dafa. Now her whole family practises Falun Dafa and the past smiles and cheerful talks have returned to her home once again. She always tells whoever she meets, "Falun Dafa saved my whole family."

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1. Yuan is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.