By a practitioner in China　　　

　　In Mainland China, if you go to the hospital for an operation, there are usually two people to whom you must give extra money in red envelopes. One is the surgeon who will perform the operation, and the other is the anesthetist. It’s not clear when this practice began, but quite often the money in the red envelopes is their main source of income. Though the amount of money in the red envelope varies from person to person, according to my younger sister who works as an anesthetist in the hospital, an ordinary anesthetist like her would receive between seven or eight thousand to ten thousand yuan per month [500 yuan is the average monthly salary for an urban worker in China]. In contrast, a doctor's monthly salary is about one to two thousand yuan . Another source of extra income is kickbacks from drug companies for prescribing expensive medicine. Though it cannot be compared to the amount of money in red envelopes, it is also quite sizable.　　　

　　After practicing Falun Gong, my younger sister, who is an anesthetist working in a hospital, stopped taking the red envelopes and kickbacks for prescribing certain drugs.　　　

　　My younger sister began her practice relatively late. Before the persecution began in 1999, her mother-in-law practiced Falun Gong, and her father-in-law also practiced for a while. However at that time, she did not know much about Falun Gong, and took it as just an exercise for healing illness and keeping it. After July 20, 1999, her mother-in- law gave up practicing Falun Gong under the overwhelming pressure from the Chinese Communist Party. My sister tried her best to persuade her mother-in-law, saying, "Mom, if you feel it is good, then you should keep practicing it. Why should you care about what the media says? I feel it is good for you to practice this qigong because it has made you healthy." However, this elderly lady had experienced political movements such as the Cultural Revolution before and was scared to death. She did not dare to continue to practice.　　　

　　At one point, I learned from my younger sister that she was disappointed with the deterioration of morality in society, the coldness between human beings, and people's efforts to take advantage of others. She felt puzzled over human existence. She felt really empty, lonely and depressed. She even felt despair for the future.　　　

　　I talked to her over the phone about Falun Dafa, and soon she began to practice. Two days later, I received a phone call. She said, "Hello, elder sister, I have read Zhuan Falun." I asked, "How do you feel?" She replied, "It is so great! I have decided not to take money in the red envelopes any more!" Her voice was full of excitement. "Is that true? You are so quick to improve your character!” I was so happy from the bottom of my heart. Immediately, she continued to talk in a low of eloquence. She said she finally understood the meaning of life, understood why human beings were living in this world, and also understood the value of life. She said she did not feel confused any more. After a period of time, she told me over the phone that ever since she cultivated Dafa, she felt a completely new sense of enrichment and tranquility in her soul. She did not feel anxious, empty, or depressed any more. She also felt that she received a new strength for actively moving ahead in life, and had found a new meaning to her life.　　　

　　Later on, all kinds of propaganda attacking Dafa came out, becoming more and more irresponsible, slanderous and deceptive. China was a truly terrifying environment. Facing all of this, I was put in a state of confusion. Every day, my mind was full of thoughts about current events, and I did not have the presence of mind to see how she was doing. For a long period of time, she also had similar problems. Occasionally, she called to tell me about how she felt. I learned that she did not have a very good state of mind. She did not study the Falun Gong teachings for a long period of time, and neither did she practice the exercises. She was agonized and could not understand why such a good practice would be subjected to defamation and attack! She could not believe how the CCP leader, Jiang Zemin, in order to persecute a group of good people, could disregard the facts and make up all kinds of lies to deceive the people. She started to jog early in the morning. However, every morning, she heard people talking about Falun Gong in the park. Some elderly ladies sighed, looking at the garbage on the ground: "When the Falun Gong practitioners practiced the exercises here, it was so clean. You see how dirty it is now."　　　

　　During that period of time, though my younger sister stopped studying the Fa and doing the exercises, she never forgot about the principles she learned. She refused to collect any money in the red envelopes from the patients and did not accept any kickbacks.　　　

　　After I thought about the current situation, I decided to renew my practice and help my younger sister to come back also. Since she cultivated her inner self seriously and made efforts in upgrading her character, she made very quick progress. When she met patients who did not feel comfortable when she refused their money, she would take the money first and after the operation, she would return the money to them. In her work, she didn't complain about her assignments, jockey for position with others, or worry about personal gain and loss. She gained the respect of her peers, and used her wisdom to clarify the truth to her patients and colleagues.