(Clearwisdom.net) I am 38 years old. I always made mistakes. After I was laid off, I became a call girl on and off for more than a year. In 2004, in order to raise money to buy a house, I began to sell drugs under my boyfriend's persuasion. I was arrested by the police in 2005 when I conducted my second drug transaction. In the detention center, I met two Falun Dafa practitioners. They led me to truly understand the truth of Falun Dafa and I came to realize that all the propaganda and slander of Dafa by the state-controlled television and broadcasting entities are lies. I gained a new understanding of Falun Gong.
What surprised me very much was that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which always bragged about itself as "great, honorable and correct" actually deceived the public to such an extreme extent and made people have prejudices against Falun Gong. The CCP incited people to commit crimes against good people. If I had not met these Falun Gong practitioners or gotten the chance to know the truth, I would still be in the dark. Such good people as Falun Gong practitioners are imprisoned! If I did not see it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it, no matter who told me.
Before I was imprisoned, I cared nothing about Falun Gong. I just thought about earning more money and living a good life, every day. I actually lived for money and did not know the true meaning of life. After I got to know these two practitioners, I learned a lot and I was willing to accept Falun Dafa. I also practiced the exercises with them, memorized and recited the Fa, and sang Falun Dafa songs. After half a year, I learned the five sets of exercises. I could recite Lunyu and more than 50 poems in Hong Yin. This period of time was the happiest and most precious time in my life. Now, when I recall that time, I still feel very reluctant to part with it. It was a very valuable time.
I felt very depressed the first few days after I was detained at the detention center. I was afraid that my family members did not understand me and did not want to help me. I thought that my boyfriend would definitely help me, even if no one else would. This became my only hope for survival. But after a while, this only hope also vanished. In order to get out earlier, I injured myself. I used my fists to injure my good eye and became disabled. When the two Dafa practitioners learned this, they said I was too confused. They told me about being predestined and why humans live such painful lives. They also told me many truths, such as how to take virtue seriously and how to be a good person - things which I had never heard before. I was enlightened and I became clear in my mind. If I had known Dafa earlier, I would definitely not have committed any crimes, not to mention injuring myself intentionally. At that moment, I swore that as soon as I got out of prison, the first thing I would do would be to find Zhuan Falun to read. I felt that it was a bad thing for me to be imprisoned, but it also turned out to be a good thing. I acquired the Fa this way. How fortunate!
I was sent to prison in October 2005. The people and the environment there were very complicated. It was also inconvenient for me because my eye was injured. No prisoners wanted to help me. Since I was new to the prison and I could not see well, I was discriminated against and insulted all the time. At that difficult time, it was Dafa practitioners who helped me the most.
I deeply know that Dafa practitioners are all good people. But they have been persecuted. I witnessed the practitioners creating the environment for Fa-study and exercises in the prison. When the prison police saw it, they ordered the prisoners to cover the glass doors with newspapers and brutally beat the practitioners inside the room. The police also incited the prisoners to hang up the practitioners on the water pipes for a whole day. They took the practitioners down at night but forced them to sit on the humid ground. They persecuted the practitioners physically and mentally.
I also witnessed the darkness and the expression of warped human notions. The prison police had money deals with the prisoners. As long as the prisoners could pay the money, they could do the easy work and earn more points. The prisoners who did not have money had to do the dirty and difficult work, which also earned the lowest points. In this special environment, I was frequently reminded of the fact that I must be a good person and I could not make mistakes anymore. After I had this thought, I was arranged to stay together with the practitioners. It looked like I was asked to monitor the practitioners. But actually, I studied the Fa together with them. I spent 40 days finishing the First Talk of Zhuan Falun. Then, gradually, I finished reading Zhuan Falun six times. When my eye was good, I could read one chapter within two hours. Some prisoners saw this and reported it to the prison team leader. The team leader said that my eyes were not good enough to read. Then, nothing happened. I thought that the only pure land in the prison was with Falun Dafa practitioners. My mind was pure when I was with them.
Another magic thing also happened to me. I wanted my family to pay the money to get me out of prison, but they could not make it happen, no matter how hard they tried. I was very anxious, but I still did not hear any news. In early 2008, I unconsciously let everything go and concentrated on studying the Fa, and listening to the practitioners recite the Fa and clarify the truth. Then, the miracle happened. In early March, the prison counted the old, sick and injured people. I was counted as one. Three months later, I was approved for release on a medical furlough. But I had to be thoroughly examined. The day before the examination, I had a dream. I saw a doctor who performed the examination on me and I could see her clearly. What surprised me was that the doctor who did the examination for me the next day looked exactly the same as the doctor in my dream. Even her eyeglasses were the same. She told me that I had a good chance to be approved for early release. One month later, my application came back. One more form needed to be stamped by three local levels of authority. My family was busy during those days and they delayed a few days in getting the form. But, surprisingly, I was the first one who finished them and submitted the form. The prison police even asked me if my family had some relationship with the local authorities. On the day I was released, a person with whom I was not very familiar drove a car to pick me up. I knew all of this was arranged by Teacher. Teacher really cared for me. He is so compassionate towards me. I will not let Teacher down. The first thing I did when I was released was to find the Dafa books to cultivate Dafa earnestly and to expose the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in prison.
I was released in June 2008 after I had been imprisoned for nearly three years. I witnessed the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in the prison. The CCP prisons kept on proclaiming to the public that they used humane treatments in the prison, but they secretly did inhumane things.
