(Clearwisdom.net) Editor's note: Falun Gong teaches practitioners to be good people. Most practitioners were nice people before they practiced Falun Gong. After practicing, their moral standards improved and they become even better people. However, some practitioners used to be troubled. They were deeply touched by the principles of Falun Gong and decided to conduct themselves well. This is about a person like that.

When I was a child, I strongly believed in the existence of gods. I wanted gods to protect and save me. However, people in China tend to believe in atheism, which destroys moral values. The entire society is full of evil, fighting, and fakes. I felt hopeless and did not have anything to do. I often fought with others and dreamed of being a millionaire. In 1998, I had a chance to learn about Falun Gong. I was touched by its principles and how to be a good person. Although I did not start practicing, it provided me with a lot of guidance.

My childhood was full of fighting due to the harmful atheism

I was born in a small town in east Heilongjiang Province in 1978. When I was small, I wished that God could offer me salvation. However, the ancient beliefs and traditional moral values in China had been destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party. After people were forced to ride the wave of commercialism, their morals became so bad that they only wanted to pursue money. It was impossible for me to find any spiritual guidance in our society or the true meaning of life.

When I was about 13 years old, I felt that life was enough. Whoever upset me, I fought with. In my middle school, the guys in my class were separated into different groups and often fought with each other as well as with students from other classes. I was afraid of nothing and always dreamed of becoming a millionaire in a very short time.

When I was in my second year in high school, my former classmate, Cui, came to me and told me something about a “protection fee.” I had never heard that term before. Back then, the Hong Kong movie “Troubled Boys” was so popular that I was deeply influenced by it. I started to ask each student for a “protection fee.” Literally, they were going to pay me to protect themselves from me. Normally, it was 20 bucks per student. However, one guy refused to pay me. Instead, he asked his parents to find some bad guys to fight with me. One day, four guys, three of them adults, came to my school and fought with us. There were also four of us. The other three in my group escaped and the other group started to beat me. I used a shovel to fight back. We all got injured. I still have some scars on my mouth.

Falun Gong is really amazing

In February 1998, after I listened to Master's audiotapes, I felt that the Fa was wonderful. Dafa gives you everything and teaches you the principles of how to conduct yourself, but does not ask for anything in return. This cannot be wrong. Moreover, my relative, who gave me Master's audio tapes was well educated and majoring in science. I thought, “Dafa must be outstanding if such a science guy believes in it.” That month, I read Zhuan Falun and learned the exercises. I looked younger and my face became rosy. When I was riding my bike, I felt as if someone was pushing me.

On April 25, 1999, many Falun Gong practitioners went to the Beijing Appeals Office. In 2001, the Communist Regime staged the self-immolation on Tiananmen Square to defame Falun Gong. However, I have never questioned the goodness of Dafa. Whenever I heard someone saying something bad about Falun Gong, I got angry and quarreled with the person and tried to clarify the facts. But I did not keep up with my cultivation in Dafa.

In 2001, I moved to my new home, and the cable and Internet had not been set up yet. I started to read Zhuan Falun. Every word in Zhuan Falun opened my eyes and melted my anxiety. On September 14, I read a paragraph of Lecture Eight in Zhuan Falun, which really impressed me:

“Today we have made public to you this great practice. I have already delivered it to your doorstep. It is up to you whether you can practice cultivation and make it. If you can do it, you may continue your cultivation. If you cannot do it or cannot practice cultivation, from now on you can forget about practicing cultivation. Except for demons that will deceive you, nobody else will teach you, and in the future you will not be able to practice cultivation. If I cannot save you, nobody else can. ” (Lecture Eight, Zhuan Falun)

I had the same feeling when I first read Zhuan Falun. Dafa was so amazing, but I was still smoking. How terrible! I quickly threw away a box of cigarettes I had just bought and was determined to start cultivation again. I tried to read Dafa books as much as possible and was able to read one book per day. My body and mind felt some positive changes every day.

Shortly after I started cultivation, my insomnia disappeared. I really had suffered from insomnia and was not able to fall asleep at night. When I woke up in the morning, I had only slept a little, but then had to rush to work. I felt so sleepy during the day.

After practicing Falun Gong, I felt that my good side was expanding and the evil side was shrinking. I always wanted to help others. One day, an old friend came and asked me to fight for him. I refused and told him that I was a Falun Gong practitioner and had already quit fighting. He laughed and said that quitting smoking and drinking was normal, but he had never heard of “quitting fighting.” I also encountered many other things. One day, the brother of my boss swore at me. Another day, I was beaten without reason. I conducted myself as a practitioner and did not fight back. That would have been impossible had I not been a Falun Gong practitioner.

One day when I was on my way home from work, I saw a guy lying on the road with his bike next to him. The food he had bought was on the ground. I had already passed by him but I turned back. I was a Falun Gong practitioner and should not turn a blind eye, thus I tried to wake him. A few minutes later, he woke up but refused to tell me where he lived or his phone number. I gave him my cell phone number and asked him to call his family. He noticed that his money was still in his pocket and insisted on giving me some money and said, “It is rare to meet such a good guy like you.” I did not accept his money and told him that I was a Falun Gong practitioner.

When I began to practice Falun Gong, I tried to do my job well, and I did not need to be monitored when I worked, because I always finished my tasks quickly and neatly. In the winter, I took the initiative to clear away the snow in front of our store. My colleagues said, “Falun Gong practitioners are really nice. They are unlike what we heard on television.”

I'd like to tell you that Falun Gong can make a person be nice and kind. It can also improve people's moral standards, of which I am an example.