(Clearwisdom.net) I am a 41-year-old peasant. I started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. I used to be afflicted with congenital heart disease. My mother said that I was very weak and susceptible to illness even as a baby. I was not able to walk before I was 8 years old. I started seeing doctors at the age of 15. The diagnosis was congenital heart disease.
They told my mother, “This girl will not be able to marry, or she will lose her life. You have take care of her forever. Let her do whatever she likes.” I could not work and didn't feel well. I felt distraught, weak, and listless. My immune system was in bad shape, and I frequently came down with a cold. I was really deeply distressed and thought of suicide.
In 1997, my cousin told us of this precious practice called Falun Gong, which was very good for curing illnesses and maintaining fitness. My mother began to practice Falun Gong, and within one week she returned to good health. She then took me to the exercise site. An instructor taught me the exercises and had us listen to Teacher’s lectures. As I was not very well educated, I couldn't understand much of what Teacher said. Basically, I remembered that Teacher asked us to not fight back when we are beaten or sworn at and we should not seek others' profits. One day, a woman from our village scolded me for several hours in public. I thought that I already was a cultivator of Falun Gong and should listen to what Teacher said, so I did not lose my temper.
I didn't notice when I became a healthy person, but I truly realized how wonderful it was to have an illness-free body. I could do any kind of work. I am grateful from deep within my heart to Teacher.
On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Jiang's evil regime began to persecute Falun Gong. Someone maligned and badmouthed Falun Gong when I was present. I said earnestly, "All that you hear on the CCP’s TV channels is wrong. It is the CCP that is mistreating people. Falun Gong definitely is righteous. I will definitely cultivate in it forever."