(Clearwisdom.net) I am someone who used to stick close to my own principles, so I was very stubborn. I never believed in other people's opinions very easily; instead, I paid attention to my observations, as well as my experience. In other words, I only trusted my true feelings.
When the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) began to persecute Falun Gong, I considered it very inhuman and extremely wrong. I knew Falun Gong was a practice that cultivated the body and helped people keep fit and improve xinxing. To behave according to the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is a wonderful thing, and it would benefit people and society. How could it be labelled a "biased theory with distorted sayings?" With this question in mind, I began to try practicing myself to see whether Falun Gong was good or not.
It was the fall of 2002, and I had been laid off and was in the process of dealing with unemployment issues with my company. I was in very low spirits, felt very depressed, and was on the edge of having a mental collapse. I remembered that I had joined the army and the evil Party, had graduated from university, and had been working for nearly 30 years. Now, suddenly, I was laid off and had no way to make ends meet. Three generations of my family were relying on me financially: how could I continue to support them? Overwhelmed with worry, I decided to take a walk downstairs and found some truth-clarification materials wrapped in a plastic bag and laid out at the edge of the window very neatly. They mentioned that, through practicing Falun Gong, people who had been in perilous situations regained their health. Those accounts touched me deeply. From then on, whenever I came across truth-clarification materials, I always took them home to read. The more I read, the more my depression lifted.
Shortly, my sister-in-law from Shenyang City called me and asked me if I would come take care of her 90-year-old father, since I was unemployed and she would pay me. I agreed to take it on right away. I didn't care about being paid or not. Among our relatives, as long as I could give her a hand, I would. I also thought it might improve my state of mind a little bit by going to a different city, so I wanted to go.
After I got there, the situation was more serious than I'd expected. Her father had a serious prostate condition and heart disease. Because of that, he had a tube inserted into his kidney. Also, he was mentally confused and liable to lose his consciousness at any time. I thought, “This elderly man is on the brink of death.” On the other hand, I didn't want to leave him alone and head home either. I was in a dilemma—fearful of taking care of him and afraid of leaving, because I was concerned about the fact that, if he suddenly died, his family would blame me.
At that time, I took out a Falun Gong brochure from my pocket and began to read accounts to him, such as by practicing Falun Gong, people have regained their health. The more he listened, the better his color became. That evening, he could sit up to eat his dinner. Next morning, after he woke up, I saw that his urine tube had come out, and he could urinate by himself. Both he and I were very surprised!
Right away, I conveyed this improvement to my sister-in-law. She was very happy and took us in a cab to the hospital for a check-up. At the hospital, the doctor said that no stitches were needed, as the opening for the tube had healed by itself. All his family members were very surprised.
His mental state became better, and his heart disease was improving as well. He started to return to normal and began to go out to do some outdoor activities. Two week later, my sister-in-law told me that I didn't need to take care of him anymore, so I went home. I was very happy about that. From then on, I began to practice Falun Gong.
Every morning, I recite quietly "Falun Dafa is wonderful, Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa," so that the day goes very well. Most surprisingly to me was that after I came back from Shenyang City, I found a good job, and my salary was two times that of my previous job. Therefore, I practice Falun Gong more steadfastly and feel that the sun shines on my life and work. I am also willing to share the good news that Falun Dafa has brought to me!
