(Clearwisdom.net) I am a medical professional in China. I started practicing Falun Gong at the age of 37. Specifically, I started practicing Falun Gong on July 27, 2000, one year after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned Falun Gong. I would like to thank those fellow practitioners who distributed free Falun Gong materials to my door! At that time the Chinese media was broadcasting hate propaganda against Falun Gong every day. I had a negative opinion of the practice at first, but I became increasingly curious. I wanted to know what on earth Falun Gong was. One day I found Falun Gong materials and DVDs at my door, and after examining the materials I was deeply touched by the Falun Gong practitioners' selflessness, valor, compassion, and perseverance. I was also impressed with the way they explained the truth about Falun Gong in these materials.
I would like to thank one of my relatives who is a fellow practitioner living a thousand miles away. I once spent my vacation there, and he patiently explained Falun Gong and the severe persecution Falun Gong practitioners suffered for adhering to their faith. After this discussion I knew of the horrific and epic battle between good and evil in China. I never thought it a coincidence that Falun Gong was introduced to the world. I knew there was a reason. I was attracted to Falun Gong because of the pure, moral, and spiritual power manifested in Falun Gong practitioners.
I Started Practicing Falun Gong at the Peak of the Persecution
For the past 12 years, I have experienced the wonder and beauty of Falun Gong, and have undergone life-changing transformations and become a much better person. At the same time, I have also faced horrific persecution from the CCP because of my faith.
Before I started practicing Falun Gong, I was a lay Buddhist. My health was such that I felt exhausted physically and mentally. I suffered from anemia, blood in my feces, low blood pressure, migraines, fatigue, and insomnia. I looked pale, felt weak all of the time, and I was anxious and mentally tired. I always felt terrible, until the day I obtained a copy of Zhuan Falun.
I spent two and a half days reading Zhuan Falun from cover to cover. Words can't describe the intense feelings I felt. I repeatedly thought, "Why didn't I hear of this holy book earlier?" I was sure that this was what I had been searching for. I had never felt so sure about anything in my life! A few days later, I suddenly realized that the myriad of physical pains I had been suffering from had all disappeared. The health problems that had challenged all of my physicians went away without any medical treatment! Tears filled my eyes as I experienced the miracles of Falun Gong.
Overjoyed, I shared the wonderful news with my mother, who suffered from many different illnesses herself, including hypertension, stroke, paralysis in the lower body, water retention, perpetual ulcerations of the mouth, and early-stage oral cancer. My mother is illiterate, so I played Teacher's audio Fa lectures for her. Soon my mother was free of illness and threw away all of her medicine. In addition, her gray hair was gradually replaced with dark hair.
After witnessing the transformations in mother and myself, the rest of my family began to believe in Falun Gong and has had blessings ever since. My older brother, who is a farmer, frequently chants, "Falun Gong is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." Since he started doing so, he has had bountiful harvests every season even when other farmers in the area had poor crops and harvests. A damaging frost once hit the farms in the area. His crops, however, were completely intact. It was as though there were a dividing line between the fields. The soybeans in his paddies remained green, but the soybeans in the field right next to his were damaged. His neighbors exclaimed, "It is strange. Why is it that nothing happened to your crops?" He replied confidently, "It is because I often chant, 'Falun Gong is good'. The Teacher of Falun Gong protected my crops!"
After Two Years as a Refugee, I Got My Job Back After Explaining the Truth about Falun Gong
The CCP has been spreading lies in order to justify the persecution of Falun Gong. As someone who has personally benefited from the practice of Falun Gong, I needed to do something. Although I had only practiced Falun Gong for four months, I left for Beijing on November 29, 2000, to appeal for Falun Gong. I arrived in Beijing on December 1, and went to Tiananmen Square, where I unfurled a banner to tell the world that Falun Gong was good. I visited the State Appeals Office to exercise my constitutional right to appeal. However, I ended up being arrested and imprisoned in the Chaoyang Detention Center in Beijing. After more than 20 days of torture and captivity, I was suddenly transferred to the Handan No. 1 Detention Center before dawn. On January 3, 2001, personnel from the security division of my workplace came and got me and I was transferred to a detention center in my area.
April 9, 2002, was a terrible and unforgettable day for my daughter and me. I worked nights and I went to work as usual that day. At around 9:30 p.m., three big men broke into my home using a master key to open my front door. My 14-year-old daughter was home alone. She was completely shocked and burst into tears. When she finally reached me by phone, she was crying so hard that I could hardly understand what she was saying. It took her a long time to describe what had happened. She didn't sleep the rest of the night. The next day she could not face going to school.
She repeatedly asked me, "Mom, didn't you say no one could come in if the door was locked? How did the police get in? Why were the police so mean to me? I am a nice person."
I had no idea how to justify what had happened or how to comfort her. The horrible incident severely traumatized my child. To this day she becomes upset when she thinks of that night.
I reported the incident to the security division at work and they talked to the police about it. The police promised never to arrest me. Therefore, the security division told me to go back to work. I trusted the police to keep their word. However, I found the police waiting at the building entrance to arrest me! They also entered my home repeatedly, just as my daughter described.
I filed another complaint with the security division, but the police produced a litany of false charges and escalated their harassment. I finally had no other choice but to flee from my own home. It was the middle of April 2002. I wrote a letter to the head of the hospital were I worked. I described the harassment I had endured and told them of my plan to flee.
It was unbearably painful to let go of everything I owned. I thought, “Where I am going to go?” For safety, I avoided any place I had friends or acquaintances. China is such a vast land, but there was no place for me. The feelings of loss, bitterness, loneliness, and helplessness brought me a great deal of pain. All at once I was penniless and homeless. I had to beg for food, clothing, and shelter. I experienced all kinds of hardship.
Finally in April 2004, I realized through studying the Fa that it was time for me to go home. I needed to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to my family, relatives, friends, and colleagues. On April 25, 2004, I finally returned home. When I told them what kind of life I had had as a refugee, they told me that there was no bigger injustice in the world.
On May 8, 2004, I went to the management of my old workplace and asked if I could have my job back. They said, "According the regulations, an employee that has been absent from work for more than three months will be regarded as having resigned. You have been absent from work for more than two years. We consider you as having quit your job." The people at my workplace did not understand that I had no other choice because I was avoiding further persecution. I then began the difficult journey of clarifying the truth to the people at work. They finally agreed to reinstate me on the condition that I guarantee not to practice Falun Gong. I could not lie. The management was furious. "We are being more than generous. If you will not write a simple guarantee statement, we have nothing to talk about and you will have to leave!" I had to leave. I studied the Fa more, searched inward, and adjusted my mentality. A few days later, I went to the supervisor again, but he had been transferred. I approached other people in management, but they all told me, "You have to write a guarantee statement promising that you will not practice Falun Gong. When you give us that, we will reinstate your previous position and salary. Without the statement, we can only give you 300 yuan per month as a pension."
I knew they were treating me this way because they did not completely understand why I had to leave work. Nor did they know the truth about Falun Gong or the persecution that was taking place. I explained to them, "I want more than anyone else to lead a normal life, have a normal career, take care of my child, and have a happy family. But the police deprived me of my rights. It is true that I have not worked for more than two years and have caused problems here at work. I was subjected to atrocities and this has been very difficult for my family. Two years go by very fast for someone who lives in a normal environment and has a happy family. But these past two years were like an eternity for my family and me. I practice Falun Gong because I want to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and become a better person, a person free of illness and attachments. But it has turned out to be unbelievably difficult to be a better person under the rule of the CCP. You are all kindhearted people. If your families or relatives faced harsh treatment, I am sure you would be heartbroken. I cannot renounce Falun Gong in writing. I have benefited so much from the practice. Falun Gong is not evil. Falun Gong practitioners have not done anything wrong. If everyone would follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, our nation would be peaceful and prosperous and our lives would be wonderful. There are people from more than 100 different countries around the world practicing Falun Gong. It is a wonderful practice. I must not betray my conscience and say that it is bad. I must not tell lies. I must not give up my faith. I implore you to think about what I have said and make your own judgment. What is right? What is wrong? Please don't leave anything in your life to regret. I sincerely wish you health and happiness."
For four months I tirelessly helped the management and my colleagues to understand the truth. Their conscience awoke and the head of the organization said, "We have made a decision. It is not easy for you to raise your child alone. You need this job and you need to have a source of income to raise your child. We have agreed to reinstate you. Why don't you write a guarantee statement that you will focus on your work?" I replied, "I don't need to write guarantee statement that I will work. I will do a good job at work as long as I follow the principles of Falun Gong. You can be assured of this!" On September 1, 2004, I went back to work without having to write a guarantee statement.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Teacher and Falun Gong for the blessings I have received over the past eleven years of practice. I wish for all kindhearted people to learn the truth about Falun Gong.
