(Minghui.org) The persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999. The media published a plethora of lies defaming Falun Gong and preventing people from knowing the truth.

My new sister-in-law and her family practice Falun Gong. She told us the truth about the practice, and how the propaganda from the media was all false. Falun Gong is actually a high-level practice in the Buddha School. Falun Gong practitioners would not self-immolate since Falun Gong requires of its practitioners no killing of lives and following the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

Since I had been poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from a young age, my mind was full of atheism and the so-called struggle philosophy, and I grew up singing songs with CCP culture. I was very conceited and didn't like to listen to the opinions of others. When my sister-in-law and others gave me the Falun Gong truth clarifying materials, DVDs and Falun Gong books, I didn't read or listen, nor did I believe that Falun Gong was as good as they said.

My mother always had health problems, and she had trouble with every part her body, from top to bottom. My house was full of medicine—both Western and Chinese—which could be seen everywhere in the house. She had visited many hospitals and folk doctors, and tried Chinese medicine and Western medicine, but none produced positive results for her. I often saw her sobbing during the night, when she was unable to sleep. Her long-term illnesses caused her to have a bad temper and she was easily irritated. I rarely saw her smiling.

My sister-in-law observed my mother's situation and wanted to introduce Falun Gong to her. I saw my sister-in-law come to my home to teach my mother the exercises, and later give her Falun Gong books. My mother had little education, and she often asked me about the unknown characters while she was reading the Falun Gong books. Since Falun Gong books were rare, she asked me for help transcribing the book Hong Yin. Although I was reluctant, my mother begged me, so I just went ahead and did it for her. During the transcribing, I felt that Master's poems were great. A few poems touched me deeply. I read them repeatedly and even learned to recite them.

A few days later, I had a conflict with one of my colleagues. That day, our manager asked us to clean up our offices, with two persons on each cleaning team. My team member was Sister Ling. I was quicker and more careful than she was while cleaning. So I did more, and did a better job. Many places she cleaned were not really clean, so I had to redo the work. However, when the manager inspected our work in the afternoon, he praised her for the good job and she did not mention anything about my work. This seemed unfair to me, and I was about to argue with them, but at that moment, Master's poem "An Upright Person" from Hong Yin floated into my mind,

He who acts for his name
a life of anger and hate is his
He who acts for profit
cold is he, knowing not his kin
He who acts for emotion
many are the troubles he brings himself
Bitter,
fighting away,
he makes karma all his life.

Not seeking a name
life is carefree and content
Not set on profit
one is known as humane and righteous
Not stirred by emotion
the mind is quiet, desires few
Kind,
cultivating himself,
he builds up virtue all his years.

After I realized that I was fighting for fame and interest, my feeling of unfairness disappeared and my mind became at ease. I thought to myself, “Master is so great that one of his poems changed my mind and made me understand the principle of life, which helped my heart become relieved from the conflict. If I was like before, I would argue with them, intensifying the conflict, and would have suffered for a while.

My attitude towards Dafa then completely changed.

My mother changed a lot within a year of starting to practice Falun Gong. She now sleeps well at night and her complexion became reddish. She is happier and kinder to others, and no longer shouts at people. She also no longer needs to take medicine and has become healthy. She can do all kinds of work despite her age. Her changes touched all of our family members. We, as her children, not only save on medical expenses, but are also happier to be with her. The entire family has become happier. My brother and sister joked to her, “Mom, it would be much better if you had learned Dafa earlier, so we would have suffered less and your health would have become better earlier.”

My sister-in-law and her family are all good persons and they didn't do anything like the media had said regarding Falun Gong, such as self-immolating or killing parents, or participating in political movements. I later read more truth materials and watched truth DVDs. I learned that the self-immolation was a hoax, and was surprised that the CCP would do such a thing to deceive people.

Later, I read all the Falun Dafa books. I learned that Falun Dafa is a high-level Fa that is hard to encounter in thousands of years. It reveals the mystery of universe, time space, and the human body; opens up people's memories and wisdom; cleans people' minds; tells people the meaning of life; and brings them to their true selves. It helps people resolve their conflicts and grievances. Falun Dafa is the law of the universe and contains all kinds of heavenly secrets. While reading and listening to the Fa, I realized that Master knows everything. He taught us,

“Our ordinary human society progresses according to the law of history’s development. You may wish it to develop in a certain way and to achieve a certain goal, but those higher lives do not consider it this way. Did people in ancient times not think of today’s aircraft, trains, and bikes? I would say that it is unlikely that they did not. Because history did not evolve to that stage, they could not invent them. On the surface, or from the perspective of conventional theories and present human knowledge, it is because human science at that time had not yet reached this level and so they could not invent them. In fact, how human science should develop is also paced according to the arrangement of history. If you want to humanly realize a certain goal, it cannot be achieved.” (Zhuan Falun)

Master also predicted the persecution of Falun Gong in many of his lectures before it happened. He also gave away many heavenly secrets by telling jokes in his lectures. I could not believe that there was such a high-level person in the world. I was deeply impressed.

I subsequently made up my mind to begin practicing Falun Dafa. During the time since I began the practice in November 2005, I have fundamentally changed. Before practicing, although I did not have any major illnesses, I constantly had many subtle illnesses. I have now become a person without any illness, and less selfishness. When conflicts arises, I look inward first. I am a better person and love to help others.

Dafa has been taught for 20 years. I would like to tell those who have been deceived by CCP, "Please don't believe the lies. Open your eyes and truly learn what Falun Dafa is. Please treasure this time period and don't miss this precious once-in-thousands-of-years opportunity."

From the Call for Submissions to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction