From 610 Office Directors to Government Officials, People in China Support Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) As Falun Dafa practitioners continue to raise awareness of their faith and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persecuting its practitioners, more and more people in China have chosen to support the practitioners.

Many of them have seen their kindness repaid. Here are a few such stories, as told by Falun Dafa practitioners from around the country.

610 Director: “I’d Rather Be Unemployed Than Do That Again”

Before the persecution started on July 20, 1999, there were more than 80 practitioners in the small town where I live. But after that, the 610 Office director actively participated in arresting and brainwashing the practitioners, including his relatives who practiced Falun Dafa.

He also assigned his wife to the brainwashing center as a staff member to try to “transform” the practitioners.

After spending over 10 days with the practitioners in the brainwashing center, the director’s wife realized that they were kind and compassionate people. She became good friends with the practitioners and helped them as much as she could.

She persuaded her husband to stop doing that kind of work and told him that she herself would not persecute the practitioners anymore. The director concurred with her: He saw that these practitioners were indeed different from regular people. Every practitioner he’d come across was generous, kind, and courteous—not a single one was greedy or corrupt, which is rare in today’s China.

He admitted that only a practice with high moral standards could produce such righteous followers and felt a sense of remorse after realizing what he was doing.

From then on, he resolved to be kind to Falun Dafa and its practitioners. He asked his wife many times to visit the practitioners to apologize on his behalf.

Shortly after, he officially resigned from his position and asked to be moved out of the 610 Office to another agency. He also invited practitioners to his house for dinner many times.

He said to them once, “I’d rather be unemployed than do that again.”

Police Chief: “I Didn’t Know That Falun Gong Was So Good!”

Another practitioner and I went to a mountain village in December 2009 to distribute Falun Dafa materials and got arrested. There was not a single Falun Gong practitioner in that village, and very few people had gone there to distribute materials. Most of the villagers didn’t even know that Falun Gong was being persecuted.

At the police station, we explained the facts about Falun Gong to the officers and urged them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The police had only heard the CCP propaganda and had never come across Falun Gong practitioners before, so they didn’t understand what was really going on.

We told them how Falun Gong benefits families, society, and the country, and that those who support Falun Gong will be blessed. Their attitude changed.

The police chief said, “I didn’t know that Falun Gong was so good! I shouldn’t have called the national security department—they’re now on their way here. But don’t worry, I’ll let you go.”

He and two other officers also gestured for us to help them quit the CCP. They bought us two bowls of fried noodles when they saw that we had not had any lunch.

The chief said, “The national security department said that you have been arrested several times. It’s been hard for you. Tell your husband to pull some strings so that you won’t be persecuted too harshly.”

I smiled when I saw that he wanted to treat practitioners kindly.

“I Am Very Lucky to Meet Falun Gong [Practitioners]”

When a practitioner and I were telling people the facts about Falun Gong in April 2018, we met a man in his 50s who was looking quite sad.

“My wife had an affair,” he said. “She took my money and left me. I’ve been looking for a job for the past few days but have had no luck.”

We encouraged him to have hope and urged him to quit the CCP and recite the auspicious phrases “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” to bring him good luck.

He agreed and asked Master Li to help him find a job.

Sure enough, an employment agency arranged for him to be a security guard in the city government that same afternoon. The job covered his food expenses and accommodation.

When we met again, the man was overjoyed.

“How did things turn around like that after I listened to you explain the truth about Falun Gong and started reciting those lucky phrases?” he asked.

I told him that he was being blessed for his kind heart. He thanked us profusely, but I told him to thank Falun Dafa’s Master Li instead.

Government Official Shares Dafa’s Magic Words

In February 2022, I came across a woman in her 60s. Our eyes met, and we both felt that we had seen each other before.

I asked if she worked in a government office.

“Yes, yes!” she replied. “Do you know what I like to do the most these days? I recite your magic words ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ In just a few months, I no longer feel frustrated. I feel calmer and have a sense of belonging. I recite the phrases whenever I have the time.”

She continued, “I’ve shared these magic words with everyone I know and also passed on the materials you’ve given me. I hope that all of them can be like me and get to know Falun Gong.”

The woman told me that she’d heard about Falun Gong a long time ago.

“Actually, before I retired, someone told me about Falun Gong but I was too scared to listen as I was afraid of getting into trouble. Now that I have retired, I have memorized the magic words in my heart,” she said.

She has full faith in the principles of Falun Dafa and believes that they can help society become a better place.

“Being truthful, kind, and tolerant is universally good, and it’s the cornerstone of any society,” she said. “There are many laws now, but social problems continue to surface because people don’t have any moral standards. If they can be like Falun Gong practitioners, society would become peaceful without any deceit or suffering.

“Only those with a strong sense of morality are good people. You are a good person!”

70-Year-Old Woman: “I Must Thank Master Li”

A practitioner in her 70s took up Falun Dafa three years ago when she was very frail. I happened to be the person who introduced her to the practice, and one day, she decided to tell me what happened afterward.

“I couldn’t walk steadily and had to use a walking stick. I had a bad temper and argued with my husband a lot. I looked down on him and complained about him to my son, which interfered with my son’s work,” she told me.

“Now, I know that we have to be kind and learn to look within when we encounter conflicts. I looked at my husband’s strengths, changed my temper, and became a kinder person. He no longer picked on me.

“I felt better—my ailments disappeared!” she continued. “I threw away all my medications and m walking stick, and I no longer needed a caregiver. In the past, my husband had to look after me, but now I look after him. We don’t fight anymore. Due to our family’s changes, our children witnessed the beneficial effects of Dafa and quit the CCP.”

However, her son didn’t immediately take to her practicing.

“My son is a manager where he works. When I first started practicing Dafa, he was opposed to it because he was worried that I would cause problems for him. He did not let me practice and took away all of my Falun Gong books and materials,” she said.

“So I tried my darnedest to at least get back my copy of Zhuan Falun. Once I got the book, I worked at changing myself for the better, and I improved my character. Seeing my changes, my son no longer stopped me from practicing Falun Gong. During the Chinese New Year when I offered incense to Master Li, my son also knelt on the floor as a sign of respect. I was so happy!

“Master gave me all of this. I must thank Master Li! It is Master Li Hongzhi who saved me. If I did not practice Falun Gong, I would already have died. I am so fortunate to have listened to your advice and persisted in practicing Falun Gong,” she said. “I am truly blessed!”