Former Military Officer Learns the Truth about Falun Dafa and Takes Up the Practice

(Minghui.org) I am a Dafa practitioner who only recently took up the practice. I used to work in the army, where I was subjected to political indoctrination by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Thus, I was misled by the CCP’s propaganda that smeared Dafa, leading to a deep misunderstanding of the practice. It wasn’t until I was transferred to the local people’s armed forces department in my hometown that I began to interact with Dafa practitioners, and gradually came to understand Dafa.

Learning the Truth and Becoming a Dafa Practitioner

I met a bank manager who was about to retire, and we got along well. Once when I went to discuss things with him, I was informed by someone at his workplace that he and his wife had been detained for practicing Falun Gong, and the couple might be dismissed from their public positions. I was stunned by this news: how could he be a Falun Gong practitioner? He was a very amiable and respectable person, which was not at all like the negative portrayal by the higher-ups. I went to the detention center to visit them, only to be scolded by my relative who worked there: “Are you crazy? Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested everywhere, and you’re still in contact with them? Don’t you want a future? Don’t associate with them anymore!” My relative also mentioned that his/her job was to transform Falun Gong practitioners to make them stop practicing. 

I asked, “What do you mean by transform? They are mostly elderly men and women. You should try to influence them with words, and use less torture; I’m afraid they can’t withstand it.” After hearing my words, he kicked me out. This was my first direct contact with Dafa practitioners, and my views on Dafa and its practitioners had begun to change.

Because of my job, I often went to rural areas to conduct military recruitment. I noticed that during the political vetting for conscription, some young people, despite being physically fit, were disqualified from serving because someone in their family practiced Falun Gong. I felt regret for these young people and even visited their homes to see if I could persuade their parents to stop practicing, to secure a better future for their children. During such visits, the practitioners told us the facts about Dafa and the benefits of practicing it, which made me further doubt the propaganda from my superiors.

Years later, I was transferred to another department due to work requirements. While on a mission early one morning, I discovered several local civil defense team members surrounding two elderly women near a wall of the armed forces department. It turned out that these women were Dafa practitioners who had spray-painted truth-clarification messages on the wall and were about to be taken to the police station. I said to the officer in charge, “Let’s forget about it. We’ll take care of the messages on the wall ourselves. You’ve had a hard night patrolling. Let’s let these two elderly women go home.” And I said to the ladies, “Try to do less of this kind of thing in the future.” The officer, seeing my stance, reluctantly let them go. Later, that officer reported on me, and my superiors specifically talked to me, instructing me not to interfere in similar situations, and to let the relevant local departments handle it.

A few years later, because I didn’t seek connections or use bribes, despite my good military qualities, I didn’t get promoted and had to transfer to civilian work. Back in civilian life, I had time to take care of my wife and children, and I often took my child to tutoring classes. It was at the tutoring class where I met Mr. Wang, a Dafa practitioner. Initially, I didn’t know he was a practitioner; I was just interested in his philosophy of education and found him to be very thoughtful. Through him, I met Mr. Chen, who was a teacher from another region. Because I cared about my child’s education, we often discussed educational issues. During my interactions with Mr. Wang and Mr. Chen, I received electronic versions of Zhuan Falun, and the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.

Back then, I was not interested in reading Zhuan Falun, but I wanted to read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. I thought to myself, having served in the military for over 20 years, don’t I already know all about the CCP? What does this book say about it? Could there be things unknown to the public? 

Driven by curiosity, I opened the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and read the entire book in one afternoon, skeptically absorbing its contents. In the days following that, I found myself in a state of confusion, pondering who was telling the truth, and who was not. Reflecting on the political propaganda I encountered in the military and in my current workplace, I knew it was all hypocrisy and lies, leading me to no longer believe the slander and defamation against Dafa.

I began studying Dafa in 2018. Then I met two parents at the tutoring class who were extremely grateful to Mr. Wang for showing them a clear path, attributing their families’ fortunes to his guidance. My wife and I couldn’t understand what Mr. Wang could have done to earn such gratitude from both families. 

We arranged to visit Mr. Wang’s home for a detailed discussion. Mr. Wang told us about the beauty of practicing Falun Dafa and why the authorities persecute it, as well as providing an in-depth analysis of the CCP’s true nature. His explanations were just a brief introduction, yet they helped me gain a more comprehensive understanding of the malevolence of the CCP. It turned out that the atheism and materialism we believed in are wrong and destructive to humanity. Only by withdrawing from the CCP can one avoid being buried with the evil communist specter. Only through genuine cultivation can one return to true belief and rediscover one’s original self.

I began to study the Fa, however, due to the nature of my work, my study was sporadic, learning a bit when the interest struck me and neglecting it when it didn’t. Later, I experienced some miraculous incidents, which made me take cultivation seriously.

The First Incident: Severe Hypertension

A few years ago, I was diagnosed with moderate to severe hypertension, which became severe, especially when doing overtime work and staying up late. As a result, I purchased a six-month supply of blood pressure medication at a time, but the effect was not ideal. After I began cultivation, I learned what Master said, 

“Why do people get sick? The fundamental cause of one’s being ill and all of one’s misfortune is karma, the karmic field of the black substance.” (Lecture Seven, Zhuan Falun) 

I realized that my illnesses were caused by karma, and it was a process of eliminating karma to purify the body. Therefore, I stopped taking the medication, and soon, my blood pressure returned to normal.

The Second Incident: Severely Sprained Ankle

One night while on duty, I severely sprained my ankle. At that moment, I asked Master in my mind for help, “Master, please help me recover.” At the same time, I recited the two phrases, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and immediately, I no longer felt pain in my ankle. I felt a warm flow slowly circling my ankle. Knowing it was Master helping me, I quickly placed my ankle flat on the ground in the opposite direction, then pressed down hard, and with a crack, my ankle was back in place. When my colleagues came to ask if I needed to go to the hospital, I told them I was fine.

The Third Incident: Infected with the CCP Virus

One of my colleagues was infected with the CCP virus in October 2023. Soon after, everyone, including me, was infected. That day at work, I felt my body burning up and weak all over, so I lay on a folding chair to rest, but I couldn’t sleep peacefully due to the fever. I recalled that Master said we could ask for His help when facing difficult trials, so I asked Master to help me while reciting the two phrases. 

Soon after, it felt as though someone was placing his hand on the top of my head, and I felt an energy pushing the hot air in my body downward, out through the soles of my feet. After one wave of hot air was pushed out, another wave of energy moved from the top of my head downward. In this way, the heat in my body was expelled. About an hour and a half later, I fell asleep and slept until a colleague woke me up and asked if I needed to go to the hospital. By then, I felt much better, the fever was gone, and I recovered.

The Fourth Incident: My Daughter Was Hospitalized

My daughter was studying abroad when she was hospitalized for abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with an enlarged intestine. The school asked us if we wanted to bring her back to China for surgery. Since she is also a Dafa disciple, I communicated with her, encouraging her to have faith in Master and Dafa. After some time, during a follow-up hospital visit, it was found that her intestinal swelling had disappeared. We are thankful to Master for allowing us to witness the miracles of Dafa time and again, which solidified our faith in cultivation. Seeing the changes in me and the miraculous events that occurred in our lives, my wife also began to practice.

Helping Others to Learn the Truth

After I began to practice, I applied Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance to my work and law enforcement activities, considering others first and allowing those who were penalized to feel the kindness of Dafa practitioners. I frequently sought opportunities to clarify the truth to my colleagues, auxiliary police, and security staff. 

Some colleagues’ family members who were ill would, upon my advice, recite the two above-mentioned phrases, and they could see improvements in their health. Hearing about or seeing the improvements in their family members’ health led many of my colleagues to completely change their previous misunderstandings about Dafa and its practitioners. Some colleagues changed their views on atheism, beginning to believe in the concepts of karma and reincarnation.

It was the continuous truth-clarification by Dafa practitioners over the years that awakened me, who had been brainwashed by the CCP up to that point. It is Dafa that has given me a new life, making me understand the principle of returning to one’s true self through cultivation. Hearing about Dafa has been my fortune, and I am grateful for Master’s salvation!