(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa in July 1996 to improve my poor health. Master Li cleansed my body, and since them I have been free of illness and experienced the wonderful feeling of being healthy! I gave up drinking and playing mahjong, and I got along well with my family and colleagues.
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Dafa in July 1999, I was initially at a loss. Under pressure, I mistakenly cooperated with them by writing a so-called guarantee statement to stop practicing Dafa. I was forced to hand over some of my Dafa books, which I later deeply regretted.
In a dream, I saw a large ship and heard someone shouting from high and far away, “Raise it!” Then I saw many large and small sails on the ship being raised. Soon after, Master’s new article, “Your Heart Should Know” (Essentials of Diligent Progress II) was published, and some practitioners in my area went out to do the exercises and clarify the truth, letting people know that Falun Dafa was a righteous practice and was not violating any laws. Some of us went to Beijing to appeal. At the most, there were nine of us doing the exercises together outdoors, but after nine months, the police forced us to disperse.
I firmly believe in Dafa and have continued to find ways to tell people the truth about Dafa and expose the CCP’s persecution. Since July 1999, I have been harassed by 610 Office agents and the community comprehensive management office. Between 2000 and 2010, I was illegally detained, sent to forced labor camps, and imprisoned for over seven years.
One time, a prison guard brought us some articles on Zen philosophy to study and ordered us to do “homework,” which meant filling in the blanks on CCP statements and writing, for example, “Practicing Falun Dafa is a crime.” I remembered that Master said, “One would rather not obtain a righteous way in one thousand years than cultivate a wild fox practice for one day.” (Lecture Three, Zhuan Falun) and resolutely refused to cooperate and do their “homework.” As a result, the guards tortured me.
Because I never cooperated with their brainwashing and “transformation” efforts during my years of detention, I was beaten, hung up by my wrists, and drugged. When I returned home after imprisonment, I was in excruciating pain all over my body. I lay in bed, unable to move, barely alive, and talking incoherently. Seeing me like this, my husband gave me the book Zhuan Falun, which he had secretly hidden before the perpetrators ransacked our home, saying, “Is this what you want?” Before the persecution, I had told him that this book was more precious than my life and that he must protect it if anything happened to me. I picked it up and felt a lot of energy flowing towards my head. It felt very comforting! Instantly, I became clear-headed and said, “I should do the exercises.”
I went back to work 10 days later. Some of my coworker said that I had looked pale when I first returned home, but now I glowed. They all said that Falun Dafa was truly miraculous.
During the tribulations, as long as I thought of Master’s Fa, my righteous thoughts strengthened, which allowed me to feel physically stronger, endure the pain, and persist in doing the exercises and studying the Fa. My mental capacity and physical condition improved by the day . My family and friends witnessed how I made it through great tribulations with Master’s compassionate protection.
After my mother passed away, my nearly 80-year-old father, lonely and isolated, found a companion through a matchmaking agency. This stepmother took control of all his savings and salary card, prevented him from contacting his children, and accused us of being unfilial. Moreover, I had just returned from a labor camp, and my husband, fearing repercussions, was forced to divorce me, leaving me homeless. My stepmother wanted to sell my father’s house, but we children disagreed, so she sued us. In the end, she still managed to sell the house and keep the money. Soon after, my father fell into a coma. My stepmother took him to a hospital, where he suffered greatly for over a year before passing away.
A neighbor asked my stepmother how much money she got from our father. She proudly replied, “Several hundred thousand yuan.” Not long after, I happened to see my stepmother with her daughter. Out of kindness, I greeted them, disregarding the past. I thought that they too had been poisoned by the CCP’s lies. So I clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to them and asked her daughter if she would like to quit the CCP and its youth organizations. I hope they can choose a better future.
On April 25, 2024, a police officer and two other people, under the direction of the CCP, waited outside my door for a day and a night, claiming they were preventing me from contacting other practitioners. I told them, “The duty of the police is to protect people. COVID-19 is now over, but the flu is rampant in the schools. How many families are suffering? Everyone has relatives. You probably have children, too, right? I am very worried about this. Aren’t you worried? Why are you doing this?”
The police officer said that they were following orders from his superiors, and it was only for one day. I told him that Falun Dafa was falsely maligned, and explained the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident that proved it was a hoax. He said, “Would something like the Tiananmen Square incident be fabricated?” I said that Falun Dafa forbids killing and suicide but that many Chinese people had been deceived by this hoax. He said “Ah,” as if he understood, and then said nothing more.
I once encountered a vendor selling small goods. I bought some items and gave him two yuan with truth-clarification messages printed on the bills. The vendor said, “This is Falun Dafa money. Are people still practicing Falun Dafa?”
“Falun Dafa is wonderful,” I responded. “Many practitioners haven’t contracted COVID-19. Falun Dafa saves people before disaster strikes!” I gave him some truth-clarification materials and told him to learn the truth about Falun Dafa and choose a bright future for himself.