(Minghui.org) I am 73 years old and started cultivating Dafa in 1996.
After getting married, I had many illnesses, including heart and liver disease, and I suffered from headaches, insomnia, and depression. I sought treatment in hospitals, traditional Chinese medicine, and home remedies, but nothing worked. I was miserable all the time, and I really wanted to die.
My aunt came to my house one day and said to me, “Go and learn Falun Gong. This cultivation method is very decent and very good.” I said, “We were deceived so many times when we practiced fake qigong before, so I don’t want to practice any qigong.”
My aunt gave me two books and left. One was Zhuan Falun and the other was Essentials for Further Advancement.
One night a few days later I couldn’t fall asleep, so I picked up Essentials for Further Advancement and read it. I saw Master’s teaching:
“You fell here from a holy, pure, and incomparably splendid world because you had developed attachments at that level. After falling into a world that is, by comparison, most filthy, instead of cultivating yourself to go back in a hurry, you don’t let go of those filthy things that you cling to in this filthy world, and you even agonize over the most trivial losses. Did you know that in order to save you the Buddha once begged for food among everyday people? Today, I once again make the door wide open, and teach this Dafa[1] to save you. I have never felt bitter for the numerous hardships I have suffered. Then what do you have that still can’t be abandoned? Can you bring to heaven the things deep down inside that you cannot let go of?” (“True Cultivation,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
I couldn’t help but burst into tears. Master’s words shone into my heart like a warm and peaceful light! I finished reading the book in one sitting before falling asleep, and I had a good sleep, which hadn’t happened in a long time.
From then on, whenever I had time I picked up Zhuan Falun. I found a local practice site and obtained all the Dafa books. Master began to purify my body, and one day on the way home I felt a wave of heat flow through my body from head to toe. It was January 1997 and the weather was very cold, but I was sweating all over, and it was very comfortable! Ten days later, I had a lot of psoriasis-like sores all over my body, and I knew that Master was purifying my body. About two months later, all the symptoms of illness were gone. My head no longer hurt, and I didn’t have insomnia. I went to the hospital for a checkup and everything was normal. My previous illnesses were all cured! I was so happy, and I worked continuously all day long.
I used to often ask for sick leave at work, but now not only was my health better, I was willing to do all the exhausting jobs. I persisted in acting according to the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. The supervisor saw that I was responsible at work, so he assigned two new tasks to me, and I was happy to accept them. Every year, I was named the model worker. I also gave copies of the book Zhuan Falun to the director and my coworkers.
The number of people practicing in our county reached more than 1,000 between 1996 and 1999, and the number of practice sites grew from one to more than 20. Dafa books were in short supply, and we were bathed in a field of compassion and peace every day. I also set up a Fa-study group in my house, and my husband also believed that Dafa was good. He often told others, “My wife has recovered from her illness after practicing Falun Gong, and her temper has also improved, so you can also come to my house to study!”
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) in July 1999, and the whole of China was enshrouded in red terror.
One night at 8 o’clock, the local government held a meeting in the conference room to criticize me. Before cultivating, I would have been frightened on such an occasion, but now that I had the blessing and protection of Master, I was not afraid at all. I smiled and said politely, “You suddenly called me here tonight and said that you want to criticize and educate me. I don’t think it’s wrong to practice Falun Gong and be a good person according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Everyone knows that in the past, I was riddled with all kinds of diseases, and I went to all the major hospitals and was not cured, but after practicing Falun Gong, I didn’t spend a penny, and all kinds of diseases disappeared, which proved that Dafa has miraculous effects in dispelling diseases and improving fitness. In addition, we practitioners always act according to the standard of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and be good people everywhere. What is wrong with that? I am recognized as a model worker in my workplace every year, so if you don’t believe me, you can investigate. Why can’t I practice such a good practice that is beneficial to society, and harmless?”
No one in the room spoke for a while. A person then said, “Okay, go home and practice, don’t let others know.” The meeting was then dismissed.
Many practitioners went to Beijing, group by group, to validate the Fa, and group by group were imprisoned in forced labor camps and persecuted. On August 7, 2000, five fellow practitioners and I went to the Beijing Appeals Office and wanted to deliver the experiences that each of us had written to prove that Dafa was good, but they refused to take them. A local practitioner in Beijing gave me three new articles that Master had recently published, “Drive Out Interference,” “Making Clear to All,” and “Rationality.” I then knew what to do.
I took a taxi to Tiananmen Square and saw that a police car had taken the five practitioners I had traveled with away, so I had to take the train home alone. As soon as I arrived home, I was forcibly taken to the police department by police officers, and after 20 minutes of interrogation, I was taken to a detention center. Many fellow practitioners had been detained there, and everyone was very firm in their hearts. They were not afraid of being beaten or scolded by the police, and collectively practiced the exercises, recited the Fa, and clarified the truth.
Six policemen broke into my house at about 6 p.m. on January 1, 2001, and began rummaging through the cabinets, but found nothing. They then took me to an office at the police department. They left the room, and I saw a copy of the Chinese Constitution on the desk, so I picked it up and saw Article 46 of the Constitution that states that citizens have the right to freedom of speech and freedom of belief. I didn’t know anything about the law before, but I realized that Master had let me see it, and it was amazing! Thank you, Master!
After a while, someone called me to another room, where there were more than 20 people, and the head of the political security office slapped the table and shouted, “Did you organize people to go to Beijing to make trouble? Who distributes the leaflets from house to house? Who posted the slogans on the streets? Who do you often hang out with? If you don’t tell me all these things, I’ll send you to a labor camp!”
I replied calmly, “I don’t know what you said. I haven’t done anything bad to hurt others. Practicing Falun Gong has turned me, a very sick person, into a healthy person, and I am a good person everywhere, following the standard of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. This is a fact for all to see, and the Constitution stipulates that citizens have freedom of speech and belief. I have not violated any national laws. If more people practiced Falun Gong, no one would do bad things, and your police work would be easier. I suggest that all the officials present take a look at the book Zhuan Falun and you will all understand.”
I then closed my eyes and stopped answering any of their questions.
I was put in a detention center at eight o’clock the next morning. One day, people from the TV station came with a video recorder, as did people from the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the police department. They told me that as long as I cooperated with them to make a video slandering Falun Gong, they would let me go home. At that time, I was worried about my daughter-in-law, who needed care at home, so I wanted to get out early, but I then tripped over the gateway and fell hard to the ground. I immediately realized that Master would not let me cooperate with the evil to deceive fellow practitioners and the world! I said sternly to the people present, “I didn’t break the law or commit a crime. Please turn off the video recorder, otherwise I won’t talk to you.” When they saw that I would not cooperative, they hypocritically said, “We just want you to get out early. Don’t suffer here. If you write a guarantee statement promising not to practice Falun Gong, you can go home.” I said, “That’s impossible.”
After I was arrested, local practitioners actively participated in rescuing me, and posted leaflets all over the streets exposing the local evil. This made the public prosecutors extremely nervous. The 610 Office sent me to the brainwashing center to continue the persecution on the grounds that I was the leader of the practice. The next day, my husband went to the brainwashing center to see me and asked, “Is it worth it? Why can’t you write a guarantee statement?” I said, “It is worth it.” He got angry, slapped me twice, and left.
I later heard that he went to the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee immediately after leaving and asked him to release me, but the secretary would not agree, so the two of them got into a physical fight, and people from various offices came out to watch. In the evening, my son came to the brainwashing center and told me that his father was angry and had gotten drunk at noon, and he then got into a car accident and broke two ribs, and was in the hospital. I was saddened to hear this, and I knew that my family had also suffered a lot! I thought, “I can’t continue to be persecuted here, I have to go to the hospital to see my husband.” I took advantage of the lunch time when everyone was out, and walked out of the brainwashing center, and went to the hospital. The brainwashing center was later disbanded, and all the practitioners went home.
After my husband was discharged from hospital, I went to work. As soon as I entered the office, I smiled and said to my colleagues, “Hello, everyone.” A female colleague ran over, hugged me, and said happily, “You’re back! I missed you so much!” A male section chief jokingly said, “I don’t think you look like you were in prison, you look like you’re just coming back from a vacation.” I smiled and said, “It is never wrong to be a good person according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance!” A person in the office said something disrespectful to Dafa and Master, and the chair he was sitting on fell apart with a “snap.” He was so frightened that he got up and ran away.
I went to the workplace director’s office. The director understood the truth about Falun Gong and respected me very much. He took out a wad of money and said, “This is your salary for ten months. The Political and Legal Affairs Committee won’t allow me to give it to you, but I don’t listen to them. Please pay attention to safety in the future!” I shed tears of gratitude and thanked him.
Two police officers broke into my house on August 12, 2005, pulled me into their police car, and took me to the office of the Political Security Section of the police department. An officer brought a pen and paper to take notes, and I said to him, “I won’t answer any of your questions.” I also told him that doing good will be rewarded and doing evil will meet with retribution, hoping that he would treat Dafa disciples well and be blessed. He said that the police department attaches great importance to my case, so I would be jailed in the detention center awaiting sentence.
As soon as I entered the detention center, I shouted, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa!” Many detainees also shouted loudly after me! A month later, four practitioners and I were taken to the provincial forced labor camp. On the way, we recited Master’s teaching, and we supported each other with righteous thoughts. When we arrived at the camp, under Master’s protection, three of us didn’t pass the physical examination and were released and sent home.
After taking care of family matters, I went to work. This time, the head of my workplace was forced to make me retire a year early.
After I retired, I had more time to do the three things well. I took my granddaughter on a bicycle to pass out truth-clarification materials, and mailed materials to the public prosecutors and lawyers. Under Master’s merciful protection I have walked smoothly on my path of cultivation.
On sensitive days when the police often come to harass local practitioners, my husband always puts all the Dafa books and Master’s portrait in his car, fearing that the police would confiscate them. For more than 20 years, Master’s portrait has been hanging in my home, and every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year my husband bows to Master for the New Year. My husband is now in his seventies and is in very good health. It’s truly like what Master said:
“...with one person practicing, the whole family benefits...” (Teachings at the Conference in Australia)
Since the persecution, our Fa-study group has always persisted in studying the Fa together, sharing experiences, and sending righteous thoughts. Truth-clarification materials have been distributed to our county and surrounding areas over and over again. We also clarify the truth face-to-face and convince people to quit the CCP and its youth organizations. With Master’s blessings, our wisdom has grown, our righteous thoughts have become stronger, and we have saved more and more people.
Master said:
“...Diligent disciples—plum blossoms in winter’s chillThe eons of hardship were all for this day”(“All for This Day,” Hong Yin III)
Yes, only for this day, our reincarnations life after life, thousands of years of painstakingly waiting, were just for this day! In this lifetime I obtained Dafa! This lifetime I became the envy of divine beings! This lifetime I will be brave and diligent, and help Master to save sentient beings! This lifetime I’m going to hold Master’s hand tightly and go home with Master!
Thank you, great Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
Thank you, everyone who has supported and helped me!