(Clearwisdom.net) During the 1990's, Falun Gong practitioners could be seen everywhere in China. In some places, you could see dozens of practitioners, and in other places, you would see thousands of them. They came from all walks of life, including government officials, police officers, students, workers, seniors and children. Because they practiced Falun Gong, they were always considerate of others and helped others.

Here is one example: In winter, in our area, there have always been many accidents on a slope next to the train station because of icy conditions. The local Falun Gong practitioners noticed this and cleaned up the ice and snow there. People were commenting, "These Falun Gong practitioners are indeed different." The drivers who were passing by expressed their appreciation with their thumbs up to the practitioners. Even years later in 2010, some people are still talking about this.

I started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. In the past, I was a very emotional person and had a bad temper. I had many different kinds of friends. I would do anything for friendship and personal loyalty. I was often involved in fighting for friends. Sometimes, when I calmed down, I often thought, "We live and fight for things in our lives for many years and then we end up having to die anyway. Where did we come from? What is the true purpose of living and existing? What would our future be like if we indulged ourselves freely?" I didn't know why I kept thinking about those things. Whenever I thought about the reason for our existence, I would feel disappointed and discouraged. However, after I started studying Dafa, I quit smoking, drinking and fighting. I found the answers to my questions. Dafa gave peace to my life. Dafa purifies my heart and soul and guides the meaning and direction of my life.

While I was working by an oil boiler in 1997, the six-ton boiler had a gas explosion. The thick smoke was three stories high. A one-meter-long and one-inch-circumference oil gun was shot out of the explosion and hit the back of my head. It knocked me off of the one-meter-high platform. My hair and eyebrows were burned. I could not open my eyes and my face was burning. The back of my head hurt. When I touched it, I felt an egg sized bump.

Right then, some people rushed off the manufacturing floor. Some others were stupefied. After a while, they realized that I needed to be sent to a hospital. However, when the accident happened, my first thought was, "I am a Falun Gong practitioner and I am cultivating Dafa. I will be just fine." However, my family was extremely worried and begged me to go to the county hospital. When we arrived there, the county hospital had lost electricity. We then went to the hospital for traditional Chinese medicine. They had lost power as well. When we went to other hospitals, the same situation happened again and again. As a practitioner I knew that as long as one firmly believes in Dafa and Master, one will be just fine. I kept asking my family to just take me home, and because every hospital was closed, they finally did. One of my friends heard that I had gone home without any medical treatment. He tried hard to send me to a hospital. After the examination, the doctor told me that I should go to an eye hospital because there was something deep in my eye. After I heard this I was not scared. I just told my friend not to worry and told him that, "I will go to the eye hospital tomorrow." Of course I didn't, and instead I went back to work after staying home for three days.

Several miracles happened during those three days: The sand particles that were driven into my skin by the blast came out on their own, one by one; tears kept coming out of my eyes. On the third day I was able to open my eyes, although they still had not returned to normal completely. When I went back to work, people were all asking how I could return so quickly. I told them about what happened during those three days. They were all surprised, "Those are eyes, not like hands or feet." I told them that I would be just fine because I practice Falun Gong.

I was very shocked when I went to examine the boiler. The entire boiler looked like puffy bread. The steel plates were broken. With such a strong force, the one-inch oil gun should have poked a hole in my head. I shuddered at the fearful danger I had been in. It was Master who protected me. It was Dafa that gave me my second life.

There are many similar examples that have happened to practitioners. The reason why millions of practitioners refused to give up their belief and persisted with their cultivation is because they have felt Master's benevolence, they have experienced the wonderfulness of Dafa and they have understood the truth of the universe.

Falun Gong has been spread to over 110 countries and areas and has received over 3,000 proclamations and letters of support. Master's books have been translated into over 30 languages and are available in book stores throughout the world.

Master said,

"Our Falun Dafa is one of the eighty-four thousand cultivation ways in the Buddha School. During the historical period of this human civilization, it has never been made public. In a prehistoric period, however, it was once widely used to provide salvation to humankind. In this final period of Last Havoc, I am making it public again. Therefore, it is extremely precious." (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

I hope that more Chinese people truly understand what Falun Gong is and understand the truth about the persecution. They will then know why the evil Chinese Communist Party persecutes Falun Gong and they will know what they should do.