(Minghui.org) How time flies! It has been twenty years since Dafa was introduced to the public. I was a young student when I obtained the Fa. I have been cultivating for 18 years with the compassionate protection from Master. Although I endured unimaginable hardships, I always had boundless gratitude and joy deep in my heart.
When I was in graduate school, I was very fortunate to have the chance to attend Master's lectures. I used to have insomnia. I slept while Master was giving his lectures, and couldn't remember anything. However, my insomnia completely disappeared. I also used to suffer from Hepatitis A, yet after I started to practice Falun Dafa, the Hepatitis A disappeared as well. I strongly felt the energy mechanisms, which Master installed outside my body. My hands were floating, while doing the exercise movements.
Having gone through the evil persecution, I have become stronger and stronger. Through cultivating in Dafa, I became more considerate toward others and when problems arose, I looked within and found my shortcomings. Currently, I rarely get angry, and kindness naturally manifests from within my heart. Since my mind improved, my face and body look younger, my skin is even smoother than it was when I was in my 20's. I recently started at a new workplace, and many people there thought that I just had left graduate school. In fact, I'm already over 40 years old.
Not long after the persecution started, I was forced to leave my teaching position, and go to another school to teach. At the end of the semester, I got the second highest students' evaluation. One day, the director of the academic affairs office told me over the phone that the police were looking for me. Soon after I hung up the phone, two police officers showed up and wanted to take me away. I told them that I needed to talk to the dean, and thus went to the dean's office. The dean got anxious upon hearing about this and said to me, “How can they arrest people just like that, and do whatever they want? It is interfering with our teaching responsibilities.” He told me to stay in his office, and he went to reason with the police officers. At this moment, another colleague heard about this situation and told me to go downstairs as soon as possible. He hid me in the textbook stock room. Ten minutes later, these police officers still had not left and continued to argue with the dean. That colleague escorted me out the side door, and I took a taxi and left.
The police officers then realized that I was gone, because they couldn't find me. They got so angry that they wanted to arrest the dean, who said to them, “If you dare to arrest me today, I'll see you in court tomorrow.” Many other colleagues were also arguing with these officers. Because they couldn't find me, they went to my child's kindergarten and took my three-year-old child as a hostage. My colleagues went to the police and requested the release of my child, but they refused. It was already 8 o'clock in the evening and one of my colleagues said to the police, “If you are still not giving us the child, we are leaving and you will be responsible if anything happens.” The police realized that using my child as bait didn't work, thus they had little choice but to give my child to my colleagues. My child was then taken to another person. After changing taxis several times, they finally got rid of the police and brought my child to me safely. Police officers monitored my home and were waiting to catch me should I return home. They were sitting in their police car the entire cold night.
While writing about this experience, I have very mixed feelings in my heart, which are hard to describe. It is truly sad that the police, under the control of the evil regime, are so nasty towards people who believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and who speak the truth. Those who still help Dafa practitioners even under pressure from this evil regime--we will never forget them.
Some time later, my husband was released from prison. He had been imprisoned because he went to Beijing to appeal and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa. However, due to intense pressure from evil beings, we can no longer go back home. Our family had to leave our pleasant workplace and home and move to an unfamiliar city. I soon found a new job in another school, and we settled down. But my father-in-law called and told us that some people from the school where I used to work came to his home and asked for my current location.
In order to live a free life, I decided to leave my job again. I called the president of my school and told him the reason why we had to leave. He was so surprised that he immediately drove to my home. We talked about what had happened to our family, and he comforted us, saying, “The communist party has done so many bad things. I know you are innocent, and you are a good teacher. You should stay here. Maybe the situation isn't as bad as you think.” Later, he had a meeting with some directors of the school and discussed my situation. Finally, they decided to protect me and asked me to stay and teach at the school. I understood the risk they wanted to take in order to protect Dafa practitioners.
Later on, I heard from my father-in-law that the people from my previous school had come to his home three times. They had a car accident three times even though the road conditions were good. During the last accident, they hit and broke a bridge pier. Since that time, they never dared to harass my family again. It was fortunate that no one got hurt.
From the Call for Submissions to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of Falun Dafa's Introduction
