(Minghui.org) I want to share a story about people who learned Falun Dafa while in prison after they personally witnessed Teacher's and Dafa's power while in prison.

Wanting to Save People Despite Imprisonment

I was arrested and taken to a detention center by minions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2000.

Because of the unprecedented persecution of Falun Gong, I held the wish to tell people the facts and save sentient beings who were deceived by the false CCP propaganda.

Throughout my time in prison I clarified the truth about Falun Gong, and more and more people in the prison came to understand the facts. Also, everyone in my cell had memorized Hong Yin and Lunyu.

Inmate Finds Falun Gong

Xiaocui, an inmate, was very sick and couldn't take care of herself before she was sentenced to a prison term. She had been diagnosed with skin cancer, was very weak and always in pain.

In the beginning, her husband was very nice. He carried her to doctors' offices and hospitals and spent a great deal of money. But, as all their efforts were unsuccessful he tired of her, and had an affair. She couldn't deal with this new tragedy, didn't want him to find happiness somewhere else and so viciously assaulted him.

Xiaocui was sentenced to a prison term, despite her illnesses. An inmate was assigned to help her. She took six cortisone pills a day. She was addicted to the pills and her body reacted violently when she did not receive the drug on time.

She listened when I spoke of Falun Gong and asked me one day if she could learn it. I responded, “Sure, as long as you truly want to, our Teacher will take care of you.”

Xiaocui memorized Teacher’s articles several hours a day and memorized all the articles that I could remember. We did the exercises together at night. She meditated during the day, sitting behind me so that the monitor wouldn't see her. I often told her cultivation stories and she learned to look inward when facing any conflict. She let go of attachments, and compared her behavior to the articles that she had memorized.

Dealing with Tribulation

At one time, Xiaocui missed some clothes that her sister had brought. Being a very sentimental person and cherishing very much everything her family gave her, she cried hard. Everyone was sympathetic and let her look into their bags to show that they had not taken the clothes. The clothes couldn't be found. Another inmate was even offering some of her clothes, but she refused them.

After this incident had dragged on for a long while, I said to her: “Why don’t you calm down and think about it. Our cell is so small. No one can get out. You have checked all the bags, and your clothes are nowhere to be found. Have you thought about why?” She immediately enlightened to it, and said: “I know. I am too attached to my sister.” I felt the benevolence of Teacher and had tears in my eyes. Everyone was patiently enduring her harassment so she could realize what she hadn't let go.

Witnessing a Miracle

A month later, I noticed that Xiaocui had become energetic and walked and spoke with ease. I knew that Teacher was taking care of her.

I told her, “You are now a Falun Gong practitioner. How can you let others wash your clothes?” She responded, “I was thinking about this, too.” She washed her clothes the next day. To her surprise, the problems she encountered before were resolved. Her hands no longer hurt and changed color. She said excitedly, “Teacher is taking care of me.” All of the inmates in the cell were glad for her.

Teacher said:

“We don’t do healing here, but what we will do is totally rebalance our students’ bodies, and make it possible for you to practice—if you’re carrying around an ill body you really won’t develop any gong energy. So you shouldn’t come to me to get healed, and I don’t do that.” (Zhuan Falun)

Safeguarding Falun Gong's Reputation

Xiaocui believed that she was a true practitioner and should no longer be ill, so she wanted to stop taking her medicine. But this would require her let go of life and death and have complete faith in Teacher and Dafa.

I hesitated. Her life depended on these drugs. If her xinxing was not up to par it might give Falun Gong a bad reputation—even more so, because the CCP and its minions were slandering Falun Gong, claiming that “those who practice Falun Gong cannot take medicine.” If something happened to Xiaocui, it would provide these people with an opportunity to slander Falun Gong.

I decided to talk with her about the dilemma we were facing. Surprisingly, she had the same concern, worrying about the possible adverse impact on Dafa if she did not do well.

Teacher said:

“But people with serious health problems aren’t allowed into our classes, and that’s because they can’t let go of that desire to get healed, and they can’t stop thinking they’re sick or injured. They’ve got a serious condition, and they don’t feel good. Could they just forget about it? They aren’t able to cultivate.” (Zhuan Falun)

I no longer worried. Xiaocui wasn't someone that Teacher said couldn't cultivate. She did not think of herself, but was only concerned about the reputation of Falun Gong. She truly wanted to be a true practitioner.

Surviving after Stopping Medication

Xiaocui decided to stop taking the medicine that night, but couldn't tell the guards. Every time the guard brought the medicine, everyone in the cell needed to help with the cover up, but since everyone knew that Falun Gong Gong is good, it was not difficult. Therefore, Xiaofang, another inmate, told the guard, “The water is too hot. You don't need to stay. I’ll make sure she takes them.”

The first night Xiaocui stopped taking her medicine, her entire body was in pain and she could not fall asleep. I was doing exercises on the side and my mind was not affected seeing her suffering. Xiaofang was sleeping next to her, gesturing for me to console her. I shook my head. I believed that she could endure it. The next morning, Xiaocui said that although she had been in pain, it felt different from the past and it was bearable. I thanked Teacher in my mind.

Xiaocui began to vomit at noon, throwing up everything she'd had for breakfast and lunch. Then she would throw up whatever she ate. But the more she threw up, the happier she was. She told me, “Just as you said, all I threw up were chunks of meat-like stuff. Teacher was cleansing my body.”

She began to vomit fresh blood on the third day. Some inmates worried and asked the guards to help stop the bleeding. She was seen by a doctor who couldn't figure out what had happened. He said after examining her, “I don’t know where the blood came from. Bleeding from the stomach would be black. Her bronchial tubes and throat are all normal. I just don’t know where the fresh blood came from. Let’s try

some blood coagulation drugs first. Come back if the problem persists.”

I asked Xiaocui if she was worried. She said, “No. Teacher was cleansing my body. The things I threw up were all bad and dirty stuff. The doctor couldn't find anything wrong.”

Xiaocui was truly happy. She had recovered and became even more trustful of Teacher. She told her family the facts about Falun Gong on visiting day, and especially about the miracle she experienced. She said, “Falun Gong gave me a new life.”