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Learning Falun Dafa
I'm 52 years old. For several years I was a soldier, but now I am a farmer. Before I practiced Falun Dafa, I was an atheist due to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brainwashing and propaganda. I had a very strong personality, and sometimes I was really stubborn.
In 1995, my 10-year-old son developed a strange disease. He would get a high fever after eating bread or Chinese steamed buns, as well as from just hearing noises from outside. He was also afraid to walk at night. My wife and I didn’t know what to do.
One day, my wife's aunt came to our house for a visit. She gave my son a Falun Dafa pin and pinned it to his clothes. Soon after that, my son became a normal child once again. My wife then started reading the book Falun Gong and said, "This book is really good." She and my son thus began to learn Falun Dafa.
At that time I did not approve of Falun Dafa. Whenever they went out to practice, I would lock the door to the house so they could not get back in. However, later I felt bad about doing that. After practicing Dafa for a while, my wife became very healthy; her hyperthyroidism and the tumor on her neck disappeared. Her personality also changed for the better. After seeing the miraculous changes in my wife and son, I began to doubt atheism.
In May of that year I had a car accident, which caused muscle atrophy in my legs. I became depressed. My wife read the book Zhuan Falun to me. At first I kept saying, "I don’t want to hear it." However, my wife was very patient and kept reading it to me for a week.
One night I had a dream. I dreamed of a white-haired old man healing my legs. The next morning I told my wife about the dream. She said that Master Li cured my legs. My legs indeed felt better. I was excited and had tears in my eyes. From then on, I joined my family in practicing Dafa. Falun Dafa brings happiness and joy to our lives.
Master Saved My Son from a Car Accident
In September 1998, my son was hit by a truck on his way home. When we rushed to the scene, I stopped his classmates from beating up the driver. I told them: “He did not do it on purpose. Maybe he was in a hurry. Don't blame him too much! We are Falun Dafa practitioners and my son will be ok.”
In the hospital, doctors asserted that my son would be a vegetable for the rest of his life even if he could survive the injuries. When my son woke up after being in a coma for four days, he said, “Thanks to everyone who has helped me improve in my cultivation! The first thing I need to do now is study the Fa!” On the tenth day, he could walk slowly with assistance. He knelt down to kowtow again and again in front of Master’s photo to express his gratitude to Master for giving him a second life.
Validating the Fa
After July 20, 1999, when the evil CCP started to persecute Falun Gong, our family endured enormous pressure from harassment and threats from the local authorities and police. The police told us, “Do not practice Falun Gong anymore, or we will arrest you!” I answered them, “I will not bite the hand that feeds me! I will choose Dafa!”
To gather enough money for a trip to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong, we made the decision to sell our vegetable greenhouse. On November 29, 1999, all of my family members went to Beijing with another practitioner. I was illegally arrested at the Appeals Office of the State Department and sent to Longshan Forced Labor Camp. My wife and my son were kidnapped by the authorities and taken to other detention centers. Our family was finally reunited in August 2000.
Clarifying the Truth
We have seized every possible opportunity to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa to people. Usually, I send forth righteous thoughts while my wife clarifies the facts. Once, when we were working in a fish pool, a stranger walked towards us. My wife said, “Dear brother! How are you?” and then she started to clarify the facts from the standpoint of the corruption of the CCP regime.
The man agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Before he left, my wife said, “Please remember that Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He replied, “Thank you very much! I will remember what you told me today!”
Once I was driving a taxi and picked up a village official. First, I sent forth righteous thoughts to clear up all evil factors behind him. Then I said, “I would like to tell you some good news. As the CCP has been persecuting Chinese people since 1949, heaven will soon eradicate it. Nobody wants to go down with it! In order to have a bright future, please quit the CCP and remember that Falun Dafa is good.”
He replied, “You should have let me known such a good thing earlier!”
Improving Xinxing
I have practiced Dafa now for 17 years. I study the Fa and do the exercises. But one thing that I don't do very well is looking inward.
I'm one year older than my wife. After we married, she took care of me and our family very well. I didn’t have to worry about anything. She got up very early every morning and prepared meals for me, and had no time to have breakfast herself. I was not very considerate at that time. Once, when we had an argument, I became very upset. I ignored her and didn’t talk to her for days. She, in turn, apologized to me.
Often when I would encounter conflicts, I wouldn't look inward but rather complain. Sometimes I even thought that marrying her was a bad decision. I couldn’t improve myself. The strong attachments I had in some ways hurt my wife.
Later on, I realized that I did not want to read the Nine Commentaries because I had been brainwashed by the CCP in many ways. The notions I had controlled my behavior. I realized that I must follow Master’s arrangement and get rid of all bad notions and interference from the old forces.
I read the Minghui Weekly very often, but didn’t improve my xinxing. On the surface I was good, but I didn’t change myself and raise my xinxing level from within. I was embarrassed and felt regretful. I have since learned how to cultivate and improve myself.
I am very grateful that Master has allowed me opportunities to see my attachments. I will do my best to get rid of them and be a true practitioner.
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