(Minghui.org) I am 29 years old and have known about Falun Dafa for almost 20 years.
When I was young, I lived a few years with relatives who practiced Falun Dafa. They often played Master Li Hongzhi's (the founder) nine-day audio lecture series. On the wall was a copy of "Lunyu," the introduction to Zhuan Falun, which is the main book of Falun Dafa. Practitioners regularly met at our home to read Dafa books and to share cultivation experiences.
Shortly after my ill grandma began practicing Falun Dafa, she became healthy; started bicycling around town, and appeared much younger than people her age. She also stopped taking any medication. When my relatives witnessed the changes in my grandma's health, many of them started practicing Falun Dafa. One of my family members was an assistant at one of the many practice sites in our area.
My non-practitioner parents and I had left China when I was in primary school. I did not have Dafa-related materials in my new home city.
When I had returned to China, after the persecution of Falun Dafa had begun, I found out that all of my relatives—with the exception of my aunt—had stopped practicing Falun Dafa. My aunt shared how a family member had been imprisoned for her belief in Dafa and severely tortured.
I was shocked by the news and asked, “Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecute a practice that benefits people's health?” and “What exactly is Falun Dafa?” My aunt talked to me at length about the practice and the CCP's senseless persecution.
After arriving back home from China, I decided to do some research into the teachings of Falun Gong. I read all of Master Li's writings several times—in chronological order of their publishing dates—so I could really understand Falun Dafa's main principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
When I had later visited my relatives in China, I was arrested and incarcerated for distributing a software program that enabled people to circumvent the Chinese regime's massive Internet surveillance and content-control system.
I admire Dafa practitioners' ability to peacefully appeal against the Party's ongoing persecution. However, I am not sure if I would be able to adopt this non-violent approach, as they do.
I sincerely yearn for an end to the persecution of Falun Dafa and its kind-hearted practitioners!
