(Minghui.org) I came across Falun Dafa on July 22, 1996, when I went to a park and saw people doing the exercises. I thought this was an extraordinary practice.
When I heard the music of the first exercise, “Buddha Stretching a Thousand Arms,” a warm current rose up in my heart, and I felt there was still hope. I quietly watched for a while and then followed the movements of the second exercise, “Falun Standing Stance,” because they were very simple. A volunteer assistant came over and kindly corrected my movements. I practiced with them for 45 minutes.
To my surprise, my legs and feet functioned much better after I got home. I was overjoyed because my left leg was atrophied, and I had a hard time walking due to a herniated lumbar disc. Additionally, my legs and feet were painful when my lower back hurt.
I went to the practice site every day, rain or shine, from July 22, 1996, until the persecution started.
Dafa spread rapidly by word of mouth in our area in 1997, although Dafa books were scarce. I told the people I knew about the benefits of Dafa, and more and more started to practice.
Amazing Experiences
A silver sphere flashed out in the west and came in front of my chest when I was teaching the new practitioners how to do the second exercise. I instantly felt very mentally sharp and clear.
The next night, I dreamed that rainbows appeared in the sky. One rainbow appeared from the left, another from the right, and they started to move toward each other.
Another rainbow then appeared between the first two, and Master Li appeared. It looked so vivid that I shouted, “Master is in the sky, Master is in heaven!”
I enlightened that these manifestations were all Master's encouragement for me to practice diligently.
Receiving Zhuan Falun
The volunteer assistant gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun and told me the book was especially given to me first. He told me that there weren’t many copies available at that time, but that everyone would get one in the future. He asked me to cherish it. I loved the book so much that I couldn't put it down.
Master said,
“I do not talk about healing illness here, and neither will we heal illness. As a genuine practitioner, however, you cannot practice cultivation with an ill body. I will purify your body. The body purification will be done only for those who come to truly learn the practice and the Fa. We emphasize one point: If you cannot relinquish the attachment or concern for illness, we cannot do anything and will be unable to help you.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
After reading Master's Fa, I realized that I should let go of my attachment to illnesses. All my ailments disappeared, and I have been illness-free ever since.
I went to a cultivation experience sharing meeting wearing a pair of very strong reading glasses. The next day I forgot to bring them with me. A young practitioner offered to get them for me. I thanked her, but I realized that Master wanted me to enlighten that I didn't need them.
When I got home, I could read Zhuan Falun. I could see even the smallest words clearly.
Master Saved Me from Prison
Jiang Zemin launched the persecution of Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. I have been arrested five times and taken to brainwashing sessions twice.
However, I was released each time because I sent righteous thoughts. I was arrested immediately after the persecution began, because five practitioners and I continued to do the exercises in the park.
We were reported to the police the next day by people who did not know the truth about Falun Dafa. We were arrested and held in the detention center for more than a month.
I said to the officers in the detention center, “The exercises benefit our health. Falun Dafa teaches us to be good by being truthful, compassionate, and forbearing. Falun Dafa improves our minds and bodies. What is wrong with that?” They had no reply.
The second time I was arrested was in 2005. Three practitioners and I posted stickers that said, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The police found us because of our handwriting and arrested us. We were held in a forced labor camp for a year and a half.
I was reciting Master's poem in my mind on the way to the labor camp:
“Four years has the wild evil surgedA steady helm has assured the right courseThe Disciples of Fa have gone through evil trialsAnd though great the pressure, their wills are unbowedThere is no affect between master and discipleThe Buddha’s grace remolds Heaven and EarthWhen disciples have ample righteous thoughtsMaster has the power to turn back the tide”(“The Master-Disciple Bond,” Hong Yin, Vol. II, Translation Version A)
On the way to the detention center, I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen them so I could eliminate all the evil in other dimensions.
At the labor camp, I was first taken to the clinic for a physical. I said to Master, “I should not be here. I have to go home to validate the Fa.”
My blood pressure was really high and the doctor did not accept me. The police officers asked for another test, but the next reading was even worse. That meant labor camp could not accept me. But they held me for three days and nights, because the police wanted to go to Nanjing City for a three-day vacation.
Four people were already in the cell, and I told them the facts about Falun Dafa. They said, “Falun Dafa is really good. Many people where we are from practiced it before the persecution began. They are all good people. We would not have ended up in the labor camp if we had learned Falun Dafa.”
I taught them the exercises. Under the protection of our compassionate Master, I left the labor camp three days later. However, the two other practitioners were persecuted for a year and a half before being released.
The third time, I was sentenced to prison for four years, but the sentence was commuted to home detention. After the fourth arrest, I was sentenced to three years in prison, but that sentence was also commuted to home detention.
I was arrested for distributing Dafa truth-clarification informational materials in January of 2018, just before the Chinese New Year. I was released the following day but scheduled to be tried on September 5, 2018. I was not afraid.
I asked Master to strengthen my righteous thoughts and tell me what to do while other practitioners went to clarify the truth to the personnel involved in the police department and the court.
I said to Master, “I will improve in my cultivation if I have any loopholes. I will never allow the old forces to persecute me by taking advantage of my loopholes.”
I had a dream that night in which Master told me what to do. In my dream I was presented with a brand new shoe and put it on. But the shoe was split across the top and the entire upper part was open. I realized Master wanted me to clarify the truth and expose the evil.
At the trial I said, “Dafa saved my life. Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance improve people's morality and virtue. Dafa is good for people and for the country because it improves morality. Whatever people do Gods are watching.”
They stopped me, even I still had a lot more to say, and told me to go home. So, I went home. I once again avoided danger. I owe everything to Master.
Setting Up a Material Production Site
After the persecution started, I wanted to set up a Dafa material production site for our group. I thought we should not rely on practitioners in other areas for materials, that we should learn how to make them ourselves.
I discussed this with other practitioners, saying, “I only need one computer and one printer to make the materials. I will try hard to learn as long as the practitioner with technical abilities can teach me.”
I had not yet touched a computer or a printer, and I didn't know English letters. I said to the technical support practitioner, “Please teach me from scratch. I really want to learn. I will learn well.” I learned how to use a computer and how to print. I conquered all the difficulties and interference in the process of making the materials when I firmly believed in Dafa and kept strong righteous thoughts.
The printer broke quite often because it was very old. My lower back started to hurt so much I couldn't stand up straight one day when I was about to go out to get the printer repaired. I realized it was interference from the old forces, and I shouldn't accept it.
I took it as an opportunity to improve my xinxing. I took the printer to the repair shop, and it was fixed by the afternoon. Not only that, my lower back had recovered when I was about to go home. Master always helped me if I was determined about what I was doing.
Once, after the computer wouldn’t turn on for two days, I burned incense and asked Master for help the next morning. Then I turned it on just fine. Everything is under Master’s control. Master helped me to improve to do anything if I was firm.
I had trouble reading one night. I was drooling and my hands and feet were paralyzed. The following day, I saw that my mouth was crooked.
The first thought that came to my mind was to ask Master for help: “Master, this is not real. I don't admit it. No one can interfere with me. I am your disciple. I will correct it in Dafa if I am wrong. I will make up for it if there is a loophole. I will not let the old forces interfere with me.”
Meanwhile, I searched inside and thought that I must have done something bad and given the old forces an excuse to persecute me. I found a lot of attachments, such as to showing off, to doing things, to zealotry, and so on.
Master said, “The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts.” (“Drive Out Interference,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)
I calmed down to read the Fa and do the exercises. I also sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the interference.
Right after I sent forth righteous thoughts, I could move my hands and feet. It took about a week for my mouth to recover and then I could speak clearly.
I expressed my gratitude to Master before his picture. I said, “Master, thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart! You gave me a second life.”
Words can't express how grateful I am to Master. All I can think about is to be more diligent, assist Master in the Fa-rectification, and follow Master.
