(Minghui.org) I began cultivating in Falun Dafa in 1996. I strive to live by Dafa’s teachings, and eliminate my negative thoughts, resentment, jealousy, selfishness, and other attachments. Falun Dafa expanded my heart and purified my body.

I was plagued with various illnesses before practicing Falun Dafa. I tried both Chinese and Western medicine, and practiced various forms of qigong, but none of them helped with my ailments. After practicing Falun Dafa, my health improved without taking any medications.

Falun Dafa brings benefits to society, and promotes social stability and harmony. However, the former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin was afraid of the growing number of people who followed the teachings of Dafa, and launched the brutal persecution of the practice in 1999.

At the onset of the persecution, I joined many practitioners in Beijing, to peacefully appeal for the right to practice Falun Dafa. We were arrested and taken to detention centers. In the detention center, we refused to wear inmate uniforms because we were not criminals. For roll call, we responded as “Dafa practitioners” instead of using our real names. In retaliation, the guards handcuffed and shackled three of us.

While the guard was putting the shackles on us, he said, “If the shackles can open by themselves, I won’t put them on you anymore.” That night, the shackles on one of the fellow practitioners indeed opened on their own.

The other practitioner’s shackles would not open. I tried them, but could not get them unlocked. I asked Master for help.

At noon the next day, while memorizing Dafa teachings, the other practitioner’s shackles opened. A short while later, my shackles also opened. From that day on, the guards never again put shackles on us.

Witnessing these miracles, a detainee shouted, “This is the power of Falun Dafa!”