(Minghui.org) I’m a veteran practitioner and I've benefited physically and mentally from practicing Dafa. I’d like to share two recent experiences with you.
My seventy-year-old husband is retired. He often plays mahjong with the neighbor who lives on the first floor and owns a mahjong parlor.
I was reading the Fa (teachings) one afternoon in the summer of 2022, when my husband suddenly returned from the mahjong parlor. He was furious and his face and chest were covered in blood. He was beaten up by a former coworker. He wanted to call our son to come and exact revenge. I immediately hid the phone and took my husband to the hospital so they could stop the bleeding.
The doctor cleaned the wound, and gave him stitches and injections. When we returned home, I gently persuaded my husband to drop the matter. These were his former coworkers who live in our residential area and our grandchildren play together. My husband is a reasonable man. Although he was still upset he said he wouldn’t cause any trouble.
When the owner of the mahjong parlor saw that my husband wasn’t going to retaliate despite his severe injuries, he went to the person who assaulted my husband, and demanded he pay 1,000 yuan for medical expenses. The man’s family agreed. The mahjong parlor owner brought the co-worker and his wife to our house that evening. The wife brought some gifts to apologize and offered us 1,000 yuan. I said, “We won’t take the money. We live in the same neighborhood and used to work together. We appreciate that you came to visit my husband.” The couple was very touched. The man apologized to my husband and they reconciled.
After they left, I talked to my husband about returning their gifts and he agreed. When I brought the gifts back, the wife thought we felt it wasn’t enough. I explained, “I practice Falun Dafa, and my Master teaches us to be good people according to Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Please remember: Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance is good!” The man said, “Falun Dafa practitioners are so good!”
This incident had a huge impact in the neighborhood, and everyone realized that Falun Dafa practitioners are good people.
On my way home from the market one day in May 2024, I was stopped by five plainclothes police officers in the hallway. They said they wanted to search my home. I refused to cooperate, and they grabbed my arms. My first-floor neighbors saw this and immediately gathered around the police, stopping them from arresting me. One lady even told the police about us and said I was a good person and hadn’t done anything wrong. Seeing so many people blocking their way, the police changed their attitude.
I was moved and happy that so many people came to protect me and speak up for Falun Dafa practitioners because they knew the truth and upheld justice. I hope they all have a bright future.