I am a 61 year old man, and I started to learn Falun Dafa in Nov 1997. Before my cultivation, I suffered from many diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, hemiplegia (partial paralysis of one side of the body), arteriosclerosis, and bone. Shortly after I started cultivating Falun Dafa, I stopped taking all medication and regained my health. I became very energetic and even my white hair slowly turned black again. At the same time, I harmonized myself according to Dafa and my moral standards kept upgrading. Since I worked hard and did not care for personal gains, I was recognized by my managers. I tried to do my best at work and after my retirement, I was invited by another unit to work for them.
After July 22, 1999, I was pressured by the officials of the (Secretary of the Committee of Politics and Law) they told me, that if I did not stop practicing, I would lose my job. I remained firm in my cultivation, and they fired me. At that time, when I saw the slanders within the media about my teacher and the massive arrest of Dafa practitioners, my heart broke. My own experiences enlighten me: it is Falun Dafa that saved me, purified my body, and improved my moral standard; it is Teacher Li Hongzhi who gave me my second life. My conscience told me, as a good citizen and a person who knows the truth about Falun Dafa that I should be responsible for my country and the people; I should give up my ego, step forward, and tell people the truth about Falun Dafa. So I did what I felt I should do and as a result, the police illegally detained me for 15 days. After that, I was put under house arrest and lost my freedom.
In January of 2001, I broke through all obstacles and went to Tiananmen to protect Dafa. Risking my life, I cried out: "Falun Dafa is good; Teacher Li Hongzhi is good; return the innocence to Falun Dafa; return the innocence to my Teacher". I learned later that there were 4,000 people arrested on that day. The voice of justice rose one after another on Tiananmen Square. The scene was so spectacular, and everyone around was shocked. Like other practitioners arrested, the police beat me up. They then drove us to a sub-department, and we were sent to different police stations.
In the police station, we (including seniors and women) were brutally tortured by various means. Perpetrators stripped us and put us outside in the freezing cold, trying to force us to tell our names and addresses. I almost fainted while they were torturing me. The next day, I was transferred to Chongwenqu Detention Center in Beijing. While there behind my back, the officers instigated prisoners to torture me any way they could. They stripped all my clothes and poured cold water on me, the temperature was 16C, during this I kept thinking, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Teacher Li Hongzhi is good", at this time, my heart was pure and I gave up my ego. No matter how hard they tortured me, I could not feel any pain: I felt warmer and warmer with the cold water pouring on my body, and their brutal torture did not leave any scars on my skin. I truly experienced Teacher's great compassion and Dafa's miraculous power. I was enlightened to the principle: if I only think of Dafa, think of protecting Dafa, give up my own losses and gains as well as the thought of life and death, then my heart is pure. With a pure heart, I was then able to face the tribulation undisturbed, protect Dafa all the way through, and eliminate the evil.
Seventeen days passed before I was released. During this time, I never told them my name and address and by the time of my release, the officers and prisoners who tortured me had also changed their attitude toward me.
