(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Gong practitioner in north Kaohsiung. Many newcomers have joined our group exercise practice in the past six months. The following are the stories of two new Falun Gong practitioners.

Mr. Zhuang started coming to our group exercise practice in May. He is sixty-eight and loves mountain hiking. It was when he was climbing Chaishan Mountain two or three years ago when he saw a man meditating. Next to him was a banner saying "Falun Gong." He thought the meditation looked very good, so he copied the man's movements every time he passed him. Mr. Zhuang mentioned it to a friend. But his friend didn't seem to be interested. The meditating man stopped going to Chaishang Mountain after some time. Mr. Zhuang didn't know where to go to learn Falun Gong. One day, this friend called him to say he had benefited a lot from a Falun Gong Nine-Day Lecture Series, and asked Mr. Zhuang if he would like to go. It was exactly what Mr. Zhuang had been looking for. He enrolled in the class right away.

Mr. Zhuang and Mr. Lai are new Falun Gong practitioners

Falun Gong practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts

After attending the nine-day lecture series, Mr. Zhuang had a wonderful feeling that he couldn't even describe. His health, his outlook on the world and his view of life have all changed. He started the cultivation practice of Falun Dafa at that time. He is the first one who comes to the group exercises in the morning, rain or shine, though he is the oldest one. Mr. Zhuang said, "I am not just doing exercises in the morning. When I get back home, I read the book and meditate. My gout, which had bothered me for years, was quickly gone. My knees are much better now. My doctor had told me I would need knee replacement surgery."

Mr. Lai is a computer engineer. He was nervous and easily frightened as a child. His parents often took him to temples and altars to remove his ill-fortune. When he grew up, he still had the habit of worshipping whenever he had ill-fortune.

A few months before being introduced to Falun Dafa, Mr. Lai made a large investment in stocks, which ended up turning all his savings into a large debt. He became so depressed that he had to rely on medication to control himself and to get some sleep.

One day, one of his friends told him that she had become extremely healthy after she started practicing Falun Gong, and suggested he read the book, Zhuan Falun (1). Mr. Lai had heard good things about Falun Gong before, so he went ahead and bought the book. The first time he read Zhuan Falun, he was so full of questions he felt like his head was spinning. The second time he read it, his head felt fine and he had fewer questions. The third time he read the book, he even less questions. He began to experience better sleep. Most of all, he finally gained an understanding of Gods, Buddha, religions, karma and predestined relationships. He felt like a new person. With happiness and excitement, he took the initiative to look for resources and find where the nine-day lecture series was being given. Right after he finished the lectures, Mr. Lai went to group exercise practice the next morning and began Falun Dafa cultivation practice.

Mr. Lai has a son. Ever since he was five, he started getting up to go to the bathroom around midnight and then cried after a couple of minutes. When he grew older, he started having a sleepwalking problem. He would cry in the middle of the night and run around for a few minutes. When his parents woke him up and asked him why, he wouldn't remember anything. Mr. Lai and his wife had been worried about their son.

After Mr. Lai began practicing Falun Dafa, he read "On Buddha Law" [the foreword to Zhuan Falun] to his son at bedtime. Later on, he asked his son to memorize "On Buddha Law." His son has never sleepwalked again since then. The miracle of Falun Dafa is beyond any language!

(1) Zhuan Falun is the principal text of Falun Dafa.