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Solemn Declaration
Before I started to practice Falun Gong in September 1998, I suffered from different kinds of diseases, which cost me two to three thousand yuan in medical expenses every year. I recovered my physical and mental health after I started to practice Falun Gong, which made my family very happy.
On July 20, 1999, Jiang initiated the persecution against Falun Gong and the practice was banned. Although I didn't cultivate diligently, I still adhered to the principles and continued to do the exercises. In February 2000, officials from the town hall took me to a brainwashing center, and locked me into an iron cage to deprive me of sleep. They also forced me do slave labor, did not allow me to go back home or to my work place, and made me write a "guarantee statement" renouncing Falun Gong. After I was released, they kept harassing me at my home and at my work place, took photos of me, fingerprinted me, and parked police cars in front of my home in order to damage my reputation.
On July 22, 2004, officials from the 610 Office came by and threatened me as before. They wanted me to write a statement that I would give up the practice, but I refused, and explained the truth about Falun Gong to them. They did not accept my response, and wrote a "guarantee" for me. Since I hadn't studied the Fa diligently enough, they were able to exploit my attachment to fear, threatening to discharge me from public employment and send me to a forced labor camp if I refused. Regrettably, I yielded and signed the statement because I was afraid.
Although I did not willingly sign my name, I still damaged Falun Dafa. I proved unworthy of Teacher's compassionate salvation. At this advanced stage of Fa rectification, I still yielded to the evil. I felt so ashamed. As I continued to study the Fa, I came to understand the policemen's vicious purpose in making me sign the statement. I realized my sacred mission as a Falun Dafa practitioner during the Fa rectification period. Therefore, I solemnly declare the "guarantee" I signed to be null and void. I will redouble my efforts to make up for the losses I may have caused Falun Dafa.
Zhang Yizheng
July 26, 2004
(From: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/10/5/85841.html)
Solemn Declaration
I first heard about Falun Dafa in 1996, and started my cultivation in October 1997. Just three months later, I no longer needed to wear my glasses prescribed to me for severe nearsightedness and astigmatism. In 1993, I had to have surgery on my left eye, and the operating professor at Shengyang Medical University concluded that I would also lose my right eye after I turned thirty. In 1997, I had just turned thirty when I was able to get rid of my glasses, which were as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle because I had started to practice Falun Gong.
My uncle used to suffer from serious muscle weakness and was not able to take care of himself. After I introduced him to Falun Gong, he started to practice and recovered after only six months. Five years have passed and he is now completely healthy. His recovery caused a sensation in the remote countryside around his home. His wife also started to practice Falun Gong after listening to the audio records of Teacher's lectures in Ji'nan.
However, due to my lack of understanding of the Fa, I went to extremes in my daily life, making my parents and relatives worry about me. When the persecution against Falun Gong started in 1999, my uncle and aunt kept practicing Falun Dafa with determination but I was arrested three times in 2001. I didn't yield when the police beat and cursed me, but I was deceived by the "collaborators" in the forced labor camp. I succumbed to the brainwashing, cooperated with those who "enlightened" along an evil path, and persuaded others. I said and did many things that did not meet the requirements of the Fa rectification.
Once again, our great Teacher saved my life when I was on the verge of "complete elimination of body and soul" and helped me move back into the Fa step by step. I now solemnly declare that everything I said and did while under the control of the evil forces is null and void. I will remedy my negative effect on Falun Dafa, follow the course of the Fa rectification, and never go extremes again.
Li Yancai
August 31, 2004
(From: http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/10/7/86009.html)
Category: Solemn Declarations
