(Clearwisdom.net)
I first heard about Falun Dafa in 1994 while I was in high school. Towards the end of 1995, I started to study the Fa and practice the exercises. Before then, I had a stomach ulcer, a hot temper and I was depressed.
With studying the Fa and doing the Falun Dafa exercises, my illnesses vanished. It is true that Dafa can bring people health! I gradually came to understand how to become a better person. Dafa requires us to follow the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and improve our moral standards. I stopped telling lies, opened up my heart and stopped fighting with others. I felt very happy and calm and life became interesting to me again.
Dafa also brought changes to my family. My parents didn't get along. Ever since I could remember they had been fighting with each other every day. My dad had a bad temper and would become scary after he got drunk since he'd either argue with my mom or hit people. Sometimes, he'd argue with others and he was also a gambler.
After I learned Dafa, I introduced it to my dad. He liked reading the Fa and he started to practice as well. His mental and physical health changed a lot. Others said that he changed completely. Since he started to practice Dafa, his health improved a lot. Most importantly his bad temper got better. He never argued with my mom again, he stopped smoking, drinking and gambling and my family was in harmony. Dafa changed all of us and gave me the happy family that I had dreamed of since I was a little boy.
I continued to follow Truth-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person after I went to college. I didn't tell lies, never cheated on exams, was kind to others, tolerant during conflicts and got along with my classmates. From the bottom of my heart, I required myself to be a good person and consider others before myself. My teachers and classmates all praised me.
The Chinese Communist Party started to illegally persecute Falun Gong on July 20 1999. They defamed Dafa and Teacher Li was wronged. As a Dafa practitioner, how could I not uphold justice for Dafa? How could I not clarify the truth? I started to use my own example as well as my family's examples of improvement to tell my classmates, teachers and my friends that Falun Dafa is good.
In the latter half of the year in 2000, I was about six months away from graduation. I was an intern at a local middle school when I was illegally arrested. The only excuse they could give for the arrest is that I practiced Falun Gong and I had some informational materials with me. I would never give up my belief in practicing Dafa and didn't cooperate with them. The police fabricated evidence and still charged me. Without a trial they illegally detained me for a month and after that, they took me to a brainwashing center for a month. When they interrogated me, they said, "We will have you sentenced to two years of imprisonment if you say 'Yes, I will continue to practice Falun Gong'; Otherwise, we'll release you if you say 'No, I will not practice Falun Gong any more.'" I didn't give up my belief. Eventually, they sentenced me to two years' of imprisonment.
In 2001, after more than seven months of persecution at an "education" center, I couldn't eat by myself and I wasn't able to maintain a clear mind either. I couldn't even recognize anyone. I suffered a lot both mentally and physically. They brought me to a few local hospitals. The doctors there all refused to take me in, probably because they were afraid that I'd die there and they'd be held responsible. Finally, the "Education Center" was also afraid that they'd be held accountable, so they allowed my family to take me home on parole.
When I came home, I couldn't even recognize my parents or eat much for over one month. I could only take in some watery food. I felt I was wandering about in hell. I wasn't feeling well at all and seemed to remember that the police at the "education center" injected some kind of drug into me. I also lost my memory of many things.
My family took very good care of me. Gradually, I got my consciousness back and began to copy the book Zhuan Falun. By the time I finished copying Zhuan Falun, I had almost came back to myself. Meanwhile, I studied the Fa a lot every day. My relatives and neighbors also validated the supernormal power of Dafa. They all said that it was a miracle that such a person who was persecuted so badly got well simply through practicing Dafa.
Two months later, I became completely well and I left home to work in other areas. Through today, I have been using the benefits that I and my family have experienced in practicing Dafa to clarify the truth to my colleagues and friends to help them know about Dafa and to validate its magnificence.
