(Clearwisdom.net) One of my relatives was arrested in 2006 because he practices Falun Gong. He was held for nearly one month and was tortured. The authorities also tried to extort thousands of yuan from him. I was not a practitioner at the time, and told my relative not to give them any money. I said, “If you consent to this, then you're admitting guilt.” I called the head of the police station and asked him to release my relative. He was released within a few days. However, he was arrested again six months later. When I called the station again, I told the officer that my relative is a kind and very honest person, and that they should treat him well. To my surprise, he was soon released.
From seeing my relative's character and behavior I could tell that practitioners have compassion, selflessness and perseverance. I was deeply moved and very much appreciated his belief. The police arrested and ransacked the home of one of my distant relatives, also a practitioner. When I called the head of the police station, he said, “This relative of yours has caused a lot of trouble. We found many anti-communist materials in her home. This is very serious.” I then asked the official for help, “You don't know her. She's a very kind person and loves helping others. Please help us out, I would really appreciate it.” The official agreed to help us and she was released a month later.
To see practitioners remain firm in their belief and try to help people understand the facts about Falun Gong in order to save them, even after being arrested and tortured, really touched my heart. What spiritual level were they at? Where do they get such strength? I thought that Falun Gong must be different from other types of Qigong. I thought that since it was so good, I should give it a try.
I began practicing at the beginning of 2008. Through Fa study, doing the exercises, sending righteous thoughts and talking to people about the Falun Gong, I came to understand the meaning of life. I learned a lot of universal principles. Teacher said:
“We see that in this universe a human life is not created in ordinary human society; the creation of one’s actual life is in the space of the universe. Because there is a lot of matter of various kinds in this universe, such matter can, through its interactions, produce life. In other words, a person’s earliest life comes from the universe. The space of the universe is benevolent to begin with and embodies the characteristic of Zhen-Shan-Ren. At birth, one is assimilated to the characteristic of the universe. Yet as the number of lives increases, a collective form of social relations develops in which some people may develop selfishness and gradually their level will be lowered. If they cannot stay at this level, they must drop down further. At that level, however, they may again become not so good and not be able to stay there, either. They will continue to descend further until, in the end, they reach this level of human beings. ” (Zhuan Falun)
People are attached to all kinds of things at this human level, and their moral standards are gradually becoming worse. When I first began practicing, I couldn't arrange my time well and didn't do the exercises every day. I didn't always send righteous thoughts at the correct times, and even when I did, I couldn't focus my thoughts properly. I was usually busy with work and enjoyed my social life. I didn't cultivate well and wasn't diligent. I had a variety of attachments and wasn't clear about the Fa principles.
I used to have severe back problems and a swelling in my breasts, and often woke up in the night due to the pain. But all these problems soon disappeared after I started to practice.
In March 2009, a year after I started practicing, my colleague and I took a business trip to the northeast of China. I had an ominous dream the night before our departure, and the next day I was worried. As we were driving to the airport, we got stuck a traffic jam, which was caused by a crowd of people going to the temples. I didn't mind if we missed the flight, and thought how lucky I'd be if there was an accident with the plane. I immediately thought that I am a practitioner and it is dangerous to have such thoughts, and very selfish. There were so many innocent people on the airplane, I should care for them. At that moment, the crowd dispersed and we drove off to catch our plane.
About 20 minutes into the flight, the plane shook severely, and then the flight became smooth again. Right after lunch, it began to shake again. It was more violent this time, and my book fall out of my hands and onto the floor. The plane kept dropping and then rising for quite some time. The passengers were frightened and screaming.
I was also very frightened, but was still clear-minded. I knew that as a practitioner I must be calm. My colleague and I kept repeating, “Falun Dafa is good. Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The airplane gradually settled down, and I kept thinking in my heart: Thank you, Master!
I began distributing truth-clarification materials to my friends, relatives, work colleagues and other people with predestined relationships with the Fa. If I met someone on the roadside or at a gathering, I would let them know the facts about Falun Gong. I would talk in depth to people that have a high level of education, and for those without much education, I would try to make it easy for them to understand. I spoke directly to the point. Many people quit the CCP after listening to what I had to say. Some people gladly accepted the information I gave them and were very grateful. Those who were ingrained with the party culture wouldn't believe what I said, even after speaking to them several times. Some people wouldn't even look at the materials I had with me, and would say some bad words to me.
On my way to a city in Inner Mongolia one time, I chatted with a couple on the train. We started talking about corruption and then moved on to Falun Gong. They had heard that Falun Gong was good, but were confused about the Tiananmen self-immolation incident. I explained how the event was fabricated by the CCP, and used to turn people's hatred towards the practice. I told them, “Falun Gong is a high-level cultivation practice of the Buddha school and teaches people the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance.” I told them about how the CCP will receive karmic retribution for all of its crimes. When I finished talking, they wanted to quit the CCP.
I tell people that the numerous disasters that are occurring around the world are due to the decline of mankind's moral standard. Human beings are created by divine beings, and divine beings will eliminate those incorrigible people. Falun Gong teaches the universal Law to save sentient beings. This is a rare opportunity. However, many people don't grasp it. They believe the CCP's lies and propaganda about Falun Gong. When people ask me, “Why should I withdraw from the CCP?” I tell them, “When you joined the CCP, you vowed to go along with it forever, and fight for your whole life. The CCP is going to be eliminated, this means that you will die with it, right?” For those that say, “I don't believe what I can't see or touch.” My reply is, “Can you see or touch the earthquakes, tornadoes and tsunamis? If you wait until you can see or touch them, the disasters will have already occurred and you might have already died.”
With in-depth Fa study, I became more skillful in clarifying the facts and helping more and more people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Saving sentient beings is our historic mission. It is Master and Dafa that saves us all.
