Repeating “Falun Dafa Is Good” Got Me Through the Darkest Times

(Minghui.org) In the winter of 2016, I was arrested after being reported for distributing informational materials about Falun Dafa. I was held in a local psychiatric hospital for 40 days, monitored by doctors and staff members around the clock. It was a scary place and I could hear screaming and yelling from the real patients all the time.

In order to keep my mind clear to resist the persecution, I kept saying “Falun Dafa is good” over and over daily. I quickly calmed down. I was no longer panicky in that chaotic environment. When the staff members injected me with unknown drugs, I asked for Master’s protection to prevent the drug from doing anything to me.

After I was later sentenced and taken to the prison, I was forced to study articles that slandered Dafa daily, and was not allowed to sleep at night for the first two to three months. When all the other inmates went to sleep, I was watched by an inmate and forced to write “thought reports.”

I understood from the Fa that if I read those slanderous articles, they would interfere with me. I just repeated “Falun Dafa is good” silently. My eyes were looking but my mind was elsewhere.

After the initial brainwashing, the guards began to force me to do unpaid labor. Whenever I came across inmates, I would tell them about the persecution and the facts about Falun Dafa. Many of them became supportive of me and agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its junior organizations. 

Under extremely harsh circumstances, the light of truth emanating from “Falun Dafa is good” dispelled the gloom that enveloped me, so I did not feel bitter or sorrowful, and the inmates also became increasingly friendly to me.

I realized that no matter where we are, as long as our hearts and minds are in line with the Fa, Master is always with us! Everything is short-lived, and the persecution imposed by the Chinese Communist Party will pass in an instant.

Because I refused to give up my belief, the guards always threatened me with a grim smile: “You have to think about how you are going to get through the rest of the year!”

But I thought in my mind: “I must walk out of the prison in a dignified way, and I must not let the evil forces take advantage of people to persecute Dafa disciples or commit crimes against Dafa.”

When I was released, I walked out of the prison with a smile on my face. The guard who had intimidated me was supposed to be on leave that day, but she still came to say goodbye.

Looking back, during my most difficult days, it was Master’s compassionate protection and my repeating “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” that allowed me to pass through the darkness and usher in light and freedom.

I write this experience and want to encourage fellow practitioners: No matter where we are, we must always remember “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” so that our hearts will never get lost in the chaotic world and in the midst of tribulations.