Once Shy and Introverted I Began Speaking Up For Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) I’m naturally introverted and I’ve never been good at expressing myself. As a child, I was often bullied, ridiculed, insulted, and even beaten up by my peers. My life was difficult—I felt exhausted physically and mentally and had no hope for the future.

When I was 22, my relatives introduced me to a woman and we married. My wife came from a big family. Her many relatives thought I was useless and constantly teased me. I didn’t smoke or drink, and I didn’t say much, so they laughed at me. My wife also ridiculed me, “People say that good horses have good legs, and good people have good mouths. It looks like you are a waste.” I felt insulted, but I didn’t say anything.

In the spring of 1997 my wife and I joined some people in our area who were doing a qigong. As soon as I sat down, I saw in another dimension pavilions, towers, carved beams and painted buildings, gods wearing golden helmets and armor, mighty troops, and a pond filled with lotus flowers. I levitated into the air, and saw troops passing below. I woke up when the class ended.

Someone asked me what I experienced. I didn’t know I should watch what I said, and told him everything I saw. The other people were amazed. The person running the class said, “You’re a remarkable person. Come and follow my qigong."

I was not tempted. He told us that treating people’s health problems was doing a good deed and accumulates merit. But I felt sore all over my body when I did. One day, I was startled to see a person that was neither human nor ghost sitting under a tree, staring at me. I felt something was wrong with this qigong.

I went to work in the city the following summer. My wife sent me a letter asking me to come home, and said that something happened. When I returned home I found that seven or eight of our relatives had begun practicing another type of qigong.

They said that they were learning Falun Dafa now, and suggested that I try it. They said, “The qigong we learned before is one of possession. It is incomparable to Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa teaches people to value virtue, and not fight back when one is hit or scolded. It is beneficial to the person, the family, and to society.” I reluctantly sat in on the class.

I was shocked when I listened to the recordings of Master Li Hongzhi giving lectures on the Fa. What he said was so good, and answered many question that puzzled me for years. I understood the reason people ridiculed me was to help me repay them—I harmed them in previous lifetimes! These were also opportunities to improve my character (xinxing) so I could return to my true home. The earth is not where I belong. My true home is sacred and beautiful. I felt so happy and fortunate! I felt myself growing taller! I was filled with joy and even wanted to socialize with people. Everyone who knew me said that I seemed like a different person.

I did not know what cultivation meant when I first began practicing Falun Dafa. I saw a white orb float in from the window one night as soon as I lay down. It rotated constantly as it floated above my body but disappeared when it was above my lower abdomen. I was surprised, but not afraid. I just felt good. When I read the Fa I understood I saw a Falun and Master placing it in me. What an amazing experience!

I later saw many phenomena Master described, such as the heavenly circuit, mysterious pass, wisdom eyesight, etc. In Zhuan Falun, Master talked about clairvoyance,

“The mirror’s rotating speed is faster than twenty-four frames per second, and it reflects what it receives and turns over to let you see. Upon turning over again, the images will then be erased. It reflects and turns, and then it erases the images.” (Lecture Two, Zhuan Falun)

I saw Buddhas, Taos, and Gods with my eyes open as soon as I lay down, and their images were each different. At first, I felt pretty good, but I thought, “I can’t always be like this.” I wasn’t getting enough rest, and it hampered my doing other things. So I told Master, “Thank you Master for allowing me to see how amazing Falun Dafa is. I will definitely fulfill my mission and live up to your expectations. Please turn off these capabilities for me.” I didn’t see or feel anything in other dimensions after that.

The other practitioners and I spoke up for Dafa after the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) launched the persecution on July 20, 1999. We distributed pamphlets to tens of thousands of homes, and posted posters and hung banners in all the streets. We rode our bicycles and covered both nearby and faraway places, no matter whether it was raining or sunny. We formed an indestructible unit to be responsible for Dafa and people.

Before the CCP hosted the 2008 Olympics, practitioners in our area went to other places to distribute information about the persecution (truth clarification materials). Someone reported us to the police because we were obsessed with time and had developed an attachment to accomplishing things. Twelve practitioners were arrested, eight of whom were sentenced to prison. The eight practitioners were considered the head practitioners in our area. This incident cast shadow on us.

We realized why some of us were arrested. We reflected on what happened. We formed a whole, let go of our attachment to self, and restored the overall cultivation environment in our area. We helped the family members of the jailed practitioners by doing all the work in the fields. From spring planting to autumn harvesting, we managed to do it all.

Practitioners from other places also helped us. Some participated in the field work, and some contributed money. They bought noodles and steamed buns for the eight families during Chinese New Year, and brought gifts to them during festivals. The families, relatives, and friends all said that Falun Dafa is good, and that practitioners are good. They later began practicing Falun Dafa.

We kept in mind Master’s words,

“The next person’s things are your things, and your things are his things.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2002 Conference in Washington, D.C.” Collected Teachings Given Around the World, Vol. II)

Thus, the local environment was rectified. After these incidents, the practitioners who had been afraid to go out and talk with people about Falun Dafa began participating in activities, which greatly deterred the local persecutors.

I realized that there is not much time left after Master published “How Humankind Came to Be” on January 20, 2023. I hope that we support each other, improve together, fulfill our mission, and go home with Master.

I have always wanted to submit an article, but felt that I was far from meeting the requirements of the Fa and had nothing to write about. I was hindered by my notions. I mustered up the courage to submit an article to the Minghui website as an experience sharing report to Master.