My Mother-in-law Becomes a Falun Dafa Supporter

(Minghui.org) My mother-in-law is in her 80s. She is a kind-hearted person. One day my sister complained that she had tried many ways to relieve her back and leg pain, but nothing worked. My mother-in-law suggested that she recite the auspicious Falun Dafa phrases. I was so surprised to hear her say this! Her attitude toward Falun Dafa had changed completely.

Falun Dafa is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline with five slow-moving exercises and three core principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. It became so popular in China during the 1990s that the number of practitioners exceeded registered Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members. Unable to tolerate such a large independent group, the communist regime ordered the persecution of Falun Dafa in 1999 and propagated smear campaigns to demonize the practice and justify the persecution. My mother-in-law was one of the millions of Chinese people who were deceived by the CCP.

I remember that back in 2015 when my mother-in-law was hospitalized, I often went to the hospital to stay with her at night. I talked to her about Falun Dafa and the CCP’s persecution. But she didn’t believe me at all. She said, “Our life is very good. You practitioners who expose the persecution are playing politics.” Even though she knew that I had been arrested and sent to forced labor camps several times simply because of my belief, she still thought it was dumb to go against the CCP. On the other hand, the persecution I suffered inevitably brought tremendous mental pressure to her, which made her even more unwilling to know more about Falun Dafa. 

She later became a Christian and sometimes attended Sunday worship at a local church. A few months after that, in August 2015, my father-in-law passed away from a terminal disease. My mother-in-law moved in with us. She often watched NTDTV with me and I also played Falun Dafa-related videos or podcasts about Chinese traditional culture for her. She liked this very much. She used to have high blood pressure, a herniated lumbar disc, leg pain, and dizziness. Amazingly, after she lived with us, she was getting better and better. After a while, she started to cook for us.

Falun Dafa practitioners often visited my home. They also talked to my mother-in-law about Falun Dafa, including miracles they experienced after beginning the practice. My wife also personally experienced the wonder of Falun Dafa. The more my mother-in-law learned, the more she believed that Falun Dafa is good.

A senior practitioner told my mother-in-law, “My sister had a five- or six-centimeter tumor on her liver a few years ago. The hospital deemed the disease to be terminal and asserted that my sister had no more than six months to live. She stopped medical treatment and went back home. Since then, she has recited these phrases every day: ‘Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Before she knew it, the tumor was gone! After six years, she is still alive and healthy.” My mother-in-law was amazed.

Since then, I started to play the recording of Master’s lectures for my mother-in-law. She listened almost every day, and was feeling better and better. In addition to cooking for us, she also began helping with housework. I was most happy when my mother-in-law began to help me clarify the facts about Falun Dafa to other family members.

A married couple in my brother-in-law’s family fell sick and were hospitalized. I’d talked to them before and they were very resistant to Falun Dafa due to the CCP’s propaganda. When my mother-in-law learned of their situation, she said, “If they come here, I will suggest that they practice Falun Dafa. Several people recovered from cancer by reciting the Falun Dafa phrases. If they do the same, they will be blessed as well. If my husband was still alive, I would definitely encourage him to practice Falun Dafa!”