(Minghui.org) I was born in the southern mountainous area of Liaoning Province, and I'm now 60 years old. My family was always poor, and although my 11 siblings all suffered from cold and hunger, my life was the hardest.
Since childhood I'd been very weak and suffered from a lot of illnesses. When I was six years old, I developed facial nerve paralysis. I couldn’t control my facial movements when I had seizures. A sore developed on my hip bone which oozed pus and it couldn’t be cured. My family had no money, so I only attended school for four years.
When I was 12 years old I had to do farm work on a production team. When I was 16, I was diagnosed with intractable enteritis and I had diarrhea once a week. No medicine helped and I became emaciated and had a sallow complexion. A few years later, I was diagnosed with Hepatitis A but I had no money for treatment. By the time I was 38, my health was much worse. I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with cirrhosis. Finally, I couldn’t work at all and could only lay in bed. I had great pain in my liver. All of my hopes in life were shattered and I could only lay there and wait for death.
In the autumn of 1998, I was critically ill at home. I was suffering and in great pain. One day my nephew came to visit me and said, “Uncle, you have a chance of being saved. There is a practice called Falun Gong, and it can cure your diseases without money.” I immediately cheered up and intently listened to his introduction to Falun Gong. As I listened I could feel my ears getting hot and I heard a rumbling sound, but there was no heavy machinery in our village. My nephew told me, “Master Li Hongzhi is purifying your body!” There are no words to describe how happy I was! I was desperately waiting for death and I now had hope.
Afterwards, I went to my nephew’s place to learn how to practice the exercises. I was worried because my nephew’s home was cold. How could I endure such cold when at my own place I shivered even under two quilts? By midnight, my back felt very hot, so hot that I could barely stand it. I woke up and asked my sister (who is also a practitioner) why. She replied that Master was taking care of me. I relaxed and fell asleep.
After I learned the exercises at my sister’s home, I practiced them with fellow practitioners at practice sites. My entire body was sweating and perspiration dripped down my face. After 7 or 8 days my body felt light. All my illnesses were gone!
I was grateful to be given Zhuan Falun and I brought it to my younger sister’s home. She also had poor health and a disease which caused her unbearable pain all over her body. She spent a lot of money on cures but nothing helped. I told her about the miraculous power of Dafa. After seeing the astonishing changes in me, she seriously listened and began cultivating. Soon her illnesses were also gone and she persisted in practicing even under tremendous pressure. There were now four practitioners in our family, and the rest of our relatives were all aware of the truth and supported our practicing Falun Gong. We are now healthy and have a harmonious family life.
Just as I was immersed in the happiness of cultivating in the Fa, the former Chinese leader launched the persecution on July 20, 1999. All the regime's media began attacking Dafa 24-hours-non-stop. I couldn’t believe what was being said. I knew that the Party's government deceived ordinary people by committing fraud.
I was very anxious and didn’t know what to do. Finally I went to my younger sister’s home to talk: Innocent people are being lied about and framed. We shouldn’t hide at home, we should let people know the truth--that Falun Gong is good, Master is innocent, and Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa. I took a lot of Dafa materials, including truth clarification flyers and CDs when I returned home. At that time, the road had a lot of checkpoints and police were strictly monitoring us. I begged Master to protect and strengthen me, and I felt a strong energy field.
I felt that Master was at my side protecting me, so I had no fear, and I returned home safely. After returning home, I shared my experiences with fellow practitioners, telling them that we should let people know the truth and validate the goodness of Dafa. We should tell them that Master is innocent and Falun Dafa is righteous. Fellow practitioners and I quickly distributed the materials.
One night in 2005, I went to a neighboring village to post stickers with my daughter, and was reported by some people. I was arrested and taken to the police station, where police tried to force me to tell the source of materials. They beat me and kept trying to force me to tell them who gave me the materials. I said nothing, so they kept beating me and slapping me in the face, but I didn’t betray my fellow practitioners, even though I was beaten the entire night.
The next day, I was taken to a detention center where I was tortured for more than 20 days. At the detention center I looked within to find my loophole. I then remembered I argued with my wife because I was in a bad mood over a farming problem. I found that my attachment to fighting was strong, and I didn't have enough compassion.
I couldn't allow the old forces to manipulate the police to persecute me, as this detention center was not the place where I should stay. I begged Master to help me get out. I wanted to get out because I had a lot of other things which I hadn't done yet, and there were a lot of people waiting to be saved. I was determined to never betray my fellow practitioners or Master! The police didn’t ask me to sign anything, so I went back home after 21 days. The police haven't harassed me since then, and I have been validating the Fa and saving people steadily.
Despite the intense pressure, twelve fellow practitioners and I kept clarifying the truth to people. After they read the materials, people changed from blindly listening to the Party to looking for those materials. Some even came to my home to ask for them. From July 20, 1999 until now, every family within 50 li (about 15 ½ miles) of where I lived, which is the common border of three districts, has received our materials and knows that Dafa is good. Our way of telling the truth has also changed from leaving materials at every home at night to openly talking face to face in crowds. We even went to the county fair, distributed the materials and told people about the persecution.
One day, we went to the farm fair. I started to clarify the truth after taking out Falun Dafa symbols printed with “Falun Dafa is good,” pamphlets, and Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs. After that I talked about the carving revealed in the stones “heaven will eliminate Chinese Communist Party (CCP),” and I told people the Party's inevitable fate is determined by Gods. I advised them to save themselves by withdrawing from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. A group of people listened quietly. One person who seemed to be a government official asked for a few more Shen Yun DVDs and another Dafa symbol. He said, “I’m the Party head of a village, I will help distribute these for you when I go back.”
I noticed a young man dialing on his phone. He seemed to be reporting me, but I didn’t have fear. I gave him a symbol and he said “thank you” happily. I enlightened that this was a test to see if my heart was moved or if I had fear. I continued telling people the truth. The people who wanted to listen to the truth crowded around me. They asked for the materials, and in the end we ran out.
Another time when I was clarifying the truth at a farm fair with fellow practitioners, I gave out small lotus flowers with “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” on them, as well as Falun Dafa symbols. Those who had cars hung them on their mirrors, those who didn't hung them up at home. I also distributed pamphlets and DVDs to clarify the truth of Falun Gong and how to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
By then a lot of people had gathered around me. I didn’t open the large bag of materials but instead took out the amulets. Someone asked what they were. I said saying “Falun Dafa is good” can save your life when disaster comes. Everybody wanted the DVD and the pamphlets. I asked, “Do you know what this is?” They said it out loud together: “Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is good!” three times in a row. It was so touched that I couldn’t hold back my tears. I wiped my tears and bent over to open the bag, and all of a sudden people swarmed to grab the materials. For fear of materials being taken away by people blind to the truth, I ran holding the bag in my arms. People chased after me, so I stopped again and distributed them. Everything was quickly handed out.
Someone recognized a fellow practitioner, and asked: “Do you have Falun Gong materials?” She said,“Yes,” and took them out. Those who didn’t get the materials before gathered around her. She asked: “Do you know why I've given you these?” They said that they knew Falun Dafa was good. Those who didn’t get any materials were disappointed when they opened her bag and saw nothing. Two women who didn't get anything followed her with tears in their eyes. The fellow practitioner then told them the facts and helped them withdraw from CCP and its affiliated organizations. Before they left, they said, “Come to the county fair next time.”
The reason we were able to clarify the truth all these years is because we emphasized studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts. Every time we go out, we first study the Fa and send righteous thoughts before clarifying the truth. Only in a pure state can you save people. Although Master is doing everything, there were times when I couldn’t maintain my xinxing and experienced tribulations.
I once drove a motorcycle to distribute materials to a distant place. When there were only seven or eight pieces left, someone stopped me. I escaped with righteous thoughts, but when I reached the village intersection, a van attempted to block me. I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to help me and I was able to get away. Shortly afterward 5 or 6 people came and tried to stop me by forming a human chain across the road. I didn’t stop and they all opened their hands. I rushed past and turned into a shelter at the corner of the road, thinking that the evil couldn’t see me. Suddenly, several police cars and vans came. I heard them say “I just saw him here, but where is he?” Even though I was standing right in front of them, they couldn't see me and left after a while.
After returning home, I immediately looked for my shortcomings. I realized that I was indignant about a fellow practitioner who went to distribute materials without me, since we usually went together. I thought, since you are doing great and don’t need me, I can also distribute materials by myself without you. And when I looked further for the reason of this thought, I was astonished when I realized that I had such strong attachments to jealousy and validating myself. Here I would like to remind my fellow practitioners that we have to be righteous when validating the Fa and immediately correct our bad states of mind. One must remember that doing Dafa projects is sacred. Only this way can we save people; otherwise the evil will take advantage of our loopholes, causing a big loss in validating the Fa and saving people, which will also add to Master's burden.
Throughout these years we've distributed nearly a truckload of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party in our district, plus numerous pamphlets and DVDs. Although the majority of people were saved, I know I must cooperate with fellow practitioners better so that more people can know the truth. From my heart, I infinitely appreciate Master's compassionate salvation of a person who has a body full of karma. I wouldn’t have been here without Master, who gave me a second life, and to which I will repay wholeheartedly by doing the three things more diligently and saving more people.
Please kindly point out anything that is not in line with the Fa!
Thank you Master, thank you fellow practitioners!