(Minghui.org) My life was renewed by Dafa; Master gave me a second chance in Life! Master saved my broken family and we have been living in harmony since. I understand that as long as I firmly believe in Master and the Fa and cultivate steadfastly, Master will arrange everything!
Dafa Saved Me and My Family
I became an orphan at a very young age and wandered about on the street. A distant relative who worked in the military took me in. I went to the military elementary school and lived in a dormitory. Having lost family love and care at such a young age, I became willful and stubborn. I learned to protect myself with my fists, and cared about nothing but myself.
Later, my relative was stationed at a small town. I grew up and had no desire to further my education, so I began working in a factory.
When I was laid off from the factory years later, I tried to make a living by doing all sorts of odd jobs and businesses. I lost money no matter what I did. I got frustrated and did not care any more.
I hung out with my old buddies, drinking, smoking and gambling. My wife's salary was not enough for me to spend, so I borrowed money as well. I did not take any real responsibility in the family, and my daughter was already in the 5th grade. My wife wanted to divorce me, but I disagreed. So she took our daughter and went to live with her parents.
After one year of separation, I developed all sorts of illnesses and was so depressed that I almost committed suicide – but I changed my mind at the last moment. When I hit the lowest point in the summer of 1997 and was just lying in bed, my daughter came to visit me. I burst into tears when I saw her; it had been one year since I had seen her last.
She told me, “Mother said if you practice Falun Gong, she would consider returning home.”
I replied, “What is Falun Gong? It sounds important to you. How can I learn more about it?”
She handed me the book Zhuan Falun:,“You can let us know after you read the book.”
When I opened the book and saw Master's picture, a warm current ran over me! I read “Lunyu”, tears running down my face. I could hardly contain my excitement: “I finally found you! Tell your mother to come back: I will listen to your Master and practice Falun Gong with you!”
I was reading with such rapt attention that I did not notice my wife and daughter come in, and start cooking and cleaning... I finished the book in one sitting, reading all the way through until the next morning. My daughter was excited: “Mother, look! Dad is well!” I went to the exercise site with them.
I obtained Dafa! I abandoned all my bad habits and I gradually recovered from all my illnesses. I began selling pickled vegetables. I was able to make a living and support my family. I studied the Fa and exercised daily with the group, and promoted Dafa with others. My personal story moved many people and some of them also began practicing Falun Gong.
Labor Camp Guards: “We learned our lesson, never again!”
The Chinese Communist Party began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999. I wondered what had happened. Why would such a good practice not be allowed to be practiced anymore? I went to Beijing that very night to speak up for Falun Gong.
I was arrested as soon as I arrived, and was detained in the police station for two days. But as soon as I was released, I went back to Beijing again. I did that several times and each time I was detained.
I was sent to labor camp for two years in 2000. I refused to give in, or to be “transformed,” so the guards tortured me. Six out of the eight detainees in the cell were Falun Gong practitioners. Two inmates were there monitoring us daily and reporting to guards.
One night, two guards rushed in with electric batons, screaming at us, “How dare you recite Falun Gong books?!”
I told the rest of the group not to pay them any heed. I said that we should just sit down and send forth righteous thoughts and let them shock each other. And they did! The batons struck each other and they jumped and ran around the room but it was of no use, they could not stop shocking each other with the batons.
The two inmates were scared to death! The two guards could not handle it anymore, begging and screaming, “We learned our lesson, never again!”
Seeing their pitiful state, we stopped sending forth righteous thoughts, and they collapsed on the ground with sweat all over their faces and bodies. They ran out the door and left their electric batons behind!
“Falun Gong is amazing. I am convinced!”
I set up a Dafa truth-clarification materials production center shortly after I was released. However, I developed the attachment to elation and was taken advantage of by the evil. I was arrested and sent to a labor camp for three years in 2003. I refused to cooperate with them, write guarantee statements, or do forced labor. I recite Master's Fa, did the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts daily.
Two inmates were assigned to monitor me. I told them about the persecution of Falun Gong and the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and how to be a good person. They gradually understood the truth and no longer reported on me or gave me a hard time. Inmates came and went; most of them accepted the truth and wanted to learn Dafa and be a good person.
One day, the director of the guards came in person to try to force me to do forced labor. I happened to have “vasculitis” of my leg, and there was a wound the size of an egg with blood and pus oozing out.
I showed him the wound and said, “I am in such a shape and you still want me to work?”
He said, “I don't care. If you don't work, I'll be in trouble.”
“Even if I could I wouldn't work for you! I am not a criminal, so I will not work!”
He asked me, “I heard that Falun Gong practitioners do not have illness; how come you are this way?”
“It was caused by the persecution,” I replied. “I am a cultivator; I have to study the Fa and exercise daily, and now you have deprived me of that! If you give me one day to study the Fa and do the exercises, my leg will recover!”
He stated, “If you can be back to normal by tomorrow, I promise that I will no longer force you to work.”
I began reciting the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts and exercising after he left. I asked Master to help me. I did not sleep at all kept and on exercising and reciting the Fa. I took a nap that morning, and when I woke up, my leg was completely healed!
Later that day, the director of the guards came by while I was doing the sitting meditation.
He asked me to stand up and walk around.
I asked him, “Are you going to keep your promise?” He answered, “Of course.”
I walked around and showed him my leg. He could not find my wound, not even a trace of a scar! He lighted up a cigarette and began pacing the room; I continued sending forth righteous thoughts.
He smoked and paced for over one hour and finally said, “Falun Gong is amazing! I am completely convinced! I will not interfere with any Falun Gong practitioner from today on. You can study the Fa and do the exercises; you do not have to work or go to meetings.”
He announced his decision to all the guards and from that point on, everyone left me alone. He also went to the warden and asked to manage inmates other than Falun Gong practitioner. After the warden learned what had happened, he changed his job and also reduced my sentence from three years to six months.
Later on, the warden released most of the Falun Gong practitioners. His stated reason was, “We couldn't 'transform' them, instead they 'transformed' all the inmates!” I also learned that this warden, along with the director of the guards, found jobs outside of the police system and no longer participate in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.
This is my first sharing, with limited understanding of Fa. Please kindly point out any shortcomings.
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