(Minghui.org) I returned to the path of practicing Falun Gong on September 26, 2012. I was like a lost child who had finally found her parents and her home. I know in my heart that Falun Gong’s founder, Master Li, never gave up on me and helped me get back on the path.
I wrote this article to help other practitioners who may be struggling to return. My hope is that practitioners who stopped cultivating because of the persecution won’t be deceived by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda and quickly come back to cultivate Falun Gong.
The CCP Persecuted My Family
My family has been persecuted by the CCP for decades. My grandfather went to live in Taiwan, so my family was labeled as “bourgeois landlords.” My father was labeled as a “rightist” and was considered anti-Party. With these labels slapped on our family we were forbidden from owning land and had to live on other people’s property. When I was growing up, we often went hungry and suffered harsh treatment at the hands of the CCP.
My uncle told my mother that my father's situation would never change, and he forced her to divorce my father. My mother left with my infant sister, leaving my father, me and my three siblings to live without her.
Because of CCP indoctrination, I became a hateful person. Having grown up in constant suffering and pain, I became a bitter, brazen woman who would dare to fight anyone. I gained some notoriety in my village and nobody dared to offend me.
Practice Falun Gong Twice
I had the great fortune to begin to practice Falun Gong in 1997. By following the Falun Gong principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, I quickly became a well mannered and tolerant person. I treated others kindly and did my best to think of others first. When hit, I did not hit back, and when insulted, I did not talk back.
But when the persecution of Falun Gong was launched on July 20, 1999, I gave up my practice out of fear of being targeted by the CCP. I became preoccupied with my married life and did not return to Falun Gong practice for 13 years.
Forgetting the Fa principles that had once guided me, I fought for fame and self-interest. By the time I turned 40, my body was ill and I was suffering from all kinds of diseases. Losing confidence in life itself, I had an ever-worsening temper.
Rejoining the Path of Cultivation
My husband and I ran a shop in the provincial capital selling computer supplies. There was a kind lady who often and bought supplies there. Eventually, I realized that she was a Falun Gong practitioner. My contact with her made me think about practicing again someday.
Normally, she came in the morning, but I worked in the afternoon. I had the thought that if I could talk to her about Falun Gong, it might help me start practicing again. The very next day she came in, and I had the chance to speak with her. I began to practice again the next day.
Master stated:
“When one’s Buddha-nature emerges, it will shake ‘the world of ten directions.” (Zhuan Falun)
I knew right away that Master had not given up on me and arranged for me to return the path of cultivation practice. After only three days of studying the Fa and practicing the exercises, all of my illnesses disappeared and my health returned. My menstrual period even restarted after having stopped for six months.
I told all my relatives and friends that Falun Gong is good and that by practicing it again, all my sicknesses had disappeared. I told them that the TV programs smearing Falun Gong were full of lies.
Clarifying the Truth In my Daily Life
I spent a lot of time reading Dafa books to make up for lost time. While studying the Fa, I always shed tears. I had stopped practicing for so long and I knew I needed to do the three things well in order to catch up. I practiced the exercises every day, studied the books and sent righteous thoughts. I talked to people about Falun Gong at every possible opportunity.
My mother-in-law was 70, had high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as other diseases. She felt like she was going to die soon. I helped her to quit the Young Pioneers and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and told her to sincerely to recite the words, “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Soon her health improved and she now feels energetic. She raises a dozen sheep and is limber.
My husband was a smoker. He had tried to quit several times, but could not succeed. He supported my practice and allowed other practitioners to come to our house for Fa study. He believes that Falun Gong is good and treated our customers well. Sometimes he fixed a customer’s printer free of charge. He has benefited from my practice and has quit smoking. His hyperthyroidism and other illnesses have all gone away.
When I went to work each day, I had a smile on my face. Our business had only been earning a small profit, but, with my good disposition, more and more customers came to our store, and our business grew.
Some customers came to my shop often, and I told them about Falun Gong and the persecution. I gave them Falun Gong brochures and the software that enabled them to circumnavigate the regime’s Internet blockade. Some allowed me to help them quit the CCP.
I often went out in the public to spread the truth about Falun Gong after I finished my workday. One day I met a young man and gave him the software to break through the Internet blockade. When I asked if he had heard about Falun Gong, he asked me to remove my cell phone battery before we talked about it. He had been in the military and had specialized in monitoring cellphones.
He told me he knew Falun Gong was good because he had looked over the Falun Gong books that the military had confiscated. He said that there was nothing bad about Falun Gong. He had joined the CCP while he was in the military, and I offered to help him quit the Party to avoid its bad fate. He was glad to quit.
I met a Beijing man one night who used to be a high-level official in the military. He said that Jiang Zemin had done two of the most stupid things: One was giving away Chinese land, and the other was launching the persecution against Falun Gong.
I offered to help him quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations to have a safe future. He responded by telling me that his life was missing the element of fire and asked me to give him an alias that would suggest the qualities of fire. I gave him the name “Lei Gong” which means bright or shining. He then quit the CCP. He was very happy and thanked me many times. I told him that he should thank Master Li.
I deeply felt that all these everyday people had been waiting for Dafa to save them. Throughout my truth clarification over the last few years, I tried my best to have a peaceful expression on my face, respect peoples individuality and express myself clearly in order to truly save them.
It was late for me to return to Dafa cultivation, and I still have to meet Master’s requirements for Falun Gong disciples. I will do my best to cultivate myself well and save more people. I truly appreciated what Master Li has done for me.
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