(Minghui.org) I was arrested by Domestic Security officers in the summer of 2017, when I was talking to people about Falun Dafa. During my 15-day detention I met a drug addict in her twenties.
She was thin and tall, with long hair. She had a pretty face but looked pale and sickly. She was very lethargic and just lay in bed, not combing her hair or washing her face. She often screamed in her sleep and woke everyone up. When she needed drugs, she became restless and upset. Chewing on steamed buns helped, so she often fell asleep with a steamed bun in her mouth.
When we weren’t allowed outside due to the rain, the girl lost her temper and screamed. After she calmed down I gently talked to her and tried to comfort her. She told me that her parents were killed in a car accident when she was only a few months old. She was the only survivor, and was raised by her grandparents.
As a child, she associated with socially deviant people and began to smoke. She often stole money from her grandparents to buy cigarettes and snacks. After she stole one of her grandfather’s valuable items and sold it she didn’t dare return home. She began taking drugs. Her boyfriend abused her, and she often had nightmares that he was trying to kill her with a knife.
I sympathized with her and treated her with compassion. Every morning, I combed her long hair and braided it beautifully. She began feeling better and even looked very pretty. I told her that the TV reports about Falun Dafa were slander. She understood and quit the Young Pioneers organization.
The next day she happily said, “After listening to you tell me about Falun Dafa, I feel so happy. I don’t think about drugs anymore, and I feel peaceful.”
I said, “You’ve understood the truth and quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliations, so Master has cleaned out the negative stuff in your body.”
She said, “I believe it. I will say, ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ every day.”
She asked me to tell her more about Falun Dafa. I told her how practitioners traveled from all over China and other countries to go to Beijing to stand up for Dafa, and how practitioners are being persecuted and tortured to death. She shed tears every time she heard this.
I told her how practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be good people, how to look within during conflicts, and how to put others first. She was moved to tears. She said, “Falun Dafa is so great. I’ve never heard any of this before. I'll tell my friends when I leave here.”
This once drug-addicted girl changed completely in just a few days. Her face was now rosy, her eyes bright, and she was happy. Her drug addiction disappeared. Her sleep was no longer haunted by nightmares. Instead of laying in bed, she cheerfully walked around, singing and reciting the poems from Hong Yin that I taught her. She helped others as well. Everyone said she had become a different person.
One day, when I was meditating, she said she wanted to learn to meditate. I taught her how to cross her legs for meditation. To my surprise, she immediately put her legs up in the double lotus position without using her hands, and her position was perfect. I told her with excitement, “You really have a predestined relationship with Falun Dafa! I’ve practiced for so many years and can’t do what you just did.”
She was very happy and couldn’t wait to learn more. After she meditated for a while, she shouted excitedly, “Everyone come and meditate! It’s so wonderful and comfortable!”
She told me that when the persecution against Falun Dafa ends, she will definitely practice. She said, “I’m so looking forward to it!”
All the detainees in my room understood that Falun Dafa is being wrongly persecuted, and they all quit the CCP and its affiliations. We talked and laughed together every day, and took care of each other like a family. When we had nothing to do, everyone sat around and listened to me and another practitioner talk about practicing Dafa.
On the day we left the detention center, our roommates said they would miss us. I combed and braided the girl’s hair one last time. She said, “I will remember that Falun Dafa is good, and I will tell my friends. I will tell them not to believe the lies on TV. I will learn from you, be a good person, and never take drugs again.”
I said, “That’s great. I have faith in you. You know the truth. Dafa will bless you.”
Her eyes were full of hope and confidence. She was like a lost child who suddenly found the path to return home.
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