(Minghui.org) Mr. Liu is no ordinary man. Although already in his 60s, he stays fit–healthy and strong with clear thinking. Having listened to the audio lectures of Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, he is familiar with the teachings of gain and loss, virtue and karma, improving character, removing attachments, and looking inward. He strives to live by these principles and often reminds Falun Dafa practitioners to do well. He always lends a hand whenever help is needed on Dafa-related matters. Because he always helps us and participates in various activities, we treat him as a quasi-practitioner.
On the special occasion of the 23rd World Falun Dafa Day (on May 13), Mr. Liu expresses the following thoughts in his own words.
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Gratitude to Dafa for Saving My Wife’s Life
Many years ago, my wife had a blood disorder, called congenital disorder anemia. She received treatment at the Tianjin Hospital, a leading hospital in China with blood research, but it did not help. She was also in and out of other prestigious hospitals several times for treatments, but to no avail.
One time when she was hospitalized, her roommate was a 19-year-old girl with the same illness. The girl’s father was a bank president, who had the power and money to seek the best treatments for her. But she still died. Her death took away my wife’s last hope for recovery.
My wife remained bedridden, weak and pale. We could not do anything for her and everyone in the family was desperate,
I encouraged her to try qigong systems. Little did I know that Falun Dafa would work wonders for her. She was cured within a short period of time after beginning to practice. Full of energy with a rosy face, she stopped taking all of her medicine. Falun Dafa cured her deadly disease without us spending a penny. How could we not be grateful?!
The first thing I would like to express today is: Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Thank you very much, Master Li!
Rescuing My Wife
The second topic I want to cover here is that I believe that family members should stand up for and do our best to rescue our loved ones who are arrested for upholding their faith in Falun Dafa. We can’t let the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) blatantly persecute our loved ones. This is similar to us looking after our children – if we stand by their sides watching, the bad guys will not dare to hurt them. This may not be the best analogy, but hopefully you understand what I mean.
I have rescued my wife several times over the past twenty years. She was released on the same day of her arrest a couple of times. One time, she was detained for a month but was finally released without facing any charges.
Let me tell you what I have learned: First of all, it is important to have a righteous mindset while rescuing family members. They did not commit a crime, and Dafa practitioners are also good people. After my wife recovered through practicing Falun Dafa, she became a better person too. She became less irritable and selfish, with little interest in fame, money, and fortune. Our family is now harmonious, and our relationship with friends and relatives was also improved.
Secondly, from the legal perspective, the arrested practitioners did not violate any law. Thirdly, we need to act wisely. The police and CCP officials are used to flattery from people around them. We can’t deal with them with a stone face or fight with them. We need to remove our attachment to competitiveness and talk to them calmly without subservience or hostility.
Once, after my wife was arrested, I went to the local police station every day to seek her release. But I was not allowed to go in. So I often waited outside early in the morning before officers came to work so that they could see me. Once I sneaked in when the door was open. I looked at the pictures of the officers on the wall and remembered the name and face of the police chief.
One day, the police chief saw me and asked who I was looking for. I told him that my wife was being detained and that I was looking for the police chief. Later, he had an officer bring me to his office. I told him about my wife’s case, and that I had consulted a lawyer who told me that practicing Falun Dafa was lawful. He said that the suppression of Falun Dafa was an internal policy and that my wife’s arrest was carried out by the Domestic Security Office.
The next day, I waited early in the morning at the gate of the police station and saw the police chief’s car. I called out aloud to him. He stopped his car and asked me again to go to the Domestic Security Office. He also told me which officer there was responsible for my wife’s arrest. He said that talking with them would help with the case.
Since the Domestic Security Office belonged to the police department, I went there early in the morning too. I saw the concerned police officer driving in and remembered his car model and plate number. I called out to him ready to explain my wife’s case, but he ignored me.
I then began to stroll all over the city in the neighborhood that the officer could possibly live in. One day, I suddenly spotted his car on the roadside of a neighborhood, and then saw him and his wife entering an apartment building. I now knew where he lived. I felt this incident was like a miracle.
I waited at the gate of the police department again the next day. When I saw him, I called out his name, but he still ignored me. Then I shouted out his family’s neighborhood and the building they lived in. He froze for a moment before going inside the police department. A moment later, the doorman called out my wife’s name and asked me to go inside to meet the head of the Domestic Security Office.
It turned out that this police officer was the head. I explained to him that my daughter-in-law was about to give birth and that one could imagine how my son and daughter-in-law would feel if my wife was not there for the childbirth. Additionally, I did not know how to take care of a newborn and the new mother.
The police head took out a cell phone and showed me the photos of the “evidence” he alleged had been gathered from my apartment when they arrested my wife. I firmly denied those items belonged to us, since I had never seen them before, even though I cleaned the apartment nearly every day. During the conversation, he asked me why I allowed my wife to practice Falun Dafa. I said, “She was deadly ill and Falun Dafa was not suppressed at that time. We spent so much money but could not cure her. Falun Dafa did. How can we not allow her to practice?”
He explained to me that they did not want to arrest my wife either, since following and monitoring practitioners day and night took a lot of effort. But to make a living, they had to follow the order. “The order is from the top and you should talk to them,” he added. Nonetheless, he asked me to go home and wait. After that I still went to the gate of the police department every day to say hello to him. After a month, he called me and told me to pick up my wife.
I believe that practitioners’ release was mainly because of the protection from Master, but that we family members also played a role in the process.
Cultivating Well at Home
The third thing I want to say here is that practitioners need to cultivate well at home. Dafa practitioners have been through so many difficulties during the past twenty-plus years. I really hope things will get better and better.
As I have observed, some practitioners are more relaxed at home and cannot hold up to Dafa’s requirements at all times. I am not talking about my wife. While in contact with some practitioners, I have seen their shortcomings during conversations. For example, when a female practitioner talked to a person about the facts of Dafa on the street, she could tolerate that person’s bad attitude and even sarcastic remarks. But from what I knew, she couldn’t tolerate her husband’s bad attitude at home.
Fortunately, when someone pointed it out to her, she immediately recognized her shortcomings and gradually corrected herself. This is the difference between practitioners and everyday people.
On the special occasion of World Falun Dafa Day, I sincerely wish Master Li a Happy Birthday and I am grateful to Master Li for everything!
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