(Minghui.org) I have been jailed many times, since I persist in practicing Falun Dafa. I always remember that I am a cultivator, and require myself to live in accordance with the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance no matter where I am. Even in prison, I still treat others well, and help my cellmates to understand the truth of Falun Dafa and remember that “Falun Dafa is good.”
I am 62 years old and live in Shandong Province. When I was imprisoned in 2017, the cell head treated me badly and forbade other inmates from talking to me because I was on a hunger strike and refused to wear the prison uniform or attend roll call.
I told her that I used to suffer from many illnesses and couldn’t get cured after visiting many Western and Chinese medicine doctors, but I totally recovered within a few months of practicing Falun Dafa. I haven’t had any need to take medicine for almost 20 years. I also told her that Dafa practitioners are just trying to be good people and tell others the truth about Dafa. We refuse to cooperate with the guards only because we were illegally imprisoned, and not because we want to be difficult. We treat inmates and guards as our relatives, according to guidance from our Master (Falun Dafa’s founder). I warned her not to participate in the persecution, as it would be harmful to whoever did.
I stopped my hunger strike one week later, but still refused to wear the prison uniform. I told the cell head that I could not do the cleaning work since I was still very weak, but I could take the shift to be on guard. I asked for the second shift. The cell head was very moved because it was from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. and most inmates didn’t want to take that shift. I took this shift almost every day, and always did some cleaning work before I went to sleep. After I was fitter, I also often did the shifts of those who didn’t feel well.
When new inmates came, I took care of them and helped them where I could. Most of them didn’t have much money, so I shared my food with them, and only ate a little. I tried to make them feel relaxed. They were usually very grateful, and one said, “I was so scared when I arrived. I have never been in such a place. Luckily, you spoke to me.”
I tell them that I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, and that I am trying to be a good person according to what is required by our Master. I told them about the staged self-immolation incident on Tiananmen Square, and that reciting the auspicious phrases “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” can get them blessed.
When we didn’t work in the daytime, I taught them the Dafa meditation exercise. They all felt a lot of pain in their legs, and admired me when they saw me easily crossing one leg over the other. They said that Falun Dafa practitioners were truly healthy and so admirable. Around 25 people had to sleep together in a small cell, so I tried to move as little as possible when I slept. I also helped those who didn’t feel well to do their laundry and cleaning.
One inmate was a drug addict who suffered from severe pains in her legs and wrists, so I often washed her clothes for her and took her shift. My position was next to her when we slept, so I tried my best not to disturb her. I kept clarifying the truth to her along with another Dafa practitioner in the same cell, telling her to no longer do bad things that were harmful to others and herself, and gave her many examples of getting blessed by reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” She began to recite the auspicious phrases and recovered quickly. Upon seeing her changes, many of the inmates began to recite the phrases.
After chatting with another person who arrived in our cell, the cell head knew she practiced Falun Dafa, and said to her, “You can talk to your fellow practitioners here, they are doing very well.”
We did the exercises and shared our understanding of the Fa together, and shouted “Falun Dafa is good” on the exercise field. The cell head quietly gave her approval.
On the morning of the 2018 Chinese New Year, fellow practitioners and I shouted three times, “Falun Dafa is good! Happy New Year Master!” while doing heshi (pressing our hands together in front of the chest), on the exercise field, We then turned around and shouted to the inmates, “Falun Dafa is good! Happy New Year to you all!”
They were shocked, and shouted together, “Falun Dafa is good!” It was very touching when we were all shouting “Falun Dafa is good.”
Some inmates on the neighboring field began to shout “Falun Dafa is good,” too. They were the ones transferred from our cell to another one.
On May 13, 2018, World Falun Dafa Day, we three practitioners lined up, did heshi,and shouted,“Falun Dafa is good! Happy Birthday Master!”
The cell head said, “We didn’t know today was your Master’s birthday. Please give my best wishes to your Master.”
There was a drug addict in the cell, who was tall and large. She was so big,that it was difficult for her to crawl under the bed to take out the pillow before we slept. Although I was already 60 years old at the time, I crawled under the bed and took the pillow out for her every night. She was deeply moved. After she witnessed the great changes in another drug addict who learned the auspicious phrases and recited them every day, she also began to recite them and shouted them along with us during exercise time. Later, she was truly blessed, as her prison term, which was expected to be three to seven years, turned out to be only a little more than two years.
Falun Dafa is the great Fa, and my wish is for everyone to understand the truth and remember “Falun Dafa is good,” and move towards a beautiful future.
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