(Minghui.org) Practitioners in Los Angeles gathered at Vincent Lugo Park in San Gabriel to express their gratitude to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, and to wish him a happy Chinese New Year. 

Falun Dafa practitioners in Los Angeles gathered at Vincent Lugo Park in San Gabriel to wish Mr. Li Hongzhi a happy Chinese New Year. 

They said that, thanks to Master’s protection, they've weathered many challenges, year after year. They always stay kind and clarify the truth to more people. Several practitioners shared their experiences of how they benefited from practicing Falun Dafa. 

A Second Life After a Near-Fatal Car Accident

Xusheng Li looks energetic and walks briskly so it’s hard to imagine that he survived a fatal car accident. “I had a serious car accident in 2005. A drunken driver hit me from the side,” Li said. “I had massive injuries and the doctors didn’t think I’d survive. My diagnosis was: left lung collapse, five fractured ribs on the left side, severe liver hemorrhage, ruptured spleen, shattered left kidney, pelvic fracture, and massive internal bleeding.” 

Xusheng Li, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Los Angeles, sends his sincere greetings to Master and wishes him a happy Chinese New Year!

“The doctors were about to issue a critical condition notice when I arrived. But they noticed my amazing recovery in the following days. All the doctors said I would be bedridden for at least six months and I wouldn’t be able to walk for two years. But six months after the accident I completely recovered and returned to work.”

He explained the secret to his amazing recovery, “I began practicing Falun Dafa two years before the accident, and my health improved.” His speedy recovery from the car accident reinforced his determination to cultivate. 

Xusheng Li graduated from the prestigious Nankai University in China in 2003. He furthered his studies at a famous university in Los Angeles. He recalled, “I used to think a lot. I searched for the origin of life and the ultimate purpose of life. While I attended university I read books on philosophy and Buddhism, Taoism, and Western religions. But I didn’t find the answers to my questions.” 

After he read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, he was suddenly enlightened. “It opened up my mind. Many people think that people practice Falun Dafa because they have health issues, and that most practitioners are elderly. I was in my twenties and didn’t have any health problems. I started practicing Falun Dafa because I am completely convinced by Falun Dafa’s profound principles.”

He studies the Fa and practices the five exercises every day and quickly recovered from the accident. He personally experienced how wonderful Falun Dafa is. Although he couldn’t see what changes he underwent after he started practicing Falun Dafa, he said his doctors couldn’t believe that he survived the accident and recovered so fast. 

His relatives and good friends who had seen him after the car accident were totally convinced that Falun Dafa was amazing. Xusheng Li said he felt like he was reborn and is even more determined to cultivate diligently. 

He works in the media now and knows how it can influence people and how powerful it can be.

He said, “I knew about Falun Dafa because I knew some practitioners in China. I thought Falun Dafa was very good and that practitioners were very upright. I didn’t quite understand it after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution, but it was hard for people to learn the truth in that chaotic environment. All the CCP’s media, be it newspapers or TV, slandered Falun Dafa in unison.”

He came to know the facts about Falun Dafa after he came to the U.S. He knew that the CCP launched many political campaigns and persecuted countless Chinese people to death—but the CCP has no baseline when it slanders Falun Dafa. 

“Falun Dafa practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and become better people. Former CCP head Jiang Zemin gave a secret order against practitioners to ‘defame their reputation, bankrupt them financially, and destroy them physically’. The media played a very bad role in this,” he said, “What’s worse, the CCP exports the slander to the world.

“Some high-profile media believed its lies and helped the CCP slander Falun Dafa.” As a media person, he was sorry to read those incorrect reports about Falun Dafa and Shen Yun by some Western media. “The CCP spends a lot of effort and money in its ‘overseas united front’ propaganda. Practitioners worry that the mainstream media will be influenced by, and help the CCP.”

He sincerely hopes that people think independently, learn how Falun Dafa has benefited 100 million people both mentally and physically, and help stop the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners.

Looking back at his cultivation journey in the past 21 years, Li said, “We are very grateful that Master introduced Falun Dafa to the world. I’m very fortunate to practice Falun Dafa. I’d like to send my most sincere greetings to Master and wish him a happy Chinese New Year!”

Korean Practitioner: I Hope People Learn What Falun Dafa Is

Hee-hyun Kim, a Korean Falun Dafa practitioner, works at a large advertising and public relations company. Her clients include high-powered executives in different industries. “I used to be impatient. I did things fast. If people couldn’t understand, I felt frustrated and upset. Cultivating myself and following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance helps me become more patient, and considerate, and think from other people’s perspectives. Falun Dafa guides me on how to become a good person, what is the true meaning of becoming a good person, what is the purpose of life, and how I should live my life.”

Hee-hyun Kim expresses her gratitude to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa. 

Hee-hyun was born in the 1990s and heard about Falun Dafa when she was in high school. She said, “My father gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun, but it took me 10 years to understand what genuine cultivation is.

“Many of my colleagues and friends know that I practice Falun Dafa. I told them many things about Falun Dafa. They admire me that I do volunteer work and let people know about the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa. They know that Falun Dafa practitioners care about other people and pay attention to human rights issues.”

She says she’s benefited a lot from practicing Falun Dafa and is happy every day. Facing the CCP’s persecution, she said, “I really hope that people come to learn what Falun Dafa is, and how Falun Dafa practitioners really are. Falun Dafa teaches us the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance so we can become better people.”

She hopes that more people will know the persecution is still going on and spread the truth, and not help the evildoers. She said, “Some media repeat the CCP’s lies. I hope that people will look into it themselves, talk to Falun Dafa practitioners, and understand why Falun Dafa is persecuted.”

Hee-hyun expressed her thanks to Mr Li Hongzhi: “I wish Master a happy Chinese New Year! I sincerely thank Master for his guidance.”