(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I am a 68-year-old practitioner who started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. My husband is a fellow practitioner, while our son, daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters fully support our practice. With Dafa and Master’s blessings, our family has experienced a smooth life.
1. Obtaining the Fa
Before practicing Falun Dafa, I suffered from high blood pressure and frequent headaches. My mother-in-law had passed away, but I kept seeing flashes of her. My husband suffered frequent headaches and was possessed by a spirit. He had to give offerings and burn incense on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month.
One day in July 1997, my husband heard about Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) at work and brought me to a nearby practice site a few days later. Everyone was reading out loud, but I could not recognize the words as I was uneducated. My husband bought me a set of Master’s audio lectures on cassettes and advised me to listen while he was at work. After fumbling with the tape player, I managed to get it to work. That day, I fell asleep while listening, but still managed to absorb every word. I woke up as soon as Master finished speaking. That night I enjoyed a very comfortable sleep, which convinced me of the effectiveness of this practice.
My husband brought home copies of Zhuan Falun one day. Upon opening the book, I saw Master’s picture and told my husband, “I saw Master in a dream when I was little. He was wearing yellow clothes.” After listening to Master’s lecture, my husband threw away his worship altar, and we both started practicing Falun Dafa. By the fourth day, I felt in such amazing physical and mental shape that I exclaimed to my husband, “My goodness, this practice is amazing!”
I had only attended two years of night school, and I could not recognize many characters. Yet after listening to the study group as they read the Fa, I found myself able to read Zhuan Falun in just 10 days. I would read the book aloud at home and ask my husband to check if I was reading the words correctly. I learned to read so quickly that it could only be a miracle. Master must have personally taught me.
2. Starting a Righteous Cultivation Way
Two years after I obtained the Fa, the evil began persecuting Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. I could not understand it. How could such an upright practice be treated like this? My husband had been laid off shortly before the persecution started, and a fellow practitioner arranged to have the first photocopier placed in our home. My husband started making materials, filling bags day after day, for fellow practitioners to pick up each evening.
I felt no fear and was determined to do what was right. We were good people who followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and Master had restored our physical and mental health, a fact no one could deny. Besides producing materials, we also helped deliver materials to fellow practitioners.
I set up a food stall at a large market near my neighborhood. Each day, I seized the opportunity to clarify the truth about Dafa to the people I met. I explained that Master and Dafa are innocent, unlike the slander portrayed in the media. Our neighborhood is the designated residential area for the employees of a large factory. Many people I approached were cadres from that factory, including the public security bureau director, the factory secretary, and their families. Everyone who passed by my stall would greet me warmly, before telling those accompanying them that I practice Falun Gong.
At that time, I only clarified the truth and had yet to start persuading people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Communist Youth League, and Young Pioneers. I would advise them to remember the phrase “Falun Dafa is good” to avoid being eliminated when disaster struck. “Don’t persecute Falun Gong, it won’t do you any good. I’ve experienced it for myself, practicing Falun Gong is good for your health.” People usually agreed to heed my advice.
In early 2003, fellow practitioner A Jing was falsely accused and illegally detained for distributing truth-clarification materials to acquaintances. When I saw A Jing’s supervisor, I told him, “Falun Gong practitioners are all good people.” He replied, “Sister, you seem like a good person. What you say is true. When the tap at work started leaking, everybody ignored it except for A Jing, who turned it off.” I also ran into the supervisor’s wife and persuaded her, “Don’t let your husband dirty his hands in this persecution. Let A Jing out without reporting this matter to the higher authorities.” She replied, “Okay, I’ll talk to my husband.”
From 2004, my husband and I rode our bikes each day to clarify the truth. We would travel along the main road to the city center, circle around, and come back, engaging everyone we met. Sometimes we would park our bikes in front of the large shopping mall and hand out truth clarification materials. Some people would react negatively, “Oh my god, you dare hand this out?” I would reply, “We are doing this to save you!”
One evening, I went with a group of fellow practitioners to put up truth-clarification signs. We pasted them on telephone poles and trees along the main street. An elderly female practitioner was subsequently arrested. During the interrogation, the elderly practitioner said that I was the one who had given her the printed signs.
The next day, the police illegally searched my house. When the police chief demanded I come with them, I countered, “What for? What law have I broken?” After getting into their car, I silently begged, “Master, please bless your disciple.” I said to the police chief, “You say Falun Gong is bad, yet people still practice it. Why does the Communist Party have to persecute good people? I’m uneducated, but I can read now. Shall I read a passage as proof?”
When my husband came to visit me, the police chief exclaimed, “You Falun Gong practitioners, why are you so determined to continue practicing?” I told him, “Practitioners of other practices would curse and throw watermelon rinds everywhere. We would arrive, pick up the rinds, throw them in the trash can, wipe our hands with tissues, and put the dirty tissues back in our pockets before starting our own exercises. You’ve seen that for yourself. Do we look like bad people to you?” He replied, “We are well aware.” I replied, “Then let my husband and I go home.”
At the time of my arrest, I had a package of truth-clarification materials in the car I used for work. A mother of two owned the stall next to mine, and I would help her out whenever she was busy. When I was arrested, this young lady took the bag containing these truth-clarification materials from my car and kept it safely for me for more than a month.
Back then, fellow practitioners who were in trouble would come to my house instead of returning home. After a practitioner got into trouble, her sister refused to let her return home. I volunteered to find her a place to live, and she offered to return the favor by taking care of my daughter-in-law during her confinement. I turned down her offer. “My house is too open, and moreover I keep truth-clarification materials there as well.” Instead, I had her board in my mother’s house in another city.
We once found four slogans slandering Master on a wall. Under the cover of night, three of us painted over the slogans using rollers dipped in paint. As this wall was on the main street, people kept passing by, and some even commented, “Painting so late at night.”
The police started harassing my family after we started filing criminal complaints against Jiang Zemin (former head of the CCP) for initiating the persecution of Falun Gong. Six or seven police officers knocked on my door one day and demanded to see me. When I asked, “What’s wrong?” They replied, “Are you suing Jiang Zemin?” I replied yes and told them how my high blood pressure and health problems had vanished after practicing Falun Gong. My husband’s diabetes was cured, and our children remained supportive of our practice. Even my mother said, “When I look at you two, I see a perfect couple. I’m completely at ease, although my daughter is married so far away. You’re both loving parents and truly adhere to the practice’s requirements.”
I told my husband that our lives were extended by Master, and are meant for cultivation and saving people. Our lives might be in danger if we do not adhere to the teachings for even a day. We try to study the Fa diligently and cultivate well. We prioritize handling things at home well first so we can save lives outside with peace of mind. My son gave us his support by saying, “Mom, whatever you decide to do is fine. Just be righteous in your thoughts and actions and be careful.”
Under Master’s compassionate protection, our lives have gone smoothly. My son signed up for the army and passed the physical exam on his first try without resorting to any gifts or bribes. After his discharge, the neighborhood committee tried to abuse their authority and refused to assign him a job. When I approached them and asked, “What right do you have?” Their representative demanded that I stop practicing or they would refuse to give my son a job. I rebutted, “You know I used to have health problems, right? I won’t sign any letter guaranteeing I’ll give up the practice.”
My son was initially assigned to the Transportation Bureau, but the higher-ups demanded he pay 80,000 yuan (USD$11,200) in bribes. When he refused, my son was removed from his position. He was later assigned a post at a commercial company. After my son studied and passed his exams to become a certified engineer, he was promoted to director. He became highly sought after by many officials.
3. Righteous Thoughts and Actions to Save More People
My husband and I venture out to clarify the truth every morning. Whenever we decide not to go out and stay home instead to study the Fa, we feel uneasy. I told my husband, “Whether someone withdraws from the CCP or not is their decision, but whether we clarify the truth or not is up to us. We can’t leave behind those with predestined connections.” Below are some stories from our truth-clarification work.
i. Clarifying the Truth to My Peers
I saw a woman walking with her child and greeted her warmly, “Sister, you look so energetic! Whose child is this?” She told me it was her daughter’s child. I continued, “Sister, from the bottom of my heart, I wish for your safety. Remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’, and you will be saved when disaster strikes. Why am I telling you this? Look at the Three-Anti and Five-Anti Campaigns, the Cultural Revolution, and the June Fourth Massacre of university students. Heaven will destroy the CCP for its crimes, and quitting the CCP will secure your safety. Have you ever joined the Party?” She looked at me and said, “No, never.” I continued, “Truly from the bottom of my heart, I only wish you well; otherwise I wouldn’t be telling you this.” Moved by my sincerity, the woman said, “Yes, I am a member, since I am a cadre,” and agreed to quit.
One day, as I was leaving a small supermarket, a woman approached me, “Sister, your coat is so beautiful! I have one too, and it looks good on you.” When I asked her where she bought her coat, she replied, “I bought it in Baoding.” I replied in amazement, “What a coincidence, I also bought mine in Baoding. We were destined to meet. Speaking from the bottom of my heart, to secure your safety, remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ so you won’t be eliminated when disaster strikes. Heaven will destroy the CCP for its crimes. The Three-Anti and Five-Anti Campaigns, the Cultural Revolution, and the June Fourth Massacre of university students are just some examples. Quitting the CCP will ensure your safety. Have you ever joined the Party?” She replied, “I’m a member of the Youth League.” I advised her, “I’ll help you quit by submitting your name online. Recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ frequently, especially when you can’t sleep at night. It’ll definitely help.” She gratefully thanked me, “You’re so kindhearted.”
ii. Clarifying the Truth to the Elderly
I met an elderly couple. When I asked her age, the aunt replied, “Guess my age!” I replied, “You are so energetic, you must be in your 70s!” She replied, “I’m 85, and my husband is 87.” I appealed to the elderly man, “Uncle, at your age, what haven’t you experienced? The Three-Anti and Five-Anti Campaigns, the Cultural Revolution, the June Fourth Massacre of university students—Heaven is going to destroy the CCP for its crimes. Falun Gong practitioners are good people, while the ‘Tiananmen self-immolation incident’ was staged by the CCP.” He looked at me and agreed, “I believe your words. That’s just how the Communist Party does things.” When I advised him to quit the Party to secure his future, he agreed. The elderly man voluntarily gave me his full name to submit for his withdrawal. His wife also chipped in, “I’m also a Party member. We’re both cadres.” The aunt then gave me her real name to withdraw from the CCP.
I once struck up a conversation with a staff member at a construction site near the river. He told me he had retired from the Dalian military, and in turn, I told him the truth about the CCP. He quickly agreed to withdraw. One day, I saw an older lady heading up the stairs with difficulty at the supermarket entrance. I went up to her and said, “Sister, let me help you.” She thanked me for my kindness, after which I told her the truth about the CCP. She quickly agreed to withdraw from the CCP. As my husband says, “You have to approach people with genuine intentions in order to save them.”
iii. Clarifying the Truth to the Public Security Bureau
Once while shopping at a mall, I saw a little boy a few feet away and exclaimed, “Wow, this child is so handsome!” My comment prompted his grandfather to tell the child, “Offer your greetings to this grandmother.” I could tell he was from the Police Department as his belt bore the bureau’s symbol, and I seized the chance to tell him the truth about Falun Dafa. “Brother, I have some heartfelt words for you. Have you heard of quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations to save your life? Remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’, and you’ll have a bright future.” He looked at me and asked, “Do you know where I work?” I replied, “No matter your job, I think you’re a good and kind person. You deserve to be saved, that’s why I’m telling you this.” He replied, “I’m a Party member, but I’ll be retiring in two months’ time.” I appealed to him, “Please tell your department not to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners.”
We chatted for a while after purchasing our items. I advised him, “Please treat Falun Dafa practitioners kindly to secure a good future.” He agreed. When I asked him if he wanted to use his real name or a pseudonym to withdraw from the CCP, the grandfather replied, “Use my real name, why would I use a pseudonym? I have nothing to fear. In fact, the other officers have to listen to me!” I found out he was the head of the police.
A visitor from another town visited the market one day to buy food. He stopped before my stall and commented, “I’ll buy from this lady, her stall and goods look clean.” After he purchased his food, I asked him to stay for a while. He replied that he could not stay for long as he was from Shijiazhuang. I casually asked him, “Why are you here?” He said, “I’m a police officer, here to share experiences with others about arresting Falun Gong practitioners.” I commented, “But Falun Gong practitioners are good people.” He replied, “We know that, but these are orders from above. We have to follow, otherwise we won’t get paid.” After I explained the benefits of withdrawing from the CCP, the man quickly agreed to quit. He commented, “My son doesn’t believe the ‘Tiananmen self-immolation’ or any other incident to be true.” I replied, “The ‘Tiananmen self-immolation incident’ was fake. We don’t kill living beings, so why would we kill ourselves? Suicide is a grave sin.” The man was surprised, “Really?!” I replied, “Take a look for yourself. This incident was staged.” I handed him some truth-clarification materials and advised him to show it to his wife as well.
The next day, he escorted his wife to my stall, glanced around, and then said to his wife, “Let this older sister tell you about Falun Gong so you can quit the CCP.”
iv. Clarifying the Truth Wherever I Go
When my mother was hospitalized in the county hospital, I took the opportunity to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa to every doctor and nurse I met. I also helped them withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Just before her surgery, I told my mother, “Mom, don’t be afraid. Remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,’ and Master Li Hongzhi will protect you.” My mother readily agreed, while those staying in the same ward marveled, “There are benefits to practicing Falun Gong!” When my mother stayed in a nursing home, I clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to the director and staff, hoping to ensure their safety in the future.
Thank you, Master, for your compassionate salvation!
(Selected submission for the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)
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