(Minghui.org) I was forced to flee home because of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa, which began in July 1999. Another practitioner asked me to help her look after a 70-year-old woman, Wang Lili, who had a mental disorder. We worked in turns and each took a 24 hour shift. We measured Ms. Wang’s blood pressure and sugar, and administered her insulin injections.
Ms. Wang’s son said, “My father was a contractor at a construction site. He made some money and had an affair. He ignored the three of us. My sister and I were young. A few years later, my father was killed when a gangplank fell on him from a high-rise building at a construction site. From the time my mother learned that my father had an affair with another woman until he died, she cried all day and became mentally ill. She didn’t recognize anyone in the family and often ran away. My wife and I looked for her everywhere. It was hard for years. Two years ago, my mother was able to recognize my wife and me.”
Initially, Ms. Wang constantly cursed at me. I’d gently tell her, “Please go to bed and don’t curse anymore.” She glared at me with reddish eyes and grit her teeth while scolding me. I was so frightened that I quickly went back to my room and locked the door. I never saw such a person before. I didn’t dare sleep, fearing that she would do something else. When she was tired of scolding me, she fell asleep. I had to tiptoe to her bedroom and cover her with a blanket.
Because Ms. Wang had high blood sugar, she had to eat less. If I didn’t give her enough food, she hit me. Once, while we were eating, and she tried to hit me in the head with her bowl. I tilted my head at the last minute and she hit my shoulder. She then hit me with her fist and said, “This is my home. If you don’t let me eat as much as I want, then go away.” I felt a little uncomfortable, thinking: What can I say to such a person who doesn’t know right from wrong?
I thought, why did I agree to do this job? First, Master might want me to clarify the truth to her family; second, it was to solve my room and board problems; third, I had the mentality to not want others to talk about my shortcomings, and I became angry if anyone pointed them out. I had jealousy and a competitive mentality, and argued even if I was wrong. Ms. Wang was mentally ill. She scolded me and beat me to make me shut up. This environment helped me look inward.
I shared with the other practitioner about my understanding of Master’s teaching. We need to have broad minds and be kind to all people. We agreed to treat Ms. Wang and her family better.
Ms. Wang did not have enough nutrition and her legs shook when she walked. We bought chicken, boiled eggs, and low-sugar foods for her to eat between meals. When I was on duty, I brought her ribs, dumplings, and fried dishes she liked from home (I lived at my sister’s home). Ms. Wang’s son gave the three of us a little over 400 yuan a month for living expenses, and our compensation was 1,500 yuan.
I also brought her to stay at my sister’s home, and helped improve her appetite. I also clarified the truth to passers-by along the way. While I was clarifying the truth, she smiled and listened, never interrupting as I talked to people. It was hot in the summer, and she was sweating. She stood there quietly and listened as I talked to people. After they left, I wiped away her sweat and asked her, “Are you willing to listen?” She nodded. Seeing that she understood what I was telling people, I was happy for her.
When Ms. Wang’s son heard I took her to my sister’s home, he said, “My mom may take your things.” I smiled and said, “It’s okay. She’s happy to go to a new place. It’s fine as long as she’s happy.” I treated her like family, played with her, and talked to her. While I worked, I asked her to recite the two phrases with me, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I asked her to recite the two phrases while she walked around the living room to exercise her legs.
My sister asked me and Ms. Wang to have dinner at her home during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before we went to bed, she secretly took five moon cakes and hid them under the blanket. I smiled and said, “Take half of a moon cake. I’ll give you the other four and a half tomorrow morning, okay? If you eat too much, you’ll have to take insulin again.” She took them out reluctantly like a child.
I understood her feelings very well, and I took her to outdoor activities. She was very happy, held my arm and said, “You are my mother.”
I read Zhuan Falun in the living room. Ms. Wang saw me reading, so she moved a chair to sit next to me and asked me to read aloud. One day she said, “Let me see your book.” I said, “Shall I find you another book?” She said, “I want to read that book. I’m going to wash my hands.”
I handed the book to her with both hands. She took the book with both hands and read it. When she saw Master’s photo, she laughed loudly and said, “I have been waiting for more than a thousand years!” I was stunned. She read the words one by one.
After a while, I saw her eyes were bright. After closing the book, she said, “Can you give me a copy of Zhuan Falun to read? I want to learn it too.”
She saw me reading Zhuan Falun every day, so she washed her hands and read the book seriously. No matter what happened around her, she would read.
Her high blood pressure gradually dropped, and her blood sugar level became normal. After four days, her blood sugar did not rise, so I stopped giving her insulin. Her condition stabilized. Her son and daughter-in-law were very happy to see the changes in their mother’s physical and mental health. We clarified the truth to them. They said Falun Dafa is good and withdrew from the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers.
Ms. Wang’s daughter and son-in-law worked in a research institute in Beijing. When her daughter heard her brother say their mother’s condition improved, she was skeptical. During Chinese New Year, Ms. Wang’s daughter came home from Beijing and bought her mother new clothes and delicious food.
As soon as her daughter opened the door, I asked Ms. Wang, “Who is she?” She answered, “My daughter.” The mother and daughter hugged each other, and they both wept. The daughter said, “Mom, you finally recognize me! You recognize me!” Her daughter held her mother’s face with both hands and kissed her. Ms. Wang asked her daughter, “Why didn’t my grandson come?” Her daughter said, “He went to grandma’s home.
“After more than 20 years, my mother finally woke up,” her daughter told me. She held my hand and said, “You worked hard!” I said, “It is Master who worked hard and adjusted your mother’s body.”
Her daughter picked up Zhuan Falun and opened it. I asked Ms. Wang to read a paragraph to her daughter. She read it word for word. Her daughter said, “I haven’t been home for many years and my mother didn’t recognize me. Every time I saw my mother acting crazy, I felt very sad. I cried every New Year, hoping that she would recover. This time she is well and recognizes me. I’ll come back and visit my mother when I have time.”
I told her daughter and son-in-law why I began practicing Falun Dafa and the changes in my body and mind after I began practicing. I also told them about the CCP-staged Tiananmen self-immolation incident. I told them that Falun Dafa is practiced in more than 100 countries across the world. They agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Through her Ms. Wang’s daughter and son-in-law witnessed the amazing power of Dafa.
Ms. Wang’s grandson and granddaughter-in-law, who worked in Beijing, came home for Chinese New Year and saw the changes in their grandmother. After hearing the truth, they also withdrew from the CCP’s organization. A year later, the granddaughter-in-law gave birth to a boy, and Ms. Wang saw her great-grandson.
At the end of the year, Ms. Wang was taken to the hospital for a physical examination. Her son said, “I want to see if my mother has any other diseases.” There were four beds in the ward. We stayed in two beds, and the other two beds were occupied by people from a neighboring county who were also there for physical examinations. In addition to taking good care of Ms. Wang, we two practitioners cleaned the room.
Ms. Wang couldn’t sleep at night, and she started to mutter while sitting on the bed. I whispered, “Don’t talk. Go to sleep quickly. The people in the other beds are also here for physical examinations. Don’t make noise. We practice Falun Dafa. Master teaches us to be good people. We should be considerate.”
The nurse came to draw blood before dawn, and took her to get a urine test in the morning. After a few days of tossing and turning, Ms. Wang’s test results came out, and everything was normal. The doctor asked her son, “What medicine did your mother take?” Her son said, “No medicine. These two women take good care of her.”
For several days, the other practitioner and I took care of Ms. Wang. The people in the other two beds asked what relationship we had with Ms. Wang. The other practitioner said, “We were hired to take care of her.” The person in bed number 2 said, “I thought one of you was the daughter-in-law and the other was the woman’s daughter. You two are very attentive in taking care of her and you have kept her clean.” The other practitioner said, “We are Falun Dafa practitioners and we are considerate when doing things. Have you heard that quitting the CCP can ensure one’s safety?” The person in bed number 2 said, “I arrest Falun Dafa practitioners. Don’t tell me these things.”
I quietly told the other practitioner, “We should study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts more. I’ll find an opportunity to clarify the truth to the person in bed number 2.”
One day, the person in bed number 2 said to me, “You are really kind people. I have a friend who is an accountant in our county government. She was arrested for practicing Falun Dafa. I told her, ‘Write a guarantee statement and I’ll let you go home.’ She said, ‘I won’t write it.’ As a result, she was sentenced to eight years in prison. I really don’t understand why she did not even want her family.”
I smiled and said, “It’s not that your friend did not want her family, it’s the CCP that destroys our families. What crime did your friend commit? The Constitution states we have ‘freedom of belief.’ People in more than 100 countries practice Falun Dafa. Practitioners just want to have a healthy body and be good people in their families and in society.
“You’ve come into contact with more than a few of us who practice Falun Dafa, right? Have you seen anyone committing a crime? This society cannot tolerate good people. I was also arrested by the police. You can see the marks of the handcuffs on my wrists. Just because I persisted in my belief, I was hung up for a day. The police beat me to get a bonus. They used a shovel to hit my stomach and punched me in the face, body, and chest. I felt my heart was about to stop. My two front teeth were loosened and my mouth was full of blood. The police let me go when I fainted, and said, ‘Write a guarantee statement and I will let you go home.’ I didn’t write it, so I was taken to a detention center. I was forced to have a physical examination before I was detained. The doctor saw that my face was deformed by the beating and that my body was covered with bruises and cuts. He said I was not fit, but the police forced the detention center to admit me.
“For more than seven months I was incarcerated in the detention center, I often had blood in my stool and my heart felt uncomfortable. The police sent me to the hospital for treatment. After the examination, the doctor talked to the police on the side because he was afraid that I would know. I fainted three times in the detention center and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The police in the detention center were afraid that I would die there, so they threatened my son and urged him to copy a guarantee statement written by others and give it to them. My son thought it was over, and they said: ‘Get your mother a bail pending trial, and wait for the notice to go to court at home.’”
I saw there were tears in her eyes. I continued, “Isn’t it better if there are more good people in our society? Making us write a guarantee statement and a transformation letter is trying to make us change for the worse. I’ve never met Master, but I read the book Zhuan Falun and my illnesses were resolved. I’m physically and mentally healthy and understand the principles of being a human being. As the saying goes, “A drop of water should be repaid with a spring.’ Is it right to make us slander Master and Dafa? Your friend did not write the guarantee statement for your own good. She did not let you commit a crime against Dafa on this issue and you can have a good future. It is fate that we met here.” She nodded.
I advised her to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations that she once swore to join. She was a little worried, so I said, “The first page of the Communist Manifesto states that communism is a ghost from the West. If a ghost possesses you, how can you not be sick? Right? Treat Falun Dafa practitioners well, withdraw from the CCP organizations, and you will be safe.” She said, “Okay, I’ll withdraw.” I gave her an alias, and she withdrew from the CCP organizations.