From the First Falun Dafa Written Experience Sharing Conference in China

(Clearwisdom.net) I am a retired teacher. I began to practice Falun Dafa in July 1996. In April, before I started practicing, I suffered diabetes, with four "+" for my urine sugar level. My weight dropped from 159 pounds to about 133 pounds.

At that time, after being introduced to Falun Dafa, I began the path of cultivation. Through studying the teachings, I gradually came to understand Fa principles, and realized that the fundamental cause of one's being ill is karma, and in order to cure illness, first people must cultivate their xinxing (mind nature, moral character). Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,

"Throughout history, the issue of whether matter determines mind or vice versa has been constantly discussed and debated in the world of philosophy. In fact, let me tell everyone that matter and mind are one thing."

I thought that the transformation of mind and the improvement of xinxing would lead to recovery from illness. By practicing Falun Gong, all of my illnesses have disappeared. Since that time, I haven't had any illness and have been very healthy. I am now determined in cultivating Dafa more than ever.

Before the persecution, I was the Dafa teaching assistant in our village. Whenever there were activities for promoting Dafa on a day off, I would attend them. I constantly followed the principles of Dafa and regarded myself as a cultivator. I urged myself to rectify all my thoughts and ideas, as well as words and actions. I tried to help people see how great Dafa was through my words and actions.

On July 20, 1999, the order to persecute Falun Gong spread to every township and village. That very night I went to Harbin to appeal to the provincial government. The year 2000 was the most rampant period of persecution. On December 14, I was arrested because I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. In a police station around Tiananmen Square I was detained for ten hours and then sent to Xuanwu District Detention Center of Beijing. During the first half of the night I was interrogated four times. I refused to cooperate by not revealing my name or address. In the end I was able to return back to Shuangcheng.

During this period, I personally witnessed the police's shameless conduct. They took me to the prison cell for criminals, and said, "If you don't tell us your name and address, we'll put you in here and let them punish you." They interrogated me until midnight and still couldn't figure out my name. I was called No. B5 while in detention. They searched my body and confiscated all of my possessions. However, I was unmoved. I looked around, and saw one person squatting in front of some shoes. He was lifting up the soles and cutting them open. Judging by a small pile of money to the side, he was going through people's shoes to try to find hidden money.

Facing all of this, I had no fear. I had only the Fa in my heart. Before they put me in detention, the prison doctor checked my health. Unexpectedly the result was that I had high blood pressure and heart arrhythmia (at that time I realized that Teacher was using these symptoms to help me get out). Therefore, after the police discussed the situation, I was immediately released. I returned to Shuangcheng with my head shaved and my hands holding up my pants since they had taken everything from me. Recalling that experience brings me to tears. I realized that I had been able to step out of my human limitations and understood Teacher's compassion.

After I returned, I became firmer on the path of Fa-rectification. No matter how dangerous the environment was, in order to save more people, I distributed Dafa truth-clarifying materials, displayed a Dafa banner and clarified the truth to people. Regardless of wind, rain, heat or cold, I distributed Falun Dafa materials, because the most important thing at present is to clarify the truth to people.

In August 2004, my wife's uncle suffered from rectal cancer. He lives in Harbin City. He is a Party member and was a veteran cadre dating back to before the founding of the state. His illness reached an advanced stage, and he also suffered lung disease. In the hospital he relied on oxygen tanks for breathing and narcotics for relieving pain. He opposed my practice of Falun Gong. He cursed me and said that I was against the Party. I went to visit him in order to change his mind and let him know that Falun Dafa is actually a really good practice. At that time he said, "I will read the book. The Buddha knows my heart!" He really did as he said. As a result, he stopped using oxygen tanks and narcotics after half a month, and he could eat and easily relieve himself. In 30 days he left the hospital and returned home. The whole family and doctors were amazed and marveled at the miracle of Dafa.

Teacher recently published several scriptures in succession. We practitioners know very well that we are pressed for time and that our responsibilities are great. The two main methods that we have taken are clarifying the truth to relatives and neighbors, and secondly with three people as a group, clarifying the truth household by household. Local practitioners often share experiences. With the first method, we have almost clarified the truth to all our families. Through clarifying the truth, most practitioners who gave up the practice after July 20, 1999 returned to cultivation, and also new practitioners have been coming. There were 7 veteran practitioners before, but now there are over 30 practitioners. The exercise site has basically returned to normal. Most people in the village know the truth about Falun Gong. During this most critical period in history, we should increase our truth clarification efforts and be more diligent!