(Clearwisdom.net) I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. In September of 1999, I went to Beijing with fellow practitioners to appeal to the government authorities to stop the persecution, which began in July 1999. One night we were in a hotel studying the Fa, when we heard someone ask, "Are there people here from northeastern China?" The hotel manager replied, "No, there is no one from that area." Later, as we left the hotel in a van, we saw a police car passing by. After returning home, a manager from the agency where I worked told me that police had been informed of our location and were guarding both the front and back hotel entrances. However, they did not find us. I believe that Master protected us since our thoughts and actions were righteous, which dissolved the evil.

Fellow practitioners and I were reading Zhuan Falun when a deputy manager came in and tried to grab my book. I would not give it to him and I used this opportunity to explain to him that it was important to be a good person. However, he did not listen and said, " I work for whoever pays me." He earned money from reporting practitioners to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Within two months after this incident, he became ill and passed away. He was in his fifties.

A guard from a local prison was a distant relative of mine. He was an evil man and was persecuting fellow practitioners. One time after having a drink, he told me that I should stop practicing Falun Dafa. I used this opportunity to explain that bad deeds were detrimental to his life. He said, "I work for money. I do whatever I'm paid to do." In less than a year he became paralyzed, although he was only in his forties. Now he tries to avoid me.

Once, while I was distributing truth-clarification fliers in a village, someone reported me to the police. I was arrested and taken to a police station where an officer threatened me, saying " It is common for a police officer to beat a criminal." I explained to him that there were rewards for good deeds and retribution for bad deeds. Beating practitioners was a sin. He seemed to understand, and changed his attitude.

I told a section chief that the persecution of Falun Dafa by the Jiang regime was wrong. He got angry and slammed my head against the wall. At first I tried to resist, but this made him even more determined to hurt me. Then, I just let him do what he wanted, and he stopped. Another young police officer came and used a stick to hit my head. He did not stop beating me until his hands were tired. In the detention center, other criminals also tried to beat me. I just sat in the lotus position and let them beat me. They kept on hitting me until their hands were sore, but I felt just fine. Master must have protected me.

When I was being persecuted in a labor camp, one night while lying on my bed, I felt that my heart was about to stop beating, but I was not afraid. All of a sudden, there seemed to be an explosion in my heart and something was released. I felt quite good after that.

Last winter I was about to go upstairs in a building to distribute fliers. As I raised my leg, I felt something hit my knee very hard. It was so painful that I could not even walk upstairs. After some rest, I felt that the pain was bearable, and that I could walk on flat ground. I decided to continue distributing the fliers to families on the ground floor. When I finished distributing the materials, my legs returned to normal.

After the persecution began, I did not lose any Dafa materials or books. Whenever there was an opportunity, I would explain the truth about Dafa to my colleagues. They were able to understand, and they all made the three withdrawals from the Communist Party. Some of them also did it for their children. They nicknamed me "Falun Gong." Some asked me whether I liked the name. My feeling was that when someone said "Falun Gong" with compassion, it would be beneficial to him. Hence, I liked this nickname.

I know that I still have attachments to eliminate. I need to continue to focus on studying the Fa and doing the three things well in order to keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification, and not be a disappointment to Master.

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