(Clearwisdom.net) I started cultivating Falun Gong in late 1999, when Jiang's regime had already started the persecution of Falun Gong.
Cultivating Dafa Changed My Life
I had suffered from bronchial asthma since the age of six, and the condition gradually became more serious and frequent. The episodes lasted for a long time, from a week to several months, during which time I would need to get injections and take medicine. I tried many treatments, but nothing helped. In fact, it got worse. Dizziness, blurred vision, and weakness in my limbs and stomach made me miserable. Trying to find a cure, I used up all our savings and finally my husband left me. I was left with my mother, in her eighties, and my young daughter, who both relied on me.
In late 1999, during the intense initial stages of the CCP persecution, I was accidentally brought to Dafa. When I first heard about Master's lectures I was shocked, and tears ran down my cheeks. This was what I had been waiting for! This was the Universal Law I was waiting for! After learning Dafa, I eagerly read Zhuan Falun and followed Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to cultivate. My xinxing gradually elevated and my body was purified. All my sicknesses were cured and I became healthy again. I felt well, and was illness-free. My spirits rose and I had endless strength.
Cultivating Through Tribulations
In July 2004 I went to villages to clarify the truth to validate Dafa and to save sentient beings. The locals reported me. Four policemen broke in and ransacked my home, taking all my Dafa books. I was taken to the police station and later locked in a detention center. After a month I was sent to a women's forced labor camp in our province for two years.
The most disgusting thing inside the forced labor camp was the personal degradation. A guard and a drug offender took me to a solitary room and forcibly took off all my clothes. At 7:30 a.m. the next day four guards and four collaborators took turns lying to and threatening me, trying to make me give up Dafa and betray Master. This lasted until 8:00 p.m., and four drug offenders later watched over me.
I believe in Master and Dafa and made up my mind to validate Master and Dafa with my life. I would never bring disgrace to the name of Dafa. After 54 days of persecution with “carrots and sticks,” they still could not shake my belief. I told them that Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance had already been carved into my mind and dissolved into my blood and was unforgettable. I said it was a fantasy to think they could remove Dafa from my heart.
Seeing that I would not yield, they sent me to work in a zipper workshop. I was monitored by two drug offenders every night. On February 3, 2005, the director of the 610 Office and an officer in charge of my department came to inspect my progress. Yang said, "Since you have not changed in six months, I will extend your term for another two years when this one ends." I said, “You have forced me to do labor because I believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. This is cruel, and you are living a fantasy. I believe that 'Good meets good and evil meets evil.' You have done evil and you will be punished in the end.”
In order to validate Dafa I went on a hunger strike on February 8. Beginning on February 12 four doctors injected me with 1500 ml of an unknown substance against my will. Several drug offenders held down my head and limbs for the injections. After a month my weight decreased from 154 pounds to 110 pounds. Two officers took me in a police car to a local hospital for a blood test. After that they injected me with unknown drugs every day. They also forced a plastic tube into my stomach to force-feed me 1200 ml of unknown substances. When the tube was pulled out, blood spewed everywhere, and my whole body was extremely itchy. My stomach was burning and there was blood in my urine.
After two months my weight decreased to 90 pounds and I was dying. I had an irregular heartbeat, tachycardia, hypertension, asthma, and weakness in my limbs. I was unable to walk and could not take care of myself. The team leader of the third team even taunted me, saying that they would turn me into a vegetable. I felt it was harder to live than to die. I memorized Master's words, “When it's difficult to endure, you can endure it. When it's impossible to do, you can do it.” (Zhuan Falun) Whenever I was tortured, I cried “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Falun Dafa is good!” “Master help me!” “Stop persecuting me!” I also told the police that persecuting Dafa disciples would result in retribution.
In the forced labor camp, physical torture was easier to endure, but mental torture was difficult. I was not allowed to study Fa, do the exercises, or talk to other practitioners. If I tried, I would be tortured or my term would be extended. Restrictions on my freedom were countless. I faced threats from the guards and insults from drug offenders all day long.
I memorized Master's words and sent forth righteous thoughts every hour daily. When it got dark and others slept, I recited Lunyu, "True Cultivation," and Hong Yin. Master's Fa was like a light in the dark, illuminating my heart. Master's voice and face appeared in front of me, and I felt Master was near me and taking care of me, which encouraged me to endure difficulties.
My two-year term ended and the police ordered me to write a “yearly summary.” Master said, “No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil’s demands, orders, or what it instigates.” (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful,” from Essentials for Further Advancement II) I refused to write anything, and was detained for another 15 days. They even forced me to hand them a 12,000-yuan fee for force-feeding me, or else they would not release me. My daughter borrowed the money and paid it to get me out of that hell as soon as possible. On September 9, 2006, I was released.
After returning home, the CCP did not give up persecuting on me. But I had Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to direct me, and I was returning to my true self in my heart. The light of the Fa shone on me at every moment, and I felt I was the happiest person in the world.
My 100-year-old Mother Benefited from Dafa
My mother is 100 years old. She has also benefited from Dafa. She recites “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” many times every day and is still mentally clear and healthy.
In 2004 when 610 Office agents came to arrest me, my mother was 95. She told the police, “You guys act like bandits. You make my home a mess, and even want to arrest my daughter. She has suffered from asthma since the age of six. She is a pharmacist and tried the best medicines. But even after countless Chinese and Western medicines, her illness still was not cured. After she practiced Falun Gong, her illness was gone. She does not need to get injections or medicine,. How much money has she saved the state? If you ask her colleagues, everyone says she is good. You guys don't arrest bad people, you just arrest the good ones. Why is that?”
In November 2009, people from the 610 Office came to ransack my home again. My mother, 99, saw them take down Master's picture and a banner “The World Needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” She immediately took them back and said, “These are mine, you will not take them away. Put them back up for me!” The officer deceived her, saying, “OK, if you give them to me, I will put them back up.” My mother also saw my MP3 player on the table. She took it quietly and put it in her bag.
After over ten years of tribulations, I understand that all my possessions, my family, and my life were given by Dafa. My every step could only be taken with Dafa. I could not have passed these tribulations without Master's care and practitioners' help. Without belief in Master and Dafa, I could not endure the tribulations. I have to be more and more diligent and do the three things well, so that I will be worthy of Master's compassion, sentient beings, who are waiting for us to save them, and also Dafa disciples' missions.
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