(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa improves the morality of its cultivators and leads people to kindness. Cultivators realize the true meaning of life and become sincerely good people from the bottom of their hearts. Society in China today is driven by the desire for power and money. Selfish people become decent as a result of practicing Falun Gong. They act selflessly at their jobs and influence the improvement of morality. An ancient Chinese saying goes: “The return of the prodigal son is worth more than gold.” Falun Dafa can change a person fundamentally.
In the mountain areas in Hunan Province, a story of “offering water” is widely spread. Nanbian and Shuizhuang Villages share the same limited water resource. During the drought season every summer, people in upstream Nanbian Village would monopolize water for their rice fields. This went on for more than 20 years. In July 1995, Falun Gong spread to Nanbian Village. The entire village of 176 people started practicing Falun Gong. Their morality and values rapidly changed. They treated others with kindness. They stopped monopolizing the water and offered it to others. The two villages were able to resolve their conflicts and live together in peace.
A Bully Learned to Be Kind, But Was Jailed for Seven Years
Mr. Liu Yunchao in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, liked to fight from the time he was young. Many considered him bad and hopeless. He took a job as a mason but didn't do his job well. Nobody could do anything to change him. He also thought that he was bad to the core and stopped trying to improve. After he got married, his finances were poor. He made a living driving a tricycle and often underhandedly took others' business. Everyone was scared of him.
One morning in the park, he heard the Falun Gong exercise music and saw the introduction pamphlet. It talked about cultivating xinxing and assimilating to the universal characteristics of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. He immediately decided to take up the practice and joined the group exercise site.
After that, the man who was once a bully became polite and considerate. He followed the rules to obtain business by getting in line. Mr. Liu Yunchao strictly followed the guidance of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. He once mentioned the following experience:
“Once it was my turn to give a ride to an obese father and son in my tricycle. When I got them to their destination after much effort, they started to leave without paying. When I reminded them to pay for the ride, they started to verbally abuse me. I was furious and was going to beat them up. However, I thought about how I had become a cultivator and that a cultivator shouldn't fight back or talk back. I opened my fists. By then, the father and son had already left. Although I didn't make any money for that ride, I maintained my xinxing. It was worth it.”
In 1998, when he spoke about his cultivation experience, he said:
“Once I had three customers. We agreed on the price. When I took them to the beginning of the street, I saw a puddle and a lot of mud. The customers thought that it would be very difficult for the tricycle to enter the street, so they offered to get off right there. I thought that, since I was a cultivator, I should think of others all the time. I got off of my seat, stepped in the mud, and pulled the tricycle with the customers in it to the door of their home. They were very grateful and wanted to pay me more. I insisted that I wouldn't take more.”
Mr. Liu Yunchao also said that his wife had complimented him a lot. She said that he had completely changed and that he now cared about her. As he said this, Mr. Liu, all six feet of him, had tears in his eyes. He was lucky to have practiced Falun Dafa!
After the persecution of Falun Gong started, he was arrested multiple times because of his truth-clarification efforts. In 2001, he was sentenced to two years of forced labor without due process. In the labor camp, he was suspended by handcuffs with both feet off the ground for 35 days. He almost lost his vision due to long-term incarceration. He also had issues walking due to the torture. Even so, only one month after he went home on January 6, 2003, he was sent to a brainwashing center.
In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Liu Yunchao was again arrested. On April 1, 2009, he was wrongfully sentenced to three years in jail by the Xialu District Court in Huangshi City.
Found the Truth Amidst Confusion
Mr. Zhang Kuiwu from Tailai County, Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995 for committing armed robbery. On April 24, 1997, he was sent to Xinzhao Prison to serve his term. In 1997, he started practicing Falun Dafa. In his own words, he said: “Falun Gong purifies the body and has offered me a fresh start. My mind was dirty and perverted before. There was no evil that I didn't dare do. Now I have abandoned all my bad habits according to the requirements of Falun Gong. My aggressive and filthy thoughts have been replaced by honesty, generosity, and kindness. Falun Dafa changed my mind and body completely.”
After the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999, he was persecuted in prison. He was deprived of the right to have his term reduced and was subjected to many types of torture. The police frequently pressured Mr. Zhang Kuiwu to promise not to practice Falun Gong, but Mr. Zhang declined. In October 2000, he was sent to Tailai Prison for “insubordination.”
Moreover, in the Prison Journal of Heilongjiang Province, which covers more than 30 prisons, a report was published in 2000. The article reversed the order of Mr. Zhang's crimes of practicing Falun Gong and his robbery crime and slandered Falun Gong for his crime. In fact, Mr. Zhang had never heard of Falun Gong before 1997, and he was sentenced to prison in 1995 for robbery.
At the beginning of 2002, Mr. Zhang persevered in doing the Falun Gong exercises. Wang Yi, the then political department head of Tailai Prison, put Mr. Zhang in solitary confinement. He had to wear shackles with a metal rod separating his feet for a long time, even during meals and in the restroom. The rod was about 90 cm long. Mr. Zhang was left for a year in solitary confinement until Wang Yi left the political department for a different position. He was released in January 2003.
Mr. Zhang Kuiwu is now in Daqing Prison. At about 2 p.m. on February 21, 2011, Li Weilong, the deputy head of the prison, went to Ward No. 2 with Zhu Wenhu, the deputy political head, and Zhang Guohui, Kan Bailiang, and Gao Zhonghai from the anti-riot team. In order to force Mr. Zhang to wear the prison uniform, Li beat him with a wooden stick on his head, arms and legs. Zhu Weihu also beat Mr. Zhang with a police baton. Others kicked his chest. Even the next day Mr. Zhang had chest pain just breathing. During the whole process, he shouted “Falun Dafa is good!” Zhang Guohui stuffed his mouth with snow.
In the end, they stripped Mr. Zhang naked and shoveled snow over him for about 20 minutes. He was covered with bruises. For practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Zhang has been beaten many times and endured extensive torture. However, he has continued to clarify the truth to the police. Mr. Zhang said, “I deeply regret my crimes in the past. I'm cleansing myself and paying off my past sins. I'm lucky to have found the truth and the beacon of my belief. I'm able to discern the kind and the wicked, the righteous and the evil in the world. It is my heartfelt wish to tell people to choose kindness.”
Ruffian Persecuted after Becoming Good
Mr. Sui Jinming is about 50 years old. He is from Gaizezhuang Village, Xingwangzhai Township, Zunhua City in Hubei Province. When he was young, he studied martial arts. He had a short temper and was aggressive. He wouldn't let people go if they upset him, and he was well known for that. In his own words, his hands itched if he didn't fight for three days in a row. He almost joined the mafia. Those who knew him were frightened of him.
After he started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996, Mr. Sui very quickly corrected his aggressive habits. He became more and more easygoing and honest. He had a business producing cooking oil and people in the neighborhood trusted his products. They knew that Falun Dafa had changed Mr. Sui.
When the persecution of Falun Gong began, Mr. Sui became a key target. He was arrested multiple times. On sensitive days, staff from the Chinese Communist Party would harass him at his home. His life was severely disrupted. In August 1999, Mr. Sui was arrested and taken to the police station and locked up in a metal cage. There was only a bed board with no bedding. It was in the late fall, and it was quite cold at night. Mr. Sui had to spend the night on the cold bed board. The police station didn't provide any food. For three days, he had to rely on snacks sent by his family.
Mr. Sui was then secretly sent to the detention center in the Da'erli area in Zunhua City. He was detained for 20 days and had to pay 650 yuan. Because he didn't give up his belief, he was sent to another detention center. He was forcefully shaved bald and had to do slave labor. Prisoners in the same cell beat him under police orders. They violently kicked him in the head with steel-toed boots, making him dizzy. They also kicked and punched his back, abdomen and chest. Mr. Sui sustained a fractured rib and had difficulty breathing. Even so, the detention center wouldn't release him. He had to work with one hand and use the other hand to hold himself to reduce the pain. He was detained for another 20 some days and was only released after his family handed in over 2,000 yuan in extortion money.
On the morning of August 9, 2010, Mr. Sui Jinming went to visit a friend in Zunhua City. Dong Guofeng and Zhang Zhimin from the Domestic Security Division of Zunhua City were there. They arrested Mr. Sui and took him to the detention center in Zunhua City. There, Dong Guofeng beat him severely, handcuffed him behind his back, and crazily slapped him on the left and right. Dong didn't stop until his hands were tired and hurt. Afterwards, Mr. Sui suffered loss of hearing for a period of time.
On August 25, the National Security Department of Zunhua City sent Mr. Sui Jinming to Kaiping Forced Labor Camp without notifying his family. He has to do slave labor for over 10 hours every day. He has lost a frightening amount of weight.
In China, when people become good people, they are tortured in jails because of their beliefs. They are sentenced to jail, or even persecuted to death because they remain truthful. Isn't such a society horrible?
