(Minghui.org) I am an officer in China's military and in my early thirties. I was introduced to Falun Gong by a young military officer, during a meeting. He held a book in his hands which he had just started to read. The book, called Zhuan Falun, is the main book of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice that originated in China. He told me that a well-known physician had recommended it to him.
I borrowed the book out of curiosity, not realizing that it would change my life forever. I was immediately captivated by what I read about becoming a better person, and the book's other profound teachings. I was completely immersed when the young officer stopped me, “The meeting is over. Could I have my book back.” “Sorry, you can't have it. I just have to finish reading it.”
I refused to give it back to the young officer and stayed up that night reading the entire book.
I grew up in a village in rural China and started smoking at the age of six. I couldn't imagine that I would ever quit smoking, yet I found the taste of cigarettes revolting immediately after I finished reading Zhuan Falun for the first time. This was a clear sign that I should quit smoking. Also, the book addressed the issue of smoking being being bad for cultivators. I therefore quit smoking immediately, and haven't touched a cigarette for 17 years.
I returned the book to the young officer and told him, “We have to practice Falun Gong. Let's find the man who gave you the book.”
We ran into a recent academy graduate while we were walking across a track field. He noticed the book, flipped through the pages, then said that he wanted to practice as well. Thus, the three of us found a local civilian who taught us the Falun Gong exercises that day.
There is a squad leader from Sichuan Province in our unit who has supernormal abilities. When he fell into the water, he bounced off. He also survived a fall from a cliff. He was transferred to do kitchen duty because the superiors in our unit couldn't handle these strange incidents.
He had a shocked look on his face when we returned that day. “I mustn't tell. I mustn't tell” I suppose he did not want to be perceived as strange and unusual again. But I pressed him, “Tell us what you see.” Then he finally gave in and said, “You look different. Each of you has a column of light above your head.”
Shortly after I started practicing Falun Gong, all of my chronic illnesses disappeared without any medical treatment, including psoriasis and hemorrhoids. Even an old scar faded away. Moreover, I no longer throw temper tantrums. I used to reprimand and beat soldiers in my command. Now, I remind myself to be tolerant and not lose my temper.
We once went to a village in China, where a highly respected local resident saw Zhuan Falun in my luggage and asked to read it. He was fascinated by the book and announced that it teaches the true cultivation way. I gave him the book and he started practicing Falun Gong right away. Before long more than 1,000 local residents were practicing Falun Gong.
I changed my career in 1999 and began working for a local government. I followed Falun Gong's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, worked hard, and paid no attention to personal gain or loss. I won my boss' trust and approval because of my positive attitude, and was soon promoted to be a department head.
My subordinates tried to give me presents or money at the end of the year. Some would try to buy me dinner, but I politely refused them all.
I said, “I conduct myself according to the Falun Gong's principles, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I will handle everything fairly and justly. You don't need to please me or give me money. Just do your jobs.”
My subordinates thought that I would come around eventually, but they have learned that I meant what I said. “We have finally found a good boss,” they told me.
We contract out projects from time to time. After I paid, the business owners offered to write a larger number on the receipts so that I could make some money on the side. These business owners would tell me, “Adding 30,000 to 300,000 yuan on the receipt is a very common practice,” they reassured me.
But I always told them, “No way. I practice Falun Gong. I will never embezzle money. I will never take what is not mine.”
They were astonished. “You will never find a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that is not corrupt. I have never met any government official that is as clean as you are. Falun Gong practitioners are excellent folks!”
In less than a year after taking over the department, our performance rating rose from the very bottom in the district to the very top. We were showered with praise from our bosses. I have won many awards, including “Outstanding Government Employee” and “Model Employee.”
As a cultivator, I do not seek fame or recognition. On the other hand, the praises and honor I have earned from just following Falun Gong's cultivation principles at work illustrates that the Communist Party's hate-filled propaganda against Falun Gong is completely false.
The Communist regime issues internal memorandums about its Falun Gong policy down the hierarchy, and the leadership at each agency is asked to comply with it. Yet my boss hasn't told me about such memos in years.
Such a memo did arrive one day, but after our executive announced, “Those who practice Falun Gong have become completely healthy,” his secretary took the hint and put the memo away.
It turned out that the executive has a relative who practices Falun Gong, so he knows the truth first-hand.
I was once reported to authorities after I clarified the truth about Falun Gong at work. My boss asked me to see him. He told me, “You are a good man. You work hard. I only wish everyone else at work were like you. Just be careful who you talk to from now on.”
My wife was unemployed. A manager at work knows that I practice Falun Gong, do an excellent job, and am a good person. He said that he respects me as a Falun Gong practitioner and volunteered to find my wife a very good job.
More and more people in China have learned the truth, support Falun Gong, and protect practitioners. I am confident that these people will be rewarded for their good hearts and good deeds one day.