(Minghui.org) I used to be a high school teacher, but was transferred to an administrative position in the school registry office because of poor health.
A student was sent to my office in early 1999 because he was reading a book called Zhuan Falun in the classroom. I opened the book to take a look and was immediately fascinated.
That was how I embarked on Falun Dafa’s cultivation path. Master quickly purified my body and restored my health.
Demonstrating the Demeanor of a Dafa Disciple at All Times
After I obtained the Fa, I constantly reminded myself to live strictly in accordance with the standards set by Dafa, to perform my job with due diligence, and to work hard on all my assignments without thinking of personal gain and losses.
I also make sure to avoid any disputes, to get along well with all my colleagues and to always look out for their welfare. The principal and supervisors in my school consider me a model worker.
Every year, I am put in charge of setting up an examination room in our school for the city's annual college entrance exam. All the staff working in my office become ipso facto the event’s volunteers.
We have to attend to every detail. That requires careful coordination and good cooperation. Everybody puts their best foot forward. In the end, our office receives compliments from teachers from other schools, honors from the Principals Association and congratulations from our superiors. It also helps to build up quite a reputation in our city.
A female student needed to be carried into the examination room one year because she had a broken leg as a result of a car accident.
The College Entrance Board has strict rules. Only examination-taking students and relevant staff are allowed into the examination room.
It’s not appropriate for a male staff member to carry a female student on his back, but the other female staff did not have the courage to try, so, I stepped forward to help.
I am not tall and was 53 years old at that time. On top of that, everybody knew that I had been transferred to this post because of ill health.
I could sense that everybody’s eyes were on me and someone was actually following me close behind in case I couldn’t make it all the way up the stairs. But, I demonstrated to all present the wonder and miracle of Dafa: I carried the student all the way up the stairs and into the examination room without a hitch.
One time, I ran into the principal of our school. As soon as he saw me, he blurted out, “If everyone could be like you, how wonderful it would be!”
I responded with a smile, “Then, everyone will have to practice Falun Gong.”
He continued, “Every teacher is constantly requesting extra subsidies for this or that, but you never have. You actually purchase office supplies for the school!”
The Principal Vouched for Me with His Life
I always adhere to the teachings of Falun Dafa so that my every thought, word and action reflects the demeanor of a genuine Dafa disciple, so that I leave nothing but good impressions on everyone I come across.
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), under direct orders from Jiang Zemin, launched its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, the CCP’s newly established extrajudicial 610 Office, personnel from the Central Politics and Law Committee and the Security Bureau descended on my school to pressure the principal to force me to write a guarantee statement not to practice Falun Gong. But the principal turned them all down.
The principal said to me one day, “Our city’s 610 Office is coming over for you. They told me if you don't write the guarantee statement, they will take you to a brainwashing center. I just want to let you know so you can be prepared.”
The principal did not inform me or send for me when the 610 Office officials arrived, and went to meet them alone.
The principal was supposed to preside over a training session that afternoon. All participating teachers and staff waited from 2:00 p.m. til 6:00 p.m., but the principal never showed up.
Apparently, the 610 Office agents would not let the principal leave, so our meeting had to be canceled. However, everybody present got to bear witness to how the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong also severely harms other innocent people.
The principal called the vice principal of the school from the 610 Office later that day, telling him to advise me to write the guarantee statement.
I took the opportunity to tell the vice principal about Falun Gong and the persecution. I said, “All of you have seen how I have benefited from Falun Gong both physically and mentally. Our Master teaches his disciples to better ourselves and be virtuous. What crimes have we committed? What are we guilty of? What kind of guarantee statement do they want me to write?”
The principal was not released until late at night. When I asked him what had happened, he merely said, “It was fortunate you didn’t go. These guys are fierce. I merely said how you do your job very well and are a model employee. They then started pounding the table, screaming and shouting at me.”
I later learned from a teacher that the principal vouched for me with his life before the 610 Office finally let him go.
After I obtained the Fa, there were four principals at our school. The 610 Office consistently tried to put pressure on every one of them, but each time, the principal would tell the 610 Office that my job performance was excellent and my character beyond reproach.
These principals placed themselves squarely on the side of righteousness and justice, without fear of personal or professional harm. This made me understand that, if we Dafa disciples diligently study the Fa, genuinely cultivate, truly think for others and put others first, sentient beings will repay us in kind.
Letting the Police Know about Faun Gong
Master said, “…every person in the entire world was at one point part of my family…” (“Fa-Lecture During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference”). I realized that if everyone in the world is part of Master’s family, then each of them is likewise part of my family.
I began to look at those in the police and public security departments differently. Although they are directly involved in the persecution of Dafa disciples, they are really under the control of the Party and the old forces, so I feel pity for them and wish for each one of them to be saved.
It was during the summer of 2003 that I had my first direct contact with the police. The doorbell rang one morning, and a local policeman was standing there. I told him, “You have come to the wrong house. We are all law abiding citizens here.”
The officer answered politely, “Please, ma’am, I’m new at my job. I just want to have a chat with you.”
I thought that he might have come to learn about Falun Gong, so I opened the door and let him in.
The officer was a young man, about the same age as my son, so I gave him a warm welcome and invited him to take a seat. As soon as he sat down, he took out a notebook. I told him sternly, “If you want to interview me and take notes, I will not say a word to you.”
He quickly put his notebook back into his pocket. He said to me in confidence, “I have also practiced qigong, a kind of hard qigong.”
So, I began to tell him my story, “I used to have very bad health. When all medical treatments failed to cure me, I sought out qigong. I learned quite a variety of qigong practices before I finally found Falun Gong. I also came to realize that it is the best and most positive cultivation way that teaches us to be good people and live according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. After I started practicing, everybody could see the physical and mental changes in me. You have just entered into the workforce and decided to be a policeman. You should know that the sacred duty of a police officer is to protect good people from the bad…”
We talked for nearly an hour. Finally, he stood up and said sincerely, “Thank you for telling me about your teachings. Here is my home address. I would be honored to have you as a guest at my house some day.”
The second time I had direct contact with the police was at the end of 2006. I was working feverishly to get ready for the final exam the following day, when I received an unexpected call to go to the principal's office.
Three officers from the public security bureau that I happened to know were waiting there for me. They were about my age, one of them is quite a good friend of my husband, another used to work in the same unit as my mother, while the third is one of my neighbors. So, I looked at them as my brothers.
We started engaging in small talk. They asked about my mother's and my husband’s health. The topic naturally led me to tell them about my physical and mental changes after practicing Falun Gong.
I said to them in all seriousness, “You are the police. Nowadays, there are so many social problems: drugs, gambling and pornography. You should be out there working on these major cases. But instead, you are persecuting good people who practice Falun Gong. Now, you are applying pressure on my principal. Tomorrow is our final exam. I am very busy getting everything ready, and you are here interfering with my work.”
During our conversation, my neighbor remained silent and avoided eye contact with me. The officer who knows my husband agreed with everything I said. When I talked about the self-immolation hoax on Tiananmen Square, he agreed that it was staged. The one who worked with my mother raised some questions. I saw that he really wanted to know more about the Falun Gong, so I asked him for his address.
I later prepared some truth-clarification materials and went to his home to deliver them to him. He told me honestly, “All of what you said to us the other day really amazed us!”
Using My Work Environment to Validate the Fa
The unique nature of my work requires constant communication and contact with supervisors and teachers, so they all get to know me and respect me. That helps greatly when I speak to them about Falun Gong. Eventually, they all renounced their membership of the CCP and withdrew from the Party and its affiliates.
When the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party had just been released in book format, I gave the politics teacher a copy. He returned it to me a few days later without saying a word.
Shortly after that, a list of Party members and school personnel who had collectively withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliates was published in the Epoch Times newspaper. I printed a copy of the list and gave it to that teacher. He was shocked. I then gave him a copy of the Nine Commentaries again.
I later learned from another teacher that the copy of the Nine Commentaries had been passed to quite a few other teachers.
That politics teacher was promoted to be the director of General Services. He received his reward and blessing for helping others learn about the Nine Commentaries.
I kept thinking: what could I do to help all of the students in my school and other local areas learn more about Falun Gong. Master saw my heart and inspired me to use the school mail system.
I have a list of students in the school and can also access information on students not included in this list. I can also expand my search, using the Internet, to other students in the county and township.
Fellow practitioners and I cooperated well and mailed Dafa informational materials in letter format to students in many areas.
A teacher dropped by my office one time and said excitedly, “Many students in my class have received information about Falun Gong in the mail. Now, we all know that what the government tells us about the Tiananmen self-immolation is not true.”
But how could we best help students have more in-depth understanding about Falun Gong and the persecution, and help them withdraw from the Party’s affiliates?
Every year, after graduation, our office sends the files of our middle and high school students to their respective admitting schools, which are then responsible to ensure that the files are complete and correct before being delivered to the final locations.
When Master saw that I sincerely wanted to save these students, he somehow arranged to have the rules changed so that the students are personally required to stop by my office to collect their files.
Throughout the summer vacation, students would come by my office and I would clarify the truth to them and help them withdraw from the Party’s Youth League and Young Pioneers, with wonderful results.
Because I work in the school registry office and have constant contact with senior officials, including personnel from the Education Department and other schools, I would provide them with informational materials about Falun Gong and keep them informed of new developments. Such as the arrest of Wang Lijun and other officials, and the CCP’s organ harvesting atrocities. They all seem increasingly eager to learn the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution.
In 16 years of genuine cultivation practice, I have come to realize the power and importance of studying the Fa, elevating my xinxing, maintaining righteous thoughts and actions, as well as trusting Master and the Fa.
I will continue to work on elevating my xinxing and do well the three things that Master requires of us until the day I can consummate and return home.
