(Minghui.org) I am a retired teacher. Practicing Falun Gong for many years helped improve my personality and health, and I even looked younger. My mother and two younger brothers witnessed the changes in me and took up Falun Gong themselves.
The Chinese Communist Party launched its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. I was tortured in a labor camp for refusing to give up my faith.
I wrote over 1,000 letters to government officials to tell them about Falun Gong and to explain my situation. I also told as many people as I could about this cultivation practice, the persecution, and the eventual downfall of the communist regime. Most of my relatives and friends agreed to quit the Party and its youth organizations.
Master said,
“And as for people who want to learn the practice after you clarify the truth, you should arrange for them to study the Fa and learn the exercises as soon as possible. They are the next group of disciples who will cultivate.” (“Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People”)
One of my middle school classmates, whom I will call Zhang, was in his late 60s. I told him about Falun Gong, and he watched Master Li’s video lectures. I gave him a VCD player and a set of Falun Gong books because he could not afford to buy them.
Zhang learned Falun Gong with the help of another practitioner. He joined a Fa study group and began to talk to people he knew about Falun Gong only a few months into his cultivation practice.
One elderly woman sold vegetables near my home. I took this opportunity to tell her about Falun Gong. She said that she had already been given informational materials, and she showed them to her husband.
After her husband read the flyers, his heart disease slowly disappeared. He no longer had to stay in a hospital.
I knew that her husband was a kind person. I discussed his situation with a fellow practitioner, who then took a VCD player to him so he could watch Master’s lectures.
His wife said that he had become energetic. I gave him a copy of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and helped him quit the CCP. Afterwards, he wanted to practice Falun Gong, so I gave him the book Zhuan Falun. He read the book and found it very good. I formed a Fa-study group, which he joined.
His young niece suffered from a brain disease. He gave her a copy of Zhuan Falun, and she recovered even before she began to practice the exercises.
Zhuan Falun: “I Don't Want to Give It Back”
I was told that a 78-year-old man picked up Falun Gong materials dropped by others and put those on cars. He also distributed the discarded materials. When he read about the persecution of Falun Gong, he shed tears.
A fellow practitioner lent the man a DVD player so that he could watch the lectures. Then, I lent him a copy of Zhuan Falun. He read the book and said, “The book is very good. I don't want to give it back to you.”
Ming, a former colleague of mine, suffered from late-stage nose cancer. She became deaf, her tongue was stiff from the treatments, and she could not speak clearly.
At the same time, Ming was addicted to playing cards and had lost a lot of money. Her family was very upset with her.
I met her in 2012 when I was released from prison for practicing Falun Gong. I told her about the practice, but she did not accept it. Fellow practitioners helped her quit the Communist Party and gave her Falun Gong books, but she gave them back.
Ming noticed that I looked much younger and that my family’s financial situation had improved since I started practicing Falun Gong. Since I used to be her supervisor, she knew me well. She decided to start practicing Falun Gong, so I gave her a copy of Zhuan Falun.
When I visited her, her husband said that she still played cards every day and did not read the book very much. I told Ming that she needed to value this opportunity, and if she decided not to practice, to please return the book to me.
“Is there anyone who has practiced Falun Gong and recovered from an illness?” she asked me. “Can I talk to that person?”
I took her to see the farmer's husband mentioned earlier, who now helps his wife sell vegetables. He answered many of Ming's questions. She was touched by what she heard. However, she needed to know that she was told the truth, so she went back to see him after I had left. The farmer's husband said,“Why would I lie to you? Look at my appearance. Do you think I'm sick or not?”
Ming began to practice Falun Gong soon thereafter. She quit playing cards and started reading Zhuan Falun daily.
I helped her get more Falun Gong books and suggested she join our Fa-study group. Her health and appearance improved. With steady practice, she recovered from late-stage cancer.
Her husband witnessed her changes and now wants to practice Falun Gong. Her family members quit the CCP. Ming tells other people about Falun Gong and has helped over 100 people quit the Party.
A teacher at Ming’s school began to practice Falun Gong in 2008 and also recovered from cancer. The two of them plan to talk to their colleagues about Falun Gong.
New practitioners who began to practice Falun Gong because of illnesses had many questions. If I had not timely helped them, they might have stopped cultivating.
The farmer's husband told me that his heart disease had recurred. After learning that he argued with neighbors and had conflicts with his children, I wrote to him to discuss whether he had followed the standards required by Falun Gong teachings.
Ming told me that she could not practice for 10 days while her mother-in-law was staying in her home. She seldom read the book during that period.
In addition, her mother-in-law did not take care of her son well, and her son’s leg was broken in a car accident. She felt hatred for her mother-in-law whenever she looked at her son’s broken leg.
I told her that everything has a karmic relationship, and that we practitioners ought to view everything based on the Fa instead of the perspective of everyday people. I said, “You think your mother-in-law doesn't treat you well, so maybe you didn't treat her fairly in a prior life.” She took my advice and let go of her hatred.