(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1997 when I was 33 years old.
By the time I was in my 30’s, I had come down with serious illnesses. The worst were neurasthenia and insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain. This caused very painful ulcers in my palms and feet. That condition went on for over six years and I felt extremely itchy.
Because of my illnesses and pain, my temper worsened. By the time I turned 30, I looked like I was in my 40s. My hair was turning gray, my face was covered with dark splotches and my body was swollen.
I considered suicide because of my poor health and the fact that my husband had an affair with another woman. However, for my child's sake, I dropped the idea of suicide.
My sister had undergone surgery for lymphoma and could hardly walk. But, within one month after she started practicing Falun Dafa, she had recovered her health.
She told me about the amazing benefits she experienced practicing Falun Dafa exercises and reading Zhuan Falun. I didn't believe it.
She ignored my comments and said, “Falun Dafa is for cultivating Buddha-hood. It is not at all like other qigong practices. I hope you will read the Falun Dafa book before you make up your mind about it.
I took the book to placate her but didn't think I would actually read it. But that night I slept well for the first time in many years. I felt as if many bad substances were removed from my mind and body. I decided to read Zhuan Falun every night.
A few days later, my sister came back to check on how I was doing with the book. I confessed that I had only read a little bit of it each night. She sighed and took the book home.
I felt lost the next day. It was as if I had missed something important and couldn't resolve it. I soon realized that my feeling was because I did not have Zhuan Falun.
Master said,
“The Buddha School believes in predestined relationship. Everyone comes here because of a predestined relationship. If you obtain it, perhaps you are supposed to have it. You should therefore treasure it and not be attached to any pursuit.” (Zhuan Falun)
Was I predestined to obtain Dafa? I went to a friend's home who had the book Zhuan Falun but wasn't reading it. I asked if I could borrow it so I could read it from beginning to end. As soon as she handed me the book, I felt like a lost child who has finally found her parents. I decided to practice Falun Dafa from that moment on.
I calmed my mind and began reading Zhuan Falun. This time the Fa principles unfolded before me. Enlightened by Dafa, I came to understand many principles that I had always wondered about, but could never understand.
My body underwent tremendous transformations. My gray hair disappeared and became dark and shiny again. My face had a rosy complexion, and my bloated body returned to normal. I suddenly looked like a girl in her 20s although I was 33 years old.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. My sister, mother-in-law and I went to the provincial government to appeal for the right to practice Dafa. Police officers arrested us but soon freed us. The next day when we went to the government to appeal again, officials beat us and drove us away.
When I returned home and reflected on what had happened, I was baffled. Falun Dafa teaches people to be good. It has helped millions elevate their morality and purify their body and mind. It does only good for the whole country and society. Why would the government ban and slander it? My heart was so heavy, I stayed at home for two days.
On the third day, the president of our factory came to my home. He comforted me and asked me to come back to work, and promised not to hurt me.
I kept clarifying the facts to people around me, cultivated my xinxing by following the Dafa standards, and let my actions show the demeanor of a Dafa practitioner to others.
In July 2000, I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Dafa to the government. I was illegally detained for more than a month. The president and a few colleagues came to the detention center to visit me. They didn't blame me for the troubles that police made for my workplace because of my appeal. Instead, they comforted me and asked me to come back to work as soon as I was released. When I was released, I found that they had continued my regular pay and bonus while I was being persecuted.
Agents from the 610 Office came to my workplace and tried to take me to a brainwashing center. To avoid persecution, I was forced to leave my home. When I came back home for the Chinese New Year I decided that since there was nothing wrong with Dafa, I should go back to work. But, before I got back to work, a policeman knocked on my door and told me, “We have been looking for you for a long time. You must tell us everything you did, plus sign the guarantee statement, otherwise, we'll arrest you again.”
I clarified the facts about Falun Dafa to him and advised him to be kind to practitioners. Then, a black sedan pulled up and five police officers got out of the car and tried to arrest me. Seeing this scene, my mother-in-law was petrified. I told them in an upright manner that practicing Falun Dafa is not against the law and that I was innocent and would not sign a guarantee statement.
The chief of the local Domestic Security Division brought the new president of the factory and two colleagues from work to my home. Before I said anything, he said in front of the officers,“Don't worry about anything. If you want, come back to work tomorrow. If you don't feel up to it right now, take a rest for a few days.”
I was caught off guard. Even when the evil was so rampant, the president of the company demonstrated such a great sense of justice. I went to work the next day and received my pay for the two months that I was locked up. The new president came to my office and told me, “I'm not afraid if you go to Beijing to appeal.” I thanked him for his support of Dafa.
I was monitored around the clock. Police officers came to my workplace to check on me every day. Once two of my coworkers told the officers:“Please don't come anymore. How can she perform her work if you keep harassing her like this?” The factory president told the police, “I take care of my employees, please do not come back to harass her again.” They never came back.
My husband couldn't stand the pressure and divorced me in March of 2001. My child and I moved into a small rental unit in a warehouse.
Soon after moving I was arrested again and tortured until I had to be hospitalized. When the management at my company learned about it, they came to visit me at the hospital. At the time of their visit, the ward was packed with police officers.
I was illegally sentenced to prison but my company continued to cover my pension payment for another two years until it went bankrupt. Though I was in prison when my company went bankrupt, management still delivered 5,000 yuan severance pay to my family.
Regardless of how evil the persecution, I always managed to think of myself as a practitioner, and showed a true practitioner's demeanor. When I was persecuted they would stand by my side and resist the persecution together with me. They chose a bright future for themselves.