(Minghui.org) I was imprisoned for five years beginning in 2005. I told the inmates in prison about Falun Dafa and clarified the truth about the persecution. I had the opportunity to talk to an inmate named Mingzhen (alias). He told me that he had been convicted for using drugs and stealing cars for a total value of over 20 million yuan ($2.87 million). I told Mingzhen about Falun Dafa and the principle of good will be rewarded and evil incurs retribution. I advised him not to do such things again after getting released. He replied that it wouldn’t be easy.
A couple of days later, Mingzhen asked for my help, saying, “Please! Teach me the about your practice now! I can’t wait any longer!” I asked him what had happened. He said, “My conscience is torturing me for the bad things I've done! I checked out the spots so that my accomplices could steal the cars. The car owners could have taken loans. What could they do? I’m about to lose my mind.” He continued to urge me to teach him Dafa. However, Mingzhen and I were in different cells and did forced labor in different units. He said he would talk to the inmate who monitored me, and he did.
We eventually got to work together, and he asked me many questions. I told him my understandings based on the Falun Dafa principles. Loud music was played through speakers during the whole time. Someone even came to tell him not to listen to me. I asked Mingzhen if he could hear me. He said he could hear my words so clearly that he couldn’t hear the music much at all. I was amazed. He asked me to teach him how to do the exercises right away. I said, “We are monitored here.” He told me to meet him in the restroom.
I demonstrated the first exercise, but Mingzhen said he couldn’t remember how to do it. I told him to sit down in the lotus position, conjoin his hands, and repeat in his mind, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I also taught him the verses of the five exercise. Seeing how eager he was to learn Falun Dafa, I was happy for him and grateful for Master’s compassion.
After doing meditation one night, Mingzhen told me, “I’ll tell you something odd. I followed your instructions to do the meditation and entered tranquility pretty quickly. I then heard the sound of a light switch flipping on, and it got bright. I opened my eyes but found that the light was not on.” When I told him his celestial eye must be open, he went on, “I closed my eyes again and saw a few people telling me not to do this practice. I said to them, ‘Can anyone of another practice turn the light on just by saying the few verses?’ My mother, who died 15 years ago, appeared in front of me. She told me, ‘Son, don’t listen to them. Falun Dafa is saving people. Cultivate yourself well!’ I was able to stay in tranquility for two and a half hours.”
Mingzhen told me the next day, “It brightened up like yesterday as soon as I entered tranquility. I saw a huge golden wheel. It kept rotating in front of my chest and entered my heart with a ‘boom.’ I was startled. My mother appeared again and told me, ‘Don’t be afraid, Son! Master is treating your disease!’ I used to have a heart disease. I stayed in tranquility for two and a half hours again.”
On the third day, Mingzhen told me, “After I entered tranquility, I saw many Buddhas, big and small, all over the room, They sat on the floor and talked with each other as well as with me. I again stayed in tranquility for two and a half hours.”
I didn’t see Mingzhen during the following few days. When I saw him again, he told me that he had been looking for me. “I’ve had so many amazing experiences these days that I could write a book,” he said. “I saw Master on the fourth day. He called my name and asked me if I knew what I had come for. He told me I was here to validate the Fa.”
One day, Mingzhen was wronged and reprimanded in front of over 100 people. He simply said he didn’t do what he was accused of and said nothing else for the rest of the time. I felt it was so unfair! When I asked Mingzhen later why he hadn’t defended himself, he replied, “Shouldn’t I prefer the virtue? How have you cultivated yourself?”
An inmate once asked me why medicine hadn’t worked for the sore on his head. I told him my understanding based on Master’s teaching about karma. He was curious, “How come Mingzhen said the same thing? Were you the one who taught him?” I nodded. He said, “No wonder everyone says Mingzhen has changed a lot. He is polite and looks healthier. Dafa can really change one’s heart! I would like to practice, too!”
I’m writing this article to thank Master for his great compassion. Master doesn’t mind if anyone has made mistakes before. He only cares about their attitude toward Falun Dafa. What a generous heart!