(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997 while I was still serving in the army. When I read the precious book Zhuan Falun for the first time, I passed blood in my stool and experienced chills all over my body. I understood from the Fa that Master Li was helping me repay the huge karmic debts I owed from countless previous lives. A few days later, I was back to normal and my body felt light and healthy.
Insomnia caused by my intensive training schedule disappeared, and I also gave up drinking alcohol and playing mahjong. My hot temper improved as well and I was no longer a picky eater. All these changes convinced me that Falun Dafa can truly turn someone into a new person. I made up my mind that I would cultivate in Dafa until the very end.
In 1999, I left the army and began to work at a state-owned enterprise. I always followed Master’s teachings and tried to be a good person. I was diligent and hardworking. Three months later, I was appointed by the management as a shift leader, in charge of material intake, an enviable job to many.
The evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. Soon, a large number of Dafa practitioners were unlawfully arrested and detained, their homes searched and ransacked. I felt very confused, thinking: “I used to feel proud to serve in the military to defend our motherland. How could the government I had trusted become like a demon? Our Master is upright and teaches us to be good people. Now that our Master and Dafa are being framed and slandered, I cannot just stand by idly. I must appeal for justice for Falun Dafa.”
In October 2000, I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, but was unlawfully arrested by police and sent to a forced labor camp for three years. Because I refused to “transform” (give up Dafa practice), I was brutally beaten, and transferred to a number of labor camps for further persecution. With firm faith in Master and Dafa, I refused to accept their lies and false accusations. As a result, I suffered all kinds of cruel torture and my body was severely battered.
In July 2003, I showed symptoms of multiple organ failure and numbness throughout my body. I became incontinent, and unable to eat. My family members asked the forced labor camp to release me, but their appeal was rejected. My family then asked them to take me to a hospital for treatment. The labor camp agreed in the end to send me to a big hospital in our province, under the condition that my family would pay all the expenses.
After checkups in Jiutai Hospital, Union Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, and the Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Medical University, I was diagnosed with acute myelitis, and it was said to be incurable.
Still, the labor camp took me back to continue trying to force me to give up practicing Falun Dafa. When the labor camp doctor checked my blood pressure, he couldn’t even get a reading, and my heart beat was as slow as 24 beats per minute. The doctor exclaimed,“He won’t survive even if he is sent home.” So the labor camp asked my family members to take me home.
Even though I was hanging by a thread, my mind was very clear and I believed that I would not die because Master was taking care of me. After returning home, I was determined to never return to the hospital and kept listening to the recordings of Master’s Fa lectures. I was unable to study the Fa or do the exercises at that time.
Not long after, I was able to take care of myself in daily life, and when I started studying the Fa and doing the exercises, my health improved day by day. Within a very short period of time, I completely recovered and looked radiant with perfect health. My whole family was deeply grateful to Master for saving my life!
The evil CCP played new tricks to persecute me. Under the pressure from the “610 Office”, (a security agency in China, operating outside of the formal legal system and focused on the suppression of Falun Dafa) my workplace fired me. My children were still young at the time, and in order to make a living, I had to start a small business and do odd jobs.
When I had time, I went to my former workplace to clarify the truth to the leaders, and asked them to reinstate my position. They told me, “We know you are a good man.” After some discussion, they decided to give me a lump-sum compensation according to the buyout policy. Having seen how I recovered from the brink of death, those from the “610 Office” didn’t say anything, either.
In 2015, I filed a “criminal complaint” against Jiang Zemin, and as a result, the CCP put my name on their blacklist, and I was harassed from time to time.
One day in 2018, while helping someone move, a stranger called me saying there was a water leak in my house. However, as soon as I got back home, I was rounded up by a group of policemen in plain clothes, who also searched my house.
Under Master’s protection, they couldn’t find anything against me. Still, they took me to the public security brigade. I kept a calm mind and held strong righteous thoughts. Eight hours later, they let me go home, with no conditions.
In 2019, when I came home from out of town, police who were staking out my place conducted another unlawful search of my house, and took me to the public security brigade. I said to them loudly, “I’m truly a good person, and I haven’t done anything bad. You will suffer karmic retribution for persecuting me.”
Hearing these words, the leader of the brigade said to me, “No, we won’t persecute you.” Seven hours later, I was released and went back home.
In 2020, the local police asked to see me. I called and asked them why. They responded, “Nothing much, we just want to see you.” When I got home, four policemen rushed in and started searching and ransacking my place like robbers. They couldn’t find anything they could use against me, and took me to the police station, where I was unlawful detained for three hours before they allowed me to leave.
In 2024, the “610 Office” ordered Neighborhood Committees to forcefully “transform” Falun Dafa practitioners, saying that if they refuse to be “transformed”, their children would be ineligible to take civil service exams, become public servants, enlist in the military, or get promotions, etc.
While I was sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil, Master allowed me to see clearly that there was an Arhat standing on each side of me, with a ritual weapon in hand. The scene further strengthened my righteous thoughts. I said to my family members, “I’m truly a good person. How can a good person jeopardize your future? If you’re really worried about your future, we can sever the family relationships.”
I also said to the police in a firm tone, “Stop harassing me!” Their arrogance disappeared in an instant, and they slunk away quietly.
Later, I went to see the CCP secretary, deputy secretary, and the public security manager of our Neighborhood Committee, but none of them dared to have a proper chat with me. The deputy secretary used to be the public security manager for many years. He had some martial arts training and knew that Falun Gong practitioners are exceptional people. Once he said to me, “Your practice is truly extraordinary.” A local policeman also said, “I know you are a good man, and I’ve never wanted to harm you.”
In 2006, I decided to move back to my hometown in rural Henan Province. Even though my wife is not a practitioner, she has supported me all these years, and believes that Falun Dafa is good. She gave up her job as a teacher and moved back to Henan with me.
After we moved back to my hometown, I did all kinds of odd jobs such as working on construction sites, collecting junk, etc. My wife started a tutoring class in a nearby city. She won the admiration and trust of both students and parents thanks to her sincerity, kindness, and commitment to teaching and her students. Without any advertising, word of mouth kept her student enrollment growing.
I have two daughters and both support Falun Dafa. My elder daughter entered university at the age of 16 and later went on to graduate school. She is now teaching in a university. Her husband works in document translation. My younger daughter also attended university, and is preparing for graduate school.
I brought my father, who was unable to take care of himself, to my place and looked after him very well. I told him to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” every day. My father lived with us for over three years before he passed away naturally and in peace at the age of 92.
Twenty-two years have passed since I was persecuted to the point of multiple organ failure, and yet I’m still living happily today with perfect health thanks to Master’s compassionate protection and salvation. In the past 22 years, I have always maintained a firm belief in Master, and have never needed to take any medication. What has happened to me truly proves that Falun Dafa is good.
I’m 60 this year, but other people all say that I look much younger than my age. I know that there are many things I still need to improve on in my cultivation, but I will try my best to do well what a Dafa disciple should do, and return to my true home with Master!