How Mr. An Began Practising Falun Gong

Mr. An is an elderly gentleman in his 70's. His health was deteriorating and had become worse since the winter of 2002. He could no longer do any work in the fields or around the house. He tried all kinds of medication, but nothing seemed to help.

One day in the spring of 2003, Mr. An was walking in the street with his cane and came across a Falun Dafa truth clarification flyer posted on an electrical pole. As he was reading the posted information, a man named Jin, in his 60's, approached him. Mr. Jin threw a full shovel of cow manure at the poster. Mr. An became angry, "Even if you don't read it, I was reading it!" Mr. Jin was fully deceived by the government propaganda and said something slandering Falun Dafa. After hearing Mr. Jin's comments, Mr. An yelled "You don't have to believe in Falun Dafa, but you should not curse it! Have you ever heard that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be punished by evil?

Mr. An cleaned away the cow manure and continued to read the poster. After reading "Understanding the truth will be rewarded with good returns. Remember that Falun Dafa is great!", Mr. An recited " Falun Dafa is great" a few times. Upon continuing on his way, his back and leg felt much better. "Falun Dafa is miraculous," he thought.

From that day on, Mr. An began to recite, "Falun Dafa is great, Falun Dafa is righteous" in the morning, noon and evening, with hands pressed together to show respect. Since then, Mr. An's appetite has improved, he is in fine spirits, the pain in his back and legs disappeared, and he can work in the fields and around the house again. One day Mr. An took his mule to market to have a blacksmith put horseshoes on the mule's feet. The smith was too heavy-handed when hammering the shoes on and the mule jumped in pain. The animal landed on Mr. An and trampled him. The bystanders believed that he had been killed. Miraculously, Mr. An stood up uninjured. Mr. An immediately realised that it was his good deeds and good thoughts towards Falun Dafa that had saved him, as he remembered the old Chinese saying that he had quoted to Mr. Jin, "Good will be rewarded with good."

Mr. An now uses his own experiences to talk about the greatness of Falun Dafa, and he has begun to practise Falun Dafa himself.