I Was Once Illiterate, But Now I Can Read Falun Dafa Books

I am a Falun Gong practitioner from Yuhe Town in the Weicheng District of Weifang City, Shandong Province. I began practising Falun Dafa in 1996. I have never been to school. In the beginning when we had group study of the teachings of Falun Gong, fellow practitioners would take turns reading each paragraph. I then just looked at the book and listened to them. I could follow along with them initially, but later on I could not keep up with their pace and often got lost as to what page they were reading. I could do nothing but just listen to them quietly. I was determined that one day I would read Teacher's books.

My husband works in a cement plant. I need to do all the housework. My children go to school during the day. I then try to finish all the housework during the day. After my husband got back from work, I would ask him to read the core text of Falun Gong teachings Zhuan Falun for me. At the practice site I read together with fellow practitioners, and at home I asked my husband and son to teach me. I kept doing this for a long time.

On the 14th of July, 1999, someone in the Fangzi area slandered Falun Dafa. Together with other practitioners, I went to appeal to the Weifang City government. After the 22nd of July, 1999, Jiang Zemin and his regime started persecuting Falun Gong. All the Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the appeal on the 14th of July were beaten up. They kicked me with their boots and beat me with a broom until the broom snapped into pieces. They even asked me to buy a new one. How ridiculous they are! I was beaten until both of my arms were black and blue. They also detained us and forced us to pay 600 yuan each before they would release us. The town officials asked my family to give them the money, or we could not go home. After I returned home, the daughter-in-law of a local official was moved to tears after seeing my bruises. However, my husband no longer supported me. In order to expose the vicious persecution, I would sometimes show my bruises to other villagers. My husband felt ashamed of me and no longer read the Fa (law or principles, the teachings of Falun Gong) for me. I then tried to read by myself. When I saw words that I didn't know, I would ask my son. My daughter was afraid that she would be mistreated because of me, so she did not talk to me.

These are the consequences of the persecution. Our happy family was no longer the same. But regardless of others' attitudes, I was determined in practising Falun Dafa and reading the books.

One time when I was concentrating on reading the book, I suddenly saw a golden shiny brightness. All the characters became golden. Tears flowed from my eyes: I knew that Teacher was encouraging me. I have become more diligent in studying the Fa since then.

It is truly miraculous. Gradually I was able to read the whole of Zhuan Falun and other Falun Gong related materials. At first I was not willing to read experience-sharing articles because I thought I would not be able to read them. My younger sister told me, "You cannot keep up with the pace of Fa rectification if you do not read. If you can read Zhuan Falun, you can read those articles too." I indeed understood the content when I read them. I saw other practitioners' righteous thoughts and deeds through those articles. I was deeply encouraged.

I was once an illiterate person but now I can read Dafa books. I cannot express my gratitude towards Teacher in words.

Sometimes when I went out at night to take part in activities to let people know the true facts about Falun Gong, I was afraid that my husband would find out and stop me. I then sent forth righteous thoughts and went out after he fell asleep. During the progress of Fa rectification, I have come to understand that what I am doing is most righteous and I need not be so secret. I then told him before I went out. My husband was very afraid. I then spoke to him, telling him the truth about Falun Gong while I sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factor in other dimensions. He gradually changed his attitude.

One time he had a toothache. On his way to work, he saw a Falun Gong banner had fallen to the ground. He then hung it up on the tree. At lunchtime he found that his toothache had disappeared. He asked me the reason after he got home. I told him, "Because you did something to support Dafa, now you have received a good reward. Gods are watching our every deed!"

Since then my husband never stops me from taking part in activities to clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. I will follow the path of cultivation that Teacher guides me along.