Relatives and Neighbours Learn the Truth about Falun Gong

I am a retired teacher. I began to practise Falun Dafa in July of 1996. In April, before I started practising, I suffered from diabetes, with a four "+" reading for my urine sugar level. My weight dropped from 159 pounds to around 133 pounds.

At that time, after being introduced to Falun Dafa, many of my answers to life were answered and so I began my path of cultivation in this particular practise. Through studying the Falun Gong books and articles, I gradually came to understand the universal principles, and realised that the fundamental cause of one's being ill is karma, and that in order to cure illness people must first cultivate their xinxing (mind nature, moral character). Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,

"Throughout history, the issue of whether matter determines mind or vice versa has been constantly discussed and debated in the world of philosophy. In fact, let me tell everyone that matter and mind are one thing."

I thought that by improving my heart according to "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" would lead to my recovery. By practising Falun Gong, all of my illnesses have now disappeared. Since then, I haven't suffered from any form of illness and have been very healthy. I am now determined in practising Falun Dafa more than ever.

Before the persecution against Falun Gong started, I was the Falun Dafa teaching assistant in our village. Whenever there were activities for promoting Falun Dafa and I had time, I would attend them. I constantly followed the teachings in Falun Dafa and regarded myself as a cultivator. I urged myself to rectify all my thoughts and ideas, as well as words and actions. I tried to help people see how great Falun Dafa was through my words and actions.

On the 20th of July, 1999, the order to persecute Falun Gong was given to every township and village. That very night I went to Harbin to peacefully and lawfully appeal to the provincial government. The year 2000 was the most rampant period of persecution. On the 14th of December, I was arrested because I went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for a stop to the persecution of Falun Gong. In a police station situated close to Tiananmen Square I was detained for ten hours and then sent to the Xuanwu District Detention Centre of Beijing. During the first half of the night I was interrogated four times. I refused to cooperate by not revealing my name or address. In the end I was able to return back to Shuangcheng.

During this period, I personally witnessed the police's shameless conduct. They took me to a prison cell, and said, "If you don't tell us your name and address, we'll put you in here and let them punish you." They interrogated me until midnight and still couldn't figure out my name. I was called No. B5 while in detention. They searched my body and confiscated all of my possessions. However, I was unmoved. I looked around, and saw one person squatting in front of some shoes. He was lifting up the soles and cutting them open. Judging by a small pile of money to the side, he was going through people's shoes to try to find hidden money.

Facing all of this, I held no fear. I had only the Fa (law or principles, the teachings of Falun Gong) in my heart. Before they put me in detention, the prison doctor checked my health. Unexpectedly the result was that I had high blood pressure and heart arrhythmia (at that time I realised that Teacher was using these symptoms to help me get out). Therefore, after the police discussed the situation, I was immediately released. I returned to Shuangcheng with my head shaved and my hands holding up my trousers since they had taken everything from me, including my belt. Recalling this experience brings me to tears. I realised that I had been able to step out of my human limitations and understood Teacher's compassion.

After I returned, I became firmer on my path during this Fa-rectification period. No matter how dangerous the environment was, in order to save more people, I distributed factual information about Falun Dafa, displayed a Falun Dafa banner and clarified the truth about Falun Gong face to face with people. Regardless of whether it was windy, rainy, hot or cold, I distributed Falun Dafa materials, because the most important thing at present is to allow people to learn the true facts about Falun Gong.

In August of 2004, my wife's uncle who lives in Harbin City suffered from rectal cancer. He is a Party member and was a veteran cadre dating back to before the founding of the state. His illness reached an advanced stage, and he also suffered from a lung disease. In the hospital he relied on oxygen tanks for breathing and narcotics for relieving his pain. He opposed my practice of Falun Gong and cursed me saying that I was against the Party. I went to visit him in order to change his mind and let him know that Falun Dafa is actually a really good practice. At that time he said, "I will read the book. The Buddha knows my heart!" He really did as he said. As a result, he stopped using oxygen tanks and narcotics after half a month, and he could eat and easily relieve himself. In thirty days he left the hospital and returned home. The whole family and doctors were amazed and marvelled at the miracle of Falun Dafa.

Teacher recently published several Falun Gong articles in succession. We practitioners know very well that we are pressed for time and that our responsibilities are great. The two main methods that we have taken are clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to our relatives and neighbours, and secondly with three people as a group, going from household to household to talk to them about Falun Gong and the real reasons behind the persecution. With the first method, we have almost clarified the truth to all our families. Through our efforts, most practitioners who gave up the practice after the 20th of July, 1999 returned to cultivation, and also new practitioners have been coming. There were seven veteran practitioners before, but now there are over 30 practitioners. The exercise site has basically returned to normal. Most people in the village know the truth about Falun Gong. During this most critical period in history, we should increase our efforts and be more diligent!