"Where did you go to cure your illness?"

In 1997, I was suffering from severe rheumatoid cardiac disease. When I went to the hospital, the doctors there said that the only option I had was to spend 120 thousand yuan¹ for a heart transplant. To me, the cost was tremendous and I had no choice but to wait for death.

At that time, I grew tired just from taking several steps up a hill. I was very skinny and could not walk too fast, even on flat roads. If I walked too fast, my bones started to ache terribly. I also frequently suffered from diarrhoea. Everyone who saw me said that I looked like I was dying but they were just too shy to tell me to arrange my funeral.

I managed to live to 1998 when someone suggested that I practise Falun Gong (Falun Dafa), claiming that Falun Gong is miraculous. I thought, "Since I am almost dead, let me try it." So I started to practise Falun Gong. Only three days after I started to read Zhuan Falun, my face already started to show some healthy colour. When others saw me, they all asked me with great surprise, "Where did you go to cure your illness?" I replied, "I did not take any medicine, did not get any injections, did not go to any hospital, I simply recovered because of practising Falun Gong." Since then, I have also gotten rid of my bad habits, such as playing cards, smoking and drinking. Everyone witnessed my changes. Anyone who had such an experience would consider it to be miraculous.

Before the illegal persecution against Falun Gong started, many people practised in our area. In fact, even now many people know that Falun Gong is good, but they no longer dare to practise since they are afraid of the persecution. The persecution throughout all these years has made many people afraid.

I could have died many times. I cannot give up practising Falun Gong. Whenever I meet someone, I always say, "Falun Gong is good. Falun Gong has given me a second chance to live."

The more I read Zhuan Falun, the more I understand, the more happy I feel in my heart, and the more I feel that I cannot put the book down. That kind of experience is hard to express with any language.

I still have a lot more to say, and I was prepared to talk more, but now I suddenly cannot find any more words. I am experiencing such a wonderful state of mind.

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(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.