"I can't help but respect them."

A person in China
January 28, 2002

I have been a common criminal detained in a detention centre. Whenever I recall those Falun Gong practitioners, I can't help but respect them.

In the beginning I had hostility toward them because of the propaganda of Jiang's regime that influenced me, and I thought they were playing politics, ignoring their spouses, children, parents and siblings. After a period of contact with them, my impression of them changed. In fact, they are all good husbands, good wives, good parents, and good children, their generosity of being able to forbear any persecution filled me with admiration. They would do everything according to the principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," and look within themselves to see if they haven't done anything properly when encountering conflicts, and would immediately correct those behaviours not complying with the standard of being a Falun Gong practitioner. Among them are teachers, officials, lawyers and Ph.Ds, who all have a very high level of virtue. One incident that impressed me most was that during the winter, when there was few beddings in the cell, they would always give their own to others whenever someone was in need, while they slept on the bare boards [without any bedding], wearing cotton clothes. According to their saying this is "selflessness and altruism."

But such good people were detained, sent to forced labour camps and sentenced. What has happened, my fellow countrymen? People are hostile to it because of the lies of Jiang's regime, are hostile to Falun Dafa. I'm lucky because I have known about the truth, thanks to these Falun Gong practitioners. I wish those people who, like me, were previously deceived will also wake up as early as possible.

(This person got to know about the truth of the persecution against Falun Dafa during his contact with Falun Gong practitioners during his detention in jail. Practitioner's noble moral character touched him.)

http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/4/6/20607.html
http://minghui.cc/mh/articles/2002/3/31/27602.html