By a Dafa practitioner in Shandong Province

(Clearwisdom.net) My family consists of four members. My husband, my daughter and I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1995, and my son obtained the Fa in early 1999. Although he obtained the Fa late, the amazing changes that occurred in him enabled our family and friends to witness how Falun Dafa purifies a person from the depth of his soul, and they further experienced the mighty power of Dafa. It truly saves people.

Ever since grade school, my son was often late or absent in class, and he almost never did any homework. While in high school, he once lost his backpack during a fight, and he went to school without it ever since. During classes, instead of listening to the teacher, he interfered with others, smoking and gambling, and fell asleep whenever he was tired. The teacher then would cover him with a coat and say, "Good, you are not interfering with others!" He always received the lowest test score in class.

After he began working, he made friends with troublemakers and picked up many bad habits. He was frequently called to and fined by the police station. Because he violated factory policies and didn't perform his work well, people in his factory made negative comments about him. The parents of his girlfriend learned about my son's deviant behavior and annulled the young couple's engagement. After returning home, my son complained that others didn't find a good job for him, and he was in a worrisome state.

My son-in-law owned a clothes shop and asked my son to help. Later, my son-in-law invested in a restaurant and made my son manager, but the business ended in the red because he wasn't good at doing business. My son was very jealous and hated my son-in-law for paying him less money than he earned. One night he quarreled with my son-in-law and afterwards he stopped going to work.

While he stayed home, I again told him about the Fa and gave him Zhuan Falun to read. I told him, "Take a good look at this book and then you'll know how to live your life." At first he didn't want to accept it, but with my advice he reluctantly accepted the book.

I quietly observed the changes in my son and was happy when I saw him read the book quietly in his room.

Several days later my son came to me and said, "I read this book once and thought it was quite convincing. I want to learn the exercises." He quickly learned the five sets of exercises and began doing the exercises and studying the Fa. Three or four days later he said happily, "Two days ago when I did the fifth exercise (meditation), I was tired after double-crossing my legs for half an hour; however, I felt my hands were held up by a force and I felt wonderful and very comfortable. Yesterday at midnight, I unconsciously opened my eyes and sat up, and I suddenly saw a red lotus flower around 17 inches tall. Then a Buddha, around 7 inches tall, appeared and he sat on the lotus flower. I saw it very clearly. I thought, 'there is indeed Buddha in the world. They simply don't show themselves casually.'"

At the same time we held an experience-sharing meeting to discuss our Fa study. He said in a deeply touched voice, "Falun Dafa saved me. Master created the path to eternal life for me. I suddenly realized the true meaning of life. I realized that the original life of human beings came from the universe and was compassionate. Only when we increased in selfishness did we fall to the level of human beings. People do not live to be human. The purpose is to return to their true, original selves and return to their nature of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance. I also learned it's wrong to curse, beat people and violate others' interest. People have predestined relationships and relationships of reward and retribution among them. Only by paying back what I owe others can I return to my true home. I have decided to correct my past wrongs and become a new person. I'll conduct myself strictly according to the standards of a practitioner, follow Master and cultivate until the end."

From then on he studied the Fa, did the exercises everyday and was very diligent. He got rid of all of his bad habits. He returned the debts he owed during the operation of the restaurant. Every time he went to a creditor he told them, "I practice Falun Dafa. Master told us to improve our xinxing, assimilate to Truth, Compassion, Tolerance, the characteristic of the universe, and be a good person at all times. That's why I'm doing this."

The sudden change in my son left some acquaintances in doubt. His former colleagues in the factory, his classmates, teacher and friends were very surprised when they heard he is a very good person now because he practiced Falun Gong. My son validated the facts by going to them and promoting the Fa and clarifying the truth.

Within less than half a year after my son began to practice, some people in power began interfering and restricting his practice. At first, there were two practice sites and around one hundred people practicing Dafa in our neighborhood. Later, someone destroyed the practice site. At the same time, security officers registered the practitioners in the morning. The officers then notified the work unit or street committee where the practitioners belong, and officials from those two places would talk to the practitioners, to stop them from practicing. Less and less people came to practice.

My son was very concerned when he saw what was happening. He thought he couldn't let the practice site we used many years be destroyed. He took up the responsibilities of an assistant. At 3:00 a.m. everyday, he arrived at the practice site with a tape recorder. When he saw people who create trouble, he clarified the truth to them and told them what they were doing was illegal, and our practice was legal and should be protected by law. He protected the practice site by eliminating countless interferences and overcoming numerous difficulties.

In the days leading up to July 20, 1999, under orders from the evil's group, many media slandered and attacked Falun Gong. Many practice sites were attacked and practitioners were beaten up. Faced with persecution against Dafa, my son shed tears before Master's picture. He silently vowed to restore Dafa's reputation, no matter how intimidating the evil is. On the morning of July 19, three members of my family went to appeal at the city government, and we were driven back by police before we arrived at the front gate. Upon returning home, my son walked toward Master's picture and suddenly felt the light dimming in the room. In fact it wasn't dimmed; only Master's picture radiated bright light. Amidst the light, he saw Master's different appearance in many dimensions.

That same afternoon we started on a trip to Beijing. Police were present at all car stations and traffic intersections along the way, and many fellow practitioners were blocked from proceeding. We broke through numerous tribulations with wisdom and finally arrived in Beijing with determined faith in Dafa. When we were near Tiananmen, someone approached my son and asked in a low voice, "Are you a Dafa practitioner?" He answered yes. This person gave him several sheets of paper and said they were Master's scriptures, but they were false. My son didn't study the Fa deeply at the time and didn't look at it from the perspective of Fa principles. He didn't recognize the fake scriptures and were tricked into returning home.

After he got back, the street committee asked him to write a guarantee statement to give up Dafa practice or they won't let him go home.

My son promoted the Fa to them. He told them how Master taught us to be good people, that practitioners must improve their xinxing, and other things. He said, "Before I studied the Fa, I was a corrupt person who did many bad things and was often ordered to the police station. My parents had headaches because of me, but now I am a good person because I practiced Falun Gong and I am trying to change myself. Why is it wrong?" No one could say anything. Even so, he was still illegally detained for four days. My son saw they didn't want to release him and said, "I will practice Falun Gong for sure. If you want to change my mind, you have to cut my head off." They saw there was nothing they could do to change him, so they released him. From then on, they watched my family 24 hours a day.

In order to validate Dafa, clarify the truth and save people, vicious thugs brutally persecuted my son many times. Within one year, persons from a police station illegally detained him ten times. He was illegally detained twice under security detention, and once under criminal detention. He was also extorted 12,000 Yuan.

The local persecution reached its worst in January 2000. My son was arrested twice for practicing outdoors with a group. After he was fined and released, he was home alone the next morning. Two police officers came and took him to the county brainwashing class, where the county Political and Law secretary and the head of the general administration office led a group of roughnecks to brutally torture Falun Gong practitioners. They tried to make them give up Dafa practice through coercion. My son was brutally tortured, both physically and mentally during the 28-day detention, but he persisted and didn't give in to the thugs, and he didn't violate his vow.

In the following days he went to appeal in Beijing seven times in order to validate Dafa and expose the evil lies. Once, my son walked to Beijing with several fellow practitioners. It was in mid summer. They had to climb mountains and sleep in the streets in order to avoid illegal arrest. The 500-kilometer journey took them only 11 days.

During their trip they were arrested twice but escaped on both occasions. Throughout the trip they promoted the Fa to people. Many predestined people obtained the Fa and many people who were deceived by lies learned the truth. They awakened people's conscience with practitioners' great benevolence and the people praised them.

When they asked for water in a village, they told the villagers about their walking trip to Beijing to seek justice for Falun Gong. An elderly man erected gave him the "thumbs up" sign and said to my son, "Young man, you are great! Nowadays there are not many young people who would suffer so much to speak a word of truth in Beijing."

They walked into a restaurant and promoted the Fa and clarified the truth as they ate. The restaurant owner said to them, " You are Falun Gong practitioners who are going to Beijing to appeal? This meal is free. It's on me."

My son went to Beijing again and again and he visited all appeals offices. Once, he walked into Tiananmen Square, unfurled a banner and shouted, "Falun Dafa is good! Restore Master's reputation!" He also distributed truth-clarifying flyers. During Fa-rectification my son was arrested many times and was illegally detained and brutally beaten. However, he overcame all tribulations with his righteous faith in Dafa.

In October 2000, my son was forced to leave home in order to avoid interferences from officials from the local "610 Office," *) police department and street committee. He deeply understands what a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple must do, he firmly remembers Master's teaching and does well in all three things, and he walks on the path of Fa-rectification with a calm heart.

*Please note: The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary system.

March 25, 2003

Posting date: 4/9/2003
Original article date: 4/8/2003
Category: Fa-Rectification Stories
Translated on 4/4/2003
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/3/28/47300.html

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