(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Gong practitioner in Changchong City. I attained the Fa in November 1998. Reviewing my course of cultivation, I think that I am very fortunate to be able to obtain the truth of the universe and walk the path of returning to my original and true self. When my righteous thoughts were strong, I did well in validating the Fa. When my righteous thoughts were weak, I was disturbed and did poorly. Without Teacher's painstaking care, I would be nothing. Hereby I wrote down my experience in cultivation and validating the Fa to encourage fellow practitioners mutually.
1. Attaining the Fa
After attaining the Fa in November 1998, I was motivated because I felt I'd come to the Fa too late. So I practiced the exercises in the early morning, studied the Fa in the morning with a group, and transcribed Dafa books like the Lecture in Sydney in the afternoon and at night. Since I did not have many Dafa books then, I transcribed them myself. I did not feel sleepy even at midnight. After I learned Hongyin by heart in 1999, I began to memorize Zhuan Falun. Up until October 2000, I had learned chapters 1 to 7 by heart. At that time, I realized my responsibility and thought that I should go to Beijing to validate the Fa.
2. I was detained illegally and persecuted
After I was arrested in Tiananmen Square, I was sent to the Criminal Police Brigade of Changping County Police Department and detained there. I refused to cooperate with the police officers and launched a hunger strike together with eleven other fellow practitioners. Four days later, the police incited the criminals to force-feed us a solution made with salt and milk. I did not have any fear. I only thought that with both Teacher and the Fa, I had nothing to fear. I was the first one to be so savagely force-fed. After returning us to the cell, the others all vomited, while I excreted much pus and blood.
Later, I was detained in the Tiebei Detention Center, and then transferred to the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp. At first, I was disturbed by human attachments and wrote a so-called guarantee statement. But I awakened soon after. I am a Dafa disciple. No matter where I am and what kind of hardship I may endure, I must validate the Fa. Afterwards I was given the job of managing the accounts. I performed the work with the standard of a Dafa disciple and soon found out that the criminals were taking advantage of managing the accounts to steal Dafa practitioners' money. Soon after, I was released.
3. Validating the Fa by writing letters
After retuning home, I wrote to the forced labor camp several times to clarify the truth about Dafa. In the letters, I advised the guards to be wise and stop being involved in the persecution. The letters frightened the evildoers. Originally, my style of writing was not that good. With constant Fa study, now I can finish an article one time through whenever I want to write. Over several years, I wrote several dozen letters, including letters to friends, schoolmates, colleagues, and leaders in my work place. I also clarified the facts about Falun Dafa face-to-face with others. The effect proved to be good. I understand that it is Teacher and Dafa who gave me this wisdom.
After Teacher's article "Hurry Up And Tell Them" was published, besides studying the Fa in the early morning and night, I went out to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa face-to-face with people during the daytime. One situation impressed me very deeply. I had a schoolmate who attended the same school as me both in the primary and middle school. We used to date each other. After parting, we had no contact with each other for many years. I only knew his workplace. That day was a Sunday. The evening before that day, after I finished writing a letter, I thought of clarifying the facts to him (his wife was also my schoolmate). When I reached the gate of his workplace, I told the person on duty who I was looking for. He responded that he was probably not in. I said I would come out if he was not inside. Since it was Sunday, almost all the doors in the building were locked. But, when I passed my schoolmate's office, his door was open and he was there. As a result, he was able to learn the facts about Dafa.
The same day, I was carrying a truth clarification letter to the leader of our company in my handbag. I had only been to her home once 9 years ago and could not remember her address. I was just wondering how I could find her home, when, on the way to my schoolmate's workplace, I happened to run into this person and her sister. So, I delivered the letter to her quite conveniently.
4. I never forgot to validate the Fa when I was forced to leave home
Since I persisted in my belief and refused to write the so-called guarantee statement demanded by my neighborhood office and the police station, I was forced to leave home to avoid near certain arrest and harassment. During those 4 years, I moved many times. At first, I lived in my relative's home. Later, I learned the police officers might go to the relative's home to search for me, so I moved to a rented residence. Afterwards, the tenants were checked more strictly. Then, a fellow practitioner asked me to live in her home as a housekeeper. There, I learned the Fa by heart every day, and did household duties that I seldom did before. Later, I also worked as a babysitter, took care of the aged, and worked in flower cellars.
Now I am working as a babysitter for a family. In the beginning, the child was sick and often needed injections and medicine. After exchanging views with fellow practitioners, I realized that although we live among ordinary people, we must know that our responsibility and mission are for Fa-rectification. Under any circumstance, we should put the Fa first, do the three things well, and perform ordinary work efficiently in the meantime. After realizing this, the child never got sick, and my time was much more abundant as a result. I cultivated myself with the principle of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and clarified the facts about Falun Dafa whenever I was free. I never felt wronged over small things, but accepted hardship with the right attitude. As long as we keep the Fa in our hearts and do the three things well as Teacher requires, we can have boundless joy.
In 2001 when I just left home, my family members could not understand why I did this. During those 4 years, I took advantage of all chances to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa to them. Also, I cared for them with my words and deeds. Last year when my mother was critically ill, I insisted on going back to look after her. My family did not want me to do so, since during my four years in exile, they witnessed the sinister nature and viciousness of the evildoers and did not feel it was safe for me to come back. So, I hired a housekeeper to look after my mother. The housekeeper is also a practitioner. Due to the cooperation of the practitioner and me working together and my overseas brother's constant truth-clarifying, all our relatives understand that everything we do as practitioners is for the benefit of others. Now they have all quit the Communist Party or the Youth League. My grandmother is more than 90 years old now. Her health is pretty good. She also told her friends and relatives that Falun Dafa is good.
Now the circumstances are getting better and better. Some people advised that I could go back home now. I think that we came for Fa-rectification. The environment in my home has been rectified. We Dafa disciples came to save sentient beings and to assist Teacher rectifying the Fa. Every day and every moment of mine is for validating the Fa, not only for my family members, but for all. To live up to everything Teacher and the Fa bestowed upon me, I try to improve myself constantly while validating the Fa and demand higher standards of myself to be a genuine Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period.
Since my understanding is limited, I welcome fellow practitioners to point out my shortcomings.
