Government Official Asks Me to Teach His Mother the Falun Dafa Exercises

(Minghui.org) More than 10 years ago, I was persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for practicing Falun Dafa (also called as Falun Gong), which led to the loss of my job and a five-year prison term. After my release, I worked as a nanny to support myself. When I first met the family, the wife was holding a six-month-old baby girl. The baby was so excited to see me and kept smiling, which ultimately helped me secure the job. The baby’s grandmother also thought I was very kind.

I later learned that the couple were government officials. The husband worked for the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and was the head of the local 610 Office. In China today, people tend to distrust one another, especially those they are not related to, like a nanny, for instance. When I first started working for them, they were nervous and suspicious. The husband brought his mother from another city to help look after the baby with me. I wasn’t allowed to have a key to their house either.

As time went on, we gradually got to know each other, and they realized that the words and actions of Dafa practitioners were different from those of ordinary people; they certainly weren’t like what the CCP’s propaganda depicted on TV. Our words and actions are filled with sincerity, kindness, and forbearance, and we always put others first. As a nanny, I was very frugal when I bought the groceries, ensuring they could eat well without spending too much. When I found loose change in the pockets of the clothes I washed, I returned every penny to them. As I gained their trust, they began to treat me like a family member, and I was given the house keys, allowing me to come and go without supervision.

It’s remarkable that the child never had an accident while I was looking after her. As kids learn to walk and run, it’s natural for them to bump into things and get hurt now and then. However, during our outings, she never sustained any injuries. There were two occasions when I was off work and the grandmother looked after her. On one day, the child got a cut on her head and and on the next she scraped her leg. The grandmother commented, “You’ve been watching her for several years, and she’s never been hurt. I watched her for just two days, and she got hurt both times! I won’t watch her anymore.”

The child’s mother added, “When I took her out to play, she got hurt several times.”

I told them what Master Li said: “The Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and harmonizes everything.” (Lecture Three, Zhuan Falun)

They believed what I said, and the whole family came to understand the truth about Falun Dafa. One day, the husband returned home early from work due to an illness. He had overindulged while drinking with his boss. He asked me unexpectedly, “When do you think Falun Gong practitioners will defeat the CCP?”

I laughed and replied, “We don’t want to defeat the Party. The CCP will destroy itself. We practitioners are not involved in politics. We just want to be good people, do good deeds, and cultivate ourselves. We seek no power. The CCP acts of its own accord to persecute good people who practice the Buddha Fa. It violates heavenly principles, and heaven will take care of it.”

He was almost in tears as he said, “We live in such agony. We have to accompany our leaders to drink every day, and we’re punished if we don’t do well. That’s just how it is in the CCP system. We’re risking our lives to please the leaders. Drinking every day is ruining my health.”

He revealed that he suffered from gout that would flare up whenever he drank. He was in terrible pain and limped as he walked. Yet, to support his family and advance his career, he felt compelled to flatter and curry favor with leaders at all levels.

I encouraged him to practice Falun Gong for better health. He replied, “I can’t! I’m in charge of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.” I advised him to refrain from doing anything against his conscience and to leave his job as soon as possible.

Eventually he was transferred, and he later took me to his mother’s house and asked me to teach her how to do the Falun Gong exercises.