(Minghui.org) I am 65 years old and I began practicing Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) in 1997, not long before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its brutal persecution of the spiritual practice in 1999.
Thanks to Dafa, I look much younger than my peers. At work, I conduct myself according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance which has allowed my coworkers to see the beauty of Falun Dafa and made them more open to the truth.
My wife and I were illegally arrested by officers from the local Domestic Security Division and the police station in August 2023. We were detained for a month before we were released on bail pending trial. My wife sustained a lumbar vertebral fracture while she was tortured. After returning home, she continued to study the Fa and practice the exercises and recovered in about six months.
In March 2024, police and neighborhood officials came to our home to harass us again. They pressured us to write a repentance statement and a guarantee letter that we would no longer practice. They threatened us that we would be sent back to the detention center if we refused. My wife and I had to leave our home to avoid any more persecution. With the help of fellow practitioners, we found an environment where we could study the Fa at night and go out during the day to clarify the truth about the persecution.
We were consumed by fear. We kept a low profile wherever we went, afraid to face the public. We couldn’t use our ID cards. Fellow practitioners also went to great lengths to help us find jobs.
I took a job cooking lunch for factory workers. I also did the cleaning up afterwards. The factory owner was a woman who was misled by the CCP’s lies and did not want to listen to the truth about Dafa or allow me to talk about Dafa with the other workers.
However, after observing me for some time, she saw that practitioners are different—we are diligent in our work and are honest. She felt confident enough to entrust me with the keys to the warehouse.
Once, while making steamed buns, I mistook MSG for salt and the buns turned out inedible. So I rode my e-bike to a restaurant and bought 175 buns for the workers. They were deeply moved and some made comments like, “Falun Gong practitioners are truly good people.”
Even those who refused to listen to the truth about the persecution said, “Your practice hasn’t been in vain.” I told them, “Our Master teaches us to be good people.” Later, the owner offered to give me 100 yuan, but I did not accept it.
On another occasion, just after the Chinese New Year, I had only worked for just over 20 days. Yet I was paid for a full month. I took out 200 yuan and suggested to the owner that I buy seasonings for the factory workers’ meals.
Last year, a worker who is older than me called me “old man,” which made me feel uncomfortable. Then I realized that Master was guiding me to eliminate human attachments. I had a desire to be praised and did not like to hear criticism. I also saw my attachments to jealousy, resentment, and self-validation. I worked on myself to remove these attachments and rectify myself according to the Fa.
No matter the environment, I take the Fa as my teacher and truly act according to the standards of a practitioner. The surrounding environment will then change as well.
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