(Clearwisdom.net) There are many touching and heart-rending stories about Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China clarifying the truth about the persecution during the past eight years. Today I would like to tell some of the stories that I have heard and seen, to pay my sincere tribute to these kind-hearted people, who have taken the trouble to uphold their belief.
Many friends around me and even my own family members have met Falun Gong practitioners who have clarified the facts to them. Once my father told me that when he was walking along the street, a man about forty years old told him to remember that "Falun Gong is good." It was a cold winter day. My father went out for business and met this man, who was thinly clad with plain clothes. He looked as if he was shivering in the cold wind. This man told my father, "Please stop for a moment." My father thought that he wanted to ask for directions, so my father asked him if he needed any help. This man said, "I want to tell you one thing, please remember this, Falun Gong is good, and what they say on TV are all lies." My father answered, "I see. You should go home as it is quite cold outside." After I heard what my father said, I was quite moved. I was going to ask my father why he didn't ask that man if he needed any help, and why he didn't give him any money. But I didn't say anything in the end, as I felt that this kind of thinking could be a blasphemy to such a noble person.
Several years ago, I accidentally met an "uncle" [In China, it is polite and affectionate to address an older person outside the family as aunt or uncle.] who is a Falun Gong practitioner on the street. Later I became a close friend of his family. This family of three are all steadfast Falun Gong practitioners. When I had time, I used to play at their home. I felt very comfortable at their home, but it was not because they were wealthy. They were actually quite poor, and owned no valuable possessions. But every time I went there, I felt as if I was at my own home. It is a pity that I can rarely see them now because of my job. I really miss them.
Once I went to my old home in the countryside to visit some friends and relatives. I heard a lot of stories from them about Falun Gong. One distant relative told me that while she was on her way to buy some goods, she was sitting in a goods van, and the driver told her, "The Self-Immolation on Tiananmen Square is a lie, and it was fabricated by the Chinese Communist Party." This sister told me excitedly, "I heard that many people practice Falun Gong in other countries. I heard that Falun Gong is really good." I find it quite incredible that even people in such a remote areas know the true story of Falun Gong.
Another distant relative told me that early one morning she saw many people gathering together on the street. Someone had some Falun Gong pamphlets, which were distributed by practitioners the night before, and they were reading them loudly!
When I visited my grandmother, my aunt told me that my grandmother's neighbor took a 6 inch pile of booklets into the street, asking people if they wanted to take a copy. My aunt asked him what he was giving out, and found out that they were Falun Gong booklets. This person is not a Falun Gong practitioner. My aunt asked him where he got the booklets, and he said, "No need to know that. Just tell me if you want one, if yes, please take a copy." It is a pity that my aunt didn't take one. But she has relatives who practice Falun Gong and who told her the true story of Falun Gong. She actually practiced the exercises of Falun Gong for a few days before 1999.
One day, when it was very hot, one of my cousins came to play at my home. He left after lunch, as he had things to do. Not long after he left, he called me on the phone and said, "Guess who I saw on the street?" I thought that he probably met a friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He actually met a Falun Gong practitioner who gave him a pamphlet. He said that the weather was extremely hot. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he felt as if he was a withered plant under the cooking sun. While he was walking listlessly under the sun, a young fellow stopped him and gave him some papers and said, "Please read this, it is really good." My cousin thought that it must be some sort of advertisement, so he didn't pay much attention, but after he walked for a while, he remembered to take a look at the paper and realized that it was a Falun Gong pamphlet. It contained details of ways to break through the Internet blockade. He was so exited that he called me right away. I wanted to go out and ask for a copy from the young fellow, but I thought to myself that it was better not to bother him, as I already know the truth about Falun Gong. It is better to give the pamphlets to other people.
This cousin of mine later made a friend on the Internet, who was also a Falun Gong practitioner. A few days ago, this friend sent him a web address of the 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular, for him to have a look. I am not as lucky as he. Apart from that "uncle," I have only heard from others, but have not personally met any other Falun Gong practitioners who gave me pamphlets. Maybe that is because I am someone who already knows the truth.
I have a friend who is also quite lucky. She has a Falun Gong practitioner friend who was her former colleague. That sister treats her very well just like her own sister. She also looks after her at her work. She said that this "sister" is the best person she has ever met. When that sister clarified the facts to her, she accepted the information right away, and she also borrowed books from her to read. She not only quit the CCP herself, but also helped the other five members of her family to quit the evil party. Furthermore, she told many others the true story of Falun Gong and asked her former classmates to quit the party. Once when she was telling a colleague at her work the story of Falun Gong, that colleague said, "I know that Falun Gong is good. My mother is a practitioner of Falun Gong. She used to be very sick, but now she is very healthy after practicing Falun Gong." My friend said that she was really moved. That colleague was very lucky to receive several emails from overseas Falun Gong practitioners, and she still has contact with some of them.
My brother and sister-in-law often receive Falun Gong pamphlets in the corridor of their residential building. My sister-in-law often met an elderly gentleman who clarified the facts to her. She later quit the CCP using her real name. They never used to read any truth-clarifying materials in the corridor, and always threw away the materials left in the basket attached to their bicycle. Later I told them that it is not easy for those people to make these materials, and there is no harm in reading them. My sister-in-law said later, "Now when we receive truth-clarifying materials, we read them carefully and then fold them well and leave them in someone else's bicycle basket, or place them at some other place that people can see."
One night, after I got off the bus, I saw a handicapped young lady at the bus stop. She could not stand up, she could only walk while squatting on her heels, with her hands placed on her feet as a support. She looked very pitiful. There were more than ten people at the bus stop, but not one of them took a straight look at her. I felt so sad for her and wanted to help her with something, but didn't know how to help. Because to her, any help will only be good for that instant, but it can't make a significant change in her life. I suddenly remembered to tell her "Falun Dafa is good," because in China, many people know that Falun Dafa can truly bring good fortune forever in one's future life. If I tell her "Falun Dafa is good," isn't that the best everlasting help for her?
I walked in front of her and squatted down, and said, "Little sister, let me tell you something..." As soon as I said "remember that Falun Dafa is good," she joined me by saying, "Zhen-Shan-Ren is good." Then she told me, "I know that Falun Dafa is good, many people have told me that." At that moment I saw her eyes sparkling under the street light.
After I left, when I thought of what she said, I don't know why, but I just couldn't help crying, crying really hard. I found out later that she is a poor beggar, as I saw her begging from the people on the street. I thought to myself: Hey! In this world, there probably will only be those kind-hearted Falun Gong practitioners who would notice this poor, handicapped life that was almost forgotten by most people.
Apart from paying my sincere tribute to those who uphold their belief in face of such brutal persecution, I would also like to take this opportunity to awaken more people's conscience to get to know Falun Gong and support Falun Gong, and together, bring this brutal persecution that has lasted for eight years to an end.
