(Clearwisdom.net) I am a 74-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner from Shandong Province. Thanks to Teacher's blessing I have continued to walk the cultivation path despite the unprecedented persecution of Falun Gong. Yes, during my 13 years of cultivation, I have endured many hardships, but I don't feel any pain, sorrow, or regret. For a cultivator, hardship is a good thing. The more hardship one endures, the better one can walk as a cultivator on his/her path. I have experienced miracles in assisting Teacher to save people and some people call me the “holy old man who saves people." I don't believe that I'm worthy of that name because it is all done by Teacher.
Fortunate to Attain Dafa
I was most fortunate to begin the spiritual practice of Falun Dafa in the fall of 1998! Before I began to cultivate, I became one of the richest people in the area. I owned a truck and a tractor. But I still suffered a lot of illnesses, including headaches, heart disease, leg pain, and back pain. Especially the headaches I first got when I was in the army. I was rich, but neither medication nor the hospital could cure me.
After I started practicing Falun Gong, Teacher purified my body. I had a lot of karma, so I bled when my body was purified. But I kept strong faith in Teacher and soon I was cured of all my illnesses. A new life began for me.
There are no words to show my gratitude to Teacher for giving me this second life. All six of my family members began to cultivate in Falun Dafa. Our home is an exercise site. We study the Fa, do the exercises, and promote the Fa, cultivating solidly under Teacher's guidance.
Upright Fa-Rectification Path
Harmony didn't last long as Jiang Zemin and his associates initiated the persecution of Dafa and Teacher. We were upset to see Dafa and Teacher slandered. Our entire family went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. After skirting all the blockades I reached Tiananmen Square. Then my luck ran out and two policemen arrested me and pushed me into a police van.
I was detained in Beijing for two weeks and then in my hometown police station for three months. My family became the focus of the local police persecution. I was taken to the city brainwashing center. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) coerced my relatives and neighbors to harass me.
One of the worst things in this coerced persecution was my daughter-in-law. She cursed me and beat both my wife and me with a broom and threw a brick at my chest. I thought, “hard qigong," and that brick fell into several pieces on the ground. Teacher was protecting me. She also smashed up my new car and broke the windows in my house. She stole everything she could lay her hands on and left us only with a 25-pound bag of flour that had black mold in it. Her brother and father beat my son into unconsciousness; others had to restrain her from killing him. We locked the door to prevent her from harassing us and lived on the flour for 20 days. It was a difficult time, but we survived.
It was rather disgraceful to be beaten and cursed at by our daughter-in-law, but I wasn't angry. After studying Teacher's Fa on “Beyond the Limits of Forbearance” (Essentials for Further Advancement II), I thought that I'd to stop the evil in other dimensions from manipulating her. I should stop everyone from committing crimes against practitioners. When I saw her again, she knelt down to beg for our forgiveness. She stopped doing bad things to my wife and me. The Party secretary of our village and a dozen officers tried to ransack my house. Although I know practitioners should not take any violent actions, in that moment I said, “If you dare to touch my Teacher's picture, I will throw you to the ground immediately!” They ran out of my house and never came back because I was firm in my heart.
Despite the CCP's 11-year persecution of Falun Dafa, the CCP minions never touched the Dafa books and Teacher's pictures in my home. Once, the head of the city 610 Office and the head of the town's 610 Office arrived with three police cars at my house. They asked, “Old man, are you still practicing Falun Gong?” I responded, “Practicing? Why not practice such a wonderful practice?” Holding the books in my left hand, I said, “As long as my heart is still beating, I will practice!” The two officials were very angry. They took a piece of paper out of their briefcase, “Erase his name! From now on, we don't want to supervise him.” They were furious and left. I said in my heart, “You are not qualified to supervise me!”
Another time, I was arrested and taken to the town police station. Late at night, I felt that I needed to tell people about Falun Gong. I looked around and noticed a ten-foot wall, the only way to get out. I asked, “Teacher, please help me.” I jumped and flew over the wall and landed quietly on the ground. Again, Teacher saw my heart and helped me.
Then Teacher taught us to send forth the righteous thoughts. I understood the importance of sending righteous thoughts. One day I was hanging a banner, but there were police all over. I sent righteous thoughts: "Policemen, you can't move." They became motionless and I put up the banner. Another day, officers from the town police station drove towards me with sirens blaring. I sent righteous thoughts, “Stay there! You cannot reach me.” I heard their brakes and then all was quiet. Apparently, the driver pulled the emergency brake and crashed into a wall. The steering wheel hit the driver's chest and he didn't dare to get out. Teacher said, “If thoughts are righteous, evil will collapse.” (“What's to Fear?” Hong Yin II, Translation Version A) This was the last time they bothered me near my house.
Saving Sentient Beings
When studying Teacher's Fa, my face was bathed in tears. I felt Teacher's enormous compassion to save sentient beings. I also felt pity for people who the CCP led by the nose. They wouldn't listen to practitioners, look at the teachings, or believe Dafa could save them. They even turned against Falun Dafa and committed crimes against Dafa, and that has harmed them for eternity. Several of my relatives accumulated karma after they participated in the persecution of my family, including my older sister. When I tried to convince her of the goodness of Falun Dafa she refused to listen. She passed away within a few days. What a pity!
Many people who committed crimes against Dafa have received karmic retribution. It was the CCP's harmful propaganda that ruined them. I decided to hurry up and clarify the facts about Falun Dafa to save people. Three fellow practitioners and I cooperated well in helping people understand the facts about Falun Gong and quit the CCP. We visited every family in our village at least three times. Almost everyone quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
One villager had liver cancer and was half paralyzed. I told him about Falun Dafa. He accepted my words and quit the CCP. After reading half of the book, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa, he was able to walk to the market. He asked me for Falun Dafa stickers, posted them, and read them loudly. He said, “I am not afraid. My illness was healed after reading half of a Dafa book. I am not afraid of anyone!” He couldn't remember how he returned back home after posting all the stickers. All he remembered was that his body was light. He told everyone about his miraculous recovery; the entire village heard about it.
Then there is Lao Chen. He had turned into a vegetable due to an accident. There was a big scar on his forehead and his mouth was misshapen. We were best friends. I asked him to repeat, “Falun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good.” He kept on repeating these words for three days and nights. On the third day, he was no longer paralyzed and misshapen. Everyone in the village heard about this and was astounded.
There were nine households in my village that took a long time to accept the facts about Falun Dafa. But now, almost everyone believes that Falun Dafa is good. The CCP deputy secretary badmouthed Falun Dafa, so one villager said, “Falun Dafa saves people, but they have never asked for a penny. You own a sand factory, are in charge of the land, and are a millionaire. Who have you ever taken care of? Who have you ever saved?” Everyone agreed and said, “Absolutely right!” He was speechless and his face turned red. From then on he dared not say a bad word about Dafa.
Once everyone in my village was positive about Dafa, I went to other villages to tell them about the practice. In Houkou Village, which is north of my village, there lives an old army buddy of mine, Dian Wen. I dreamed about him two nights in a row. I knew that Teacher had given me a hint to save him. I took with me the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party when I went to visit him. He looked worried and anxious, so I asked him, “What happened?” He answered, “This is the end of my family line. I have one grandson who has cancer cells in his blood. We've spent 410 thousand yuan on medical expenses, but there is no cure.” I said, “Don't worry.” He said, “We are broke and relying on my daughter to send money from Jinan City.” I told him, “You don't have to spend a single penny. Only Dafa can save your grandson.”
Hearing my words, he jumped up and said, “You are also practicing Falun Gong? My daughter sent me several letters saying that only Dafa could save my grandson's life. I am so afraid. The CCP has banned the practice. Both of us were in the army. Aren't you afraid of being arrested?” I told him about Falun Dafa and the miracles I have experienced. I spoke of the crime committed by Jiang's regime. He understood and believed what he heard. Everyone in his family quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I said, “You must persuade your son and your daughter-in-law to practice Falun Dafa, and also ask your grandson to practice it.” His son and daughter-in-law immediately promised to practice Falun Dafa.
I taught them the exercises and told them to study the Fa. I gave them the Falun Dafa books and Teacher's videos. I told them to repeat “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good” whenever they had time, and to practice the five sets of exercises every day. They were very diligent in practicing the exercises and studying the Fa. Nine days later they went to Qingdao City for a checkup. The doctor said that the grandson had recovered. His daughter-in-law didn't believe it and asked the doctor again and again. The doctor said, “He has recovered. He is all right. What did you do?” His daughter-in-law jumped up and immediately returned home to tell her father-in-law the good news. Dian Wen began to tell people how wonderful Falun Dafa is and how it saved his grandson's life. He cursed Jiang Zemin for persecuting good people and said that all Chinese people would have benefited from Dafa were it not for the persecution. He said, “Since Dafa could cure my grandson's illness, it could cure all illnesses.” Now his grandson spreads the Fa at school and is an excellent student. The story about the boy's recovery spread from one village to another.
At one time I visited Wei Laozhong's home in Han Village. I talked to his family about Falun Gong. Wei Laozhong suffered from many illnesses. When his wife told him that I, a 70-year-old man, carried a bag of more than 50 kg of soybeans, he became very interested in Falun Dafa. I told them to repeat over and over again “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good.” They took it to heart and agreed to quit the CCP. They also did business according to Dafa's principles from then on. Within ten days, Wei's wife experienced the wonders of Falun Dafa. Her two egg-sized kidney tumors disappeared. She burst into tears and said, “Brother, I have been suffering from those two tumors for 13 years. It was painful to eat and I couldn't enjoy any food. Thanks to Dafa the tumors are gone! You saved my life! Moreover, our business is booming.” I said, “Please do not thank me. It's Master who saved you. It's because you sincerely repeated 'Falun Dafa is good.' Teacher took care of you because of your sincerity.”
Later, I was told that their son and daughter-in-law, owners of a restaurant, came to visit them. They witnessed the couple's good health and booming business. When they learned that it was because they believed in Falun Dafa, they were frightened at first. Their minds had been poisoned by the CCP's lies and propaganda. After Wei and his wife spoke about Falun Dafa, the young couple quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations and also repeated “Falun Dafa is good.” Their restaurant, close to bankruptcy, turned around. Their story spread throughout Han Village. More people started to believe that Falun Dafa is good.
Clarifying the facts about Falun Gong and encouraging people to quit the CCP is also a process of cultivation. It's not always easy. My brother-in-law didn't listen to the truth, nor did he believe what I said. People who worked in the government and schools couldn't accept the truth. They often said, “The CCP gives me so much money, so I will do whatever it asks me to do.”
One of my relatives, 68-year-old Teacher Peng, lived in East Village. His legs were paralyzed and he had to use two canes to walk. I visited him and told him about Falun Gong. He said that I was an anti-communist. I spoke of the reasoning “the CCP giving people money” and listed the crimes that the CCP has committed throughout its existence. During the time when the CCP attacked those of the Right Wing, teachers suffered the most. On June 4, 1989, students were killed. Today the CCP is persecuting Falun Gong. He was speechless. I told him, “Dafa is saving people. Your legs will be all right as long as you sincerely repeat the nine words.” He asked me, “Which nine words?” I said, “Falun Dafa is good" and Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good.” His wife told him, “Just follow Lao Han's advice. He doesn't ask you for money. Just give it a try.” He agreed. I said, “You cannot just give it a try. Falun Dafa is the Buddha Fa that saves people. You must repeat it sincerely and with undivided attention. The Buddha sees only your heart. We are relatives. I would not cheat you, and I do not want your wealth or money. I do this for your own sake. If you want it to be effective, you have to quit the CCP.” He said “I've never joined any of the CCP organizations.” I said, “That's great. Just repeat the nine words sincerely.”
About six days later, I went to visit him again. He was all right. He threw away his canes and could walk without any problem. They didn't know how to express their thanks, but called me “uncle” again and again. I told them, “Don't thank me. It's Master who saved you. From now on, please repeat 'Falun Dafa is good' frequently. Your whole family will be blessed and peaceful. You should also spread the good news to people around you, let more people know the truth.” He used to tell people stories every evening. Now he plays videos about Falun Gong and tells everyone about the practice.
An elderly lady from Houkou Village was in bad shape. Her back was bent and her head almost touched the ground. I also wanted to save her. I asked Teacher for help and said in my heart, “Teacher, please be compassionate and help this old lady to stand straight.” I said to her, “You can stand up straight.” She said, “Can I?” Her daughter said, “Lao Han asked you to straighten up, so just straighten up!” I shouted “stretch” three times in my heart. A miracle happened. The elderly lady's back was straight! She cried, I cried, and her daughter cried out of happiness. I cried because my heart was pained. My act added more difficulties to Teacher. I regretted what I'd done and cried all the way home. I blamed myself and decided not to do such a thing ever again. Those who have a predestined relationship with Dafa will be saved as long as they believe that Falun Dafa is good or quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. That means they choose the way of being saved. They will get what they should have. But I couldn't add more tribulations to Teacher.
The Falun Dafa cultivation journey is drawing to an end. Reminiscing, I can see many of my shortcomings. However, it's most important to walk well on the cultivation path, follow Teacher's words, and walk steadily until the end.
