(Minghui.org) My surname is Ma, and I am over 50 this year. I used to be good-for-nothing. I enjoyed food and wine, patronized prostitutes, and gambled, among other things.
I was a complete bum. I did not care about matters at home and had a bad relationship with my wife. We constantly fought. But after my wife practiced Falun Dafa, I also changed for the better.
I used to work in a state-owned enterprise, and after it was reformed, I was laid off. At once, I had no income. I went to a private company. That work was so hard to do, but I gritted my teeth and persevered for three months. However, I did not earn a single cent in the end. I was furious.
Before the persecution of Falun Dafa started on July 20, 1999, there were over 100 Falun Dafa practitioners at my wife’s business. Before practicing Falun Dafa, my wife had numerous illnesses. When her colleagues at her business introduced her to Falun Dafa, she started practicing right away. All her illnesses disappeared within a week. Dafa had brought us such benefits, how could I not support her practice?
Jiang Zemin started the campaign to persecute Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. On July 21, my wife went to the park to do the exercises in the morning, but she was taken away by police. After I learned the news, I brought a knife and bailed out my wife.
She later went to Beijing to petition. When she returned, her work sanctioned her and made her clean the sewer every day. On top of that, they only gave her 150 yuan every month as her income. Our monthly rent alone was 150 yuan, and our daughter was still young and needed to go to school. We simply did not have a way to earn a living anymore.
We had no money, so my brother helped me get wholesale priced apples so I could sell them for a living. Doing so for one week was enough to exhaust me. I got sick and laid in bed in pain. I wondered where I could get the money to cure myself? I then asked my daughter-in-law for the lecture tapes by Falun Dafa's Master. My illness was cured upon listening to them.
To save money, we stayed in an apartment with two other households, and we had to open the doors during the summer. One day I was sleeping at home and somehow felt that someone was there. When I opened my eyes, I saw a police officer. He saw Master’s photo on the shelf and wanted to take it away. I shouted, “Put it down!” He was so scared that his whole body trembled.
“You don’t have my permission to enter my house,” I told him. “Isn’t this violating the law?” He did not dare to take Master’s photo. Since then, he has not come to my house again.
One day five police officers came to my house. One was holding a gun; one was holding a metal chain; another had handcuffs; one had an electric baton; and another held a video camera. One of them asked me if my wife lived there. I said, “Yes, I’m her husband.”
They wanted to enter, but my house was full of Dafa materials. I asked them to show their search warrant, and they actually brought it. I raised a knife and threatened them: “I am a lawful citizen, and this is my house. You have to get through me first before entering! If you come in, I will cut anyone who enters!”
Those officers went away without entering, and they never came back.
When Falun Dafa was first persecuted, my wife persisted in practicing. I did not understand and said, “If the country doesn’t allow you to practice it, then don’t. If the police take you away, our lives can’t go on!” When the police came to my house to harass us, I actually stood beside the policeman and said that my wife should not practice Falun Dafa.
After the police left, my wife told me, “Why did you speak for them? Who’s your family? Do you not need me to prepare your food for you?” I thought that perhaps she was right. After she practiced Falun Dafa, she was free of illnesses—without spending any money—and she became good to me. How could I speak for the police! I told her I was wrong, and that I would correct myself.
When the police came again, I stood beside my wife and spoke up for her. The police said, “This isn’t right. Aren’t you with us?” I told them, “If I were to side with you, I would be making a huge mistake. If you want to take her away, it would be over my dead body!”
Around that time, I said some things that were disrespectful to Master and Dafa. Eventually my wife told me that I was wrong, and that I should write a Solemn Declaration to the Minghui website. I allowed her to use my real name on the Solemn Declaration: “Everything I have said and did that was disrespectful to Master and Dafa is now null and void. I will believe in and support Dafa, and I will correct my mistakes.”
When I was working some days ago, I wore gloves while operating a machine. My gloves were sucked into the machine by accident, and my index finger was caught between two rollers. The machine stopped suddenly, and my finger was stuck. Before that, one of my colleagues also experienced the same problem. But his whole arm was sucked in and crushed. I knew I was spared because of my belief in the goodness of Dafa and I supported Dafa. That was why Master saved me.
I believe Falun Dafa is good with all my heart, and that Master’s teachings are all true. When I clarified the truth to my colleagues, I told them, “Believing that Dafa is good can lead to longevity; you won’t get tired while working, you won’t get injured, and the boss will treat you well.
At that time I was still in a low position at my work, but the machines were all obedient, and work was smooth-sailing. My boss said that when was working, he could be rest assured.
My colleagues praised me saying, “Mr. Ma is truly noble!” Yes, I am no longer the person I once was. When my wife practiced Dafa, I also changed for the better.
I usually recite, “Falun Dafa is good.” Our family’s lives have gotten better, and I now make more than 3,000 yuan a month. When I get my money, I do not keep any for myself. I give it all to my wife. Our situation has improved, and we moved into a large house last year. What a huge improvement!
These are the blessings that Dafa has given to us.
I asked my wife to write my story and publish it on Minghui.org to let the whole world know that Falun Dafa is good!
Thank you, Master!