Reflections on My Falun Dafa Practice
September 10, 2025
1. My Connection with Falun Dafa
Ever since I was young, I struggled with poor health. As a child, I suffered from severe stuttering, which caused me immense shame and pain. My parents took me to countless doctors, but nothing could fully cure it. Even as I entered my youth, my physical condition remained fragile. I relied heavily on medication, often felt weak, and lacked confidence in life.
Everything changed when I came into contact with Falun Dafa. Through practice, I gradually developed a peaceful mindset and experienced remarkable improvements in my health. My lifelong struggle with stuttering disappeared completely, allowing me to speak freely and fluently for the first time.
2. Physical Transformation through Practice
Challenges in Youth:
Frequently ill and heavily dependent on medication
Weak constitution and poor adaptability
Changes after Practice:
No longer reliant on medication; my body gradually regained health
Improved immunity; able to resist various infections and illnesses
Personal experience: During multiple COVID-19 infections, I fully recovered without taking any medicine, relying solely on Falun Dafa
Long-term Benefits (28 years):
Emotional stability and a peaceful mindset
Increased energy and vitality in daily life and work
Family and colleagues have witnessed my transformation
2012 Experience:
That year, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Doctors advised lifelong medication to avoid risks. I chose to continue my practice, relying on Falun Dafa exercises rather than drugs. My blood pressure remained stable, and my health was excellent. Through this experience, I realized that practice not only prevented the side effects of medicine but also allowed me to maintain health through positive thinking and cultivation.
3. Witness of My Family
My mother: Diagnosed with mid-stage cervical cancer in 2001. After surgery, she practiced Falun Dafa exercises and, more than twenty years later, remains healthy. Her decades-long chronic insomnia was completely resolved through practice.
My second sister (Li Ji): Suffered from severe epilepsy in childhood, which impacted her learning. After a few months of practicing Falun Dafa, her brain lesions completely healed, and for 27 years, the condition never returned. She now leads an active, healthy life.
Falun Dafa has brought health and peace not only to me but also to my mother and sister. We are living witnesses of its benefits.
4. Trials during Persecution
In mid-1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a nationwide persecution of Falun Dafa. During those dark years, my right ring finger was broken, and my body and mind suffered greatly. Through steadfast practice, I survived the most difficult times, finding safety and strength through Falun Dafa.
My father endured even harsher persecution. In the summer of 2009, CCP personnel broke into our home and beat him, crushing his right pinky finger. After prolonged physical and mental suffering, he passed away on the first day of the lunar tenth month in 2010. His suffering brought me profound pain and a clear understanding of the cruelty and injustice of the CCP’s persecution.
5. Escaping Darkness to Pursue Freedom
At the end of 2023, I fled the CCP’s oppressive rule, traveling alone through 13 countries.
In the Panama rainforest, I carried over twenty kilograms of gear and hiked for four days and nights. My tent was stolen, but a Venezuelan girl kindly lent me one for two nights.
I fell from a five-meter cliff multiple times and survived without serious injury. I encountered armed men twice, narrowly escaping death.
I know it was the protection of my teacher and my late father that kept me safe, allowing me to reach the U.S.
Finally, on April 25, 2024, at 8:00 a.m., I arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border at Little Rock Bridge. The towering border wall loomed before me, cold and imposing, like a barrier dividing the world.
Along with other South American refugees, we waited patiently outside the wall for U.S. Homeland Security officers. Despite exhaustion and heavy packs under the scorching sun, hope filled our hearts. In that moment, I felt a mix of emotions—behind me was an inescapable darkness, ahead an uncertain future. Though more challenges awaited, standing there was the first step toward freedom.
Upon entering the U.S., I was detained at Eloy Detention Center in Arizona for over seven months due to lacking legal entry documents. During this time of confinement and uncertainty, Falun Dafa practice kept me calm and steady. On December 3, 2024, I finally gained my freedom. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Mario, psychologist Jim, and all the staff who helped refugees. Their kindness reminded me of the goodness in humanity.
6. Cultivation in Los Angeles
After arriving in Los Angeles, I experienced hardship due to lack of legal work authorization and was unemployed for over four months. Thanks to fellow practitioner Pan, I found a practice site in Monterey Park and met Zhang, Mei, and Aunt Ding, who selflessly guided me, corrected my practice, and helped me systematically study Falun Dafa.
Through continuous study and exercise, my mind and body were further purified. I also shared the truth with the public at Santa Monica Beach, informing Americans and Chinese expatriates that:
Falun Dafa is the most authentic mind-body cultivation practice in China
The CCP has committed atrocities, including live organ harvesting from practitioners
Chinese people are encouraged to “quit the CCP” to stay safe
We called on the U.S. government to legislate against CCP persecution and free all detained practitioners. On U.S. Independence Day, I participated in Falun Dafa awareness events and attended a candlelight vigil in front of the CCP Consulate in Los Angeles, commemorating the 26th anniversary of the July 20th persecution. At that moment, I felt a profound advancement in my cultivation.
I also regularly participate in group study sessions led by Aunt Ding, sharing experiences with fellow practitioners, which continually elevates my moral and spiritual growth.
7. Gratitude and Vow
Looking back on 28 years of practice—from childhood illness to family miracles, from persecution to exile, from detention to freedom—I am deeply grateful for the compassion and greatness of Falun Dafa.
Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance are good!
I sincerely hope that in the near future, Falun Dafa will be freely practiced in mainland China, and all practitioners can study and exercise without fear. When that day comes, the CCP, this fascist regime, will inevitably collapse completely.