(Minghui.org) My name is Meng Zhan. The following conversation took place at my sister's birthday party last year, with a person who had just encountered Falun Gong, and was very excited.

“Can I share a miracle story with you?” “What is it?” “I stopped taking medicine six days ago.” “Why did you stop?” “This particular medicine was not allowed to be produced any more because it was not an officially approved medication. I couldn't live without that medicine. I had serious headaches when I didn't take it, but my face swelled when I did, due to its side effects. So I had no choice. A doctor told me to recite the words 'Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,' which I did. Today is the sixth day. Look at me. I am well now. Falun Gong is really miraculous. But the Chinese government persecutes Falun Gong!”

“I stopped taking medicine”

The new practitioner continued her story, “I had taken that medicine every day for more than two years, for my headaches. I couldn't live without it. It cost me thousands of yuan, but nothing else could mitigate the pain.

“My relatives often tried to persuade me to stop taking it, but I just couldn't quit. When that medicine was no longer available, I didn't know what to do. A doctor later told me to recite the words, 'Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.' At first I was skeptical, because Falun Gong practitioners lived in my village, and for years I had witnessed them being arrested, and sentenced to forced labor or imprisonment.

“However, my pain was so severe... I had no choice, so I decided to give it a try. My headache disappeared the same night. I felt relieved and curious, too. I have continued to recite these words to this day. Now, one year and two months have passed, and I haven't taken even one pill of any kind of medicine. I share my experience with whomever I meet, 'Let me share with you a miracle story...'”

Practicing Falun Gong and Quitting the Addiction to Playing Cards

I got some informational materials about Falun Gong in February of this year. It told about how a person had changed dramatically after he started practicing Falun Gong. Before he practiced, he gambled every day and had a lot of bad habits. Just going to Karaoke bars cost him tens of thousands of yuan alone.

I could relate to this, because I was addicted to playing cards. I thought that perhaps I could quit by practicing Falun Gong. I visited a practitioner in my village. He was very nice and told me that in Lecture Seven of the book Zhuan Falun Teacher talks about quitting all addictions. He also played Teacher's audio lectures for me. After I had listened to the Fa for two days, I no longer wanted to play cards. Five months have now passed, and I haven't picked up the cards even once.

Several days ago I told one of my husband's friends how I had quit playing cards. He didn't believe it and asked my husband if it was true. My husband affirmed it.

He quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations after I told him the facts about Falun Gong.

I had been addicted to playing cards for over 20 years. No matter how busy I was, as long as I was sitting in front of a card table, I was totally immersed in playing cards. Sometimes when I passed by that table, even if I didn't join, I stopped and watched others play. Now, I no longer even want to watch.

A friend who I often played cards with asked me, “You are learning to be good and quit playing cards?” I said, “Yes, I quit playing. I am now learning to be good because I believe in Falun Dafa.” He didn't understand. I then shared with him my personal experience. I told him that Jiang Zemin plotted the staged Tiananmen Self-Immolation, and condones organ removal from living Falun Gong practitioners for money. I also told him that the Chinese Communist Party is actually an evil cult.

My memory was bad, and it took me several months to learn the Falun Gong exercises. I had to practice one set quite well first, before proceeding to the next set. I could do the fifth exercise by the end of the last month. I experienced dramatic physical changes. I had no longer pain in my heart, my stomach, and my left arm when I touched my back.

One day, I went to purchase steamed bread with 50 yuan cash. The store manager said that my cash was counterfeit, and returned it to me. I said it could have been the change that he or the people in the neighboring supermarket gave me. But they all denied it, so I tore it apart immediately and said to the manager, “Since I am now a Falun Dafa practitioner, I will not allow this counterfeited cash to harm others. Had this happened to me before, I would have tried everything to spend it.”

Teacher saved me with compassion. I will also treat other people with compassion.