(Minghui.org) The night before April 25, 1999, as news of the 45 practitioners arrested in Tianjin stirred our hearts, all the practitioners at our practice site made a unanimous decision: We would go to Beijing together and appeal. We set out late that night and arrived in the capital at dawn.

We went straight to Tiananmen Square, where we ate some dry buns for breakfast. Mindful of keeping the public space clean, we made sure to clean up all the crumbs on the ground. 

Later, the police led us to the entrance of Zhongnanhai, where the central government’s appeals office was located. Throughout our peaceful demonstration, all of us were conscientious about our behavior, with some reading Falun Dafa books and others doing the exercises. Despite the number of people who’d gathered, the sidewalks remained unobstructed, allowing for the uninterrupted flow of pedestrian traffic.

Many practitioners with their third eye opened saw Faluns (Law Wheels) spinning all over the sky. Although I couldn’t see anything, I felt serene and peaceful and sensed that Master and divine beings were watching over us.

As we departed around 9 p.m., we all picked up litter that passersby had dropped and put it in the trash bins, even though some of us had to hurry to catch our trains home. 

As a Falun Dafa practitioner of four years at the time and having benefited so much, I was honored to have been part of such a sacred moment in history.

I was fortunate to encounter the book Zhuan Falun in March 1995. I was liberated from atheism after I read it and recognized that I’d found a book from heaven. That was when I started to cultivate. Shortly afterward, all of my pain from chronic diseases that had plagued me for years disappeared.

I cherished Dafa and had an earnest desire to contribute to Dafa. Fellow practitioners and I established a practice site nearby. Every morning, I went there early with my tape recorder to put up the banner with a brief introduction of Dafa and clean up the ground. We did the exercises from 6 to 8 a.m., then listened to a recording of Master’s lecture. I went back in the evening to play more recordings of Master’s teachings. Our practice site grew quickly.

Later, we also went to busy locations to introduce Dafa to the public. Because the number of practitioners quickly exceeded several hundred, two more practice sites and seven Fa study groups were established in our area. 

As we commemorate the April 25 Appeal, I am filled with profound gratitude for Master’s boundless compassion and salvation. It is only through his benevolent blessings that I have walked this far. I pledge to continue my cultivation journey diligently and do better.