My name is Wu Mingming (a pseudonym), from Baohe, Hefei City, Anhui Province. I’m 64 years old now. It was not until this year that I freed myself from spiritual shackles of the Falun Gong cult and fully came to my senses then. Looking back on the past 28 years when I fell into claws of the Falun Gong cult, I was full of regrets in my heart about my experience. I was fooled and harmed by Falun Gong for the whole 28 years, and my life was totally ruined by it.
I intended to cure disease and keep fit, but ended up going crazy due to my addiction to “learning Dafa”
In the 1990s, I had a happy family of three with a stable job and well-behaved children, but all these beautiful things in my life came to an end after I was bewitched by Falun Gong at the age of 36.
In 1993, I got a severe illness and then recovered after hospitalizations. While recuperating at home, I heard that Falun Gong could cure diseases and help people keep fit, so I wanted to give it a try by attending the “Fa teaching” lectures held by Li Hongzhi. During that time, I frequently participated in its exercise gatherings. Due to the effect of psychological hint, I felt much better than before and found the long-lost feeling of relaxation. Therefore, I was very grateful to Li Hongzhi and his Falun Gong. From then on, things had got out of hand and I had become quite obsessed with practicing Falun Gong.
Since falling into claws of Falun Gong, I had completely changed and started to care about nothing except for pursuing the so-called personal consummation as if I went crazy, totally ignoring my child, family and job. I spent all my time and energy on my cultivation and was quite addicted to it. When at work, I was no longer focusing on improving my professional skills. Instead, I managed to read Falun Gong heretical books in every possible way. I even often sat in meditation on the sofa in the office. I was totally indifferent towards my child’s school work because I believed that there was no use in studying at school and that the only right way to take in life was to practice Falun Gong. In order to improve my level, I frequently went out to “promote Dafa” and discussed with other practitioners on cultivation. My husband spared no trouble to try to talk me out of it by saying that “Falun Gong isn’t trustworthy”, but I just didn’t listen and kept doing things my own way. In such a whole-hearted way I kept practicing Falun Gong without even considering my family’s feeling so that my child once asked my husband, “Is mom crazy?”
It is unbearable to look back upon my past and I was put into prison twice for “clarifying the facts”.
In July 1999, the state banned Falun Gong according to law. Facing the situation at that time, I couldn’t accept it at all, so I insisted on “pleading”. With 40000 Yuan that I took from my family’s savings, I went to Beijing with a group of “fellow practitioners” to practice Falun Gong together in Tiananmen Square, protesting against “the wrong act” and voicing our grievances. Leaders from work unit repeatedly tried to dissuade me, but their efforts were all in vain. At last, they had to terminate my labor contract because of my constant unreported absence and my stubborn illegal behaviors.
Despite all that, I still had illusions about Falun Gong and was willing to trust its lies without any doubt. Therefore, I kept practicing Falun Gong furtively at home, and took part in those so-called “facts clarification” activities without any hesitation. In order to be able to “clarify the facts” better, I even made illegal propaganda materials myself by downloading stuff from Falun Gong website, which bewitched me and made me go astray even further and further into darkness.
In 2007, I went to Ma’anshan city to promote Dafa and improve my level, and got arrested by public security officers. Then I was sentenced to 4 years for violating state laws with the aid of cult organization. Facing the life distress and my insane behaviors, my husband who always put up with me filed for divorce after I served out my jail term.
I also felt guilty about my parents. Ever since I believed in Falun Gong, I had devoted nearly all my time to the so-called cultivation and “facts clarification”, and I had never been back to my parents’ house because I was so sick of my father’s repeated kind dissuasion. One day, I met my father on the street, he said angrily to me, “Which one do you choose, the crook Li Hongzhi, or your own father?” “Li Hongzhi, of course!” I replied without hesitation. Eventually, for the sake of Falun Gong, I chose to break all relations with my parents, which never occurred to me at that time that it was the last time I ever saw my father alive.
Because of my obsession with Falun Gong, I lost my job, ruined my family and broke the tie of kinship, but I was so addicted to the illusion of reaching consummation that I still firmly stuck to my faith in Falun Gong. Li Hongzhi’s “scriptures” were like a magic formula for me as nobody and nothing could prevent me from practicing Falun Gong.
In 2019, Li Hongzhi claimed in his new “scriptures” that the time he arranged for “Fa-rectification” was over and the chance to reach consummation was around the corner, but he also added that it might take a little while but wouldn’t be long. I blindly believed it again. Moreover, I also tried to distribute illegal Falun Gong propaganda materials around, so I was arrested again and sentenced to 2 years for the crime of breaching the law.
After breaking the spiritual shackles of the Falun Gong cult, I started to reflect on its deceptions and heresies.
I was quite resistant to the prison life at the beginning, and I was prepared to fight against it with my life. In 2020, I fell ill but refused to take any medication because I was deeply convinced by what Li Hongzhi preached that “cultivators are invulnerable to any disease.” Later, I was arranged by prison officers to receive intravenous treatment. Lying on the bed, I could clearly feel that the physical discomfort caused by my symptoms was alleviated with every single drop of the IV medicine that went into my body. That was the exact moment I started to doubt Li Hongzhi’s words as I recalled the fate of those Falun Gong followers that I knew, I realized that nearly all of them were subject to illness of various degrees, and they all suffered from deteriorated conditions or even lost their lives because they totally refused medical treatments.
As the one who once firmly believed in Falun Gong, I began to reflect on my past and read lots of books regarding life and happiness etc. After serious study and rational thinking, I gradually realized the evil nature of Falun Gong and figured out how Li Hongzhi lured us into becoming his anti-party, anti-government and anti-society tools for his hidden agenda.
Under the guise of “cultivation”, and with mind control, psychological hints, tempting but intimidating books and scriptures, as well as confusing wordplay tricks, Li Hongzhi successfully manipulated people into being obedient to or awed by his biddings. Thus, many his gullible followers were agitated or mind-controlled to become anti-government or anti-society rioters, sending themselves and their families into abyss of sufferings.
