作者：王立军

在现实生活中，耳听为虚，眼见为实。多年来，官方宣传与现实生活中的真实印象往往截然不同。对我而言，真正打动并震撼我的，是我人生中两次与法轮功学员“零距离”接触的亲身经历。这两次跨越十余年的偶遇，彻底颠覆了我以往的认知，让我真切地感受到了“真、善、忍”的力量。

第一次接触发生在2007年的秋天。当时我乘坐从北京开往湖北十堰的K279次绿皮火车，住在软卧车厢的下铺。车门开启后，进来两位面色严肃的男子。其中一位自我介绍是湖北襄樊市公安局治安科科长，此行是到北京执行“截访”任务，要带回一名打算在京上访的襄樊市车长——一位法轮功学员。

我好奇地问他：“北京这么大，你怎么能找到他呢？”

这位公安科长道出了一句让我至今难忘的话：

“法轮功学员很好找，因为练法轮功的人都不会说谎。你见到他，问他是不是法轮功？他如果说是，那他就肯定是；如果说不是，那就不是。”

更让我意外的是，这位科长甚至坦言自己的妻子也修炼法轮功。他说妻子是公安局政委的女儿，以前患有甲亢，脾气极其暴躁，甚至动辄在他脸上抓出几道血印。然而，自从妻子修炼法轮功后，完全变了个人，每天做饭洗衣服、任劳任怨、温柔体贴，“完全脱胎换骨了，我认为法轮功真好。”

到了用餐时间，科长要和我去餐车吃饭，竟直接留那个年轻的学员独自在包厢。我问他：“你不担心他跑吗？”科长十分笃定地回答：“他不会跑的。只要他答应我在那儿等着，法轮功学员多诚实、说话算话，不撒谎，真善忍！”

那一趟车程，公安对学员绝不说谎的信任，以及法轮功给一个家庭带来的巨变，在我心中种下了“真善忍”深刻而真实的印象。

十三年后的2020年前后，我在美国休斯顿参加石油设备展会，住在朋友家。期间，朋友的妻子带我参观了当地的大纪元报社。报社里许多年轻人在各个房间紧张而高效地忙碌着。当我得知他们许多人都是没有任何报酬的志愿工作者时，感到十分惊奇。

后来，这位女士和家人来到洛杉矶我家暂住，我有了更深入了解她的机会。她拥有加拿大硕士学位，丈夫也是硕士毕业，言谈举止极有教养，每天清晨炼功也绝不打扰他人。她向我讲述了自己的故事：十年前她在加拿大刚生完孩子，突然患上某种难以确诊的怪病，无法工作也无法料理家务，全家陷入困顿。在母亲的建议下，她尝试炼功，仅仅三个月，身体就彻底康复了。

恢复健康后的她，不仅生活幸福美满，更选择用业余时间为大纪元撰稿、拉广告，将“真善忍”的真相传播给更多人。

这两次跨越多年的“零距离”接触，不仅让我见证了祛病健身的神奇，更让我看到了法轮功学员诚实、善良、无私的品格。

我不禁问自己：这么好的功法，我为什么不炼呢？

如今我年纪渐渐大了，身体也不太好，心中也萌生了修炼的想法。如果全社会善良的人都来实践“真、善、忍”，那么这个社会就会走向文明、自由与正义，而一切邪恶也将无处生存。

编辑：张致君 校对：熊辩 翻译：戈冰

From Mainland Trains to Overseas Newspapers: Two “Zero-Distance” Encounters Allowed Me to See Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance Clearly

By Wang Lijun

In real life, hearing from others is unreliable, whereas seeing for oneself is real. Over many years, official propaganda and real-world impressions have often been starkly different. As for me, what genuinely touched and shocked me were my personal experiences from two “zero-distance” encounters with Falun Gong practitioners in my life. These two chance meetings, spanning more than a decade, completely overturned my past perceptions and allowed me to truly feel the power of “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.”

The first encounter occurred in the autumn of 2007. At that time, I was taking the K279 green-skin train from Beijing bound for Shiyan, Hubei, staying in a lower berth of a soft-sleeper compartment. After the compartment door opened, two serious-looking men walked in. One of them introduced himself as the chief of the Public Security Section of the Xiangfan Municipal Public Security Bureau in Hubei Province, and mentioned that his trip to Beijing was to execute an “intercepting petitioners” mission to bring back a train conductor from Xiangfan City who intended to petition in Beijing—a Falun Gong practitioner.

Curiously, I asked him: “Beijing is so vast, how could you possibly find him?”

This public security section chief uttered a sentence that remains unforgettable to me to this day:

“Falun Gong practitioners are very easy to find, because people who practice Falun Gong will never tell a lie. When you see him, ask him whether he is Falun Gong. If he says yes, then he definitely is; if he says no, then he is not.”

What surprised me even more was that this section chief even candidly admitted that his own wife practiced Falun Gong. He said his wife was the daughter of the Public Security Bureau’s political commissar, and had previously suffered from hyperthyroidism, possessing an extremely violent temper, even resorting to scratching blood tracks across his face at the slightest provocation. However, ever since his wife practiced Falun Gong, she became a completely changed person, cooking meals, doing laundry every day, bearing hardship without complaint, and acting gentle and thoughtful, “having undergone a complete metamorphosis—I think Falun Gong is truly good.”

When mealtime arrived, the section chief wanted to go to the dining car with me to eat, leaving that young practitioner alone in the compartment. I asked him: “Aren’t you worried he will run away?” The section chief answered with absolute certainty: “He won’t run. As long as he promises me he will wait there, Falun Gong practitioners are so honest; they keep their word, they don’t lie—Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance!”

On that train journey, the public security officer’s trust in the practitioner’s refusal to lie, along with the dramatic transformation Falun Gong brought to a family, planted a deep and authentic impression of “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance” in my heart.

Thirteen years later, around 2020, I attended a petroleum equipment exhibition in Houston, United States, and stayed at a friend’s house. During that period, my friend’s wife took me to visit the local Epoch Times newspaper office. Inside the newspaper office, many young people were busily at work in various rooms, intensely and efficiently. When I learned that many of them were volunteer workers without any pay, I felt immensely astonished.

Later, this lady and her family came to stay temporarily at my home in Los Angeles, giving me the opportunity to understand her more deeply. She held a master’s degree from Canada, and her husband was also a master’s graduate; their speech and demeanor were exceptionally well-mannered, and when she practiced the exercises early every morning, she never disturbed others. She shared her story with me: Ten years ago, right after giving birth to her child in Canada, she suddenly contracted a strange illness that was difficult to diagnose, leaving her unable to work or manage household chores, casting the entire family into hardship. Upon her mother’s suggestion, she tried practicing the exercises, and in just three months, her body completely recovered.

After regaining her health, she not only enjoyed a happy and fulfilling life, but also chose to spend her spare time writing articles and soliciting advertisements for The Epoch Times, spreading the truth of “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance” to more people.

These two “zero-distance” encounters, spanning many years, not only allowed me to witness the miraculous power of dispelling illness and staying fit, but also enabled me to see the honest, kind, and selfless character of Falun Gong practitioners.

I could not help asking myself: With such a good practice, why don’t I practice it?

Now that I am getting older and my health is not very good, the thought of cultivation has also emerged in my heart. If kind-hearted people across the whole society all come to practice “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance,” then this society will move toward civilization, freedom, and justice, while all evil will have no place to survive.

Editor: Zhang Zhijun Proofreader: Xiong Bian Translator: Ge Bing