PureInsight | January 20, 2008
[PureInsight.org] My father is
seventy four years old. He is a kind-hearted person and a man of few
words. He has been a Communist Party member for over thirty years.
During the Great Cultural Revolution, although he was not persecuted
directly, he was scared to death by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
If you talk about how bad and evil the CCP is, he will agree with you
whole-heartedly and despises the Party very much because he has a much
deeper understanding of the Party than you do. However, if one says the
CCP is about to disintegrate, he will not believe it. He said, "It will
not fall apart even after I die. They are still holding the guns in
their hands. There are no vicious tricks and games that they would not
exploit. Who dares to go against the CCP? Wouldn't that be inviting
death to oneself?"
At the end of 2004, after the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
was published, I found him a copy. After reading it, he would not
return it to me no matter what. He said that if the CCP knew we had
this book in our home, our whole family would have to go to jail. Isn't
this book striking a fatal blow at the CCP? He could stop worrying, but
always kept an eye on me and was afraid that I would go out to
distribute The Nine Commentaries.
When relatives and friends came to visit, I, of course, tried to
persuade them to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. My
father knew it was improper to lose his temper in front of others. Once
our guests left, he would immediately yell at me.
In the summer of 2005, my uncle paid us a visit. I tried hard to talk
him into withdrawing from the CCP. Just as he was loosening up, my
father told him, "We will not witness the extinction of the CCP even
after we die." My uncle then changed his mind and would not quit the
CCP.
Minghui Weekly has been
promoting the New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) for a while. In
August of 2007, we finally had a chance to install the satellite dish
at home. I did not watch TV much in the past. In the beginning, my
father did not want to watch the NTDTV programs. Then, I would turn on
the TV as soon as I got home, switch it to the NTDTV channel and watch
with him. When he saw the ads about quitting the CCP or the scenes of
parades in overseas countries to support the millions of people
quitting the CCP, he would immediately shut the windows and doors,
stare at me and shout, "Keep it down! Keep it down! They will hear us
outside!" As soon as I stepped away, he would change the channel.
Sometimes when I got back from work, I would catch him watching CCTV
(the mouthpiece of the CCP) and so I would switch back to NTDTV and
watch with him.
Just like this, bit by bit, my father gradually changed. Sometimes when
I came home from work, I found him watching NTDTV. I would then
tentatively disclose some evil deeds committed by the CCP. He remained
quiet and calm and kept on listening. Now, even if I talk about
quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations in front of him, he
is no longer angry. He does not yell bad words in the courtyard any
more when my mother turns up the volume of the music while doing Dafa
exercises.
One day he said to me, "This TV station is really good. I watched it
until 10 o'clock last night." (He usually goes to bed at 8:30.) "The
narrator who read The Nine Commentaries did a wonderful job. His voice was calm and peaceful, very good." He does not watch CCTV much now.
After we moved this year, the TV set was left behind. I said to my
father, "Dad, let's go get a TV so you will not feel bored in your free
time." He replied, "There is no use of it without that channel. I don't
like any other programs. If I'm going to watch TV at all, I will only
watch that channel." I asked him, "Do you think you will see the CCP
fall apart?" "Of course," he answered firmly, "I will see CCP go to its
tomb." I installed another satellite dish immediately.
The effect of the media is extremely broad and powerful. Why does the
CCP hold its grip on control of the media so tightly? Why do they fear
the truth will get out? Isn't this the very reason? To play NTDTV
programs is to spread positive energy. The field in my house has
changed. It is bright and noble and makes us feel joyful. Before we
noticed it, the bad notions of our family member have been transformed.
Translated from:
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/11/30/167429.html
