(Clearwisdom.net) I have been practicing Falun Gong for more than a decade. Looking back on the journey I have taken, I may have stumbled and fallen repeatedly, but I have persevered to this day because of my steadfast faith in Teacher and the Fa, as well as Teacher's compassion and protection. I would like to share a few things I have experienced in my cultivation for the sake of encouraging fellow practitioners in their cultivation practice.

Incidents from the time I was illegally incarcerated

1. In 2001 fellow practitioners and I were imprisoned in a forced labor camp. One day we heard that Teacher had taught practitioners how to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil beings from other dimensions. We were very excited, but I didn't quite know how to do it at first. One day a guard repeatedly beat us with a baton to try to force us to renounce Falun Gong. At the time, I had only one thought in mind, "I am a Falun Gong practitioner. A puny guard like you is not entitled to touch me." The next time I saw the guard, he held the baton still in the air for about two minutes, but he just couldn't do it. His captain, who was standing next to him at the time, said, "Don't hit her. She is such a good person. Isn't it better to make friends with her?" They gave up the plan to deprive me of sleep that night as well.

2. One day a guard was using petty excuses to beat a practitioner in order to raise the ambient level of fear. One guard hit another practitioner on the head with a shoe brush a few times, instantly resulting in a large bump. In my mind, I thought of sending a Falun to block his hand from attacking the practitioner. His hand literally froze in the air. His expression changed instantly and he no longer looked fierce.

3. Another time the guards tried to find petty excuses to abuse practitioners again. It was a hot summer day and everyone wore very thin clothes. A guard kicked a practitioner. After a few kicks, I thought of sending a Falun to block his kick. He stopped kicking and his fierce expression turned into a smile.

4. Once when the guards were having a meeting, I entered the room to clean it. They were discussing how to persecute practitioners. I dropped the supplies in my hand and entered the room to send forth righteous thoughts. All of sudden the guards fled from the room. Some went upstairs, some went downstairs, and some went to the bathroom. It was chaotic for a while.

5. Falun Gong practitioners normally stay in the "classroom" in the forced labor camp during the break. We tried to seize the time to memorize the Fa or study the Fa. After a while the guards would try to interrupt us. The room would be very quiet. When I heard footsteps, I sent forth righteous thoughts to stop the guards from entering the room. About a dozen times the guards attempted to enter the room to interrupt us, but in vain.

Saving Sentient Beings

1. Another practitioner and I went out together to hang banners with messages that clarified the truth about Falun Gong. We kept sending forth righteous thoughts during the trip. When we arrived at a police station, we saw there was a electricity pole directly in front of it. We both sent forth righteous thoughts while we were hanging the banner on the pole. Afterwards we realized that, although the sun was setting, the area in front of the police station was bright as daylight because all the rooms were well lit. However, there was not a soul in the station. We continued to hang banners along the streets. While we were hanging another banner, a patrol police car drove past us, but the officers inside didn't see us.

2. One day I was in a hurry as I distributed Falun Gong's truth-clarification booklets. Afterwards I realized that I hadn't wrapped them in plastic bags. I looked up the sky and it looked like it was about to rain. I suddenly thought, "It must not rain because sentient beings are awaiting the truth." It turned out that it didn't rain after all. It was truly miraculous.

3. Two fellow practitioners and I went out together to post flyers with important facts about Falun Gong. We posted them in the areas surrounding a police station. During that time I spotted multiple plainclothes policemen, but I wasn't afraid or panicky. I sent forth righteous thoughts towards each policeman I saw to eliminate the evil lives and elements behind them. Each time I did it, an officer would leave. After we were done, all the officers had left and we returned home safely.

4. Another practitioner and I went to the Public Security Bureau in our city to photograph police officers on the Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) website's list of people participating in the persecution of Falun Gong. In the corridor, we saw the most notorious man on the list. Shaken by Falun Gong practitioners' righteous thoughts, he was afraid to enter his own office or tell us his name. When he went downstairs, he nearly fell. It goes to show that the evil beings from other dimensions had become very weak.

5. I went to a fellow practitioner's home to take care of her elderly father who was very ill. That practitioner was then arrested. The police found her address and about five officers came in a police car, planning to ransack her home. They pretended to be real estate agents and asked me to open the door. I refused to. They threatened to arrest me for obstructing justice. I ignored them completely and went to a bedroom to send forth righteous thoughts to completely disintegrate all the dark minions, rotten demons, the Chinese Communist Party, and all other evil lives and elements manipulating the police to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. They kept knocking on the door for a while, but I didn't respond. They gave up and left two officers standing outside the door. The rest of them drove away to pretend that all of them had left. I knew and I continued to ignore them. I kept sending forth righteous thoughts until they really did leave. Then the practitioner's family returned home. The police never came back.

These are but a few experiences I have had. These miracles could only have happened because of Teacher's compassionate protection and my righteous faith. Teacher said,

"[...] cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while transforming gong is done by one's master." (Zhuan Falun)

Without compassionate and magnificent Teacher watching over me, I couldn't have accomplished any of these. These are merely my own humble insights. Please feel free to point out anything erroneous.