(Clearwisdom.net)

I heard the news this afternoon that five Falun Dafa practitioners in another township were taken to a detention center by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. Upon hearing that, my first response was to immediately expose the evil. I decided to send this news to the Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) website and then find out details.

Afterwards, I contacted someone about the incident. I learned that, after 9 p.m. the night before, seven of the practitioners had been listening to Teacher's lecture at a practitioner's home, when five to six officers, who claimed to be from the local police station, suddenly came in. They said that they had heard the sound outside, so they came in. This practitioner had very strong righteous thoughts and thought, "I am Teacher's student, I believe in Teacher and Dafa, and I will not cooperate with the evil." She then at down to send forth righteous thoughts to eradicate all evil elements behind the police. The police officers told the practitioners to do the exercises, and several practitioners complied. One officer pointed at the practitioner sending forth righteous thoughts and said, "This is a newcomer; she does not know the exercises." She ignored him and continued to send forth righteous thoughts. After a while, the officers told seven of them to get into their car, because they were going to take them away. This practitioner suddenly had illness symptoms and could not stop vomiting. The officers still insisted on trying to get her into the car, but she refused to cooperate, so they told another practitioner to drag her along. She pushed the other practitioner's hand away, determined not to go with the police. Eventually, the police took the other practitioners away and left her behind.

As I listened to what had happened, I had some feelings and thoughts. We have been studying the Fa for so many years now, why is it that some practitioners can't remember Teacher's Fa and forget that they are Dafa practitioners when they encounter sudden tribulation? We are taken care of by Teacher, and nobody else is qualified to manage us or test us. Why do we listen to the evil and do what they tell us? If we all act righteously like Dafa practitioners should, firmly believe in Teacher and Dafa, then Teacher will protect us. Teacher already told us in Zhuan Falun:

"If you are a true practitioner, our Falun will safeguard you. I am rooted in the universe. If anyone can harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe."

Actually, in regard to how to deal with the evil's harassment, Teacher made it clear to us quite early on:

"No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)

But some practitioners don't remember. They forget Teacher's words at critical moments and handle them with everyday people's thoughts, thus aggravating the persecution.

This incident made me recall that, before the Beijing Olympics, the CCP authorities ordered every Dafa practitioner to fill out a form. The staff at the police station and from the neighborhood committee looked for me several times and finally found me. When I heard they were from the police station and neighborhood committee, I straight away thought, "Do not cooperate with the evil; nobody is qualified to decide what concerns me." Therefore, no matter what they asked me, I said, "I can't tell you!" At last someone said, "If you do not tell me, I'll ask your husband." My husband was not home at that time, so they had to let it go.

I am not blaming fellow practitioners or trying to show off, but I do want to bring everybody's attention to this and reduce our losses, because I know when fellow practitioners get arrested, it creates a negative effect on society, the families, and the individuals. Although the practitioners in this incident were eventually released, some family members then became strongly opposed their practicing and some practitioners became scared and dared not to practice anymore, not to mention that they stopped doing the Three Things.

This is my limited understanding; please correct me if there is any mistake.