(Clearwisdom.net) Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province is believed to be holding more than 20 Dafa practitioners, and the authorities there continue to use electric batons, confinement in small cells, the tiger bench and other torture methods to persecute firm Falun Gong practitioners. Over the years, the Guangzhou brainwashing center (known to the public as the School of Legal Education) has been subjecting Dafa disciples to "bundling up" -- a kind of torture that almost breaks their bones and suffocates them.
I learned that quite a number of Dafa practitioners held at labor camps, brainwashing facilities, and prisons gave in under such brutal torture and did things that a Dafa disciple should not do. That makes the evil beings believe that torture is an effective way of forcing Dafa disciples to leave "stains" on their cultivation paths. Many Dafa disciples who used to be steadfast cultivators could not endure the torture anymore. Master said, "Grand talk counts for naught when it comes to life and death." ("The Knowing Heart") Thus, the evil beings have the audacity to continue to use torture in the face of strong international and domestic condemnation, and they have done so knowing that torture violates human rights and contravenes the Chinese government's own rules and regulations.
Some practitioners used the following excuses for their giving in to torture: "I can't be held here indefinitely." "I need to get out of here and expose the evil, clarify the truth, and save sentient beings." "I need to get out of here so that I can study the Fa more..." So they chose to seek their freedom by giving in to the evil. Moreover, some practitioners do not realize the seriousness of this mistake.
This kind of thinking shows that they have not understood the Fa well and are merely trying to find pretexts to cover up their attachments. Master explained what to do in this situation in Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference:
"'Now that you've arrested me, I haven't thought at all about going back. Now that I've come here, I've come to validate the Fa.' So the evil was scared" "If you're truly able to let go of the thought of death, and have no attachments at all, would the question of falling short still exist? Would the question of reforming you still exist? And would the question of having you do such and such still exist? If all the hundreds of or all the thousand people held in a labor camp can do that, see if the labor camp still dares to keep you!"
In Master's Fa Taught in the International Teleconference, Master disapproved of seeking freedom by agreeing to be "transformed" because of the attachment to writing books exposing the persecution. Master said,
"Do you know what 'transformation' means? In fact, what Gods see is: the person got out of there to expose the evil because she could no longer endure it, and her pursuit of getting out was really an attachment that she wasn't able to let go. Under absolutely no circumstance should a Dafa disciple be transformed by the evil--even if it's to expose the persecution. Besides, exposing the persecution is not the ultimate purpose of a Dafa disciple's cultivation."
Master mentioned how to deal with the trouble the evil beings make in Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference:
"Actually, you're Dafa disciples, so hey, their plots are playing right into your hands! (People laugh) When they stir up trouble you'll have an opportunity to clarify the facts and expose the evil, right? As soon as you evil beings come near, I'll grab you..."
This is what I came to understand: Master is asking us not to be afraid of the persecution. If the evil dares to persecute me, I'll seize upon the opportunity to eliminate the evil and validate Dafa. It is the opportune moment to display Dafa's mighty power and for Dafa disciples to clear out the evil's persecution. When the evil moves to persecute me, isn't it offering itself to be eliminated? That's just great! This way of thinking will be righteous thoughts, and the evil will be afraid. Naturally I will never do what the evil wants me to do, and I only maintain the thought of eliminating the evil and validating Dafa. I will not think of my own plight. Wherever I am being held, I always try to display Dafa's mighty power by validating Dafa and eliminating the evil. As long as I keep my righteous thoughts, the evil will naturally die.
June 2, 2006
