(Clearwisdom.net) When a local practitioner was arrested for clarifying the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong, we sent forth righteous thoughts together to eliminate the evil and asked the practitioner's family to go to the police station and demand his immediate release. His family came back and said, "The police want to send him to the forced labor camp." After sharing with all practitioners, we all believed that what the the police said meant nothing, so we continued to send forth righteous thoughts near the police station.
On the second morning, that practitioner's family told us that the arrested practitioner had already been sent away. We wondered how that could have happened. We had sent forth righteous thoughts every day, and even asked Teacher for help. We were puzzled when we saw that what we had done had had no effect. We were immediately aware of having wrong notions. As a matter of fact, we realized that the arrest of fellow practitioners is also a test for other practitioners regarding whether we truly believe in Teacher and Dafa during the course of cultivation. We should not be deceived by anything on the surface. When we understood this, we continued to send forth righteous thoughts and again asked Teacher for help. Although the practitioner had already been sent to the forced labor camp, we thought that the labor camp should not accept him and that the police must bring our practitioner home. With such clear thoughts, we continued to send forth righteous thoughts without a break. In the evening, his family told us, "He is at home now. The labor camp refused to accept him."
Another time, a practitioner that was distributing the truth-clarification materials was reported. It was said that she would be detained in the detention center for 15 days. We thought that, since this practitioner had very strong righteous thoughts, as long as we send forth righteous thoughts for her together, she would be released quickly. However, we failed to remember to get her family to demand her immediate release. On the 15th day, her family went to the detention center to pick her up. The police told them, "Because she talks about the persecution of Falun Gong to everyone every day, she will be sent to the labor camp." We wondered why, even after we had sent forth righteous thoughts every day.
Then we enlightened that we actually had admitted the arrangement and the persecution. In addition, we had inwardly accepted the 15 days of detention already. We ought to deny comprehensively that our fellow practitioner would be detained for even one day! At this point, we asked her family members (also practitioners) to demand her immediate release.
On the second day, her family angrily told us, "She has been sent away." We had shared with that practitioner that we were supposed to demand an immediate release during the 15 days. Even just one day's detention was illegal! It was our loophole. We should not be angry but truly believe in Teacher. Then we shared the experience of rescuing the other practitioner and said to her, "We are not supposed to rely on any ordinary person, but should strengthen our righteous thoughts and ask for help from Teacher."
On the third day, the detained practitioner came home. Not only that, but she could also do the exercises publicly!
September 24, 2008