(Clearwisdom.net) With the progression of Fa-rectification, I have deeply felt the enormous responsibilities of Dafa practitioners. We are cultivating compassion, therefore, every single thought of ours should be for the sake of others. In handling the persecution of my son, I have come across officers who are solely after money, but I know that if I give them money, it would amount to pushing them into hell. I can't harm them like that, so I don't give them even a penny. Although we have suffered great pain, we provide these people with opportunities to be saved. This is a Dafa practitioners' compassion. Master said,
"I told you a long time ago that a Dafa disciple, or a cultivator, has no enemies. The only thing you have a role in is saving people, and you have nothing to do with using human means and human principles to punish or pronounce judgment on people."("Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago")
Support Detained Dafa Disciples with Righteous Thoughts
My son was sentenced to forced labor in 1999. Because he refused to cooperate with the authorities, those in charge beat him. Every time they touched him, I could feel it. I thought to myself, "The Fa is boundless. If I read the Fa, the evil cannot touch him."
Master said,
"All matter, including the human body, exists simultaneously in connection with dimensional levels of the cosmic space."
"The human body corresponds to external dimensions, and they all have such forms of existence."(Lecture Two from Zhuan Falun)
I thought, "If I read Zhuan Falun out loud or play Master's lecture recordings, isn't it in control of our physical dimension? If the police officers don't have a chance to do evil, don't they have a chance to be saved?"
It was indeed true. My son and a fellow practitioner who had held a hunger strike for more than forty days were transferred to labor camps in three different cities. Their righteous thoughts and righteous actions have influenced the physical dimensions, and none of the officers in those places have touched them.
At the time, the director of the Provincial Department of Justice told my son and the other practitioner in front of the labor camp director and the guards, "Let me know if anyone dares to touch you." The two practitioners had no personal relationship with the director. We can see how important it is for a Dafa disciple outside of the prison to have the thought during Fa study, "I'm studying the Fa together with practitioners being detained."
I got very sleepy while studying the Fa, and washing my face with cold water or standing up to walk didn't help. I said, "Let me study the Fa along with with my son in jail" and the problem was gone. I came to understand that besides reading the Fa, I must take every opportunity to listen to Master's lectures at home, recite Lunyu, send righteous thoughts, and repeat the Fa-rectification formulas when I am outside. I also understand that a Dafa practitioner must study the Fa well, use Dafa to rectify our own dimensions, and save sentient beings with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
In 2001, Master published the Fa-rectification formulas. I realized that I should send forth righteous thoughts every hour. I had an alarm clock that stopped working for a long time, but as soon as I put in new batteries, it started working again, playing music every hour to remind me. I understood it was the miracle of Dafa.
One year, there were government conferences scheduled. I sent righteous thoughts every hour for five days without missing a single one, and didn't feel tired even in the middle of the night. Moreover, I felt my body was light and wonderful.
One night after I sent forth righteous thoughts and lay down in bed, the phone rang. I realized that perhaps I should practice afterwards because my energy was not sufficient. From then on, every day after midnight, the global time for sending forth righteous thoughts, I said to the detained practitioners in my heart, "My fellow practitioners, please think in your hearts, 'I am a disciple of the Lord Buddha, and I don't acknowledge the old forces' arrangements.' Use your righteous thoughts to completely disintegrate the evil, use your supernormal powers to subdue the evil and walk out of the jail openly and nobly. Your body can change its size, the iron gates and prison walls cannot hinder or affect you." I continued to connect with them this way every day because I believe Dafa disciples all have supernormal capabilities.
One day when I visited my son, I said to him intently, "You must have righteous thoughts and righteous actions." The next day the guard phoned me and said, "Your son refused to eat." After I sent righteous thoughts at midnight, I said to my son in my heart, "Don't starve yourself. You must refuse to work for them and don't let them enslave you." The next day the guards phoned me again and said, "Your son has started eating, but he refused to work." That night after sending righteous thoughts at midnight, I said to my son in my heart again, "Don't just do it yourself. All Dafa disciples must refuse to work for them."
The next day the guards phoned me and said, "Your son led the others to stop working. No family visit for him next month." I negated it and still visited him the following month. From then on, the steadfast practitioners in that prison stopped working and made their own schedule. Some practiced the exercises every day. The guards couldn't handle them and had to disband the division.
Following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and Clarifying the Facts Openly without Fear
As soon as the persecution started in 1999, authorities from the neighborhood committee and the police station called me in and talked to me about my practice of Falun Gong. I peacefully explained to them the great benefits that Falun Gong has brought to people and asked them, "Is it wrong to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to become a better person? How do you want to 'transform' me? Can you justify it?" They were speechless and handed me to my workplace.
The authorities at my workplace threatened me with suspension and withholding my salary. I said, "Dafa is my life. I can give up anything but Dafa." They kept me for a day and night and handed me back to the police station. The police wanted me to write a guarantee statement, promising not to appeal in Beijing for Falun Gong. I answered, "I am cultivating Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I don't need to guarantee you anything." They let me go and have never bothered me since.
How to handle the labor camp and prison authorities' gang-like behavior? The evil labor camp authorities stipulated that the visitors would not be allowed to see their family members if they refused to curse Dafa. I firmly made up my mind: I am cultivating Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and I cannot lie and harm people. I can let go of anything for Dafa. Hence, I could not see my son for months. So I sent forth righteous thoughts and "clarified the facts" outside the labor camp gate and in the waiting room. The effect of truth-clarification by the labor camp gate was especially good, because it was a busy area full of visitors and guards. They listened to me and even asked questions. The guards were moved. The next time, I was allowed to go in, and the Administration Section chief even spoke to the labor camp director on my behalf.
I have visited the police department and the 610 Office to clarify the facts using my son's case. When I visited the 610 Office, one officer was very fierce at the beginning. I was not moved and I talked to him peacefully while sending righteous thoughts. The next time when I was there, the officer treated me as an important guest.
I have also visited the provincial Administration Bureau of Forced Labor and clarified the facts in front of a roomful of officials. I returned home safely afterwards. The next day my son was released and we got a phone call to pick him up. His three-month term extension was canceled too, and he didn't have to write a guarantee statement. Additionally, a few other very steadfast practitioners were released as well, across the province, without having to write a statement.
I told myself that I could not miss any opportunities to clarify the facts, be it in meetings or at parties. I often started by talking about my personal experiences with the health benefits gained by practicing Dafa, and telling people that their good thoughts about Falun Gong will be rewarded.
Everyone I run into has a predestined relationship with me. Whether it's in the market, on the train, or in the waiting room of the prison, it is a good opportunity to clarify the facts and encourage people to withdraw from the Party and its two youth organizations. When I clarify the facts face to face to a person, and if they agreed to quit the CCP, I immediately help them to withdraw. If the person hesitates, then I try to soften his/her heart, give them an amulet (1), or tell the person to repeat "Falun Dafa is good." They are often grateful. I have persuaded many high-level Communist officials in the city to do the three withdrawals, and many more Communist Party members at section-chief level and below.
In addition to face-to-face contact, I have written letters and made phone calls to clarify the facts. For example, I wrote to officials in the central government, and to news anchors at CCTV. I wrote different letters at different times. For those who had participated in persecuting my son, I wrote to tell them how to save themselves by making amulets and repeating "Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good."
While following the path of Fa-rectification cultivation practice, under Master's merciful protection and guidance, we have gradually improved and are walking toward maturity. But we have also left regrets caused by our emotions, selfishness and omissions, which we need to remove through studying and understanding the Fa and improving with fellow practitioners as a whole.
This concludes my personal understandings. Please kindly point out anything improper.
Note:
(1) Amulets - In China, practitioners sometimes clarify the truth by giving people something small to wear or cherish, bearing a few words reminding them of the goodness of Dafa.
