(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong in 2004. Soon after I read about the brutal persecution suffered by practitioners in China reported on the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom), which made me very sad. I felt that I should make phone calls and clarify the facts about Falun Gong to the police officers who participate in persecuting practitioners. The first calls I made were to several police divisions in a certain district. I made five calls, and in every call the other party viciously reprimanded me. I was astonished. One police officer didn't scold me, but criticized me for not respecting him. I was puzzled and didn't realize that these reactions were from the evil causing interference.
This past year I have joined other overseas practitioners in making phone calls to rescue detained practitioners. We constantly shared our understandings on the Fa principles, which helped us see through the tricks used by the evil to interfere with our efforts. Having a clearer understanding also strengthened our rescue efforts. The following are some of our group's understandings that I would like to share with everyone.
Stopping Someone from Committing Evil Shows the Greatest Compassion
Practitioners often make the following statement when making rescue phone calls, “We must not only rescue practitioners, but also save those who took part in this.” How can we truly save these perpetrators?
In “Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference” Master said,
“But in this period you've all seen something, and that is, how many lives have sinned against Dafa (and that's not including those who've committed the worst, most wicked sins). Once they understand the truth, is that the end of it? It's not that simple. But, when you have somebody understand things by clarifying the truth, that is giving him a chance. If he truly has an upright thought, it gives him a chance to atone for his sins.”
“Whether they were in China or abroad, as long as they played such a role in that process, pushed the persecution forward, or actively contributed in words or deeds, they have to pay for it. No life can escape, unless he has made up for the losses he caused Dafa and Dafa disciples.”
We realized that those who have sinned against Dafa must pay for their crimes. If we only got them to renounce their association with the Communist regime and didn't tell them to immediately stop the persecution and assist or release detained practitioners, and if we didn't show them how to atone, would they have a chance for redemption? If a perpetrator disassociates himself from the regime but continues to beat or arrest practitioners, in the end he is doomed. Hence, we try to let them realize that they are committing a sin in persecuting Dafa practitioners. If they are willing to atone for their evildoings or agree to stop persecuting practitioners, then we ask them to renounce their membership in the Chinese Communist Party.
Not long ago I made a phone call to an officer in a police division and clarified the facts to him. He accepted what I told him. I repeatedly told him to protect Falun Gong practitioners and not to participate in the persecution. He agreed to it and finally quit his Party membership using his real name.
Seeing Through Deception and Offering People Salvation/Redemption with Righteous Thoughts
Several months ago our group telephoned the deputy head of a prison. When a practitioner explained the facts of Falun Gong to him, he said that he knew all about it. He had also visited the Minghui website. In the end we asked if he had renounced his membership in the Chinese Communist Party. He answered that he knew what to do. We were truly happy for him. But a few weeks later we saw a report on the Minghui website. This man, who sounded very amiable, was the chief perpetrator involved in persecuting practitioners in China, and the methods used were brutal. We were shocked and inexpressibly sad. He had deceived us. We should have sent righteous thoughts then to disintegrate the evil factors controlling him and admantly warned him not to continue persecuting practitioners. Otherwise, we were not effectively rescuing our practitioners, nor were we truly compassionate toward him.
We once encountered an agent from a Domestic Security Division who shouted swear words at practitioners all the time when they tried to persuade him to stop persecuting us. Everyone in our group took turns calling him. When it was my turn, as soon as the call went through I felt evil elements emitting from the other end. I immediately sent righteous thoughts and warned him sternly to stop swearing. I went on to tell him the consequences of doing evil. He initially continued swearing at me, but when I explained to him the heavenly principle of retribution, I instantly felt the evil elements behind him disintegrating. He stopped cursing and didn't hang up. Instead, he listened quietly to what I said. When I called him again a few days later, he was a completely different person. He even gave me the contact number of another perpetrator. This showed that he truly understood the truth!
A while ago we telephoned the head of a Domestic Security Division. He gave orders to many local police divisions to seize practitioners. Everyone kept making phone calls to eliminate the evil elements behind him. He kept swearing and even threatened to beat practitioners to death if we continued calling him. We ignored his threats and continued to call him.
Later, his wife took the calls. She also cursed us and said she would get a practitioner to tell us to stop calling them. We sent strong righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil factors controlling her and warned her sternly not to persecute practitioners, lest she face retribution for her evildoings. She cursed us for a while, then said, “What do you mean by retribution?” We knew that the evil elements behind her had been greatly eliminated. When we continued clarifying the facts, she stopped swearing and listened to what we said for seven to eight minutes before hanging up. The next time we called, the head of the division picked up the phone. Again, we told him to stop persecuting practitioners. He listened earnestly for ten minutes. Many practitioners continued pursuing the situation and called him for many days, until he was afraid to pick up the phone.
We brought up the above incidents to illustrate three points:
1) Those who persecute Dafa disciples did so because they were coerced and lured with Chinese Communist Party-promised gains. Hence they are ignorant of the consequences of their actions. Only by explaining to them the retribution they will suffer from taking part in the persecution and making amendments can they be saved. This will also stop them from committing further evil.
2) The attachment to competitiveness and ingratiation with the other party should be eliminated. These perpetrators are controlled by the evil in other dimensions when they commit evil, hence they will not stop persecuting practitioners simply because we speak to them in a kindly manner. They will only stop persecuting when we eliminate the evil behind them with righteous thoughts. They will then be able to listen to the facts and dare not continue committing sins. So when we clarify the truth to these people, we must use righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil that is controlling them. On the surface however, we speak in a calm and dignified tone.
3) Clarifying the facts about the persecution and saving sentient beings is the heavenly duty of Dafa disciples. During this process we must constantly look within ourselves and eliminate any attachments that are exposed. We should not allow the evil to use any inadequacies in our cultivation as an excuse for persecuting us.
Conclusion
In "Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York," Master taught us:
“Disciple: With our righteous thoughts and righteous actions, will we be able to end the persecution before the Fa rectifies the human world?
Teacher: The truth is, Dafa disciples, in supporting the Fa-rectification, your righteous thoughts and righteous actions have already made the persecution draw closer to the end. (Applause) Think about it, the evil beings have let up quite a bit now. If you weren't strong, if you hadn't done well, why would they have let up on you? When some students do fall into their hands, the wicked people don't dare to persecute them too badly anymore. Why not? Isn't it because they are afraid that Dafa disciples will bring them to justice later on? Isn't it because no matter where those evil ones who have persecuted Dafa disciples try to escape to, they will eventually be tracked down? If during this persecution Dafa disciples had all been beaten into silence and had feebly vanished, then would the evil be afraid? They wouldn't think twice [about doing evil]. The things you are doing can shock and frighten the evil today, can greatly reduce the evil and restrain it, can terrify the evil and prevent it from having the strength to carry on with the persecution, and can ultimately force this evil persecution to do nothing but end. That's what Dafa disciples are doing in this time before the Fa rectifies the human world, and it is magnificent.”
Ending this persecution is our responsibility. Many practitioners have persevered in making phone calls to rescue practitioners since the global RTC platform was established. Through constantly cultivating ourselves and removing attachments of competitiveness and ingratiation, even the voices of many practitioners have changed. Some speak more calmly, and some have become more dignified, displaying the diligent state of practitioners. Everyone has a clear understanding of the Fa principles and has expanded his or her capacity.
I truly hope that more overseas practitioners will join our group. It takes only a short amount of time. Together with your strong righteous thoughts we can suffocate the evil and rescue the practitioners who are being persecuted.
I am very grateful to Master for giving us this opportunity to improve ourselves. Please kindly correct me if there is anything wrong.
