(Clearwisdom.net) In late December 2011, a practitioner from our local area was arrested while he was out of town. After sharing understandings, practitioners from our local areas decided to go demand his release. On our way, even though I never feel sick while in a car, I suddenly wanted to vomit. I had the strong thought on my mind, “Everything is an illusion. No evil can stop me from rescuing fellow practitioners.” Twenty minutes later, my symptoms disappeared, and I had a very relaxed feeling after that.
After we arrived at the destination, practitioners came to the agreement that Dafa practitioners were one body, and when a practitioner is being subjected to persecution, Teacher has to endure for him, and sentient beings are suffering as well. Therefore, we should never allow a practitioner to be persecuted. So we went with the family of the arrested practitioner to the 610 Office of that city to demand his release. Other practitioners who didn't go with us strengthened us by using their righteous thoughts.
People from the local 610 Office were very rude to us and claimed that they didn't arrest anyone. We told them that there was nothing wrong with practicing Falun Gong, and they were committing crimes in doing what they did. I also told them that Jiang had already been brought to trial overseas. Hearing that, they were in a panic and threatened us by saying, "How dare you say that... If you dare to say it again, I'll record your words." We told them in an upright manner, "Go ahead, we are not afraid. We will let people of the world know the crimes you have committed." After that, they pushed us out the door, and we told them in an upright manner, "We will bring you to justice in a court of law."
We returned with our lawyer that afternoon, but they refused to see us. We had been clarifying the facts to them in a very peaceful way. We also told them that hindering a lawyer dealing with his case was an illegal act. One security person hurriedly called police officers from the 610 Office, then at the end of the day, two officers from the 610 Office came out to meet the lawyer. They lied to the lawyer, saying that they didn't arrest our practitioner, they had no power to decide who to arrest, and that they were solely following the instructions they were given, even though they didn't want to do so. In the end, they agreed that after a few days they would release this practitioner.
A few days later, the police advised us to come to take the practitioner home. We went with the lawyer but were then notified that this practitioner has been taken to a forced labor camp for 18 months of detention. Hearing that, this practitioner's family members were very upset. We came to realize after sharing that the true purpose of our hiring a lawyer was to eliminate the evil and save sentient beings in a proactive manner, and that rescuing this practitioner was only a part of it.
At that time, the lawyer had some concerns as well, and he didn't seem to be very confident about filing an appeal against those who had participated in the persecution. However, the practitioners had very logical minds, their righteous thoughts were very strong, and they had one thought on their minds. "We are practitioners. We should do what Teacher asks us to do unconditionally. As long as what we do is on the Fa, we should do it, without acknowledging the evil or following the conditions they set."
As soon as we strengthened our righteous thoughts, our lawyer's confidence was boosted. On the following day, we prepared a letter of appeal and went to the 610 Office to demand his release. When we got there, we were told that he had been transferred that morning. We asked them to show us the document authorizing the transfer but they refused.
We were not moved by illusions however, and we initiated legal proceedings. We began by submitting a letter of appeal to the appropriate government department. We used this opportunity to clarify the facts. We then went to the court to submit our appeal and ask for the case to be heard. The judge took our letter and told us to wait for notification the following Monday. After that, we went to the place where this practitioner was being held to hand in two appeal letters. An elderly police officer on duty saw us and was very surprised. He said, "I know that you have been suppressed for so many years, but I never heard of you speaking up to protect your rights." We told him, "Yes, we did at an earlier time. See, even Jiang Zemin has been brought to trial!" He was shocked to hear this. He told us that the practitioner we sought had been transferred elsewhere, but he didn't know where.
We were notified the following day that the detained practitioner had returned home. The story we heard was that the officials said that he had been rejected by the labor camp. We also heard that when trying to put him into the camp, police officers and the doctor from the camp ended up fighting with each other. We practitioners all immediately recognized that this was all a reflection of the power of Dafa, just as Teacher said in “The Master-Disciple Bond,”
“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts
Master has the power to turn back the tide”
(Hong Yin Vol. II)
A week later, the court notified the arrested practitioner's family members that the court had accepted the case and asked them to come and pick up the paperwork. Some practitioners had some concerns, afraid that the court was playing tricks, so they didn't want this practitioner's family members to go. Later we adjusted our mind-set by thinking, "We want only what Teacher wants. The evil doesn't deserve to meddle with us."
"The Fa power of their righteous thoughts
pounds the demons’ dens."
(“Besiege and Annihilate” from Hong Yin Vol. II)
Therefore, we went with his family members to the court. In addition, our local practitioners all went to the court to strengthen us by sending forth righteous thoughts. An hour later, we had dealt with all the proper procedures, and the judge told us that we'd be notified within three months of the date when the court would handle it.
Through rescuing fellow practitioners, suing evil people pro-actively, and successfully handling this legal case, we truly came to feel the power of overall coordination and righteous thoughts. Through this experience, some practitioners have been urged to step forward and take part in the wave of Fa-rectification by doing the three things well to save sentient beings.
