The Surveillance Ended When My Thoughts Changed

(Minghui.org) During the twenty-seven years that Dafa has faced persecution, like many other practitioners, I have repeatedly been subjected to varying degrees of harassment, intimidation, phone tapping, and surveillance. To get away from this long-term monitoring, I was forced to move to a new residence.

After I moved the surveillance intensified. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) connected the residential complex’s surveillance cameras directly to the security guard station, tracked my location via my phone, and ordered the security guards to keep me under close watch. I learned of these details when a community police officer inadvertently mentioned it. They knew immediately whenever I left or returned home. They also instructed the security guards to wait along my usual routes to see if I was carrying any informational materials and to observe who visited my home.

After October last year, their surveillance increased. Plainclothes officers followed me when I went to the vegetable market, and they staked out places I was planning to visit. To spare other practitioners from mental stress, I went out alone to clarify the facts about Dafa to people.

I spoke with the property manager and the head of security on several occasions, explaining the truth to them and pointing out that their actions were illegal. They explicitly stated that they would not participate in the matter unless presented with official legal documents. Instead they instructed guards to wait and check what I was carrying. If they suspected I had informational materials, they watched me even more closely, and sometimes followed me for days. I felt as though I could be arrested at any moment.

While others enjoy moving into a new home, I felt as if I were living in prison every day. My heart was heavy, and I wondered when this ordeal would end.

Master pointed out:

“Search your inner self whenever you have problems. Tribulations don’t just happen by chance. They are definitely meant to get rid of certain attachments of yours so that you may improve yourself.” (“Teaching at the Conference in Canada”) “...a Dafa disciple, or a cultivator, has no enemies.” (“Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago”)

I started to gradually eliminate my resentment for the security guards—I realized that they, too, are Master’s kin. I sent forth strong righteous thoughts to clear away the evil entities manipulating them into doing bad deeds. I refused to allow the old forces to use these innocent lives to persecute me, nor would I permit the evil to destroy sentient beings by using them to commit crimes against Dafa practitioners.

I began spending more than two hours each day memorizing Zhuan Falun. When I recited the fourth lecture, “Transformation of Karma”, I suddenly had a breakthrough in my understanding: Master was using this situation to help me transform my karma, eliminate my fear, and enable me to improve quickly. Once my mindset shifted, I felt an immediate sense of relief. I stopped being afraid or distressed when returning home after going out. I no longer felt they were monitoring me. Instead, it seemed as though they were there every day to “welcome” me!

After my mindset changed, I didn’t even notice when the plainclothes officers and security guards, who had tailed and monitored me for over a decade, shadowing me even when I went to the restroom, stopped hovering around me. Everything became much more relaxed.

I also deeply experienced the wonderful physical benefits of practicing Falun Dafa. Although I’m almost 60, I have black hair, smooth skin, a well-proportioned figure, and abundant energy and vitality. People often remark that Falun Gong practitioners are truly different from ordinary people. Even those who haven’t fully accepted the facts about Dafa share this impression and develop a sense of respect for Dafa.