(Clearwisdom.Net) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner in China. I used to be a Party member employed by the government. I obtained Dafa in April 1996. I'm so ashamed that I did not cultivate diligently at the beginning. I practiced on and off until October 1998 when I received a hint from our benevolent Teacher (Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa), after that I suddenly felt clear-minded and started to treat cultivation seriously. Since July 1999, the evil forces started to viciously slander Teacher and persecute Falun Dafa and Falun Dafa practitioners. Though I never doubted Dafa and Teacher in my heart, my attachment to sentimentality drove me to use deviated human concepts and psychology to look at and deal with tribulations instead of using my true nature. With the intention of getting by under false pretences, I did something that a Dafa practitioner definitely should not, and cannot do, and thus left stains on my cultivation path.
Though I realized the problem soon after that, I suffered pain in my heart and could not step forward on the path of guarding and validating Dafa. Early this year, after the old evil forces staged the self-immolation event, my work unit again tried to pressure me (into giving up Falun Dafa) by threatening my job position. Thus, after a lot of hesitation, I finally decided to hand in my resignation to both my job and the Party. I left home and went to another city that was far away from my hometown. I settled there and started to use my skills to clarify the truth.
It had always been my wish to validate the Fa (principles, the law of the universe) on Tiananmen Square. But, realizing that my heart was not pure I never fulfilled this wish. Thus I had postponed it time after time. I feel that by reading Teacher's new articles one after another, by reading the articles published on Minghui Net (the Chinese version of Clearwisdon Net) about the magnificent feats of fellow practitioners who rectified the Fa in Beijing, by studying the Fa more solidly, and by uplifting my cultivation level step by step, my various attachments became weaker and weaker, and my heart became purer and purer. After Teacher's "Lecture on the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Conference" was published, I naturally developed the idea of validating Dafa on Tiananmen Square on October 1. I felt that this was something a Dafa practitioner should do, and it is a great, sacred mission. Since this thought came out, it has never been shaken.
With October getting close, I started various preparations. I made a banner, and booked a train ticket. Everything seemed to be so natural, and also so smooth. I had made up my mind to give up everything to rectify Dafa in Beijing this time, so I entrusted my friends with the responsibility of all my personal matters incase I didn't return. In the mean time, I denied any arrangement by the evil, old forces, and didn't allow any human notion to produce interference in my mind. Thus, I was able to keep my heart calm and relaxed. I firmly believe that righteous thought are indestructible, and have invincible power. I often sent out righteous thoughts to eliminate evil, to guarantee the success of validating Dafa in Beijing, and to ensure that I would come back safely. I have witnessed the power of righteous thoughts. I used to use powerful righteous thoughts to successfully crush the evil's attempt at so-called check ups on rental apartments. The evil did not harass me and check up on my room, though they visited my neighbors around me.
Master has made clear the principle of "However strong the righteous thoughts are, that's how great the power is" ("Also in a Few Words"). I have enlightened to this principle at my own level.
On the early morning of September 30, I successfully got onto a train heading for Beijing. Before I left for Beijing, I sat with my two legs crossed, held the big lotus hand gesture, and requested that Teacher strengthen me so that I would successfully validate Dafa in this trip to Beijing and safely come back. Along the way, the passengers sitting beside me were constantly changing. I talked cheerfully and humorously with the passengers sitting next to me, using wisdom to let them know the truth. I also tried to send righteous thoughts to eliminate evil at the beginning of each hour. My heart was not heavy at all. Thirty hours passed quickly and the train arrived at the Beijing West Train Station at exactly 6 o'clock on October 1. I arrived at Tiananmen Square at about 8 o'clock.
Since it was my first time in Beijing, I wanted to find a proper place and opportunity before I validated Dafa. I wandered around different places on the square, and found several police cars distributed at the center of the square, many with cameras on top. Many policemen and soldiers, wearing uniforms and holding telecommunication equipment, nervously patrolled in the crowd. After touring around the center of the square, I passed through the underground tunnel and arrived at the front side of the Tiananmen city wall. It was also very crowded. There were also many uniformed policemen walking among the people. At each gate there were also a few police guards, standing still and watching.
I saw a police car moving slowly in the crowd, so I walked closer and looked at it. The rear window was covered with sun shield paper and through it I saw an elderly female practitioner standing, facing outside, and unsuccessfully trying to open the window with one of her hands. Her other hand was tightly pressed onto the back of the chair. Her mouth was moving, probably speaking words to validate Falun Dafa. I kept on walking forward and saw a big bus from which a lot of policemen walked out. They may have came as reinforcements.
I did not walk very far before I saw two policemen, each of whom grabbed one arm of a young male practitioner. One of the policemen held a folded red banner. It was about 9:30am. I continued walking and heard an eight or nine year old boy asking his father why the police arrested the young man. His father told him that the man had probably done something bad. Then I told them that the man who had been arrested was a Falun Gong practitioner; he was a good person who had done nothing bad. They seemed to understand and said nothing more.
I continued to walk towards the bridge to Zhongshan Park. I found people could freely pass through and the amount of tourists was huge. So I decided to verify the Fa there, though there were also a few police cars waiting at the exit of the bridge to Changan Road. I waited for a chance, and in the mean time I sent out righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and to ensure a successful validation of the Fa and a safe departure afterwards. At about 10 o'clock, I saw a large crowd of visitors passing through the bridge. I quickly took out the yellow banner from my pocket with the red characters "Zhen, Shan, Ren" on it. I used force to the spread the two-sided banner. I held it over my head, with my chin up, striding directly towards the incoming crowd, and shouting: "Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa! Return the innocence of my Master! Return the innocence of Dafa!" After I shouted these words twice I passed through the crowd smoothly and reached the other end of the bridge. There was no response (from the police) so I folded up the banner and put it back inside my clothes. With eyes straight ahead, I stepped forward with an unchanging pace. After walking calmly for a while I looked around and found no person or car was following me. I knew that under the strengthening from Teacher, I had gotten out of the dangerous situation. I walked ahead and asked two policemen for the direction of a bus station. I successfully reached the Beijing West Train Station and bought a ticket. On my way back, I clarified the truth by chatting with a businessman who was sitting next to me.
On the train I sent out righteous thoughts at the beginning of each hour to eliminate the evil and secure my safe return. I also tried to help my fellow practitioners who had been illegally arrested on Tiananmen Square, so that they could be freed of the evil's control.
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