(Clearwisdom.net) After reading the Clearwisdom article, "Following the Righteous Fa in Ordinary Society," (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2006/9/21/78205.html), I was very inspired. I have come to understand that we are Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples. We need to walk a righteous path with dignity, and end all persecution against Dafa disciples, including the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution at our workplaces and in daily life. Here I would like to briefly talk about my situation.
In 2000, because I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong, I was illegally detained and sent to the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp in the Baoding Area, Hebei Province. After I was released in 2003, the local police station refused to issue me an identification card and residential permit. Their excuse was that I did not comply with their requirements; they wanted me to write a statement to give up practicing Falun Dafa. I rejected their unreasonable request and did not receive the ID card and residential permit. In the last few years, I have run into many difficulties because I did not have an ID card. The main reason I did not go after the police was because I had fear. Due to the seven-year persecution, I lived in poverty, which made it very difficult to validate the Fa, support my family, and function in society.
Then, I understood that I should have insisted that the police issue me my proper identification. What did I do that was unlawful? It is the right of every citizen to have identification. The police are the ones breaking the law. If they still would not issue me an identification, I would let the public know what they did. That was also my right. Having realized this, I went to the police. In the beginning, they gave me a hard time and tried to not issue me an ID card. They treated me like a criminal, taking notes on everything I said and trying to collect my fingerprints. I rejected all of their requests and asked that they issue me an ID unconditionally. With a righteous mind and fellow practitioners' help in sending righteous thoughts, I was able to do everything smoothly. When I went to the local welfare office asking for a basic living subsidy, I was also able to do it without much difficulty.
There is a practitioner living near me who had not had any income since she was fired from her workplace without any official procedure when the CCP began the persecution against Falun Gong in July 1999. Because she was not able to look at the issue from the perspective of righteous Fa principles, she continued to be deprived of any income. Recently, she realized that passively enduring was also nurturing the evil. So she went to the municipal government, her old workplace, and relevant agencies and demanded a solution. As she clarified the truth to the officials, some of them told her in private that what she was doing was right and she should pursue it. They were even willing to help her write a letter of appeal. Some kind-hearted staff people told her that they also knew the truth about the persecution, as many people did, and that she needed to take care of herself and be careful. Soon afterwards, her salary was reinstated.
Her experience showed me that everything was truly done by the Teacher. Just as Teacher said in Hong Yin II,
"When disciples have ample righteous thoughts, Master has the power to turn back the tide." ("The Master-Disciple Bond", Hong Yin II, Translation Version A)
I have come to understand that we are Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples. It is our responsibility to clarify the truth and save sentient beings. At the same time, the authorities and our workplaces must also give us what we should receive, because this is also rectifying the Fa at the human level. During this process, many of my attachments were revealed, including the fear of being detained again and reluctance to contact the police and other people who have persecuted other practitioners and me. I did not treat them as sentient beings who needed saving. When clarifying the truth, I was not kind enough and sounded harsh. These are all areas I need to cultivate in the future. Through our clarifying the truth, the police also gained new understandings about Dafa and learned more about the evilness of the CCP.
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