(Clearwisdom.net)
Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution.
Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.
When I saw reports on the Minghui website about Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted to death, or to the point that they could not even move, I felt very sad in my heart. I am writing to share my personal experience with fellow practitioners.
On March 4, 2002, I was illegally detained at the local police station. At that time, I remembered that Master said:
"No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" from Essentials for Further Advancement II)
I refused to recite the prison regulations, nor did I wear the prison uniform. I also refused to eat. (Note: I did not do so righteously at that time; my intention was to get sick through fasting so they would discharge me). Every day, I sent forth righteous thoughts on a 24-hour basis and I used every opportunity to clarify the truth.
The guards started to use criminal inmates to persecute me because of my refusal to cooperate with their unreasonable demands. One day while I was sitting motionless and sending forth righteous thoughts, I overheard the prison warden devising with several inmates a plan to persecute me at night. The following thoughts flashed through my mind: Those persecuting a Dafa disciple would have to face karmic retribution. Although they were planning and hadn't executed anything yet, because of the evil thoughts, the karma was already being generated in them. I must not allow them to succeed in persecuting me. After a while, I heard one of the inmates talking to the others, saying that he didn't feel good all of a sudden and didn't understand why. The other inmates expressed the same feeling. I turned around, cast a brief glance at them with a smile, and they abandoned the thoughts of wanting to persecute me that night.
On the eighth day of my fast, several of us were pushed outside by the guards to be force-fed. I remembered that Master said, "face the evil people with righteous thoughts at all times." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful") I began to stare at the guard in charge who was holding down my hands, and at the same time, I also sternly warned him that those persecuting Dafa disciples will meet with karmic retribution. When the guards were force-feeding me, I did not think about anything. The whole time, I continuously sent forth righteous thoughts. I felt my whole body being lifted by swiftly revolving Falun's, and it felt wonderful. After the force-feeding, I was able to get up. I remained calm and serene with a gentle smile. Later one of the prison guards told me not to smile, and that he felt really scared looking at my smile. Returning to the prison cell, I continuously smiled and said to the prison inmates that "Falun Dafa is good."
Since they did not find out earlier that I was fasting, the prison warden scolded the prison guards for not persecuting me enough. One day, a prison guard was intentionally yelling at me abusively, and I had the thought that insulting me was the same as persecuting me. Those who persecute Dafa disciples will meet with karmic retribution. This guard should not be allowed to abuse me with insults like that, and should she continue, she maybe rendered speechless. True to that thought, the consequence was that the prison guard's jaw suffered damage when she tried to hurl insults at me, and she was rushed to the prison hospital.
One day, a prison guard hit me with her left hand when she saw that I was not eating my meal. I did not feel anything. A fellow practitioner saw the incident, and she went to my side to block the guard and warned her not to strike anyone. Calmly and with a smile, I told the guard that persecuting Dafa disciples will be met with karmic retribution. I could see the guard holding her left arm. Apprehensively, she said that she couldn't move, as half of her body was immobilized temporarily.
Another day, the inmates wanted to put the prison uniform on me. I did not allow them to do this. I benevolently told them, "I am not a criminal. Forcing me to wear the prison uniform amounts to persecuting me, and will be met with karmic retribution." As soon as I said this, the prison guard angrily rushed toward me and ferociously kicked me in the back. I felt a hot sensation in my back. However, the prison guard was groaning in pain because her foot was badly hurt, and everyone in the room witnessed the mighty power of the Fa.
From then on, the prison guards did not dare to touch me. However, other inmates still wanted to persecute me. I stared at them when they came close to me, and this would sent them scurrying away. After these incidents, no one would dare to supervise me. All the inmates began to have a better perspective towards Dafa, and they began to truly understand from their inner hearts that Falun Dafa is good.
I could not pursue these kinds of results beforehand; I simply sent forth righteous thoughts continuously with a benevolent and compassionate heart of wanting to save sentient beings by letting them know that persecuting Dafa disciples will be met with karmic retribution. The end result was that the mighty power of the Fa was unleashed, and Master's Law Body protected me.
I hold high respect for those who have defended the Fa with their lives, and I am deeply moved by their mighty power and virtue. However, we must also remember that the old forces are like specks of dust. In the face of Dafa, they are nothing. "Purging evil as if but whisking dust away" ("A Will That Ebbs Not")
No one has the ability to hurt a Dafa disciple. Whoever does, whoever commits the crime, has to repay the deeds with karmic retribution. All we need to do is walk our paths righteously and maintain righteous thoughts at all times, and the old forces will be too frightened to persecute us. If every one of us could achieve maintaining our faith in the Fa as well as in Master, being unwavering in following Master's Fa and guidance, and measuring and assimilating every thought and every action of ours with the universal characteristic of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance -- that would be the arrival time as revealed in "Foretelling the Fa's Rectification of the Human World" (Essentials for Further Advancement II):
"The ones who do evil against Dafa go down into the gate of no-life. As for all the others, people's hearts return to righteousness and they cherish virtue and do good, all the myriad things are renewed, and every single sentient being reveres Dafa's saving grace. All of the heavens and the earth celebrate together, congratulate each other, and exalt together. Dafa's most glorious period in the human world begins at this moment."
I am writing to share these incidents because recently fellow practitioners have been arrested and persecuted. I feel very sad, and I hope that this sharing can help others as well as provide encouragement.
Finally and most respectfully, I thank our benevolent Teacher.