(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Dafa practitioner with a disability. After 14 years of cultivation, I understand that all tribulations will disappear if I act as a cultivator should and follow the Fa closely. In this way, the power of Dafa will manifest itself.
Escaping a Brainwashing Center
In July 2001, I went to a material production site. An undercover police officer was waiting there and took me to a detention center within the city. I did not follow their orders to dress like a criminal. I went on a hunger strike to protest this persecution. They tried to force-feed me and I became ill. The doctor at the detention center said I was suffering from myocardial infarction. This happened after each force-feeding. They decided not risk being held responsible for my possible death and took me to the local 610 Office.
The 610 Office handcuffed me to a window inside the brainwashing center. Two police officers and others took turns watching me day and night. The next evening, I decided I should leave and sent forth righteous thoughts to put them to sleep. They were playing poker and it was close to daybreak. Three officers fell asleep, but one of them sat by the doorway, watching and checking on me. Negative thoughts came to my mind: “It is too late now, better wait for another day, etc.” I asked Teacher to assist me and held on to the idea that I had to leave today! In my mind I told the officer to go to sleep.
Finally, all of the officers fell asleep. Then a tractor driver made a very loud noise that should have awakened them. I kept my composure and continued to send righteous thoughts for the officers to stay asleep and they did. The handcuffs fell off my hands and I left the room. The building was large and the front door was far away. I turned around and decided the best way out was through an open window in another room with a back door outside the window. I jumped out of the window and felt my body flowing in another space for less than a minute. Then I heard an officer sounding startled say, “That guy is gone. He was here only a minute ago!”
Outside the backdoor was a small courtyard overgrown with weeds. There was a big tree in the middle and the wall was about nine feet high. I went to a bushy area. I laid down and felt I was surrounded by a strong energy field. I knew Teacher was protecting me. I continued to send righteous thoughts. Meanwhile, I heard two officers go out the front door to look for me. Two others checked all the rooms and stood where I was. The vegetation covered me. It was about three feet thick and less than one meter high. It was a bright summer day, but they did not see me. One officer said, “Maybe he climbed over the wall.” The other replied, “How could he? The wall is too high to climb.” By now, their feet were close to my knees. I continued sending righteous thoughts to remove the evil spirits controlling them and asked for Teacher's assistance. Finally, they left.
I stood up, cleaned myself off, and got a drink of water. I took my backpack and put it through the open window. After several tries, I tried to climb out, but was not successful. It could have been because I had fearful thoughts. Many cars were passing by outside the wall. Naturally, I did not want them to see me, but I was not fearful. It seemed that the uneasy feeling came from another dimension. I sent forth righteous thoughts to clear away any interference and tried to get out through an opening near the front door. Again, I was not successful. After taking a short break, I thought some rain would be good. Suddenly, cloud cover formed and rain came down for about 20 minutes. The uneasy feeling was gone. I tried the opening near the front door again. This time there was no problem. A taxi came by and I got in and left the brainwashing center.
Later, I learned that I was not able to get out at first because outside the front door the government workers were looking for me. The rain kept them from looking any further and gave me the opportunity to leave the brainwashing center safely. Teacher protected me. In the article “The Master-Disciple Bond” in Hong Yin II, Teacher said,
“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts
Master has the power to turn back the tide.”
Escape from a Hospital
In August of 2001, our truth-clarifying material production center was surrounded by police officers. I jumped from the second floor to the first floor balcony but was arrested and persecuted by the police.
I had sustained a severe pelvic fracture, and my head hurt as a result of jumping. Finally, they took me to the hospital. The police did not allow me to look at the x-rays, but I heard the doctor say, “His injury is very serious. Why did you wait so long before bringing him to the hospital?” No one answered and nothing was done to help me. They did not stop torturing me. They threw me out of the car, slapped me in the face and kicked my pelvis. I went on a hunger strike in protest. The police wrapped me in a torn comforter and purposely drove to the hospital over uneven roads and tried force-feeding me. The rough ride was painful and I could not stop moaning even as I tried to explain to them the facts about Falun Dafa.
I lay down on a wooden bed with nothing on it. My hands were cuffed and I often lost consciousness. During those tough times, I thought about Teacher coming to save us, my obligation to assist Teacher, the error I made that caused the current situation, and Dafa's loss due to my error. After I became conscious, I recited the Fa and sent righteous thoughts to reduce my pain. I looked inward and knew it was my lack of righteous thoughts that had caused my current painful state. After I felt pain, I often thought neither Teacher nor I should have to bear it, just the evil.
On the eleventh day, I heard a voice say, “You can leave here” several times. I knew Teacher was encouraging me and strengthening my righteous thoughts. I attempted to move my legs and body. I was successful. The door was locked and a guard was outside. My only choice was to go through the window. The iron bars on the window were spaced about 10 centimeters apart but I was able to squeeze through the opening because the bars seemed flexible. It was night, and I could not tell which way I was going. By daybreak, I crawled into a cornfield. I knew at seven in the morning many people were going to work. I tried to call a taxi, but none were passing by. A girl on a bicycle stopped and offered me a ride, but I was concerned my clothes would be easily recognized by bad people and did not take it. Later, I realized I was judging the situation based on human notions and missed the arrangements made by Teacher. I continued to sit in the cornfield for the rest of the morning. I neglected to send righteous thoughts to remove the evil spirits around me. The feeling of hunger appeared and I walked out of the field. I saw a government worker checking on the traffic signs and asked him to get a taxi. He recognized me as an escapee and I was sent back to the detention center.
They were then much more careful about watching me. They put both handcuffs and fetters on me and linked my hands and feet together so I had to bend over all the time. I could not go to the restroom without help. I was on a hunger strike and they told criminal inmates to hold my arms, legs, and hair before carrying out force-feeding. They opened my mouth very wide and there was blood and food all over me. I also developed scabies. I continued to ask myself what was wrong with my thinking. I understood my basic standpoint was wrong. I was focusing on how to deal with different types of persecution instead of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings.
Just after my thoughts became righteous, things changed the next day. Officials at the detention center turned me in to the 610 Office. The director of the 610 Office said, “You want to bring me trouble, so your life will be tough as well.” They handcuffed my hands, one to each side of the bed, and used smaller fetters to link the large ones to the legs of the bed. They told three staff members to watch me. All the hospital doors were locked after dark.
When I was illegally detained in the hospital, the evil people did not want others to see what awful things they were doing. They covered up the glass door with newspaper and the fetters on my legs with blankets and continued force-feeding me.
I knew I should not stay, that I had to get out to save sentient beings. One day I thought, “Dafa disciples' thoughts have power.” I pointed at the fetters and said, “Open,” but nothing happened. During the force-feeding, I felt that the fetters were loosening up. This gave me a lot of confidence. I realized my faith in the Fa was not at the required level. I continued to ask Teacher for guidance and sent righteous thoughts. After I attempted to loosen my handcuffs, they became even tighter. I was confused, but I thought, “There is something missing in my plan. I need to wait for it.” One day, an officer opened a cabinet and I saw the tool to open fetters. I went to the restroom and saw an opportunity to get the tool. I put it under my pillow.
More than ten days later, it was midnight and the two officers in my room fell asleep. I decided this should be the time to go. I asked Teacher for guidance and sent righteous thoughts. My handcuffs fell off and I removed the fetters with the tool. I opened the door and went into the corridor. The doors on both sides were locked. I went to the toilet and saw its window had a screen covering it. I pushed the screen, but it was firm. I told myself I definitely would leave. This thought opened the screen. I took my personal items, walked across the lawn of the hospital, and passed a fence. I saw a taxi and took it to the residence of a fellow practitioner.
As I recall the days I was imprisoned, I remember how badly my pelvis and head were hurt. After I was injured, no one offered to help. Instead, they focused on torturing me even more. A medic said it would take at least 100 days for my injuries to heal and I would not be allowed to move. I had no nourishment and was tortured during the two months following. It was Dafa and Teacher that allowed me to overcome all these tribulations.
I understand that, regardless of how bad the tribulation might be, Teacher is with us. If we want to overcome a tribulation we have to remove human notions and strengthen our righteous thoughts, and an opportunity will present itself. Whenever I think about how difficult it is for Teacher to rectify the Fa, Teacher's selflessness, and why I am on this earth, my confidence grows. To avoid being fooled by how bad things looked, I always held onto the idea that I could overcome any tribulation. A cultivator must not follow human notions, because they are contrary to the truth. We must fully understand this point to avoid getting lost.
Selected from "Call for Articles about Divine Occurrences in the Human World"
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