(Clearwisdom.net) After reading the article, "Can We Protect Ourselves?" (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/3/25/124027.html), I felt as if I had written it. The question in my mind was and still is, can I do it or not? Teacher said,
“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (Zhuan Falun)
Remembering my ten-year cultivation path, I felt that the more I looked at it from the point of view expressed above, the more I realized that this applied to me. Below are three examples of how this article spoke to me.
Teacher Guiding my Path
In the beginning of 2001, in order to avoid arrest by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its persecution of Falun Dafa, I left my home and lived in a big city. I found another practitioner with whom I could clarify the truth about Falun Gong. We didn't have a computer or printer, so we had to copy materials about Falun Gong manually. This was very time-consuming and made us fall behind in the Fa-rectification process. We were in need of a computer and printer, but didn't have the funds to buy them.
One day when we returned from distributing materials about Falun Gong, a piece of paper was blown toward me that provided me with an address and contact information for a computer and printer sale. I was pleasantly surprised. I knew that Teacher was helping me. We gathered all our money and went to the address on that piece of paper. The company's general manager agreed to see us and appeared to be nice. We explained why we were there, and he helped us pick out a new computer along with the printer, the price of which was much lower than expected. He then drove us back to our residential area. It was really one of Teacher's miracles and was truly perfectly arranged.
We have been able to print tens of thousands of copies of materials about Falun Gong.
“Condemnation Meeting” Turns into Truth-clarification Opportunity
In 2004, I was imprisoned for practicing Falun Gong. I was held on the third floor of the prison, with eight inmates who monitored me around the clock. These female inmates were very harsh to me, but I treated them kindly. Whenever I had an opportunity, I told them about the beauty of Falun Dafa. Gradually, they changed and became kind, and instead of monitoring me, they protected me. They kept quiet when I recited the Fa and were on the lookout when I was working on Falun Dafa things. This gave me time to copy Teacher's Fa lectures, and then I was able to pass them on to other practitioners. One day, a guard who didn't know the facts about Falun Gong saw me when I was passing Teacher's new lecture to a fellow practitioner. The following day, this guard held a “condemnation meeting” and ordered inmates to criticize me publicly. In response, I sent forth righteous thoughts requesting Teacher to bring this farce to an end.
The first inmate who was to criticize me changed topics midway. When the guards realized this, they asked her what she was talking about. She said, "I'm repeating what Chunmei said." The guard told her to get off the podium and called up another inmate. The second inmate said, "Chunmei told me about the fake self-immolation case at Tiananmen Square and that the CCP police were putting on an act..." As the audience laughed and whispered to each other, guards pushed that inmate off the podium. They asked, "What are you talking about?" The inmate said, "I just said what was on my mind," which was greeted with more laughter. The condemnation meeting instead turned into a way for more inmates to learn the facts about Falun Gong.
Stopping the Guards from Committing Bad Deeds
Soon the guards began to harass and mistreat me more severely. One day, 610 Office guards from eight prisons stormed into my cell and threatened me. I kept sending forth righteous thoughts, ignoring them totally. It didn't take long before their momentum was gone, and they left.
Later on, prison authorities sent two people to “transform” me. I told them the facts about Falun Dafa and answered their questions. I also told them the principle that good is rewarded with good and that evil is met with retribution. They listened and accepted what I said. They told me that they wouldn't bother me again. That night, I saw Teacher nodding and smiling at me in a dream.