(Minghui.org) When reflecting on my cultivation path, I have so much to share because Master Li has given me a second life that is filled with wisdom and hope. My mind and body have been purified, and Dafa has given me so much.
Dream Foretells Possible Future
Master opened my celestial eye and ears when I read Zhuan Falun for the first time. I saw Falun and Master's Fashen. They were so sacred and wondrous. I decided right then to cultivate in Falun Dafa until consummation.
During meditation one time, I saw a man with messy hair in another dimension. He looked weak, sick and miserable. I did not know who he was.
That same night, I had a dream in which I saw the director and many of my colleagues from my former employer. They were busy with work and life, seeking fame and self-interest. When I looked closer, they were emaciated. They had no food or water. When they saw me, they surrounded me and told me how lucky I was. I felt sad for them and woke up.
I realized that the dream was a hint from Master about how fortunate I was to be a practitioner, and that I had to tell them about Falun Dafa so that they could be saved.
The next day, I visited their company and brought several copies of Zhuan Falun. The accountant was very happy to see me. I told her about my dream, what I had seen during my meditation, and how I had benefited from the practice. Then a voice in my mind told me that the man I saw while meditating was the director of the company. I was surprised and tearful.
The accountant asked me what was wrong, and I explained. I lent her a copy of the book and asked her to read it and not to miss the predestined opportunity.
I then visited the director at his home. I gave him the book, and he murmured “Zhuan Falun” twice. He sat down on the ground and put his legs in the full lotus position. I praised him for being able to do so, but he did not read the book. He said he did not have time, but would read it once he retired.
I felt regret for him. We have to cherish the opportunity to learn the Fa. Who knows one's fate after one retires? I did not hear from him for some time, so I talked to one of his colleagues who told me that the director's wife and son had died, and that his whereabouts were unknown.
Human beings never know what will happen in the future. He had a predestined relationship with Dafa, and what I saw during meditation was his future without it. Our compassionate Master wanted to save him.
Let us treasure the opportunity to practice Falun Dafa and let go of attachments. We should relinquish the pursuit of personal interests, cultivate diligently, and follow Master home.
Validating Falun Dafa in a Detention Center
After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, I told my husband that I was going to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa and Master. He was terrified. Deceived by the lies he heard about Dafa from the Chinese Communist Party, he reported me to police to prevent me from going, and I was arrested.
In the detention center, I refused to follow the guards' demands. In January 2001, I asked for a pen and paper to write a letter. I did not have much education and did not know how to write many words. I asked the guard again and again. She finally agreed and asked another practitioner to help me. I wrote a six-page letter within two days. The inmates in my cell praised me for the high quality of the letter and wondered how I was able to write it.
“My Master has opened up my wisdom. He told us to consider others first, clarify the truth to people, and become a selfless person,” I said.
I refused to do labor and did not cooperate. Instead, I talked to the inmates and the guards about Dafa. I told them how Dafa teaches people to become good. Several of them said that they would practice after they were released.
One day, an inmate told me about a former Dafa practitioner held there who had been brainwashed into giving up the practice. I found an opportunity to talk to her.
“Have you been 'transformed'?” I asked her. “Don't you want to be Master's disciple? Do you really want to listen to Jiang Zemin? Do you live for him? Can he help you consummate?” The practitioner regained her clarity and tore up the letter in which she had renounced her spiritual beliefs in front of over 20 inmates.
When a guard found out what I had done, she ordered the head prisoner in our cell to torture me.
I refused to cooperate, kept reciting the Fa, and did the five exercises. During the second exercise, the head inmate poured a big basin of water over my head. I was startled at first, but calmed down immediately and continued to do the exercises. She pulled my hair and pushed me to the ground. Then, she poured another basin of water over me. It was winter, but I was not cold. The inmates were frightened. I stood up and changed my wet clothes. At that time, I saw numerous colorful Falun around me.
I was so touched. Master was protecting and encouraging me. I was in tears and repeatedly thanked Master in my heart.
That night, I saw in my dream that because the guard had lost so much virtue, she fell from a higher dimension until she vanished. The next day, as I went about my usual activities, the head inmate suddenly screamed and ran out of the cell. She refused to go near me. Master protected me, and those who persecuted me were warned that they will have to pay back their debts.
Lies and Warped Reasoning Will Not Change Practitioners
During my detention, my family tried to get me released. The guards told them that I would not be released until I was “transformed.” So, they tried to persuade me to give up the practice. One of my daughters threatened to kill herself in front of me, but I told her that this would not change my mind. She picked up a chair and hit herself, and the guard took her away.
I was arrested again on March 29, 2002. I was handcuffed and put into the police car in front of my husband, sons and daughters. My eldest son ran after the police car crying and shouted, “Mom--let's go home!”
The persecution has broken up many families. Unfortunately, people who have been brainwashed by the CCP blame Falun Dafa and practitioners.
“You Falun Gong people are very selfish. You don't care for your husbands or children. You are only concerned with your own enlightenment,” a guard said.
“It is you who detain me here,” I told her. “We looked after our families and children very well before you arrested us. It is you who are detaining us. How can you claim that we do not care for our families?” She had nothing more to say and left.
When people practice Dafa, they benefit from the practice. Their families become harmonious. At their jobs, they work hard and no longer fight for personal gain. Their managers and colleagues are very appreciative. These are common phenomenon.
Torture Rampant at Masanjia
The Masanjia Forced Labor Camp started another round of severe persecution in December 2002. Practitioners were deprived of sleep around the clock. Four former practitioners monitored one practitioner and took turns slandering the practice. Steadfast practitioners were beaten and tortured.
A 67-year-old practitioner was dragged from her cell to the dining hall and then to a confinement cell. Her clothes were torn. She became blind during her long stay in solitary confinement.
A young practitioner was not able to walk after she was tortured for many days. She became emaciated, and three people had to help her move about.
A 45-year-old practitioner was tied to a heating pipe for a long time because she refused to be “transformed.” Her injured wrists bled and developed gangrene.
Three practitioners in my cell were tortured to death. The abuse was so cruel and harsh. It is really painful to remember what happened to them.
I was held in solitary confinement twice for ten days each time. I was handcuffed to pipes, and my hands swelled. I was deprived of sleep. I was not allowed to go to the toilet and had no choice but to discharge into my pants. No water was given to me. They broadcast propaganda slandering Master and Dafa all day long. The meals were cornbread and extremely salty preserved vegetables. My mouth was so dry that it bled. I lost 15 kilograms (33 pounds) after the two sessions in solitary confinement.
Practitioners who underwent such torture bury it in their minds and refuse to remember. It was unbearable. For example, many times handcuffs were tightened until the flesh split open and bones showed. The pain was horrible. Practitioners often fainted. I also was subjected to that torture and developed extremely high blood pressure, which resulted in headaches and vomiting. I passed out one day and was taken out of solitary confinement.
My son came to visit me, but the guard told him he could not see me because I did not behave. He was forced to promise the guard that he would try to “transform” me. In the end, he was allowed to see me on the condition that the guards and inmates were present.
My son asked me why I refused to to give up the practice.“Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa,” I said. “It teaches people to be good. What kind of person do you want me to be transformed into?” I showed him my swollen wrists. He was speechless and looked brokenhearted. A guard immediately ended the visit.
I was detained three times and sent to forced labor for three years. My 85-year-old mother was unable to bear this and passed away before I was released.
When I recall those years, I cannot express my real feelings. I would not have survived these hardships if Master had not helped me. The Fa-rectification has progressed this far. I must listen to Master, cultivate myself well, save sentient beings, and walk well the last leg of my cultivation path.
Taking Every Opportunity to Talk About Dafa
Now, I take every opportunity and make full use of my time to talk to people about Dafa, give them informational materials, and ask them to quit the CCP and its youth organizations.
Two practitioners and I were distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. We took a taxi, and I decided to tell the driver and another passenger about Falun Dafa.
I said that I was a practitioner and our Master teaches us to live by a higher standard, to be considerate and selfless. I also explained how the self-immolation incident on Tiananmen Square was a hoax staged by the CCP.
Both of them agreed to quit the Party.
That day, we persuaded 45 people to quit the CCP and distributed many Nine Commentary booklets.
I am busy doing the three things day in and day out, am a diligent practitioner, and never once had the thought of renouncing Dafa.
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