(Minghui.org) Two Falun Dafa practitioners and I decided to go to remote mountainous areas to talk to people about Falun Dafa.
Some of the local people reported us to the police and we were arrested and taken to the local detention center where we were brutally beaten.
Despite the physical abuse we suffered, we did not hate the persecutors but felt compassion for them because they had been deceived by the lies of the Chinese Communist Party. On the fifth day, we were transferred to the detention center in our hometown.
Kind Thoughts Changes the Environment for the Better
When we arrived at the detention center, there were four criminal inmates in our cell, with three being murderers and one a burglar. We went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Although we were quite weak by the fourth day, the inmates were ordered to make us do all the work in our cell.
“You Falun Dafa practitioners are so annoying,” they complained. “You do not eat, drink, or talk, and you do nothing.”
We realized that we should talk to them about the goodness of Dafa. We called off the hunger strike and talked to them about this cultivation practice and the persecution of Falun Dafa.
We also talked about the true purpose of life, that good deeds would be rewarded and evil would result in punishment, why we go out to talk to people about Falun Dafa and the persecution, and much more. Gradually, because of our kindness towards them, they began to trust us.
As a result of our efforts to help them understand the truth, we were allowed to read our Dafa books and do the exercises as much as we wanted.
We wrote poems from Hong Yin for them. One girl with the surname Caiyun even memorized them. One of the guards asked Caiyun how many poems from Hong Yin she had memorized. She said seven and then recited them.
“Keep it up,” said the guard. “You should learn Falun Dafa. You are too young to commit crimes.”
“Auntie, where do you live,” said Caiyun. “When I get out, I'd like to learn Falun Dafa from you.”
A police officer said to the inmates through the loud speaker, “You should all learn from the Dafa practitioners. See how good they are. And look at you!”
Sharing a Blanket with a Practitioner Benefits Inmate
Soon after we arrived, dozens of new inmates convicted of minor crimes arrived at the detention center. After they had a chance to listen to us, they were released. The criminal inmates found it strange. We knew that they were brought in so they too could learn the facts about Falun Dafa from us.
A 37-year-old woman was brought in because she accidentally started a wildfire. Instead of paying a fine, she was doing time as her family was impoverished. She seemed honest and kind, but she would not believe anything I told her.
At night, we had to share a blanket and sleep very close in order to keep warm. In the morning when she got up, she said that her headache was gone. The inmates looked at her and noticed that the pimples on her face had disappeared.
“She shared a blanket with you,” said the inmate, “and now she is prettier and has no more headache. Falun Dafa is truly amazing!”
As a result of the remarkable improvement in her health and appearance she began to believe what I told her about Dafa. She was released after seven days. She held my hands when she was leaving, gave me her address, and invited me to visit her after I was released. I reminded her to listen to practitioners and she promised she would.
Grateful for Practitioners’ Kindness
A woman had been sentenced due to extramarital affairs. I knew her behavior was the result of the declined moral standards.
There was a bucket in the cell that everyone used for urinating. When it was her turn to empty the bucket, she would vomit and could not stop. When I saw this, I would help her empty it.
I was very weak at that point and had stomach problems. I could not eat and was vomiting blood and bile. I even had problems standing, but I still tried to help her. She was very touched and said to me with tears in her eyes, “Big sister, you are so nice. I am so grateful.” I let her know that it was because I practiced Falun Dafa and that I thought about her well being. She said, “I will learn Falun Dafa after they release me.”
Death Sentence Reduced to a Fifteen-Year Prison Term
A murderer was very rude. She thought that since she was going to die anyway, she might as well assault people if something did not go her way. Amazingly, even she changed for the better after we talked to her about Dafa and how that good will be rewarded and evil punished.
On an official holiday we were each given five packets of instant noodles. Normally we were given only coarse grains to eat every day. This lady had stomach problems and could not eat the grain. One day she did not have anything to eat and told us that her family had spent all their money on her and could not buy her anymore food. The three of us decided to give her all of our instant noodles. She was so moved that she hugged us all and shouted, “Falun Dafa is good. Falun Dafa sisters are nice, long live Falun Dafa.”
When this woman was interrogated for her motives to kill, she said, “If I had known about the Dafa principles, I would have never killed anyone.”
She was rewarded for believing that Dafa teaches people to be good. Her death sentence was reduced to a death sentence with reprieve. It was then reduced to 15 years in prison.
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