(Minghui.org) I am part of a team that works to rescue Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) practitioners who have been illegally detained for talking to people about the meditation practice and its persecution in China. We inform the police and government agencies involved with the cases of arrested practitioners about Falun Dafa and the persecution and expose those involved to as many people as possible in an attempt to get the practitioners released.

By cooperating well with other practitioners, I have successfully assisted the release of a number of detained practitioners—a process that can take several months.

Throughout my time on the team, I have felt immensely grateful that Teacher Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, has blessed the project, making things happen without experiencing major problems.

My Attachments Leads to Being Detained

With our team's success, my attachments to zealotry, showing off and self-validation grew as I became well-known among local practitioners, who would throw me charming words whenever we met.

I knew I had attachments that a practitioner should abandon, yet I continued to be elated with joy whenever I was praised.

I was arrested and held in a detention center just before the 2013 National Games of China. I realized that I needed to look inward, send forth righteous thoughts and recite the Fa. I was released after only one month in detention, thanks to Teacher's compassion.

Remaining Calm When Praised

When I returned from the detention center, a practitioners said to me: “You're really a great inspiration for us. Not only did you manage your own release from the detention center, but you managed to rescue a number of other practitioners as well. We admire you very much.”

I kept my mind calm. Everything we have achieved is because of Teacher Li and the mighty power of Dafa. How could I dare to take credit for something Teacher has accomplished?

I realized how important it is to cultivate myself by looking inward constantly and continually removing my attachments and deviant thoughts.

Gaining Success Through Cooperation

I was soon asked to rejoin the rescue team. I thought that I shouldn't take on as much as I did before, and told the others this. I didn't want to interfere with the paths arranged for others by Teacher.

I encouraged them to cooperate well and discouraged them from relying too much on me. We were able to collaborate well, and we rescued another group of detained practitioners.

Instilling a Positive Impression on Others

By studying the Fa well, I realized that rescuing practitioners was my vow to heaven made eons ago. I have encountered many obstacles in cultivation and while on the project—such as confronting law enforcement officials involved in the persecution. I always managed to overcome difficulties under Teacher's compassionate care, thus fulfilling my grand vows.

I once went to a police department with relatives of detained practitioners in an attempt to get them released.

When the head of the local domestic security division asked me if I was a Falun Gong practitioner, Teacher's words instantly displayed before my eyes. I replied, “Sir, not everyone is eligible to practice Falun Gong. Just like taking a university entrance exam, one must score highly in order to be chosen.”

We later returned and saw the same person to request the release of another practitioner. He regarded me as being well-spoken, and believed that I must have previously held a high position in my job.

He asked me from where I had retired. I told him that I was born to a simple working family, and that I never went beyond junior high school. To this, he shook his head and waved his hand in disbelief.

Thanks to Teacher Li who constantly gives me wisdom, I had the power to show others the compassion and peace of Dafa through my words and deeds, disintegrating people’s bad thoughts.

The head of the domestic security division agreed to release the detained practitioners. He even sent someone to escort us out of the building, gifting each of us with a bottle of mineral water. He developed a positive understanding of Dafa and Teacher.

Meanwhile, the movement to sue Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), for instigating the persecution of Falun Gong, was drawing broader attention and wider support both inside China and abroad. So I wrote the head of the domestic security division a letter about it, urging him and his subordinates to gain a better understanding of the situation. I suggested that they take the opportunity to make up for their wrong deeds and quit the CCP. I then filed my own lawsuit against Jiang.

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