(Minghui.org) As I have cultivated diligently for the last 18 years, I am able to truly realize that Master is with me at all times. Whenever I let go of self when telling others about Falun Gong, rescuing fellow practitioners, and helping to save people, I feel myself gaining increasingly powerful righteous thoughts. In this article, I would like to share one of my experiences.
One day, after studying four lectures of Zhuan Falun, I was thinking that I hadn’t gone out to talk to people about Falun Gong. I went to practitioner Wang’s home and discovered he was making arrangements to pick up a new practitioner who was being released from prison the next day.
This practitioner was arrested when clarifying truth to people and had been in prison for three years. Though I didn’t know her, I still wanted to go to offer my support. It was the first time I was involved in rescuing an imprisoned practitioner in my area.
At 7:00 the next morning, the other practitioners and I arrived at the entrance of the prison and sent-forth righteous thoughts until past 9:00 a.m. Eventually, about 150 practitioners and relatives of the new practitioner had gathered at the prison’s entrance. A female practitioner with very strong righteous thoughts accompanied this practitioner’s relatives.
The prison staff said the practitioner could only be picked up by local police officers from the area where she lived. Since there was no representative from the local police, the situation reached a stalemate for over two hours.
Just then, the practitioner came into sight. She was being pulled into a van by the 610 Office head and three officers. As the van was driving past the entrance, the practitioner’s daughter dashed out to stop it. Many people started to gather around the van and blocked its path. The 610 office head and the officers had to get out of the van to clear the crowd.
Just then, the practitioner’s husband quickly got into the van and pulled her out. He took his wife to his own car and tried to drive off. But the other practitioners didn’t know who he was and blocked his car. The 610 Office personnel took this opportunity to grab the car key and dragged the practitioner out of the car.
I was standing outside the crowd and observing who was who. A rescue plan was then formulated in my mind.
I quickly stepped up and caught the hand of the 610 Office head and pushed him back. I clutched him tightly, “The sentence of this practitioner has ended, but you guys still don’t release this woman. Look, a crowd of onlookers has gathered here. Your image is not very good.” I then took a look at the detained practitioner in the car, but she didn’t react to me.
The 610 Office head tried to get away from me, but I kept clutching his hand tightly. He said, “are you a……?” He would have said, “Are you a Falun Gong practitioner?” I just smiled back.
I said to him, “Forget it!” Then I dragged him two meters away from the car and clutched him tightly. I looked at the practitioner in the car again, but she still didn’t understand I just wanted to help her escape. So I asked Master to set up a shield of protection around us.
Just then, the 610 Office head broke away from me and dashed to the car. I quickly caught him and pushed him back four meters. I really felt it was Master who helped with this. The fellow practitioners then gathered the officer around to send-forth righteous thoughts and told him that persecuting Falun Gong practitioners will meet with retribution.
I left the 610 Office head behind, and dashed to open the car door. I told the practitioner, “Run quickly!” She crouched low and quickly slipped into the crowd. I watched her running away into the distance. I am near sighted, but this time I was able to see her clearly. I was aware that I was blessed by Master to be able to do all this.
Unfortunately, none of the practitioners, nor her relatives noticed her leaving. So, I ran to catch up and found she was frantically begging a taxi driver to take her. The driver declined, so I told the practitioner, “Don’t push him too hard. Come with me. Master has already set up a shield for us.”
Along the way, I told her, “Currently our local practitioners are busy with truth clarification projects. If we have strong righteous thoughts and righteous actions, Master will protect us and help us succeed. Don’t worry.”
As we walked towards an intersection, I noticed that the 610 Office staff were coming our way. I quickly pulled her into a building around the corner. I looked outside and noticed that a suspicious man was looking around. After a while, he left. I was aware that Master was giving us a hint to leave. I then took the practitioner across the street and boarded a bus. After a few transfers, we arrived at the home of an elderly female practitioner.
As we were coming in the door, I saw that many practitioners were gathered and sending-forth righteous thoughts. However, the elderly practitioner seemed irritated at me for bringing a stranger to her home. In thinking about what we had just been through, I felt we shouldn’t be treated like this. My face turned red, and I clenched my fists. I fought back tears and didn’t know what to say. But then I thought, “We should consider the elderly practitioner’s situation and not put pressure on her.” So I was prepared to take the practitioner somewhere else.
The practitioners who were sending righteous forth thoughts were roused, and one of them recognized my guest. She pointed to her and said, “We both were detained together. We are sending forth righteous thoughts for you. Sit down please.” The atmosphere suddenly relaxed and everyone rejoiced in a successful rescue.
The elderly practitioner felt a bit embarrassed for declining our request. So she agreed to take the new practitioner to stay with a relative. Before leaving, I arranged for other practitioners to visit her.
Later I thought about the elderly female practitioner who organized the gathering. She had previously provided accommodations for homeless practitioners and brought them together for truth clarification projects. What she does in her 70s is really remarkable! I realized I should think more about others, let go of my remaining attachments and keep raising my xinxing. Afterwards, I felt immediate relief. During this rescue operation, we achieved success by having strong righteous thoughts and receiving Master’s blessing.
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