(Minghui.org) Before I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997 I had severe rheumatism, gynecological diseases, heart problems, kidney disease, digestive disorders, cervical vertebrae hyperplasia, and ulcers. I was in pain every day and life was a struggle. Soon after I started practicing Falun Dafa, all my ailments were gone, and I have been healthy ever since.
When I faced major obstacles and felt lost, I could always count on Master to guide me. Master always watches over and protects us. When I was detained for practicing Falun Dafa, Master gave me wisdom, and I was able to clarify the truth about the persecution.
Detained for Practicing Falun Dafa
My shortcomings in cultivation gave the old forces an excuse to persecute me. I was arrested and taken to a detention center. The facility was dark and eerie, surrounded by high walls and there were surveillance cameras everywhere. A guard escorted me to my cell. The small narrow room was crowded, with more than a dozen inmates. They ate, slept and used the toilet in this confined space. It was filthy, and smelled like a pig sty. I was not mentally prepared for this. My daughter was sick and needed me. My family and the other practitioners had no idea where I was. What should I do? A thousand thoughts raced through my mind.
As I stood there completely distressed and not knowing what to do, a practitioner introduced herself. She kindly said, “Here, I have a pair of new shorts and a packet of shampoo.” She put the two items in my hands and said, “You have short hair and could probably stretch this small packet for a few washes. We’ll just have to make do.”
I didn’t expect to run into a practitioner on my first day in the detention center, but her being there helped ease my mind. My tears flowed and I felt deep gratitude. She gently said, “Don’t be scared. Master is always with us. Remember to recite the Fa and send righteous thoughts often. No matter where you are, you have to do the three things well. Master will guide you.”
The Young Guard
I learned the cell was a temporary holding unit—all newly arrived people were taken there first. It was especially busy toward the end of the year, as the police arrested more people to meet the year’s quota. The space was overcrowded and everyone slept on the floor. I just couldn’t focus and do the three things in such a tight, filthy space. I asked Master for help and move me to a less crowded cell. I was transferred a few days later.
The guard in charge of the new cell was a young officer who just graduated from the academy. She was soft spoken, friendly, and never cursed. I knew Master arranged her to be there so I could clarify the truth and save her. I decided to tell her about Dafa and the wrongful persecution. Every inmate was required to write a thought report each month and that was my perfect opportunity. When I wrote truth-clarification letters to law enforcement officers before, I was never sure that they actually received them. Now, this officer was in front of me and I could hand her the letter.
I explained what Falun Dafa is and why the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution against the practice. I talked about why I took up the practice, and how I’ve benefited tremendously from it. I told my story of suffering from many illnesses before and being miraculously healed after I began practicing. I’m in my 70’s now, and I’m healthy.
I explained that Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance taught me to be an honest, kind and considerate person. I became a hard working and reliable employee after taking up the practice and received many awards from the district, city, and the province. I used to pick fights with my husband because of trivial things and we nearly got a divorce. By reading the teachings I found my shortcomings and changed my ways. I treated my husband with kindness and respect and we didn’t divorce. We have a great marriage and a happy family. I gave a few examples of how I take personal gain lightly. Not only was I able to give up what was not mine, I was able to let go of what was mine without resentment.
I also clarified the facts surrounding the Tiananmen Square self-immolation hoax—it was staged by then Party head Jiang Zemin, and meant to slander Falun Dafa. I talked about how the CCP made up “1,400 cases” to claim Falun Dafa was harmful and dangerous. The peaceful petitioning of the central government on April 25, 1999 near Zhongnanhai was also branded a "political coup."
I sincerely suggested that she find time in her busy schedule to get around the CCP’s Internet firewall and visit the Minghui.org website. As a law enforcement officer, I knew she had access to the Internet. She would learn what Falun Dafa really is and what happened before and after the persecution was launched in 1999. As long as she understood the truth, she would be saved.
The young guard read every one of my letters carefully. After she finished reading them, she asked if I needed anything. She assigned a young inmate in her 20’s to help me with whatever I needed. She gave me permission to get up in the morning before everyone else did to do the exercises, and reminded me to avoid the surveillance cameras. She knew that I had bad teeth and couldn’t eat hard food so she specially ordered porridge for me or shared her own food sometimes. Influenced by this guard, two other guards that I didn’t know also shared their porridge with me. Maybe the young guard showed them the letters I wrote. She often reminded me to write to my family, and personally gave me the letters my family sent me.
After learning the details of my case, the young guard encouraged me to appeal to the local court and procuratorate. She wrote to the persons in charge of my case at those agencies and brought it to the attention of her bosses. The detention center authorities expedited the process. Thanks to this young guard, I was soon released. Before I left, she was also transferred. I believe that she was blessed because of the kindness she showed practitioners. I knew it was Master’s endless compassion towards practitioners and people.
Changing My Mentality and Saving More People
While I was the detained I dreamed I clarified the truth to five members of the CCP I knew. I told them how former CCP head Jiang Zemin launched the persecution against Falun Dafa. I told them the most unprecedented evil the Party committed is harvesting organs from practitioners without using anesthetics. These organs supply a lucrative international organ transplant operation run by the Communist regime, and this is why the heavens will disintegrate the CCP.
I told them the pandemic is targeting the CCP and its members. Those who joined the Party or its youth organizations were in great danger. Some may be good people who never did anything bad. But they made a solemn vow to fight for the CCP when they joined these organizations, so they acquired the mark of the Party. Although invisible to the human eye, higher beings clearly see this mark. When heaven looks for those who still belong to the evil Party, those with the mark will be destroyed.
I urged these five CCP members to separate themselves from the Party. Only when one sincerely asks gods and Buddhas for forgiveness and separate themselves from the Party can one be saved. All five Party members agreed to quit the CCP.
The dream was vivid and real. It proved to me once again just how extraordinary Dafa is. Master is all-knowing. Through this dream, Master was telling me not to discriminate in saving people. I had the tendency to pick and choose when it came to whom I wanted to clarify the truth to. If a person looked nice or older, I felt comfortable and clarified the truth to them. I was less likely to talk to young people or anyone who seemed odd or arrogant.
The five people in my dream held high positions in government agencies and were stereotypical egotistic Party officials. For this reason, I never tried to clarify the truth to them. If Master didn’t remind me not to be picky through this dream, maybe these five people would forever lose the opportunity to be saved.
Right around the time I was assigned to this cell, two young women were transferred there. I met them earlier, but never tried to interact with them. I looked down on people who didn’t act or dress normally.
After we became cellmates, I found them to be very friendly. They liked me, and helped me. The two of them told me later that the young guard assigned them to help take care of me. I knew that these young women were predestined to hear about Dafa and be saved—this arrangement was Master’s way of making sure of it. I teared up as I felt Master’s boundless compassion.
I told these two young women about the preciousness of Falun Dafa and the wrongful persecution. I asked them to recite, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and I helped them quit the CCP organizations. Thanks to Master for helping me change my mentality, otherwise these two would have forever lost the opportunity to be saved.
Master Uses Different Ways to Bring Predestined People to Me
Many inmates were interested in learning the exercises. One afternoon, three young inmates came up to me just as I finished the exercises and asked me to teach them. After finishing the standing exercises one morning, I opened my eyes and saw the inmate on sentry duty standing next to me imitating my movements. I was surprised because inmates on sentry duty were not supposed to do anything else. If they broke the rules, they could get extra shifts as a punishment or even bigger penalties.
I was amazed that these inmates took an interest and wanted to learn the exercises despite the risk. I felt Master let me witness these things to show me how much people are yearning to be saved. As Dafa practitioners, we must use our time wisely to fulfill our vows. We must not let people down.
A young inmate was placed in our cell. As soon as she saw me, she started crying. The other inmates asked if she knew me. She said no but I reminded her of her deceased grandmother who raised her. Another inmate said she was also raised by her grandma. She missed her very much as she had not seen her since she was detained. Both said that I reminded them of their beloved grandmothers and seeing me made them happy. These two inmates were very nice to me and it made it easier to clarify the truth to them. They readily quit the CCP organizations.
There were so many examples like these that I can’t recount them all. Overall, I felt that every single cellmate of mine was put in place by Master so I would help them hear about the Fa. Each one of them seemed familiar, and it was as if I’d known them from somewhere but couldn’t remember exactly where. Maybe they all had close relationships with me in previous lives. They were so nice and dear to me just as if they were family. Master has gone to so much trouble and made detailed arrangements to save us and sentient beings. We will never be able to repay Master.
Improving Myself
Through my experience at the detention center, I came to truly understand how extraordinary Dafa is and how compassionate Master is. Master cherishes every being in this world, regardless whether he is a Dafa practitioner, or even someone who plays a negative role in Fa rectification. Master could not bear to see anyone miss the opportunity to be saved as it is but a fleeting moment in human history, yet it is unprecedented and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Master hopes to see every being enter the immensely wonderful new era.
After examining myself, I realized where I fell short in my cultivation. For a long time, I was went through the motions when studying the Fa. I read through a lot of Fa but didn’t apply the principles in my words and deeds. In other words, I wasn’t cultivating solidly even though I practiced Falun Dafa for more than two decades. I held on to many attachments, such as resentment, jealousy, achievements, mentality of showing off, competitiveness, impatience, short temper, and arrogance. My resentment and jealousy were especially evident.
Looking back on my experience at the detention center, I am even more convinced that compassionate Master is always watching over and helping me. Master holds my hands every step of the way and guides me in saving sentient beings. In fact, everything is carefully arranged by Master. Master is the one who is saving people, and as disciples, we’re just doing the talking. Master pushes us forward in cultivation and raises us up into position, yet we in the end will get all the mighty virtue. Only by cultivating solidly and diligently, can we repay Master.
Thanks you compassionate Master. Thank you fellow practitioners.
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