(Minghui.org) I went to Beijing four times after the persecution began on July 20, 1999, to validate and speak up for the goodness of Falun Dafa. I was also illegally detained four times and sent to a forced labor camp for one year. Under Master Li Hongzhi’s benevolent protection, I have made it this far.
Due to my poor enlightenment quality, I took some detours and encountered many difficulties. However, my faith in Dafa and Master has never wavered.
I’d like to share my cultivation experiences of working with fellow practitioners to tell people the truth about Dafa and save sentient beings.
Going to the Police Department Three Times to Rescue Practitioners
Two practitioners from our area who were detained faced trials in September 2016. We hired lawyers for them and went to the Procuratorate, court, and police department to tell people the facts about the persecution.
The first time I went, I pretended to be a relative of one of the detained practitioners. I went with this practitioner’s father and lawyer to the police department to find the person in charge of the Domestic Security Division. However, her father wasn’t very supportive of my intention to explain the facts, so I didn’t get a chance to talk.
The second time I went was to deliver legal documents, which included brochures about Dafa. We put everything in a folder and addressed it to the head of the police department. When I went to the police department office, he wasn’t there. When his secretary asked me what the matter was about, I said the folder was prepared by Mr. Huang, the lawyer, to deliver to the director. The secretary accepted it and said she would pass the folder along.
The feedback we received from practitioners who worked at the police department was: In the 2016 year-end meeting, there was no mention of the persecution of Falun Dafa, whereas it had always been mentioned in the past, including making arrangements in terms of carrying out the persecution.
When practitioners discussed this situation, they mentioned that we also had to go to the Domestic Security Division. I again pretended to be this practitioner’s family member in order to get into their office. At the time, only the division head was there.
In the beginning, his attitude wasn’t very good. So I said, “I heard you are a kind person, since you treat your elderly family members well.” I also mentioned that in traditional Chinese culture, doing good and accumulating virtue is rewarded. I felt his attitude then changed for the better.
I brought up the fact that the self-immolation incident at Tiananmen Square was purely a hoax, with the purpose of framing Falun Dafa. He mentioned that a practitioner had told him about that when he was shopping in a pharmacy.
I continued, “Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), initiated the Great Culture Revolution. Some police officers faithfully carried out Mao’s instructions, causing the deaths of many veteran cadres and innocent, kindhearted people. However, as soon as the Cultural Revolution was over, they were taken to Yunnan to be secretly executed. Liu Chuanxin, the head of the Beijing Police Department back then, also committed suicide.”
The division head replied, “If you were to mess with me again, I’d have you arrested.” Immediately, I knew I had to leave. So I said, “I’ll go now. Everything is well articulated in the legal document, please check it out yourself.”
Every time I went to the Procuratorate, court, and police department to tell people the facts, my Fa-study group members and other practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts for me. In addition, four practitioners also sent forth righteous thoughts in the courtyard of the police department. Our efforts went very well this time, and I could feel the power of our working collectively. It may also have been because other practitioners had already spoken to them. I could feel more of Master’s benevolent empowerment. It was truly as Master said: “You put in the effort and your teacher will handle the rest.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun) I only had to take action, whereas what was at play was in Master’s hands.
I later learned that this head of the Domestic Security Division quit his job and transferred to another post in the traffic division.
Explaining the Facts to the Judge
The court sentenced two practitioners in May 2017. One was sentenced to four years of imprisonment, whereas the other one received a three-and-a-half-year sentence. After they filed their request to appeal, the cases were quickly transferred to the Intermediate Court. We accompanied the lawyer to the court. After the lawyer went inside, we sat in the car to send forth righteous thoughts. We had this thought in mind: Judges, be clear about the truth. You shouldn’t assist the evil to do bad, but instead protect practitioners who cultivate Buddhahood. In this way, you can choose a bright future for yourself. We came here to save you.
The lawyer went inside to talk to the judge. After he gave the legal documents to the judge, he came back to the car. At the time, I wasn’t sure why, but the judge followed him out. He took a look at everyone sitting in the car with an expression as if to say, “You came to save me, but you don’t even get out of the car. How does that count as saving people?” I felt a bit ashamed. I said to Master in my heart, “Master, I didn’t do well this time. I’ll do better next time if I have a chance.”
Master gave me another opportunity in October 2019, when a practitioner from a nearby county was sentenced. Practitioners from our two counties jointly rescued him. We went to the Intermediate Court. This time, I was determined to do well, so as to be worthy of Master’s saving grace, and live up to sentient beings’ expectations of us.
When the family members of this practitioner and I were about to enter the courtroom, we were told to go through a security check. I was a bit worried and wondered if I should go inside or not, as I had an amulet and an experience-sharing article about an amulet written by a practitioner. What if they found them?
The security check officer was very nice and said, “Please come forward quickly!” I felt it was Master holding my hand to move forward. I left my wallet with the officer at the checkpoint, then went through it successfully. The judge was also coming into the courtroom. When the judge asked the family member of the practitioner who I was, he said I was also a family member.
After the judge finished reading the file, he was about to return to the courtyard, so we followed him out.
The family member said that his family was experiencing hardships and asked the judge to give them a hand. The judge replied, “What if he committed the crime, what could I do?” I said that the local court sentenced the practitioners based on judicial interpretations of the CCP’s Supreme Court and the Supreme Procuratorate, which were law enforcement organs that could only clarify the specific application of the existing laws in judicial work. Their interpretations clearly exceeded their authority and therefore couldn’t be used as a legal basis. The judge agreed, “Our police are collectively committing crimes. We’ll carefully read the legal document you provided.”
The second time we met, the judge said, “Both the judges and personnel from the court checked out the case documents.” When we gave them the supplementary legal documents, they accepted them as well.
Cultivating in My Family Environment
I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. In the beginning, my cultivation state wasn’t optimal. When I studied the Fa and did the exercises, I either felt drowsy or fell asleep. To overcome it, I stood up or knelt down to study the Fa. I also extended the time I sat in the full-lotus position for the seated meditation. As a result, I often ended up being in pain for half an hour or an hour. I was once in so much pain that I fainted.
When studying the Fa, I often relied on the lingering pain I felt from sitting in the lotus position to overcome my drowsiness, which indeed helped me eliminate many of my attachments.
My health was poor prior to cultivation. I had serious migraines, and I constantly caught colds and coughed. My wife was a short-tempered person, and we easily got into fights. When I was hospitalized, I saw other women taking good care of their ill husbands and felt sad. Not only did I not receive care from her, she also often cursed and said, “How come you didn’t die of pain? You live to make others suffer!”
I used to think that I didn’t have luck in this lifetime, because regardless of how difficult my life was, I received no care from my family. So I didn’t care how my wife felt, and we continued to fight. I once lost my temper and threw a chair at her, then broke our large water tank to vent my anger. I made her so upset that she decided to leave home late at night. She once left after midnight, and a few of our relatives went out to look for her, but couldn’t find her. It wasn’t until the next day that we learned that a kindhearted lady took her in and let her stay overnight. It turned out that my wife went to a pond and wanted to end her life. This woman happened to hear her crying and went over to save her.
It wasn’t until I began to cultivate in Falun Dafa that I realized my mistakes. I gradually learned to look inward and follow what Master said about being considerate of others. When I ran into a conflict, I knew that I should first examine myself. Even though I wasn’t always wrong, I still had to be tolerant towards others, as a conflict may have been brought about by my karma, or because I didn’t treat her kindly in a previous life. With my constantly rectifying myself, my home environment underwent a transformation. I stopped arguing with my wife and only corrected myself by following Master’s teachings whenever I didn’t do well.
On one occasion, my wife threw a huge temper tantrum. I then began to think through it to find out where I went wrong. I enjoyed chatting with female colleagues at work and didn’t feel there was anything wrong with it. However, as a practitioner, especially a veteran practitioner like me who has practiced for over 20 years, I realized it came down to my lust, and I shouldn’t use the declined moral standard to justify my behavior.
Master said:
“When Dafa disciples themselves can’t do well, they cannot save sentient beings. If you cannot manage to do well yourself, how could you save sentient beings? When the thoughts that you project are unrighteous, how could you do that task well? It’s the same as assisting the evil, then.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume VIII)
Following what Master said, I kept looking inward to rectify myself and stopped flirting with female colleagues. My home environment then went through great changes.
My wife now seems like a new person. She has become mild and kind. She started caring for me, is hard-working, optimistic, and she stopped going out to dance and play mahjong. When she noticed that I hardly ate any meat, she often brought nutritious food home and prompted me to eat it. When I got home late after running errands, she waited until I returned to eat. Sometimes, when I was busy studying the Fa, she prepared meals and brought them over to me.
She became someone who was very caring. This really caught me off guard. It was truly something I obtained without seeking. My home is very harmonious now. My wife often listens to Minghui podcasts, including stories about China’s divinely-imparted culture. Her mind has become more and more pure, and she has become a good wife.
In conclusion, there are still so many areas where I need to improve. I need to be more diligent, keep elevating myself based on the Fa, and help Master save more sentient beings.
Thank you, Master, for your saving grace!
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