(Minghui.org) I used to be in a constant state of panic and fear under the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) overwhelming persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. So I avoided openly clarifying the truth about Dafa. Meanwhile, I felt regret for not helping people to learn the truth about the persecution over the years. It was like a huge mountain pressing down on me. I often felt tightness in my chest, shortness of breath, and had difficulty walking upright, as if my spine was misaligned. I was once sitting alone at work when a colleague came up from behind and suddenly shouted, “Why are you bent over like this? You need to straighten up!”
During the CCP’s persecution, it launched the so-called “Zero Out” campaign. They used employers, community officials, and police to harass practitioners, fire them from their jobs, and threaten to jeopardize their children’s future. They did these things to force practitioners to sign a “guarantee statement,” renouncing Falun Dafa.
I felt that my cultivation state had hit a bottleneck. Fortunately, with Master’s compassionate protection and Dafa’s guidance, as well as support from fellow practitioners, I continued to strengthen my righteous thoughts, eventually became more mature, and straightened my backbone.
During the CCP’s first wave of harassment against me, the Party secretary and other CCP officials at my workplace repeatedly pressured me to renounce Dafa. The 610 Office and community officials at home also kept harassing me and tricked me into a brainwashing session.
Due to the harassment, I suffered from sickness karma: a persistent cough, wasn’t able to eat or sleep, and had anxiety, diarrhea, and a burning sensation in my lower abdomen. I also had a lack of willpower. My mind became foggy, and I could only hold on with my human willpower. It was unlike before when I always had a clear mind and righteous thoughts as a cultivator, no matter how difficult the situation.
Throughout this period of time, my family and fellow practitioners accompanied me to study the Fa, send forth righteous thoughts, and share cultivation experiences. As I continued to study the Fa well, Dafa’s principles were revealed to me layer by layer.
When the CCP Party secretary at our department urged me to go to a brainwashing session, I first chose not to go to work, but soon realized that I should clarify the truth to the director of our department. He also was a sentient being who was waiting for me to save him from the CCP’s lies and help him choose a path of kindness. Fellow practitioners supported me by sending forth righteous thoughts. I also did the same on my way to meet with him. I cleared my own dimensional field and eliminated all the evil factors that prevented sentient beings from being saved.
As I began to clarify the truth to the director, he was very rude at first and even cursed Master. I could feel the communist specter controlling him, and my compassion for him surged. I felt as if I promised to save him before I reincarnated. But out of fear, I never took the initiative to approach him, even though we had worked together for so long. I then felt that my Buddha nature awakened all of a sudden, and that I needed to fulfill my promise to help him understand the truth about Dafa. I had to let go of everything about myself, including risking my job and safety.
I could feel my wisdom grow, and my tone become compassionate and peaceful. I explained the truth about Dafa and said the reason I refused to go to work was not that I did not value my job, but to avoid persecution. I told him I was risking my safety because I wanted him to understand the truth, clearly see the path forward, and choose a bright future for himself and his family. He listened attentively and ended up thanking me. I thanked Master in my heart for using the energy of compassion to eliminate the evil factors that prevented him from being saved. After leaving his office, I felt I finally straightened my back and stood upright as a righteous Dafa practitioner.
The new senior director in charge of our department is ruthless and tough. He always summoned the director and Party secretary of my unit, and announced that Falun Dafa practitioners were not allowed in the bureau, and any practitioners who refused to sign the “guarantee statement” would be fired.
The director and the Party secretary begged me before the Chinese New Year to sign the guarantee statement; otherwise they would also be punished. The leadership team also had a meeting with me and invited the local Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC). I not only refused to sign the illegal statement, but also spoke about how I benefited physically and mentally from practicing Dafa, and how I tried my best to be a good person in accordance with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
The Party secretary informed me that the upper level management planned to fire me for not signing the guarantee statement. He also said he told the PLAC that I was the best employee at work and begged them not to fire me. I expressed my gratitude and understanding but remained firm in refusing to sign the guarantee statement.
The PLAC continued to press me to give up my belief in Falun Dafa. The PLAC and the community leaders then pressured my family to get me to sign. But we encouraged each other and were determined to break though this persecution together. This time, I truly felt that my firm belief in Dafa could withstand anything. Through studying the Fa and cultivating myself well, I could persist in cultivation. I stood upright as a true Dafa practitioner free from human attachments.
Soon after, the company that my workplace belonged to launched a large-scale investigation and the following changes occurred: The senior director who had threatened to fire me was transferred elsewhere, less than 100 days after taking office; The director of the my workplace who treated me kindly retired; The Party secretary who treated me well was promoted with a salary increase, and the child of another director who treated me kindly performed exceptionally well in the college entrance exam and was admitted to a top university. This is truly a testament that anyone who treats Dafa with kindness will be rewarded and blessed by heaven.
With Master’s compassionate salvation, I grew step by step in my cultivation and let go of my human attachments and notions. The huge mountain pressing down on me shrank to the size of a small wall. And one day, this wall will collapse. As my xinxing improved, my bent spine finally straightened. I’m an upright Dafa practitioner once again!
Thank you, Master, for your compassionate salvation!