(Minghui.org) He didn’t hear it, so my son missed a call to his cellphone from a landline number. When he called back, he learned it was from the police station. The person who answered said that someone else had made the call and that had person stepped out. He told us, “I got a call from the police station. They’re probably looking for Mom.” The police did this before—rather than calling me directly, they called my son.
I was at another practitioner’s home the next day, and she said that someone from the police station had also called her husband—twice over the past two days—and asked where they lived and if they were still in his jurisdiction. She and her husband have two apartments, and they used to live in the other one. I thought they must be calling me for the same reason, as we also own two apartments.
Around 7:20 p.m., an unfamiliar mobile number called my phone. As I looked at the number, my intuition told me it was someone from the police station. Should I answer it or not? At that moment, something Master taught came to mind:
“I suggest that all students who they try to forcibly reform (this excludes those who haven’t been taken away for reform) expose the evil and clarify the truth to those persons who do the reform work, and tell them about the causal workings of “good and evil always have consequences.”” (“A Suggestion,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II)
I realized that I should face this in an upright and dignified manner, so I answered the phone.
The caller was a female officer from the police station. I asked for her surname, and she said she was “officer Wang.” She then asked, “Is your name so-and-so?” When I asked her how she knew my name, she ignored me and said, “Do you live at such-and-such a place? [She gave my exact address.] We tried calling your son, but no one answered.”
“How do you know so much about my family?” I asked. “What is your name?”
She said, “Why do you need to know my name?” She continued to press, “Do you live at such-and-such a place?”
I said, “You know so much about my family. Isn’t it natural for me to ask your name? You even know my son’s name. What exactly are you trying to do? What is your name?”
She told me reluctantly and then asked, “Do you live at such-and-such a place? You’re retired now, right?”
When I said I was, she said she needed to make a household visit to take a photo of me. “What for?” I asked. “Do you go to every household?” When she said she did, I asked, “Does that mean you take a photo of every resident in every neighborhood in the whole city?” Just then, the call dropped. My phone said, “Network disconnected, unable to connect.” I wasn’t sure whether it was due to my signal or hers.
I talked with my husband (also a practitioner) about this. He advised me, “Treat her like a family member and don’t make things difficult. Be kind. Everyone is just doing their job. Speak to her with a calm mindset. I’ll send forth righteous thoughts for you. It was probably our signal that dropped, so call her back later.”
I thought of what Master said, that we must be responsible to the Fa and be responsible to sentient beings and that we must help him save sentient beings and not let the evil destroy them. I am not against sentient beings—we are on the same side. We all know that Falun Dafa practitioners are being persecuted. In fact, those who carry out the persecution are also being persecuted, only they don’t realize it. The evil uses them to persecute practitioners and thereby destroys them. The relationship between practitioners and sentient beings is that we are saving them and they are being saved; they are all members of Master’s family.
When I got home, I stood in front of Master’s picture, put my palms together, and said, “Master, please strengthen my righteous thoughts. Please strengthen police officer Wang’s kind side—Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance—which is her innate nature.”
I called her back at 8:30 p.m. and said, “I’m very sorry to be calling you so late.” She said it was okay, so I went, “Let me explain. When our phone call earlier was cut off, my phone showed ‘network disconnected, unable to connect.’ I wasn’t sure if it was due to my signal or yours. I didn’t hang up on you.”
She said, “That’s fine. I wondered why I suddenly couldn’t hear you.”
I then asked her kindly, “So what exactly is this about? None of our neighbors here has heard anything about household visits.”
She asked if I’d ever practiced Falun Dafa, and when I told her I did, she said, “I need to do a household visit and take a picture of you to prove that I went to your home and talked to you.”
I refused to agree to a visit, saying that it would have a bad impact, so she said, “Then you can come to the station.” When I refused to do that, too, she told me, “Then you can take a photo yourself and send it to me.”
I said, “I cannot do that, either. That would be evidence of your participation in the persecution and make you accountable. You will be held responsible for the rest of your life—investigations are done even decades later. Those who are accountable include those who make policies, issue orders, participate in the persecution, and carry out the persecution, not to mention collaborators.
“What is a collaborator? Anyone who goes along with it. Falun Dafa teaches Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. There is nothing wrong with that, and it conforms to Article 36 of the Constitution. Don’t ruin yourself for the sake of your work, it’s not worth it. You should actually look at Article 60 of the Civil Servants Law that says those who carry out erroneous instructions from superiors also bear responsibility.
“Taking a photo now may lead to your being held accountable later. This legal trap was set long ago. You must keep your eyes open and leave yourself a way out. We’re all just trying to make a living and I understand it’s not easy. It’s so hard these days for young people to find a job. But no one will take responsibility for you. That is just how things are. Everyone avoids responsibility, and no one will take the blame for you.”
She said, “Yes, but I’ve already taken photos with two people.”
I said, “You really need to be careful. Taking photos with people is not a good thing for you to do.”
She said, “Then tomorrow I’ll talk to my chief officer and see if it’s okay not to take photos.”
I said, “From things that have happened in my family recently, I’ve realized that Heaven is watching and sees whatever we do. We must be kind and not hurt anyone.”
She agreed: “There’s nothing wrong with being kind.”
I said, “Kindness can stand the test of time,” and she agreed. I apologized again for calling so late and disturbing her, but said it was okay.
The next morning, my husband and I went near the police station and sent forth righteous thoughts. That female police officer never called again. She chose kindness, and I was happy for her.
A local practitioner was arrested and persecuted, so I looked for some reference materials. There was a section in one article about the mindset we should have when communicating with public officials that moved me deeply. The article says that those who will really have to take a stand against the persecution are the people who work in the police stations, procuratorates, and courts. The evil is persecuting them, and, in their jobs, they really need to oppose the persecution. They are being used to persecute good people, and we must help them recognize that. Then they will know what to do.
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