(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I’ve practiced Falun Dafa for nearly 30 years. Looking back on my cultivation journey, although I’ve always done the three things, I am still far from being diligent. Because I slacked off in my cultivation I was harassed and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last year.
When I reflect on this experience, I deeply feel the seriousness of cultivation and practitioners’ great responsibilities. I would like to tell you about my recent cultivation experiences. Please kindly point out anything that is not in accordance with Dafa’s teachings.
Telling the Police Facts About Dafa
I was doing the Falun Dafa exercises at 6 a.m. last September when my husband opened the door to go out, and six or seven people rushed in. My husband asked them who they were. One of them said they were from the Public Security Bureau.
It happened so suddenly that I was initially a little flustered, wondering what loopholes I had that had allowed this to happen. But my righteous thoughts surfaced as I reminded myself, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, and even if I have shortcomings, Master does not acknowledge this persecution, and neither do I. My role is to help Master save people including these police officers.” With that, my fear disappeared and my compassion for these police officers surfaced. I wanted to tell them the facts about Falun Dafa.
I asked them why they were there. The leader said someone from out of town reported me and I had to go to the police station for questioning. I said I wouldn’t go, but they said I had to, today, whether I wanted to or not.
I asked where they were from and learned that some of them were from the local police station and Domestic Security Division, while others were from Domestic Security Divisions in other places. I thought, “I’m usually am not able to find you to clarify the truth, but I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and I should help Master save people whoever they are.”
As soon as they got me in their car to take me to the police department, I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master for help. Just before we arrived, they got a phone call telling them to go to the police station instead. When we got there, they questioned me all day, but I did not answer what they asked. Instead, I clarified the truth to everyone present.
Most of the officers were in the office, so everyone could hear me. I explained from a legal perspective that practicing Falun Dafa is lawful, the principle of karmic retribution in traditional culture, that the CCP is doomed given the reprehensible things deeds it has committed, and the widespread popularity of Dafa outside China. They all listened as I spoke, and no one interrupted me.
One person said, “Are you here to give us a lecture?”
I replied, “I am telling you this for your own good. Those who persecute Falun Dafa will be held accountable. Treating practitioners well is treating yourselves well. I know you are following orders, but you have the right to raise the muzzle of your gun by one centimeter to help the innocent.”
The atmosphere was peaceful. I felt Master was there and that he strengthened me. During the pauses, I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil factors that manipulated the police to persecute Dafa practitioners. Three Domestic Security officers who were from out of town listened as I spoke. The older one smiled and asked, “Do you think I’m vicious [by persecuting you]?”
I said, “You look like a kind person. If you treat practitioners kindly, you will receive immeasurable merit.” Those three left that afternoon. I thought they understood the truth and that they really had raised their guns a centimeter higher to protect me.
The local Domestic Security captain soon arrived. Around 7 p.m., surveillance footage of me distributing materials was located and used as an excuse to illegally detain me for 10 days.
Helping Master Save People in the Detention Center
I repeatedly recited Master’s poem while I was detained:
“Don’t Be Sad
Imprisoned as you are,don’t be sorrowful or sadCarry on with righteous thoughts and actions,and the Fa is with youCalmly reflect on the attachments you haveRemove your human thoughtsand evil will naturally die out”(Hong Yin II)
I knew that it was because of my human attachments and cultivation shortcomings the old forces found an excuse to detain me, but practitioners do not follow the old forces’ arrangements. Even if we have shortcomings in cultivation, we can rectify them. Dafa disciples must do the three things well wherever we are.
There were five others detained in my cell. They were curious when they heard I practiced Falun Dafa. I told them the facts—that Falun Dafa practitioners were being slandered and that we believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and are good people. We do not break any laws. They were kind and expressed their sympathy. I noticed the floor was dirty, so I cleaned it and the toilet bowl. A woman who was locked up for gambling said, “Falun Dafa practitioners are different. You’ve cleaned this place.”
I replied, “I’m in this place all day long; cleaning it makes me feel better.” We got along very well. I told them that Dafa is from the Buddha School. I helped them withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Four of them were from out of town. I think they were predestined people Master arranged to be saved. A restaurant owner who was there due to a financial dispute wanted me to show him the exercises. Two days later, two more people came in, and I helped them to quit the CCP as well.
I practiced the exercises every day at 3:30 a.m. and spend the rest of the time sending forth righteous thoughts and reciting the Fa teachings. Since I was there, it was a good opportunity to send forth righteous thoughts at close range to eliminate all the evil factors manipulating the police and detention centers to persecute practitioners. I often felt Master’s blessing and my body surrounded by an energy field. The police in the detention center even told the inmates who were chatting, “Keep your voices down. Don’t disturb her practice.”
I realized that there are very few evil factors controlling people in other dimensions now. As long as practitioners have righteous thoughts, officials dare not do evil. In contrast, I remember in the first few years after the persecution started, when we practiced in the detention center, the police were very aggressive. They beat us and forbade us from practicing. Through these years of interacting with practitioners, they know that we are all good people. It’s just that the mechanism arranged by the old forces is still operating, still maintaining the persecution, but the attitude of those police who understand the truth has obviously changed.
Memorizing Dafa’s Teachings
When I returned home, I reflected on my cultivation over the years. Even though I did the three things, I hadn’t truly cultivated myself. I treated doing things as cultivation, and when I read the Fa, I didn’t internalize it. I couldn’t focus when I sent forth righteous thoughts or studied the Fa. My impatience and desire to show off were still very strong. I neglected safety issues because I thought I had righteous thoughts. I sometimes argued with my family over trivial matters. I hadn’t eliminated my competitiveness and pride. I still preferred to hear praise and I didn’t want anyone to criticize me—I was actually clinging to my ego, and I was jealous of others. The old forces seized on these weaknesses and used the police to come to my door to wake me up. After this lesson, I decided to completely change my cultivation state, which was not in line with the Fa. I knew that only by merging myself into the Fa could I walk the righteous path of cultivation well.
Because the police took me away this time, my family was frightened. They were worried that I would be imprisoned again, so they kept me from going out to study the Fa with other practitioners. So I stayed at home and calmly memorize the Fa. Actually, I started memorizing Zhuan Falun long ago, but I gave up after the third lecture. At that time, I felt that I would forget the earlier parts if I memorized the later ones, so it was better to read it all the way through.
Over the years, I’ve read Zhuan Falun thousands of times, but every day it felt like I was completing a task. Sometimes I read the Fa with my mouth but my mind was on other things; sometimes I was sleepy. To put it more seriously, I did not respect Master and the Fa, so I could not see the inner meanings of the Fa.
Listening to the recordings of practitioners sharing their experiences on memorizing the Fa, I learned that some of them in their 70s and 80s memorized Zhuan Falun dozens of times. I felt that the gap between myself and other practitioners was too great. This is such a precious universal law, and this time I must memorize it completely. So, starting from January 5 this year, I did Dafa projects every morning and memorized Zhuan Falun for two to three hours after lunch. I memorized one section at a time before moving on to the next.
Because memorizing the Fa requires concentration and the mind cannot wander, I often gained insights into the Fa’s meaning. The experience of memorizing the Fa is completely different from reading it. For example, when I read “The Placement of the Mysterious Pass” in Lecture Four, I sometimes only vaguely understood certain parts. After memorizing it this time, I felt as if I understood it completely. Sometimes while memorizing, I would suddenly feel a warm current flowing through my entire body, as if I were surrounded by an energy field. I felt that all the cells in my body were dissolved into the Fa, which was very comfortable.
Not only that, the state in which I send righteous thoughts and do the exercises improved significantly. My hands no longer droop when I send forth righteous thoughts. Memorizing the Fa keeps my main consciousness clear and unaffected by external interference, and my mind and thoughts are much clearer. As I delve deeper into memorizing the Fa, more and more of the Fa’s principles are revealing themselves, and my cultivation state is getting better and better.
I really regret not memorizing the Fa sooner. Now I memorize the Fa for about three hours every day, and I’ve memorized it five times. I feel that the gains from memorizing the Fa are immense. When I send righteous thoughts, I can clearly feel a strong energy field, there are fewer distracting thoughts in my mind, the environment at home is more peaceful, and there is no more interference around me.
Conclusion
In the past, I did not put my heart into studying the Fa and instead treated my Dafa activities as cultivation. I didn’t use the Fa to measure my every thought and action. I always looked outward and blamed others. I viewed problems with a human mindset, instead of cultivation opportunities. I hadn’t eliminated my complacency. I even let my hands droop when I sent righteous thoughts. All this created a loophole which allowed me to be persecuted.
Now that the Fa-rectification has reached its final stage, Master, with his immense endurance, has repeatedly extended the end time we have to cultivate. As Falun Dafa practitioners, we have no reason not to cherish this precious time for Fa-rectification cultivation, to rectify ourselves in the Fa, and to cultivate more diligently as we approach the end so that we can be worthy of Master’s compassionate salvation.
(Selected submission for the 2026 China Fahui on Minghui.org)
