(Clearwisdom.net) Here is a true story about how I broke away from the evil's monitoring. I was an ordinary housewife and could never make any decisions before [I started cultivating]. After practicing Dafa, I have validated Dafa and suffocated the evil with wisdom, and stepped out of a brainwashing class with righteous thoughts. I would like to share my experience with fellow practitioners so that we can encourage each other and improve together.

On June 3^rd, 2001, the local township government sent two persons to monitor me. They told me that since it was the anniversary of "6.4" the next day, [this refers to the June 4^th Tiananmen Square massacre, in which students who were appealing on Tiananmen Square were brutally killed by the People's Liberation Army, acting under the Communist regime's orders] they were assigned to prevent me from going to Beijing to appeal. I realized that I should not cooperate with them, and so I told them that the "6.4" Democratic Movement had nothing to do with Falun Gong, and that Jiang's Regime was trying to drag Falun Gong into politics in order to deceive unknowing people and to find excuses for further persecuting Dafa. I further told them that similar incidents had happened during the 2001 Chinese New Year when all local Dafa practitioners were detained in the township government building for a week. We had been detained in the winter in a cold room without heat. We were not allowed to even bring blankets with us. They had deceived the public and government staff saying that this was necessary to prevent us from committing suicide [the teachings of Falun Gong explicitly mention that killing and suicide are sins, but the dictator's regime lies to its citizens, claiming that it is otherwise] in order to incite public hatred against Falun Gong and make the government staff work for them. I continued telling them that they were committing crimes by treating practitioners this way, and that they would be responsible for their deeds. After I talked to them, one of them said that she had a headache and left, but the other one did not leave, worried that the higher authorities would deduct her wages if she left. I told her that I understood her concerns, but I could not be irresponsible to her because I knew that she would suffer terrible retribution if she persecuted Dafa practitioners. If she did not dare to leave, I would leave, but she said if she failed to keep me she would lose her job.

I knew that I had to leave and she could not stop me. However, I felt sorry for her and I wanted her to understand the principles and give her a chance to let me go so that she could better position herself for the future. As a result, I kept talking to her for two more hours. When she was still debating whether to let me go, another government car came to my door. Several men came out of the car and stood by my door. I realized that the evil not only wanted to prevent me from going to Beijing to appeal, but also wanted to detain me in a manner similar to what had happened during the Chinese New Year. I knew that I should do my best to resist the persecution. I told her calmly that she lost the opportunity I gave her. I said that she would feel sorry sooner or later that she had been responsible for my being arrested and suffering the abuse all because she had been afraid of losing her own wages. She knew that the last time I was detained I had suffered a lot and was not released until practitioners went on hunger strikes together. I told her it was not all her fault that it was harder for me to leave now, it was just that I felt bad that I couldn't help her make a correct choice. I would not complain or regret no matter how I suffered.

She looked at me with sorrow and regret. I felt bad for her, so I told her calmly, "Don't worry, I just hope you understand that Falun Dafa is righteous. Our Master never taught us anything wrong. We are all kind people. It is not true what the propaganda says - that we don't care for our family and our children - we just don't want to give up "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance." We don't want to give up our right to be good, kind people. We don't want to be utilized by the evil to lie and deceive others." At this point, my benevolence reached a high level and tears ran down my cheeks. Maybe her true nature was finally touched by my benevolence. She said quickly, "You can leave now, through your back door." I shook my head telling her that I didn't have a back door.

When I was thinking about how I could get rid of the men at my door, she suddenly said, "I will carry you away on my motorcycle, and I will tell them that we need to go shopping and they will not stop us." Like this, I escaped the evil's control. When I turned back and looked behind, the several men were still standing there watching us leave.

September 13, 2002