(Clearwisdom.net)
I'm a practitioner in Hebei Province. I would like to share my cultivation experiences over the past few years.
Clarifying the Truth While Being Detained
The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners was very severe from May to November of 2001. My wife and I were both arrested on the same day and detained in a detention center. Our 11-year-old daughter was left alone at home. She had to take care of herself by cooking, going to school, and doing her homework all by herself.
While in the detention center, I thought to myself, "I'm here, so I should clarify the truth." I clarified the truth to the criminal prisoners and guards and exposed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fabricates rumors and lies to slander Teacher, Falun Dafa, and practitioners. I told them the truth about the Tiananmen Square self-immolation event, how Falun Dafa practitioners are truly kind, about the spreading of Falun Dafa around the world, and the different prophecies.
After learning the truth, many guards understood Falun Gong practitioners. However, there were some who didn't want to listen to or to believe the truth. Still, I always maintained a good attitude towards them because what I do is really for their benefit. I patiently answered all their questions. When one guard asked me many questions based on the evil propaganda, I answered all of them until his confusion and misunderstanding were cleared up. Then he said, "You are a teacher, I couldn't reform you." Another guard told me that his wife previously practiced Falun Gong. He had many questions about the teachings in Zhuan Falun. I answered all of his questions and he was no longer confused. One practitioner detained in the same cell as I held a hunger strike and was cruelly forced-fed by the guards. I continuously advised the guards to stop their crimes and told them the principal of karmic retribution of good and evil. All the detainees in my cell understood the truth and tried to protect me. Later, I wrote about my cultivation experience and gave it to the guards and detention authorities to read. When a guard asked me why I signed the letters with an alias, I told him, "I do it that way so that people can know the beauty of Falun Dafa." Because I kept righteous thoughts, one guard kept telling his supervisor that my health was poor and they gave me a medical examination. Soon I was released for having a "liver problem."
During that period, there were things I did that were not in accordance with the Fa. I wore the prisoner's uniform, did forced labor, allowed them to take a photo of me, signed the sentencing document and paid a 2000 yuan fine. I did these things because I didn't have a good understanding of the Fa and completely deny the old forces arrangements. After being released, I studied the Fa more diligently and with help from fellow practitioners, I made a public statement denying all the arrangements of the old forces.
Denying Forced Brainwashing with Righteous Thoughts
I understood that having strong righteous thoughts can only come from having a clear understanding of the Fa. After I was released from the detention center, the school I used to work at allowed me to work as a janitor. (I was an award winning teacher before being detained). The school's top official closely followed the CCP in persecuting practitioners to try to gain political benefits. He suggested to the 610 Office to make us to attend a conference that slandered Falun Gong. We denied the arrangement with our righteous thoughts. Many times, four or five policemen abducted my wife, put her into a police car, and took her to these types of conferences. During that period of time, I repeatedly asked the school officials that they restore my job and pay my back salary. I also repeatedly wrote letters to them and went to their offices to clarify the truth. I truly understood that the evil is afraid of us, not the other way around. What the authorities fear most is that their evil nature will be exposed. When I actively look for them to talk with them, they tried to avoid me.
In August 2003, my wife was arrested again and sentenced to one year of forced labor at Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City. There she was influenced by former practitioners who had been "transformed" and wrote a letter to the school principal to admit her "mistake." One day the principal called me to his office and showed me my wife's letter. I felt impatient and said, "I don't want to read it. She wrote the letter under intense pressure and it was not of her own free will." He asked, "Do you recognize her handwriting? It is a letter she wrote!" I told him, "You can't trick me because I know what is happening there." I really wanted to tear the letter into pieces, but then I thought, "I'm a Falun Gong practitioner, I have to be compassionate." So I told him I would like to take the letter home to read it. He agreed and asked me to return the letter as soon as possible. When I home, I turned on the gas oven and burned the letter.
The next day when the principal learned that I had burned the letter, he was very angry. He yelled at me, "You are not compassionate. You know that letter was not written to you, but to me. I hadn't gotten a chance to let the other school leaders read it yet." I was very calm and told him, "Principal, please listen to me. I really care about you. If you had spread that letter that was written under intense pressure, wouldn't you be harming others?" He said, "I don't want to hear your explanation. Get out of here! I don't want see you around!" He yelled and pushed me out. A big crowd had gathered in the hallway. A teacher held me and took me away. Since then, no one ever mentioned "transformation" in front of me again.
Changes in My Family Members
When the persecution first began, my father, mother, brother and sister were influenced by the CCP's propaganda and by what they saw and heard about those that had been practitioners but were "transformed" under the persecution. After we clarified the truth to them and validated the Fa with our righteous thoughts and righteous actions, they gradually understood the truth. Later, I helped them publish a statement to void any wrongdoing toward Dafa that they had committed in the past.
Two years ago, I often went to deliver truth clarifying materials to the practitioners in my hometown. One time a practitioner and I passed by my brother's home on the way to deliver the materials. My brother saw me and told my father that I didn't stop at his home. My family didn't understand the reason and got mad at me. After clarifying the truth to them and also sending them truth materials, they gradually understood why I didn't stop at home. Every time I went back home, my father always asked me, "What material did you bring back this time?" When I handed him the truth clarifying materials, he would immediately put on his glasses and read them very carefully. When my uncle passed away, I went back home. One day I saw a torn piece of a Dafa flyer that I had distributed the night before, but I couldn't find the other half. Later I learned my father had already picked up the other half.
Every time I went back home, I always talked about Falun Gong with my father and brother for at least one evening. Although they don't practice, they have a very positive understanding about Falun Gong. My father said, "In this world now, I don't see good people any more except for Falun Gong practitioners." My brother said, "Falun Gong practitioners are truly unselfish. They do everything to save others."
The above are only a few of my personal understandings. Please kindly point out anything that is improper. I'm determined to study the Fa and cultivate myself more diligently so I will not disappoint Teacher's mighty compassion and saving.
