(Clearwisdom.net) I have cultivated for more than 10 years, but I slacked off and was not diligent. I considered doing the three things a chore and often spent too much time in self-indulgence. The old forces took advantage of this. The police arrested me and put me into a detention center.
I was profoundly depressed upon arriving at the detention center. My mind was blank, and I did not know what to do. However, Master's enormous compassion looked after me and used ordinary people's mouths to give me hints. Some people asked me, "Why don't you do the exercises, and why don't you send forth righteous thoughts?" I thought, "Yes. So many practitioners ahead of me have laid such a good foundation. If I fall down, I just need to get up immediately." So, the next day, I did the exercises together with practitioners worldwide. I also sent righteous thoughts, but not very often.
A young woman in the cell had a positive attitude toward Dafa and could even recite many poems from Hong Yin. One day when reciting "Don't Be Sad" (Hong Yin II) I remembered the first sentence, "Imprisoned as you are, don't be sorrowful or sad," and then forgot the sentence after that. So, I asked her, and she replied with "Carry on with righteous thoughts and actions, and the Fa is with you." She said, "How can you forget something this important? If you cannot remember Master's Fa, how can you have righteous thoughts and righteous deeds?" I felt guilty upon hearing her words, thinking that I have cultivated for more than ten years, but I have done very poorly, even when compared to an ordinary person. One day we happened to be in the bathroom together and she commented, "You need to send righteous thoughts every hour. Otherwise, they will send you to a labor camp." It was then that I realized Master was giving me hints through her words. After that, I sent righteous thoughts every hour, so as to eliminate the evil in close proximity.
When we truly have faith in Master and the Fa, along with strong righteous thoughts, the evil can do nothing to us.
In the detention center, the guards first challenge you emotionally. When that fails, they threaten you and sometimes mislead you by asking, "Why don't you go on a hunger strike?" That did not work, either, since it was clear to me that I needed energy to do the three things well, so as to validate Dafa and eliminate evil.
The officials did not relent, even right before my release. They asked me for the last time, "Where did your [truth-clarification] materials come from? If you tell us, we will release you. Otherwise, we will send you to a labor camp." I was determined not to betray other practitioners under any circumstances. In the end, they released me.
My family went daily to the police department, petitioning them to release me and telling them that one's belief or truth-clarification work was not a crime, and that arresting me like that was against the law. I was unconditionally released after 16 days, under Master's compassionate protection, help from practitioners and with my family's intervention.
I hope that the lesson I learned will remind other practitioners: in this final period, please do not slack off because of an attachment to comfort. Rather than indulging in ordinary life, we should diligently do the three things well. We will then not let Master's compassionate salvation efforts be in vain and we will be able to fulfill our vows; otherwise, when the Fa starts to rectify this human world, it will be too late for regrets.
