(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, I read an article on Minghui titled, "Dafa Disciples Should Not Be Persecuted." I agree with the author that Dafa disciples should not be persecuted by the old forces, even when the old forces are trying to take advantage of our loopholes and aggravate the persecution.
1. Righteous thoughts can break through all tribulations
In 2000, the old forces took advantage of my loopholes and I was illegally detained. In March 2001, during my court session, I determinedly opposed the illegal sentence. At the same time, I charged Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan and other CCP leaders with wrongdoing, exposing their illegal persecution. A policeman behind me said that he had never seen someone so stubborn and threatened to torture me.
During the court recess, I was transferred back to the basement. A policeman took out an extra large electric baton. This baton was so powerful that when it was discharged against the concrete floor, people standing one yard away were forced to bounce back due to the electric shock. The policeman approached me with the baton.
Seeing that I did not react, he threatened to shock me. At that instant, I had one thought, "If you dare to shock me, you will be shocked yourself." (Back then, I did not have a clear understanding of using righteous thoughts to suppress the evil.) Then I saw that the policeman suddenly bounced back a yard. He would have fallen on the floor if the other policemen had not helped him. In contrast, I only felt a little numbness at the spot where the baton touched me. The policemen said that the electric baton must have malfunctioned.
In prison, I refused to write a statement giving up my practice. The guards thus forced me to stand for a long time facing a wall, from 6:00 a.m. until midnight. During that time, I did not have the understanding of opposing the evil. Instead, my only thought was that I would not give up the practice, no matter how long I was forced to stand. The previous night, in a dream, Master gave me a hint that I would be forced to stand only for three days. On the next day, in order for the inmates to have a better understanding of Dafa, I told them, "I will not give up Falun Gong even if I am forced to stand here for 7 years, but I know it will not be that long. I will stand here for only three days." They did not believe me and some even went to tell the police about this.
During this time, my feet did not feel painful or numb. On the third evening, the police suddenly realized that it was useless to continue forcing me to stand like that, so they relieved me from standing. In the past, they had tortured other practitioners in this way. Some practitioners fainted, with their legs trembling uncontrollably by the second day.
2. Difficulty in breaking through tribulations when possessing strong attachments of fear
Master said,
"Why should you, a Dafa disciple, fear the evil ones when enduring persecution? The crux of the matter is that you have attachments. If not, do not endure passively, and face the evil people with righteous thoughts at all times. No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates. If everyone does this the environment won't be this way." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
This paragraph was one that I recited most often during my detention. It guided me through one tribulation after another. However, when I failed to meet the requirements of the Fa, the old forces used all means to take advantage of my loopholes.
In the beginning, no matter what strategies the guards and inmates used to persecute me, I did not have the attachment of fear. Later, I also realized that I must not yield to any vicious persecution. Therefore, even during their so-called "legal seminars", I pointed out that the words of the head of the Procuratorate were not true. When they threatened to put me in solitary confinement, I was not disturbed. When they used my family members to pressure me, it did not work. I even used righteous thoughts to help fellow inmates, and used righteous thoughts to oppose the guards as well as vicious inmates. Plus, I was familiar with the techniques of forced labor used in the prison. Because of my righteous state, for a while I had more freedom than most inmates. When the persecutors planned to do something bad to me, there was always someone who let me know in advance.
During this time, I possessed strong righteous thoughts and had no selfishness or impure thoughts. Therefore, I was not viciously persecuted. In contrast, other practitioners in the same division suffered tremendously.
I was illegally sentenced to seven years of detention. Probably due to the old forces' arrangements, during my sentence, the fourth year was a big challenge. Beginning in my fourth year, the prison officials found new ways to persecute practitioners in other prisons. They isolated determined practitioners and worked on "transforming" them 24 hours a day with intensified persecution. Later, they told me that I was not treated that way because they thought I was the toughest and impossible to "transform". After one month, all the practitioners were "transformed" and I was wondering, "What if this round of persecution were to happen to me?" In other words, my attachment of fear surfaced. This thought triggered the persecutors to apply a similar technique on me within one month. In fact, they told me in advance that if I was not "transformed" within one month, they would stop bothering me.
I think Master also gave me this hint to strengthen my righteous thoughts and overcome this tribulation. Prior to being placed in solitary confinement, I had a dream. I built a big building and the police came to make an inspection. The results of the inspection was approved but the higher officials were not convinced. In the end, the national level police came to do another inspection. When the inspection was over and they were leaving, one of them knocked on a brick near the stairs. It turned out that one brick was missing. Because of that, the inspection of the entire building failed. By then, I realized that cultivation was indeed very serious and no omission is allowed. Still, my righteous thoughts were not very strong. Fundamentally speaking, I did not believe in Dafa 100 percent. In my understanding, every matter is of material existence. In places that lack righteous thoughts, it will not be empty but instead filled with various attachments. Therefore, my attachment of fear started to surface and within one month, against my conscience, I wrote statements giving up my practice. In a dream I was sliding down quickly (even feeling dizzy during my waking hours) and found that the building I lived in was stripped down, leaving only the bare steel framework. In addition to the attachment of fear, another loophole I had was failing to oppose the tribulation after recognizing it. Instead, I chose to passively endure. This is another major reason why I was unable to break though the tribulations.
3. Master always looks after us no matter where we are
During my detention, the most painful thing was being unable to read Master's recent articles. Later, the newly arrived practitioners recited some articles, which I remembered. At the beginning, I did not know if the news on sending forth righteous thoughts was correct. So I erected one palm to send forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to enlighten me. I suddenly saw layers after layers of dust fall off as I was sending forth righteous thoughts. After that, I began to send forth righteous in the detention center.
Later, the recently admitted practitioners tried to write Master's current articles on slips of paper and passed them around amongst us to encourage each other. For a period of time, I was kept alone and there was no way to get Master's articles from other practitioners, hence I was very sad. However, during several dreams I occasionally had discussions with practitioners outside and they asked if I knew [about Master's recent articles]. In the dream I seemed to know, so I said yes. After waking up, I realized that if we really do well, we will not lag behind.
4. No attachment of fear
Recently, I went out with my daughter to distribute truth-clarification materials. My daughter started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. I asked her, "What if we get arrested?" She said, "I have never thought about that. Why should we be arrested?" Immediately, I felt guilty for thinking this way. We should not have fear, and instead, we should completely oppose the old forces' arrangements.
Finally, I would like to conclude this article with Master's words,
"Why should you, a Dafa disciple, fear the evil ones when enduring persecution? The crux of the matter is that you have attachments. If not, do not endure passively, and face the evil people with righteous thoughts at all times. No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates. If everyone does this the environment won't be this way." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
