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(Clearwisdom.net) Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) vice chairman Xi Jinping arrived in Ireland for a state visit on February 19, 2012. Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside Dublin Castle to protest the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong.
According to The Irish Times on February 20, about 50 Falun Gong practitioners on February 19 called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, saying that “practitioners have been tortured, been imprisoned, and had their organs harvested since 1999.”
Dr. Declan Lyons, consultant psychiatrist at St. Patrick’s University Hospital, said that Xi had a unique opportunity to end the hatred of Falun Gong.
The report said, “Ming Zhao, a graduate of Trinity College, spoke of returning to China as a student in 1999 and having his passport confiscated. He then spent almost two years in prison, where he said he was tortured routinely. After extensive pressure from the international community, he was released.”
Ming Zhao said, “Words are very powerful, and my release was proof that a small country like Ireland can made a difference. Ireland can ask Xi Jinping to stop the persecution.”
The Irish Independent also reported on Falun Gong practitioners' activities to protest Xi Jinping's visit. Falun Gong has been persecuted by the CCP for the last 12 years.
The report said that the Irish Falun Dafa Association held a protest on February 19, calling on people to show concern over the persecution that tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been subjected to in China. The persecution of Falun Gong is most severe. According to practitioners outside of China, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have died in custody since the CCP started the persecution.
Name: Zhang Yulong (张玉龙)
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Engineer at the Nanjing Fourteenth Research Institute
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2002
Most Recent Place of Detention: Nanjing Brain Hospital (南京脑科医院)
City: Nanjing
Province: Jiangsu
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, forced injections/drug administration, beatings, detained in mental hospital
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Yulong, a former engineer at the Nanjing Fourteenth Research Institute, has been held in the Nanjing Brain Hospital (a mental hospital) for over ten years. His wife has been telling their child that Mr. Zhang is abroad.
It has been reported that Mr. Zhang is being forced to take medication and receive injections every day. He has been greatly harmed both physically and mentally. He has become delirious and can no longer take care of himself.
Mr. Zhang was held in Fangqiang Forced Labor Camp in 2000 and 2001. In 2000, the labor camp authorities sent personnel to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp to be trained. When they returned, they escalated the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
They implemented a method called “affiliated three” to strictly monitor and abuse practitioners. Two inmates are assigned to monitor one practitioner around the clock, even when he is using the restroom or washing. If the practitioner being monitored “behaves well” (meaning he renounces his belief in Falun Gong), the two inmates accumulate credits to reduce their sentences. With such enticement, the criminal inmates severely abuse the practitioners and deprive them of their basic human rights. The practitioners are not even allowed to speak to other practitioners.
In April 2001, the inmates hit Mr. Zhang in the face with shoes. Mr. Zhang’s head, face, nose, and mouth became swollen and disfigured.
Mr. Zhang was released from the labor camp later in 2001. He was forcibly taken to the Nanjing Brain Hospital in 2002. Zhang Chang’ai and several officers from the 610 Office of the Nanjing Fourteenth Research Institute threatened Mr. Zhang’s parents many times and forced them to sign a paper giving permission for Mr. Zhang’s hospitalization.
Nanjing Fourteenth Research Institute, Mr. Zhang's former employer, is a large institute that employed nearly 300 practitioners before the persecution of Falun Gong began. However, since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) instigated the suppression of Falun Gong in July 1999, the institute has become the focal point of the persecution in the Nanjing area.
Two practitioners from this institute have died as a result of the persecution. Mr. Ma Zhenyu, Mr. Wang Jianbin, and Ms. Jiao Liqun were fired, and Mr. Ma and Mr. Wang were sentenced to seven and six years in prison, respectively. Ms. Zhang Aidong and Mr. Yu Jianshe were pressured to retire early. Several dozen practitioners were forced to leave their key positions. At least a dozen practitioners were sentenced to forced labor, and many were detained. About 70 practitioners were taken to brainwashing centers, and some of them were repeatedly detained. Officials also extorted large sums of money from some practitioners. Ms. Jiao Liqun, Mr. Zhang Yulong, and another practitioner were forcibly taken to mental hospitals, and Mr. Zhang has been detained at the Nanjing Brain Hospital for over ten years.
We are calling for urgent action to rescue Mr. Zhang and help him regain his life.
Parties involved in the persecution:
Zhang Chang’ai, deputy head of the 610 Office of the Nanjing Fourteenth Research Institute: +86-13851621534 (Cell), +86-25-83711820 (Home)
Nanjing Brain Hospital: +86-25-82296102 (Daytime), +86-25-82296072 (Evening), +86-25-83726557
Name: Zhang Guifang (张桂芳 )
Gender: Female
Age: 60s
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 24, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Harbin Women's Prison (哈尔滨女子监狱)
City: Daqing
Province: Heilongjiang
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Daqing City Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guifang, in her 60s, was sentenced to three years in prison at the end of 2011. She was taken to the Harbin Women's Prison on January 13, 2012, and is currently in the prison hospital.
Ms. Zhang was followed and arrested on the afternoon of February 24, 2011. She was beaten by the officers and taken to the Daqing Detention Center that same night. She went on a hunger strike. One day she fell down and lost consciousness. She was taken to the Daqing People's Hospital for emergency treatment. She was diagnosed with a stroke and later released on medical parole pending trial. The police harassed her on October 5.
At the end of 2011, Ranghulu District Court tried Ms. Zhang and sentenced her to three years in prison, starting on December 11, 2011.
On January 13, 2012, Ms. Zhang was taken away from the home of her relative and taken to the Harbin Women's Prison. A physical exam showed that she had had a stroke and a heart attack. Ms. Zhang is currently in the prison hospital.
Beaten by Police Officers
Ms. Zhang Guifang and Ms. Yang Zhanli from Daqing City were out walking on Sixin Road in the Ranghulu District on the afternoon of February 24, 2011, when two cars drove up from behind and blocked their way. Six men jumped out of the cars, grabbed the two elderly women, and dragged them toward the cars. The women struggled, but the perpetrators shoved them into the cars and took them to the Ranghulu Police Sub-Bureau, where they claimed that someone had reported them. They searched the women and found Shen Yun performance DVDs and truth clarification brochures.
The police interrogated the women separately. They learned Ms. Yang's home address and found Ms. Zhang's name from her cell phone's voice mail recording. They then searched online and got Ms. Zhang's home address.
The police pried open the door of Ms. Zhang's home around 9:00 p.m. without presenting any documentation. They ransacked her home and confiscated many personal belongings.
The police resumed their interrogations. Several officers took turns interrogating Ms. Zhang, but did not get what they wanted. One officer started verbally abusing her and handcuffed her to a tiger bench, but they still did not get any information from her. One officer attempted to take Ms. Zhang's photo and get her fingerprints, but she refused to cooperate, and he slapped her face.
The officer slapped Ms. Zhang in the face more than ten times. She became dizzy, saw stars, and her head was buzzing. He then kicked her legs and she almost fell. Her interrogators stomped on her feet until they were swollen. They bent her fingers backwards, and, even today, Ms. Zhang's hand is still injured and hurts.
The police took Ms. Zhang and Ms. Yang to the Daqing Detention Center that same night. Ms. Zhang was held in the detention center for more than 40 days. The previous beatings and torture left her legs in great pain, and she had difficulty walking. She still has headaches.
Harbin Women's Prison:
Fang Genbao, warden: +86-13351911299 (Cell), +86-451-86639099
Shao Jianmin, deputy warden: +86-13503685048 (Cell), +86-451-86618177
Bao Rui, deputy warden: +86-13303600660 (Cell), +86-451-86639066
Earlier reports:
“Officers from the Ranghulu District, Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, Arrest and Brutally Abuse Two Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners” (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/5/5/124951.html)
Name: Ms. Chen Hongli (陈红利)
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Address: No. 5 Village, Xingcheng Township, Qianxi County, Tangshan City
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 3, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hebei Provincial Women's Prison (河北省女子监狱)
City: Shijiazhuang
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, extortion, beatings, torture, home ransacked, detention
Name: Ms. Wu Zhifang (吴志芳)
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Address: No. 5 Village, Xingcheng Township, Qianxi County, Tangshan City
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 6, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hebei Provincial Women's Prison (河北省女子劳教所)
City: Shijiazhuang
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: forced labor, illegal sentencing, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Chen Hongli was arrested on May 3, 2010 and is currently held at Hebei Provincial Women's Prison. Ms. Wu Zhifang, arrested on July 6, 2011, is held at Hebei Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp.
During the persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Chen has been detained six times including the most recent arrest on May 3, 2010. She was sentenced to four years of imprisonment and sent to Hebei Provincial Women's Prison on January 17, 2011.
At the prison, she was forced to undergo brainwashing sessions for three months. She was also forced to stand still from morning until night and sometimes for more than 10 hours a day. After three months of brainwashing, she was transferred to the No.10 Ward. She has been held in the prison for more than a year.
A Good Wife and a Loving Mother
When Ms. Chen was young, she worked as a laborer. At work, she would meet the man who would be her husband. At the time, the man's wife had just passed away, leaving him and his five-year-old son alone. Ms. Chen showed concern towards the father and son. Soon, they formed a new family. After she had a daughter of her own, Ms. Chen still continued to treat the boy as her own child.
Ms. Chen started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. Since then, she has set higher standards for herself and always did her best to be a good person. When her husband's former father-in-law was ill, she brought him to her home and took very good care of him. All of her neighbors were deeply moved by her kindness and mentioned that they had never met anyone as caring as Ms. Chen.
After her arrest, Ms. Chen was put on trial on August 23, 2010 by Qianxi Court officials. When Ms. Chen's family and the villagers learned of the trial, they all went to the court to try to support her. However, officers from the Qianxi Domestic Security Division tried to stop them from entering the court by forcing them to show their IDs. Ms. Chen's daughter, a high school student, wasn't allowed to go inside because she didn't have an ID. One woman went back home to get her identification card after she wasn't allowed to go inside the court. She wanted to find out what the charges could be against such a good person. Before Ms. Chen began practicing Falun Gong, she often played mahjong with this woman. After some time the two women stopped speaking to each other because of their conflicts. After Ms. Chen became a practitioner, she went to the woman's home with a smile and formally apologized to her. Ms. Chen said it was all her fault for the conflicts between them, but she only came to know it after she learned Falun Gong. Since then, the woman saw the positive changes in Ms. Chen. She sighed with emotion, “Falun Gong is really wonderful. It can change someone so miraculously!” One of Ms. Chen's relatives also witnessed the beauty of Falun Gong from Ms. Chen's words and deeds. She said, “If Chen Hongli didn't learned Falun Gong, her family might be a very different picture. Maybe it would no longer exist.”
Detained Six Times
Ms. Chen was first arrested in December 1999 when she went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. At the police station, a young female officer slapped her really hard on the face. Officials from the Xingcheng Township, Qianxi County went to Beijing to escort her back to the county and detained her at the county detention center for more than 40 days. At the detention center, the guards tortured her in various ways that included being handcuffed or cuffed behind her back. The guards also threatened her family. She was only released after her family paid 3,000 yuan for the so-called “good-behavior bond.”
In 2000, Ms. Chen and her mother were taken to a detention center by the Qianxi Domestic Security Division. There, she went on a hunger strike to protest her illegal detention. As a result, she was forced-fed, cuffed behind her back for a long period of time and wasn't allowed to use the restroom. Officials from the Qianxi Domestic Security Division also extorted 6,000 yuan from her family.
On November 18, 2000, Kai Yi, Deputy Head of the Qianxi County Police Department; Zhu Zhengang and four other officers from the Domestic Security Division forced their way inside Ms. Chen's home. They handcuffed her before ransacking her home. Ms. Chen was then taken to the county detention center. The police claimed that people from Beijing sent her truth-clarification materials. They tried to extract a confession from her by torturing her for several consecutive days. Guard Li Guoan hit her leg with a thick stick while saying, “Since you are a woman...if you were a man…” Guard Zhao Xin cuffed her to an electric pole for several hours until she was almost frozen.
About two months later, Ms. Chen was transferred to Kaiping Forced Labor Camp. When she failed the health exam, the forced labor camp officials refused to take her in. Therefore, the police from Qianxi Police Department took her back to Qianxi Detention Center. After a period of time, she was sent to Kaiping Forced Labor Camp again. At the forced labor camp, she was forced to undergo brainwashing sessions.
In March 2010, the Chinese National Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences were in session. As a result, illegal check points were set up at all roads connecting Qinxi County with the outside world. They checked everyone's identification card and searched their personal belongings. Ms. Chen was arrested on March 9 at one of the check points by officers from Luojiadun Police Station. She was then held at Qianxi Detention Center for half a month.
On May 3, 2010, Ms. Chen had just returned home and saw many people in front of her home. Then all of a sudden, a dozen or more officers broke into her home and ransacked it before forcibly taking her away with them.
The court notified Ms. Chen's husband on August 12 that she had been formerly charged and that Han Guozhu, the presiding judge of the First Criminal Division of Xianxi Court would be the main judge of the case. The trial was held on August 23 and Ms. Chen was sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
During her time at the detention center, Ms. Chen was beaten by the guards, and handcuffed and shackled for a week.
Officials and officers from the Qianxi Police Station, the Procuratorrate and the court held a public sentencing rally in January 2011. A dozen people were escorted to the rally, including thieves, murderers, and rapists. They deliberately included Ms. Chen among them in an attempt to deceive the public and demonize practitioners. Ms. Chen shouted, "Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!" She was taken to Hebei Provincial Women's Prison on January 17, 2011.
The Persecution Ms. Wu Zhifang Suffered
Ms. Wu Zhifang went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong towards the end of 2000. She was sent back by the National Security Team of Qianxi County, but was not detained because she was still breastfeeding at the time.
Personnel from the National Security Team, officers from the Chenguang Police Station and officials from the fifth village in Qianxi county broke into Ms. Wu's home in the fifth village of Xingcheng town at around 9:00 a.m. on July 6. After forcing their way inside, they quickly showed a piece of paper and claimed that it was a search warrant. At that time, only Ms. Wu's parents and young daughter were at home.
Ms. Wu's mother, 70s, asked them what they wanted. One of them replied, “Someone reported your daughter.” Then they began ransacking the house and gathered all of the Falun Gong books, including truth-clarification materials on the coffee table. Ms. Wu's mother said, “You are violating the law. I will not let you to take the books away!” She firmly held onto several books. They ignored her and continued with their ransacking. Ms. Wu's 12-year-old daughter was so frightened that she constantly cried.
When Ms. Wu returned home and saw the mess, she asked, “Why are you treating a woman who is over seventy years old like this?” She tried to save all the items they found, but they took them back. Three people then forcibly dragged her to the police car outside.
Ms. Wu was taken to the Qianxi County Detention Center and held for 15 days. A portrait of Falun Gong's founder, several Dafa books and other personal belongings were confiscated. After this incident, Ms. Wu's father suffered a stroke and he has still not fully recovered. Several days after Ms. Wu's arrest, he could not say one word, but only cried.
Ms. Wu was sentenced to one year of forced labor. When her family members went to visit her at Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, she had already been secretly transferred to Hebei Provincial Forced Labor Camp.
(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in ten cities or counties in nine provinces. In the report, eight Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 12 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Guo Shuhong and Ms. Han Guohua Taken to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun
2. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Han Mei and Her Husband Mr. Niu Jiahui Arrested
3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Updates about the 17 Practitioners Arrested in Daowai District
4. [Haicheng City, Liaoning] Ms. Liu Ni, Ms. Wang Jing and Ms. Meng Qingfen Arrested
5. [Dongning County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xiaomiao Arrested Again
6. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhou Aiyun Taken to Zhengzhou 2nd Detention Center
7. [Xingtai City, Hebei Province] Mr. Mu Mengguang and Ms. Gui Min Taken to Julu Detention Center
8. [Wenxi County, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhai Yuexian, 70 Years Old, Held in Detention Center for Ten Months
9. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Shi Zhiyong Held in Jiuwei Detention Center in Baoan District
10. [Qingyang, Gansu Province] Ms. Shi Xiqin Arrested
11. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Ms. Tao Xiai to Be Held for 15 Days
1. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Guo Shuhong and Ms. Han Guohua Taken to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun
Mr. Yang Derong, Ms. Guo Shuhong and Ms. Han Guohua were illegally arrested on January 11, 2012. Mr. Yang managed to escape the same day. Ms. Guo and Ms. Han were taken to the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun on January 21, 2012 for a term of one year. Ms. Guo is now being held in the 2nd Group of the forced labor camp, and Ms. Han is in the 1st Group.
2. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Han Mei and Her Husband Mr. Niu Jiahui Arrested
Ms. Han Mei and her husband Mr. Niu Jiahui from Harbin City were arrested at home on the morning of December 31, 2011. Ms. Han has been tortured in the Harbin Detention Center, and as a result, she could no longer take care of her daily needs.
3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Updates about the 17 Practitioners Arrested in Daowai District
The majority of the 17 practitioners, arrested by officers from the Harbin City Police Department and various police stations on December 31, 2011, were held in the Harbin Detention Center. Mr. Liu Yanbo was transferred to the Qianjin Forced Labor Camp in Harbin in the middle of January 2012 for a term of 18 months.
Five female practitioners were taken to the Qianjin Forced Labor Camp in Harbin on January 19, 2012. Mr. Wu Yi, Mr. Gong Wenyi and Mr. Dong were taken to the Suihua Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Gong Wenyi was not admitted since he was on a hunger strike protesting the persecution and was very weak by then. He was brought back to the Harbin Detention Center.
Chief's Office, Daowai District Domestic Security Division: +86-451-87664172
Political instructor's office, Daowai District Domestic Security Division: +86-451-87664173
Geng, director of the Daowai District 610 Office: +86-451-88948229
Director of the Harbin 610 Office: +86-451-84894610
4. [Haicheng City, Liaoning] Ms. Liu Ni, Ms. Wang Jing and Ms. Meng Qingfen Arrested
Ms. Liu Ni, Ms. Wang Jing and Ms. Meng Qingfen from Haicheng City were arrested for writing facts about Falun Gong on utility poles in Dakan Village on January 31, 2012. They are now being held in the Anshan 1st Detention Center.
Anshan 1st Detention Center: +86-412-2960506
Chief of the Domestic Security Division: +86-412-3209188, +86-412-3122255
5. [Dongning County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xiaomiao Arrested Again
When families of seven arrested practitioners from Dongning County went to the police department to demand the release of their family members on February 2, 2012, Zhao Zhandong, deputy director of the Dongning Police Department arrested practitioner Ms. Xiaomiao on the spot.
Zhao Zhandong, deputy director of the Police Department (in charge of persecuting Falun Gong): +86-13845386188, +86-13359699988, +86-453-3624128
Lin Xiaowei, chief of the Domestic Security Division: +86-13946388110, +86-453-3673870
Yin Lili, deputy chief of the Domestic Security Division: +86-13946318581
Cui Runtao, director of the local 610 Office: +86-13351731169, +86-453-3669610
6. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhou Aiyun Taken to Zhengzhou 2nd Detention Center
Ms. Zhou Aiyun from Shangjie District, Zhengzhou City was reported by plainclothes officers for explaining facts about Falun Gong at Bei Farmer's Market on January 5, 2012. She was then taken to the Xinanlu Police Station of Shangjie. Ms. Zhou is now being held in the Zhengzhou 2nd Detention Center.
7. [Xingtai City, Hebei Province] Mr. Mu Mengguang and Ms. Gui Min Taken to Julu Detention Center
Mr. Mu Mengguang and Ms. Gui Min from Niuxinzhai, Ren County, Xingtai City were reported for talking about Falun Gong in Jinghuzhai Village on the afternoon of February 1, 2012. They were then taken to the Julu Detention Center by officers from the Xiguocheng Police Station.
8. [Wenxi County, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhai Yuexian, 70 Years Old, Held in Detention Center for Ten Months
Ms. Zhai Yuexian from Wenxi County, 70 years old, was arrested by Wang Longyan, Yang Mingbo and other officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Wenxi Police Department on April 13, 2011. She has been held in the Wenxi Detention Center for almost ten months.
Wang Longyan, officer from the Domestic Security Division: +86-13393483376
Yang Mingbo, officer from the Domestic Security Division: +86-13393483376
Zhao Yujun, chief of the Domestic Security Division: +86-13111290698
9. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Shi Zhiyong Held in Jiuwei Detention Center in Baoan District
Mr. Shi Zhiyong from Henan Oil Field Inc. was arrested by officers from the Zhennan Police Station for posting facts about Falun Gong in Baoan District, Shenzhen City on November 7, 2011. He is now being held in the Jiuwei Detention Center in Baoan District.
10. [Qingyang, Gansu Province] Ms. Shi Xiqin Arrested
Ms. Shi Xiqin from Qingyang City was arrested by officers from the Xiaojin Town Police Station of Xifeng District before the Chinese New Year. The key to her home that she carried with her was confiscated.
11. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Ms. Tao Xiai to Be Held for 15 Days
Ms. Tao Xiai from Macheng City was arrested by officers from the Qiting Police Station on the afternoon of February 1, 2012 and taken to the Macheng 2nd Detention Center the same day. Her family was informed that Ms. Tao would be held for 15 days.
(Clearwisdom.net) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 6 cities or counties in 5 provinces. In this report, 5 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 1 practitioner was illegally arrested.
1. [Yishui County, Shandong Province] Ms. Cai Yongshu Sent to the Shandong First Women's Forced Labor Camp
Shen Hengchun and other officers from the Zhuge Town Police Station in Yishui went to ransack Ms. Cai Yongshu's home at Donghexi Village, Zhuge Town, on November 20, 2011. The police extorted 500 yuan from her family. Ms. Cai was taken to the Linyi City Detention Center in the afternoon. She was transferred to the Shandong First Women's Forced Labor Camp on November 29, 2011.
2. [Renqiu, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Qingsong Sent to the Handan Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Wang Qingsong from Liguanger Village, Maozhou Town, Renqiu, was arrested by officers from the Maozhou Police Department on July 18, 2011, and taken to the Cangzhou Forced Labor Camp that day. Ms. Wang was transferred to the Handan Forced Labor Camp three days later.
Renqiu Domestic Security Division: +86-317-3337546, +86-317-2222452
Cangzhou Forced Labor Camp: +86-317-8698011, +86-317-8698008
Zhang Xiuping, warden of the Handan Forced Labor Camp: +86-3104010518, +86-310-8125219, +86-13903103000
3. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Ms. Yao Changhong's Term Illegally Extended
On August 4, 2010, Ms. Yao Changhong from Shulan, Jilin Province, was arrested. She was detained in the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp for 18 months and was supposed to be released on February 4, 2012. However, the camp illegally extended her term. Ms. Yao is currently in the Strictly Monitored Team. She has difficulty in walking as a result of torture.
4. [Wuchang, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Lang Shuying Taken to the Qianjin Forced Labor Camp
At the beginning of January 2012, Ms. Lang Shuying from Nanlaoying Village, Lalin Town, Wuchang, was taken to the Qianjin Forced Labor Camp for a two-year term.
5. [Beijing] Ms. Jia Cuihuan, 43, Sentenced to Two and a Half Years of Forced Labor
6. [Taishan, Shandong Province] Mr. Ruan Xianchou Secretly Sent to Yangjiang Prison
Mr. Ruan Xianchou was taken away by officers from the Taishan 610 Office and the Taishan Police Department on the afternoon of November 26, 2010. In December 2010, the Taishan Procuratorate issued the arrest document. She was secretly sentenced to four years in prison in November 2011. She was sent to Yangjiang Prison in Guangdong Province.
February 7, 2012
(Clearwisdom.net) A "Solemn Declaration" is a person's public statement to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. These statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wish to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Now, they hereby declare their intention to resume practicing Falun Dafa.
Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:
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(Clearwisdom.net) More and more people in China are awakening to the truth and realizing that they were deceived by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into participating in the persecution of Falun Gong, either directly as government officials, police, labor camp guards, etc., or indirectly as practitioners' family members, who in many cases may have cursed Dafa, burned Dafa books, or interfered in various other ways to prevent practitioners from following their beliefs. As a result of this awakening, the Minghui/ Clearwisdom website is receiving increasing numbers of heartfelt messages from non-practitioners who wish to publicly express remorse for their wrongdoing and announce their intention to rectify their words and deeds in the future. The editors will periodically choose representative messages of this type and publish them as articles entitled, "Solemn Statements from Non-Practitioners."
Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:
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(Clearwisdom.net) After the persecution began in July 1999, I was arrested and detained. When I returned to work, my colleagues treating me like a criminal and I was kept at a distance. The managers ignored me like I did not exist and they would intentionally walk away from me. As Dafa disciples began to clarify the truth, more and more people learned about the goodness of Dafa. Because of the special environment in China at the time, they used unique ways to express themselves.
Around Chinese New Year this year, I joined our company party. Many of my colleagues and managers took the initiative to shake hands with me and wish me a happy new year. Some fellow workers told me quietly, “The Shen Yun DVDs you gave us are so nice; all of the programs from start to finish are marvelous!”
Before the party was over, I saw several managers talking in the hallway. I wished them a happy new year. One of them took my hands in his. I said, “Sorry, I just washed my hands and they are still a little bit wet.” To my surprise, he held my hands tighter and answered, “Clean hands are even better. Let me hold them a while longer!” Another manager placed his hands on ours and joined us. He said, “Everything is better now, tomorrow will be even better!” Then more people joined by placing their hands on ours and said, “Include me! Add me!” There was a group of us holding our hands together tightly and grinning! Our smiles came from the bottom of our hearts! We all knew the persecution would soon come to an end.
From not far away, one of the managers from the department who had participated in the persecution was watching us. I think Master was asking him to wake up by showing him how people support Falun Dafa now.
On my way home, I thought about what had happened, and it brought tears to my eyes. People are awakening and the iceberg is melting. The people of China are awaiting a bright future!
(Clearwisdom.net)
“I remember that night clearly. I sat in the soybean field at dusk, tears filling my eyes. I was at my aunt's farm in North Carolina. I begged God to show me the way. I said that I only wanted to do what was right, even if the truth contradicted what I knew.”
Emil Harrison, a college student (艾米·哈里森)
Like others, Emil Harrison had been looking for the truth in many different ways. He wanted to do what was right, but he did not know how. A few days after his prayer, a miracle happened. He said, “Three days later, I started a new job at a summer camp and had a chat with my coworker, who said he had been doing meditation for over a year and half and showed me a copy of Zhuan Falun the next day. I started to read it every day. After reading the book for three weeks, I told him that I wanted to learn the exercise movements. He used the little time he had in the morning before his wedding to teach me the exercises. Then I went home and he went to the church to be married. Later, I went to an experience sharing conference in Washington, D.C. At the meeting, I was amazed to see such a group of selfless people. By joining the activity, I started to truly understand the meaning of Master Li's Fa. I had a new set of principles to follow. I not only understood the reason, but also comprehended the meanings deep in my heart.”
An American, Emil Harrison, did not know Chinese at the time. However, by reading translated materials, he was still able to understand the true meaning of Master Li's Fa. Thus, we can see that the power of the Fa can overcome the language barrier.
John was a shy, 16-year-old high school student in 2008. In April of 2008, he downloaded a translated version of Zhuan Falun. He started reading it two months later. Once he started reading it, many of his questions were answered. John felt that he had to learn more about Falun Gong, the only truth to help people reach salvation.
On September 4, 2010, John went to Manhattan's Chinatown for the first time. He clarified the truth about Falun Gong to Chinese people with a compassionate heart.
Mr. Thomas Dobson is French. During the first year when he started practicing Falun Dafa, he only knew the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and the exercises. He finally obtained a copy of the French version Zhuan Falun and started reading it.
Thomas Dobson, a French Falun Gong practitioner living in Sydney
Mr. Suyana (苏亚那) is from Indonesia. At 23 he was a construction worker when two serious accidents left him in constant pain. One year after practicing Falun Gong, the pain that had troubled him for 27 years was gone. He quit his old habits of smoking and drinking. He read the Indonesian language version of Zhuan Falun. As he was reading Lunyu and Lecture One, he could not stop crying. His heart was filled with happiness.
Mr. Chen Keren from Korea is the CEO and senior manager of an online game website, iwanzi.com. After Mr. Chen started to practice Dafa in 2006, his business, which had been doing poorly, soon turned around. Mr. Chen started learning Falun Gong by reading the Korean version of Zhuan Falun, which he downloaded from the Clearwisdom website. After he finished Zhuan Falun, he went on to read other Dafa books. He just kept on reading, one after another.
Mr. Chen Keren sending forth righteous thoughts at the 101 Building in Taipei
Falun Gong is also called Falun Dafa. Master Li Hongzhi started teaching the practice in 1992 in Changchun, China. Since then it has so far been embraced in over 100 countries. There are several hundred million practitioners worldwide. Falun Gong books have been translated into 39 languages, so that people who do not speak Chinese can read the books and follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Their minds and health will improve.
Ms. Jacey Godre (洁欣·高得瑞) is a college professor at the University of Melbourne. In September 2001, she watched a documentary about Falun Gong on ABC-TV. She was intensely drawn to this cultivation path and started to practice Falun Gong. Doing the exercises, she felt a current of warmth pouring down from her head to her toes. This feeling lasted three months. Also to her surprise, she did not feel fatigued anymore when swimming. She was able to swim without getting out of breath. This happened within three weeks of practicing Falun Gong. She kept on swimming, tears streaming down face. Falun Dafa not only cured her illnesses, it also calmed her mind. She used to have a short temper and always spoke her mind. She never thought about her words hurting others' feelings. Nowadays, she is able to think of others when she speaks and to not blame anyone if things do not go her way.
Ms. Connie Chipkar is a Canadian. She said, “I remember how happy and holy I felt when I joined the nine-day Fa lectures for the first time. My heart felt warm when I shared this experience, I felt the purity of Dafa, and tears ran down my cheeks. I remember I finished reading Zhuan Falun in one day and being completely immersed in it, as if Master was leading me through the pages. Now I get up at five o'clock every day and start my day by reading Zhuan Falun. It seems like Master is rewriting the book for me every day. I also end my day by reading Zhuan Falun. I sleep with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in my mind. Slowly, I sleep less and less and read more and more. Truthfulness has harmonized my life.”
Mr. Micheal Hackmayer is a gardener in Germany. In the 1980s, Michael was a lead singer and played the keyboard for the band “Wild Frontier.” He was a popular young man with long hair who danced and sang on stage. He left the band because his throat was bothering him. He became a gardener. In 2002, he read Zhuan Falun and thought the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance were very good, and he wanted to be someone like that. After learning the exercises, his back pain was gone. He had tried many remedies for this problem before, but none had worked.
Micheal Hackmayer
Former rock singer Michael changed his singing style. In January 2005, Michael performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in a Chinese New Year concert.
As Michael started to sing again, he discovered that his throat was recovering slowly. His style of singing had also changed in a positive way. His long hair and trendy clothing were replaced by a crew cut and suit. A mellow country tone replaced the hard rock style. Immer feiner, Immer klarer is the first song written and sung by Michael since he started cultivation. There is a story to this song.
“Half a year after I began cultivating, I had a desire to use music to express the changes Dafa had on me. Once when I was scraping mud off the potatoes, these words came to mind: “Immer feiner, immer klarer.” A melody also appeared in my head. The melody played again and again in my head, and it became more and more clear. During the next two to three weeks, this melody kept on playing in my head, and the rhyme and lyrics became more and more enriched. Eventually it became a complete song.”
Part of the lyrics go like this:
“My heart is very sober
Therefore, greed, fear, and pain have no place in it
I began to feel tranquil
because the truth is in my mind
It is unshakable
I then knew where I was
Zhen is truthfulness
Shan is compassion
Ren is forbearance
Finer and clearer
Every word is deeply reflected”
A German used a lyric written in German to express his mental state. This is no different from Chinese Dafa practitioners using Chinese to express their state of mind. Falun Dafa has helped practitioners became more and more peaceful and more and more harmonized with the characteristics of the universe, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
In fact, many people from different countries around the world can find true happiness in Falun Dafa. Although the Falun Dafa teachings were originally written in Chinese, the power of the truth can never be limited by language.
(Clearwisdom.net) I grew up in a city and am the only daughter in my family. I didn't experience difficult times when I was young; the only thing that made me unhappy was when my parents quarreled, which was quite often. As a child, I decided that I would never marry someone with a bad temper. However, things didn't turn out that way.
I was waiting to marry someone whom I could trust and who could understand me. I had a boyfriend for a long time who treated me quite well, but I didn't think that I'd marry him. Later, I met my future husband. However, he was hot-tempered, impetuous, amenable to coaxing (but not coercion), and didn't understand how to back off. We had many arguments following our marriage. The thoughts “leave him” and “divorce him now” occurred to me regularly. I understood the Dafa principle of needing to look inward for the cause of tribulations, but I couldn't figure out the root cause. I felt really bad and like I was being mistreated.
I lived far from all of my relatives and felt that there wasn't anyone around to help me, which also hurt. I cried a lot. I asked myself frequently, “How long can this marriage last?”
Whenever my husband thought that I did something wrong, he'd use strong language to criticize me, and I usually reacted negatively to his comments. He also lectured me in front of other practitioners, showing no respect for me. This caused me to fight back. At first, I thought that our problem was due to our differences in background, education, character and habits. I thought that he was ingrained with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) culture, so I wanted to help him to correct this. I thought that he had a bad attitude, and always looking down on people. I didn't think that I needed to change.
We had another argument recently, and I felt really bad and helpless. Why was marriage so different from my expectations? I wanted to calm down and think carefully about the problem. Then, I read the section in Zhuan Falun about Han Xin, who didn't mind being humiliated. I realized that I'd failed to practice forbearance, and that I always wanted to win. I wanted to protect my name and dignity. During my school years or in an office environment, I put in a lot of effort to make sure that I was ahead of others. I did everything necessary to earn other people's respect. This strong desire for respect hasn't changed, and now I'm really ashamed that I didn't see this earlier. I might also have held on to the same pursuit in my Dafa work, which could be the cause for my not getting along well with other practitioners.
Teacher said,
“To tell you the truth, the entire cultivation process for a practitioner is one of constantly giving up human attachments. In ordinary human society, people compete with, deceive, and harm each other for a little personal gain. All of these mentalities must be given up.” (Zhuan Falun)
I was hoping for a harmonious and happy relationship. I now realize that this was my root attachment. I recalled that the reason I had decided to practice cultivation was because I couldn't handle my emotions. I was disappointed with all of the standard problems facing every human being, such as illness, old age and death. I was looking for salvation. Things became better after I began cultivation practice, but gradually, I lagged behind in Fa study. Then, I began hoping for a good marriage and a life without pain. I was also attached to the belief that I was right and didn't have to change. I forgot about the true purpose of cultivation.
Now, I know that I should keep looking inward to identify my attachments and apply the Fa to wake myself up. I can't make progress if I don't find my attachments and remove them. This would also mean that I'm still holding on to human notions and attachments, making it difficult for me to deal with tribulations. Although I know there are more attachments to uncover as I continue to look inward, I wrote this article to share with fellow practitioners and as a reminder for myself.
Please point out anything inappropriate.
(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioners cultivate while in ordinary people's society. In the beginning of our cultivation, we feel that we have done well and passed many xinxing tests. However, at some point, we suddenly feel that everything is not going right and we are almost no different from everyday people. If we don't study the Fa on a regular basis and our righteous thoughts aren't strong, we may begin to think, “How come I don't see any improvement? I am still the same as before. How come I don't have supernormal abilities after cultivating for so long?”
From studying the Fa, we know that Teacher immediately separates the part of us that has reached the standard in cultivation so that we can continue to cultivate in society and validate the Fa. This way, it is guaranteed the part that has consummated will not be contaminated.
Each time we elevate towards a higher realm, we have to remove something from our ordinary side. Teacher said,
“That is why it's said that always cultivating as if you were just starting will surely result in achieving your ultimate rank.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference”)
It is my understanding that only if we cultivate this way will our true selves reach consummation. All the cultivation methods before were simply laying a foundation for today's people to obtain Dafa. These methods only allowed one's assistant spirit to reach consummation. In Falun Dafa, the part that has reached consummation is constantly separated in another dimension, so that we can continue to cultivate as though we are just starting as everyday people.
After practicing for a long time, we know that we have achieved something with Teacher's compassionate salvation. However, we can't see our “achievements” as they are separated in another dimension and we will still have human notions and attachments that haven't been completely eliminated.
When we fail to coordinate and cooperate well in a project, we must treat issues with righteous thoughts. We shouldn't have any kind of opinions about practitioners who don't cooperate well with us. We should treat them with compassion since practitioners are still cultivating with their human side and sometimes they will make mistakes. When conflicts arise, it is a good thing. If both parties can treat the conflicts with righteous thoughts and look within for their attachments, then the conflicts become a stairway to higher levels.
In addition, we should not get frustrated and pessimistic in cultivation. We need to realize that even though we can't see how we are doing in cultivation, the changes that have occurred in every dimension are huge. So, we should be confident that we have cultivated to a high level.
We should cultivate like when we first obtained the Fa—how we couldn't put Zhuan Falun down as we constantly studied it and how we did the exercises regularly. We also paid attention to our thoughts at all times and tried hard to suppress any negative thoughts. When conflicts occurred, we looked within unconditionally while continuing to treat the other person with compassion. We didn't fight back when being punched or insulted. We constantly upgraded our xinxing and did the three things Teacher asks us to do. To progress diligently like this, we will definitely reach the ultimate level.
Lastly, I would like to mention that we shouldn't feel zealous when we feel we have achieved a lot in cultivation, and we should pay attention to the demons emerging from our own minds.
(Clearwisdom.net) When I was at the lowest point of my life, I felt lost and my job search prospects were few. I met a friend on the Internet who had the same major as me. We discussed what happiness was. I told him I believed in Buddha. He told me he believed in Falun Dafa, which was also the Buddha Fa. I found this interesting because I had heard of Falun Dafa a few months prior, when I was watching free movies online. There were two movies I liked the most. In the middle of the movies, they played some Falun Gong truth-clarifying videos. I was surprised by the videos and they gave me a different understanding about Falun Gong. But the next day, I was unable to explore the website again. This Internet friend asked me to meet his other friend. The day before I met with him, I had a dream that I was in an ancient time. An old Taoist priest sat on a bed. I was a young Taoist, about seven or eight years old, standing in front of him. It was like an everyday person's interview. I saw the priest throw a bamboo stick and say, “This child can be taught.” I was very happy and walked out of the room.
In July 2005, I was fortunate to obtain the Fa.
Truly Experiencing the Magnificence of Falun Dafa After Obtaining the Fa
When I had just obtained the Fa, I heard from fellow practitioners about Master's recent Fa lectures, which I knew nothing about. I was very anxious. Every day when I got up, I would sit in front of the computer to study the Fa. I only pursued the quantity and speed and had the attachment of anxiety. I did not know what cultivation was yet. Every day I just wanted to read the Fa and I lost interest in everyday things such as exploring the Internet, singing songs, and playing poker. Once, I fell asleep while reading the Fa. I was in a half-asleep, half-awake state. I saw something like a phonograph turning fast and playing sounds. It called my name and said, “Wake up! Read the book.” I did not realize that this was to enlighten me, so I turned my body and kept sleeping. Soon I heard a big sound in one of my ears. I immediately dug into my ear and found a small fly inside. Later on, every time I woke up late in the morning, I could hear a noise from the radiator pipe. Master helped me and reminded me to advance diligently all the time. Right now I cannot be numb and lazy anymore. I should cultivate myself like I did when I first started cultivation.
Soon after I obtained the Fa, I woke up one morning and had pain throughout my whole body. It felt like I had a heavy cold and my throat was so husky that I could not speak. I called my sister, and she said I was sick. I had originally planned to go back home to visit my parents that day. She told me to take medicine as soon as possible. I thought I was not sick and that it was Master was adjusting my body. So I just drank some water. I did not eat and just lay on the bed and slept. Around 10:00 p.m. that night, I woke up feeling energetic. The feeling of the heavy cold was completely gone. I was surprised to experience the incredible benefits of Falun Gong. The next morning, I told my sister what happened. She could not believe it. She knew I could not talk the day before. But now I could talk clearly. She was really amazed.
I immersed myself in the Fa every day and I was very happy. Others were busy finding a job, but I was able to find a very satisfying job easily within three days. It was all because of the fortune I received after obtaining the Fa. I walked lightly and truly experienced the feeling of being illness-free. The Falun Dafa books revealed every truth about cultivation and convinced me. On the day I obtained the Fa, when I was talking with the friend who gave me Zhuan Falun, I suddenly had a chill. From reading the Fa, I believed that I had had spirit possession, and that at that moment Master removed it for me. I was very grateful to Master. I also encountered some interference as a new practitioner. Once when I was about to practice the exercises, the people next door started to play music on their computer. I was not happy. Another time, I increased the volume of the exercise music, but when someone passed by in front of the building and talked, I was startled. My friends sometimes suddenly scolded me in front of others. I was also the only person forced out of my dorm. I knew I encountered those things because I was starting to cultivate. It was to help me to eliminate karma and improve my xinxing. I followed what Master told us to do and easily passed the tests.
Breaking Through Family Tribulations
My attachments of zealotry and anxiety soon came out. When I went back home, I immediately asked my parents to withdraw from Chinese Communist Party (CCP). All of a sudden, they started looking at me like I was an enemy. I found this unusual since I had been in their favor since childhood. When I looked at my mother's harsh and disappointed eyes and my father's silence, smoking on the side, I cried. But I knew that I was becoming a good person, and that I did nothing wrong, so I wouldn't be moved. My parents were good people and they knew that Falun Gong was good. But their fear drove them to try to force me to quit cultivation. My mother told me irrationally that she would send me to the local police station and the CCP residence committee. I told them I was not afraid. CCP culture had really harmed people and caused family to stay away from each other. I brought some truth-clarifying materials home and wanted to let my parents read them. But when I saw them get really angry, I did not give the materials to them. When I went out, my parents searched my things and took away the materials. When my mother told me that my father had burned all of my truth-clarification materials, I cried and knelt down. I said, “You are committing crimes. You are wrong. Give me my book now!” My mother saw I was really anxious and immediately said that they did not burn them at all. During that period, when I read Falun Dafa books in my room and my mother came out of her room, I immediately hid the book and I got nervous in my heart. My three-year-old niece helped to watch the door. Once my mother said angrily, “How come we raised someone like you?” I hung my head down helplessly. Then my niece crawled onto my shoulder and told me, “You are really the fortune of our family.” I was surprised that a little child could say something like this. I knew Master was encouraging me. I took my niece for a walk outside. I asked her what should I do and whether I should keep the truth-clarifying materials at home or not. She said with an adult's tone, “They can understand gradually.” I smiled. Master was encouraging me again using the child's mouth. When I went back home, I adjusted my state and took a righteous approach when reading Falun Dafa books. I was reading the best book in the world and should not have any fear. After I had this thought, I was able to read Falun Dafa books with a calm mind, without caring whether my mother went back and forth. Every time when I went back home, I brought things my parents liked to eat and bought medicine for them when they were sick. I gave them what they needed the most and cared for them in their everyday matters. When they were confused about something, I used Falun Dafa's principles to help them to analyze the situation and let them feel the greatness of Falun Dafa. I also exposed CCP's lies of the staged Tiananmen Square “self-immolation” and told them that contrary to what the CCP media claims, the practice does not forbid us to not take medicine, does not collect money from us, and does not prohibit marriage or having children. I told them the importance of withdrawing from the CCP and played truth-clarifying DVDs for them. I also played Shen Yun DVDs for them. After a while, I was able to study the Fa and practice the exercises freely. My father quietly read the truth-clarifying materials and my mother really liked listening and singing the Falun Dafa songs.
A few days ago, my father went to a reunion with his relatives. They talked about how I practiced Falun Gong. When my father went back home, he complained to my mother about how they did not stop me from practicing Falun Gong. My mother then complained to me. I told my mother, “We need to have principles as human beings. I choose Falun Dafa because of its righteousness and compassion. If you support Falun Dafa and treat Falun Dafa well, you will be rewarded with blessings for many lives. Although there are some temporary pressures, if we are follow our consciences, we do not need to care about what others say. If they want to talk, you can ask them to talk to me.” I obtained the Fa rationally. No one can move my heart of cultivation. Only Master's words count, no one else's. It was not a coincidence that this had happened. We lived far away from my relatives and I did not clarify the truth to them enough. I needed to send righteous thoughts more and constantly clarify the truth to my relatives and friends with compassion to save them. I remembered that a young practitioner who just obtained the Fa and whose Third Eye was open told me that when her father got mad at her and slandered Falun Dafa, she saw demons in other dimensions using ropes to control her father's mouth to speak. When she sent righteous thoughts, the demons ran away and her father's attitude completely changed. He supported her cultivating Falun Dafa again. Without the old forces' factors behind them, what can man do to gods? When we see through the illusion and firm up our minds for cultivation, we realize that Master controls everything.
Improving Xinxing by Doing the Three Things Well
1. Study the Fa with a Focused Mind
During my Fa-study for past few years, I generally could study the Fa with calm mind. I could finish reading one lecture of Zhuan Falun within 40 minutes. But most of the time I leaned against a wall while reading and laid down to rest for a while when I got tired. I basically did not sit upright to study the Fa. During group Fa-study, some practice sites had strict requirements. But some sites did not have strict requirement and practitioners studied the Fa in all kinds of positions. As a practitioner who obtained the Fa after July 20, 1999, I felt like the practitioners who obtained the Fa earlier could really affect the newer practitioners. Recently when I studied Master's new articles and shared experiences with other practitioners, I realized that I was stuck at the same level for a really long time. I felt sleepy and my mind went somewhere else while studying the Fa. I dreamed that demons had given me a pillow. I started to get anxious. I did not truly study the Fa well. First of all, I did not truly respect Master and the Fa. After Master's lecture “Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa” was published, I started to reexamine the effect of my Fa-study. Did I truly assimilate to the Fa after studying the Fa? I even read an experience sharing article that a practitioner always sat in the lotus position while studying the Fa and never leaned against the wall or stretched his legs. I also used to be strict with myself during Fa-study. But my attachment of comfort still took control and I did not insist on doing it. Now I realize that only if I respect Master and the Fa and get rid of the attachment of comfort, can I study the Fa with focused mind. One practitioner said that only when our posture is correct during Fa study, can the Fa principles reveal themselves. I think this is right. How could Dafa reveal its principles to those who do not treat Dafa with seriousness and who are not strict with themselves?
In addition, the younger practitioners tend to read the Fa faster. But I feel the medium speed is the best. First of all, we should let go of all the distracting thoughts and have the thoughts which let all the sentient beings in our world assimilate to Dafa. If we rectify our starting point with studying the Fa, and find our attachments and get rid of them, we can study the Fa with a focused mind. Reciting the Fa is also a good way to assimilate to the Fa. I started with reciting Hong Yin, which allowed me to constrain myself, enlighten, and firm up my righteous thoughts at critical moments. Master said,
“The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts.” (“Drive Out Interference”, Essentials for Further Advancement II)
So to study the Fa well is the fundamental part of cultivating oneself well. The closer we walk to the end of Fa-rectification, the narrower the righteous path becomes, and the higher the requirements Dafa has for us.
2. The Exercise Movements Need to Follow the Standard
Some practitioners have said that if our exercise movements do not follow the standard and do not follow Master's instructions, this is also not respecting Master and the Fa and we cannot change our bodies. I did not have the chance take part with group exercises before July 20, 1999. I only watched the exercise video and showed my movements to other practitioners. I thought: a Great Way is extremely simple and easy and Master told us the movements should follow along effortlessly. I thought my mechanisms were already good. This was until once after we practiced the exercises, a practitioner asked me to read The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa. After I studied the book, I realized the importance of the first movement, especially the “stretching”, which I did not fully do. Recently, a practitioner came to my home to practice the morning exercises. Then he corrected my movements from the first exercise to the fifth exercise. When we shared experiences during the group Fa-study, the practitioners all realized that we all had some movements not following the standard. We watched Master's demonstration video and compared our movements one by one. I completely read The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa again and I understood that Master was helping practitioners to rectify ourselves within the Fa. I heard that some senior practitioners were even turning the Law Wheel counter-clockwise at the end of the third exercise. I suggested all the practitioners should read The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa again and correct our movements. We must cultivate ourselves without any omissions.
3. We Must Be Fully Focused While Sending Righteous Thoughts
For past few years, when I sent righteous thoughts, I usually could not feel any energy or warmth and could not see anything. For the four global sending righteous thoughts times, I either had work to do or was trapped with something else. I could not guarantee doing the righteous thoughts at the set times. And I also did not cooperate well with the local sending righteous thoughts times for a long time. I looked inward and found that I was not paying attention to it and I did not have clear understanding of sending righteous thoughts. I did not have a strong responsibility to fulfill my oath and was not strict with myself. During an experience sharing, a practitioner said that it was very important to clean our thoughts for the first five minutes and suggested we should clean our own dimensions often. I repeatedly studied the related Fa Master taught, recited the Fa-rectification verses correctly and seriously cleaned my own dimensions. When I send righteous thoughts, my mind must be absolutely clear, since it is a big fight between good and evil in other dimensions and we must concentrate. Otherwise the evil will escape or we may have big losses. By eliminating the evil, we can avoid interference and can save sentient beings better.
4. Having Compassion While Clarify the Truth
When we clarify the truth, if we do not differentiate people and really consider them with compassion, the effect of our truth-clarification will be good. I found topics to initiate conversations according to the person's age, career, and local conditions. If there is enough time, I try my best to clarify the truth and do not brush it off. When I talk with seniors, I bring up health topics and the power of Falun Dafa to eliminate illnesses. I also talk about how expensive medicine is, how difficult it is to find medical treatment, and how corrupt the CCP is. Then I lead the conversation to withdrawing from the CCP and its related organizations. If I take a motorcycle taxi, I first remind the driver to wear the safety helmet. The driver then can tell that I am a kindhearted person. Then I tell him the greatness of Falun Dafa and the facts about the CCP-staged Tiananmen Square “self-immolation.” Then I persuade him to quit CCP. When I take a taxi and see the drivers hanging amulets in the car, I tell them the real way to keep safe is to recite “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Every day when I read practitioners' articles and truth-clarification materials on the Internet, I intentionally recite some materials. Before I clarify the truth, I send righteous thoughts and ask Master's help to bring predestined people to me. I figure out a few aliases up front based on other practitioners' experiences or the names of the local shops, places and stations. After clarifying the truth, I do not forget to tell them if they spread the truth, that they will be rewarded with good. But, when I clarified the truth to my family members in the past, I easily got emotional instead of rational. I forgot to send righteous thoughts and did not treat them as sentient beings.
Actually no matter how good the other person's attitude is or how good the effect of the truth-clarification, we should pay attention to the process and not argue with everyday people. We should not be moved by the result and should not have any attachments of zealotry or disappointment. We should have righteous thoughts and actions. The process of clarifying the truth is also the process of cultivating oneself. If we believe “The cultivation is up to you, gong is up to the master” (Zhuan Falun), it is not difficult to clarify the truth face to face. Certainly I have not fully achieved what Master said about not missing any predestined people. Sometimes I have been interfered with by human notions and selfishness. Afterward I was very regretful. Most of the time when it happened, it is mainly because my Fa-study was not good and I did not have strong righteous thoughts. Sometimes it was really that one thought that caused me miss the predestined person.
My cultivation still has a big gap compared to other practitioners. The Fa-rectification has already reached the end. But I am constantly interfered with by the human notions and cut corners in my cultivation, and am not strict with myself. Certainly I won't acknowledge this as my true self and I absolutely won't walk the path arranged by the old forces. The process of writing this experience sharing is also a process of cultivation, which lets me clearly see my shortcomings, and allows me to advance diligently. I cannot always take from other practitioners' experiences-- I should write more experience sharing articles in the future too, not for the pursuit of getting it published, but to improve myself as a whole and help Master to rectify the Fa.
Thank you Master for your compassionate salvation.
Please kindly point out anything incorrect in my understanding.
(Clearwisdom.net) Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while beating, torturing, and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.
For more than 10 years, the Chinese Communist regime has spread lies slandering Falun Gong, and the public has been seriously and unfairly victimized. Members of the Party's various political organizations and 610 Office have become the regime's accomplices in its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. These accomplices have been the most thoroughly poisoned by the propaganda and have consequently suffered karmic retribution for their involvement in the persecution.
Police Officer Zhang Chuan Died at 50
Zhang Chuan was a police officer with the Zhong District Domestic Security Division in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. For a long time, he was an active participant in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In early January 2012, Zhang, who was in robust health, was diagnosed with liver cancer. Just 12 days later, on January 20, he died in extreme pain at the mere age of 50.
Domestic Division Deputy Head Chen Jie Has Cancer
Chen Jie, deputy head of the Yancheng City Domestic Security Division in Jiangsu Province, has been actively involved in the persecution of practitioners for many years in order to gain promotion and favor with the communist regime. He arrested and persecuted many practitioners in Yancheng City. Chen now suffers from cancer.
Shi Huanjin, Hebei Province 610 Office Head, Brought Misfortune to His Family
Shi Huanjin worked in Yangmazhuang Township before the regime began its persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999. After the persecution began, he was an active participant in the township and was consequently promoted to deputy head of the county 610 Office.
Practitioners told him the facts about Falun Gong many times, but he refused to listen. Later on, his leg hurt so much he could not go to work. When practitioners went to visit him at home and explained the facts to him while he was in pain, he understood that Dafa is good. As a result, the pain in his leg slowly subsided. However, when he returned to work, he continued to take part in the persecution. For instance, he was responsible for the death of practitioner Han Zhenju, who was tortured in Tangshan Forced Labor Camp. Practitioner Xing Bofeng was detained many times, his house was ransacked, and he was sent to a brainwashing center and subsequently sentenced to five years in prison. His son, Xing Yunsheng, was also sent to a brainwashing center while his wife, Wang Xiuhua, was sent to the labor camp twice, was arrested numerous times, had funds extorted from her, and was sent to a brainwashing center. Shi was responsible for all these evil deeds.
Recently, Shi collaborated with agents to organize a brainwashing session to persecute practitioners. His evil deeds have brought him karmic retribution and brought misfortune to his wife, who developed a brain tumor. Despite an operation and medical treatments costing tens of thousands yuan, she died on February 6, 2012.
Deputy Head of Fujin City 610 Office in Heilongjiang Province Participated in Persecuting Practitioners and Suffered Karmic Retribution
Bai Zhiqiang was born in 1971. He asked to be transferred from Fujin City Court to the Fujin 610 Office to participate in the persecution.
During his tenure, a dozen practitioners were persecuted. He also sent Wang Shufan to Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center for forced labor and persecution. On many occasions, he pressured the education and residential committee to persecute practitioners. From the winter of 2010 to the summer of 2011, he instigated the residential committee, municipal engineering office, and education bureau to persecute practitioners working in these organizations.
Bai was quickly promoted to deputy head of the Fujin City 610 Office through his involvement in the persecution. During the 2012 Chinese New Year's holiday, he had to take his 15-year-old daughter, who suffers from terminal leukemia, to the hospital for four chemotherapy sessions. As a result of his evil deeds, Bai's family can have no peace.