(Minghui.org) Throughout my cultivation Master encouraged me to do better when telling people about Falun Gong and the persecution.
I learned that to change people's thinking and attitude, the compassion of a practitioner can make a big difference. But, only when we let go of self, can our compassion emerge. Master then can do everything for us. Master said:
“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in springRighteous thoughts can save the people in this world,” (“The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos” from Hong Yin II)
After I was taken to a police department, I knew clearly that the officers needed to be told the facts about Falun Gong. Therefore, I talked to every single officer. One officer watched the Shen Yun performance DVD and the entire area heard the Shen Yun music.
While I was driven to a detention center I told the officers the facts about Falun Gong. One of them was my former colleague who asked that I cooperate with police. I let go of any concern about my safety and talked to him extensively about Falun Gong. He listened carefully and quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
At the detention center, guards beat me because I refused to wear the prison uniform and recited the Falun Gong teachings loudly. I said, “We are practitioners. If we follow your orders, it would be the same as harming you. It is for your own good that we don't cooperate.”
When they tied me up, a guard tried to put the uniform on me. As a result, his legs hurt for many days. He ordered the prisoners to put the uniform on me and all refused because I had told them the facts about Falun Gong.
I thought that as long as I had a thought that I wanted to talk about the practice, Master would arrange opportunities. I created an environment where inmates and guards talked to others about Falun Gong and benefited, while everyone also witnessed what happened to whoever persecuted me.
The prison head told an inmate who had killed someone, but was only sentenced to three years in prison, that he benefited from treating me humanly. This inmate was very helpful. When I did the exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts, I missed meal time. He prepared my meal and waited for me and said, “You do the exercises and cultivate in Falun Gong and we all will benefit.” Everyday he recited “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!”
A mosquito landed on me and I told it to remember that Falun Gong is good and that it has to reincarnate if it wants to study Falun Gong. The inmates laughed. The mosquito flew towards the inmate who helped me and died. Everyone stopped laughing.
Many guards quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. One guard told me that he wanted to be transferred to the headquarters. I told him that since he understood the facts about Falun Gong and had quit the CCP, it would be just a matter of time before he would most likely be transferred. He was later transferred to the headquarters.
I considered every interrogation an opportunity to talk about Falun Gong and I was not even once bothered about anyone's attitude. I was determined to persuade everyone to quit the CCP.
Only once did I forget to talk about Falun Gong. Therefore, the deputy presiding judge asked: “I heard that you talk to everyone about Falun Gong. Why didn't you tell me the facts?” I realized that all sentient beings should have an equal opportunity to learn the facts about the practice.
A section in the prison was solely used for persecuting practitioners. Inmates assigned to this area do not perform labor, but they have to persecute practitioners.
In the prison, I continued to talk about Falun Gong and answered everyone’s questions, although I was told that the transformation rate was 100%. The inmate assigned to transform me told me he would no longer try to transform me.
A team leader in this section was reported by Minghui.org for persecuting practitioners. I treated him as my friend. I watched the video recording of the Tiananmen Self-immolation hoax with him, and pointed out everything that showed that it was staged.
He then quit the CCP. The next day his face changed color. This was not the first time I have seen people's face color change and become more vibrant once they understood the facts about Falun Gong.
He brought a Falun Gong truth clarification flyer to the prison and everyone in the prison got to read it. He was transferred to the logistics department, and no longer participated in the persecution of practitioners.
During an inspection, I did not move my Falun Gong books. Therefore, the team leader sat on my bed. The guards left my bed alone. During a prison-wide inspection, one guard took my bag with the Falun Gong books to his office and returned it after the inspection.
I first met the prison head when he was inspecting our section. He said that he hoped that I would be transformed, I retorted that I also held an expectation. He seemed shocked. The team leader told the prison head that I was trying to transform him and that nobody could win an argument with me.
The prison head had not even once inspected our section in the past. To me this was a clear indication that he wanted to hear the facts about Falun Gong. I wrote him a letter since I felt writing could explain things more thoroughly. In the letter, I spoke of my cultivation experience.
When writing the letter, my hand writing changed in the last half of the page of the letter. I was shocked and re-wrote it and my hand writing still looked so beautiful.
When I submitted the letter, the prisoner who monitored me was afraid of giving it to the prison head while he was inspecting the prison. He heard us arguing and asked what was going on. He recognized me, accepted the letter, said that he liked my handwriting and that he would read the letter later. This letter focused on people benefiting for treating practitioners well.
I then wrote another letter that focused on quitting the CCP and gave examples. I wanted him to know that the opportunity of quitting the CCP is the mercy that Falun Gong gives to human beings. I wrote a third letter to bring out his righteous thoughts. I could feel his change and he protected me and other practitioners from then on.
I have always tried to cultivate true compassion, which only comes from solid cultivation. The more strictly you discipline yourself, the more powerful are your righteous thoughts and the more enormous is one's compassion. Therefore, cultivating yourself well is extremely important.