Facing the Evil with Righteous Thoughts Allowed Me to Dissolve Tribulations

(Minghui.org) I am a veteran Falun Dafa practitioner who obtained the Fa in 1996. After the persecution was launched on July 20, 1999, I was busy validating the Fa, and counteracting harassment from the evil every day. Thus, I neglected Fa-study and could only remember a little portion from the new scriptures. I could only remember one sentence from some new scriptures. However, just that one sentence helped me pass one test after another while I was imprisoned for four years. 

Another practitioner and I were taken to Jixi Prison in Heilongjiang Province on July 20, 2002. I was assigned to do hard labor at a coal mine. A guard named Li Lianying ordered the inmates to persecute me. One time, when I was working at the coal mine, an inmate surnamed Gao struck the back of my head with a big lump of coal. Even though the lump of coal broke, I wasn’t hurt. All the inmates knew that Gao was ordered by Li Lianying to hit me. 

Later, another inmate made trouble for me. He hit the top of my head with an iron shovel. At that time, I thought of one sentence of the Fa, “...face the evil people with righteous thoughts at all times.” (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts Are Powerful,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II) Then I stared straight at him and kept sending forth righteous thoughts without moving. We all wore headlamps, so I could see his face clearly. I looked straight into his eyes, and I counted the times he struck me. After he hit me 42 times, he threw the shovel down and said, “From now on, I won’t hit you again no matter who tells me to.”

A few years later, I came across a former inmate. He said, “Not long after you were released, that guard Li Lianying suddenly died at his office desk. The inmate, Gao, who struck you with the big lump of coal, was hit by a stone in his temple during a blasting at the mine and died.”

A director at the Jixi Prison named Jiang Zhenying attempted to “transform” me. He talked to me many times, but couldn’t “transform” me. Then, he ordered some inmates to torture me. I was forbidden to leave the cell, to move around, or to go to the canteen to eat. I was forced to sit on a small stool all day, being overseen by the “monitors.” 

One day after 10:00 am, Jiang Zhenying took over 10 guards and went to the Second Brigade where I was detained. Each of them carried a pickaxe handle. They called me to the meeting room and did the so-called “language education” first. I thought of the Fa again, “...face the evil people with righteous thoughts at all times.” (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts Are Powerful,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II) I stared straight into Jiang’s eyes, and didn’t listen to what he was saying. At the beginning his eyes had a very ferocious look, but gradually his eyes became timid. Nearly three minutes later, he lowered his eyes and said, “Let’s go.” All the other guards, and over 100 inmates watched the entire incident. 

After the guards left, all the inmates were whispering, “This time, this inmate has won!” An inmate said to me, “If you hadn’t won today, you would have died today.” I knew it was Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, who was beside me, protecting me, and helping me dissolve each tribulation.