Obtaining the Fa in a Detention Center and Saving Sentient Beings in Prison

(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Dafa for 21 years, and I have a lot of stories to tell. I’d like to share some of my important experiences with you.

I was in a detention center after being involved in an economic dispute in March 2004. I was very distressed and asked a family member to bring me some books via inside connections so I could dispel my anxiety. Several days later, a Falun Dafa practitioner was brought into the cell. She was detained for distributing truth-clarification materials. I had no negative feelings toward her but didn’t quite understand her. During the first two days, I read my books and she practiced her Dafa exercises.

There was a blackout in the cell on the third day, so I couldn’t read my books. The practitioner was not affected. She recited the Fa and practiced the exercises as usual. It was a long night and I didn’t know how I would get through the night. When the practitioner took a break, I chatted with her about life, work, and health. She told me that she had recovered from hepatitis A because she practices Falun Dafa, and her colleagues and managers appreciated her very much because her xinxing had improved after practicing.

I asked the guard to change the bulb the next day. I thought that I would be able to read that night. But the power was still out and I couldn’t read. We continued our chat. The practitioner told me amazing cultivation stories from her own experiences, as well as stories from other practitioners who had shared on the Minghui website. She also talked about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-staged Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident. I finally understood that Falun Dafa had been wronged. I started to enjoy chatting with her. We chatted until midnight.

In the morning of the third day, I asked the guard to check the power again to find out why the lights were still off. An electrician came and didn’t find the problem, but the lights were still out that night.

The practitioner and I chatted again. She had been detained several times because she had clarified the truth and given out flyers to people. I felt sympathy for her. I suggested that she talk about the universal values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance first, and when people acknowledged these principles she could tell them about Falun Dafa; in this way people would understand Falun Dafa more easily.

She wrote down some poems from Hong Yin on the blank parts of a magazine. I was curious and took the magazine to read them. I saw the poem “An Upright Person.” I felt that it was so profound. I had been detained because I had been pursing reputation, profit, and emotion. I memorized the poem immediately. At night she practiced the exercises and I recited the poem “An Upright Person.” I felt that my heart had opened up.

The practitioner sat in the lotus position when practicing the fifth exercise. It looked difficult to me. I asked her if it was painful. She said, “No. When I just started, it was very painful. I went through a painful period.” She saw how I sat on the bench, and she said that I would be able to sit in the full lotus position. I was very happy to hear this and wanted to give it a try. She slowly put my legs in position, then told me to touch the tip of my tongue to my hard palate, leave a little space between my teeth, close my lips, gently shut my eyes, and conjoin my hands. When I completed the process, an amazing thing happened. I felt that my mind was blank and I was in a sacred and wonderful state. It was magnificent. I then knew that Falun Dafa was what I had been searching for and I wanted to practice Falun Dafa, escape from the sea of human suffering, and return to my original home.

On the fourth night, the power came back on and everything was back to normal. But I didn’t need the light. I learned and recited the Fa, and practiced the exercises with the practitioner. I was released after staying in the detention center for 28 days. I have practiced Falun Dafa ever since.

Suffocating the Evil and Saving Sentient Beings in Prison

In June 2019 I was arrested for putting up truth-clarification posters and was sentenced to five years in prison. I clarified the truth to the inmates while I was incarcerated. Two inmates learned the Falun Dafa exercises. One of them bought a copy of Zhuan Falun after she was released.

I was taken to the Jiangxi Women’s Prison in October 2022. The guard ordered three inmates to watch me. The leader of the three spearheaded the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. She used various means to force practitioners to become “transformed.” I always treated her kindly, whether she acted hypercritically or showed her evil side.

Once, the lead inmate ordered me to squat. I squatted for about an hour. I then realized that I shouldn’t cooperate with the persecution. She didn’t know that she was creating karma for herself. I sat down on the ground. She became furious and tried to drag me up. She pulled me up so hard that all the buttons on my clothes were torn off. I didn’t move. I told her that I didn’t want to harm her. She swore at me, hit me, and was about to kick me. I said seriously, “Don’t move. It will not do you any good if you kick me.” She didn’t move. It might have been that my righteous thoughts subdued her intended actions.

The next day, the lead inmate forced me to stand stock still from morning till night. I stood there reciting “On Dafa” 50 times, as well as the exercise verses and poems from Hong Yin. I stood for more than 10 days and was not “transformed.” The guard then ordered the lead inmate to forbid me from washing, and they only allowed me to go to the toilet twice a day. I was only allowed to eat a bun for breakfast and a spoonful of rice for lunch and dinner. The guard said that as long as I didn’t die from starvation, the hunger torture was fine. I was also tortured with standing during the day and squatting until 11:30 p.m.

One morning, an inmate secretly asked me to eat the egg that belonged to me while the lead inmate was not in. When she came back, the lead inmate asked who ate the egg. I said it was me. She was furious and swore at me and hit me in the face and head. Later, I saw her walking to the dining hall at lunch time supported by another inmate. I forgot what she had done to me in the morning and asked with concern what had happened to her. She said, “I got a bad headache suddenly at work this morning. I have seen the doctor. But I still have a headache. I rested all morning.” I knew that she received instant retribution for abusing a Dafa practitioner. I had once told her the principle of karmic retribution, so she might understand it now. The lead inmate no longer hit me and didn’t get angry with me any more. Before she left the prison, she reminded me not to say too much and added that she hoped I would spend the remaining days in the detention center safely.

The new political instructor wanted to make a breakthrough with me and ordered me to write my understanding of Falun Dafa. She said that I could write whatever I wanted. I grabbed this rare opportunity and wrote about how I became healthy after I practiced Falun Dafa, how I got along well with my mother-in-law after I started cultivation, how amazing Falun Dafa is, how the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident was staged, and how good people will be rewarded and those who side with evil will meet with karmic retribution. I wrote about a real example of retribution that had happened in the cell. She read my report but didn’t say anything. I assume that she acknowledged what I wrote.

I asked one of the inmates who monitored me to pass my report to the political instructor. The inmate read my report and didn’t help persecute practitioners any more. The political instructor made a speech during a lecture session and said, in front of hundreds of inmates, that she understood the principle of karmic retribution after she had dealt with Falun Dafa practitioners for several years.

Passing a Sickness Test with Righteous Thoughts

I started to have a slight stomachache in January 2017. I vomited from time to time. I thought I was going through sickness karma and just put up with it. My stomachache gradually became more and more severe, and I felt like a knife was cutting my stomach. The pain became stronger at night. I vomited every hour. The symptoms lasted two months. Despite the pain and vomiting, I continued my Fa study and practicing the exercises.

One morning I didn’t feel much pain, as I hadn’t eaten breakfast that day. I thought that I should quit eating breakfast, and that I should fast. But the next morning I didn’t walk steadily and my consciousness became blurry. I really became vigilant then.

When I started to study the Fa, I realized that Master didn’t acknowledge the persecution, and Falun Dafa didn’t allow it. I felt that these thoughts were right and started to put this concept into action. I had been tricked by the old forces. The evil had tried to starve me to death to damage Falun Dafa. This was dangerous. I realized that I must eat, even though my stomach hurt when I ate.

I started to eat rice for lunch, but something in my throat pushed the rice back out. I knew the evil was struggling. I recited the verses and sent forth righteous thoughts to swallow the rice. I ate a spoonful of rice and then recited the verses for righteous thoughts. I took half an hour to finish the small bowl of rice. I felt happy and relieved after the last bit of rice was finished.

But I felt happy too soon. A sudden strong force pushed all the rice out of my stomach, back to my throat. I quickly sat down on the ground and sent forth righteous thoughts. I felt that my righteous thoughts were not strong enough. I pleaded to Master for help. My stomach started to ache. I vomited everything onto the floor and even onto the bed sheet. My stomach hurt for a while every several minutes and then I vomited a bit more until I had nothing left to vomit. I felt like water was being pumped out of my body and sent to my stomach. Then I vomited again.

I kept vomiting from that night onward. I vomited after I ate something. I felt scorching pain in my stomach when there was nothing to vomit. The pain recurred at intervals of every few minutes. The pain became severe from 4 p.m. until midnight and then became better in the morning.

I lost more than 15 kilos [30 lbs] within several months. I became very thin. I still practiced the exercises every day. When the pain was severe, it took me several sessions to finish all five exercises. I forced myself to go to work and do the household chores. I still clarified the truth to people if I had the opportunity. On one occasion, I put up with the severe pain and clarified the truth to a friend for more than an hour.

By late May, I could no longer bear the pain. I didn’t let my family members know about my situation. They only saw that I had become so thin and didn’t notice any other abnormalities. I tried to pass the test without any interference from my family members. I knew that no one could help me. Only Master and Falun Dafa could save me. I decided to let go of my human side to validate the Fa. I asked my manager for a leave and told her that I had come across a big tribulation and needed to stay at home studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. She asked me to go to see a doctor. I replied, “It’s useless. Only Falun Dafa can save me.”

I told my husband that I wanted to stay with my mother (also a practitioner) for a while. He asked me if I would like to go to the hospital. I said, “I will die if I go to the hospital. Only Master can save me.” I took some clothes with me and went out to wait for a taxi. Within a minute, a taxi stopped in front of me. I realized that Master was giving me a hint that I was doing things correctly. I clarified the truth to the driver.

My mother was alone at home. I saw that her home was a dirty mess. I started to clean house despite my stomach pain. I felt thirsty and drank a big bottle of water. My aunt arrived, because my sister had notified her and told her to come over. My husband rang my brother, sister, and my daughter. He thought I was going to die.

My aunt is a Falun Dafa practitioner and was not frightened. She sat down and asked what my situation was. We just started chatting. My stomach started churning. I asked my mother to get a basin for me. She and my auntie started sending forth righteous thoughts. I recited the verses in my heart. I vomited badly. I felt that my head had become swollen and that the whole apartment was shaking.

I kept reciting the verses and pleaded with Master to save me. My aunt used all her strength to send forth righteous thoughts. Even her hands were trembling. My mother was crying and was not able to send forth righteous thoughts. After I finished vomiting, I saw a basin of black water. I realized that the evil spirit in my stomach had been dissolved into water by Master and had been cleaned out.

I thought about taking a rest. My aunt said, “one more time.” Master used her to tell me that the evil spirit was not completely cleaned out. Sure enough, two minutes later, I vomited again. My aunt sent forth righteous thoughts for me. There was another battle between good and evil. I felt that my stomach was cleansed completely. I felt my body was light. Tears streamed down my face. I knelt in front of Master’s photo and said loudly, “Thank you, Master, for saving me!”

Thank you, Master, again for your saving grace!