August 5, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net)
In mid April 2002, Weifang police closed in and shut down a few truth clarification material production sites. Based on their righteous thoughts and righteous actions, many arrested practitioners walked out. Here is the experience of one of the practitioners:
"In the evening of April 15, 2002, six of us were studying the Fa. The police surrounded us. Our materials site was ransacked and we were captured. We did not cooperate with the evil and yelled out "Falun Dafa is good!" We were thrown into the police cars. After arriving at the Public Security Bureau, we were sent to the police station. We did not cooperate with the interrogation conducted by the police. We clarified the truth to them, but they beat us. We were separated into pairs and were locked in a small house with 2 apartments. My feet were shackled to a metal chair and a metal bar pressed hard to restrain my legs. Both ends of the metal bar were locked to the chair. I couldn't get up and couldn't walk.
During the whole process, I was sending righteous thoughts. I did not cooperate with the evil and I clarified the truth to the police. I calmed down and tried to understand the situation from Fa's perspective: This is the Fa rectification period; I should go out and rectify the Fa, even though we had loopholes in certain areas and the evil took advantage of them. But when the evil uses individual practitioner's attachments and imperfections to interfere with and to undermine the progress of Fa rectification, they are persecuting Dafa. This is absolutely not the obstacle or tribulation of each individual practitioner. We cannot accept this arrangement by the old forces. I cannot stay here. This place cannot restrict Dafa practitioners. It has no effect on me.
I felt like I should not stay in the police station. It felt so strange to be sitting there, and therefore I wanted to stand up and walk away. Then I realized that my feet were locked to the chair. I thought of the Fa Master Li had taught that in the same time and place, there exist other times and dimensions [not original translation]. I said to myself that things regarding everyday people could not restrict me; I would move in another dimension. Then I started to pull my feet and I was able to pull them out very quickly. While I was pulling my feet out, the practitioner next to me saw the metal ring locked on my ankle expanding out further and further. That was the power of Dafa. After I pulled out my feet, my legs were still pressed down by the metal bar. I again thought of the Fa taught to us by Master Li, that the body in another dimension can expand and shrink. [Not official translation]. I said to myself that this metal bar cannot restrict me either; I can shrink my body and pull myself out. Then I started to pull my legs out and I was able to pull them out. After I stood up, I realized that the door of the room was not locked and all the police were drowsy and about to fall sleep. I sent forth righteous thoughts, thinking, "Let them all fall asleep and no one can see us." I called the practitioner next to me and the other two practitioners in the other room to come out. We went through the hall and reached the front door. I saw that the gate to the street was locked and said to myself that if Master Li can get us this far, there must be a way to get out. When I looked at the door again, I discovered that the other side of the door was only held closed by twisted wires. I untwisted the wires. Under the protection of Master Li, four of us broke away, free from the evil den.
During the whole process, I depended on my powerful righteous thoughts. There were righteous thoughts and righteous actions, and determination that was unbreakable like diamond. I did not have a bit of suspicion or hesitation.
Of the six of us, the other two were locked in another suite. Their clothes and shoes were taken off. Their suite was locked. When we asked them to leave with us, they had the thought, "Will others see us?" It was too bad that this slip of one thought caused them not to be able to break through that door. As a result, they ended up staying inside and were persecuted by the evil. Actually there was enough time to escape. It took the guards15 minutes to realize that we were gone.
When talking about this persecution, one practitioner said, "Even Master Li does not acknowledge this arrangement. Why should we have to acknowledge it?" She said, "Our Master Li is so good and Dafa is so good. Why don't we tell others about it? Speaking about my experience is validating Dafa. It is an example of righteous thoughts and righteous actions."
