(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Dafa in May 1997. Although I experienced various difficulties, I followed Teacher's Fa-rectification. I have realized that as long as one believes in Teacher and Dafa, any adversity and any evil will be extinguished instantaneously.
In 2001, several police officers from the local police station searched my home computer. I was not afraid in my heart and was calm. They searched for more than an hour. I thought that I should not let them continue searching, and I asked Teacher for help in my heart. I thought, "These evil people have to leave within 10 minutes. They are not allowed to stay." Two minutes later, the head person's cellphone rang. The person on the other end called to tell them to hurry to do something else. When they left, they were polite and said that they had interrupted.
In 2002, the police searched my home again. Several cars came and 13 to 14 officers entered my house and searched everywhere. This time, I was also calm and not afraid. There was one thought in my mind, which was to protect the Dafa books well. I thought, "They cannot take away the books." All the Dafa books were placed in my home. Before the police entered my home, Teacher's picture was on a desk. In the end, they only got a copy of one of Teacher's short articles.
But, I did not send forth righteous thoughts to tell them not to persecute me. They persecuted me very severely this time. I was illegally imprisoned in a detention center. Although I refreshed my memory of the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts every day, there were still some other practitioners being sent to the labor camp, and some practitioners compromised with the evil. There were only two of us left who had not surrendered. Teacher gave me hints in two dreams. In one dream, I saw that two-thirds of a big heart had hardened and was not beating. In the second dream, a roof had a small leak and the leak got bigger and bigger. I talked to the other practitioner. We could not surrender to the evil. We decided not to let the rest of the heart stop beating and become hardened. We would fix our loophole. We continuously refreshed our memory of the Fa. In a few days, the other practitioner was taken to a labor camp. With strong righteous thoughts and under Teacher's protection, he was not imprisoned in the labor camp and was sent home.
I regretted that it was not until then that I started to think that I could not allow the evil persecution to continue. They do not have any right to persecute Dafa practitioners. I sent forth strong righteous thoughts. I strengthened my determination not to write anything for the evil. I was determined not to allow the authorities to take me to a labor camp. I asked for Teacher's help. I wanted to get out of this place openly and aboveboard. In a few days, I was confined in a solitary cell. I coughed up blood and was soon sent home. I am free now and am rejoining the Fa-rectification.
In summary, after several instances of being persecuted, I thought about sending forth righteous thoughts and asked for Teacher's help only after I had been persecuted for a while or not until after already having been persecuted. I didn't think about sending forth righteous thoughts and extinguishing the evil before it happened. Actually, this is because we did not learn Dafa well and did not genuinely believe in Teacher and Dafa one hundred percent. A practitioner who believes in Teacher and Dafa one hundred percent will not be persecuted. How can the evil persecute Dafa? "Dafa does not leave the body, The heart harbors Zhen-Shan-Ren; In the world is a great Arhat, Spirits and ghosts fear greatly." ("Mighty Virtue" from Hong Yin)
I have been operating a small truth-clarifying material production site for two years now. I feel strongly that one has to study the Fa peacefully and with a clear mind, and send forth righteous thoughts every day. If there was one day that I didn't spend enough time studying Dafa, or I didn't study Dafa with a peaceful mind, I would experience all sorts of disturbances in making truth-clarifying materials. Especially, I feel that one has to not be irritable and must be calm, auspicious, and have righteous thoughts. One cannot have thoughts of competing. One should let Dafa materials enable all living beings to awaken, to clearly recognize the evils, and to be saved. There were a few times that I did not have enough time. I wanted coordinators to get Dafa materials in time, but I had to do some cooking and I was agitated. Then, the printer had a problem. The printing was not clear near the edges. Black spots and black lines were all over the paper. Feedback and weekly journals were not organized, but got stapled anyway. I realized that being in a hurry and anxiety are ordinary people's thoughts and are evil spirits. The evil would make use of the opportunity and would create disturbances. When I have a peaceful mind and heart and have a merciful heart toward all living beings, the printer also works well and prints the Dafa materials cleanly and smoothly.
