(Clearwisdom.net) Some officials of the communist regime in Chongqing arrested and persecuted quite a few Falun Gong practitioners during the past several months, and this made me feel very sad. The evil is just evil, and it is impossible for evil not to do harm to people. The evil appears the most murderous when it is putting up a last ditch struggle. So what should we do when confronted by the evil? In the following, I’d like to share what I have understood on this issue. I hope that practitioners will kindly point out anything that is improper.
Since July 20, 1999, I have been arrested six times by the communist regime, and out of those I was twice sent to brainwashing centers and was once subjected to one year of imprisonment. I was first arrested on July 20, 1999. The police detained me in a hostel and tried to brainwash me. Facing this sudden persecution, I felt frightened and didn’t know how to deal with it. In the end, I did something that I shouldn’t do and failed to pass the test. After being released, I devoted myself to practicing cultivation, thinking that I needed to do more work for Dafa to make up for my faults. I went to do the exercises at a place where a lot of people gathered at the end of 1999. The police then arrested me, brought me to the police department, and severely tortured me. Because of my fear, I again submitted to the evil’s arrangements. After I was released, I realized that my shortcomings led to this persecution and felt very sorry to Master. I had to do more work for Dafa, hoping to make up for my faults and losses. One day, the police arrested me and took me to the police department again. Over ten policemen beat me severely in turn. Every two hours, a policeman took his turn to beat me with an electric baton or wooden blocks, and kicked me fiercely, causing injuries from head to toe. They threatened me by using my son, who was preparing for the college entrance examination. I worried about my son’s future and ended up compromising with the evildoers again, failing to pass the test.
After I failed to pass one test, more and more tests appeared. No matter how much work for Dafa I did, no matter how I tried to make up for my faults, tribulations still came because I didn’t get rid of my attachments. Soon, a group of police arrested me and detained me in a room. They put some Falun Gong materials on the table and then took pictures as evidence to charge me. Later, I was transferred to the 14th floor of the police department. One policeman kept on kicking the top of my feet severely for two hours with leather shoes with a metal sole. Then another policeman took a turn to kick me, saying, “See this new pair of leather shoes? After I bust the shoes I'm wearing from kicking you, I will put on this new pair to continue kicking you.” Then he pushed me into a corner of the room, and ran from the opposite corner to fiercely kick my abdomen as if kicking a football across the field. I was knocked down and then pulled up for another kick. The police kept on torturing me until I lost consciousness. Then I was transferred to a room where several other practitioners were also detained. One practitioner came to check my foot lever bone, and immediately cried, saying that it was fractured. I didn’t feel pain even when the evildoers kicked me, but when the practitioners cried, I also felt sad and started to cry with them. As a result, I started feeling severe pain all over. I couldn’t hold on anymore and finally gave in to the evil. In this way, I was persecuted six times over those years.
After having suffered so many tribulations, I often considered one question. Every time when the evil persecuted me, although I didn’t pass the test well, I made a declaration to resume practicing Falun Gong when I was released. I made apologies to Master and worked harder for Dafa. I firmly practiced Dafa without any other distracting thoughts. However, the evil always badgered me and came to persecute me after a while, making me very confused. Once I got a chance to exchange experiences with other practitioners. After learning about their experiences of eliminating the evil with righteous thoughts, I suddenly woke up and understood all of my questions.
There was one elderly practitioner who was threatened by the police at the end of last year. The police threatened her children and extorted over one hundred thousand yuan, and gave the elderly practitioner three years of imprisonment, having her serve the sentence outside of prison. Not long before, the police came to harass her again, threatening that they would send her to a brainwashing center. This time, the elderly practitioner understood the Fa principles and had rectified her state of mind. Last year, she hadn’t done well nor had she rectified her family environment. However, this year, the elderly practitioner was able to let go of life and death. She firmly got rid of her fear and didn’t cooperate with the evil at all. She shouted to the police, “Last year, you extorted so much money from my children. Do you have no money this year and then come to extort us again? All my children are very clear now that you are bad people who just come to extort money.” The elderly practitioner’s words immediately scared the police. They quickly said, “Don't shout, don’t shout,” and quickly ran away. After that, the evildoers stopped coming back to harass her.
Here’s another sharing which profoundly affected me. There was one couple who both practiced cultivation. They were subjected to imprisonment and harsh persecution before. While in a labor camp, no matter how evil the guards were, the female practitioner was resolute in cultivating Dafa and kept her mind unstirred. She didn’t give in to the evil and never wrote the "three statements". She was ultimately released nine months later, even though her sentence was three years. The male practitioner suffered a lot of torture in the forced labor camp. He was beaten to the point of losing consciousness on many occasions. Along with that, he didn’t do well in completely denying the evil arrangements. Recently, the police went to the couple’s home to harass them again. The female practitioner clarified the truth to the police righteously, but the police said, “We are here not for you. It’s your husband. We are here to arrest him and send him to the brainwashing center.” The male practitioner suddenly enlightened at that moment. He let go of life and death and completely denied the evil’s arrangements. As a result, the male practitioner was not arrested although there were so many policemen at their home. The police haven’t harassed them anymore.
From these two practitioners’ sharing, I realized that the evil will be eliminated naturally after you let go of life and death. That female practitioner let go of life and death, so the evil guards were afraid of her and quickly released her. But that male practitioner had the attachment of fear, so the evil called out his name to persecute him. After he got rid of this fear and let go of life and death, the evil ran away.
I realized that attachments have an actual material existence hidden inside our bodies. In certain special environments, some attachments are exposed. We need to seize them at that moment and get rid of them.
Undoubtedly, the evil that persecutes Dafa practitioners is extremely evil. But at the same time, evil beings are being utilized to test Dafa disciples in the face of tribulations. If you eliminate your attachments in the face of death, you will naturally reach consummation. We must handle tribulations seriously, and closely follow Master’s requirements to pass tests well.
Some practitioners said that they would declare their intention to resume practicing Falun Gong as soon as they were released. Practicing cultivation is serious. When you encountered evil, you compromised with them; after you were released, you made declarations. But when you encountered evil again, you wrote the three statements and made your declaration after your release again. This is not what Dafa disciples should do. It is because of Master’s great compassion that we get opportunities to resume practicing cultivation. Master gives opportunities to disciples who truly practice cultivation who have made mistakes for a short while. We should be aware that making a declaration is to give us the opportunity to restart practicing cultivation.
I looked within deeply and asked myself: Why didn’t I pass those tests? It was because I had loopholes on this issue. I didn’t pass the test, and then declared my intention to resume practicing Falun Gong after being released. However, I didn’t get rid of my fear, and as a result, the evil persecuted me six times.
After being clear with the Fa principles, my mind was finally in the right state and had confidence again. On November 18, 2010, the head of my local neighborhood committee called me, asking me to purchase health insurance with my family’s residence booklet and each family member’s identity card. I didn’t go along with it. Seeing that I wouldn’t go to purchase health insurance, seven to eight officers from the local 610 Office and the police station came to my house at 9:00 a.m. on the following day. I locked the door, with my mind unstirred. I sat down and sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. I was very clear at that time. I knew that it was still because of my attachment of fear that the evil came to persecute me. I should get rid of this attachment in the face of death and completely remove it.
After sending forth righteous thoughts for a while, I opened the door and went out with my husband. There was one person sitting outside the building entrance. Seeing that we emerged, he followed us. I knew he must be a policeman, so I stopped and said to him, “We haven't done anything wrong by practicing Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The Constitution gives everyone with the right of religious freedom. You are doing something wrong and are actually committing crimes. I will not go with you. It is for your own good and for saving you.” His facial expression immediately changed and he looked extremely ashamed. He just stood there frozen without any movement.
We then clarified the truth to the neighborhood committee secretary by phone. After knowing the truth, the secretary was shocked and expressed that they would stop doing those things. Since then, I have removed fear and now live with confidence and dignity. The evil started to be afraid of me after I rid myself of fear. When I called them to clarify the truth, they didn’t dare to take my calls. In addition, they stopped coming to my house.
