(Clearwisdom.net) Teacher, happy Chinese New Year!

I would like to share with fellow practitioners my experiences validating the Fa.

I am a senior practitioner from the countryside. I began practicing Falun Gong in late 1998. Before I started, I had all kinds of illnesses and had been hospitalized various times. I had taken many medications and suffered a lot from these illnesses. Even though I had practiced qigong for eight years, it hadn't eliminated my illnesses. Before the Chinese New Year in 1999, I began practicing Falun Gong. I had read Zhuan Falun once and it seemed very good, so I became determined to practice Falun Gong. I have since not needed any medications, and after a time I began feeling as if I was trending on air as I walked. It felt very miraculous.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persecuting Falun Gong since July 20, 1999. In the Spring of 2000, I contacted practitioners in my area and began to receive Teacher's new articles from them. I then embarked on the path of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. Back then, when I was distributing truth-clarification materials, I placed them underneath the door entrances. Through Fa-study, especially studying Teacher's new lectures, I came to understand the nature of this persecution, so I changed my way of handing out materials, and began giving them to people in person, regardless of whether they were farmers or passersby. I came across all kinds of people, and I felt my xinxing improve dramatically. I will list a few examples.

Walking in Other Dimensions

In 2000, one afternoon before harvest season, I was riding my bicycle to a materials production center to pick up materials. As soon as I walked out the door, I felt a strong wind, and the dust that came with the wind made me unable to open my eyes. As I was going against the wind, it would be hard enough to walk, let alone ride a bicycle. I thought to myself, "The evil head is persecuting Falun Gong in the human world, yet it's the same in heaven? How is that possible?" I decided that no matter what, if the wind continued, I would take another dimension to get to my destination. "There should be no wind in another dimension. I will take a different path to save people." As soon as I started riding my bicycle again, strangely enough, without my pushing it, the wheels turned by themselves. It was as if someone was pushing me from behind. It was the same when I was going uphill. I only saw that trees were blowing, leaning to one side, but I didn't feel the wind at all. After I had walked for about four kilometers, I arrived at the Fa study location. It was very hot, yet I didn’t feel hot, rather I felt very comfortable. I didn't realize that was the other dimension that I was walking in until I got home. This is truly, "Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master." (Zhuan Falun)

In Spring 2001, I was riding my bicycle into town. On my way back, there was a van in front of me which suddenly stopped. The driver got out and began talking to a pedestrian. I had to quickly swerve past him, and I then saw another van coming towards me. Seeing that my front wheel was just about to hit the rear of this vehicle, I closed my eyes. When I opened up my eyes, I was already more than a meter away, and the van passed by me and stopped at a distance of about seven to eight meters away. The driver was looking at me, and I was looking at him. Both of us felt it was very odd that we didn't run into each other. I realized that Teacher had protected me.

In 2002, we were building a house. One day, I was piling up stones to build a foundation, and a stone fell off and hit my foot.The pain was almost unbearable. I suddenly thought, “How can a stone in this dimension hit the foot of a god? Right away, my pain stopped. However, my foot was covered in bruises that didn't go away for more than two weeks. Teacher had endured the pain for me. Teacher has been continually protecting practitioners.

One day I went out and was walking along the street, when I noticed that two carpenters were following me. The center of the road was very muddy. Suddenly a whirlwind came, and it was so strong that I couldn’t see anything. I couldn't avoid it either. In this situation, I said out loud to the whirlwind, "Go over there." As soon as I said that, the whirlwind disappeared, and it was as if nothing had happened. I thought to myself, "Thank you Teacher, thank you Dafa." I felt like Teacher was right beside me. Because I said those words out loud, the two carpenters who were behind me heard me. They saw the situation with the whirlwind and felt that what happened was quite miraculous. I then clarified the facts to them and they were very receptive to what I said.

After the house was built, I took a break in my home. It was very hot and humid, and I couldn't sleep, so I thought, "There are no hot or cold feelings in other dimensions so I should go there to take a nap." I then fell asleep after a little while. After I woke up, I didn't feel hot or cool. It was truly amazing. When I went out in the afternoon, I saw people using fans. I was puzzled. It was not very hot, so why were they using fans? This situation continued into the evening. I then realized that I had indeed entered into another dimension and so I didn't feel the heat.

I truly came to believe that no matter what difficulties I encountered in my cultivation, as long as I have Teacher in my mind, they can be resolved. In the process of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings, I have had a few unforgettable experiences. I will give two examples.

Leaving the Detention Center in Seven Days

In 2008, during the Beijing Olympics, I went to the police bureau to hand out truth-clarification materials. I was arrested the next day at my house. When I was forced into the police car, I shouted, "Falun Dafa is wonderful." I continued shouting, "Falun Dafa is wonderful" when I arrived at the police bureau. In the office, someone asked me where the materials came from. I said, "My Teacher said that we need not cooperate with you." Someone then responded, "Since her Teacher said that, we shouldn't ask her any more questions." So they stopped. When I clarified the facts to them, someone came with a cup of water and said, "Very well said. Please drink some water."

While I was being held at the detention center, I thought to myself, "Since I am here, it is as if I have received a test paper. I must complete it wholeheartedly. I shouldn't think about anything else." People who worked there said, "The head of the township government said they'd throw you into a forced labor camp for two years." I thought to myself, "That head is an everyday person. His words don't carry any energy. Only what my Teacher says counts. It also depends on how I act in opposing the persecution."

When people from the Procuratorate came to record my statement, I thought to myself, "No matter what it is, I should not cooperate with them." Two people entered and said, "We are here to record your statement. Say what you want to say. If you don't feel like saying anything, then don't say anything. If you feel it's proper to say something, then say it. We promise you that we won't force you to make a confession." I thought, "That seems to make sense." They asked, "Why do you practice Falun Gong?" Hearing that, I thought, "Wasn't this an opportunity for me to validate the Fa? I must answer this one." I then began telling them about some of the miraculous things that have occurred to me due to my practicing Dafa, and how my illnesses were eliminated and I became illness-free through doing the exercises. They wrote the following words, "She started practicing Falun Gong to heal her illnesses." Then they asked, "Whom did you learn it from?" I answered, "At that time, the persecution had not started, and some practitioners from out of town came to my village to spread the Fa, so I learned it from them while using the stage before the show started." He wrote, "Learned it on the stage." He then asked, "Where did the books come from?" I answered, "I bought them." He asked again, "Where did the materials come from?" I said, “I can't tell you.” He then wrote, "She said she couldn't tell." He asked, “Why do you hand out flyers?” I answered, “To save people." He then asked, “What's in the materials?” I answered, “It doesn't matter, it's for saving people.” They asked, “Do you still practice or not?” I said, “As long as I am alive, I will always practice.” After he finished recording the statement, he read out what he had written, then said to me, "I didn't change a word of it." I made sure of that as well. Before they left, one of them also shook hands with me. I suddenly understood. I didn't commit any crime. It was the CCP persecuting good people. By thinking about that, my righteous thoughts became even stronger.

One day, my niece came to see me. She said, "Beg your Teacher to save you." She said it in an ironic way. I replied, "You go home and wait for me, I'll be back in seven days." She replied, "If you really can get back in seven days, I'll believe in your Teacher also." After I had been on a hunger strike for several days, on day seven I was asked to pack up my personal belongings and go home. It was just as Teacher said in The Master-Disciple Bond,

When disciples have ample righteous thoughts
Master has the power to turn back the tide
(“The Master-Disciple Bond” from Hong Yin Vol. II)

The local villagers were shocked when they saw me return home. They also changed their attitudes towards Falun Gong.

Breaking Out of the Police Bureau

On December 7, 2010, I went out to hand out materials. When I was ready to leave, I saw a township government van painted with the slogan to promote the "one-child" policy. A person in the van asked me, "What are you handing out?" I gave a copy to him and said, “Take a look.” I was then ready to leave. He probably mistakenly thought that I was scared, so he got out of the van and stopped me. He said, "Do you know what I do? Are you not afraid?" I replied, "What you do is not important. What is of importance is that you are one of the sentient beings for me to save." This irritated him and he slapped me across the face very hard. I didn't feel anything, as Teacher was protecting me. All I heard was a very crispy sound. He quickly took his hand back, so I figured he must have felt a lot of pain.

On the day this occurred, the town was having a fair, and many local villagers had gathered around me. It was a truly great opportunity to clarify the facts, so I raised my voice and said, "Jesus said if one hits your left cheek, you should turn your right cheek and let him hit it also." I then turned my right cheek towards him, but he quickly took back his left hand. I talked very loudly and said, "Who is right, who is evil, you all see that, don’t you? Isn't practicing Falun Gong solely for being good people? Isn't practicing Falun Gong for teaching people to be kind? Having freedom of belief and freedom of speech doesn't violate any law. We pass out materials to save people. We are not breaking the law." I then told them the story of the "Red eye lion stone." The person from the car asked, "Did you say where one should stand to not be swept away by the water?" I said, "If you stand high enough you will be fine; didn't you know that?" The local villagers all laughed.

I was taken to the township police station. I started clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to them, however, they didn't want to listen, and didn’t allow me to talk. Someone wanted to handcuff me. I said that as soon as I saw it, I felt dizzy, then I began to lie on the bed, but they didn't allow me to stay on the bed, so I had to lie on the floor. It was winter time and I felt quite chilly. But soon I felt someone putting clothes on me, from my legs all the way up. I was gradually surrounded by warmth. I figured it must have been Teacher using his energy to warm my body.

Seeing that I was lying there and not moving, they called the team leader of the Domestic Security Brigade. More than an hour later, the team leader arrived. After he got out of the car and came into the room, he kicked my leg and then swore at me. I wasn't moved and thought to myself, "Go ahead, I won’t reject a bit of it. I'll take it all." Seeing that I had no opposition, he got back in the car and left.

As soon as he left, people from the police station began to complain, "What's the point of keeping her here? It's easy to send her over but hard to send her back." Suddenly there was someone shouting, "It's 12 o'clock." It was as if Teacher was using someone to remind me that it was the time for sending forth righteous thoughts. After I sent forth righteous thoughts for a while, I heard someone who was squatting down beside me say, "Would you like to have a meal? Do you want to drink some water? Why don't you go home. We don't want you to be here any longer." I pretended that I didn't hear anything. I figured that they must be scared of me. After they searched me, they found my ID card. They opened my winter coat and didn't button it up, so I felt cold. But soon I felt warm again. It was truly miraculous. I felt that Teacher was beside me. They subsequently contacted my family to come to take me home.

Three days later, I went to get my motorcycle back. When they were arresting me, I said to them that I'd leave my motorcycle with a household, but the police officers didn't allow me to do that. I thought to myself, "Didn't I pay too much attention to materials things? Ok, I'd have to leave it with the police." I put my key back and left my motorcycle with them. As soon as I returned to the police station, I heard them talking about me. Seeing me, they all smiled. After I told them why I came, someone said, "If you get hold of the secretary, you'll find your motorcycle." At the secretary's home, preparations were being made for a wedding, and many people were there to help. Some people who were playing poker saw me and began to call out, "Falun Dafa is wonderful." When I saw the secretary, he smiled at me and returned the motorcycle to me. On my way back, I thought, "Even though I didn't get a chance to say anything, they have witnessed what happened, and from that they changed their attitudes, and maybe these people would be saved."

In terms of walking the path that Teacher has arranged for us, I felt that the more steadily we walk, the faster we are able to elevate ourselves. We are truly fortunate to be able to walk on a divine path. Every time, no matter what happened, the power and miraculousness of Dafa manifested. As a matter of fact, Teacher has made all the arrangements for us. He only waits for us to take action. I personally believe that the more things that happen, the faster we can elevate. What is persecution? It is truly illusion, or for laying the path for us. This cultivation environment is prepared solely for Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples. No matter what kind of difficulties we encounter, our first thought must always be on the Fa and we should think of Teacher, so that we can surely pass the test.

This is my personal enlightenment, due to my limited level, please kindly point out anything inappropriate.