(Minghui.org) As a practitioner of Falun Dafa, I understand that studying the Fa is a priority in daily life. I should also perform the meditative exercises and participate in Dafa activities and projects. At one point in my cultivation practice, however, I made the mistake of spending most of my time doing Dafa project work and neglecting Fa study. This left gaps in my cultivation state and gave an opportunity for the local police to take me into custody and place me in a detention center in July 2017.
Removing My Attachments Benefits My Cellmates
When I first arrived at the detention center, the inmates told me to clean the floors and toilets. I refused, as I felt these places were filthy. The appointed cell leader then ordered a person in the cell to hit me. That person didn’t dare to do it, so the leader herself started to beat me.
I asked the cell leader, “Does the detention center tell you to hit people? Who has given you the power? Do you know it’s against the law to beat someone?”
She answered, “Do you know when you’re leaving here? You’re not the only one asked to do this job. Everybody takes turns doing the cleaning. You do it today and she does it tomorrow. If you don’t do it, someone else has to do it for you.”
An elderly woman near me said, “You feel wronged. In fact, I am wronged as well. When my child was hit by a car, I took my injured, bleeding son by taxi to a hospital. As I didn’t have enough money for the treatment, the hospital refused to take care of him. He died in my arms!” She choked up as she recalled the trauma. She said her family sued the hospital, and as a result, her whole family was locked up. She said hopelessly, “What can I do about it? I’ve been kept here for a long time.”
After hearing her story, I also cried, thinking, “Many people here are waiting to be saved. How can I be in conflict with them? I have to let go of my attachments of fearing filth and weariness.” I started to do the cleaning.
There was another elderly woman in the cell who was beaten and imprisoned after bringing a lawsuit against someone. The beating left her screaming in pain and unable to sleep at night. Her cellmates all scolded and shunned her, and no one wanted to sleep beside her. The cell leader told me to sleep next to the woman and share my blanket with her. I thought, “This is a good opportunity to remove my attachment. At times I don’t know how to cultivate myself and always blame others. Today I will let go of this attachment and sleep without a blanket.”
I slept next to the elderly woman. When she cried in pain, I told her to say, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The woman listened to me talk about Dafa’s wonder and beauty. Her pain was greatly relieved, and she did not groan anymore in bed. She followed me everywhere I went. She helped me pick up dirty things when I was doing the cleaning. People in the detention center all saw that this woman was getting better, and they dropped their resentment of her.
Helping People by Clarifying the Truth
A few days later, a woman was arrested because she filed an appeal against the illegal occupation of her land. She was body searched upon arrival at the detention center. Although she was at the start of her menstrual period, she was not allowed any feminine supplies. I borrowed some from the cell leader and gave them to her.
Imprisonment was frightening for the woman, and she fell down in the cell, accidentally breaking a basin that belonged to a cellmate. No one cared how badly she was hurt in the fall. The owner of the basin demanded that she pay for it.
I helped her to her feet and comforted her: “I know you’re upset and your family must be anxious about you, but you have to be strong. As long as your heart is good and kind, this tribulation will soon be over. You are here temporarily. Heaven is watching what people do. Good will be rewarded and evil will be punished. This is justice.” Then I told her how I had benefitted from practicing Falun Dafa. She was deeply moved and said, “You are so kind. If only I had known you earlier.”
One day, the leader read a time-honored article to all of us and then asked if I understood it. I answered, “Yes, I do. Now let me recite an article to you.” I recited Master's article “Wealth with Virtue” from Essentials For Further Advancement. She said, “That was a really good article. Please slow down and recite it again so I can write it down in my notebook.”
This cell leader also taught people in the cell to practice yoga every day. She asked me to learn it as well, and I answered, “I only practice Falun Dafa.” She then asked me to show her the Dafa exercises. I did, and she followed along, saying, “The movements are very beautiful.”
One day the cell leader pulled me to her side and asked, “When I hit you the other day, did you feel pain?” I answered, “No.” She continued, “Let me take a look at it.” Upon seeing that the place she beat me was all blue, she said, “If you sue me, I will be sentenced to more time in prison.” I said, “I won’t sue you, but I want you to remember, ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Be a good person according to the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and you’ll have a bright future.” She smiled happily.
On my tenth day in the detention center, people from the Procuratorate came. The cell leader confided, “They came so early they must want to sentence you.” I thought that I would only follow the path Master had arranged for me; no matter where I was, only by cultivating myself well could I help save people.
I told the people from the Procuratorate: “I’ve benefited from practicing Falun Dafa, and it’s not against the law to practice Dafa. All the books teach people how to become better people and not to commit bad deeds. You’re welcome to find out what Dafa is. The question is whether you’re willing to get to know Dafa.”
I continued, “When I was arrested, [the police officers] took a lot of Dafa materials from my shop. These materials are used to help people understand the truth and discern right from wrong. Good will be rewarded, and evil will be punished. I hope you can uphold justice and learn the truth so you can choose a better future for yourselves.”
The cell leader asked me for my husband's name and phone number and offered to notify him to hire a lawyer for my case. I thought, “Master can do everything. I firmly believe in Master and Dafa. Even if I hire a lawyer, I will just clarify the truth to him.”
On the fifteenth day, the lawyer came to see me. During our conversation, I realized he had been deceived by the Communist Party’s propaganda about Falun Dafa. I said, “As a lawyer, you should uphold justice for everyone, be responsible for the law, the society, and the people. It is your duty to find out the truth of Falun Dafa because there are many good people who need you to defend them. If you are not aware of the truth, how can you defend them?”
During this process, I didn't consider what would happen to me but just went ahead and clarified the truth to people wherever I went.
In the afternoon, a guard called me and said, “Your husband told us you previously had rectal cancer? The hospital couldn’t do anything about it, but you were cured by practicing Falun Dafa. Is this true?” I told her how I had benefitted from practicing Dafa, and she asked me to show her the exercises. Then she told the cell leader, “Let her practice if she wants to. But don’t practice much during the day, mostly in the evening.” I was happy to see another person come to understand the truth.
Justice Prevails Once My Attachments Are Removed
At six in the afternoon, the cell leader informed me that it was my turn to take a bath today. I hadn’t taken a bath during the entire two weeks I was detained. I was about to take a bath when the guard outside called me to say that I was being released. As I didn’t hear it clearly, my cellmates told me happily, “You can go home now.” I also told them, “Please remember ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ And I hope you all can go home soon.”
Two policemen took me home. On the way, I said, “It's almost seven o’clock; you're both still working hard.” One of them said, “Actually, you’re supposed to go home tomorrow. We’re working overtime today and decided to let you go home earlier.” I thanked them. He continued, “Why do you oppose the Communist Party and try to get people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?”
I answered, “No one is against it. The regime should serve its people, but it abuses its power and deceives people with false information. It incites the Chinese people to fight among themselves. Police agencies should maintain national stability and punish bad people, but now they’re used to persecute the good people who believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization taught people to value virtue and do kind things, but the Communist Party forces people to believe in atheism and its philosophy of struggling against heaven, the earth, and people.
“Divine beings want people to nullify the vows they made [to give their lives for the CCP] when they joined the Party; otherwise, their vows will be fulfilled. If you quit the Party, you won’t be held accountable for the crimes committed by the Party. Please remember ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ and you will be protected.”
After hearing my words, they said, “Now we understand it.” At the gate of my residence building, one of them said, “Here you are. Please return to your home and carry on with your practice!”
When I got home, my husband told me he had borrowed 50,000 yuan from his mother as he was going to hire the lawyer to defend me. I then phoned the lawyer, telling him that there was no need to defend me as I was home now. The lawyer couldn't believe it! When he saw me that morning, he told me that I would be sentenced to three to seven years. I knew it was Master who resolved this tribulation for me. Thank you, Master!
The next day, I went to a fellow practitioner’s home to get my Dafa books back. She said to me, “I knew you were coming back. My sister (a fellow practitioner) had a dream two days ago that you were trapped in a metal cage and couldn’t move. It was Master's big hands that took the cage away.”
Later, I was told that several practitioners had gone with my mother to the police department to seek my release. At the same time, many other practitioners helped to send forth righteous thoughts. In this way, the tribulation was overcome.
