Clarifying the Truth to the Police and Officials Who Came to My Home

(Minghui.org) As Dafa practitioners, we shouldn’t put ourselves in the mindset of being persecuted. When the government officials and police came to my home to harass me, I clarified the truth to them and tried to rekindle their kindness.

In late September 2017, someone knocked on my door, and I saw a man standing outside. He first asked who I was and then said, “I’m from the police station, and I have something to ask you. Please let me in.”

I didn’t think much of it at the time and let him in. When he took out his phone to take pictures, I stopped him and told him it was a violation of my right to privacy. He said, “Okay, I’ll delete it.”

I asked him to have a seat, but he said there was no need and left. Ten minutes later, someone knocked again, so I opened my inner door and saw another man standing outside. He said he was the chief of the police station. The first officer was also there, standing in the stairwell.

“What do you want to do with me? I didn’t commit a crime. I didn’t steal, rob, kill, or set a fire.”

The chief replied, “Please open the door. I’m here to talk to you.” I refused.

He then presented his ID. Only then did I relent. I took the chief’s ID from him before letting them in and looked for his badge number. When he took it back, he showed me his photo and name.

I said, “I know why you are here. I want you to know that if I had not practiced Falun Dafa, I wouldn’t be here. I used to have an issue with severe nose bleeds, and I would lose a lot of blood each time it happened. It was very hard to stop the bleeding and this happened very often, especially during the summer. Sometimes, it would bleed a dozen times a day.”

He asked, “Does that still happen now?”
“No,” I said. “It went away, along with all my other health problems, when I started practicing Falun Dafa 20 years ago. Since then, I have not taken any medications. I’m very healthy and full of energy.”

He asked me if I had any Dafa materials, and I said, “I don’t have any with me now, but you can go to Minghui.org.” I later mailed him a letter along with some fliers.

The chief asked me to demonstrate the exercises. I said there are five of them and I would show them the fifth one.

When the chief saw me put my legs in the lotus position, he tried to do it, but he couldn’t. He said, “This is a Buddhist posture.”

“This is not Buddhism. We cultivate Falun Dafa, and it is different from Buddhism.”

He replied, “Falun Dafa has only been around in recent years while Buddhism has existed for a long time.”

I corrected him, “Buddhism was spread by Buddha Shakyamuni in ancient India 2,500 years ago. Falun Dafa existed in prehistoric times, many millennia ago.”

In the end, the chief said, “We found out that you do not have a second-generation ID card, so you need to get one.” He didn’t ask me for my phone number or anything else.

In fact, I previously had the second-generation ID card, but I destroyed the electronic chip inside the ID so they could not track me.

During their entire visit, it was me clarifying the truth to them most of the time. With Master’s help and protection, I had no fear, and wisdom seemed to flow into my brain.

I also recited Master’s “Foretelling the Fa’s Rectification of the Human World” (The Essentials of Diligent Progress II) for them.

They both listened attentively. As they left, the chief said, “Ma’am, I’m sorry to bother you.” I said it was okay, and they have not come back since.

After they left, I thought to copy all the relevant laws on a piece of paper and post it in the living room in case they came back. So I wrote down Articles 33, 35, 36, 37, and 38 of the Constitution, Article 60 of the Civil Service Law, and Article 93 of the Criminal Law.

On the top of the page I wrote, “It is legal to practice Falun Dafa.” When I was about to put it up, I repeatedly had the thought in my mind, “It should be posted outside.”

I realized this was Master’s hint, so I posted it outside on the door, below the phrase “Falun Dafa is good.” Later on, I also posted “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” on the side.

That way, everyone in my building could see it, including all my relatives and friends.

A fellow practitioner who came to visit said she saw two people reading the paper I’d posted. They told her, “It is indeed legal to practice Falun Dafa!”

The paper was up for a long time, until government and community personnel tore it off when they came to inspect the building.

In mid-September 2020, I was studying the Fa at home when someone knocked on my door. I opened the inner door and saw two men standing outside.

They said they were government officials, so I opened the door, asked for their last names, and invited them to sit down.

I said, “I know why you are here. You are like hired guns right now. You will shoot anyone they tell you to shoot. It’s as if you don’t have brains and can’t distinguish good from evil. But this is also because your superiors force you to do things and you have no choice. So you have to go through this formality.”

As soon as I said this, they said, “You understand. What you said is very true.”

I said, “I only became a good person after I started practicing Falun Dafa. In the past, I used to cook for laborers at a construction site.

“When I purchased vegetables, I always tried to add more on top of what I paid for. Then, when I recorded my expenses, I reported more than what I actually spent.

“After I started practicing Falun Dafa, I stopped doing that. I understood the relationship between loss and gain, and I knew that if I did bad things, I would accrue karma.

“When people get sick or encounter disasters, these things are all caused by karma. After learning this principle, I never tried to take more vegetables or claim more than what I actually spent.

“A couple of times when they accidentally gave me more vegetables or charged me less than the actual price, I spoke up and made it right once I discovered it. If I didn’t practice Dafa, there is no way I would have done that.”

The officers said, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, but you practitioners went to Zhongnanhai to protest.” I explained why and they understood.

I also told them that the pandemic was targeting members of the Chinese Communist Party. However, they argued that the pandemic was worse in the United States. I then took out Master’s article “Stay Rational” and read part of it to them. When I put it on the table, one of them picked it up to reread.

I said that they should learn to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and treat Falun Dafa practitioners kindly so that the virus would stay away from them.

They then took out a few documents and asked me to sign them. I said I wouldn’t sign anything. “That’s okay,” said the chief. “Just look at them.” I said I wouldn’t read them, either, and they put them away.

They stood up to look at Master’s photos and saw that one of them was captioned “Celebrating the 13^th anniversary of Falun Dafa’s introduction to the public and World Falun Dafa Day.”

They asked what Falun Dafa Day was, and I told them, “Master Li Hongzhi began to teach Falun Dafa on May 13, 1992, in Changchun, so May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day.”

We chatted like friends the whole time, and it was mostly me talking. When they left, they said, “Ma’a,, we won’t hold anything against you.” I said, “I know. I understand.”

Since then, I have had no fear of persecution. I no longer even think about the idea of persecution. I realize that now is the final time for the Fa-rectification.

Dafa disciples should cultivate righteously and do the three things well. We should not be like we were in the early days of the persecution, when we often had fear and saw ourselves as victims.

All of these things were possible under Master’s protection. Thank you, Master!

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