Validating Dafa in a Detention Center

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance to be good people. Wherever we go, we should be upright and dignified and maintain righteous thoughts. This in itself is validating Dafa, and at the same time saving people.

When I was taken to the Mudanjiang Railway Detention Center in December 2006, I was locked up in a cell with a young man in his twenties. I called him Zhuzi (a pseudonym). When he asked me what crime I committed, I told him that I did nothing wrong but I was incarcerated for practicing Falun Dafa. He made fun of me and said, “You practitioners are all stupid.”

I asked him why he was locked up, and he told me that eleven people were arrested for the crime of gang fraud. Because the crime was relatively serious, they might face a heavy sentence.

I told him, “You are still young, you shouldn’t do things that hurt other people. Life is not easy for us Chinese. You should think about the victims. You should reflect on your mistakes. Make up your mind to correct your behavior. Sincerely recite the two phrases, ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good.’ Quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its organizations you have joined. You will be blessed. You will be released soon.”

He sneered at me and said, “I only joined the Communist Young Pioneers. You want to be a good person—but weren’t you locked up too? I don’t believe you.” I was at a loss for words.

In December it’s extremely cold in Northeast China. The detention center did not provide me with a quilt and even my winter coat was taken away. There was no heat in the prison. At night, I was so cold that I couldn’t sleep. During the day I recited the Fa and repeatedly said, Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good. I sang practitioners’ songs which protest the persecution. In the beginning, police tried to interfere with and intimidate me. I clarified the truth to them, and they gradually turned a blind eye and stopped interfering.

There were more than ten cells in the row where I was detained. Due to the large number of people in the detention center, it was noisy all day long. There were constant sounds of fighting and cursing. When I sang, all the cells became quiet. I was the only one who sang. When I sang, it sounded as if I were accompanied by musical instruments. Both the detainees and the guards on duty listened quietly. When I finished singing, some people even applauded, and others shouted “encore!”

Later, a guard told me, “While we are on duty you can sing and shout. We won’t stop you. But when our supervisor comes, can you stop? We have to feed our families and we need our jobs.”

I immediately replied, “Yes, I understand. But I don’t know when your supervisor will come.” He said, “We'll inform you when he comes.”

Later, several guards reached an agreement with me. They did not care when I sang Dafa practitioners’ songs and shouted “Falun Dafa is good.”

One of Zhuzi’s accomplices was locked up in the next cell. According to Zhuzi, he (I called him Lyu Zi) was the principal offender and so he was locked in a room alone. Every time I finished singing a Dafa practitioner’s song, Lyu Zi would applaud next door, and shout that it was really nice.

When I wasn’t singing, Lyu Zi would call for me to sing. I asked him which song he wanted to hear. He said any song I sang was good. I told him, “If you recite ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ often, you will be blessed.” He said he would remember to do so.

From then on, Lyu Zi shouted the two phrases every day. One day, the head of the guards ran to the door of the cell where Zhuzi and I were locked up and asked which of us shouted the two phrases. We did not reply. After the guard left, Lyu Zi shouted at Zhuzi in my cell and said, “You must learn Falun Dafa from him. You can teach me after we’re released. I must learn this practice.”

Lyu Zi was escorted out for interrogation one morning a few days later. When he did not return that night Zhuzi, was very worried and anxious. He asked a guard where Lyu Zi was. The guard said he was released without charge.

I was really happy for Lyu Zi. I said to Zhuzi, “Well, you see Falun Dafa is amazing. Don’t you want to quit the Young Pioneers now?” Zhuzi said, “I don’t think it’s a coincidence. Well, I’d like to quit.”