Experiencing the Power of Righteous Thoughts While in Jail

(Minghui.org) I was held in the local detention center for the first time in 2005. I had also been held in the local brainwashing center several times in the past, where the authorities tried to “transform” me.

The prison guards at the detention center ordered me to wear the inmates' vest, recite the prison regulations, and complete the quota of slave labor products every day. I decided that I would not cooperate with those corrupt people. 

Falun Dafa requires that practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. We need to be good people in any environment, kind to others in the workplace, conscientious in our work, not cheat or steal, and gladly accept loss. I also take on more housework at home, “Eating bitterness treated as joy.” (“Tempering One’s Heart and Will,” Hong Yin)

The “Tiananmen self-immolation” was a hoax, brought to the public by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The persecution of Dafa is a huge crime. I committed no crime by practicing Dafa. Illegally detaining me is a form of persecution.

I refused to wear a prison vest, recite prison regulations, or participate in the slave labor. Facing the CCP’s dictatorship and machine of violence, I felt a little timid in my heart. But I used Dafa to evaluate it repeatedly and felt that I should not cooperate with the depraved people's orders and demands.

The director of the detention center called me to his office to threaten me, “If you don’t abide by the regulations of the detention center, there will be plenty of torture instruments!” The prison guard in charge of my cell also urged me to put on my vest as soon as possible, claiming that I would suffer if I continued to refuse. Was I correct in my actions? I hesitated in my heart, wondering if I was in line with Dafa’s principles of not cooperating with evil.

While I was thinking, there was the sound of handcuffs smashing on the concrete floor and the sound of a woman yelling from the next cell. Someone from the next cell was transferred to my cell after a while and told us what happened. It turned out that an older woman stole something. The police in charge claimed that they would release her after she told them the truth. So, she gave them a statement. 

The woman believed them and told the truth. But the police broke their promise and put her in jail. She knew she had been cheated, so she pretended to be crazy and put feces all over her body and on the ground. The prison guards were helpless, and they handcuffed her to the ground ring. She repeatedly hit the concrete floor hard with the handcuffs, making a loud noise. 

The other detainees sympathized with her, and accused the police of lying on the one hand, but blamed her for being dirty and annoying on the other. The prison guards also blamed the police in charge for using deceitful means in the case, which caused trouble for the detention center. They wished to release her immediately.

Hearing this, I felt that benevolent Master was giving me a hint. An ordinary person would fight against being wrongfully imprisoned. As for me, a person who cultivates Dafa, shouldn’t I also oppose this? But, I am a cultivator, and I cannot use methods like smearing feces, hitting the ground, and pretending to be crazy to fight against this persecution.

So how should I oppose it? I suddenly understood that it is correct not to wear the vest of the detention center, not to recite prison regulations, and not to participate in slave labor. Fighting against persecution based on Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is a rational, and superior way to fight against persecution. I secretly thanked Master for his timely hints.

The detention center continued to pressure me. A woman was found to secretly write the contact number of another suspect on the vest. She was punished by being made to stand in front of a wall overnight and labor the next morning. If the assignment was not finished, she needed to take a small bench and go to the empty prison cell next door to finish the work by herself while others slept.

She was forced to stand in front of me the whole night so I would see the horrible result of not complying. I, an individual who was liked by my parents and teachers since I was a child, was now locked up in such a terrible place. Fortunately, I have Dafa in my heart, so it was easier to bear.

I continued to recite Master’s article, “In Fa-rectification Your Thoughts Have to Be Righteous, Not Human”, The Essentials of Diligent Progress III). I had just memorized this article before I was illegally detained. I recited it over and over again, and it became clearer and clearer that the behavior of the police was due to the manipulation of evil spirits behind them. 

Master told us to send righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors in other dimensions. Without the manipulation of the evil factors behind them, the evil people in the world would not dare to persecute Dafa practitioners. Therefore, I sent forth righteous thoughts for a long time and used the time meant for reciting the prison regulations or doing slave labor to send righteous thoughts and recite the Fa.

The air in the prison was filled with tension and terror. It was a contest between good and evil. Everyone was watching one another. Despite the heavy pressure, I persisted for two days. The prison guard who was in charge of my cell opened the cell door suddenly, walked up to me and said, “You don’t need to work. You can rest now!”

Following Master’s Fa, I didn’t need to wear a vest, no one forced me to memorize the prison rules, and I didn’t need to do any work. I realized the greatness of Dafa, and the other inmates were amazed. They felt great respect for Dafa practitioners. I had been sending righteous thoughts and reciting the Fa for a long time. I pictured that I was the Monkey King in the belly of Princess Iron Fan. I sent strong righteous thoughts in the heart of the evil’s lair.

A few days later, the loudspeaker in the detention center announced: “So-and-so (my name), pack up your things and go home!”

I finally went home in a dignified manner and went back to work. I did not cooperate with any of the people in charge in the process, other than telling them facts about Dafa. When I was asked to sign something, I always signed “Falun Dafa is good!”

A few years later, I was illegally detained in another detention center. I did not cooperate with the authorities there either. I only clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to the domestic security police. I sent forth righteous thoughts intensively whenever I was in the detention cell and clarified the truth about Dafa whenever I had the chance. I was released after 37 days.

Other suspects were charged and sentenced. They told me that I seemed to have no hope since I had not been released after so long. I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the interference. I believed in Master and the Fa and firmly believed that I would be released. Finally, I was released on the afternoon of the 37th day. 

But because the thought, “I will be sent to a brainwashing class after my release” lingered in my mind without my being aware of it, my local police sent me directly to a brainwashing class to continue the persecution when I was released from the detention center. I did not realize that this thought was arranged by the evil old forces, not my true self. 

I understand that I needed to further improve my xinxing and cultivate my thoughts well so that I could demonstrate the power of Dafa.