(Minghui.org) I have been terribly persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for practicing Falun Gong. Just because I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after the persecution was launched in 1999, I was fired by my school authorities. I was later thrown into prison for seven years for producing truth-clarification materials.
For a long time after I was released, I did not want to read reports of persecution news on the Minghui website or mention my experience when clarifying the truth of Falun Gong, because these traumatizing experiences would trigger my fear, and I was also worried that others would be scared away if I told them about it.
As I studied the Fa, I realized that Master had asked us to expose the persecution, and that it was the Chinese Communist Party that was afraid of being exposed. I couldn’t call myself a genuine cultivator if I didn’t follow Master’s teachings. I knew I must correct myself on this issue. I thought, “When fear surfaces, isn’t it a good opportunity to eliminate it? Why do I shield it and allow it to continue to live in my mind? Evil factors could use it as an excuse to hide in my dimensional field, and to create a barrier to righteous thoughts.”
I realized that this was the reason that I could not do well in validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. I made up my mind to eliminate fear!
I gained further understanding of the Fa from Master’s teaching on how “the appearance stems from the mind.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume X) If we Falun Dafa practitioners don’t talk about the persecution, people won’t realize the CCP’s evil nature, which will affect their decision to quit the Communist organizations, and in turn affect their future. I started reading reports of persecution news. When fear crept up, I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate it.
After doing this for a period of time, I’m no longer afraid of reading about the persecution or talking about the persecution.
One day, I went out to clarify the truth of Falun Gong when it started raining. I sat down on a street bench under a shelter. An elderly couple also came to take shelter from the rain. The woman and I started chatting. (The man seemed to suffer Alzheimer’s disease.)
The woman asked me about my job. I immediately grabbed this opportunity to clarify the truth. I told her, “I used to be a teacher, but was fired for practicing Falun Gong.” She showed deep sympathy and told me that one of her family members had also suffered from the CCP’s persecution. I further told her about the truth of Falun Dafa. She completely agreed with the goodness of Dafa and agreed to quit all Communist organizations.
I’m happy to say that I have finally eliminated the fear of reading about and exposing the persecution.
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