On Our Way Home

(Clearwisdom.net) At the end of May 2001, the local police in my town illegally kidnapped me from my workplace so that they could brainwash me. In the evening of that day, I sent forth righteous thoughts and broke through the evil's encirclement. It has been half a year now that I have been homeless. During those first six months, I felt that I was getting closer and closer to my real home.

1. "So in clarifying the truth, don't wait, don't rely on others, and don't just hope for changes in external factors"(To All Students at the Nordic Fa Conference).

Because I had lost my job and had no income, I became destitute and homeless. It was the first time in my life that I had experienced poverty, yet I did not have the thought of looking for a shelter. Later I read again Teacher's new article, To All Students at the Nordic Fa Conference:

"So in clarifying the truth, don't wait, don't rely on others, and don't just hope for changes in external factors. Every one of us is creating history for the future, that's why everyone is not only participating in group activities, but also taking the initiative to look for work to do."

I became even more determined.

In the past, I had been in charge of internet issues. I saw that in the evil brainwashing classes, some people in our area were enlightening along an evil path. I had the opportunity to read fellow practitioners' stories and experiences on Clearwisdom.net, which moved me, helped me upgrade my level, and was greatly beneficial to me. Thus, with all the savings that I had left, I bought an inexpensive computer in order to get on the internet, and started again to work on making materials from articles on Clearwisdom.net. Every day, I would save articles about practitioners' experience sharing and every week I would print hard copies, which I would then distribute to local practitioners. So once again we were able to establish communications between our area and Clearwisdom.net. Those who had gone astray issued solemn statements, went back to righteous cultivation, and performed their proper duties.

2. "Just by having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations" (Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s)).

After I had succeeded in escaping by sending forth righteous thoughts, the local police came to my home to try to arrest me that very night, but failed. Then they went to my relative's home to try to arrest me there. My family members threatened to cut my living allowance to force me into compromising with the evil forces, but I refused. They tried again to move me with affection, but I sternly rebuffed them. Two weeks after that, my family members stopped trying to interfere with me.

Because I was able to escape from the brainwashing class, I assumed that I had gotten rid of my attachment to fear. But actually I got agitated whenever my family members pressured me, over the phone, to go back home after they had been questioned by the local police station. Only under such evil circumstances was I able to discover in my heart so many attachments to fear, which kept coming up one after another as I was thinking about whether those phone calls would be monitored or whether I would be arrested. So, accordingly, I immediately eliminated those attachments by sending forth righteous thoughts, powerful righteous thoughts. My experience is that evil factors (including attachments) will be eliminated as long as my xinxing (moral character) is up to the standard at the critical moments. Just as Teacher said in Expounding on the Fa:

"If you, a disciple, can truly maintain an unshakable calm or be determined to meet different requirements at different levels, this should be sufficient for you to pass the test. If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary human. So why doesn't the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?"

3. "Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts" (Dafa is Indestructible).

At the end of August, I started to look for a job. Several companies made appointments with me for interviews. I realized that those were opportunities for me to "clarify the truth thoroughly." When the human resource managers from one of the companies asked me why I left my previous company, I told them how I was kidnapped from my workplace and how I had benefited from practicing Falun Gong. Another privately-owned overseas Chinese company was looking for a person of good moral quality. I told the boss there that my best reference was that I was a Falun Dafa practitioner. He said that he had obtained a broad perspective on life through frequent traveling at home and abroad, and was very disgusted with Jiang's Cultural Revolution-style tactics; on the other hand, he admired and greatly respected Falun Dafa practitioners and wished to have a chance to work with one.

Another company that granted me an interview was very close to my previous workplace from the time before I had obtained the Fa, so I stopped by and met with my former colleagues. I told them how I had lost my job and how Falun Gong was beneficial to me. When I reminded them to not be duped by the propaganda, they replied, "Don't worry, we're not children." I also met with the general manager and told him about my situation.

Later, I managed to find time to go back to the company where I was working when I was kidnapped. Because I was taken away secretly, many of my former colleagues thought that I had quit my job. I clarified the truth to them and explained why I was arrested. They gathered together and listened to me as most of them had already known the truth and told me to take care and pay attention to my safety. My former department manager felt sorry about losing me, as I had been a very competent employee.

In a few words, I just needed to let everyone I met know the truth about Falun Dafa. Just as Teacher said,

"Every person you come into contact with in society is someone to clarify the truth to, and what's manifest in clarifying the truth is Dafa disciples' mercy and salvation of the people of the world (To All Students at the Nordic Fa Conference)."

4. "Completely oppose everything arranged by the evil old forces" (Dafa is Indestructible).

By the end of September, with the "sensitive" days just around the corner, all over the country, the evil forces desperately searched for and tried to kidnap homeless practitioners. Several of my fellow practitioners were arrested one after another in our area, until eventually I became the only homeless practitioner left. The "610" office harassed my family members every other day and threatened, "If he comes back before October 1, we will let bygones be bygones, otherwise we'll put him 'on the net' (the wanted list)." I realized that I should "completely oppose everything arranged by the evil old forces" and should have my heart unaffected. My first thought was that I wouldn't be afraid if they put me on the "wanted list" as they wouldn't be able to get me anyway. But after thinking about it again, I found that that thought was not right either, because it was still yielding to what was arranged by the evil old forces. If I was being the best person I could be and was engaged in the most righteous cause, then why should I be put on a "wanted list?" Teacher has allowed us to completely oppose everything arranged by the evil old forces, so I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the "wanted list" and to stop them from searching for me. Several days later my sister told me on the phone that I had been placed on the "wanted list." I didn't take it seriously and continued to do things to rectify the Fa. On the following day, my mother gave me a call, "I have good news to tell you. Your case has been dismissed. The '610' office hasn't put you on the "wanted list." They're not going to investigate you anymore and they're not going to send you to the brainwashing classes either. They even wrote a guarantee." I knew then that I had defeated the evils in other dimensions.

In the beginning, the evil forces searched for me, then they threatened me and my family, and finally they gave up and surrendered. This, in fact, is exactly as Teacher said: "...these so-called evil beings are in fact nothing" (The Effect of Righteous Thoughts).

"A Dafa disciple completely opposes everything arranged by the evil old forces. Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts, save all beings, and safeguard the Fa with determination, because you are a part of Dafa, indestructible (Dafa is Indestructible)."

With the acceleration of Fa-rectification, the time when the Fa rectifies the human world will be coming very soon. Let's cherish these noble opportunities for cultivation and with a clear mind, step forward on our way home.

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The above is my experience sharing. Please kindly point out any parts that may be inappropriate.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2001/11/9/19311.html

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