[Minghui Net] Forty-year-old Zhang Mei (pseudonym) was charged with fraud and kidnapping and sentenced to three years of labor re-education. She was depressed; still, the head guard often glared at her and shouted at her. The warden often yelled at her because she dared not raise her head, and other prisoners looked down on her. But Dafa practitioners, who were illegally imprisoned at the camp, were always very gentle and benevolent to everyone. They helped Zhang Mei in her daily life by giving her encouragement and spiritual advice, and told her about the Great Principle of "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance." She understood the principle of loss and gain, and the holy seed of Dafa was planted in her heart. Because Zhang Mei's family is poor and few people visited her, Dafa practitioners shared with her the food brought by their visiting family members. Although she was unaware of it, Zhang Mei had an illness and often felt very thirsty. At that time, it was quite difficult to fetch boiled water, so Dafa practitioner Xin Rulan (pseudonym) offered her own thermos to Zhang Mei to drink. Other Dafa practitioners also gave her clothes and other items.

What moved Zhang Mei even more was the strength of the righteous faith and righteous minds of practitioners who were protecting Dafa with their lives. In March and April of 2000, Zhang Mei saw that Dafa practitioners wrote to all levels of authority many times, strongly requesting that the reputation of Dafa and Master be restored, and the suppression of Dafa be peacefully resolved. Dafa practitioners' legal appeals were not wrong, so they refused forced labor. They openly recited the Fa and practiced the exercises in the compound of the labor camp. The wicked, brutal guards then tried many methods to subjugate the practitioners, such as electric batons, clubs, ropes, handcuffs, belts, punching, slapping the face, etc. Though tortured without restraint, Dafa practitioners bravely faced the cruel beatings and torments with a selfless and fearless calm. Legs stood, though swollen! Ropes tied, were broken! Handcuffs were used up! They stood up again and again after being beaten unconscious.

Witnessing the Dafa practitioners' rock solid will, Zhang Mei's conscience awakened. She asked the practitioners, "I also want to practice Falun Gong. Can I practice it?" So practitioners began to teach her about studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. At that time Zhang Mei had to drink a lot of water every day. She was thin and weak and could not handle the hard work. When a doctor examined her, the test results showed that she had diabetes with 4 positive sign. The head guard had to change her job from machine sewing to night duty in the dormitory (one needs to work over 10 hours every day with the machine sewing job). Thus Zhang Mei had time to study the Fa and practice. Practitioners all said that this was Master's ingenious arrangement for her. With the help of practitioners, every night under the dim light, Zhang Mei studied Dafa books and scriptures, putting a lot of effort into it. Not letting the head guard know, she hand-copied the scriptures, recited Master's poems, woke up practitioners to do exercises at midnight, and kept watch for them.

Time passed, and the doctor at the clinic of the labor camp noticed that she had not taken medicine for several days. The doctor asked her to come to the clinic and asked very seriously: "Tell me the truth. You haven't taken medicine for so long. Are you practicing Falun Gong with them too?" Zhang Mei answered, "Yes." The doctor asked Zhang Mei to take a laboratory urine test. The result showed that she had only 1 positive sign left. The doctor could not believe that Dafa was curing her disease. Puzzled, he said, "Did you mix urine with water, or substitute another's sample for your own?" Later on the doctor did the urine test in person three times, and this time, no positive signs remained. The doctor believed at this moment, but asked her not to reveal it to others. "You should not tell others that practicing Falun Gong cured your disease. Say that the medicines cured it," the doctor cautioned. When Zhang Mei told practitioners what happened, they encouraged her, "The Master has cleaned up your body for you. You should validate the miracle of Dafa." Zhang Mei then went to see the vice director of the labor camp, who has had diabetes for many years and has relied on medicine to maintain her health. Zhang Mei told her, "I started practicing Falun Gong. Even under the harsh circumstances of this labor camp, without much nutrition, my diabetes of 4 positive signs was cured! Dafa is truly an extraordinary science! Please practice too!"

Later on, the labor camp further escalated the cruel persecution of Dafa practitioners. They often searched for Dafa literature. Zhang Mei tried every means to protect the Dafa materials, but still was discovered by the head guard of the camp. She struck Zhang Mei violently, repeatedly slapped her face, and reprimanded her, saying, "We will prolong your term for a year if you keep practicing." Later Zhang Mei told other practitioners, "I have obtained the Fa. How could I be afraid of having my term prolonged? For validating Dafa, I am afraid of nothing!" In this way, Zhang Mei started firmly on her cultivation path. Her story has met with great response in the labor camp, and all people in the No.2 squadron heard about it. Many other Dafa miracles happened within the No.2 squadron, which have been widely spread among the prisoners.

Ren Hui, a non-practitioner, filed a lawsuit and appealed, and for this she was subsequently sentenced to one year in the labor camp for "intentionally making trouble." A lot of non-practitioners in this squad had been sentenced to labor re-education for appealing and filing suits. In the squad, prisoners often made a scene over tiny matters, but after practitioners came here, everything changed. The practitioners always considered others first without calculating gains and losses and were kind and gentle to everyone. No matter what conflict arose, they would resolve it with forbearance and bring about reconciliation, using reason and principles. They truly showed what "to not fight back when you are beaten or sworn at" is all about.

Later on, the unprecedented courage Dafa practitioners had demonstrated for the sake of Truth and Justice, moved people at all levels in the labor camp. No matter how viciously the brutal guards and some prisoners tortured them, practitioners still promoted and validated Dafa. Neither timidly nor arrogantly, they continued to stand up for Justice in the same peaceful manner as before. The steadfast will of Dafa practitioners moved many people's hearts. Ren Hui's heart was very shaken and one day she secretly asked Heaven, "Why is this Dafa worth so many people protecting it with their lives! If it is really so wonderful, could it be revealed to me? If so, I shall give up my life to spread this Dafa wherever I go!" That night her celestial eye was opened, and she saw a lot of wonderful scenes. After that, every night when it was very late, Ren Hui saw in other dimensions, one by one, the phenomena taught in Zhuan Falun: the opening of the celestial eye, the placement of the mysterious pass, the opening of the maoyou [the borderline between the yin and yang sides of the body] heavenly circuit, etc. Ren Hui experienced and enlightened to many wonderful phenomena of Buddha dharma. She recorded these wonderful scenes into her diary and began practicing Dafa.

When the guards searched for Dafa books, even this diary was confiscated. In order to validate Dafa and clarify the truth, Ren Hui explained the phenomena she recorded in her diary to the head guard of the squadron. The head guard could not deal with this matter and turned the diary over to the chief of the labor camp. This true story shows the miracles of Dafa. Not only were the prisoners surprised, but the practitioners were also amazed by the great compassion of the Master to save people.

Later, in the same squad, Sun Chunyan obtained the Fa and started cultivation, joining the late night group practice. After that, other prisoners also obtained the Fa. Cultivating and studying the Fa became a nightly custom of No.2 squad. There were also people watching out for the group while practitioners studied peacefully. Many prisoners no longer monitored the practitioners and even sat down to listen, sometimes listening very attentively. Every word and action of the practitioners was gradually changing the atmosphere of the labor camp. Scolding and quarreling gradually disappeared in the squad, and the prisoners got along and lived harmoniously like sisters.

Dafa is spreading splendidly in the labor camp. Even the most obstinate prisoner monitor can recite several of Master's poems. Some head guards said to the practitioners in private: "We also know that your Dafa is good and you are good. It's hard to understand why Jiang Zemin treats you like this ..."

It is just like our Master says: "All suppression of Dafa is promotion of Dafa." Although Jiang Zemin acts willfully, attempting to destroy "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance," Dafa practitioners have brought the might of Dafa wherever they have gone. People still have kindhearted inborn-nature remaining, and people with predestined relationship are still obtaining the Fa. Therefore, Dafa practitioners can never be eradicated by arrests or beatings.