Illegal Trial of 13 Dafa Practitioners in Dehui City, Jilin Province Offends Heaven and Earth (Part 2)
By a practitioner in Mainland China
December 3, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net) On November 14, 2003, the Dehui City Court conducted an
illegal trial against thirteen practitioners who had been detained for a long
time. This illegal trial shook me greatly. The evil elements are decreasing, the
old forces and ghosts that interfere with Fa-rectification are being eliminated,
and practitioners are becoming mature when dealing with Fa-rectification issues.
At such a time, it is a great insult to Dafa that these forces can arrogantly
hold an illegal trial against practitioners. This is an opportunity for every
practitioner in Dehui City to search within for the source of these problems.
These thirteen practitioners had been illegally detained for over a year.
They had gone on hunger strikes numerous times. With the help of practitioners
who are free, the court couldn't start the trial as planned. On July 22, 2003,
the Chinese Supreme Procuratorate issued the regulation that "prolonged
confinement is an illegal detention." The family members of the thirteen
practitioners came out to clarify the truth and requested that the local
officials release the practitioners. They, with the help of the practitioners,
reasoned effectively with the officials. They pointed out to the officials the
police's methods of torture, abuse and prolonged confinement. The families and
practitioners validated Falun Dafa in the Judiciary Office. The officials would
hide when they heard that the family members were appealing. They didn't even
dare to tell the practitioners their names.
The detained practitioners steadfastly resisted the persecution. As of
November 14, they had been on a hunger strike for a month. Around December 10,
the TV news reported on the "prolonged confinement is an illegal detention"
regulation. Why, then, would the Dehui City Judiciary Office suddenly go against
the regulation and conduct a trial against the practitioners? Besides knowing
that it was Jiang's corrupt regime at work, I remembered that Teacher said in
"Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.," "As I've
said, everything that happens today in the ordinary society is the result of
Dafa disciples' thoughts." We as practitioners should look within ourselves. The
following are some of my own understandings on this current situation of the
rescue efforts and the trial:
1. We understood the basic requirements for rescuing practitioners.
Because our basic position is pure, we always refer to the fact that Falun
Dafa is a righteous Fa and that excessive detention is illegal. We talked about
the persecution, how the police went against the laws, how they tortured and
abused the practitioners, and how they always hid from our inquiries. The Legal
Institute, the "610 Office"* and the Political and Judiciary Committee failed to
answer our answers and inquiries. But, because practitioners failed to
understand the Fa from the position of the Fa, we ended up trying to save the
practitioners from the point of view of personal freedom. We were moved by
sentimentality and we failed to fight back with the right answers when these
corrupt officials defamed Dafa. Finally, they still illegally tried the
practitioners.
2. We failed to understand the basic nature of the evil forces that were
driving this illegal activity.
Since October 15, the detained practitioners had been on a hunger strike to
protest the illegal trial. This was a pivotal moment for the family members, who
were mostly practitioners, in their rescue efforts. Some practitioners couldn't
see that the Fa was their Teacher or use the Fa to eliminate the corrupt
influences behind the official's plans. They started using the methods of
ordinary society, such as trying to persuade them with gifts [a common practice
in China] and relying on hearsay. The police, with their false kindness,
persuaded some of the practitioners in detention to start eating; thus, the
police caught the practitioners in their weakness.
Another reason for our failure was because the detained practitioners were
relying on their family members too much, and failed to stand up for themselves.
Some practitioners felt that all they needed to do was send forth righteous
thoughts. They felt that since the evil beings are very few, they couldn't do
much at this time. In this situation, sending forth righteous thoughts became
just a formality. They failed to understand just how wicked these beings are
before they are eliminated. The increased resistance on the part of the evil
beings before their final elimination is one of the reasons for the illegal
trial.
3. We didn't form enough of a unity.
Our Teacher said in "Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at
the U.S. West Fa Conference," "You have to rescue your fellow cultivators and
Dafa disciples--we can't let the evil persecute them wildly and without
restraint." The yearlong excessive detention of the thirteen practitioners and
the illegal trial is persecution against practitioners as a whole. Some
practitioners failed to see this and felt that this was a personal tribulation
for the detained practitioners. They failed to get out of the mentality of
personal cultivation and see that we are one body. The detained practitioners
sent letters out hoping that we could go to the judicial offices and request
their release. Some practitioners, failing to see what they could do to help,
started criticizing the detained practitioners about how they weren't doing well
enough. And some felt that rescuing the practitioners might affect the process
of bringing salvation to sentient beings. Some felt that the situation of the
detained practitioners was not related to them. Others feared that rescue
efforts might take energy from their own personal cultivation. Some came to
help, but it was because other people were doing so and not because they truly
wanted to do Fa-rectification work. During the process of rescuing the
practitioners, we were not communicating or helping each other out. We didn't
form a strong body of Dafa practitioners. On the day of the trial, there were a
dozen policemen, security and plainclothes agents. They hired thugs and had over
a dozen vehicles guarding the courthouse. It was like a war to them. Before the
trial began, a loudspeaker, not far from the courthouse (behind the police
station), started broadcasting Dafa truth-clarification information. The police
were extremely surprised. We needed the practitioners to coordinate efforts as a
whole body in critical moments, but less than 20 practitioners went to the
courthouse, which defeated our opportunity.
4. We didn't completely resist the evil's plans.
The evil forces conducted this unlawful trial. But practitioners failed to
defend themselves (some had been on the hunger strike for 30 days, others had
been paralyzed by the torture and had to be carried into the courtroom). This
occurred 3 months after the "prolonged confinement is an illegal detention"
regulation was issued. During the trial the police acted as if it were a battle.
They were equipped with shields and batons and they looked intimidating. As a
matter of fact, this was an expression of extreme fear. The practitioners and
family members weren't decisive and didn't try to prevent the trial. We were
fearful of the superficial appearances and didn't suppress the evil force's
plans. A few family members went in and they were being watched. Some of the
practitioners on trial could have spoken up, but didn't do so, and so we let the
trial follow its own course.
5. We didn't let go of our own self during this process to resist the
persecution.
The story of "Golden Buddha" was very inspiring to me. In that story a
cultivator used someone else's heart to test boiling water, instead of testing
it personally. In our process of rescuing the practitioners, I saw that I was
trying to let the family members do the rescuing; let them talk to the legal
offices, let them inquire for their release, let them protest the trial and let
them resist the persecution. This is using someone else's heart to test boiling
water and I hid myself in safety. I didn't take the path of a Dafa practitioner.
The trial is just a form; it is a test for all practitioners. If we can as one
body let go of our old selves and our human hearts, use our real thoughts to
save the practitioners, without relying on the laws of the ordinary world, then
the situation would be different.
This process is not over. We have to understand who the actors are and what
their supporting roles are in this persecution. We need to do what we have to do
-- understand the Fa from the standpoint of Fa. We need to let go of our
personal interests and validate Dafa, and then the results will surely be
different.
* The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong,
with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other
political and judiciary systems. For Part 1, please see
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/11/29/42691.html
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/12/3/61736.html
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