My Understanding On Hunger Strikes
By a Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, there have been several articles on the
Clearwisdom.net website about hunger strikes. As a practitioner in Mainland
China, I also want to share my understanding on this issue. In the book Zhuan Falun, Chapter Seven, in the section "Hospital
Treatments and Qigong Treatments," Teacher says, "Let's talk about how hospital treatments and qigong treatments are
related. Some doctors of Western medicine don't believe in qigong, and you
could say that's true for most of them. Their version of the story goes, 'If
qigong can heal people, what do we need hospitals for? Why don't you just
replace hospitals! Your qigong can heal people with bare hands and without
injections, medication, or hospital stays, so why don't you just come take
over our hospitals?' There are also some qigong masters who say that
hospitals can't heal people, and they go off about the effectiveness of
hospital treatments today." In my opinion, whether one goes on hunger strike or not is analogous to
hospital treatments and qigong treatments. It is not wrong for practitioners to
go on hunger strike to protest torture. However, just like hospital treatments,
it can only target the superficial dimension and thus only have a limited
effect. In 1999 and 2000, many police officers in China still had kind natures.
During that time, when practitioners went on hunger strike, it truly shocked
them. They were amazed to see that practitioners were still energetic after
being on hunger strike for several days. They believed that Dafa is truly
miraculous. At that time, hunger striking achieved the goal of suppressing evil
and validating Dafa. The staged Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation incident deceived many police. In
addition, the evil beings in other dimensions have become more and more
deteriorated and evil. As a result, hunger strike often results in even more
severe torture. One practitioner who I know of got out of a detention center
twice with her righteous thoughts. It took her only one day the first time and
twenty-three days the second time (Clearwisdom report on October 25, 2003,
"Walking My Path Righteously in Difficulties and Hardships"
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/10/25/41619.html). When she
shared her experience, she said she would keep her mind busy. She sent forth
righteous thoughts continuously and kept clarifying the truth with a calm and
rational mind to all the people she encountered. She was not moved when the evil
created illusions that her righteous thoughts did not seem to have an effect;
she firmly believed in the power of righteous thoughts. Once the evil beings in
other dimensions are eliminated, the situation will change in this dimension. I
think that her way is like qigong treatments. It targets directly the root of a
disease in other dimensions that is the fundamental cause. Therefore, it works
quickly and effectively. More importantly, in denying the arrangement of the old forces, maintaining
high xinxing (mind nature) is crucial. Teacher said, "However strong the
righteous thoughts are, that's how great the power is." ("Also in a Few Words")
Upon encountering hardships, practitioners' xinxing should meet the
requirement of Fa-rectification. No matter which way one takes, Teacher will
help him. Therefore, he may have more than one hundred ways to suppress evil.
Otherwise, if one's xinxing is not high the effect will be minimal.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/12/6/61898.html
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