The Charles Li That I Know (Photo)

(Clearwisdom.net) Charles is an American citizen and a Falun Gong practitioner. Rescuing him is the responsibility of each practitioner in the US, and around the world. Perhaps fellow practitioners from other areas do not know him and his fiancée Yongqing. I would like to write about my own contact with them in order to help other practitioners have a better understanding of them.

Charles Li	Charles' fiancée Fu Yongqing

The first time I met Charles was in 2000. At that time he was already in the San Francisco Bay area. I knew he was studying medicine. Charles is an upright and sincere person. He donated all his time, energy and money to clarifying the truth, but he is always very modest. He is also an extremely warm-hearted person and is always glad to help others. Whenever anyone looks to him for help, he is always willing.

Charles is very genial, and always smiling. It gives people a very warm feeling. Once, I complained to him that I did very little for Dafa. He patiently listened to me complain and did not show any signs of being bothered; then he said there was a job that just suited me. I had something to do, in my heart I was very happy and felt secure. Now looking back, actually like so many other Dafa practitioners, he had taken upon himself many jobs. If I could learn to look inside early and get rid of my attachments, it would be so wonderful and reduce many losses.

Charles opened a small company, and his work hours were flexible. He used all the time he could to validate Dafa and save sentient beings. Once, he heard that practitioners in South America were few and their financial situation was very tight, so he sent large quantities of money to help without telling others. He was steadfast in cultivation and never showed off. Almost all the Bay area practitioners know and deem him as an extremely good person.

Charles' fiancée Yongqing is a tall and slender young girl. She is temperate and gentle. Due to my human thoughts, when I first saw her, I thought with normal people's mentality: someone like her may not like to acknowledge me. One time when I needed to ask for her help I got a chance to talk to her, and only then did I find out that she is an amiable warm-hearted person.

When I read the news of Charles' arrest, I was shocked. When I saw Youngqing's tearful eyes and melancholy facial expression as she hurried about in Washington D.C. to accept interviews to rescue Charles, my heart was sorrowful, and I couldn't contain my tears. The Bay area practitioners were too sad to eat.

After reading the article on Clearwisdom "My thoughts from the scenes in other dimension on rescuing Charles Li," I was indeed shaken up. I know Charles, therefore I am positively participating in the rescue effort, but have I achieved the determination in my heart that "I will not rest until Charles is rescued?" Moreover, because Charles is a practitioner I know and he also helped me, I therefore take it seriously. Then how about another US practitioner, Teng Chun Yan who has been detained for several years? Also other practitioners' family members persecuted in China? Recently a Canadian practitioner's mother was released before her sentence expired. Our Bay area practitioners also participate in the "Rescue Our Family Members" campaign. Their family members are persecuted in China. Since I do not know them personally, do I behave indifferently?

Actually, from the human surface my strength is very weak, what I can do is very little, but as a Dafa practitioner, what is truly needed is my heart.

I am aware that practitioners in the US do not necessarily need to do more but should put this matter in their hearts. When sending forth righteous thoughts, think of Charles in your hearts, think of those family members of the "Rescue Our Family Members" we may not know. Naturally it will make the evil scared, and the evil will of itself be destroyed. Last time the House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 188 with a 420:0 vote to condemn the Jiang regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong, I think it was because all US practitioners paid attention, all treated it as an important matter, and all put it in their hearts, so we achieved such a good result.

Let us all work hard to rescue Charles back to the US soon.

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