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My Thoughts on the Persecution and Death of Liu Chengjun By a Dafa practitioner in Mainland China
(Clearwisdom.net) On the afternoon of December 26, 2003, I became
extremely sad after I heard the news from a fellow practitioner that Falun Dafa
practitioner Mr. Liu Chengjun was tortured to death in Jilin Prison. Now,
thinking about the whole process after I have calmed down, I feel that I did not
do my best to rescue Liu Chengjun. At the beginning, when I heard that Mr. Liu had been tortured severely in
Jilin Prison and his life was at risk, just like many other practitioners, I
knew the issue was urgent. We sent forth righteous thoughts and we all tried to
find ways to rescue him. We asked for him to be bailed out for medical reasons,
and we went to Jilin Prison to ask for his immediate release. But it was on a
weekend, and we did not find the head of the prison. We only found one person
there who was on duty and a team head whose last name was Tan; they just gave us
the runaround. We thought it was of no use to stay there any longer, so we left.
I felt very helpless and sensed that we needed to improve ourselves somewhere,
but I did not know where the problem was exactly. I had not searched carefully
from within, nor did I discuss the issue with fellow practitioners. Later on, I
began to feel numb and helpless about it, and developed the incorrect notion of
relying on Mr. Liu's relatives to solve the problem. After a few days, I heard that the prison had agreed to grant the request to
let Mr. Liu out on bail for medical treatment. However, the local (Nong'an
County) Public Security Bureau would not agree to this. Around that time, I ran
into a fellow practitioner on the street, and discussed it with him briefly. I
realized that we hadn't done enough to clarify the truth locally. Teacher said, "Wherever there's a problem, that is where you need to
clarify the truth and save people." (Teaching the Fa at the Washington DC
Fa Conference, 2002). The idea of going to those offices that are directly related to Mr. Liu's
case and clarifying the truth to them face to face appeared in my mind at that
time. However, because of my fearfulness, this idea did not remain with me very
long. I did not have the courage to look into this possibility thoroughly and
face it righteously. I did not think of other ways to clarify the truth either,
and therefore have caused a huge loss in the efforts to rescue our fellow
practitioner, as well as in our efforts to validate the Fa and save sentient
beings. Examining the cause of the great pain, I realized the main reason was that I
hadn't studied the Fa deeply, and therefore did not have a steady foundation.
Under most circumstances, I felt that my thoughts were on the Fa, but actually
this was only on the surface. I did not truly understand the principles of the
Fa, and did not have a firm belief in Teacher and the Fa. Cultivation is very
serious, and not just something to talk about and something to think about. It
is a complete change of one's innate character and a rebirth of oneself. Only if
we truly immerse ourselves in the Fa and assimilate to the Fa can we do things
according to the principles of the Fa. Only then can we overcome normal human
attachments and notions, validate Dafa better, and save sentient beings more
effectively. Of course, the evil is very vicious. All the arrangements of the old forces,
the so-called test of Dafa and Dafa practitioners, are for their own selfish
purposes. Teacher does not accept any of their arrangements, and neither should
we. Our mission is to follow Teacher in Fa-Rectification closely, and break
through all the arrangements of the old forces. However, in this specific case,
we did not achieve a complete denial of the old forces. During this process, some practitioners have tried very hard. In their
efforts, however, there were human attachments. Although some methods seemed to
be working on the surface to a certain extent, there was no real effect at a
deep level. When we could not realize our attachment in time, the evil took
advantage of our omissions and increased the persecution, making the whole
situation more complicated and severe. It is true that we have to do things
according to the environment of everyday people, but we are cultivators and Dafa
practitioners during the Fa-rectification, and we should stand on the basis of
the Fa when we do things. For example, in the case of having Mr. Liu Chengjun
released on bail for medical purposes, this is just one way of rescuing fellow
practitioners. The whole process of the rescue effort gave us a chance to
clarify the truth and reveal the persecution of Dafa practitioners and validate
Dafa in local areas. The public would certainly criticize the illegal sentence
by the judiciary system once they knew the truth. Exposing the evil will prevent
it from persecuting our fellow practitioners. Our righteous words and behavior
would also let the local people see and experience the compassion and
peacefulness of Dafa disciples and consequently realize the beauty of Dafa. The lesson is heavy and painful, because one of our Dafa practitioners was
tortured to death. The lesson should make us more sober and mature. I hope that
other practitioners will also share their experience, so that we can improve
where we have not done well, encourage each other and move forward together, and
walk each of our steps correctly on the path of Fa-rectification. February 1, 2004
Posting date: 2/17/2004 |