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Calling Out the Truth in a Detention Center
By Dafa Practitioner Hai Zhen in China (Clearwisdom.net) On January 2, 2004, when I was clarifying the truth
about Falun Dafa at a department store, seven or eight police officers arrested
me and sent me to the local police station. I refused to answer any questions
since I had committed no crime, but kept clarifying the truth to them while
sending forth righteous thoughts. Later I was brought to a police precinct, where the head of the precinct told
me, "We want to send you to a labor camp, but cannot do so since no one
kept a record of the interrogation. Now you are sentenced to15 days of detention
for disturbing the public order." I said loudly, "You cannot detain
people at will. It is against law!" I tried to get out of the vehicle, but
was held tightly. When we arrived at the detention center I refused to get out
of the vehicle. I was carried into the detention center. By then, it was already
2:00 a.m. Earlier, I had some fear of being detained, but when I got to the detention
center, the attachment of fear was gone and I had no fear at all. Standing
inside the courtyard of the detention center and facing toward all the detention
rooms I called out loudly and spoke about the persecution of Dafa. The power of
righteous thoughts and actions manifested the dignity and benevolence of Dafa,
and the police became completely powerless and were unable to stop me. After I
had explained the facts thoroughly, they came up to me and asked me to get
inside a detention room. I refused, so several people came up to pull me. I
struggled and called out, "Falun Dafa is good! Practicing Falun Dafa is not
an offence! I refuse to be persecuted." Nonetheless, I was dragged into the
detention room. Master told us, "A Dafa disciple... what is a Dafa disciple? He's a
being created by the most magnificent Law, (enthusiastic applause) and
he's rock-solid and as indestructible as diamond." ("Teaching the Fa
at the 2003 Washington DC Fa Conference") I thought to myself that if I were kept here and couldn't clarify the truth,
wouldn't it mean that I had fallen into the arrangement of the old forces? I
must continue to clarify the truth. But how could I do it? It was not enough
just to clarify the truth to several people in the same room. There were over
ten thousand people detained here, and they should all have the opportunity to
be offered salvation, regardless of why they were detained in the first place.
So I decided to "call out the truth." Then next morning, as soon as I woke up, I started to "call out the
truth." I was a little hesitant at first, because I am a schoolteacher and
am used to behaving in a soft and gentle manner in daily life. Then I realized,
"I am a being created by the Fa. I had come for the Fa and for the
salvation of living beings. There is nothing that I could not let go of!"
Therefore, I started to call out the truth every day. No matter how the police
threatened me or scolded me, I did not care. After sending forth righteous
thoughts at set times I would start calling out the truth. I did not miss any
opportunities to clarify the truth to people, such as when there were visits
from higher authorities from the police department, or from different police
stations when new detainees were sent in. Even people who came to deliver food
or to clear away the trash got to know the truth from me. "Calling out the truth" was also a process to improve, purify and
elevate myself. I required myself to base my actions on the principle of acting
completely for the sake of others and for the salvation of sentient beings. I
tried my best to choose words that could manifest the benevolence and dignity of
Dafa. Before calling out, I would send forth righteous thoughts to clear out any
bad thoughts in me and the interference from various acquired notions. This way, I was able to call out the truth in a most purified state of mind.
I called out to detention rooms in all directions and to the spaces in the
cosmos. The words, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Falun Dafa is the
righteous Fa" resounded throughout the universe. I felt I was calling with
my whole heart and my whole being. With the help of Master and the righteous
gods, whenever I started to call out, the noisy environment would immediately
quiet down. With boundless reverence to the Fa and Master, and boundless
compassion for all living beings I kept calling out. All beings seemed to listen
to the words that they had been waiting for throughout the ages; waiting for
such a rare opportunity through the ages to be offered salvation. I called, "Restore Dafa's Reputation! Restore Master's reputation!
Restore practitioners' Reputation!" I told people, "We have been
framed. Those shown on TV were pretending to be practitioners." I told them
the reason why we were being persecuted, that the chief criminal is Jiang Zemin
who is being sued internationally in several courts, and that some of his
followers had been sentenced and been found guilty. I called out dozens of times every day. My throat became husky and I had
difficulty speaking. However, when I called, my voice was still loud and clear.
The police came to tell me, "Stop calling out. If you don't stop, I might
end up calling out with you too!" Those who were in the adjoining rooms
even learned to follow my words. When I called the first sentence, they would
follow and say the next sentence in a lower voice. When I went outside to air my
blanket, those in the male detention rooms would squeeze together in front of
the metal doors and call out, "Falun Dafa is good." Some also shouted,
"Long live Falun Dafa!" I truly realized the mighty power of Dafa, the assistance from Master's law
body and from the righteous gods. Ordinary people's slogans would not have such
a powerful effect, would they? Just as Master said, "As you clarify the
truth, the words you speak and the energy you emit have the effect of
intimidating and eliminating the evil. You are crucial in determining whether
the lives in this world stay or get eliminated. If your words are pure and
righteous they will really go right into the inner most part of people's
thoughts, and instantly make the world's people understand."
("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference") With the protection, help and hints from Master, and with my righteous
thoughts and righteous actions, fifteen days later I was unconditionally
released. (Previously, practitioners would not be released unless they wrote a
"guarantee statement.") When I went to the male detention section to
pick up my confiscated shoes, many people crowded near the doors. They
repeatedly called out what I had said while clarifying the truth. Some even
asked how to contact me and how to practice the Dafa exercises. I understood that they would be saved. February 27, 2004 |