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People Serving Terms in Forced Labor Camps Start Cultivating After Learning the Facts About Dafa By a Dafa Practitioner in Guizhou Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Inside China's labor camps, people sentenced to forced
labor are not allowed to learn Falun Dafa, lest they face heavy punishment.
However, quite a number of these people are taking up cultivation practice
without any fear after they learn the truth about Falun Dafa. The following are
some examples:
Person A began practicing Falun Dafa two months ago. When the police found
Dafa articles in her possession, they asked her if she had been practicing
Falun Gong. She replied solemnly, "Yes, I am now a Dafa practitioner, and
Master Li is my Teacher. What is wrong with practicing Falun Gong? I started
only two months ago and my mind and body have changed dramatically. I was lazy
before and could not finish the labor work. Now I can finish the work all by
myself. I used to hate to work and previously paid others to wash my clothes
and my dishes, to make my bed and to do the daily work for me. Now I can do
them myself. I was very attached to laziness in the past and often asked my
family to give me 400 to 500 Yuan per month to spend. But after learning Dafa,
I learned to live a simple life, endure difficulties, and I only ask for 150
Yuan from my family each month. I was previously addicted to smoking, but now I
have quit smoking. Dafa has made me improve myself, pursue good instead of bad,
and it has encouraged me to be a good person. However, you don't thank my
Teacher, but rather you slander and attack him. Why am I punished for being a
good person?"
Person B, after learning more facts about Falun Dafa, sighed with pain and
regret, "I wasted my earlier life, and I was living in ignorance! Why didn't I
learn the Dafa principles earlier? Otherwise, I wouldn't have done those wrong
deeds and stupid things. I wouldn't have sold drugs. I would not have become a
drug addict and would not have fallen ... Many people committed wrong deeds
because they did not have the moral standard to guard themselves. They were
influenced by the bad trends in our society, so they did things their own way.
After they were released from the labor camps, they went back to their old ways
again, committing wrong deeds on top of wrong deeds. If they had been allowed
to learn Dafa, I can guarantee that many people like me would have regretted
what they had done, and would have changed themselves." Because she had a very
good understanding of the Fa principles, and was very diligent in cultivation,
within a month her body was cleaned up multiple times and she obtained a Falun
as well. For example, one afternoon when she started to experience symptoms of
drug addiction, and said that this should not happen any longer since she had
quit drugs nearly two years prior. I comforted her and told her not to worry
about it. I told her that these symptoms would soon disappear, because it was
Master cleaning up her body, taking out the poisons from her bones and blood,
and it was a good thing. As expected, a couple of hours later, she told me
happily that the symptoms were gone and a burst of warm energy came down from
her head and spread out to her body. It was warm, especially in her abdomen. I
touched her head, her body, and her abdomen, and they were really warm. I told
her, "Master has poured energy into your head and has given you the Falun." She
was beset with welling emotions when she experienced Master's compassion, and
the mystery and wonder of Dafa. She said, "People like us are drug addicts,
like trash in the society, and we are surrounded by karma. In society, people
hate us, are afraid of us, and dismiss and insult us. We never expected to
learn Dafa because it is too holy and too solemn. But Master did not forget us.
Rather, he has cleaned up our bodies, given us precious things, taught us the
Fa, and offered us an opportunity to start afresh and have a happy future.
Master is so compassionate!"
Person C, after obtaining Dafa, was very regretful of her previous actions,
and truly cherishes Dafa. Due to the long labor hours, she did not have a block
of time to study the Fa, so she made good use of every minute she had.
Sometimes during the short break time when others dozed off, she was studying
the Fa attentively. She also studied the Fa during the few minutes they had
before lining up for roll call every morning. Her eagerness in learning Dafa is
like thirsty grass expecting the much needed rain for nourishment. It is very
touching. In addition, no matter how late they finished work and no matter how
hard and exhausting the day was, she always makes time to do the sitting
meditation. Master cleaned up her body very quickly. The chilly feeling in her
bones caused by her drug addiction vanished. By studying the Fa diligently, she
has raised her level of understanding the Fa. She deeply understands how
righteous Dafa is, and all the principles that teach people to be good by
following "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." Contrasting the current society
that is full of evil, deceit, violence, and corruption, Dafa is so great and
precious. She is so sad that practitioners are being tortured for no reason.
She has told Dafa practitioners many times that she really wants to practice
Dafa in public! She really wants many people to learn Dafa! She really wants to
tell the public how great Dafa is! But instead, she has to hide to cultivate
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" and become a good person. Otherwise, she
faces torture. She felt depressed, angry, and found it hard to endure. Dafa has
corrected her, given her righteousness, and she has become even more steadfast.
A few months after she learned Falun Dafa, the police found out and
transferred her somewhere else. She was punished, tortured, and threatened. She
said she was prepared to walk her path no matter how hard it would be. Later we
were saddened to learn that she had been brutally tortured. She was locked up
in confinement, subjected to slave labor, cursed at, and her term was extended.
But she is still full of unyielding integrity and her righteous thoughts are
firm.
Fellow practitioners, let us be more diligent, and treasure the time we have
now to save sentient beings. Posting date: 7/17/2004 |