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A Young Woman Finds Falun Dafa in Prison By a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) This story happened in the summer of 2000 when the persecution of
practitioners was rampant. After being illegally arrested twice, I
was put in jail again. In the beginning I was put in a small room where they
jailed newcomers. Because of my refusal to cooperate and my attempts to tell
people about Falun Dafa in the jail, after 15 days the guards put me in the
contagious disease area to punish me. Only two people were in the contagious disease area. One was a young woman
about the same age as me. The other was an older woman. The first night I was
there, as soon as I crossed my legs to do the seated meditation exercise, they
pulled my legs out of position and, due to having been deceived by the Chinese
Communist Party's (CCP) propaganda, they tried to convince me that I should not
practice. The next day, I got up early in the morning to do the exercises again.
The young woman came to me, I heard her stop in front of me, and then leave
without saying a word. We sat together and talked at noon. While I was trying to think of a way to
bring up Falun Dafa, she brought it up first and said, "You can do the
exercises if you want to. I will not stop you in the future. After you came, I
slept very well and did not have nightmares anymore." I said, "Do you
usually have a lot of nightmares?" She said, "Yes. Before you came, I dreamt of ghosts chasing me and
trying to kill me every night. Yesterday I did not have a nightmare. Instead, I
dreamt that I was flying and I saw a respectable monk asking me to go along with
him." Hearing this, I knew that it was a hint for her to learn Falun Dafa. I was
delighted and said to her, "Congratulations. This dream was an invitation
for you to learn Falun Dafa. Why don't you learn Falun Gong as soon as you can.
Teacher is giving you a hint." After pausing for a little while, she said, "Okay. I will start to learn
it." I began to tell her what practitioners are all about and how to
cultivate in Falun Gong. I also explained why the CCP tells lies about Falun
Gong and why we were being persecuted. After hearing my explanations, she said in surprise, "Really? Falun Gong
is so wonderful. You guys are truly something." She admired us for our
persistence in going to appeal and telling the facts to people, and also the
fact that we always face the persecution with benevolence, instead of hatred or
despair. Then I wrote down "On Buddha Law" for her from memory. That
night she began to memorize it, skipping her chance to watch television. On the third day, she told me when she got up, "I had a dream. I dreamt
that I had a test. Looking at the test paper I knew nothing. My sister tried to
help me, but it wouldn't do. The teacher said to me, 'You have to learn it. You
have to cultivate.' I asked the teacher, 'What do I learn?' The teacher said,
'You need to learn Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. You have to
cultivate.' Then I woke up." I told her, "Teacher was trying to give you hints. Falun Gong is
Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Teacher is taking care of you
now." Then I tried to recite for her the lectures in Zhuan Falun
from my memory, while trying my best to adhere to Teacher's words. I also told
her, this way of learning Dafa is acceptable only under unusual circumstances
and that after she gets out of jail, she should find a copy of Zhuan Falun
and study it for herself. I continued to write down some articles from my memory
for her, including "Expounding on the Fa," "Towards
Consummation," "Wealth with Virtue" and "True
Cultivation." I wanted to pass on as much as I could remember as I did not
know how long we would be together. This way, with Teacher's care and guidance,
I felt that her mental state was elevating every day and making great strides. On the tenth day, when I finished writing down all the articles that I had
memorized and taught her all five exercises, I was transferred away. Posting date: 1/20/2006 |