(Clearwisdom.net) Ten years have passed since the persecution of Falun Dafa began on July 20, 1999. When I look back, the events that happened after July 20 are still very clear in my mind. I'd like to share them with you.
The weather on July 20, 1999 was extremely hot and suffocating. I had lost my job not too long before the event. All the television channels were broadcasting lies fabricated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in order to deceive people. In order to eliminate Falun Gong, the CCP used the media to spread its propaganda and instigate people's hatred toward Falun Gong. Nevertheless, every attempt made by the CCP to persecute Falun Gong eventually helped the spread of Falun Gong.
On the days following July 20th, local policemen and public security personnel searched practitioners' homes without search warrants, and confiscated Dafa books, videos, and tapes. On July 22, two policemen came to my home. They confiscated a copy of Zhuan Falun, an audiotape of the Guangzhou lecture, and two portraits of Teacher. They searched everywhere in the house, even under the mattress. When they opened the cabinet door of the wall unit in the living room, my daughter, a junior high school student, kicked the door closed and scolded them, "You have no right to search our house!" Startled, the two policemen stopped the search. At the same moment, my phone rang and I picked up the receiver. I heard a voice saying, "Think of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and Falun Gong will prevail." At first I thought that it was a practitioner, so I held the receiver close to my ear so that the policemen standing next to me could not hear the conversation. The voice kept repeating the phrase, but I could not recognize the person. I continued to nod, said "Yes" and asked, "Who are you?" I heard the reply clearly, "Me - ? - You - will - never - know - who - I - am -," and kept repeating the phrase "Think of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and Falun Gong will prevail." I agreed, then hung up the phone; the policemen left without a word.
Afterwards, I asked two practitioners who knew my phone number if they had called me. They both said they had not. I knew then that it was Teacher's law body who was protecting me.
I felt excited and dejected at the same time. I knew that I did not do well and could not even safeguard Dafa books. I was afraid at the moment, but my daughter, who did not practice Falun Gong, stopped the illegal acts by the policemen. I felt very ashamed that I did not protect Dafa with righteousness, and tolerated their ruthless behavior. I was so naive to think that if they got what they wanted they would stop bothering us. For several days, I kept thinking about Teacher's words, and was disgusted with myself for not doing well. I also knew that Teacher tried to encourage me. Even if I fell, I would never give up practicing Falun Gong. Teacher said "No one knows who I am." ("Touring North America To Teach the Fa") This is true. Even if we consummate, it would be at the level of our fruit status. We could never reach Teacher's level, because this Fa is created by Teacher.
Later on, I was taken to the brainwashing center, and later became homeless to avoid further persecution. In April 2003, I was illegally arrested by the police and sentenced to three years in prison. None of this made me give up cultivation or change my belief in Dafa. Although I have fallen many times--sometimes I did well, and other times I did poorly--yet I still firmly believe that Falun Dafa is the most righteous Fa in the universe. It all depends on whether or not one can do it. One gains according to however much one cultivates.
Since my release from prison in 2006, I have worked here and there, diligently doing the three things that are required of practitioners. Even though I have encountered many hardships and xinxing conflicts, as long as I take the Fa as Teacher, there is no obstacle or mountain that I cannot overcome on the road of Fa-rectification. That is why I'm sharing my experience, to encourage fellow practitioners.
July 22, 2009
