The Sixth Internet Experience Sharing Conference for Practitioners in China
News and Events Around the World
Accounts of Persecution
Practitioners Exchange Insights and Experiences
(Clearwisdom.net) Greetings Master! Greetings fellow practitioners!
It has been fourteen years since I obtained Dafa. Throughout these years I have experienced much and have much to share. I would like to thank practitioners who run the Minghui website for holding the Sixth Internet Experience Sharing Conference. I would like to report to Master and fellow practitioners about my cultivation experiences. I wish to focus on how we have cooperated with each other and interacted as a whole body in saving sentient beings in the evil environment that prevailed in mainland China after July 20, 1999.
Cultivating Myself Well and Encouraging Other Practitioners to Act as a Whole
After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the irrational persecution of Dafa practitioners on July 20, 1999, many practitioners from our area went to Beijing to appeal. The persecution in our area was severe. My wife and I were illegally detained and sentenced to forced labor camps. Almost all the practitioners from our village who step forward to validate the Fa were illegally sentenced to forced labor while many of those who were reluctant to step forward due to fear or human attachments were forced to write the guarantee statements. The threats and pressure by officials from the local 610 Office and the police station were intense. The effect was that our whole environment for cultivation was seriously damaged. Police and CCP staff detained practitioners, ransacking and looting their homes. Nobody dared to talk about Falun Gong and many practitioners momentarily lost their righteous thoughts, not daring to admit that they were Falun Gong practitioners. Due to the campaign of intense slander and lies broadcast by the CCP's media, few people dared to contact or speak up for Falun Dafa practitioners.
While I was detained in the labor camp, my child came to visit me and told me about the situation outside. I encouraged my son to not be disheartened or lose courage. Even if there is only one person cultivating and validating the Fa, the evil would be frightened and thus you actually carry the Fa forward. It is wrong to denounce Falun Dafa when It is persecuted. We could never repay what Master has done for us. Even if we lose everything, including your relatives or even life in the validation of Fa. My child was enlightened and encouraged. After he returned home, the young Dafa disciple undertook the task of producing truth clarification materials. It was really hard for him to cultivate firmly in the {{Fa} during this period because he had just graduated from school and was alone. Nevertheless, without having his parents with him as support or help or understanding from others, he still managed to steadfastly remain on his path of cultivation.
In 2001, I was released from the labor camp two months ahead of time and I returned home. This surprised those who had persecuted me. They thought that it was impossible for me to be released because I had not written any guarantee statement. This greatly encouraged fellow practitioners who had not come out to validate the Fa due to hanging on to a human mindset or the attachment to fear. They saw how Master had protected me. From then on practitioners began to go out to validate the Fa.
After going back home, first and foremost I took every possible opportunity I had to study the Fa. I systematically read all Master's lectures and Minghui articles published after July 20, 1999. After studying the Fa, I enlightened and gained a clearer understanding of the responsibilities of Fa-rectification period disciples and Fa-rectification cultivation. I realized the surrounding environment was still very bad with the evil interfering continuously. Few practitioners were going out to validate the Fa, and almost no Dafa materials were to be found posted. If this situation were to continue, how can we help sentient beings awaken and be saved? I deeply felt the great honor and responsibility that Master had bestowed upon us. I decided to look for fellow practitioners and help create a new and good cultivation environment.
One of ways that the CCP persecutes practitioners is to make it difficult for us maintain an environment to study the Fa and do the exercises together. At the beginning of the persecution, they issued a "notice" not allowing practitioners to get together. The evil policy made those practitioners who were afraid of being arrested not dare to come out or even meet with each other. Because some went along with the CCP's demands was one of the key reasons why it was difficult for us to become a whole body. As Dafa disciples who are cultivating in society, we behave compassionately and treat others well under all circumstances and thus benefit the whole society. I went everywhere to look for those practitioners who had not stepped forward to do the three things. After sharing with them, they understood and realized that it was their attachments blocking them from going out and validating the Fa.
Through sharing experiences, fellow practitioners and I deepened our understanding of the Fa's requirements, and the Dafa disciples in our area improved as a whole body. During the almost ten years of coordinating, I have helped coordinate more than one hundred meetings (sometimes there were as many as several dozen practitioners attending), we encountered no interference. Every time we had a meeting, afterwards we raised our levels and improved ourselves and some practitioners who had slid backwards would catch up, we were able to move forward.
The process of looking for practitioners who may have fallen behind and encouraging them to catch up is actually a process of cultivation. Sometimes I would meet with some practitioners' relatives who didn't know Falun Gong and influenced by the CCP's slander they would say something very negative or make a face at me. That would make me feel very uncomfortable. Sometimes I would have unrighteous thoughts and think, "I am being treated like ten-year-old! I am doing this to help save you!" Sometimes I even cried. But sometimes I would ask myself: Why am I feeling uncomfortable or sad? Isn't it because I still have human attachments? Also, when I help fellow practitioners, I should just want them to improve instead of thinking that they should reciprocate me. That would be doing things for benefits or fame and it is actually a human attachment I should get rid of. I must eliminate these attachments and cultivate well.
II. Creating a Normal Environment as a Whole Body
In 2003, there were almost 60-70 practitioners from our area going out to validate the Fa after continuously coordinating and sharing experiences. We kept on producing truth clarification materials and distributing them to surrounding communities. As more and more people learned the truth, the interference around them was eliminated and gradually their negative thoughts about Dafa changed into positive ones.
On November 15, 2003, after "Master's Comment on a Student's Article" was published about exposing the local evil deeds to local people, I realized that I should have been exposing the evil deeds done by local officials and the police during these years. I recorded my suffering due to the persecution throughout these years and signed my real name. We thus produced the first flyers to expose the local evil deeds. With the help of other practitioners, we distributed the flyers to surrounding communities. This righteous action made the local police and bad people feel astonished as they were afraid of having their crimes exposed to their friends, relatives, and other people. One of the leading police came to my home with a completely changed attitude. He tried his best to shift his responsibilities away from himself and I took advantage of his visiting. I told him that Jiang Zemin's decision to suppress Falun Gong was wrong and one day the truth will be exposed in full. Then Jiang would shift all the blame and his responsibilities to those who directly took part in the persecution. It would be too late to correct mistakes or for regrets! When he left, he said that he appreciated my reminding and would remember what I said. From then on, he really changed and the situation of the persecution was not as severe as before. This thus created a good opportunity to clear out interference and help save people.
III. Improving Ourselves in Fa Study as a Whole
After "July 20", the environment for our studying the Fa was damaged and those who stepped forward to validate the Fa were almost all detained or illegally sent to forced labor camps. Those who could not come out to validate the Fa were so pulled down by human thinking or interference that they were even afraid to study the Fa at home, not to mention studying the Fa and doing the exercises together.
Working diligently, by 2005, we made great efforts and were at last able to set up a group practice site for studying the Fa.
Through group Fa-study, we improved very quickly and it was just during this period that the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was publishedand we began in earnest to persuade people to quit the Party. Every day, we studied the Fa together and then discussed with each other about how to persuade people to withdraw from the Party. Some people had been deeply poisoned by the lies and thus it was very difficult to get them to listen, so we would take turns going to them to clarify the truth. One practitioner would speak to the person while others would send righteous thoughts. That winter, we cooperated with each other and managed to persuade eighty percent of the people in our village to quit the CCP.
Besides doing these things in our village, we also rented a car to travel to other remote places where there were few fellow practitioners to distribute the Nine Commentaries. During that time, we felt that we had returned to the cultivation environment we had before the persecution began. Guided by the Fa and our strong righteous thoughts we could feel everything was changing to a better aspect. The local people praised us with admiration and our cultivation environment really improved greatly.
Because I was coordinating in our village, practitioners from nearby asked me to go to their areas to exchange ideas with them as they saw how much our cultivation environment really improved after we formed our Fa-study group. They also asked me to help them set up their own Fa-study groups. No matter how busy I was, I would put aside other things and first help them. Thus Fa-study groups were gradually being set up in our surrounding area.
On March 4, 2007, I made an appointment with a practitioner to go to their place to share ideas about how to set up a Fa-study group there. It was a gray day and snowing when I arrived at the practitioner's home. Later on I learned that it was actually the worst storm that area had in one hundred years. Many practitioners came that day and we shared with each other. It was the first time for some practitioners to attend an experience sharing meeting since the "July 20 crackdown." They were so excited that their eyes were brimming with tears. They said that fellow practitioners coming together made them feel quite different, sincere and surefooted. The experience was moving and solemn and they deeply felt the power of the Fa again. When the meeting was over, everyone was reluctant to go.
When I was on my way home, it became impossible for me to cycle. The bitter north wind with snow made it almost impossible for me to even keep my eyes open. I had to leave my bicycle in a small factory on the roadside and walked with difficultly through the deep snow to my home. Suddenly the heavy storm blowing at me switched direction to blow at my back and pushed me forward, aiding me to walk on. I was able to easily pull my leg out from one meter (about 3 ft) thick snow as if somebody was helping me and I didn't feel tired at all. I walked for quite a while and the strong wind kept pushing me forward towards home along a narrow opening between the snow drifts where only one person could pass. My family was very surprised when they saw me return in such a heavy storm. They asked me how could I possibly make it back? When I told them my story, they all said that Master had protected me; otherwise I would have lost my way in the storm that was impossible to travel through.
IV. Setting up Home-based Materials Production Sites by Cooperating with Each Other as a Whole
Before 2005, we obtained truth-clarification materials from other places. Practitioners from other areas would deliver materials that weighed as much as ten pounds to us every week at great risk and lots of hardship to themselves. The worst thing was that the practitioners who made the materials were so busy with the extremely heavy work load that they felt they had no time to study the Fa and thus some ended up in a undesirable cultivation state. At that time few practitioners realized the importance of setting up home-based materials production sites.
In the winter of 2004, one of the local practitioners told me that he had bought a laptop and wanted to set up a materials site in his home, but he needed help from those who knew the technology. I talked with a relative who was a computer technician in the city and asked him to teach the local practitioner. We produced materials like this for two years. During the process, some problems occurred. At one point, the practitioner became very busy producing materials and neglected Fa-study. Thus something kept going wrong with either the printer or the computer. I pointed out that the lack of Fa-study was the main reason for such interference. If he stopped temporarily and studied the Fa more, everything would be smooth. Sometimes when he felt agitated or wanted to complain, he would get angry with me. I would feel very sad at that time and sometimes even cried secretly when it seemed so much to go through. I would ask myself: When you feel wronged or upset, have you evaluated everything with the Fa? If you only want to hear others praise you or say good things to you, how will you get rid of your attachments? Master told us that we cultivate in society,
"Someone asks, "Why do we always have tribulations in cultivation practice? Those problems aren't much different from those of everyday people." It is because you are practicing cultivation among everyday people. You will not be suddenly turned upside down with your head facing the ground, flying up there and suffering in the air--it won't be like that. Everything will assume the form of everyday situations, such as someone may have irritated you today, someone has upset you, someone has mistreated you, or someone suddenly speaks to you with no respect. It is to see how you will react to these issues." (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun, 2000 translation version)
I am a practitioner from the countryside. Besides coordination, on my path during Fa-rectification, I have tried to diligently cultivate and do the three things no matter how busy I am with my work in the fields. When we do the three things well and follow Master's arrangement, we are able to help save many beings.
I wrote down my experiences in order to report to Master and fellow practitioners. Even though my experiences are not extraordinary, throughout these years I have felt Master's compassion as sentient beings are saved. No matter how great the interference I have encountered, I tried my best to write my experiences and to validate the Fa.
Teacher Saved Me and Dafa Changed Me
I am 71 years old now. In childhood I only attended school for one year. The first half of my lifetime, I was plagued by sickness. I had disease almost all over. I had terrible headaches, and had difficulty opening my eyes. I was afraid of wind and cold. For at least eight months out of the year, I had to wear a hat. During the winter, I wore a thick cotton hat, and I still felt cold. When my symptoms were serious, I would be bedridden. It felt like my head was swollen. I suffered extreme pain and anxiety. In 1996, my eldest daughter helped me to obtain the Fa.
Even though I am an illiterate housewife, Teacher began taking care of me as soon as I stepped onto the path of cultivation. I went to a place to watch the tape of Teacher's Fa teaching. When I walked downstairs after watching the first tape, I missed a step on the stairs. At that moment, it felt as if someone held my feet and placed them on the ground safely. I was not injured at all. I was so excited. I realized that Falun Gong and Teacher are extraordinary, and made the decision to study Falun Gong. Not long after, while I was carrying a full pot of boiling water while at home, I spilled some of the water onto my legs accidentally. However, I did not feel any pain. My legs did not become red or swollen either. This accident strengthened my decision to study Falun Gong since I believed that I had found the master that can offer salvation to humankind. I felt that I was incredibly fortunate.
I was very anxious since I did not know how to read many characters. But I believed that as long as I studied the Fa wholeheartedly, Teacher would help me. At home, except when I cooking, sleeping and doing housekeeping, I did not want to waste any time at all, and I spent all of my spare time reading Falun Gong books. I wrote down the characters that I did not know and asked whoever I met to teach me. I mainly asked for my husband's help. He was literate and good-tempered. He taught me patiently. For years, I used a pile of journals to write down the characters. To memorize the characters, I annotated them with some symbols.
I felt that Teacher was beside me all the time. Witnessing my sincerity, Teacher had been helping me all the time, and opened up my wisdom. I felt that I learned the characters very quickly and my memory became good. With Teachers' help, I was able to cast off the presbyopic glasses I had worn for several decades. I became sharp-eyed and quick-minded like a young person.
One day when I was studying the Fa by myself at home, I found a character I did not know. I tried to write it down, but I could not see it clearly. I was so worried I began to cry. I said to Teacher's photo,"Teacher, please help me." Immediately I felt brightness before my eyes as if a big black cloth had been taken off. That character seemed to enlarge several times until I could see it clearly. At that moment, words could not express how grateful I was. I just studied the Fa diligently. Within several months, I almost knew all of the characters in Zhuan Falun. I also learned all the characters in Teacher's articles published in the later period. I also learned all the characters in traditional Chinese version of Essentials For Further Advancement. My husband could not believe it. One day, he wrote down some traditional Chinese characters to test me. I read all of them correctly. He was in disbelief. My whole family witnessed the wonders of Falun Gong and admired it.
Soon after I cultivated in Falun Gong, I changed totally. All my diseases disappeared. My disposition also changed. Before, as soon as any of family members criticized me, I would be upset and sometimes outraged. Now I became broadminded and treated all of my family members compassionately. I also became kind to all my neighbors and friends, and yielded my interests to others. Even when others made impertinent remarks to me, I still kept a peaceful mind.
On the morning of the Chinese New Year this year, when my husband went outside to pay a new year's call, he found 600 yuan cash that was laying near the staircase of the building we lived in. We were afraid that the owner may be worried. So we immediately posted an announcement for the lost item near the staircase. A while later, the owner came by and claimed the money from my home. She expressed her gratefulness again and again. When she learned that we practiced Falun Gong, she kept saying that Falun Gong is so good. I was so happy that she learned the truth about Falun Gong.
We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Evil
During these years since the persecution started, my eldest daughter was arrested again and again for upholding her belief in Falun Gong. No matter how severe the environment was, it never caused my determination to cultivate Dafa to waver. No matter how many rumors the evil churned up, I never suspected Teacher or Dafa. I knew Teacher and Dafa are the most righteous things in the world, and nothing else is comparable. I have been unshakably following Teacher. I never stopped studying Fa or practicing the exercises for even one day, or lost one piece of a Dafa book. I will never turn away from Dafa. Teacher and Dafa saved my life. Presently, Teacher and Dafa have been framed by the evil, and it is my responsibility to defend Teacher and Dafa's innocence. So wherever I went, I talked about the goodness of Dafa. In these years, to rescue my daughter out of the black den, I made contact with the evildoers many times. I did not have any fear in my heart. In my opinion, we are cultivating in Dafa and are good people; we are the most righteous in the world; how could we be afraid of the evil?
As the saying goes, good prevails over evil. The evil should be afraid of us. Therefore, each time, I faced them in an open and aboveboard manner and exposed the crimes they committed. This struck fear into their hearts.
One time, the director of my daughter's workplace called me and asked my husband and I to monitor my daughter, so that she wouldn't go out to "make trouble." I responded immediately, "My daughter is cultivating in Dafa to be a better person. Both her words and deeds are righteous. How can she make any trouble? You monitored her each day. What on earth is your purpose? You fired her. That's your plot to cut her means of subsistence, right? What good will that do to you? Leave yourself a way out and try to accumulate some virtue. You are also a father. If your daughter suffered persecution innocently, would you feel comfortable? For following the evildoers to persecute good people, you will not have a good fate." He became silent. He was too shocked to speak. Henceforth, he never contacted us or my daughter.
One time, my daughter was arrested and taken to a police station. At noon, I went to visit her after I learned the news. Two police officers were watching her. One of them was very harsh, and did not allow me to see my daughter and tried to push me out. I said loudly, "You treat people too heavy-handedly. You ruthlessly arrest Falun Gong practitioners and bully their family members." The officer immediately fled. Another officer came over and said in a consulting tone, "We need the director's authorization to let you see your daughter. The director will come soon. I am going to ask for his instructions." Soon afterwards I was able to see my daughter.
Another time, my daughter was arrested and taken to a police station again. Another practitioner who was detained together with my daughter helped her escape successfully and went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. So the evildoers were infuriated. They handcuffed my daughter and other practitioners and hung them onto a big iron gate, and prohibited them from eating. One relative of my daughter's husband sent her food. The evil police officers shouted swear words at the relative and dumped all the food onto the ground. So my daughter went without food for several meals. I learned the news the next day, and was indignant. I went to the director's office of the Police Department with my younger daughter immediately. At that time, the director, deputy director and political commissar were all in the office. I said, "I am so-and-so's mother. My daughter is a Falun Gong practitioner. She only did good deeds, and never made any trouble. Your police officers arrested her for no reason, and hung her up for several days. She went without food for days. The offices dumped the food that her relatives brought to her, and subjected her to endless abuse. According to law, even people sentenced to death are allowed to eat their fill. My daughter is innocent. Who ordered the officers to do this?" They seemed embarrassed at my words. They responded, "Do not get angry. Those officers are hired temporarily. We will call the director of the police station, and ask him to give your daughter food." They made the phone call immediately. At night, my daughter and other detained practitioners were provided with food. I knew clearly that Teacher was protecting and encouraging me all the time, and helping me to battle through difficulties. The similar things happened to me several times. Facing the evil, I felt I was tall and big since Teacher was behind me."
Falun Gong practitioners are innocent. They have been treated unjustly. Their family members all know that they are on the right side, but are scared by the persecution. So we should stand together to deal with the evil. In recent years, each time my older daughter was arrested, I mobilized the whole family to rescue her. As a result, each time, she was quickly released. Actually, that was the result of Teacher's support and fellow practitioner's righteous thoughts. I thought that if family members of all practitioners refuse to cooperate with the evil and stand up to expose the evil, then the evil would be hesitant to persecute the practitioners so flagrantly and the persecution would end earlier. Before, when I spoke of the officers who arrested my daughter, I was filled with hatred. After I studied the Fa continuously, I realized that all people in world are Teacher's precious ones, and Teacher wants to save them. So my hatred disappeared. I can treat all people with mercy now.
Following the Path Arranged by Teacher and Saving Sentient Beings by Clarifying the Truth About Falun Gong
As practitioners, we should do the three things well. I spent some time studying the Fa each day. Besides the four times, I also sent forth righteous thoughts almost each hour during the day. But I did not do well in clarifying the truth. I always lost my way when going outside. So for many years, I seldom went outside by myself, but always accompanied by others. Through Fa study, I realized that Falun Gong practitioners must clarify the truth to save sentient beings. Otherwise, cultivation will end up being for naught. Also, I was anxious to save sentient beings. Teacher understood my situation clearly. So he arranged people with predestined relationships to call my home. I clarified the truth to all of them. They knew that I am kindhearted and would not deceive them. So they trusted me a lot, and accepted the truth easily.
I lived in a community where many people worked in government offices. They knew that during these years I had totally changed. My back was straightened up. I walked nimbly, was full of energy and the wrinkles on my face had decreased noticeably. My complexion turned from yellow to fair and rosy. People, especially those who were old and not in good health, asked me in a envious voice why I was getting younger and younger. I took this opportunity to clarify the truth to them. Some of them accepted the truth immediately. Some said, "It would be nice if all practitioners behaved like you. But some of them went to Beijing to make trouble." I tried to communicate with them patiently, "They never made any trouble. They just tried to report the truth about Falun Gong to higher authorities so that the persecution could be stopped as early as possible. They are all kindhearted, considerate and
dare to tell the truth. They are really terrific. "After hearing my words, they had nothing to say. Some said, "Your remarks make sense."
When I clarified truth to people, some said, "Why did some practitioners go to the Tiananmen Square to
to seek consummation by burning themselves?" Then I told them, "The self-immolation incident in Tiananmen square was fabricated to deceive the public, aiming at inciting hatred towards Falun Gong. If they were seeking consummation that way, why did they go to the Tiananmen Square? They could burn themselves anywhere. Also, in the Falun Gong books, nowhere does it say that burning oneself will achieve consummation. We practice Falun Gong to gain better health. Then we do not need to suffer from illness, and implicate our children when we get old. How could we burn ourselves? Is that not deception?"Afterwards, I pointed out the inconsistencies in the story in detail. Then most people understood the true situation and were thus saved.
Some people raised questions about the murder cases that Jiang's gang used to frame practitioners. I said,"In the Falun Gong books, Teacher asks us to follow the principles of truthfulness-compassion-forbearance, and be good people in all respects. We cannot bear to kill small animals such as mosquito or houseflies. How could we kill our dear ones with a knife? Is that not sheer nonsense?" They all accepted my words. It is Teacher who bestowed upon me wisdom to untie their heart knots so that they can know the truth and be saved.
In recent years, I had many opportunities to visit my relatives. Both my husband and I have a big family so we have lots of relatives. Marriage celebrations were held one by one. I realized that Teacher arranged so many opportunities for me to save more people. I could not let Teacher down. When meeting with my relatives, before I began to talk, they asked me first why I looked so young. Then I began to clarify truth about Falun Gong. Most of them believed what I said since my obvious health improvements testify to the truth. Each time I went back to my hometown, I called my neighbors one by one to clarify the truth. They all believed my words.
Last July, my second daughter-in-law suddenly caught a serious illness and was hospitalized. She chose to have an operation. The doctor said, "She could at most survive three to six months." Although my eldest daughter and I were sad, we still remained calm. We believed that Teacher would help her to recover. Presently, it is a critical moment to save sentient beings. We are determined that such a thing that would interfere with the saving of sentient beings should not happen in my family. So my daughter and I were not affected by the false appearance. We went to the hospital each day to take care of her, and exhorted her repeatedly to recite with sincerity "Falun Dafa is good" and Teacher would save her. We looked after her attentively and encouraged her unceasingly. She followed our suggestion and began to recite. Finally Teacher saved her life with mercy. She was also quite grateful. Soon she began to practice Falun Gong. One year later, she totally recovered, and her complexion became rosy. She also kept on telling others that Falun Dafa is so good. My whole family is so grateful to Teacher.
My younger daughter did not cultivate very diligently before since she was busy with her work. But Teacher never gave up on her. Now she has caught up. She took part in Fa study actively and took time to clarify the truth. This year, my husband also began to practice Dafa. He has been quite diligent. He studied the Fa every morning, and has finished reading all of the Dafa books. His health became better and better. When he did not feel well, he realized that Teacher was purifying his body. He also began to clarify the truth. When we took a walk at night, we would clarify the truth to people that we met.
My family is a big one with good fortune. My younger son, his wife, my granddaughter, niece, and two daughters are all Falun Gong practitioners. The others have not begun to cultivate in Dafa yet. But none of them are against Dafa. We will cultivate in Dafa more steadfastly and more diligently, save more sentient beings, fulfill our pledges, and follow Teacher to return home.
Thank you, Teacher!
Thank you, fellow practitioners!
Written on November 3, 2009
(Clearwisdom.net) Dear Master! Dear fellow practitioners around the world!
At the beginning of Zhuan Falun, Master said,
"Throughout the entire course of my lectures on the Fa and cultivation practice, I have been responsible to society and practitioners. The results we have received have been good, and their impact upon the entire society has also been quite good."
This always reminds me to be clear on my responsibility. I also realized that only when we are clear on our responsibilities and strictly follow the requirements of the Fa, can we do well saving sentient beings as well as creating a favorable cultivation environment.
Letting Go of Self and Accepting Responsibilities
In September 1997, I started practicing Falun Dafa in a rural village. Soon afterward, I attended a provincial experience-sharing Fa conference and was deeply moved. After returning, I spent large amounts of time studying the Fa, memorizing and reciting the Fa, doing the exercises, and cultivating my xinxing. When the vicious persecution started in 1999, I had already practiced Dafa for two years and the sacredness of Dafa in my heart had become unshakable. I began telling people of the wonderfulness of Dafa. Although my coworkers acknowledged the improvements in me after I started to practice, they had negative words about Master. Out of anger, I began arguing with them with an attachment of fighting and human notions. I had one thought, that no one is able to stop me from practicing Falun Dafa. Since then, none of my family members or workplace officials asked me about this. The police harassed other practitioners but not me.
Other than two practitioners at my workplace, I did not know many others except one who was living in the city nearby. However, that practitioner was severely persecuted. I was thus isolated from practitioners and was totally involved in my personal cultivation. I later changed jobs, and there were no other practitioners at the new place. Without the environment of group Fa-study, I was drifting in everyday society. I did not meet other practitioners until late 2003.
Deeply regretting the loss during those years, I decided to be diligent and do the three things well. I got in touch with a practitioner in the city and obtained materials from her once a week. Not long after that, I let go of my attachment to fear and was able to distribute informational materials and clarify the truth face-to-face. When no materials were available, I hand-wrote letters in which I explained the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution. Later, more and more materials became available. Enlightened by Master, I helped the practitioners in the countryside, whom I had known previously, to step forward and clarify the truth. Soon afterward, my job changed and I moved to the city, where I met two male practitioners. With access to a motorcycle, I came up with the idea of traveling to more places to distribute truth-clarification materials. In this way, we went to remote areas once a week to distribute materials.
From time to time, Master shows something wonderful to me as an encouragement, and I often feel taken care of. Many magnificent incidents also happened to me. A practitioner and I once went to a place far away to distribute materials. It was very cold and part of the road was a coal transportation line. Upon returning home the next morning, I found myself covered with coal dust. At that time, my house had just been remodeled and no hot water was available. Trembling in the cold, I had no choice but to turn on the water outside. To my surprise, the water was warm. My excitement and gratitude were beyond description.
I gradually earned the trust of other practitioners and I joined a Fa-study group. I had no complaints, since their caution earlier was understandable given the vicious environment of the persecution. The old forces were also interfering by creating barriers between practitioners. These barriers continued for a while, even after I started coordination work. What the old forces didn't realize was that such barriers in turn helped me establish skills to handle various issues independently. Of course the old forces could have used the excuse to help me improve my skills in order to create barriers, but that was not acknowledged by Master. We Dafa practitioners cannot acknowledge it either, because the old forces' basis is selfishness and they want to destroy sentient beings. After joining the group Fa-study, I quickly improved. Master always arranged for diligent practitioners to be around me. I constantly found my shortcomings. I felt truly immersed in the one body group.
During my cultivation in the Fa-rectification, which was less than two years, I didn't feel much pressure. Whenever I had some spare time, I studied the Fa and was able to study it with my heart. When sending forth righteous thoughts, I always felt a strong energy field. Asking people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was a challenge for me, but overall it went fairly well. Both my family and work environments were good. In conclusion, I was happy with my cultivation. However, all this changed when Practitioner A was forced to stay away because of the persecution.
At that time, Practitioner B, who worked with Practitioner A on producing truth-clarification materials, approached me and asked me if I could participate. By then, there was only one truth clarification materials production site in our local area and it was run by Practitioners A and B. Information about the site was sensitive. In fact, during the first year that I joined the group Fa-study, practitioners never mentioned the materials production site during discussions. They thought it over again and again before approaching me for help. I could feel the trust from other practitioners and the expectation from Master. Since it was a need for Dafa and the one body, how could I refuse? In Zhuan Falun, Master said,
"There is no precondition for practicing cultivation, and one should practice cultivation if one wants to."
I did not have fear or feel pressure, I just felt honored and responsible. However, I could feel the pressure on Practitioner B. In fact, after Practitioner A was forced to stay out of town, the landlord was nervous and demanded that Practitioner B move the equipment and materials out. Practitioner B could not accept this, so he came to me. We discussed it and considered it as an interference from the old forces. We looked within and sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the interference. More than twenty boxes of printed materials were transported to my home. Practitioner B and I looked for places to set up the materials production site, but didn't find an ideal one after looking for a month. During that time, two more projects needed my help, thus I became very busy. For security reasons, no communication took place between different projects. I was thus exhausted and could not concentrate on my Fa-study. After thinking it over, I realized that I experienced vicious interference. Since only the Fa could change this, I realized that I would become an everyday person if I didn't study the Fa. I discussed this with Practitioner B. We agreed that I would stop producing materials for a while and focus on coordinating materials sites. By then, the landlord, who was a practitioner, also had righteous thoughts and allowed us to continue using that place. We were relieved upon hearing this.
Then another test came. After staying out of town for six months, Practitioner A returned and we discussed choosing a coordinator. Most practitioners recommended me and I was surprised by this. I had indeed participated in some projects, but my abilities were very limited compared to other practitioners, and I was far from being an ideal coordinator, one with strong righteous thoughts, solid Fa-study, and capable of doing many things. I tried to explain this to other practitioners, but it seemed as though I was trying to make excuses for my attachment of protecting myself. Master also gave me hints to accept the responsibilities. In the end, I had no choice but to accept it.
This time, I felt "pushed" into that position. I had many notions since my xinxing level was just that high. However, my path had already been changed ever since I started to practice. I must follow the path arranged by Master, not the one by the old forces. When a coordinator does things well, the whole group benefits. In this case, the coordinator doesn't rely on his or her capability or reputation. This can only be achieved when the coordinator walks well the path arranged by Master and does things based on the Fa, because the Fa can resolve everything. If one is too worried about his own coordination ability, he is actually protecting his own reputation and attachment to fame. If one only likes to do things that he is familiar with and doesn't want to do coordination work, he may be afraid of suffering and unwilling to accept responsibilities. From this new situation, many of my attachments were exposed. I realized that I had not placed the needs of Dafa and the needs of the whole body as my highest priority.
Not Shirking Responsibilities After Falling Down
I had no experience in coordination, nor did I know how local projects were coordinated in the past. During this time, I often thought that since this was arranged by Master and in the past I didn't know many of these things, there must be many aspects that needed to be improved in our local area and this required me to walk my path well. The practitioners involved in the coordination have experienced many things through the years. With a sense of responsibility and high xinxing levels, they were able to harmonize the whole body. I felt that if I discussed more with them when issues came up, things would certainly be handled well.
Having said that, although we were able to cooperate with each other well under normal circumstances, sometimes we still used human notions to look at things when certain issues arose. As a result, when we were unable to look within, we had many arguments. For example, some practitioners didn't trust Practitioner A. After he was forced to stay out of town, instead of looking within, some practitioners asked his family if he had an affair, misused money for the production of materials, or had committed other wrongdoings. After these issues were ruled out, they found a copy of a Dafa book that other local practitioners did not have. These practitioners considered this as the root cause--producing Dafa books without authorization, and asked Practitioner A's wife to burn it. These practitioners then went even further and checked if other Dafa books existed in our local area. They believed that Practitioner A had produced many Dafa books without authorization. As a result, they asked other practitioners in the local area to burn these Dafa books.
At that time, I thought that since Dafa books are available for downloading from the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net), why would someone spend time producing them? Trusting Practitioner A, we stopped the local practitioners from burning the Dafa books. We also decided not to openly discuss this on a large scale, but instead talk about it among coordinators. During a meeting of coordinators however, both sides argued endlessly and considered that the other side was damaging the Fa. I took neither side, but shared my understandings with them separately. They agreed with me but still argued about this. Even after Practitioner A later confirmed that these materials were not prepared by him, the conflict still continued. I didn't know what to do, so I wrote a letter to the Minghui website but did not hear back from them. After trying all these methods, with none of them working, I realized that we had to look within. The issue was finally settled with the help from practitioners working for Minghui. One lesson I learned from this experience was that no matter how correct one is on the surface during a conflict, he or she must look within.
In fact, I still did not know how to look within. Especially when things went smoothly, many human notions were buried and therefore were not eliminated during my cultivation. In the past, in order for me to keep up with the Fa-rectification process, Master helped me to resolve many issues. At the same time, I gained some experience during my coordination work. As more and more practitioners stepped forward and the environment became better and better, I was no longer as modest as I was previously. In Zhuan Falun, Lecture Three, Master said,
"It was more difficult for a young person to conduct himself or herself well. Maybe you would have found this person usually very good, caring little for fame and self-interest, when he did not have many abilities in ordinary human society. Once he became well-known, fame and profit would easily interfere."
If a practitioner pays attention to fame and is eager to be acknowledged by others, he may gradually want to validate himself instead of validating the Fa, which is very dangerous. If such thoughts remain for a long time, one can easily be taken advantage of by the old forces and as a result, the practitioner may be arrested. This is what happened to me. Although with Master's care, I was released very soon, I was put on a police record, and based on information from the police in my hometown, they listed me as a "core" member. This caused losses to both me and other practitioners.
At that time, my xinxing was not up to standard. It was hard for me to coordinate truth-clarification projects, and it was hard to retreat at the same time. Then a practitioner who had a company in another province needed someone with my skills, and I decided to go. But on the day I was buying a train ticket, Master gave me a hint through an everyday person, and I thus decided to stay. Since it was Master's arrangement, I would be able to do it and do it well. I can't just consider my own feelings. I need to think about things based on the needs of practitioners in the local area as a whole.
I did not go to work for several months. Every day, I spent a lot of time memorizing and reciting the Fa, and clearly felt that Master was helping me. I was enlightened to many Fa principles and my righteous thoughts were strengthened. Very often, when I was sending forth righteous thoughts several times during a day, everything had good results. I felt as if my own sending righteous thoughts could disintegrate all evil beings. I studied the Fa in the morning, went out at noon and didn't return home until 10:00 p.m. Because of safety concerns, I normally did not return home in the middle of the day, despite my hunger. I decided to change the operations of the materials production site, from purchasing and transferring, to delivering printed materials. At that time, there was only one practitioner who had access to the Internet and supported two large materials sites and one small site. It did not take much time before we resolved the issues of buying CDs, writing VCDs, and preparing truth-clarification cards. I also found a way of purchasing supplies. However, the equipment at both large materials sites then went down. Only Practitioner A was familiar with this and he had already returned home. I went to him for help. He asked me to look within and improve my xinxing before repairing the equipment. I agreed with him. More than 40 days had passed and he still did not show up. By then, even the computer at the small site stopped working, and we could not print materials. Considering that our equipment was very old and the print quality was not good, Practitioner B and I discussed buying new equipment, so as not to delay saving sentient beings. I went to another city and soon found an all-in-one machine, which was suitable for us. After coming back, we noticed that we only had about 1,000 "yuan" left and it was not even enough to buy supplies. I was not intimidated by the difficulty, nor did I want to raise money from practitioners. I decided to borrow money and return it later. I went to a practitioner, who had a high xinxing level. He knew I would not borrow money for personal use. After giving me the money I had asked for, he told me that I did not need to pay it back. We both knew where the money would go, although we did not talk about it explicitly. All of this only took several days, from planning to receiving the equipment. Although it appeared very difficult at the beginning, everything went smoothly. This enlightened me that Master oversees everything in the Fa-rectification. Everything is tuned for saving sentient beings. The critical part is our basis, that is, whether we consider things based on the Fa.
To solve technical issues, I needed to find Practitioner D, who had been forced to stay out of town. Soon afterward, I met him by accident. It did not take us long to establish two mid-sized materials production sites. Later, more and more family-operated materials sites were established and they began to operate independently. More and more practitioners bought computers, so they could visit the Minghui website. Several other truth-clarification sites were also launched and kept running steadily. Every one of us joined the effort to improve our group.
Here I have very briefly shared two difficult stages for myself and our group as a whole. The hardship was beyond description, and only practitioners who walked with me can understand the process. However, no matter how difficult it was, we made it through. We do not know how much Master has sacrificed for this, and no words can describe my gratitude toward Master. Of course, I have also been through numerous xinxing tests in this process. When facing difficulties, I often thought about Master's care, the needs of Dafa, the need of saving sentient beings, and I reflected on my experiences as well as the experiences of other practitioners, and then I had a new understanding. I still have human notions and there are still areas for us to improve as a whole. I think that since the Fa is so profound, all of us will be rectified by the Fa. Once again, I want to thank Master and thank my fellow practitioners.
Heshi!
(Clearwisdom.net) The San Jose Holiday Parade, one of the twenty-five largest parades in the United States, was held on December 6, 2009, with more than 100,000 spectators. Local Falun Gong practitioners were invited to perform in the parade.
Falun Gong entry
Divine Land Marching Band
The Falun Gong group was the only one consisting of Chinese people in the parade. The Divine Land Marching Band performed in the parade, and was warmly welcomed by spectators.
The organizer of the parade said that San Jose, the tenth-largest city in the U.S., welcomes Falun Gong practitioners.
Chuck Reed, the mayor of San Jose, supports Falun Gong. He opposes the persecution, and has expressed that Falun Gong practitioners are protected by the law in San Jose.
The San Jose Holiday Parade was first held in 1981. More than one million people watch it on network TV.
(Clearwisdom.net) On December 5, 2009, the tenth annual Oakland Holiday Parade was held in downtown Oakland. About ninety groups attended, with more than 100,000 people watching.
The Divine Land Marching Band, consisting of Falun Gong practitioners from the western U.S., performed in the parade.
Divine Land Marching Band
This was the second time that the Divine Land Marching Band participated in the parade. They were warmly welcomed by spectators.
Some people learned about Falun Gong and the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" during the parade. They expressed how much they liked the band's performance, and support for Falun Gong practitioners.
People from all over the America and Canada can watch this parade on TV, as it will be broadcast on PBS one hundred times.
(Clearwisdom.net) December 5 is the Thai King birthday. A celebration parade was held on Sukhumvit Avenue in Bangkok. The Divine Land Marching Band, consisting of Falun Gong practitioners, performed in the parade.
Passing out paper lotus flowers
The Falun Gong contingent consisted of the band, a fairy dancing team, and a waist drum team. It was the first time that the Divine Land Marching Band performed in Bangkok. Their performances were warmly welcomed by spectators.
Band members were from Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Canada. The organizer of the band stated that their goal was to let local people know about Falun Dafa and the truth of the persecution in China.
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Zhang Shuchun, Ms. Wang Haohong, Mr. Li Yongjie and Mr. Peng Yuekuan from Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, were arrested and then heavily sentenced by the Zhaoyuan Municipal Court. As of November 9, 2009, they have been held for five and a half months. Ms. Zhang Shuchun was sentenced to seven and a half years, Ms. Wang Haohong seven years, and Mr. Li Yongjie five years, while the sentence of Mr. Peng Yuekuan is unknown.
On November 9, a so-called trial was held, while in fact there was nothing legal about the proceedings. The only ones present in the courtroom were Wang Haitao, the vice presiding judge, and one of his staff members. The only ones in the audience were five of the defendants' relatives. After Wang Haitao arrived in the court room, he and his staff member hastily wrote down some things. When they were done writing, Wang Haitao announced the judgments to the defendants' relatives. The relatives of the Dafa practitioners were very angry and asked the court, "How can you make such sentences without an open court?" Wang Haitao answered, "There is no need for an open court."
The mothers of Zhang Shuchun and Wang Haohong, are both almost 80 years old. So that they would not miss their daughters' court hearing, the two elderly mothers waited for seven days outside near the detention station where Ms. Zhang and Ms. Wang were in custody. During that time a cold front came through and the temperature dropped significantly. At night, they slept on corn stalks near the detention station. They were not able to see their daughters in the court; they could only hear the harsh sentences against their daughters.
Ms. Zhang Shuchun, Ms. Wang Haohong, Mr. Li Yongjie and Mr. Peng Yuekuan were brutally arrested in Xingbei Village, Xiadian Town in May 2009. The arrest was reported by the Clearwisdom website. They have been held in Zhaoyuan City Detention Station for five and a half months. Dafa practitioners Mr. Wang Renqing and Mr. Wang Lianglin were also arrested at the same time. They are still detained and suffering persecution in the notorious Ling Nan Jin Brainwashing Center.
Ms. Zhang Shuchun, Ms. Wang Haohong, Mr. Li Yongjie, and Mr. Peng Yuekuan have been suffering severe persecution from the Chinese Communist Party during the past decade. This persecution has been reported by the Clearwisdom website on many occasions. Ms. Zhang Shuchun, Ms. Wang Haohong and Mr. Li Yongjie were forcibly displaced for many years. Mr. Peng Yuekuan has previously been sentenced to five years. He has been arrested again, just less than a year just after he finished serving five years in jail.
Dafa practitioners, Ms. Wang Meifen, Ms. Li Yufeng and Ms. Yang Songmei have also been arrested recently and have been detained in brainwashing centers.
We hope that the situation of the persecuted practitioners in Zhaoyuan City will come to the attention of advocates of justice at home and abroad.
(Clearwisdom.net) On the evening of September 23, 2009, many police officers from the Anguo City Police Department broke into several people's homes without search warrants and arrested more than ten Falun Gong practitioners.
In order to cover up these illegal arrests, the police prohibited family members from visiting these practitioners. Without any legal process, the practitioners were then sent to Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. The details of their arrests are as follows:
Ms. Jin Tonghui (in her sixties). On September 22, 2009, Ms. Jin was arrested and her home was ransacked. She is the manager of the Anguo Medicine Market. She was often praised by her suppliers and customers because she was compassionate and worked hard. She was arrested three times and harassed many times by police from the Anguo Police Department and her local police station. They extorted money from her several times, totaling more than 10,000 yuan. Her monthly living expenses of 800 yuan was taken without notification. This time, she was sent to Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp without any legal procedures.
Ms. Zhao Yuran (36 years old). On September 23, 2009, Ms. Zhao was arrested at home and her computer and printer were confiscated.
Ms. Tian Hua (34 years old). At around 6:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009, Ms. Tian was arrested at work (a shoe store) by officers from the Public Security Bureau. The computer in the store was also taken. She had previously been arrested at work (a post office). She was later fired because she was not willing to give up her belief.
Ms. Luu Jianhui (40 years old). At around 7:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009, Ms. Luu was arrested at home by officers from the Anguo Police Department and the Public Security Bureau. They confiscated a VCD player. Ms. Luu had previously been arrested and extorted out of more than 10,000 yuan because of her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
Ms. Kong Huijuan (46 years old). Ms. Kong is a teacher from the Vocational Education Center of Anguo City. In 1999, she was sentenced to two years in a forced labor camp because she was not willing to give up her cultivation of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She was jailed in the Baoding, Gaoyang, and Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camps, where she was subjected to brutal tortures. She was later demoted in her job by two salary grades on orders from the 610 Office and the party secretary of Anguo City. At around 7:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009, she was arrested at home and her computer and printer were taken away.
Ms. Li Chao (37 years old). Ms. Li has a 3-year-old child. At around 8:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009, a group of officers from the Public Security Bureau of Anguo City climbed over a wall and broke into her room, ransacking it and taking away her computer and printer. Her husband is currently homeless. The only people left at home were her high school age daughter and her 3-year-old baby girl. The young child was so frightened by the police that she now cries all the time. Currently, the grandmother is taking care of the two girls.
1. Ms. Xiao Xiangyu (45 years old) was a teacher of the Vocational Education Center of Anguo City. She was jailed in Baoding Forced Labor Camp twice because she was not willing to give up her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. In the camp, she was beaten, tortured with electrical shocks, and made to do hard labor. During that time she contracted pulmonary tuberculosis. Within the past several years, she was arrested many times by officers from the Anguo City Police Department. She subsequently lost her job at the Vocational Education Center and could only work part time. Her life is now very difficult, as she has to support her daughter's college expenses. She was arrested again at around 9:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009. Her home was ransacked and her computer and printer were confiscated.
2. Ms. Wang Xinling (47 years old) is a teacher of Xiangyang Elementary School of Anguo City. Ms. Wang's home was broken into by officers from the Anguo Police Department and Traffic Police Group of Anguo City at around 10:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009, and she was arrested. Her home was ransacked and her computer and printer were confiscated.
3. Ms. Xiao Jing (35 years old) was arrested at work (Yijiawang Supermarket) on September 25, 2009 by officers from the Anguo City Police Department.
4. Mr. Gu Zhanhui (about 40 years old) is a farmer. He was arrested, detained and had money extorted from him many times by officers from the Anguo City Police Department. He was sent to Baoding Forced Labor Camp twice. He was again arrested on September 25, 2009. It was harvest time and his family really needed his help. His wife and two children are now left at home alone and their lives are very difficult.
5. Ms. Cao Liqian (49 years old) was a worker of the Anguo City Family Planning Office (birth control office). She was arrested at home at around 7:00 p.m. on September 23, 2009, and her home was ransacked.
People who directed the police actions:
Gan Jianhu, deputy chief of Anguo City Police Department:
86-13933212998, 86-312-3552998, 86-312-3527272
Xu Yawei, head of Public Security Bureau: 86-13931360166,
86-312-3523900
Name: Liu Yinfeng (刘银凤)
Gender: Female
Age: In her fifties
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Kindergarten teacher
Date of Most Recent Arrest: November 15, 2008
Most Recent Place of
Detention: Dandong Detention Center (丹东看守所)
City: Dandong City
Province: Liaoning Province
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, extortion, illegal
sentencing.
(Clearwisdom.net) (By a Minghui correspondent from Liaoning Province) Ms. Liu Yinfeng, a Falun Gong pratitioner in her fifties, was a kindergarten teacher at Tumen Reservoir, Hongqi Township, Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province. She was illegally sentenced to three years of imprisonment, and is currently detained at Liaoning Province Women's Prison. Her family went to visit her and found out that she was very weak as a result of persecution, and her mental state was also worrisome.
Before she started practicing Falun Gong, she suffered from ailments such as dizziness, stomachache, and breast hyperplasia all year round. After she started practicing Falun Gong, all of her illnesses disappeared. As a result of her previously hot temper, her family life was tense and she could not satisfactorily finish her work. After she began her cultivation, she acted according to the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and she always thought of others first even in minor regards. As a result, her family life was happy, and she did not fight with her supervisors about job issues.
On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party started to persecute Falun Gong. Ms. Liu told everyone around her about her own experiences and the fact that she benefited a great deal from studying the Fa and practicing Falun Gong. She clarified the truth of Falun Gong whenever she had a chance. She was slandered and reported by someone when she was talking about Falun Gong in the summer of 2002. She was later sentenced to three years of forced labor. She suffered tremendously in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp and was near death. She was bailed out for medical treatment after her family had 15,000 yuan (US $2,200) extorted from them.
On November 15, 2008, when she and two other practitioners, Ms. Leng Dongmei and Ms. Wang Chunzhen, were explaining the facts about Falun Gong at the Third Group of Huangqi Village, Hongqi Township, they were slandered and reported by villagers Ms. Cheng Guihua, Ms. Xiao Li, and Mr. Cong Dequan. They were arrested by Mr. Ju Chunbo, head of the Hongqi Police Station in Fengcheng City, and police officer Hong Jiang. They were later taken to Fengcheng City Detention Center. After being detained for 13 days, they were transferred to Dandong Detention Center. Ms. Liu stayed on a hunger strike to protest the illegal persecution. As a result, she became emaciated and developed a tumor in her leg.
The Fengcheng City Court secretly held a session in March 2009. During the session, Chief Judge Xu Hongren, Judges Wan Kaifu and Lu Jingyi, inspectors Tang Jinfeng and Zhao Enfang, and secretary Wang Jun made false charges against Ms. Liu, and she was consequently sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Another practitioner, Ms. Leng Dongmei, was sentenced to four years but has recently been released for medical treatment. The third practitioner, Ms. Wang Chunzhen, was sentenced to one year of forced labor by the Fengcheng City Police Station. She has since been released.
Ms. Liu Yinfeng refused to accept the verdict and appealed to Dandong Intermediate Court, which would not hear her case, rejected her appeal, and upheld the previous verdict by the Fengcheng City Court. That decision was made by Chief Judge Yu Yiqing, Judges Feng Taimin and Tian Xuyan, and secretary Anne.
After Ms. Liu Yinfeng was arrested, her parents, who are in their eighties, grieved over her misfortune. Her husband lost his wits and did not know how to rescue her. Her husband recently went to Dabei Women's Prison in Shenyang City to visit her, and became deeply worried. He learned that her previous diseases had returned and become worse than ever, and that her leg had swelled. She could not walk steadily and was not in good spirits.
Name: Lu Tong
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Address: Apt. 701, Bldg. 49, Caixiang Second Village, Suzhou
City, Jiangsu Province
Occupation: Self employed
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 4, 2008
Most recent place of detention: Hongze Lake Prison
City: Suzhou
Province: Jiangsu
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, sleep deprivation,
forced labor, beatings, hung by handcuffs, detention &
imprisonment, sexual assault, home ransacked, interrogation, other
tortures
Key Persecutors: Chen, head of the Wuhe Police Station,
Badge no. 025048, Tel: 86-510-82223149
Jiang, head of the Wuxi Prison: 86-510-82625081 Ext. 8001
Luo Jie, political head: 86-510-82625081 Ext. 8002
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Lu Tong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Suzhou City, was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in December 2008. His daughter had planned to hire a lawyer to rescue her father, but the prison authorities tried a variety of ways to prevent her from visiting him. They even transferred Mr. Lu Tong to the Hongze Lake Prison, several hundred miles away from Suzhou City.
Mr. Lu was arrested by officers from the Caixiang Police Station on July 4, 2008. He was sentenced to four years of imprisonment on December 17, 2008, and was detained at the Wuxi Prison.
Mr. Lu's daughter Ms. Lu Yan requested to visit her father seven times within a month. But she was only allowed to meet with him once and only for five minutes. Because their conversation was related to overseas relatives, who had called and inquired about her father's recent situation and about hiring lawyers for him, the perpetrators disconnected their conversation. They have since not allowed Ms. Lu Yan to visit her father.
Ms. Lu Yan went to the Wuxi Prison to visit her father again on April 1, 2009, but was detained at the Wuhe Police Station for 22 hours. Lu Yan and her uncle (Lu Tong's brother) later continued their attempts to visit Lu Tong. Each time, they waited an entire day in front of the prison gate, but to no avail.
Ms. Lu Yan and her uncle went to the Wuxi Prison on June 23, 2009 and requested to meet with Lu Tong. Xu Linxin, the prison affairs section head, said that because Lu Yan often sat by the prison gate and requested to see her father, they had applied for a transfer at the Provincial Prison Administration Bureau and transferred Lu Tong to the Hongze Lake Prison, which is several hundred miles away from Suzhou.
Lu Yan finally met with her father at the Hongze Lake Prison on July 14, 2009. According to Lu Tong, when he was detained at the Wuxi Prison, he was being watched by 288 inmates. He was often deprived of sleep and not allowed to use the restroom, which caused him to suffer both physically and mentally.
Sun Yun, the Psychological Correction section chief of the Hongze Lake Prison, confiscated the appeal letter given to Lu Tong by a lawyer. He also confiscated the supplies, including pens and notebooks, which Lu Tong's family had sent him.
Next to the prison is a supermarket, where his family bought some food for him. His family found out that the supermarket had not delivered the food they had ordered, but had only randomly delivered some of it.
(Clearwisdom.net) On November 12, 2009, Domestic Security Division Chief Jiang Lijun, of Kangping County Police Department in Shenyang City, along with Police Chief Fang Xuefei of Xiaochengzi Township Police Department in Kangping County, and several police officers, broke into the homes of Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Wang Jinfeng, Mr. Wang Xuekun and Mr. Li Xueping of Sanjiazi Village, Xiaochengzi Township, Kangping County. They arrested them and ransacked their homes.
Several people verified that the Domestic Security Division of Shenyang City was monitoring via wireless surveillance. At the village where one of the practitioners was arrested, an eye-witness reported seeing a wireless surveillance vehicle come by on two consecutive days. Immediately, upon breaking in, the police asked the location of the computer.
The police officers offered no identification upon breaking into the practitioners' homes. Furthermore, family members of the arrested practitioners were given no detention notice even more than ten days after the arrests. Family members went to the Domestic Security Department asking for the release of their loved ones. Jiang Lijun would not let them visit. He even said that Ms. Wang Jinfeng was detained, elsewhere, at Shenyang City Detention Center No. 1. Upon contacting Detention Center No. 1, family members were told that no such person was detained there.
After this runaround, Ms. Wang's family secured the services of two lawyers from Beijing to defend Ms. Wang. Ms. Wang's family and the two lawyers went to the Domestic Security Department of Kangping County on November 26, whereupon they found department chief Jiang Lijun. Jiang Lijun claimed Ms. Wang was being detained on criminal charges. The lawyers asked to see her, whereupon Jiang Lijun claimed there was a rule preventing her from seeing visitors. When the lawyers asked him to cite the rule, Jiang Lijun could not answer. Then the lawyer said, "According to the Ministry of Public Security, the detainee can be visited 24 hours after the arrest. Actually, in law, the right of visitation is available to detainees upon arrest." Jiang Lijung was speechless, so he went to the Kangping Police Department and 610 Office for advice. When he returned, he asked the lawyers to come back to the Domestic Security Department in the afternoon at 1:30 p.m.. That afternoon, the lawyers went to the Domestic Security Department at 1:45 p.m., but Jiang Lijun had left with the excuse the lawyers were late and he had to go to a meeting.
The lawyers subsequently called Jiang Lijung and the police station chief, Fang Xuefei, of the Xiaochengzi Police Department to ask for the detention notice letter. Each of them pushed the issue back and forth, claiming the letter was with the other side. In the end, Jiang Lijun said, "Wang Jinfeng's case involves national security, and as such, you cannot see her." On these facts, the two lawyers are preparing a lawsuit against the Domestic Security Department of Kangping County Police Department in Shenyang City and the Xiaochengzi Police Department.
Mr. Wang Xuekun and Mr. Li Xueping are currently detained at the Kangping Detention Center.
People primarily responsible:
Jiang Lijun, department chief of Domestic Security Department of
Kangping County Police Department: 86-24-87342670 (Office),
86-24-87340882 (Home), 86-13609833284 (Cell)
Liu Guangsheng, instructor of Domestic Security Department of
Kangping County Police Department
Fang Xuefei, department chief of Xiaochengzi town Police Department
at Kangping county: 86-24-87270007 (Office), 86-24-87331999 (Home),
86-13998842277 (Cell)
Yin Xiyang, instructor of Xiaochengzi town Police Department at
Kangping county: 86-24-13322421798 (Cell)
Zhang Wenju, clerk at Sanjiazi village (where Ms. Wang Jinfeng and
Wang Xuekun live), Xiaochengzi township, Kangping county: 86-24-
13840223435 (Cell)
Li Xingwen, clerk at Government Regulation Commission:
86-24-87347798 (Office), 86-24-87344628 (Home), 86-13940485791
(Cell)
Li Jun, 610 Office deputy head, 86-24-87333610 (Office),
86-24-87342860 (Home), 86-13203013288 (Cell)
November 27, 2009
(Clearwisdom.net) The Dalian Shahekou District Court tried Mr. Wang Yonghang, a 36-year-old lawyer from Dalian, Liaoning Province, for the second time, at 9:00 a.m. on November 27, 2009. Within half an hour the court hastily sentenced Mr. Wang to seven years in prison for defending Falun Gong practitioners and "damaging the implementation of the law."
Mr. Wang arrived at the court in a police car at 8:50 a.m. There were several unidentified individuals with video cameras in the courtroom. They videotaped the two attorneys that Mr. Wang's family hired for him. The attorneys were upset, questioned the identity of these individuals and asked why they were videotaping and whether they had permission to do so.
Mr. Wang's wife, Ms. Yu Xiaoyan, and his cousin were present at the hearing. As soon as Ms. Yu entered the courtroom, she was flanked by two female officers, who held her by the arms. When Mr. Wang entered the courtroom, Ms. Yu managed to break away from the officers, and she rushed over to check her husband's injured leg, which was still swollen and not completely healed. He was tortured in police custody and suffered a fractured ankle as a result.
When the judge entered the courtroom, Mr. Wang did not rise as the rest of the courtroom did. When the judge asked him to rise, Ms. Yu spoke loudly to the court, "Can't you see that his leg is injured because of the torture? How can he stand up?" Mr. Wang remained seated.
The court used the Falun Gong-related materials confiscated by authorities from Mr. Wang's home, and the open letters he wrote on his computer as evidence for the sentencing. When the court adjourned, Ms. Yu managed to break away from the female officers again and secured Mr. Wang's signature on the power of attorney for appeal, which gained Mr. Wang ten days to appeal the court's decision.
Mr. Wang was wearing a sweater and a pair of slippers. His leg has atrophied, and he dragged his leg as he walked, but he appeared in good spirits. One of the police officers was carrying a blue striped patient uniform. As he reached the revolving doors at the court entrance, Mr. Wang placed his hand on the door frame and said to those from the Procuratorate, "Everything you have said is against your consciences." After he went outside, he shouted, "The Communist Party is an evil cult to the core. Falun Dafa is righteous!" Several police officers who were standing beside him smiled.
After leaving the court, Ms. Yu and the two attorneys were followed by an officer and an unidentified vehicle.
For more information on Mr. Wang and his case, please refer to "Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners (Photo)" (http://clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2009/12/5/112854.html)
Dalian Municipal Bureau of Justice: Jinfuxing Building, 87
Xinkai Road, Xigang District, Dalian City, Telephone:
86-411-83766661, Fax: 86-411-83766789
Du Benyou, director of he Bureau of Justice: 86-411-83766999
(Office), 86-411-83696369 (Home), 86-13904269099 (Cell)
Shahekou District Court: 1-1-1 789 Xinan Road, Shahekou District,
Dalian City, Zip code: 116033, Telephone: 86-411-86840586
Zhou Liqiang, president of Shahekou District Court: 86-411-86840587
(Office), 86-411-86847089 (Fax)
Wang Jianhai, vice president of Shahekou District Court:
86-411-86845532 (Fax)
Du Xinglin, vice president of Shahekou District Court:
86-411-86846107 (Fax)
Zhang Tianming, vice president of Shahekou District Court:
86-411-86840589 (Office)
Jiang Yan, vice president of Shahekou District Court:
86-411-86846389 (Office)
(Clearwisdom.net) Many Falun Gong practitioners are illegally detained in the Xindian Women's Forced Labor Camp in Taiyuan City. All practitioners who remain steadfast in their belief in Falun Dafa are sent to the Strictly Controlled Team (No. 8 team). Liu Zhongmei, the commander, and Lei Hongzhen have incited drug addicts to persecute practitioners using various tactics.
In the Strictly Controlled Team, Liu has incited drug addicts to beat Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Hong from Taiyuan City. People heard terrible screams coming from inside. Liu later injected Ms. Li with nerve-damaging drugs. Due to the torture, Ms. Li behaved strangely and fell unconscious. Despite this, the police still forced her to take nerve-damaging drugs.
Ms. Wang Xiaolan, who is now back home, also fell unconscious due to the nerve-damaging drugs.
All the newly-arrested Dafa practitioners are forced to have a physical examination, after which they are told that they have some illness and are forced to take unknown drugs. As long as they are in the detention center, they are forced to take unknown drugs every day.
Ms. Peng Jufen is often assaulted by drug addicts in the detention center. Prisoners dare to do this because they are incited by Liu Zhongmei and Lei Hongzhen in an attempt to force practitioners to renounce their beliefs.
The drug addicts who are assisting police to persecute practitioners include Xiao Jun, in her thirties, who used to be the team leader of the Strictly Controlled Team, Tian Cuiping, who is the current leader, and Feng Yu. Feng Zhenhua is also directly involved in the persecution of practitioners.
(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 8 cities or counties in 8 provinces. In this report, 10 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 10 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao Hongxiang and Two Other Practitioners Arrested by Mudanjiang Railroad Police Department
On November 11, 2009, officers from the Mudanjiang Railroad Police Department arrested Mr. Zhao Hongxiang, an employee of the Mudanjiang Railroad Vehicle Section while he was at work, under the pretext that he had been reported. The police also searched his home but did not find anything to use against him. Finally, the officers found Falun Dafa content on an MP3 player in Mr. Zhao's pocket. The officers tracked down the source of the materials and arrested Mr. Li Xueren, owner of a food store, and Mr. Chen Yueshan, an employee of the Vehicle Section, on November 20. The three practitioners are being held at the Aihe Detention Center in Mudanjiang City. Because of their outstanding performance at work, the leaders of their work units and their families have all been to the police department to ask for their release.
2. [Changtu County, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhai Mingjun's Unlawful Forced Labor Term Extended
Mr. Zhai Mingjun is from Sanjiangkou Town, Changtu County, Liaoning Province. His three-year forced labor term was scheduled to end on September 4, 2009. The authorities extended his term because he refused to give up cultivation. On October 20, officers from the Sanjiangkou Town Police Station, carrying out orders from the Political and Judiciary Committees and the 610 Office at the provincial, municipal and county levels, secretly took Mr. Zhai to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center in Fushun City from the Benxi Forced Labor Camp.
On November 20, Mr. Zhai was supposed to be released from the brainwashing center. His family went there to take him home. Wu Weixiong, head of the brainwashing center, told them that officers from the local police station had to be there to take him back. His family then asked when the officers were to show up. They were told it would take another week. Mr. Zhai remains in custody at the brainwashing center.
3. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Held at Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labor Camp
The following practitioners are being held at the Shijiazhuang
Women's Forced Labor Camp: Ms. Li Mei, Ms. Wu Junyun, Ms. Deng
Baocui, Ms. Bai Yuntao, and Ms. Gao Shuying.
The following guards have engaged in the persecution of
practitioners at the labor camp: Hao Ming, Liu Yamin, Chang Lin,
Liu Fang, Cong Shujuan, and Song Darong.
Address of the labor camp: No. 4 Division, Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp, Shitong Road, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province 050222
4. [Funan County, Anhui Province] Three Practitioners in Jiaopi Town Arrested
On November 23, 2009, officers from the Funan County Police Department, agents from the 610 Office, and officers from the Jiaopi Town Police Station arrived at a village in Jiaopi Town. Deng Jiaping, who is the village head, led the officers to practitioners' homes. The police arrested Ms. Li Qizheng, Ms. Zhang Ying, and Ms. Zhang's husband. The police confiscated a large number of Falun Dafa books and materials. The three practitioners have been taken to the Funan County Detention Center.
Ren Xianping, official in charge of the Funan County Detention
Center: 86-558-6712250
Wang Bingqing, deputy Party secretary and deputy chief of the Funan
County Police Department in charge of Jiaopi Town and nearby areas:
86-558-6718199
5. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Two Practitioners Arrested in Liulichang Area
Shortly after 11:00 p.m. on November 23, 2009, a group of officers from the Chenglong Police Station broke into Ms. Wang's temporary residence in Shangdong Garden. They arrested Ms. Wang and another female practitioner. During the illegal arrest, the two practitioners shouted, "Falun Dafa is Great!"
6. [Kuerle City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region] Ms. Zhang Guilan and Another Practitioner Arrested
On the evening of May 7, 2009, officers from the Kuerle City Police Department arrested Ms. Zhang Guilan. No word has come from her. Her family has been denied the right to visit her. The police have not allowed them to send in clothes or other necessities.
Ms. Yang Shuang'er, in her forties, was arrested in June 2009. She has been unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labor. She is being held at the Wujiayuan Forced Labor Camp in Changji City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Ms. Yang started practicing Falun Dafa in 2002. She had been taken to forced labor twice before, serving a one-year and a two-year term.
7. [Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Prison Authorities Deny Visits from Families, Citing H1N1 Flu
The authorities of the Hohhot City Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have cited H1N1 flu as an excuse to deny visits by families (including families of Falun Gong practitioners). The officials have even prohibited depositing cash. Only mailing is permitted. Most practitioners in the prison have been isolated for brainwashing.
Bai Guirong, female, over 40 years old, member of the task force for persecuting steadfast Falun Gong practitioners: 86-13847107932 (Cell)
8. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Hu Jianhua Held at Taojialing Detention Center in Hanyang District, Wuhan City
Mr. Hu Jianhua went missing on November 16, 2009. It has been confirmed that he has been placed under a 15-day detention for distributing truth-clarification materials. He is being held at Taojialing Detention Center in Hanyang District, Wuhan City. The detention was scheduled to end on December 2.
9. [Longyan City, Fujian Province] Longyan City Court Scheduled Trial of Mr. Wang Shunping for 2:00 p.m. on December 3, 2009
(Clearwisdom.net) A "Solemn Declaration" is a person's public statement to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. These statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wish to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Now, they hereby declare their intention to resume practicing Falun Dafa. Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations: Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.
(Clearwisdom.net) I own an advertising firm and am often worried about having a limited amount of customers. One day, I visited many potential customers one after another, but did not make any progress. While walking on the street, I felt depressed, and one question came to my mind: "I am so worried because only a few customers signed a business contract. Then, as a Dafa disciple, was I ever this concerned when people did not accept information about Dafa or quit the CCP? In other words, have I ever paid that much attention to truth clarification?"
When thinking about this deeper, I was shocked. I saw the gap between me and a genuine Dafa disciple. It is true that I should do my everyday job well, but doing the things well that a Dafa disciple is supposed to do is even more important. When I compared my mindset for my everyday job with that of a Dafa project, why was there such a big contrast? The reason was, because I had too many human notions. If I had put more attention on Dafa and have greater concern for the people we are try to save, would I have been so attached to getting advertising contracts? Apparently, this was not the case. This reflected my cultivation status.
Through this incident, I realized that deep in my heart, I had not fully recognized my mission as a Dafa disciple. Master has told us about this many times and it seemed I had understood it on the surface. But this incident reflected how much attention I had been giving to Dafa projects. In other words, I had not fully understood the importance of my responsibilities as a Dafa disciple.
For my job, I normally list potential customers, find the responsible personnel and then contact them one by one. If one time is not enough, I contact them again. If I were to make a similar list of all my previous coworkers and everyone I know, then visit them one by one to clarify the truth, the outcome would be much better than it was.
I experienced two incidents that touched me. One of my coworkers had a serious illness. Later, it improved some and he was able to come to work. In my dream, Master gave me a hint to clarify the truth to this coworker. I did not do it immediately. Soon afterwards, this coworker passed away, and I was very regretful for not having talked to him. The other thing was, after I had left my previous workplace, there was no Dafa practitioner there anymore. One day, I came across a previous coworker, who was a CCP member and was influential at the workplace. After a brief talk, I clarified the truth to her and encouraged her to quit the CCP. To my surprise, she readily accepted what I told her and agreed to quit immediately.
From this experience I thought, why do I wait so long to clarify the truth to people and not approach them directly? I visit different people every day in my business. Then if I clarify the truth with the same kind of determination, won't this mean that I will save more people?
Furthermore, why didn't I fully recognize the importance of Dafa disciples' saving sentient beings and consider this the highest priority? This is because I did not truly understand the sacredness and preciousness of Dafa or the significance of saving sentient beings. This is also because I did not really understand the meaning of being a Dafa disciple. If Dafa work is mixed with human notions of selfishness, how can it be sacred?
(Clearwisdom.net) Greetings to you all. I am a practitioner in Tennessee, USA. I frequently visit the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net) to read stories of cultivation practice written by fellow practitioners in China. From the bottom of my heart, I admire their wisdom and benevolent actions, as they work to clarify the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong and encourage the Chinese people to relinquish their membership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. They do all this with limited resources for producing truth-clarification materials and under the pressure of a horrendous political environment. Thus, I use their examples to encourage myself to do the three things with greater diligence and effort.
I obtained the Fa in August 2006, after finding a Falun Gong practice site near me. After learning the exercises, I immediately felt something being placed in my abdomen. That night I dreamed of a book being opened while petals on a lotus flower burst out one after another.
Since I began practicing Falun Dafa, my life has become more fulfilling and meaningful. With veteran practitioners, I have participated in local activities to spread the Fa, as well as calling China to clarify the truth and encourage Chinese people to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. After contacting friends and relatives in China, I search for information from Minghui to clarify the truth to those organizations and individuals participating in the persecution. In the beginning, I read from a script that I had written. Because of Dafa's ability to enlighten our ways of thinking, my recall and eloquence continued to improve. I now no longer need a script for truth-clarifying conversations. As soon as someone picks up the phone, I mention the news about the three withdrawals and then follow it with the situation of the persecution and the fact that Falun Gong is widely practiced and accepted all over the world. I close by asking for the person's agreement to do the three withdrawals and their willingness to clarify the truth to their relatives and friends.
Usually, those who had already learned the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution from practitioners in China, or had read truth-clarification materials, were easily convinced to relinquish their Chinese Communist Party membership. For those who had never joined the evil party, I emphasized the cruel nature of the CCP in persecuting Falun Gong and the difficult circumstances of practitioners being reported by ordinary people to the wicked authorities. I then ask for their help to spread the truth and to treat Falun Gong practitioners kindly.
Generally, Chinese people are fairly reserved and simply respond with a groaning sound during a phone conversation. A young woman, likely a college student because of her knowledge about the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre, received my telephone call and then went everywhere to persuade her friends to do the three withdrawals. For that, I know that Heaven will reward her in the future.
I once encountered a young man from the northeastern region of China who had read Zhuan Falun in Beijing but then stopped practicing after falling prey to the CCP's insidious propaganda. I told him to never, never give up and he indicated that he would restart the practice and also promote the three withdrawals to others. For someone like this, I always will return with follow-up calls.
There were some others who listened to my message but stubbornly refused to quit the CCP. To face such situations, I know that my thoughts need to be absolutely righteous and this can only come about with solid Fa-study. Also, I know that I should be patient and keep talking, more than half an hour if needed, with interesting news and stories. Even if the person still clings to the CCP, at least they are gradually eliminating their misunderstanding of Dafa.
To elicit interest from intellectuals, I have found that citing traditional Chinese poems and quotes may be effective. I cited the "Plum Poem of Song Dynasty" to explain the prediction of the historical certainty of the fall of the CCP, so as to successfully facilitate a former attorney general to quit the Party. I read a poem made by Master Li to easily talk a medical doctor into quitting the CCP. She then persuaded others to do the same.
I make 45 phone calls to China each week. Sometimes, I might not be in a good state of mind, but to avoid an even longer list that I would need to deal with later, I force myself to make the phone calls. One time, an elderly gentleman on the other end questioned me, "Are you Chinese? Why did you go abroad? Is China not strong enough? What you want is just to live well in a foreign country!" I was upset by his twisted logic and for a long time I hesitated to make truth-clarification calls. Then a story from Minghui deeply touched my heart: An older practitioner in China was walking twenty-some miles every day to make 100+ truth-clarification calls from a mobile phone (so as to avoid persecution). I repeatedly read it with tears in my eyes. I display this article in front of me for an occasional glimpse to inspire myself.
There are 1.3 billion people in China. Collective efforts from Dafa practitioners all over the world are needed to let every Chinese person know that Falun Gong is good and to quit the evil CCP. I want to offer a big thank you to each and every one who participates in truth-clarification phone calls!
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a young practitioner who made a serious mistake when dealing with the relationship between a man and woman. I would like to share my story in hopes that it will help others in similar situations.
I was able to refrain from making the mistake several times because I remembered reading experience sharing articles that discussed the serious consequences in other dimensions. I thought I could enjoy myself as long as I didn't go all the way. This was a result of not aligning my thoughts with the Fa. It didn't take long before such erroneous thinking led to a mistake. That night, I couldn't sleep and was afraid to face the problem.
Master said at "Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference" in 2003,
"Let me put it this way, what I said just now is for all of those who have done things that are undeserving of the status of Dafa disciples. You'd better tell people about those things openly. That way, many things of yours will be eliminated, and at the same time it will make you really strengthen your resolve [to correct your behavior]. I'm telling you that for you time is really limited now."
I knew I should follow Master's guidance, but how could I face practitioners after I disclosed my mistake? I told my aunt, who is also a practitioner, about what I had done. She told me not to make any more mistakes, and I have not made the same mistake since. At that time, I wasn't clear about how to make it public.
I continued to be bothered by thought karma relating to sex. All kinds of dirty thoughts showed up in my mind. I knew I must follow Master's instructions in order to be free from the arrangements of the old forces, but I was afraid to lose face and damage my reputation.
The interference by bad thoughts was very strong. All my attempts to eliminate it failed and I was in despair as I fell asleep. I had a dream that I was walking along with other practitioners and Master was in front talking to some practitioners. I didn't dare to look at or talk to Master. However, He turned around and talked to me, but I couldn't remember what He said. I was so ashamed of myself that I could only cry. I was still crying when I woke up.
Whether I studied the Fa, did the exercises or participated in activities to validate the Fa, I felt a wall between me and Dafa. I couldn't do the three things well and thoughts of disrespect for Master began to appear. When fellow practitioners read a poem praising Master, I tried to control thoughts of disrespect. I can't describe how disappointed I was with myself.
One day, when I participated in group discussion, a practitioner said, "Let us encourage those who have made mistakes to speak. This should be good for them." What the practitioner said woke me up. I knew I had to make my case public in order to completely remove the influence of the old forces. I decided to write about my situation and read it at the next group study.
On that day, thoughts of how others would look at me surfaced. I knew this was another chance Master was giving me, and that I must move forward. As I began reading my story, I felt surrounded by energy. When I finished reading, thoughts of being ridiculed again surfaced, but I decided it wasn't important. The only thing that mattered was following Master's requirement.
Afterwards, while doing the exercises, I experienced a good sensation. All the bad thoughts were gone. I was truly happy and knew that I had returned to the path arranged by Master.
In an experience sharing article, a practitioner said that for practitioners who have made the kind of mistake I did, a large demon will chase after them with a big knife. Although gods can help them run away from the demon, they would constantly be on the run. This situation will not change until these practitioners openly repent.
Master said in the article, "Be Clearheaded,"
"The old forces have arranged for all Dafa disciples a set of their things, so if a Dafa disciple doesn't follow Master's requirements, he must be following the old forces' arrangements."
Thus, failure to do what Master asks of us means that we are actually following the arrangements of the old forces.
I came to understand that for practitioners who have made the same mistake, the old forces will arrange for them to fail in cultivation or even be eliminated. This type of mistake must be made public, otherwise, failure in cultivation is the only possible outcome.
Despite my best efforts, I still walked the path arranged by the old forces, but Master did not give up on me and gave me the opportunity to return. No words can express how grateful I am to Master. The only thing I can do is to be more diligent in cultivation.