(Clearwisdsom.net) On May 21, 2005, I delivered some materials and Teacher's new articles to some fellow practitioners in Beijing. While waiting for the train home, I gave a truth-clarification flyer to a vendor. The vendor reported me to the police. At around 10:00 a.m., a group of policemen surrounded me in the waiting room, and some of them tried to pull my bag away from me. I held the bag tightly and sent forth righteous thoughts continuously. The persecutors took me to the train station's police station, even pushing me as I walked. My mind was very calm and I had no fear, I just thought about Teacher's words,
"Don't take a detour when you run into difficulties. When you see something that does us harm, or when you see something blocking our validating the Fa, don't take a detour-you should face it, and clarify the truth and save those beings. This is the compassion (cibei) of a Dafa disciple, and it's our saving lives." ("Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference")
When we arrived at the police station, I first told them, "Those who treat Dafa well will be rewarded. Good is rewarded with good and evil meets with evil. You should release me." They said, "As long as you are honest and tell us everything you did, we will let you go. I replied, "I have nothing to say -- I did nothing wrong, so you have no right to arrest me." They started to ask me questions such as where I was from and where I got the truth-clarification materials. I refused to tell them anything.
Seeing that I would not answer their questions, the police took a photograph of me. At the time, my mind was filled with Dafa principles and righteous thoughts. Believing that "one righteous mind suppresses a hundred evils," I had no fear at all. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the rotten demons, dark minions, and the evil spirit of the communist party that were controlling the police. My righteous thoughts also blocked the policemen's evil human side, so they did not curse or beat me. Dafa practitioners are here to save sentient beings, not to be persecuted.
The police continued to interrogate me, but instead of answering their questions directly, I told them about the true nature of Falun Gong and how it was being unlawfully persecuted. Because I sent forth righteous thoughts continuously, the atmosphere was not tense, and the persecutors did not get the information they wanted. After some time, one of them called a superior at the Beijing Railroad Public Security Division. By then it was lunchtime and all the police officers went out to eat. They also asked me to eat, but I refused to eat or drink anything.
In the afternoon, some people from the Beijing Railroad Public Security Division arrived. They continued to interrogate me and tried to make me sign some paperwork. I refused to cooperate with them and told them, "Don't complicate things -- it will benefit everyone here if you simply let me go." Finally they said, "How should we address you if you don't tell us your name?" I said, "I am a Dafa practitioner, which means I am a particle of Dafa. You can call me 'a particle'." From that time on, they called me "a particle." They chatted with me afterwards, and I took the opportunity to further clarify the truth to them. At around 5:00 p.m., they escorted me onto a train and took me to the Beijing Railroad Detention Center.
In the detention center, their evil sides were completely exposed as they interrogated me every night. They tried to pressure, tempt, and deceive me, and then they threatened me as they tried to get some information. They went to the Zhangjiakou City Police Department and used my picture to identify me and get my home address, after which some officers ransacked my home -- their usual tactic. The persecutors found and confiscated several Dafa books, a few truth-clarifying VCDs, and CDs and tapes containing Dafa music and truth-clarifying songs. They also threatened my family and interrogated them. At around 10:00 p.m. that same night, they secretly abducted another practitioner and detained him/her in the same detention center for over 20 days.
The police were hypocrites: they looked nice on the surface and talked politely. Yet the evil elements that controlled them were still at work. From the beginning to the end, I maintained a clear mind and talked with the officers rationally, trying to save them with wisdom. I tried not to give them any excuse to persecute me, which prevented them from creating more karma for themselves. I tried to let them know about the solid, unshakable determination of Dafa practitioners. Furthermore, I tried to show them the good Dafa brings to people who cultivate the Law and Principles.
With Teacher and the Fa present at all times, the evil cannot be feared. My own human attachments were of more concern. When I first arrived at the detention center, I refused to eat or drink anything. After several days, a doctor in the detention center checked me over. Upon finding that my body was completely normal after several days of hunger strike, the doctor said sincerely, "It looks like I should practice Falun Gong too!"
One week later, the wicked police officers interrogated me again. The interrogation lasted for about 30 hours, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. the next day. They continuously pressured and threatened me. Six persecutors divided into three teams and took turns interrogating me. By then I had not eaten for over a week, and was feeling weak. The persecutors did not let me rest at all during the interrogation, so I was very tired. They used every opportunity to ask me about the source of the truth-clarification materials I had, and every word they spoke carried evil power. Still, I was fearless, thinking that no matter how rampant the evil became, Teacher controls it.
I answered their questions with wisdom, and at critical times, I warned them, "Coercion cannot change people's heart. Only when people treat each other with compassion can a peaceful environment be formed. Human beings go through reincarnation: all of you might have met me in your previous lives. I am fulfilling my wish in this manner, so I don't mind your attitudes towards me. People should obey the will of Heaven when doing things and dealing with people. Now that the cosmic climate has changed, everyone should make the right choice. You said I violated the law, but I don't agree -- I haven't done anything that violates the law."
When the interrogation was over, a police officer named Liu asked me, "Do you hate me?" I told him seriously, "As a Dafa practitioner, I have no hatred towards anyone. I hope you can do a lot of good things and have a good future as a result." Around noontime, a hailstorm followed a few sudden and loud thunderclaps. The hail was huge. I told them, "See, this is a warning sign from heaven. You should behave yourselves!" A guard on duty also said, "Heaven is angry."
The persecutors could not deceive me, so they detained me indefinitely. I searched inside for attachments to dig them out at the roots. I also asked for Teacher's help to eliminate my human notions so that the evil would destroy itself and I could walk out of the den of evil. Finally, on June 15, 2005, I was released. I resumed regular practice, Fa study, and truth-clarification, and returned to the Fa rectification.
These are some of my experiences and understandings. Please kindly point out anything that is incorrect.
