(Clearwisdom.net) The following is an account of my experience of rescuing my husband from . I wrote this in hopes that we might improve together as a whole body. If I have stated anything inappropriate, please kindly let me know.
Prior to my husband's illegal arrest we had not been diligent for a long time. Our lack of perseverance had created hurdles at our workplace and at home--we could barely cope. We had then not tried to figure things out based on our xinxing level. We simply tried to resolve issues for the sake of resolving them, which cost us a lot of energy and we became more lax in our cultivation. Other practitioners worried about us and reminded us many times. We were worried too, but we just could not become diligent.
My husband was arrested while we were in that state of mind, but was quickly released through other practitioners' joint efforts. Why could my husband be released so quickly? I believe there were several reasons:
1. Cooperating As One Body
Master said,
"For Dafa disciples as a whole, in the process of validating the Fa, when you work together in concert, the Fa power is great." ("Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference")
After my husband's arrest, some practitioners quickly posted all pertinent information on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website and provided follow up until my husband was released. Other practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts, posted information in the streets, wrote letters to clarify the facts and made phone calls. Some practitioners shared experiences with me to help me improve based on the Fa and assisted my brother (a non-practitioner) and me in demanding my husband's release. All these efforts greatly shocked the authorities. I went to the police station. My brother later on went to the National Security Division. We noticed how afraid the police were. The true explanation [for my husband's release] is that the evil factors behind them were largely eliminated, and the evildoers were trembling in fear.
Fa-rectification has progressed this far, and local practitioners have become more and more mature through cultivation. A practitioner told me when she sent forth righteous thoughts in the past for other practitioners who were arrested, she had strong wishes to get them back as soon as possible. In this incident with my husband, she was no longer so attached; her mind was calm, and she merely concentrated on the actions. Another practitioner told me she always thought in the past that sending forth righteous thoughts would not help much; however, this time her righteous thought was strong, and she believed the righteous thoughts could bring my husband back.
Another practitioner said even ordinary people asked her whether or not my husband had been released yet. She asked how they could have found out about this. They said the information was posted everywhere.
2. My Husband's Improvements
After my husband returned home, we had a discussion. He said he thought of Master's poem, "Don't Be Sad," while in detention, first seeking inward to see what had gone wrong with him that had led to the evil finding an excuse to persecute him. He found his main problems included attachment to comfort, doing Dafa projects as ordinary tasks, not being able to calm down to study the Fa, often feeling sleepy during Fa study or while sending forth righteous thoughts, and not being fully involved in clarifying the facts as before. After finding those issues he could basically send forth righteous thoughts continuously and recite the Fa for a long time every day. He truly understood that only when he had a clear understanding of the Fa would he then be able to completely eliminate the old forces' arrangements.
He realized at the same time that no matter where he was, as a Dafa practitioner he should do the three things well. Thus, when there was free time in the detention center he could clarify the facts to other inmates and persuade them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. All inmates but one in his cell issued statements to quit the CCP and its affiliates. Some people started to learn the exercises and memorize the poems in Hong Yin.
This whole experience also exposed many of my own attachments and human notions. The biggest error was that I had not studied the Fa well and could not understand the Fa based on the Fa. My biggest attachment was my eagerness to get my husband back. Since I was clear on some Dafa principles, my previous actions were not based on validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. I often got involved in rescue for the sake of rescue, which gave the old forces opportunities to interfere. Although it did not cause much damage, it was largely due to collective group efforts that I overcame my shortcomings. If this group had not been there, I would have suffered a huge setback. I have already written a specific article regarding this aspect, so I will not give any details here. I would like to concentrate on compassionately rescuing the police.
I asked another practitioner after my husband's arrest to make the information public. At the time, I only thought that exposing the evil was what Master has told us to do. However, I did not realize my hatred of and combative mentality toward the police. Due to my incorrect attitude, and continued reports regarding my husband's circumstances after the arrest, when a practitioner told me that the authorities were beginning to pay attention to me, I began to hesitate.
I knew the person who was directly responsible for my husband's arrest. Should I expose his name as well? I became hesitant. A practitioner sent me a rescue experience article written by another practitioner in a situation similar to mine. The fellow practitioner's compassion moved me to tears. She said that the police need our sympathy. They are in the middle. The old forces had planned to discard them, so they let them commit huge sins against Dafa; yet we often felt hatred toward them due to the crimes they committed against Dafa. We are really pushing them into a corner.
She also shared her experience of asking for the release of her family member held in a labor camp. When they confronted the police, the police were rude; when they tried to view the situation from the standpoint of the police, the police began to think of a method for them. When they clarified the facts to the police without any notions, the police cried after learning the facts.
I began to feel the strength of compassion surrounding me. I no longer had any hatred or fear. I told other practitioners the name of the person responsible for the arrest. I knew that exposing his name would give other practitioners an opportunity to clarify the facts to him, to rescue him. In our later letters to the police, our tone was basically geared toward rescuing the police; whether or not my husband would be released became the secondary issue.
3. Saving Family Members
Following my husband's arrest, some practitioners suggested I inform my husband's parents and brothers. I did not agree, excusing myself that I did not want his parents to worry about us. I was hiding the fact that I was afraid that they would blame me. Later on, one of his brothers somehow got the information anyway and hurried here from another area. Since I had been clarifying the facts to his brother in recent years, he had positive views on Dafa. I told him how the police had framed or trapped other practitioners, and how family members of practitioners should get their loved ones back with the power of righteous thoughts. I told him to be on our side and speak for us. Other practitioners' selflessness and noble conduct deeply impressed his brother. During the rescue process, he took a supportive stance, and positioned himself well.
After my husband's release, I talked with him about his brother. My husband pointed out my shortcomings. He has another brother who has some status in society. In the past, this brother did not want our involvement in Dafa to affect him. I was full of resentment and kept my distance from him, creating some misunderstanding regarding Dafa among his family members. My husband had originally intended to ask him to come over and give him an opportunity to change his mind about Dafa during this rescue process, and increase his righteous thoughts so he could be saved. My human notion made him miss this opportunity. When I realized that the participation of family members was really a good opportunity to rescue them, I called his brother, telling him that he should stand by us and speak up for us in front of his friends and relatives. I said that doing so was not for our sake, but that it was very important for him to have a correct understanding of Dafa. This brother understood what I said and told me, "I already did. I told them that you were good people!"
In "Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference," Master said,
"When people understand the facts and find out how wicked the persecution is, people will naturally know what to do. And if afterwards you ask him to lend support and do something about it, that's him choosing a future."
My husband's quick release was a result of our walking on the correct path, harmonizing Master's will, and the natural exhibition of Dafa's power.