(Clearwisdom.net) In late June 2010, I was clarifying the facts about Falun Gong in a shopping center and arrested after being reported to the police by a salesperson. I realized that the opportunity for me to clarify the truth about Falun Gong at the local police station had now arrived.
Suppressing the Evil with the Mighty Power of Dafa
Having been subjected to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong for more than ten years, I was already well aware of the way in which the police treat Falun Gong practitioners. I said confidently to the police officers, “I will not tell you anything and will not write any repentance statement against my own will. Making the effort to force me will only break our good relations. Given that Falun Gong has been persecuted by the CCP for so many years, you should already be well aware of the facts.” I then seized the opportunity and clarified the truth about Falun Gong to everyone in the police station.
I thought, “As a Dafa practitioner, I should use all means to save sentient beings in all environments. Wherever there are people, there are sentient beings waiting for salvation.” After they learned the truth about Falun Gong, some of the people in the station replaced their hostility toward me with kindness. Some began to help me, some changed their evil course and became good people, and some even agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The mighty power of Dafa manifest through my compassion and peacefulness was fully utilized in saving sentient beings.
The young police officer who arrested me was furious. When I clarified the truth to him he refused to listen, claiming that he had no fear of karmic retribution. With the assistance of two other young police officers, he tried to force me to sign an arrest warrant three times, but I refused each attempt, stirring one of them into verbally abusing me. I said to them, “Why do you speak those abusive words? Is that how you conduct yourself as a police officer?” Finding no words to reply with, they angrily left me while I kept sending forth righteous thoughts. They later returned and took me to the superior of the department, anticipating that the police chief would be able to force me to sign the arrest warrant.
In the police department, I clarified the truth to everyone around me. I told them of my arrest by the two young police officers. While I was speaking, I was sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements that were manipulating those in the station. I pointed to the two young police officers and said to them loudly, “These two attempted to persecute me and throw me into prison. They beat me, verbally abused me, and interrogated me with force. Is that the way the police should be? They do not dare to stand in the way of real criminals, but they are happy to bully Falun Gong practitioners because they know that Falun Gong practitioners are peaceful people who will not fight back even when they are wronged. Such men are villains, not police. The CCP has persecuted Falun Gong for more than 10 years, and everyone knows that Falun Gong is innocent. I must remind you all that because of what you are doing today, later on you will be used by the CCP as their scapegoats for their crimes against Falun Gong.” My words left everyone in silence. The only sound was the horrifying noise coming from the other end of the corridor where the guards were violently beating their detainees.
Just after I finished speaking, many curious people came out from their offices to see me. In their eyes, I could see the admiration and respect they had for me. The two young police officers, frustrated by my words that exposed their wicked behavior, looked uneasy and desperate. There were no signs of triumph in their faces, even when they received a warrant from the police chief to detain me for 15 days.
When the two young police officers led me down the stairs in low spirits with their heads hanging down, I said sternly to them, “It is you that threw me into a cell. I did not sign anything. When justice prevails in the future, I will definitely sue you.” The angrier of the two officers tried to stop me from speaking, but I said, “I will not stop speaking no matter what!” At that moment their anger dissolved, and they simply listened to me in silence.
We got into the police car, but its engine failed not long after we were on our way. They looked at each other in astonishment and said, “Are you sending out your Gong energy?” I replied, “It is because of the bad things that you are doing. If you do not change your course, the engine will fail again.” They ordered me to get out and push the car with them to help restart the engine. I said, “I will not do that. I am your guest. If you let me get out I will simply go home.” They were seated in the front seat, while an assistant police officer and I were in the back. I said to them, “You are too young to perceive the CCP's treachery. Do you know what the CCP did to you police after the Cultural Revolution? When all the cadres were released, you police became the scapegoat of the CCP. You were transferred to some secret place in Yunan Province and shot, but they announced that you died in the line of duty. Isn't that a miserable way to die? You are the same age as my children. All parents want their children to be safe all the time, but what you've been doing will definitely make them feel sorry for you.”
The furious one asked me what had actually happened in the alleged self-immolation in Tiananmen Square in January 2001. I told them the truth about what happened that day, that the immolation was a propaganda stunt orchestrated by the CCP to demonize Falun Gong in the eyes of the public. I also told them the name of the director of the whole event, who later died as a result of the role he played. I said, “It is a universal law that good receives good results, while bad receives bad results. You should never persecute Falun Gong practitioners in the future. If you change your course, I will not sue you. If you continue to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, I will definitely not let you off the hook.” I then told them of the grand dissemination of Falun Gong around the world, and I asked them to remember that “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I also told them that one can secure a favorable future for himself by quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The furious one mumbled to himself, “Falun Dafa...” I could see dramatic changes in him. He was like a new person, completely transformed from the way how he was 10 hours ago. I conveyed my blessings to him from the bottom of my heart.
When we arrived at the detention center I said to him, “You can find the address of the website to quit the CCP in the truth clarification materials that you found in my bags. You can go there and quit for yourself and your family. I wish you all good luck. If it all turns out well for you, then the troubles I may face here will be worth it. ” His rigid face expressed his troubled, uncertain mind, and I departed them smiling.
Maximizing Compassion and Saving Sentient Beings
As is routine for all prisoners newly admitted into the detention center, I was led to a search room where a young female guard inspected me. I took the opportunity to talk to her about quitting the CCP and she agreed to quit soon. I was then sent to a detention cell. When the iron door closed behind me, I found myself the focus of the more than 20 inmates who shared the same cell with me. I said to them straightforwardly, “Hello, everyone! I am a Falun Gong practitioner.” Upon hearing this they burst into joyous laughter, which bridged the gap that lay between us as strangers, and it provided me a good foundation for clarifying the truth to them. When I was seated, like long lost friends they surrounded me asking many questions, and I openly began to clarify the truth to them.
At that time, the CCP was “maintaining social order,” a kind of political doublespeak that disguises the true goal: crushing political dissent by arresting anyone who dares to publicly vocalize opinions that run counter to the Party line. In order to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, police at all levels arrested many people who had neither political power nor bureaucratic background, and the prisons were therefore full of innocent people. The detainees talked at great length about how badly the CCP had treated them and how much resentment they felt. I made use of this topic to reveal to them all of the crimes that the Party had committed toward the Chinese people. I informed them that Heaven will destruct the CCP and encouraged them to quit the CCP. Many of them agreed to quit and to inform their relatives.
Despite the mistreatment some people received from the CCP, they were still undecided about renouncing Party membership because they were so deeply poisoned by its lies, and because they feared it so much. Some did not have their own opinions but simply followed others' skeptical attitudes. In such cases, I would send forth righteous thoughts for them during the scheduled “sitting time.” In my mind, I said to their primordial souls, “You listen to me: you have come here today to be saved. You must assimilate yourself to Dafa by listening to the truth clarification of Dafa practitioners. Otherwise, you will have an unfortunate future. If you want to listen to the truth clarification, just come to me.” And they did.
A lady in her 40's was detained for 14 days for buying a state-owned house without getting an ownership certificate in advance. She usually complained to inmates that she had been more severely wronged than any other. I chatted with her, saying that we have a predestined relationship with each other. I then said, “Let me tell you about one thing that is most important.” When I began my truth clarification to her, she was quite indifferent and said nothing in response. One day when I was seated in my bed, she came to me and said, “You better stay where you are and not talk with me about the Falun Gong things any more.” Her words stunned me and made me feel very bad, but I knew it was the bad elements in other dimensions that made her do that.
That afternoon, I sat in lotus position and sent forth righteous thoughts to her primordial soul, “You have come here because you were wronged, but the real reason for your coming here is to hear the truth about Falun Gong. You should not leave yourself under the control of the evil elements. To secure a favorable future for yourself, you must assimilate yourself to Dafa by listening to my truth clarification. If you want to do that, just come to me.” In the following several days when we were free to move around, she hung around me, looked upon me, and spoke well of me. I observed her calmly for several days while she kept treating me kindly. One day after lunch, she came to me again. I thought the time had come and began to talk with her. It was not long before I brought up Falun Gong and the “three quits.” She listened to me cautiously and finally agreed to quit the CCP. She also told me that she was interested in practicing Falun Gong. I told her that she would be blessed by Heaven if she would always remember “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I told her that she would become a Dafa practitioner when the time was right for her. From her, I understood how difficult it can be to save a life. If we Dafa practitioners cannot tell good from evil and easily give up on our efforts to save people, many precious lives will perish and the universe will suffer great losses.
Each day of the 15 days of my detention, I was busy clarifying the truth to save people. There were many noteworthy and moving stories each day. The detention center was like an assembly line with all kinds of people coming in and going out. Their detention term could be 3 days, 5 days, 10 days, or 15 days, and they would come from different provinces, cities, counties, and villages. I cherished them very much. I usually said to them, “If you had not come here, we would never have met each other. We must cherish our meeting here. Do not miss this precious opportunity for being saved, and do not forget to inform your relatives and friends of the 'three quits' to secure a favorable future.”
Two young ladies were detained for stealing money while they worked as cashiers in a commercial center. When I was with them, I did not blame them for what they had done but tried to remind them of their inborn goodness. I taught them to be good people in accordance with “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” and told them the facts about Falun Gong. They were very moved by my kindness and said to me in tears, “We will never do bad things again.” They also quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
The morning before I was released, I saw two newcomers in my cell. I asked one of them, “When did you come here?” She replied, “Late last night.” I asked her how. She answered, “I came from another province to have my sickness healed, but was arrested while I was walking through the streets last night.” I asked her why she was arrested, but she did not know. Looking at her honest, gentle face I said, “No matter what their reason, you will not have come here in vain. This could be a blessing in disguise for you.” I then clarified the truth about Falun Gong to her, and she nodded in agreement. I asked her if the two of them had arrived together, and she said that they had not. I said, “I will leave here soon. You will tell her what I told you, and that I wish her to be as blessed as you in the future.” She promised me that she would.
During the whole process, I could sense everyone's eagerness to be saved, but my heart pained that it took their being arrested to meet this opportunity. There was no reason for me not to save them. They came to me in various ways, and I had to do well so that I would not let them down. On the morning of my departure when I looked back at everyone and waved goodbye, more than 30 people waved to me in response; some were even in tears. It was such an impressive scene, that even now it remains fresh in my mind.
In the detention center, I was confronted with all kinds of people from all social levels. Despite the complexities, I remained steadfast in my determination to save sentient beings and treated every person I met with the utmost compassion. My efforts paid off, as more than 60 people accepted the truth. However, 4 people were released before I could speak with them, and I am very regretful for that. One person also refused to listen or to do the “three quits,” and I feel very sorry for her.
The rapid elapse of time hastens the urgency of Dafa practitioners in saving sentient beings. Along with Dafa practitioners, sentient beings have traveled the long distance from the remote past until today. There is no reason for us not to save them, as all lives are precious. When they approach us they may appear unfavorable, but we nonetheless need to save them with unconditional compassion. It is what we are supposed to do.
