(Clearwisdom.net) I was very fortunate to start practicing Falun Dafa in late 1998. Within a short time many of my diseases disappeared without any medical treatments. Then the wicked Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a full-range persecution of Dafa and Dafa practitioners. Due to my shallow understanding of the Fa, I could not face their bloody persecution theoretically, so I endured it passively. Consequently, I was frequently harassed and persecuted. I was walking a crooked path, which brought me much pain.
More recently I have closely followed Master's words by studying the Fa with a great effort. I gradually realized that all tribulations come from attachments which are still contained within our hearts. Only by cultivating seriously and constantly improving ourselves can we help Master rectify the Fa, save sentient beings, and fulfill the oaths that we made before we entered this earthly kingdom, and thereby achieve Master's goals.
Master taught us,
''As Dafa disciples, you mustn't let up in your own cultivation. You need to seize the opportunity to cultivate yourselves. The more chaotic things are, the more so you can cultivate yourselves amidst the chaos; the more you encounter ordeals, or unpleasant things, the more it is an occasion for you to look at the problems in a different way and think to yourself, 'All of these are stepping stones by which to cultivate and improve.'" ("Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference")
The following experience relates how I stopped the persecution against me with Master's merciful protection. I wrote about this and would like to share it with my fellow practitioners.
In early January 2010, while I was clarifying the truth and handing out DVDs at the market, someone notified the local police. They illegally arrested me and said they would send me to a detention center the next day. I thought, "Dafa disciples clarify the truth to save people, hence no one is allowed to persecute them." I clarified the truth to the police by telling them that they should not follow the evil party in persecuting kind people. Early the next morning, at 4:00 a.m., the police officers were all sleeping, with only one person blocking the door and keeping an eye on me. I decided to leave there before dawn so I asked to use the bathroom. The officer followed me closely and even stayed outside of the bathroom. I then asked Master to give me the power to freeze him. I was thus able to get away from the bathroom.
That series of events was very mysterious. That police officer was standing there very still, while I, an older woman in my sixties, walked home as if I were flying. I covered a one-Li long road almost instantly. Half an hour later when the police rushed to my village to search for me, I had already left home.
During that few days away from my home, I kept reciting Essentials for Further Advancement II which was the only Dafa book I brought with me. While studying the Fa, Master kept imprinting the Fa principles into my mind so that I was aware of the righteous thoughts and righteous actions of Dafa disciples during the Fa-rectification period, and how to help Master rectify the Fa. On the third night of being away from home, I applied Master's words to look within, and decided that hiding here and there was not right. Behaving like this would not allow me to study the Fa or clarify the truth, and this would also would have a bad impact on my family and neighbors. This life of hiding out would prevent me from saving sentient beings, so I sent forth a thought... I must go home, in order to save the sentient beings there, I have to go home!
However, the attachment of fear then surfaced. I started to worry about being persecuted by the evil.
Master said,
"Why should you, a Dafa disciple, fear the evil ones when enduring persecution? The crux of the matter is that you have attachments. If not, do not endure passively, and face the evil people with righteous thoughts at all times." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" from Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Master's words strengthened my righteous thoughts. Dafa disciples' clarifying the truth to save sentient beings are kind deeds. Besides, Master protects us all the time, so why should we fear anything? As a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period, Master has already granted us all the abilities to protect ourselves completely.
Master said,
"If a person is completely in the Fa no one can touch him. Isn't that having the ability to protect yourself? As a matter of fact, with regard to the veteran students (that started) prior to the persecution, I raised all of you to your positions. As long as you can go about things with righteous thoughts and righteous actions you can protect yourselves perfectly well, and that applies as well for new students that joined later." ("Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005")
Master's words encouraged me to take the first step on the right path. I returned home in a dignified manner. As though nothing had happened before, I stayed home to study the Fa, practice the exercises, send righteous thoughts, do household chores, and clarify the truth. On the sixth day, the police got the message, arrested me again and sent me directly to the hospital for a "physical examination." I asked them in the vehicle, "Falun Gong practitioners believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and to help people have high moral standards and healthy bodies. What's wrong with that?" They were speechless. I strongly believed that everything was arranged by Master. On the way to the hospital I kept sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and dissolve the persecution. When we arrive at the hospital, people were waiting in line outside of each department. I thought that it was a good opportunity to clarify the truth, so I shouted, "You see, the police don't go to arrest bad people. Instead they persecute the good people who practice Falun Gong. Please remember everyone: Falun Dafa is good! Those people who treat Dafa and Dafa practitioners kindly will receive good rewards." I talked to people all the way, including the doctor who checked my health. When the officers took me to the detention center, I started talking to the people there. In the end, the detention center refused to take me. They were afraid that my blood pressure was too high, which was a life threatening danger. Even the police officers asked the detention center several times to take me, but that was useless and in the end they had to take me home.
Meanwhile my husband kept asking about me to the police leader, which was very helpful for me. I knew all that was arranged by Master and everything was in Master's hands. Thank you, Master!
This successful experience of eliminating the evil persecution made me realize one more time that Dafa cultivation is magnificent. As long as we firmly believe in Master and the Fa with righteous thoughts and righteous actions, we should witness Master's merciful protection and Dafa's boundless divine power. I later applied Dafa's principles to the cultivation of my mind. I clarified the truth to people with wisdom, and convinced them to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. On one occasion in a market I convinced over 20 people to quit the CCP. The police in my town no longer caused me any trouble. Under Master's merciful protection I walked on a smoother, wider path.
My limited understanding could have many shortcomings. If you identify any such issues, please point them out, as this will be very helpful to me.
