(Clearwisdom.net) In early December 2010, the 610 Office in our city hired a few security guards to pick up my husband and take him to a brainwashing center in Fushun. At first, my reaction was to be very angry. After calming down I thought, “Fa-rectification is in its last phase and evil spirits are now very few. How could this happen? This incident interferes with both the task of saving sentient beings and clarifying the truth to people.”
After sharing what had happened with other practitioners, we came to the understanding that everyone should look inward for an omission in their own cultivation. Cultivation is a serious matter. We realized that because we had a relatively relaxed environment, we had become not so diligent about studying the Fa or sending forth righteous thoughts. We did clarify the facts to our local officials, and as a result they were supporting us. When the 610 Office agents wanted to come to our town to slander Dafa, our officials turned them down. As a result, our town lost out in the year-end evaluation, but the mayor of our town said that he knew what he was doing and had no regrets.
In November 2010, the secretary of the Political and Judicial Committee in the city attempted to seize a practitioner in our village. He went in a police car to see the head of our village and his secretary. The secretary in our village notified the sister of the practitioner they were trying to catch. The sister in turn called her brother and told him to leave home. Before he got too far from home, he saw the police car. Although the head of our village knew our fellow practitioner, he pretended not to recognize him as the car passed by. At the practitioner's residence, they found the door locked and left our village empty-handed. The secretary of our village had in the past received phone calls from overseas practitioners and is sympathetic toward us.
At one of our town meetings, the secretary of our village even openly showed support for Dafa practitioners. When my husband was illegally arrested, neither the mayor of our town nor the secretary of our village knew what had happened.
What I have stated above is actually looking outward, placing our security in the hands ordinary people. The real problem comes from within ourselves. We were proud of having clarified the facts to so many people around us and were rejoicing in our achievements. This is an attachment to zealotry. Teacher said in “To the First Fa Conference in India:”
“study the Fa well and abundantly--and do so frequently--become true cultivators of Dafa, and shoulder the responsibility of helping Dafa to spread widely and save sentient beings.”
We need to study the Fa well, do the three things, and correct our mistakes.
After this incident a fellow practitioner said, “It has been stated many times on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website that we should send forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate brainwashing centers. We did not take that seriously. This time we need to be proactive and send forth righteous thoughts nonstop for 24 hours and make sure we disintegrate these centers completely.” All of us focused on disintegrating the evil spirits behind the seizure of my husband. I went to the 610 Office every day to demand the release of my husband. I also exposed the cruel and immoral actions taken by the city 610 Office to our local party secretary, mayor, and police chief. The chief said that he was not involved in the incident, but that he had to send two police officers to serve as escorts, as required by regulations set out by his superior. If there was a problem, his superior would be held responsible.
I told him that many political movements in our country ended up blaming those who carried out orders. He asked, “What could I do other than listen to my superior?” I replied, “Do you think if things go wrong, your superior will support you?” He had nothing to say and left. I told the director of the 610 Office that he would be responsible for any loss resulting from this arrest. He called those involved to resolve the matter and my husband was released a few days later. Both the head of our village and the mayor of our town also went, on my behalf, to talk to our local 610 Office. However, in my experience, the only way to fully resolve issues is to follow Teacher. We must thoroughly negate the persecution and establish a righteous environment in order to save more sentient beings. I went to clarify the facts to people during the day, and in the evening studied the Fa and looked inward to find human notions. I found attachments to a show-off mentality, jealousy, fighting over petty gain, and zealotry. I knew that these emotions were not my own and should be removed. Through 18 days of joint efforts by all practitioners and under the guidance of Teacher, the 610 Office released my husband.
The incident tells us that the old forces are trying to influence the way we think through the human notions we still hold. Before this incident I was complaining about my husband not putting in enough effort in either Fa study or sending forth righteous thoughts. He did not hold his palm up steadily and I got angry with him instead of advising him with compassion. To change my attitude I need to study the Fa more.
Teacher said at “Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference:”
“It is true that in the past I've said that the time left for Fa-rectification was not that long, quite short in fact. I had really hoped that you would quickly mature and grow rational, thus allowing this affair to be concluded in a short time. If Dafa disciples cannot all be rational and mature, and instead often act with a human frame of mind--and one that manifests so strongly, at that--how could this affair be concluded? How could one say that Dafa disciples have completed their cultivation?”
Thank you, Teacher.
