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Heaven Bestowed Magic Rain
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Heilongjiang Province, China
I work on a farm in Heilongjiang Province. My family contracted 16.5 acres to grow rice. Irrigation depended on tap water. There were two water contractors in our area, and our area was scheduled to be last one irrigated. It was very difficult to get water.
There was a drought in 1997, and water flow was low after we transplanted our seedlings. Rice seedlings need a lot of water. We talked with the other contractor about irrigation. They agreed to irrigate every other day between the two families, regardless of the size of the field. The other family had 8.3 acres while my family had 16.5 acres. Since the water flow was so low, only about 1.6 acres could be irrigated each day. The other family irrigated first.
When it was my family's turn, only a few acres were irrigated the first day. I thought that our field was on higher ground and it was not easy for water to flow; their field was on lower ground and it was easy for water to flow. By the next day at noon, still only a few acres of field had been irrigated. I suspected that there was a leak in our field. I walked through the field looking. I saw that the other family had dug a big opening where the water flowed from our field to theirs. Of course I felt this was unfair. Our field was nearly twice the size of theirs, and each family got water for two days, and yet they still stole water from us.
While walking around my field, I thought about how I was a cultivator and should follow the requirements of a cultivator, not disrupting the relationship between the two families. Master said:
“But normally when a problem arises, if it does not irritate a person psychologically, it does not count or is useless and cannot make him or her improve. Accordingly, his mind cannot get over it and is still bothered by it. It could be that his mind is hooked on it.” (Zhuan Falun)
My mind was stirred up. I was worried, wondering when we could spread weedkiller and plant fertilizer if the field was not irrigated enough. If the weeds were not controlled, they would grow out of control and the rice plants would die. Then I would have to invest more money and time. The final yield might still be less. However, I reminded myself that I was a cultivator. Master said:
“... maintain your xinxing, and not do things at will.” (Zhuan Falun)
I had a dream that night. I heard a voice saying that the yield from my field might not be less than others by the end of the year. When I woke up, I realized it was definitely a hint from Master. Master said:
“If something is yours, you will not lose it. If something is not yours, you will not have it even if you fight for it.” (Zhuan Falun)
The next day, it was the other family's turn to irrigate. I went near the embankment of the irrigation canal to get some firewood for cooking. The wife from the other family ran over to me from about 200 meters away, cursing all the way. She thought I would stealthily make the water to irrigate our field like what they did to us. She spoke bad words to me, but I was not moved. I held one thought, that I was a practitioner. I picked up firewood and walked away. There was another person near the irrigation canal. He said to the woman: “Who are your cursing? Nothing is bothering you. If she (he meant me) did the same thing as you, there'd be a fight.”
During those days, the other family showed a great deal of hostility toward us. However, I still greeted them in a friendly way and followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
It was July, and still it had not rained. The water supply was even tighter. Some people from the upstream fields fought for water every day. The downstream situation was even worse. I calmed my mind and did what came naturally. We didn't go to our field for two days. During those two days, a big rain fell on our field. There was no rain in the surrounding field. There was scattered rain on the road east of our field, but the ground didn't get wet. The couple in the other family witnessed the rain. They said, “It was so strange. The rain only fell on their field.”
Another big rain fell on our field in August. Other rice contractors asked me why. I said, “I am a Falun Gong practitioner. Our Master takes care of us.” Our family had a good harvest that year. The next year, the other family reconciled with us.
Director of Brainwashing Facility Said He Obtained the Fa
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Heilongjiang Province
My husband and I were taken to a brainwashing facility two days before the Chinese Communist Party's 16th Congress in November 2002. We were held for more than 50 days. There were eight Falun Gong practitioners there. We didn't cooperate with the guards. We did the exercises, studied the Fa, sent righteous thoughts, and clarified the truth to the guards. One or two days before the session was over, their farms had picked up the other practitioners. Only we were were left.
When the party secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the chief of the 610 Office on our farm, and people from our neighborhood committee finally came to pick us up, the director of the brainwashing center told them, “They did pretty well here. I also obtained the Fa. I have read Zhuan Falun several times.” The party secretary tapped me on the shoulder and said, “You go home to practice. We each keep to our own side. I don't change your belief and you don't change my thinking.”
The brainwashing session was set up in a hotel. The hotel manager asked me whether I would come back or not. I smiled and said, “Definitely not. It was the first brainwashing class and will be the last.”
I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996. Many illnesses I had suffered for many years disappeared in three months. My husband was very happy to see the changes in me. At the end of 1997, he read the books and started to practice. Our son witnessed the changes after we began to practice Falun Dafa. Although he didn't become a cultivator, he supports our practicing.
I went to Beijing to validate Dafa in 2000. I was arrested at Jinshui Bridge in Tiananmen and escorted back to our local area. I was held for a month. After I got home, I clarified the truth to a section chief on our farm. He said, “You went to Beijing to make trouble. The farm revoked all of your benefits. Without a salary, how will you live?”
I said, “We are citizens. We are being persecuted. We went to Beijing to report a wrong, which is a citizen's right. Falun Dafa is righteous and benefits the country, society, and family. You know I had poor health in the past. I was desperate and tried anything. I was poisoned and sent to the hospital for emergency care on the night of November 30, 1990. The doctor on duty refused to treat me. I was close to death. Since then I have practiced Falun Dafa and become healthy. Without good health, nothing else matters, no matter how rich you are. I hope you remember that Falun Dafa is good.”