(Minghui.org)
I used to practice Taichi every morning before I started the cultivation practice of Falun Dafa in January 2004. Before I started cultivating, one morning I left the house for Taichi exercise and saw a tri-colored aperture in the fog at the door. It seemed strange, but I did not give it much thought. It was again a foggy morning a few days later, and that aperture again appeared. Again I did not take it seriously, as I was an atheist.
In early January 2004, my brother (who had already begun practicing Falun Dafa) gave me a book. The book was Zhuan Falun, and my brother told me, “You will feel that all other books are no longer interesting after you read this book.” As I took the book from him, I thought, “I don't believe that there is a book in this world that covers everything.” I was stunned when I flipped to the first page. I exclaimed after reading “Lunyu”, “This book indeed encompasses everything.” I was deeply impressed by the profound Fa principles as I continued reading. This is how Master led me into cultivation.
I live in place where the villages are surrounded by mountains. There has been a lack of truth-clarification materials in recent years in the mountainous area; practitioners had to travel 300 miles to the city to obtain these materials. The materials were then distributed to practitioners before being delivered to sentient beings. This became a long process, and there was a limit to the quantity.
Master arranged for me to produce truth-clarification materials in the mountainous area. Practitioners brought me the equipment and taught me how to use the computer to surf the Internet and download documents. Later, they taught me how to produce various materials and the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. The demand for the materials increased after I began making them. Hence, we bought another printer. From being a person who had never used a computer, to being able to operate it and the printer, I shouldered the responsibility of supplying truth-clarification materials for my village.
The practitioners in the mountainous area often went out to distribute materials. While distributing materials with practitioners, we often lost our way, but Master always arranged for someone to guide us. We also clarified the truth to and persuaded these guides to quit the Party as Master is looking after us and arranging for these people to be saved.
One time when I was distributing materials alone, I went to a hotel. That hotel had a slope of stairs. It was pitch-dark that night, and I had to climb up the slope. After I finished distributing the materials, I found it difficult to go down the slope. While I was worrying, the lights suddenly lit up. Hence, I rushed down quickly while the lights were still on. I knew that Master once again solved the problem for me, and I cannot describe how grateful I was.
Sometimes the other practitioners were busy when I delivered the materials. And I brought along my almost-three-year-old granddaughter to distribute the materials to a few hundreds miles away. I left the house with the materials on my back and my granddaughter in my hands. My granddaughter would be on my back, and the remaining materials in my hands when I returned. I distributed materials to people with predestined relationships, and at the same time clarified the truth and persuaded them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. During those days, the moment I picked up the materials, my granddaughter would say to her grandfather sweetly, “We are going out to save people.”
Many people in the mountain area knew that there is a Falun Dafa practitioner who carries her granddaughter around with her to bring people the truth. Those who understand the truth will give us water or treat us to watermelon. There are some who also treat us to a meal.
During the process of producing and distributing the materials in those years, one cannot imagine the hardships. However, when I thought that we are saving sentient beings and we are Dafa disciples who are helping Master to rectify the Fa, I would recall Master's teaching and feel content, even though it was tiring and bitter,
“The world's miseries endured,One departs the earth a Buddha”(“Tempering the Will” in Hong Yin)
I was previously persecuted for distributing materials; thus the attachment of fear emerged at times. One day a practitioner told me, “The police are going to search every Dafa disciple's house. Move the things away quickly.” At that moment I thought, “How do I move so many things? I can only increase my sending forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil.”
However, the practitioner asked her granddaughter to bring a letter to me the next day and told me to move the things. My attachment of fear emerged, and I started moving the things to a place at the top level, used for storing goods. When the things were hidden, I became uneasy. “Am I a Dafa disciple? Am I correct to do this?” At this moment, Master's Fa came to mind,
“Should you have fear,it will seize upon youIf thoughts are righteous,evil will collapseThe cultivator’s mindis loaded with FaSend righteous thoughts,and rotten demons explodeGods walk the earth,validating the Fa”(“What's to Fear?” in Hong Yin II)
I increased my sending forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen me. I took out my equipment and continued to work as normal that day, and nothing happened.
However, the equipment seemed to have become angry. I was unable to print the materials. Initially, the printer did not work. Later, the paper was filled with droplets of ink, and I felt that it seemed to be crying. The equipment are our Fa-implements. They are spiritual and are here to help Master rectify the Fa. I said to the printer, “Don't be angry, printer. It's not your fault. It's my fault that I did not pass this test well and moved you here and there. I will never do such things again. We have to continue with our work. Let us finish our tasks together.” When I used it again, everything returned to normal.
My mother is 85 and has diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. She has been on long-term medication and needs to be put on an IV when ill. She once fell ill and had to be hospitalized in a larger hospital. I said to her, “Why don't you recite, 'Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good'?” She said okay and started reciting. She even added, “Please save me, Master.” She recited this from after 6:00 in the evening to the next morning. I was sleeping beside her. When I finished doing the exercises in the morning, she said excitedly, “My illnesses are cured! Master saved me!” I was really happy and said, “You have to recite 'Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good' often from now on.” Since then, her illnesses have never recurred.
There was a year when the evil was reckless, and I was arrested and detained in a dark den due to my negligence in studying the Fa. In the prison I resisted the persecution and refused to do their morning exercises or memorize their prison regulations. I was forced to stand in the cell from 7:00 in the morning till midnight. Thus, I memorized the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts. After standing for one day, my lower back hurt and I could not stand straight. I felt nauseous and vomited. I enlightened that this was persecution by the evil, and that I have to oppose it and shift this pain to the evil guards. Hence, I send out a thought, “Those who persecute me will have to bear the pain.” The pain disappeared in an instant. I knew that Master was helping me and always by my side. I knew what I should do.
Since then, I felt no pain in my feet, although I was made to stand every day. And I was still in a good mood. I used the time to memorize the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts. There occurred a Falun spinning at the corner of my eye when it was time for the global sending of forth righteous thoughts. It seemed to be telling me the time. I knew that Master was giving me a hint to not miss the time to send righteous thoughts. Hence, I concentrated my thoughts and sent righteous thoughts at the evil to eliminate them.
A few days later, a guard called Captain Yang, who tortured me, could no longer take it. Her feet were in pain, and she could only wear shoes made of cloth. We know that it is not her that wants to be evil, but is the evil factors behind her that are carrying out the evil act. I wanted to save her and persuade her not to persecute Dafa disciples. Hence, I told the team leader to inform Captain Yang that I wished to speak to her alone. She called me over and said very arrogantly, “I won't speak to you alone.” I said, “I know that your feet are in pain.” I had yet to finish the sentence when she jumped up, “I had stepped on some sharp metal when I was at the beach for my vacation. The doctor has cured it for me.” I smiled when I saw her reaction, “I know the reason for your sore feet.” However, she told me repeatedly to leave.
Later, she called the team leader over. When the team leader came back to me, she said, “You have offended her. From now on, you have to stand till 2 a.m.” A criminal inmate said secretly to me, “They plan to torture you through the night.” I said, “That's alright. There is someone who will be bearing the pain for me.” I sent out a thought at that moment, “She will be in pain as long as I am made to stand. She doesn't get any sleep if I'm not allowed to sleep.” In this way, her feet were even more painful than before. I used this incident to tell the inmates about cause and effect.
One day two inmates who heard my story saw that Captain Yang was disheveled and wearing special shoes. They pretended to be unaware and asked, “What happened to your feet, Captain?” The captain replied, “That 'Falun Gong' cursed my feet.” The inmates now believe that this is true and know that Falun Dafa is amazing. Some came over quietly and asked me to teach them a few tricks to deal with those guards. I thought that the time was right to start clarifying the truth and urging them to quit the Party.
I said to them, “You can turn calamities into blessings by sincerely reciting, 'Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good', and you must also quit the Party, Youth League, and Young Pioneers.” I also told them the truth about Dafa, such as that the self-immolation is a hoax, that Heaven is eliminating the CCP, and about the harvesting of organs from live Falun Dafa practitioners. At the same time, I told them to tell their families to make the “three withdrawals” when they return home so that the family can also be safe.
Some of them said, “Your complexion is really good and rosy.” I was detained for almost two months that time. That guard was in great pain, while I was fine and normal. Finally, she compromised and let the matter rest. Once again, I witnessed,
“When disciples have ample righteous thoughtsMaster has the power to turn back the tide”(“The Master-Disciple Bond” in Hong Yin II)
Mystical things such as this could only be seen in fiction or a movie. Yet this has happened to me. Isn't this “divine beings in the human world?” It's the miraculous nature of Dafa.
Through this battle, the inmates saw that Falun Dafa is very powerful. This was especially so for those guards who did not create trouble for me under normal circumstances. My environment had become relaxed. Thus, I used various opportunities and methods to clarify the truth to guards and inmates and let them understand and quit the Party. During those few years in the dark den, many people came and went. I looked for opportunities to clarify the truth to them and not miss a single person with a predestined relationship.
Master has always looked after me in the dark den. If Dafa did not refine me or Master did not protect me, I do not know how many times I could have lost my life.
I spent half of my nine-year cultivation in the dark den. I am here today because of Master's compassionate protection and care at all times. Only by being steadfast and diligent and doing the three things well can I repay Master's compassionate salvation and finally return home with Master.