(Minghui.org) Two Falun Gong practitioners from our area were arrested and detained by the local police when they were talking to people about Falun Gong in a remote village.
The two practitioners received official documentation on the 31st day of detention that the arrests had been approved, and the case had been transferred to the Procuratorate for prosecution.
However, two days later, the practitioners received documentation stating that no decision of arrest had been made. They were released on bail pending trial.
This was quite a dramatic turnaround, as normally an arrest that has been approved by the Procuratorate does not change.
As practitioners, we understand that Master is watching over every practitioner, and as long as we have righteous thoughts, anything can happen.
As soon as we learned about the arrests, we talked to the arrested practitioners' family members to see how to proceed to secure their release. We also decided to publish the information on the Minghui website.
Practitioners from overseas, including the United States and Taiwan, immediately started calling the local police. The practitioners made so many calls that the police turned their phones off.
Practitioners from our area wrote many letters to the police, explaining the situation and informing them about Falun Gong and the persecution.
When the two practitioners were eventually released, an officer told them, “Please tell everyone to stop writing to me. I've got a big pile of letters already.”
The “case” created quite a stir in the local public security departments, and many people, especially the police officers directly involved, gained a better understanding of Falun Gong in the process. The letters had been very effective in persuading the police to reconsider their actions.
We understood that the old force elements in other dimensions were controlling the police, so we organized local practitioners to send forth righteous thoughts for extended times to eliminate those bad elements.
One practitioner initially had doubts, and wondered whether this strategy would really work - sending righteous thoughts so far away from where the practitioners were detained. He then remembered Master's poem.
“Infinitely distant is Heaven's vault,But with just one thought'tis right before the eye;” (“Vastness” from Hong Yin)He felt immensely tall after that, and the place where the practitioners were detained appeared right in front of him. He visualized extending his hand to drag the practitioners out.
We also decided to send forth righteous thoughts near the detention center, and arrived at dawn in two cars.
We sent forth righteous thoughts, and then visited the domestic security division.
The lawyer and a detained practitioner's family member went inside to sort out the paperwork, while we remained outside to continue sending righteous thoughts.
The police appeared to be very unsettled, and the division head kept asking the lawyer, “How many of you have come?”
The power of our righteous thoughts was immense. The police originally planned to have two officers transfer the practitioners to a local police station, but when we learned about this, we immediately sent forth righteous thoughts to stop them from leaving!
The trip never happened, and the family members were able to pick up the practitioners.
When the practitioners were initially arrested, the family members wanted to bribe the police to get them released. The family included practitioners.
However, one practitioner cautioned them, “Our practitioners' cases are different from that of everyday people's because the evil elements affecting the police were the reason for the arrest. The practitioners' release truly depends on our righteous thoughts and determination to eliminate these factors. Bribing is wrong! All practitioners must have righteous thoughts and conduct themselves with righteous actions. Only by doing so can they be released.”
Once the family members were on board, we focused on hiring an attorney, sending forth righteous thoughts, and truth-clarification efforts.
Everything we did had to be based on the Fa.
When the two practitioners were arrested they immediately looked inward to find their own shortcomings and clarified the facts to those in the detention center. They knew that practitioners on the outside would help to rescue them, so they continuously sent forth righteous thoughts.
One of the practitioners was put in a cell with more than 10 inmates. He told them that Falun Gong practitioners are cultivators who follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He explained why Falun Gong was being persecuted, and helped all of them withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations.
He told us that this was the best experience he's ever had to improve his xinxing.
The inmates ended up praising Falun Gong and kept asking him to tell them more about its principles.
Due to the remote location, most people in the area did not know what Falun Gong was. The various officials in the local public security involved in the case were especially curious.
In the end, numerous members of the police and more than 30 guards in the detention center learned the facts about Falun Gong.
The rescue process was a success because of the cooperation between overseas practitioners and those in China, and between the arrested practitioners' family members and local practitioners.
Practitioners worked well with each other unconditionally with righteous thoughts and righteous actions. Therefore, Master was able to help us.