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My Experience Reciting Teacher's Articles in Jail --Dedicated to Teacher's 52nd Birthday and the 11th Anniversary of Falun Dafa's Public Introduction!
(Clearwisdom.net) As I remember, before July 22, 1999, I got up every day at around 4 a.m. and
went to the practice site to join the group practice, and joined group Fa-study
almost every evening. Most of my time after work was spent on Fa-study. Usually
I studied three Chapters of Zhuan Falun. I tried to memorize Zhuan
Falun and did remember parts of it. But I felt that it was difficult to
memorize the whole book chapter by chapter. I thought it was impossible to do
that. In early 2000, I was held at a Detention Center. With me I brought a pocket
copy of Zhuan Falun and started memorize it. It took me one week to
memorize the first Chapter, four days to memorize Chapter 2, three days for
chapter 3, and two days each for the following chapters. I could now recite the
whole book. After that, I did not need a book to study Dafa. I remember that a
thief from Shandong Province who was detained with me dreamt that he had reached
the second layer of heaven after reading Zhuan Falun. As soon as he
finished reading the ninth chapter, he was transferred to another place. One
life was saved! In July of 2000, I was sent to a forced labor camp. In mid-July officers from
the Ministry of Judiciary came to the camp to supervise the persecution of Falun
Gong practitioners. All of the determined Dafa practitioners were bound up. No
sleeping, no water, no food, and no use of toilets was allowed. Several days
later, a few collaborators [former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone
astray due to brainwashing and torture] from the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
arrived. While Dafa practitioners were very tired from the torture, the
collaborators tried to confuse us by misrepresenting Dafa and intentionally
distorting the principles. In that environment, under the constant pressure of
the old forces, and because of my attachments, I was confused for a period of
time. Just as Teacher said in Essentials for Further Advancement II "Drive
Out Interference," "The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can
destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen
righteous thoughts." When I recited Dafa, the inner meanings of Zhuan
Falun appeared one after another and destroyed the false theories of the
collaborators. I told fellow practitioners what I had enlightened to from Dafa, and we all
knew what we should do (I was lucky to have read Teacher's article "Drive
Out Interference"). When I told them that Teacher asked us to be "Gods
who are unshakable and solid, like diamond." we burst into tears. I was confined in a closed cell many times. I spent both winter and summer
days in the closed cell. In it I suffered from hunger, thirst, foul smells, and
mosquito bites. But I felt that the time elapsed too quickly because I needed
time to recite Dafa. Usually I would recite Zhuan Falun [main book of
Dafa teachings] at least once and Hong Yin [collection of poems by
Master Li Hongzhi] at least once per day. There is one sentence in Zhuan
Falun --"The Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and rectifies all
abnormalities." While I was reciting Dafa, the energy emitted out rectified
the environment. One fellow practitioner was detained in a neighboring cell. He
was in a confused state from being brutally tortured. When I was first detained
there, he had only about two hours of peace per day, most of the other time he
was shouting or groaning because he suffered such intense pain. When I was
detained, I noticed that whenever I recited Dafa, the energy emitted could help
the mental patients in the nearby rooms become more focused and alert to the
present and they would become quiet. So as I recited Dafa every day, that fellow
practitioner's groaning time became less and less, and his mind became clearer
and clearer. After about one month, he regained his clear mind, and was out on
bail for medical treatment. I do not know if he will read this article, but it's
the power of Dafa that helped him recover from the state of mental confusion
induced by the torture. I hope he kept studying Dafa after going home. I was confined in the closed cells for a total of about 150 days. When the
police officers found that containing me there did not work, they turned to
brainwashing methods. One brainwashing session lasted 49 days, another one
lasted 81 days. Police did not ask collaborators to "work" on me
because they are afraid of the collaborators being reformed by me. So they
played videos that were made to slander Dafa for over ten hours per day. I
ignored those videos and kept on reciting Dafa in my mind. They then tried to
force me to read Dafa slandering materials. I refused without hesitation. They
asked criminals to read those materials to me; I blocked my ears with my hands.
At their wits end, police officers extended my term again and again, and forced
me to work long hours. But I still kept on reciting Dafa, and the content of Zhuan
Falun directed and enlightened me. Sometimes, I could recite several
chapters in a day. This lasted until my term came to an end. After going home, I read Teacher's new articles, learned the three important
things that Teacher told us we should do. I read many stories of fellow Dafa
practitioners. From their great achievements I saw my shortcomings. As a
particle in Dafa, I should do what I am supposed to do. Now when any issue comes
to me, I think: is this the arrangement of the old forces? Regardless, I make my
judgment based on Dafa. The key point is to understand Dafa based on Dafa. After
reading Teacher's latest articles, I feel the urgency to save sentient beings
and I feel the preciousness of being a Dafa practitioner. Other fellow Dafa
practitioners released from forced labor camps, would you share your views with
me? May 14, 2003 Posting date: 5/22/2003 |