How My Fear of the Police Turned Into a Wish to Save Them

(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, for 21 years. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, countless practitioners have been imprisoned for their faith. I had regarded myself as a victim of persecution, and, as a result, the substance of fear had persisted in my energy field.

One day last September, I overheard my husband say on the phone, “She is not practicing anymore.” Then he hung up. He told me that it was the police station calling to see f I was still practicing Falun Gong.

I said anxiously, “You can’t tell them I have stopped practicing!”

My husband replied angrily, “If I don’t say that, won’t they just keep coming back?!”

I tried to reassure myself, thinking, “Well, I didn’t answer the phone. I never said that I had stopped practicing.”

When I later shared this experience with a fellow practitioner, she said, “You should face them. The police are also lives that need to be saved!”

I looked inward and realized that I was afraid of encountering police officers. The mere thought of them brought to mind harassment and persecution. Wasn’t this a human notion? This notion must have been imposed on me by the old forces, and I should refuse to acknowledge it. I am a Dafa disciple in the Fa-rectification period, I am here to assist Master in rectifying the Fa and saving sentient beings.

Mater said,

“Dafa disciples are suffering,But who is ruined are sentient beings.”(“Every Lifetime Was for This Life,” Hong Yin III)

Aren’t police officers also sentient beings? How could I be afraid to meet them? Everyone in the world is Master’s family, so they are members of my family, too.

Master said,

“To be able to regard anyone and everyone with compassion, to have love for all people, really isn’t something the average person can achieve. Harder still is to have a sense of compassion toward all living things in everything you do. But that is something practitioners of Dafa have to be able to do! Spiritual development is a process, and so what I described might not be doable at the moment for those who are newer to the practice; but with time, as you develop further in your spiritual practice, you must manage to do that. Veterans of the practice need to do this now. This is something dictated by your historic mission, and it is something that every Dafa practitioner who aspires to spiritual greatness must achieve in their practice!” (“A Wake-Up Call”)

I realized that I should not discriminate when saving people. Police officers are precious lives, too; they simply play different roles. My mind became clear and I knew what I needed to do.

Some time later when my husband told me that someone from the police station had called me again, I called back and asked calmly, “What do you need from me?” The person who answered said he was with the police and wanted to set up a time to meet with me. We agreed on a location and that we would meet in 20 minutes.

Two young police officers showed up. One of them asked me, “Do you still practice Falun Gong?”

I calmly replied, “Yes, I do!”

He asked me if I knew a particular practitioner, and I told him I did not. Then he asked to take my photo so they could report back to their superior.

I said, “Sorry, I can’t let you do that. It would be bad for you. Cooperating with you would be the same as encouraging you. By persecuting good people, you could incur retribution and it could affect your family.”

One of the officers boasted that he was not afraid, but the other one said, “Fine, we won’t take a photo of you. But if our superior asks about today’s meeting, please tell him we stopped by. Now we have to leave.”

I told them to remember “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” They smiled and waved, saying, “Sure, we’ll remember that. Thank you!”

My husband watched from a distance, worried about what might happen. He was eager to know how the meeting had gone. When I explained everything to him, he smiled with relief.

On the my way home, I felt as light as a feather. I knew that, because my thoughts were aligned with the Fa and I was being considerate of others, Master had helped me remove those negative substances preventing me from offering salvation to all people.