(Clearwisdom.net) This evil persecution against Falun Gong should never have existed. But there hasn't been a day that has gone by in the past eight years that Falun Gong practitioners have not been persecuted to death. To this day we are paying a dear price to resist the wicked persecution of Falun Gong. It has been eight long years. Each of us should ask ourselves, "Why? What have I done to completely end this persecution? What have I been doing?"

Teacher has never acknowledged the persecution and has taught us repeatedly in His Fa lectures to deny everything the old forces have arranged. Teacher has taught us to understand the Fa from the Fa, but we have repeatedly missed the many opportunities to end the persecution due to our insufficient understanding of the Fa.

For the past few years, I have learned something from validating the Fa and saving sentient beings--what we do can be compared to saving a drowning person. When we jump in the water to save the drowning person, we must be careful not to be drowned ourselves. Today I am becoming increasingly mature and experienced in saving people, but I continue to save people the same way--jumping into the water. Why must I jump into the water to save a drowning person? I think it's because I haven't enlightened to the higher Law Teacher has imparted and because I haven't denied the persecution from the position of a divine being. I failed to break the fetters of acquired notions and human thoughts, which obstructed my divine side from dominating me.

Put simply, I haven't reached a higher realm of cultivation and am lagging behind what the Fa requires of me. Although I seem to have prevailed over the persecution against me, I have not reached a deep understanding that the persecution should not have existed for even one minute. I had always thought that I must deny the old forces' arrangements and that no one is entitled to persecute me. I thought that it was a righteous thought to move the persecution away from me, but the evil beings [from other dimensions] still exist [even though they are not persecuting me.] A large yet unverified number of fellow practitioners are incarcerated in prisons and forced labor camps, facing inhuman torture. Countless people still fall prey to the wicked Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) poisonous propaganda against Falun Gong. Why didn't I think of immediately ending the persecution which should never have taken place? Starting with myself, each and every Falun Gong practitioner should end the persecution right away.

Late at night not long ago, the CCP authorities suddenly arrested me. They treated me as a "special Falun Gong practitioner" so they put me under especially tight watch. They put both handcuffs and foot shackles on me. Even when I used the bathroom, I had to keep the handcuffs on. Nevertheless, I escaped in about ten hours under Teacher's compassionate protection.

At the time, about a dozen policemen came in several police cars to arrest me. It has been several years since the police first tried to arrest me, but they had never succeeded before. Never had I imagined that I would be arrested this time. Since the evil beings [from other dimensions] had gathered at my place, this was an opportunity for me to disintegrate them completely. I was not afraid or nervous. I kept chanting the formula of sending forth righteous thoughts in a whisper. Although I didn't identify my loophole instantly, I knew that Teacher would turn this unfortunate event into a good one because of my steadfast faith in Teacher and the Fa that is as solid as diamond. I decided to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the policemen that had come to arrest me. I would manifest my compassion for them as a Falun Gong practitioner and show them that I have no hatred or animosity towards them. But I felt sorry for them although the two captains of the State Security Team were widely perceived among fellow practitioners as the most wicked men on earth. I declared to the police that I would not sign anything or answer any question from them.

I remembered that Teacher said,

"What could human beings possibly do to gods? If there were no outside factors, would humans dare to do anything to gods?" ("In Fa-Rectification Your Thoughts Have to be Righteous, Not Human")

I started sending powerful righteous thoughts to disintegrate all the evil beings and elements in other dimensions. Then I remembered a poem in Hong Yin II. Teacher said,

"Remove your human thoughts

and evil will naturally die out"

("Don't Be Sad" in Hong Yin II)

Facing the adverse situation, I must let go of all human thoughts, including the thought of life and death. After these years of cultivation practice, I have seen through life and death because of the Fa. I thought: If the Fa requires it, I would be willing to give my life. When my xinxing reached this level, all my human thoughts were gone. Later I decided that Teacher would never have arranged for me to die because I have not fulfilled my mission. I mustn't create any trouble for the one-body of practitioners or allow practitioners outside the prison to risk their safety in order to rescue me. I must get out of here on my own! I thought: I will get out of here, for Teacher is right beside me.

Once this thought came forward, I was surprised to find a blink of light from behind me, followed by another blink of light from my side. I knew they were signs of encouragement from Teacher. Then I remembered Teacher said,

"When disciples have ample righteous thoughts

Master has the power to turn back the tide"

("The Master-Disciple Bond" in Hong Yin II)

I made up my mind to get out of there that night. But this thought was immediately followed by another: What if I were to be sentenced to prison or forced labor? But I immediately detected that the second thought was not mine. I thought: I shall get out of here tonight and I shall not allow any bad thought to interfere with me. I shall disintegrate any life that tries to interfere with my righteous thoughts. Later, all the bad thoughts stopped popping out. I held fast to my righteous thoughts and was impervious to anything the police said to me.

A policeman said, "You will not pass this test. If you don't talk, we will throw you into a crematory and tell your family that you died of suicide." I had already let go of the thought of life and death; hence, I was impervious to his death threat. I thought of only one thing: I shall get out of here tonight. Later, all the policemen improved their attitude towards me and were no longer hostile. They didn't even want to stay in the same room with me. They left quickly without saying much. Those two infamous leaders would walk away quickly after they had said only a few words. I knew it was because the evil beings in other dimensions that manipulated the policemen were dying. I may have spent a few hours in police custody, but I regarded it as an errand and I thought it was time to return home from the errand. With Teacher's protection, no one will stop me from returning home.

Shortly after sunset, two policemen stayed to watch me while all others went out. I asked Teacher for help at heart to make those two policemen fall asleep. In a short while, they fell asleep. I unlocked my handcuffs and foot shackles with incredible ease and walked out of the room calmly and slowly. The policemen guarding the entrance looked towards me, but I walked away from them calmly. I climbed over the wall and got out of there. Once again I felt Teacher's infinite grace. Once again I have validated the Fa that, "When disciples have ample righteous thoughts, Master has the power to turn back the tide."

A most critical moment, especially one that threatens our life, will test the level of our faith in Teacher and the Fa. Such a steadfast faith comes from our daily Fa study and daily cultivation practice. Do we truly believe each and every word that Teacher says? If we do, we will surely validate the following passage of the Fa:

"After passing the shady willow trees, there will be bright flowers and another village ahead!" ("People with Great Inborn Quality" in Lecture Nine of Zhuan Falun)

Teacher said,

"Before the persecution started on July 20, 1999, some Dafa disciples were in a state where they were at a high level of gradual enlightenment. They haven't been allowed to get involved in resisting the persecution. No one dares to persecute them, and they haven't gotten involved. If they joined forces they could stop this persecution" ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles")

Those of us who have followed Teacher all the way here should have faith that we have enough supernormal capabilities to end the persecution. Our cultivated sides should have all the divine power of Buddha Fa. Besides, we have the formula to send forth righteous thoughts and use our divine power.

Teacher said,

"As you know, the persecution that Dafa disciples in Mainland China suffer is quite severe, so each student has to truly, clearly realize what his responsibility is, and when he sends forth righteous thoughts he has to be able to truly calm his mind and truly produce the effect of righteous thoughts. So this is something extremely critical, extremely important. Then if every student is able to do that, I can tell you, with five minutes of sending forth righteous thoughts together, the evil in the Three Realms will never exist again--that's how important this is." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.")

A few years have passed. Has every practitioner ever deliberated upon those words Teacher has said? What Teacher asks us to do must be the best thing. Isn't everything we have been given by Teacher? Teacher has given each of us sufficient capabilities because Teacher knows what we need best. It is our acquired notions, human thoughts and secular attachments that are sealing our divine power and preventing us from assimilating to a higher level of the Fa. Sometimes we don't have 100 0.000000aith in Teacher and the Fa, so we tend to doubt our divine capabilities. When we do things to validate the Fa, we just get them done as though we were putting on a show. But we didn't actually attain the expected results. Because many fellow practitioners fail to have a steadfast faith in Teacher's Fa or understand the seriousness of sending forth righteous thoughts, they think this persecution is just human beings persecuting other human beings. As a result, they are unaware that they are breeding the evil beings and leaving them room to germinate and do wicked deeds.

Today we must overcome all kinds of notions and break our self-imposed fetters to let our divine side show its mighty power. Each practitioner should start with himself or herself to mobilize greater divine power and send forth righteous thoughts to end the persecution right away! Let's keep this thought in mind and make it penetrate Heaven and Earth and be completely indestructible. Finally, I would like to suggest that all fellow practitioners study "Expounding on the Fa" again and enlighten to the Fa on a higher level. Let's end the persecution with our divine side right away!

My humble understanding on the subject is limited to my current cultivation level. Please kindly point out anything erroneous.