(Clearwisdom.net)
Over the past eleven years, many practitioners in our area have experienced divine occurrences here in the human world. Teacher said,
“If you could completely display Gods in the human world using everything of Gods, that would mean Gods had arrived in the human world.”
(“Teaching the Fa at the Discussion on Creating Fine Art”)
Although this article may not express exquisitely the divine events that occurred to fellow practitioners in our area in their validating the Fa, all are based on factual occurrences.
First Story: Flying over a Wall Two Meters High
Li Jian (pseudonym), a forty-year-old male practitioner, was arrested when he was clarifying the truth and was illegally detained at a detention center. He felt that he hadn't done anything wrong and should not be detained there. He tried to leave thinking there were still so many sentient beings waiting to be saved.
One day while he was out in the yard in the fresh air, he was thinking how he might take the opportunity to escape over a tall wall. While he was pacing back and forth thinking how to get over the wall, a guard came over and said to him sarcastically: “Do not be silly. Even if you had a pair of wings, you couldn’t possibly escape! Ha! Ha!”
The word “wings” gave him a hint. He thought: “I am our magnificent Teacher’s disciple and I have supernormal abilities. Why don't I fly over the wall! Such a miracle will shock and awe the evil forces!” He began to send forth righteous thoughts to clear the evil elements in the entire detention center and he asked Teacher to help him fly over the wall. He decided to try “flying" that evening.
What followed was just like Teacher said,
“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts, Master has the power to turn back the tide”
(“The Master-Disciple Bond,” Hong Yin II)
When it was time to leave, he suddenly thought of a paragraph of Teacher's lecture that further strengthened his righteous thoughts,
“For instance, while doing Fa-rectification, when the righteous thoughts are very pure, their supernormal abilities are comprehensively utilized. Moreover, with righteous thoughts many disciples are able to use them at will—whatever they want to use, they almost always have it. For example, to freeze those wicked evildoers that persecute Dafa disciples, they just need to say, "freeze" or "stay there and don’t move," or point to the group of evildoers, and then they definitely won’t be able to move; afterwards they just need to think "release," and it will be lifted."
(“What Are Supernormal Abilities,” Essentials For Further Advancement II)
Believing wholeheartedly what Teacher said, from his heart he stated, “Freeze” and sure enough, the corridor was empty and unattended. He quietly passed the first hurdle. While reciting, “If you are not afraid, the factor that would make you afraid will cease to exist,” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s),” Essentials for Further Advancement II), he quickly arrived at the wall he observed earlier. A one-meter-high metal platform was sitting right beside the wall. It was just right for him to climb over the wall. He came to realize that as long as disciples have strong righteous thoughts, compassionate Teacher will take care of his disciples. Li Jian wiped away tears of gratitude and kept reminding himself not to have zealotry to allow the evil to take advantage of any loophole.
He once again asked for Teacher's help, “Teacher, I cannot go with handcuffs on me. Teacher help me get rid of the handcuffs.” He was thinking of a paragraph of Teacher's lecture,
“Aren’t you in the heavens if you shrink into the microcosmic levels of your body? When you enter the microcosmic particles of the surface particles of dimensions at any level—in other words, enter the layer of particles smaller than that one—you are already in the heavens.”
(“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference”)
He thought of shrinking his hands into the microcosmic levels of his body. As he thought of it, he found his hands became small and was able to get out of the handcuffs.
He was not dazzled by the series of miracles and he continued to ask Teacher to help him fly over the wall. The instant the thought came to him, he felt he was held in a huge hand and he was deftly flying to the top of the wall. When he hardly had time to think how to jump down, his body miraculously left the top of the wall and landed smoothly on the ground. Li Jian knew in his heart that it was Teacher's compassion that did it. He pressed his hands together to thank Teacher for his divine protection. He then heard a faint voice,
“What's important for cultivators is righteous thoughts. When you have strong righteous thoughts, you are able to withstand anything and do anything. That's because you are a cultivator: someone who is on a divine path and who is not controlled by the factors of ordinary people or low-level principles.”
(“Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles”)
Li Jian understood that it was Teacher strengthening his righteous thoughts with that paragraph of the lecture. He was enormously encouraged by the situation!
When he broke out of the evil den, he found it was nothing, and as tiny as a speck of dust. When our righteous thoughts are amplified, the cage will be shrunk, and finally reduced to only a pool of water or a pile of ash.
Cultivators successfully complete what seems to be impossible for ordinary people. It is from the steadfast righteous belief in Dafa and our righteous thoughts under the compassionate care of Teacher, who guides us to follow the great Fa principles and to strengthen our righteous thoughts during the critical moment, when miracles appear and thus successfully break through the barrier.
Second Story: A Small Toothpick Opened Heavy Handcuffs
Han Mei ( pseudonym) forty years old, is the coordinator of a local Fa study group and is a very persistent and diligent practitioner who has done a lot of truth-clarifying work. She often said the seemingly steadfast words, “Why would I be afraid of tribulations. I can sense it two miles ahead of me when it comes, and will never think much of it.” But in fact, these words actually acknowledge the old forces. As a result of this loophole in her cultivation and understanding, she was taken advantage of and was arrested on a cold and windy night at her home.
When Han Mei got to the police station, she saw two fellow practitioners. One was an older woman and the other a middle-aged man. She knew both of them well. They were chained to a radiator pipe. She was startled first and then she calmed down. The three of them knew each other and had studied the Fa together before. They did not greet each other, but only made eye contact. Han Mei gazed with a firm trust to tell fellow practitioners to be sure to not have fear and remember what Teacher said,
“No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil’s demands, orders, or what it instigates.”
(“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)
The woman gleamed with a slight contempt for the evil and in her gaze alone, said to her fellow practitioners: “We must consolidate into one indestructible body with righteous thoughts and frighten the evil and its elements. Since we are here, we must fulfill our mission!” She eyed the others with a fearless gaze: “This is our best opportunity to clarify the truth. No matter how rampant the evil in instigating the guards, we are to save these poor lives compassionately.”
Writing up to this point, my mind flashed suddenly on a paragraph of Teacher’s lecture,
“When two great enlightened people meet each other, they can understand everything with a smile. This is due to soundless telepathy, and what is received is in stereo sound. When they smile, their ideas are already communicated.”
(“The Cosmic Language,” Lecture Three of Zhuan Falun)
Dafa's principles are profoundly boundless and each level has its own profound meaning.
Going back to Han Mei, when a guard pointed at the older woman and asked Han Mei, “Do you know this stubborn old woman?” Han Mei shook her head. The guard slapped her, “That again!”
Unmoved, Han Mei intensely questioned the police: “As a policeman, don't you know beating is illegal? What makes you think we know each other?” The guard said triumphantly, “I was just relying on this note!” The guard threw a piece of paper on a table. It was found when police searched the woman's home and it fell into the guard's hands. It encouraged fellow practitioners to work together as one body. The guard sneered, “We understand that you passed it to her and you are the head of the group.” Han Mei convinced him that the woman would not sell her out and knew it was a trap set by the guard. Determining not to cooperate with the evil, she sent forth righteous thoughts and asked for Teacher's blessing while she recited:
“Indestructible righteous faith in the cosmos’s truth forms benevolent Dafa disciples’ rock-solid, Diamond-Like Bodies, it frightens all evil, and the light of truth it emanates makes the unrighteous elements in all beings’ thoughts disintegrate. However strong the righteous thoughts are, that’s how great the power is.”
(“Also in a Few Words,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Teacher protects disciples who have righteous thoughts and will unfold a miracle during the critical moment. Teacher once again sent words to Han Mei,
“Buddhas do things very quickly, as they aren’t restrained by this dimension and time of ours. They instantly change an object from its very foundation into something else.”
(“Teaching the Fa in San Francisco,” Lectures in the United States)
Miracles appeared in just a few seconds, and the words on the note disappeared! The guard shouted: “It is strange that there were words and now they have disappeared.” The other guard said: “I am afraid you had confused one for another or can it be that you made a mistake?” “It is impossible as I always work carefully so things won't go wrong.” Then a policewoman said fearfully: “I have heard that Falun Gong is pretty good. It could be that they are doing supernormal work. Maybe we are not to hold a trial on this cold night. Let's just handcuff them here for one night. I bet they cannot unlock the handcuffs and escape!” They nodded in agreement and were ready to go.
Han Mei stated eagerly: “We must go home tonight! We Dafa practitioners have not done anything wrong. We do things in strict accordance with the requirements of Dafa. Why arrest us?” The others clarified the facts to the guards at length. Finally, the head of the guards sighed and left with the others and kept them locked up.
Han Mei and the practitioners had been trying to find ways to break out. When she saw that the guards seemed to be drunk, she used supernormal powers to keep them in place and made them fall asleep. The three of them kept sending forth righteous thoughts and asked for Teacher's help. At midnight, they sent righteous thoughts together with the global Dafa disciples. When they finished, Han Mei saw a packet of toothpicks lying on a table. She was handcuffed to a chair near the table and she thought she could reach the toothpicks by slightly moving the chair. Han Mei thought of using a toothpick to open the handcuffs.
Could a toothpick really open handcuffs? Wouldn't it break? Han Mei simply did not want to think about these problems. She was deeply aware that if she even had the slightest doubt about Dafa, all previous work would be for nothing. She believed that Teacher was by her side and felt he was helping her to open her handcuffs. A warm current flowed through her entire body just like in consecration, and she opened the handcuffs with just a toothpick! Han Mei pressed her hands together in respect and thanked Teacher tearfully.
Han Mei then opened the handcuffs on the other woman! When she was ready to open the handcuffs on the man, he said in a heroic spirit: “You women please go first. I alone assume all the responsibility, because I am a man. I would also like to clarify the truth to them so I cannot go yet.” Han Mei said calmly: “This is your human mindset. Be sensible. You are acknowledging the persecution. The old forces will persecute you endlessly. Come with us, okay?” He replied: “Go quickly, otherwise it will be too late. The evil will further intensify their efforts. Go!”
That night, under Teacher’s compassionate care, Han Mei and the older woman broke out of the evil den. They walked in the cold wind until daybreak to get home. Later, the man who had been there with them was sent to a provincial brainwashing center. As his thoughts acknowledged the old force arrangements, he thus met with this tribulation. Later on under Teacher's care and fellow practitioners' efforts, he was finally released unconditionally, but he had taken a big detour.
Teacher said,
“Why do you have an ability like this? It’s only because you are a great cultivator. So when you send forth that thought it couldn’t have been sent by anyone but a great cultivator. That is why when some students use this ability, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. That’s where the problem lies. But with that said, when something really should be eliminated, it just has to be eliminated. It’s not only you who does the eliminating; if a cultivator can’t eliminate it, Gods—including higher Gods—also need to take part in eliminating it.”
(“Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference” from Guiding the Voyage)
During the critical moment, Teacher will help us depending on our thoughts at that moment. If the thoughts are based on those of a cultivator, Teacher will help us. If they are mixed with human mindsets, the old forces can use the loophole against us, and Teacher can only feel anxious for us.
Third Story: Righteous Thoughts to Counter Perpetrators
Ziling (pseudonym) is an unmarried woman. On her way home from buying supplies for making truth clarifying materials, she was tracked by an undercover policewoman and was arrested by the local public security police.
In the detention center, she first looked inward and found she had the attachments of doing things, validating herself, and resentment. She recited:
“Imprisoned as you are, don’t be sorrowful or sad
Carry on with righteous thoughts and actions, and the Fa is with you
Calmly reflect on the attachments you have
Remove your human thoughts and evil will naturally die out.”
(“Don't Be Sad,” Hong Yin II)
While she strengthened her righteous thoughts and firmly rejected the old force arrangements, she thought of how to clarify the truth to the evildoing authorities to save their lives. A paragraph of Teacher's lecture flashed in her mind,
“That looks like human conduct, but in fact it's not. That was because she reached that point through cultivation and truly arrived at that realm—‘Now that you've arrested me, I haven't thought at all about going back. Now that I've come here, I've come to validate the Fa.’ So the evil was scared. Also, the number of evil beings is quite small now. The more we eliminate them the less of them there are.”
(“Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference”)
With great compassion and tolerance, she told the police that “Falun Dafa is good” and the fact that good is rewarded with good and evil meets evil. Some of them could listen to her and some who upheld their self-interests to die for the evil party couldn’t. A guard who was waving an address book he seized from Ziling earlier, said cynically: “I know you Falun Gong practitioners all refuse to talk, even when beaten to death you will not reveal others. I will check one by one from this address book and round up all of you!”
Ziling realized that she had made a serious mistake, and that she should have mixed practitioners' phone numbers in with those of other acquaintances. Then she thought: “In order to reduce losses to Dafa, why not ask Teacher for protection of other fellow practitioners?” Our compassionate Teacher always looks after his disciples. Teacher used the fastest speed to enlighten her:
“Additionally, they have to accomplish things by using their hands and feet, through physical labor and hard work. A god, by contrast, doesn’t need to move his hands or feet to once in a while get things done.”
(“Lecture at the First Conference in North America”)
Ziling thought that she was not to be taken advantage of by the evil because of her loophole, and ought not to cause trouble for her fellow practitioners. She asked for Teacher’s help to erase the phone numbers in the phone book and leave the guards without any clues to investigate. The guards were busy with other distractions, and they never again raised the issue!
During questioning, no matter what the guards asked, she would answer, “Falun Dafa is good!” and the guards got no statement. A guard picked up an electric-shock baton to threaten her. Ziling did not move and started to recite with all her heart,
“If the wicked policemen and the bad people can't be dissuaded and persist in doing evil, you can stop them with righteous thoughts. When Dafa disciples have strong righteous thoughts and no fear, they can use righteous thoughts to turn the tables on the evildoers. Whether it's when the wicked policemen are using electric batons or when bad people are injecting drugs to persecute you, you can use your righteous thoughts to redirect the electric current or the drugs back to the person doing violence to you. You can do it with or without your palm erected--it works as soon as your righteous thoughts emerge.”
(“Stop the Evil Acts with Righteous Thoughts”)
Ziling knew deeply that Dafa has tremendous power and that practitioners have a supernormal ability that contains “electricity.” So when the guard slapped her face, she firmly said to herself, “Shock the perpetrator with electricity! Let him learn the lesson to not do evil any further!”
The guard then shouted: “I got shocked! I got shocked! It hurts so much!” A guard next to him said doubting him: “You did not use a baton, where did the electricity come from? Are you trying to fool us?” At this time, Ziling warned them righteously: “I tell you, Dafa practitioners all have supernormal abilities. If you really use a baton, you may end up dead rather than alive. You think you can just use a baton to threaten us and get away with it? Do you know that when you do evil things to good people, the heavens and gods are watching? Do you know that your crimes are being recorded? You better pack up the baton. It simply does not work on Dafa disciples.” Since then, they no longer dared to beat the persistent Dafa practitioners. Ziling and another practitioner later broke out of the evil den and rejoined the current of Fa-rectification to save sentient beings.
Conclusion
The practitioners mentioned in the above examples have studied the Fa solidly and can apply what they learned to strengthen their righteous thoughts at the crucial moments. The most important thing is that Teacher recognizes them and protects them. That is why Teacher always reminds us to study the Fa more whole-heartedly to help us improve and care for our safety, and to save sentient beings.
To review once again of what Teacher said,
“Actually, every Dafa disciple has abilities. It’s just that the abilities do not manifest in the surface dimension, so they think that they don’t have supernormal abilities. But regardless of whether they can manifest in the surface dimension or not, when a person’s True Thoughts come forth they are very powerful. Since we cultivate in a righteous Fa, we should care for and save beings and the people of the world who are good. So we should act with goodness in everything we do. Yet removing the evil beings that manipulate people into damaging humankind is also protecting humankind and sentient beings. Dafa is spreading widely, saving all sentient beings. Although those evil beings who are completely unsalvageable cannot be saved, they still can’t be allowed to do evil without end and thus persecute Dafa and its students, and the people of the world. Eliminating evil is thus doing Fa-rectification, and is also saving the world’s people and sentient beings.”
(“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Selected from “Call for Articles about Divine Occurrences in the Human World”
