Ms. Li obtained the Law in 1998. Less than a year later, the persecution of Falun Gong began. On July 22, 1999, Ms. Li and several other practitioners went to the provincial government to peacefully appeal for a stop to the persecution of Falun Dafa and was forcefully detained. On December 25, 1999, Ms. Li, Mr. Hong and three other practitioners stood on the gate tower of Tiananmen. She was sentenced to one year in prison. In prison she went on eight different hunger strikes to protest against the persecution. From her own words, she would go on a hunger strike whenever she felt she should. She was force-fed and fainted many times, yet nothing could shake her determination to cultivate to the very end. Even though her hands were cuffed, when it was time to do the Falun Dafa exercises she could slip her hands out of the cuffs with ease. This action puzzled the prison guards.
On December 25, 2000, Ms. Li returned to her hometown after she was released from Beijing. Over 30 local police surrounded the hotel where she was detained. She laughed and said to the police: "You're trying to keep me under surveillance? I can get away whenever I want." At that time, many practitioners went to see her. Although she suffered from a year's torture, her complexion looked rosy and very healthy. She looked even younger than before she was incarcerated.
Later, in June of 2001, while Ms. Li and two other practitioners were out hanging Falun Dafa banners in a district, a person who was misled by Jiangs regimes propaganda and reported them to the authorities. Once again, she was arrested. During the detention, she did not say anything to the police and went on a continual hunger strike to protest. She was again unjustly sentenced to three years. I believe the respected Ms. Li will again be released from prison in a dignified and righteous manner.
Ms. Li made an impact on those around her. In the beginning of 2000, a young man from our work unit who had graduated from Beijing University was arrested whilst protesting against the illegal persecution on Tiananmen Square. When a police officer learnt that he came from the same place as Ms. Li, the police asked him if he knew Ms. Li. The police officer said: "Ms. Li is a good example. Your Teacher has taught has such great practitioners. I believe that Falun Gong will once again be allowed to practised in the open. Please don't forget me, then". The fellow practitioner said: "As long as you place yourself on the right side and treat Falun Dafa practitioners well, you will have a bright future."
Mr. An, A Practitioner Full of Righteousness with No Complaints Nor Regrets
Mr. An is the youngest cadre in our district's division head's ranks and one of the youngest graduates with a Master's degree to be placed in our work unit since the Great Cultural Revolution. His management capability and ethics were well known throughout our work unit. After July 20, 1999, Mr. An was secretly detained and interrogated for four months.
Mr. An was responsible for a several hundred million Yuan investment. The wicked people could not believe that he hadn't made a single mistake in handling such a large amount of money. They investigated Mr. An only to find that Mr An should have reported several thousands Yuan worth of receipts as expenses owed by the work unit to him. In the end, the section leader who was responsible for the investigation had to admit admirably: "Cadres as pure as you no longer exist anymore, it is such a pity." Although Mr. An was so pure and righteous, he was stripped of all his titles and responsibilities. This event had a huge impact on our division. All the employees knew that Falun Gong practitioners are kind people and great cadres. It is the government that cannot tolerate the existence of good people.
Mr. An's family all practise Falun Gong. His wife had to live on the street in order to avoid further persecution. However, the evil authorities never dared to touch him. Under the most severe circumstances of persecution, he carried a resignation letter with him. As soon as the higher authorities talked about "transformation", he would have immediately resigned. The wicked people were afraid that it would be more difficult to control Mr. An after he resigned, and so, they had to give up on their plans to brainwash him. Mr. An would often say that as long as you act as solid as a rock, they would never be able to pry you open. Whenever practitioners were released from prison, Mr. An would always go to see them. He also went to talk to those who people whom had "enlightened" along an evil path. He saved many people on the verge of falling into the darkness.
Ms. Ning Remained Determined After Suffering Under Various Hardships
Ms. Ning is an unmarried young woman. She is also a member of the first group of Falun Dafa practitioners who were sentenced unjustly after the persecution began.
In July of 1999, Ms. Ning was detained for over a month. In September 1999, she went to Tiananmen Square alone and shouted from her heart "Falun Gong has been wrongfully treated, restore the reputation of our Teacher". She was arrested, deported to her hometown and sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp in Jinan Female Prison. In the prison, she suffered from many methods of brutal torture. Under these circumstances, she was unable to receive Teacher's new articles, so she relied totally on her firm belief in Dafa and our Teacher. She maintained her hunger strike for a total of eight months to protest against the persecution. During this time, her legs were tortured until her bones were fractured. In October 2002, she was permitted to seek medical treatment outside of the prison. She was finally able to read Teacher's new articles from spanning over the last three years. Later, she was again arrested in Tianjin and was illegally sent to prison once moe. She went on a hunger strike for 40 days. With her determined righteous thoughts, once again she was released from prison.
Enlightening to the teachings of Falun Gong through studying and cultivating in Falun Dafa
There is no role model to follow in cultivation. One can only enlighten to the Law through studying and cultivating the principles in Falun Gong. We must walk our correct path in our cultivation and show the magnificence of Falun Gong according to our own circumstances and in our own way.
Mr. Li is a typical example. He is a senior engineer and has great influence on his peers in China. On July 20, 1999, he went to the provincial government to appeal by himself. He had participated in the Falun Gong group exercise of about 200 people in the beginning of 2000. Winter is very cold in northern China, especially for those of Mr. Li's age. He was detained together with about ten young practitioners and he was forced to sleep on cold and hard benches. For four years, he presented himself on every occasion, studying the Law, group exercise, clarifying the truth, sending forth righteous thought, experience sharing conferences of a large or small scale, passing out truth-clarifying materials, posting leaflets, and discussing and exchanging with practitioners who had gone astray. More interestingly, he often visited the representative of the People's Congress (former party secretary) and the chairman of the Labour Union to discuss Falun Gong. He painstakingly and thoroughly explained the facts about Falun Gong. Although they were deeply poisoned by the longtime propaganda of atheism and it was difficult for them to accept the principles of Falun Dafa, they, nevertheless, could admit the fact that persecuting Falun Gong was wrong and Falun Gong practitioners were all good people.
My Own Experience
I began to practise Falun Gong in October of 1995. I graduated with a Master's degree and I am a senior engineer. Before July 20, 1999, I had been an intermediate level cadre for five or six years. During the last four years, I have been detained and forced to attend brainwashing classes on three separate occasions. I will list a few examples to demonstrate the battle of righteousness against the evil persecution in our region.
In the beginning of 2000, under extremely adverse circumstances, we arranged to hold a large-scale group practise of the Falun Gong exercises with the participation of hundreds of practitioners. This event greatly shook the evil persecutors, and its impact could never be overestimated. It presented a loud response to the so-called 98% transformation rate and created an environment for clarifying the truth in the future. After the group exercise, one group of practitioners after another went to Tiananmen Square and walked up to the building of Tiananmen to appeal. Fellow practitioners were greatly encouraged.
During an interrogation that lasted an entire week, we would sit down to study the teachings of Falun Gong, to practise the exercises, and to share experiences with one another whenever we had an opportunity. If the police said disrespectful words towards Falun Dafa or our Teacher, we would warn them: Attacking our great Teacher was a crime and should not be done. Although I did not know the power of sending forth righteous thought at that time, I believed that the righteous thoughts and beliefs of practitioners towards Teacher played a great role in hindering the persecution. Later on, the police would say "Master Li" or "your Teacher" in front of us.
One time, seven or eight policemen came to interrogate me; but instead, it turned from an interrogation into a conversation. I discussed the new discoveries of paleontology to demonstrate the absurdity of evolution, from science to belief, from the beginning of Falun Dafa's spreading in China to the truth of the appeal in Zhongnanhai, etc. The police took turns asking me all kinds of questions. I painstakingly answered them. A few police cursed Falun Dafa and our Teacher; I would sternly stop them and warn them seriously and prevent them from talking further nonsense. In the end, the director said: "Mr. Cheng, there's no one like you, not even among ten thousand people?" I told him: "All the Falun Dafa practitioners are similar to me. Our Teacher taught us this way."
After the 2000 Chinese New Year, Mr. Zhang (pseudonym, he was unjustly sentenced to 2 years in a forced labour camp in October of 2000), a man from our academy, had been on a hunger strike for eight days and he was still detained in our work unit and not allowed to go home. I made a direct call to the party secretary. He was very happy because he thought he could get some useful information from me. When I got there, the secretary of the disciplinary committee who was responsible for persecuting Falun Gong in our academy was there. He sat there seriously, holding a notebook in his hand. I said: "Mr. Zhang has been on a hunger strike for eight days; his life will be in danger if the hunger strike continues." I saw the secretary of the disciplinary committee taking notes, so I intentionally slowed down to give him time to take more notes. I continued: "Mao Zedong wrongly launched the Great Cultural Revolution. Didn't Premier Zhou risk his life to protect many people? The current persecution (of Falun Dafa) is obviously wrong. Why don't you learn from premier Zhou's example and leave a way out for yourselves?" They said: "This is different," however, they were scared in their hearts. I warned them: "You know doing this (persecuting Mr. Zhang) is wrong, yet you do it anyway." They said: "Thank you." Soon after I left, they released Mr. Zhang.
During the last four years, I took the advantage of my influence among fellow employees and leaders to clarify the truth. At times, I hoped that there would be an incident so that I could seize the opportunity to clarify the truth to them. I have talked to the dean, assistant dean, party secretary, and the secretary of the disciplinary committee.
Breaking through the Darkness of the Persecution and Gradually Entering the Stage of Self Improvement
Over the last four years the experiences, trials and tribulations that practitioners have been subjected to has greatly matured the Dafa practitioners in our area. Most of the practitioners regularly clarify the true facts about Falun Gong. Sites for printing truth-clarifying materials sprang up everywhere. Although I was able to access the Internet, elderly practitioners had read the new Teachings before I could. Even though the evil persecutors tried various methods (to get us), the materials downloaded from Minghui Net have never been stopped. As the time passed the environment has become more and moe harmonious and more and more people have gradually realised the truth. Even some officials in the 610 office [An agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] are no longer willing to handle issues related to Falun Gong.
Early this year, a few extremely wicked people proposed that the 610 Office detain several very influential practitioners who had never been shaken by anything. The leader of the 610 Office told them: "Don't ask for trouble. You don't have any evidence. These people will never succumb, even if you beat them to death. And, if you did, who would take responsibility for it? There is no way we could handle this. Let's forget about it." As a result, their evil plot was never implemented.
In fact, during the most severe stage of the persecution, some everyday people also stood up for Falun Dafa practitioners. Two people in my research group were most precious. When I was dismissed from my work for detention, they defended me several times in front of the leaders in the conferences. They even resigned their leadership positions to defend me. When I was forced to leave my work unit to pursue a Ph.D. and during the time I prepared documents to go abroad, many famous specialists, professors, and friends risked their careers to help me. All of these acts demonstrated that many people had the courage to stand up and support Falun Dafa, even under such extreme pressure. As our efforts to clarify the truth deepens many people have become more and more clear on the true situation of Falun Gong and more and more people have placed themselves on the right side.
Chinese version available at: http://minghui.cc/mh/articles/2003/5/9/49894.html
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