Minghui Fahui | Four Village Heads Aid in My Truth-clarification Efforts to Save More People

November 26, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa disciple in Hunan Province

(Minghui.org) As soon as the village head stepped out of my detention cell last time, he told my mother that he’d do whatever it took to get me released, even if it meant the loss of his post. … [Later] I said to him, “My whole family is full of gratitude towards you.”...When we bid farewell, he said, “I see hope from Falun Gong. You must pay more attention to your safety. Know that the communist party isn’t afraid of doing bad things to maintain its power.”

-the Author 

As a Falun Dafa disciple, who has witnessed the immeasurable might of Dafa, I am taking this precious opportunity to share my cultivation experience.

I came across Dafa at an exercise site in July 1997. After browsing through an introductory brochure, I immediately sat down and did the meditation exercise. Without hesitation, I joined the daily group Fa-study and doing the exercises. As I continued to practice, I felt that each and every cell of mine was being assimilated by the Fa and every day was filled with tremendous joy. My third eye saw a Falun spinning and Master purifying my body. Dafa is truly incredible and extraordinary.

After the persecution began in July 1999, I appealed to the government and worked hard to distribute truth-clarification materials. As a result, I was arrested numerous times and later sentenced to forced labor. Prior to my detention, I was a salesperson with a wide range of clientele, which included people from all walks of life. After my release, I decided to share my persecution experiences and facts about Falun Gong with all my clients. I wrote a letter detailing my experiences and made multiple copies. For clients who I personally knew very well, I paid them a visit and delivered the letter directly to them. For clients that I wasn’t too familiar with, I mailed the letter to them. By September 2003, I finished clarifying the facts to all of my clients. After that, I decided to return to my hometown which was located in a rural area, where I helped people learn the facts. I wanted to bring hope and light to them as well.

Upon returning to my hometown, I took over my family’s 3-acre vegetable field and learned to grow and sell vegetables. Our village has gone through four village heads since my return in September 2003, and all of them have helped me in one way or another with my truth-clarification efforts.

First Village Head Helps Clarify the Facts while Learning Them from Me

The first village head served for more than two decades and was well regarded by most villagers. I once talked to him about Falun Gong before the persecution began. I also wrote him a truth-clarification letter after my release from the labor camp. Not long after I returned home, the county “610 Office” and police officers came to check on me. Concerned about my safety, my parents mentioned their worries to the village head, who comforted them by saying, “Don’t be afraid. Falun Gong is being wronged.” He repeatedly assured them that I would be fine. When he had a chance to meet the county’s People’s Congress director, he even clarified the facts to him. The director responded, “The central government is implementing a policy to totally eliminate Falun Gong. Do you still want to be the village head? How dare you side with Falun Gong?” The village head was later removed from his post, but was soon hired as a highly-paid manager by a local company.

One day the village head came to my shed by the vegetable field and said, “My colleagues received a lot of Falun Gong flyers and had some interesting discussions. They asked me many questions, some of which I don’t have good answers to. That’s why I’m here today to seek clarification from you.”

He asked, “Falun Gong asks people to quit the CCP. Isn't this getting involved in politics? The communist party is indeed very corrupt, but how can those who quit it ensure their safety?” A villager happened to pass by and overheard our conversation. He turned around and chimed in, “I also want to learn more about Falun Gong and hear more of what you’re talking about.” I gave both of them Zhuan Falun, the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, some truth-clarification DVDs and other materials to read. They shared the materials with their relatives and friends after they were done.

Second Village Head Helps My Family Demand My Unconditional Release

The second village head is a veteran, who had been a manager at a company for many years. Because of his strong ability, he was appointed village head. During the first year of his term, there was no truth-clarification materials site in our county yet. Most of our local practitioners were elderly people with very little education. In my mind, it was just too difficult for these elderly practitioners to get on Minghui, and as such all the materials were provided by out-of-town practitioners.

One day an elderly practitioner gave me a copy of a truth-clarification document, saying, “This is a very good one. I only have two copies. I'll give you one and save the other to share with other fellow practitioners.” After reading it at home, I thought about how nice it would be if everyone could have a copy of this wonderful material. So I went to a copy shop and made a few dozen copies.

A few days later I went to another shop to make even more copies, doubling the amount I made last time. The shop owner had to bring in a whole box of copy paper. I was still not done even after more than seven hours. Then the machine broke down and I felt a bit uneasy, with all sorts of human thoughts popping up in my head. As I failed to cleanse my own field, the shop owner found out that I was making copies of Falun Gong materials. He called the police, who soon arrived at the shop and arrested me.

I must say I was nervous when the shop owner reported me to the police, but I calmed down in the police station. One policeman slapped me hard in the face when I refused to reveal the source of my materials. However, I didn’t feel any pain at all and felt tranquil instead.

Later that night, the police transferred me to the county police department’s detention center, where I immediately went on a hunger strike to protest my arrest. My parents and other relatives came to visit me on the third day. They were extremely worried, and my mother kept crying and begging me to eat something. The village head and the county political and legal committee secretary showed up on the fifth day. The village head said, “You’ve been going without food or water for quite a few days and I don’t think that’s sustainable. Nobody will bother you if you just practice Falun Gong at home, but now things such as you trying to make copies are banned by the government. You need to bear the consequences yourself, should you encounter any health problems due to your hunger strike.”

I replied, “Can I still make copies if it’s something not related to Falun Gong?” I paused a little bit and looked into their eyes calmly. They didn’t say a word and I kept saying, “Why can’t I copy Falun Gong materials? Who is it that is afraid of the truth? Making copies of Falun Gong materials or other things is my right and freedom. I did nothing wrong nor did I break any law. I should be set free right away.”

On the tenth day of my detention, my family came to pick me up and told me what happened during the past few days since the village head’s visit. As soon as the village head stepped out of my detention cell last time, he told my mother that he’d do whatever it took to get me released, even if it meant the loss of his post. In the days that followed, he accompanied my family to the police department every day to demand my release.

I purchased a computer, printer, and CD burner after this incident. A fellow practitioner gave me a software program, which can break through the Internet blockade, and soon I set up my home-based materials site. When I delivered the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and Jiang Zemin to the village head’s home, I said to him, “My whole family is full of gratitude towards you. These two books are very precious and I specifically made these copies for you. Please share with me your thoughts after you read them.” He agreed and thanked me. He also indicated he’d no longer serve after his current term expired. As he saw it, the communist party was just too corrupt to deserve his service. When we bid farewell, he said, “I see hope from Falun Gong. You must pay more attention to your safety. Know that the communist party isn’t afraid of doing bad things to maintain its power.”

Third Village Head Asks Me to Help Him Quit the CCP

One day, the third village head accompanied various local officials to my vegetable field. My small shed immediately became crowded. The town party committee secretary said, “These days Falun Gong flyers are everywhere and they even made their way to our office. It’s too much! We come here today to demand you write a promise to not distribute Falun Gong stuff. We have a study class that you must attend since you’re the well-known Falun Gong person in our county.”

I shot back, “It’s not a study class at all. It’s a brainwashing class specifically used for persecuting Falun Gong. When I was in the labor camp, there were inmates watching me around the clock. The guards shocked me with electric batons when I refused to give up Falun Gong, and they later cuffed one of my hands and hung me up by the handcuff for eight hours.”

The village head interjected, “How about you just go through the motions? This way they won’t bother you every day.” I replied, “I’m not going to say yes, nor will I attend any class. The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong will not leave out anyone who has persecuted Falun Gong.” They began to discuss among themselves and I said, “Excuse me. I need to water my vegetables. I hope you can learn more about Falun Gong. Those flyers concern everyone’s future.”

One day later the village head came again saying, “Now the higher-ups constantly send in people to inquire about your activities. Once I received a phone call in the middle of the night, demanding that we go to your house to check on you because Falun Gong banners were everywhere. I told them, 'What can I do this late at his house? He rises at 4 every morning to sell his vegetables. His parents are in their 70s. He’s the only person in his family tending their vegetable field. We don’t see that he has time doing anything else. What’s the point of going to his home at night?'” I replied, “As a token of appreciation, I'd like to give you some DVDs which contain electronic books and the latest software that can break through the Internet blockade. You can share them with your relatives and friends after you’re done.” He happily said yes.

He came to visit me again a while later, saying, “I’m sure the communist party is doomed. Heaven will not tolerate the live organ harvesting. I now understand why so many people have quit the party. How about you help me to withdraw as well? I don’t want to be the village head anymore.”

Fourth Village Head Stands Up for Falun Gong

Not long after the fourth village head assumed his post, he came to my vegetable field saying, “Now it’s a sensitive time. You better not go out at all. Don’t associate with any other Falun Gong people either.” I said, “The communist party is extremely sensitive and even the slightest stir can stoke its fears. It’s been persecuting Falun Gong for so many years. I don’t acknowledge these so-called sensitive dates. You shouldn’t acknowledge them either. Since you brought up the subject of Falun Gong, let me tell you the Falun Gong that I know if you don’t mind.”

For three straight years, I wrote truth-clarification couplets myself for my family’s use and to give to relatives and friends as holiday presents. One year on the third day of the Chinese New Year, my mother told me that someone came to transcribe the words on the couplets and took pictures.

Not long after the Chinese New Year holiday, officials of the county’s 610 Office and the police department came to harass my family on multiple occasions, deeply worrying my mother. When the village head learned of her fear, he said, “What’s the big fuss about the couplets? If they didn’t impose injustice on Falun Gong in the first place, why would they be so afraid of Falun Gong? They only know to do these kinds of things to terrify people.”

Walking Well on My Own Cultivation Path

For a period of time during the first two years of my return to my hometown, there were more than a dozen people that took turns coming to harass me at home. In recent years, they have disappeared quietly. During the evil party’s 18th Congress, two incidents happened where practitioners were abducted, yet I was completely fine.

I was only in my early 30s when I came back in 2003. Seeing that I was busy tending our vegetable field, some villagers couldn’t understand and wanted to know, “You’re a college graduate. Why are you doing this menial job?” I replied, “Actually I feel extremely lucky practicing Falun Gong and I see it will give me a future. I want to show people that Falun Gong practitioners are different from those portrayed on TV and to help them know the facts about Falun Gong.”

I know that my cultivation path has long been arranged by Master and I shall do my best in everything I do. Every day, I get up at 3:00 am to practice the exercises and study the Fa for 30 minutes each. Then I send forth righteous thoughts at 4:00. Next I pack truth-clarification materials and pull a cart of vegetables to the farmers market to sell. On the way there I keep reciting Zhuan Falun and other Dafa books. I have no other thoughts at all. I often think this is Master guiding me to walk on the divine path.

Once while standing in the crowd at the farmers market, I was in a tranquil state with only one thought in mind, “I hope all people can receive blessings from Dafa and escape calamity.” At that moment, I truly felt the honor of being a Dafa particle, as if I could control everyone’s thoughts to make them come to me and listen to the truth and take truth-clarification materials.

Keeping Master’s teachings in mind, I constantly think about how I can better save more people. I installed New Tang Dynasty TV and promoted its programs in 2007. After I successfully did my first installation, people one after another came and requested appointments to get NTDTV in their houses as well. I had such pleasant conversations with all of them.

The more I cultivate, the more I feel the boundlessness and profoundness of Dafa. I am forever indebted to Master for His immense grace. I am also thankful to my fellow practitioners.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Although Busy, We Dare Not Forget the Mission

November 26, 2012 |   By a Dafa practitioner from Shanxi

(Minghui.org) The customers were left with a long-term, deep impression of this truthful fact: “The convenience store manager is a Falun Gong practitioner; the goods are genuine, not fake, and fairly priced.” Therefore, the number of customers has increased steadily, and subsequently, so have the sales.

– By the author

No Holidays for a Convenience Store

I operate a community convenience store. I have no Sundays off, and take no holidays during the year, except two days during the Chinese New Year. The store's dimensions are eleven meters long, 3.3 meters wide – just over 33 square meters in area (about 43 square yards), where I work long hours daily. I open the store before 8:00 a.m., rest about one hour at noon, then close at 10 p.m. I work as much as 12 hours a day. Holidays are usually the busiest time in our service industry.

I worked in state-owned enterprises before, but many of them are now bankrupt, and their former employees are without jobs. Many people open community convenience stores, so it's difficult to be profitable and survive. The same goods are sold in every store, so competition is fierce. In order to retain customers, I have to sell at the lowest price. In order to make a profit, I have to sell more and keep my customers. I keep the store open over 12 hours daily.

The store is small, so I can manage it myself. My wife works in an administrative office, and our two children go to school. I get up at 3:30 a.m., then my wife and I do the five exercises together, then send righteous thoughts at 6 a.m. My oldest daughter is in middle school, and she sets her alarm for six in the morning. By the time my wife finishes sending righteous thoughts, our older daughter has finished washing and starts the morning reading. My wife and I wanted to place Fa study before breakfast, but the child's teacher arranged morning reading and reciting, so my wife helps her while she's making breakfast. In order to have our oldest daughter study the Fa with us, my wife and I arrange the study time right after she finishes her homework, before she goes to sleep. Even though she's tired and wants to sleep, my wife and I patiently persuade her to study the Fa consistently, even if it's only a short paragraph.

Other stores don’t close at noon. My wife and I discussed this and decided to close my store from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. so that I can have a quiet lunch, make up sending righteous thoughts from noon, and get a little rest. Otherwise, I will be too tired to send righteous thoughts at midnight. My wife comes to help me after her work, so that I can also make up the sending righteous thoughts at 6 p.m. After the kids get out of school, my wife cooks and eats dinner with them first, then helps them finish their homework. Later, I have dinner while she takes care of the store. Whenever she gets too busy, I stop eating and help her.

At 10 p.m., we prepare to close the store. When everything is done, it's almost 11. We clean up, check our children's school work and Fa study, then finally send righteous thoughts at midnight before going to bed. When the alarm wakes us up the next morning, my back is sometimes too stiff to turn over, but after doing the first exercise, I feel relaxed and my body is flexible.

I have operated the convenience store continuously for the past eleven years, since 2002.

In order to free up more time to study the Fa and do truth clarification, I've tried various scenarios. My parents saw that I was busy and helped me for periods of time in the store. They are both in their 70s, so their responses weren't as fast as younger people's. Most importantly, they spent too much time in the store. This disrupted their Fa study, truth clarification, and distributing Dafa informational materials, even though my father didn’t work hard on it. It is not right to use three Dafa disciples' time in one convenience store. Therefore, my parents stopped helping, and suggested that I find other help in order to have time to study the Fa and do truth clarification. However, I found that this didn’t work, either. There are fewer customers between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m., so I tried to close the store during that time. However, I actually lost many customers who normally came after 2:30—they went to other stores. It took a long time to get those customers back after I resumed opening at 2:30.

In order to participate in the weekly group Fa study, my wife and I invited fellow practitioners to our home for group study. Fellow practitioners understood my situation and purposely arranged Saturday and Sunday afternoons, because my wife is off work on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. From 3:00-4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, my wife takes care of the store because there are fewer customers, and I can attend the group Fa study. There are more customers from 4:30-6:30 p.m., so I take care of the store and my wife attends the group Fa study. During one period of time, some practitioners in our area decided to combine the dispersed study groups into one large group study to discuss how to learn the Fa, improve together, keep up with the Fa-rectification process, and save more sentient beings. The large group study is far from my convenience store, so it's impossible for my wife and I to attend and take care of the store at the same time. Therefore, only one of us participates in large group Fa study, while the other operates the store. Several fellow practitioners pointed out kindly that the opportunities to attend large group study are few, so both my wife and I should attend. According to the Fa, as long as we consider the Fa as the most important, and put aside the attachment of earning more money, it should not affect the store's business! My wife and I listened to the fellow practitioners’ recommendations, closed the store, and joined the large group Fa study.

Clarifying the Truth to Customers

Master said,

"What Dafa disciples are doing here is validating the Fa, and they are Disciples of Fa who are saving sentient beings, and have tremendous missions. Put another way, they are emissaries of the Divine." (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2010 New York Fa Conference”)

"Messenger of Shen" often gives me a sense of pride. I usually have the feeling that we came from Shen’s world, the Lord of Buddha, and we are the ambassadors to the human world! I think carefully of the meaning of “the ambassadors to the human world” and how to fulfill the mission without dishonor and helping Master's Fa rectification. We are Fa-rectification period Dafa practitioners.

Master told us “a Fa that even gods weren’t aware of before” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Switzerland”), and gave us the responsibility to save sentient beings. If we don’t do a good job, and one day the truth appears to the world, then human beings will think: “Ah, see! You are Dafa practitioners. Why didn't you explain the truth about Falun Dafa to me, so that I could be saved? Master sent you to save us, you have that responsibility. Did you do your job? Did you fulfill your mission? As a Fa-rectification period Dafa practitioner, do you deserve that title?”

I try my best to do more Fa study, clarify the truth, and persuade people to do the three withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its two affiliated organizations. I must finish my work in the morning and afternoon, and study Fa when there aren't many customers. Customers come in and out sporadically, so in order to study the Fa whenever possible, I made a clean, hidden, and unnoticed space next to the cashier drawer to place Master's book Zhuan Falun. In order to calm down to study the Fa and understand it in my heart, I memorize, then recite Fa after reading it. I recite the Fa one paragraph after another. I try to remember it in my heart and brain after reciting one paragraph. Clarifying the truth and persuading people to do the three withdrawals are done in the morning and afternoon when there are customers in the store, but not many. There are not many times when there are no customers in the store. When this happens, I study the Fa. When there are three or more customers, I have to take care of them. In fact, many times, I do Fa study and face-to-face truth clarification at the same time.

My convenience store customers are either neighborhood residents or passersby. Customers come into the store and spend a maximum of two or three minutes, some as little as half a minute or so. If I lack a righteous mind and hesitate, I miss the opportunity to explain the truth about Falun Gong. The neighborhood customers may come back, but the passing customers might not be seen again. I try to consider every customer who comes to my store as a being that Master arranged for me to save. Whenever possible, I try to clarify the truth to them. After clarifying the truth for awhile, I can naturally, like in a friendly chat, lead to the topic: “Have you heard that people who joined the the Young Pioneers, the Communist Youth League, and the Chinese Communist Party are quitting now? The CCP is so corrupt!” Judging from my long-term, face-to-face explaining the truth experiences, I've found that most people accept it this way and are then willing to quit the CCP. I then change the subject: “There was false news on CCTV's ‘Focus’ program on January 23, 2001.” Most people I meet show different degrees of surprise when they hear this. I continue by explaining the truth about the staged Tiananmen “self-immolation,” so that people will remember that Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Most people believe what I say. I also asked their names in a reasonable way, and generally they gave their names.

I've left a deep impression on my customers by clarifying the truth repeatedly over time: “This convenience store owner is a Falun Gong practitioner. His goods are genuine, not fake, and fairly priced.” Therefore, the number customers has increased steadily and so have sales.

Not all customers can be persuaded to quit the CCP. Some couldn’t be persuaded, wouldn't listen to the truth, or simply disagreed. There are many reasons for this. Looking inward, I think that the main reason was that I didn’t study the Fa well, my righteous thoughts were not strong enough, and the energy emitted when clarifying the truth was not sufficient to clear the evil factors preventing those people from understanding the truth.

Life’s Supreme Glory

My sister reminded me several times “You've already been involved in two incidents, and you should learn from them. Our parents are old, and they can’t bear such frightening events. For the sake of your children and parents, you can't get into another incident!”

I was detained for a month because I went to Beijing to validate the Fa in 2000. In 2006, I went to the rural countryside to distribute the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and informational booklets, but was reported to the authorities by local villagers who didn’t understand the truth. I was then imprisoned for six months. During my incarceration, local practitioners went to the police department, Public Prosecution Bureau, and court staff to clarify the truth and send righteous thoughts to clear away the evil factors. Overseas practitioners called the detention center and the Public Security Bureau responsible for my arrest. This greatly deterred the evil and alleviated the persecution. At the human level, my elder and younger sisters and brother-in-law paid quite a lot to rescue me from prison. They live in a different city 200 miles away. In order to rescue me and comfort our parents, they travelled between the two cities nine times while I was in custody. At that time, their only daughter was taking the national college entrance exam. Although my parents are practitioners, my two experiences of arrest and detention had a great impact on them. My parents and wife had a lot of grey hair in 2006 after I was held in prison for six months.

I understand my sister's heartfelt words and good intentions. Yet I believe in Master and in Dafa! I bear in mind Master's teachings, bear in mind the mission of saving sentient beings. Whenever my sister talked about her fear of my being arrested again, I smiled without a word, listened carefully, and looked for the right time to clarify the truth to her and guide her to obtaining the Fa.

I often recite a paragraph from the Fa:

“Of course, we don't acknowledge any of the things that the old forces arranged--I as your master don't acknowledge them, and Dafa disciples of course don't acknowledge them either. (Applause) But after all, they did do what they wanted to do, so there's all the more reason for Dafa disciples to do even better and cultivate themselves well in the course of saving all beings. When you encounter ordeals during your cultivation, you have got to cultivate yourself and look at yourself--that doesn't mean acknowledging the ordeals arranged by the old forces and trying to do well amidst the ordeals they've arranged, that's not the case. We negate even the very emergence of the old forces and everything that they've arranged; we don't even acknowledge their existence. We're fundamentally negating all of their things, and all of, and only, the things you do while negating and getting rid of them is mighty-virtue. It's not that you're cultivating amidst the ordeals they created. Rather, you are to walk your own path well while not acknowledging them, not even acknowledging the elimination of their ordeals' manifestations. (Applause) So looking at it from this angle, what we need to do is completely negate the old forces. Dafa disciples and I don't even acknowledge the manifestations of their last-ditch efforts.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference”)

One afternoon this past summer, a well-dressed young man came into my store. He appeared to be rather arrogant, and bought a pack of expensive cigarettes and a beverage. As usual, I sent righteous thoughts to clear out the evil factors in other dimensions while he was selecting cigarettes and a drink. I hoped that he would understand the truth and be saved. When he came to pay, I explained the truth to him. He didn’t speak and was cold to me. He didn’t speak when I attempted to persuade him to quit the CCP, and was still quiet when I talked about the self-immolation and clarified the truth. He was still quiet when I said “Dafa is good” and to remember that “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” At that time, my Fa study was good and my mind was righteous. Frankly, I just wanted to let everyone know the truth and to be saved without any distinction. I told the young man the basic truth briefly, and stopped. He then spoke coldly: “Do you know who I am? I am the one who could put you in prison.” He left with his cigarettes and drink.

This event left a deep impression on me. During my daily truth clarification activities, I deeply understand that if we study the Fa better, the desire to save sentient beings then becomes stronger, and we're able to clarify the truth with less attachment. This way, more people hear the truth and it is easier to explain it to others, and the success rate in persuading people to quit the CCP is higher. When my Fa study was not good, the attachment of fear appeared. That is, in fact, a certain degree of inadequate trust in Master and the Fa. When we study the Fa well, our minds are righteous, we trust Master and the Fa, and our face-to-face truth clarification is safe!

Master said:

“Dafa disciples, you are golden light in the mortal world, the hope of the world's people, Fa-disciples who help Master, and future Fa-Kings. Keep diligent, Awakened Ones that walk the earth: Everything of today will be the glory of the future.” (“Congratulatory Message” from the Atlanta Fa Conference)

My job is really busy and tiring, but I feel very fortunate to be a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple, to become a “messenger of Shen” and follow Master in order to save sentient beings. This is the supreme glory of life. I am willing to work for Dafa! I am willing to strive to do my best at the three things that Dafa disciples should do. I am willing to complete my mission with every effort.

Master said,

“Fa-rectification is sure to succeed, and Dafa disciples are sure to achieve Consummation.” (“Greetings” 2008)

Heshi.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | New Practitioner: A Very Different Way of Obtaining the Fa

November 26, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings compassionate Master!

Greetings everyone!

I saw the Minghui website's notice for the 9th China Fahui and I, a new practitioner, really wanted to participate.

1. A Different Way of Obtaining the Fa

The process of my obtaining the Fa was different from other practitioners. You could say that I obtained it from a negative perspective. Why should I put it like that?

The summer of 2002 was particularly hot. I chose to escape the heat by going to Mt. Wutai in Shanxi Province. I heard that the area was a sacred Buddhist area. Since I was young, I had always been very interested in these types of mystical things. One afternoon I strolled into a Tantric temple. I was the only tourist there. There was one monk eating and he kindly talked to me. I asked him a few things about Buddhism. He asked me if I had converted to Buddhism. I said I hadn't. He then suddenly asked me: “Do you happen to cultivate Falun Gong?” His question increased my curiosity. At the time I didn't deny it, but rather asked him what Falun Gong was about. He then said to me: “Don't cultivate that....” He sounded very stern and a bit scary. At the time it seemed he said that for my own good. From then on I wanted to clearly understand, “what exactly is Falun Gong?”

I originally wrongly assumed it was just a type of qigong that elderly men and women practiced to stay fit, and I didn't think anything else of it. I asked a lot of qigong practitioners what Falun Gong was. The majority of them just repeated what the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said. I didn't find the answer I was really looking for. What they said was no different from the news, and I wanted to know why a monk was so intimidated by Falun Gong. Later on I heard that a real Tantric practitioner had just been released from prison. Apparently he was taken by the police and put in jail because more people started to believe in him and the authorities feared that. I was referred by a friend and was able to meet with this Tantric practitioner. I asked him what Falun Gong was all about. His answer also seemed negative. He then gave me some Buddhist books, all of which taught people to be compassionate. It was all just Buddhist things. After hearing what this Tantric practitioner said, I then developed prejudice against Falun Gong, I thought no further about it.

Later I bumped into a Daoist and asked him what was Falun Gong. I assumed he was going to tell me exactly what the monks told me. He then told me: “If he (Teacher Li) can really do that, then he's for real!” That was the first time I heard an objective comment about Falun Gong, moreover, what he said compared with other people was completely different, and it was so unexpected. Subsequently, I didn't hold any negative thoughts toward Falun Gong from then on. In 2008 Master arranged for me to meet a Falun Gong practitioner, and that practitioner showed me a lot of material on the computer.

2. Giving Up My Addiction to TV and Paying Attention to Cleanliness

Prior to cultivation, I was addicted to watching TV. Any television program would attract me, especially the sports competitions and TV plays. My parents always criticized me, but could do nothing about it. However, upon starting cultivation I changed, and I set my heart on Fa-study and wanted to read it whenever I had time. I naturally stopped watching TV. My mother was very surprised by my change. I often read it aloud, so my mom could hear it. At home now we do not have a TV, as having a computer and Internet is enough.

Another big change was on one occasion I noticed that everything in our surrounding environment was alive. When I saw some dirt on the furniture in our home or on the ground, I'd think it was really pitiful. So I started to take the initiative to clean the windows and tidy up the kitchen, just like spring cleaning. My parents were so surprised. They thought I was normally lazy and wondered why I suddenly loved cleaning. I said to them that this was the power of Falun Gong. At the time when I said that, it was with a bit of a competitive mentality. I wanted them to admire Master, but my mother wasn't convinced. She said that she often tells me about cleanliness and that she thinks it's no different from what Teacher Li talks about. From the perspective of the Fa, I'm clear that in my subconscious I was wanting to make other people admire Master, but I had pushed my mother away by doing so.

3. Learning How to Use Righteous Thoughts to Tell Good from Bad, and Removing the Mentality of Relying on Others

After obtaining the Fa, Master arranged for me to work in a practitioner's company. As we both cultivated in Dafa, I naturally felt like family with the other practitioner. Every day, no matter how late I worked, I wouldn't complain. Because I used to be quite free, I chose to work part time. Normally everyone would harmonize their cultivation with their work, and we'd compare when studying and compare in cultivating. From the Fa we'd learn how to talk and act. The other practitioners were all veteran practitioners, and I unknowingly developed a mentality of relying on others. It manifested as studying other people, not studying the Fa. If there was anything I was unsure of I'd ask other practitioners. And if I had any enlightenment of my own, I would always go find another practitioner to discuss it. I would feel at ease after I got the other practitioner's approval. I unknowingly took other practitioners as Master. I'd even directly call a certain practitioner, “teacher.” At that time other practitioners said it was wrong to call him teacher. In spite of this, I used the excuse of “conforming to everyday people's society,” and considered it a work requirement, so I disagreed with what they said.

In this serious situation of relying on other practitioners, I naturally took other practitioner's opinions as the standard and used that to judge things. The first thought was always of that of practitioner's words, and I didn't use the Fa to judge things. Master saw that I didn't enlighten and used another practitioner's mouth to give me a hint. One practitioner said to me on a few occasions that another practitioner among us was enlightened. However, I didn't enlighten that this was a test and was also a reminder from Master. After studying more of the Fa I came to realize that I should take the Fa as Master. However, it wasn't easy for my main consciousness to pull out from my previous incorrect state. If I thought of something another practitioner said, I would force myself to add, “so and so said this,” thus distinguishing from what Master said.

As such I gradually starting judging things according to Master's Fa, and gradually started getting rid of this mentality of relying on other practitioners.

4. Correctly Understanding the Reason Why Practitioners Go to Beijing to Validate the Fa

As soon as I started cultivation I heard of many practitioners having been arrested after going to Beijing to validate the Fa. At the time I couldn't comprehend it. Why was it magnificent for practitioners to go to Beijing to validate the Fa? I didn't look within myself then, and didn't believe in Master or the Fa. On the contrary, I used my own human mindset to judge Master's Fa. I now sincerely apologise to Master and fellow practitioners. Using my own dirty thoughts to consider Master is the greatest disrespect toward Master. I slowly started to have a rational understanding of the greatness of going to Beijing to validate the Fa. Master also encouraged me by reflecting the Fa in my mind, allowing me to enlighten. Practitioners unfurling banners in Beijing are all righteous particles in action, because mind and matter are one and the same. Everyday people don't understand, but practitioners understand this issue based on the Fa. At Tiananmen Square where the evil is gathered, for practitioners to be able to unfurl banners is a manifestation of a battle taking place in the universe between righteous and evil. Through practitioners continuously going to Beijing, all of China now knows of this issue. As long as someone hears “Falun Gong is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” then those righteous particles will then enter a person's body in the microcosm, thereby planting the seeds for being saved in the future. Of course it's great. After becoming clear on this, when viewing the Fa Teaching Given to Australian Practitioners, when I hear Master answer a practitioner's question by saying, “I consider those practitioners who have been, for a long time, handing out flyers on the street to be the most remarkable,” I'm moved to tears.

5. Clearing Up My Misunderstanding about Making Money

Prior to cultivation, I did freelance work. After studying the Fa, I had a misunderstanding and became addicted to reading the Fa. I thought that I needed to study the Fa more to catch up with the veteran practitioners, as they had been studying longer. I studied the Fa whenever I had time. I did not balance well the three things and paid no attention to conforming to the ways of everyday people’s society. I was not interested in making money and lived on my savings for two years. I did not look at the issue from the viewpoint of the Fa. I thought that it was to let go of my attachment to money. Master arranged a job opportunity for me, but I refused because I thought they were tests for me. Working at a practitioner's company and not making money is to put my effort in the Fa. Master used my mom's mouth to tell me, “You cannot just study the Fa and not have a life.” However, I was not enlightened to that. I thought my mom's notion was mundane. I looked down at the thought of making money, and regarded it as fake cultivation if money was involved.

As I studied the Fa more, I had a better understanding of the principle of conforming to the ways of everyday people’s society. Especially that Master told us to negate the old forces' arrangements, and the economic suppression is one of their arrangements. By separating Fa-study with genuine cultivation I was actually acknowledging the old forces' arrangements. From another viewpoint, having no work produces a selfish state of mind. If my skill is needed, I should go to work. The thought of “cultivators should be penniless” is an old notion.

Master is actually not worried about disciples earning lots of money. Master has already talked about how those who cultivate in Dafa will be blessed. But, in the eyes of my parents, my behavior made them think that those who cultivate in Dafa have no money and don't want money. Aren't I meant to be validating the Fa? Once I became clear on this mistake, Master arranged for an out-of-town friend to find me to open up a foreign market, and I accepted this opportunity. After completing this task, Master arranged for another friend of mine, who is an everyday person, to request for me to help him. He was undertaking a particular project and wanted to set up a team. I agreed to participate. I thus began a life of working from 9 to 5. I had a stable salary and my mother was happy. My mother said that I had not earned any money for the past couple of years. I explained that for the past couple of years my understanding was not right and I had deviated.

6. Rationally Understanding the Fa-rectification Cultivation and Saving Sentient Beings

In the past few years I had relied on other practitioners and couldn't use righteous thoughts to understand how other practitioners had validated the Fa. I also didn't clearly understand how the old forces financially persecuted Dafa disciples. After getting through the misunderstanding of “cultivators shouldn't have money,” I started to use Dafa to judge things and no longer looked down on those who handed out CDs and flyers on the street. I had been wanting to enlighten to higher principles, and it was like falling in a trap set by the old forces. I was very curious and enjoyed listening to the reincarnation stories of veteran practitioners. I did not read the Fa from cover to cover, which is required by Master. I wanted to listen to the profound principles that other practitioners enlightened to. In fact, I was not clear on the Fa principles. My understanding of cultivation stayed with the old way of cultivation in mountains and temples.

It was still that set of things from the old forces, and I wasn't walking righteously on the cultivation path Master arranged. After I became clear on this, a practitioner gave me some Shen Yun discs so I could give them to my previous classmates and colleagues. I didn't refuse and started to have righteous thoughts, I thought this was saving people. At the same time I was thinking how I would clarify the truth, and once I had that wish, Master arranged it for me.

After the Chinese New Year, everyone got back to work and was sharing. I had a thought: “If I could clarify the truth as I was talking with others then that would be good.” At that moment a colleague of mine suddenly showed me a picture he took on the highway. It turned out to be a picture of a banner made by a practitioner that said “Stop the 610 Office's persecution. Falun Dafa is good!” I then said, what they say is correct. It's such a shame that the persecution has gone on for so many years. I had been on business trips abroad, and I told them the truth about Falun Gong and the situation in other countries.

On another occasion when I was eating with another colleague, it was just the two of us. I wondered how I could clarify the truth to him. He then said to me that he received a Shen Yun DVD in the mail. I then said to him, “You're so lucky. I went overseas and saw that Shen Yun is recognized as the best show. From the costumes to the music, everything is original and it showcases 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. When I see it, it feels as though I've found my roots.” After that we chatted about how Falun Gong is being persecuted and I clarified the truth to him. He again came to me at my office on another occasion and gave me that Shen Yun DVD. I thought Master had once again arranged another opportunity. I immediately played it on a large screen and got all my colleagues to watch Shen Yun together. I wasn't the least bit afraid. As I think of it now, I believe it was all Master's strengthening. It's truly: “Disciples’ righteous thoughts are strong, Master has the power to turn the tide” (“Master-Disciple Grace” from Hong Yin II)

A few times I tried giving the discs to other classmates and friends. Initially I didn't know how to go about distributing them. I started by finding one friend after another, which was inefficient. One day I lost my handheld computer on a bus. I felt a bit scared, because the contents were all related to the Fa. I straight away told myself: “Look at this with righteous thoughts. Everything is a good thing, and we've just got to remember to learn something positive from our experiences. Whoever is able to find my computer is most fortunate.”

When losing something, one would feel sad and helpless, but why should I be afraid? Isn't this inviting demons? There is no difference from losing something else. After I had righteous thoughts, Master's Fa shone in my mind: “You should make progress with a conscious mind.” (Zhuan Falun) Thereafter I tried leaving discs on the bus trips to and from my destination allowing those predestined people to find them. After sharing with other practitioners, I was reminded that we should cherish the discs. It's best to give it to people face-to-face. I just thought I have less friends, I'm busy at work, and the place where I live is far, so what's the best way to give it to other people?

I recalled that my colleague said he received the DVDs in his mailbox. Yes, I can go to the residential areas and place them in front of people's doors. When I first started I was a little afraid, but I continued to ask myself: “There are so many advertisements in the community, why aren't they afraid? Why should I be afraid and who's making me feel that way? Once I feel afraid, isn't that accepting the old force's arrangements? Don't I have a responsibility to rectify all this?” Thinking as such, my righteous thoughts became stronger. Additionally in my heart I wished them all peace. This probably was compassion. I was very surprised because for a long time I felt frustrated at myself for not being able to cultivate mercy. Afterwards, I kept gaining more experience. During the daytime, no matter where I went, I'd always bring CDs with me. Whenever I came across a residential area I would go in and distribute the CDs, and then do my business. I do the same when I have breakfast and do grocery shopping. As such, I combined my task of distributing CDs with my work together in daily life, and as such, I wasn't just going out to especially distribute CDs. I had integrated saving sentient beings into my daily life. Just as Master has said: “Cultivation does not [negatively] affect your normal life.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Houston”)

7. Distressed for Not Developing Mercy in Cultivation

For a long period of time I haven't been able to cultivate compassion, even less so mercy. I was cultivating in a locked state, but I have felt some physical sensations such as when I become clear on a certain Fa principle I'll start truly crying. When I realized that I was taking other practitioners as the teacher and not the Fa, I sent forth righteous thoughts and thought: “Only Teacher Li is my Master. I don't acknowledge any other arrangements.” I cannot help myself when crying. When I learned that the business license at my work would be canceled, I suddenly felt that it was just life. My tears fell, and I think that may have counted as mercy having emerged.

Heshi.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Validating Dafa and Saving Sentient Beings with Righteous Thoughts

November 27, 2012 |   By a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Greetings, our Esteemed Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I have never submitted an article for an experience sharing conference before because I always felt that I have been doing poorly in cultivation practice. About 10 days before the deadline, a practitioner suggested that I write one because it is what Master wants us to do. I think Master was giving me a hint through that practitioner.

"People Who Practice Falun Gong Are Indeed Different; They Are Blessed"

Alongside many fellow practitioners, I have participated in validating Dafa by appealing for Dafa, shouting out "Falun Dafa is good!" in Tiananmen Square, unfurling a banner that said "Falun Dafa Is Good," making truth-clarification materials, etc. I have been persecuted by being illegally arrested and being held in a detention center and a forced labor camp. Looking back, I have done quite a few things to validate Dafa and clarify the facts but have not had a good understanding of the Fa principles. Because of this, I have been persecuted, which has caused misunderstandings among my relatives and friends. Having cultivated Dafa for so many years, I have not shown people enough how wonderful Dafa is. I am determined to adjust my bad cultivation state, rectify myself, and walk the path Master has arranged for me.

In 2005, I got out of the forced labor camp and discovered that my employer had revoked my contract. So I talked to the management to clarify the truth to them about Falun Dafa.

During my four-year absence, my son slacked off in cultivation practice and failed the College Entrance Exam. I analyzed the reason with him, searched his shortcomings, and realized he did not put cultivation practice and saving sentient beings as his highest priority.

My father-in-law feared that I would be persecuted again, so he would not let me go out or contact other practitioners, and he would not let my son near me, fearing that we would do the exercises together and “waste time needed for his studies.” So he often checked on my son at night. I shared my understandings with my son: "We are cultivating in the Fa; it should provide you the best safety. The reason why our family is worried is because we did poorly in the past."

Master has told us,

"Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and save people with mercy--this is establishing the mighty virtue of an Enlightened Being." (“Rationality” in Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Every day, as soon as we finished sending forth righteous thoughts at noon, we would study the Fa together for 40 minutes until he left for school. After he came back from the evening class, he would do his homework and practice. He made time to clarify the truth, mainly through giving out flyers. He would leave a copy in the classroom, which his classmates would pass around, or leave a few copies in people’s bicycle baskets. Sometimes he would clarify the facts to his classmates as a third person. We were both doing the three things that a practitioner is supposed to do. On the next College Entrance Exam, my son scored fourth in the nation in the arts, and he easily got into the top art institute that he failed to get into last time.

When the letter of admission arrived, my father-in-law was grinning from ear to ear. My sister-in-law said, "People who practice Falun Dafa are indeed different; they are blessed." When families and friends came to offer their congratulations, I told them that practicing Falun Dafa could enhance one’s wisdom, and one would be blessed. Many people have thus changed their attitude toward Falun Dafa. My husband also no longer objects to my son's practicing Falun Dafa. Moreover, he took the initiative to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.

Your Master Is Great; I Want to Learn, Too

My sister-in-law’s classmate stopped by my home and said, “When I stopped by a few years ago, you weren’t home. (I was detained.) I know a little about you. I heard you lost your job. Are you still practicing that qigong?” I answered with a smile, “Yes, I am. It is the best qigong in the world and teaches people to be good. Who would give it up?” He said, “Oh, I see.” Pondering for a moment, he suddenly held up his thumb and said, “Your master is great. Having been imprisoned and lost your job, you guys are still practicing. It must be a good qigong.”

Two days later, he called me and said, “Falun Dafa is really good. I want to learn it, too.” I said, “I’ll come to you in the next few days.” I contacted the fellow practitioners in his area who gave him Master’s lectures on CDs and helped him quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

In a few days, I went to see him and taught him the exercises. Later, when we were studying the Fa together last year, he said he felt a very strong energy field, and the pain in his leg was gone.

All Those Who Practice Falun Gong Are as Nice as That

Every time I persuaded people to quit the Party and its affiliated organizations, I felt Master had paved the way and led those predestined people to me.

My husband has a cousin whom I wanted to save, but my husband didn’t know where he lived. One day, that cousin and his wife came by, along with their grandson, who was in third grade. They told me they would only stay for two nights. I was so grateful that I almost cried. I thanked our Esteemed Master for leading them to me just when I was wondering how to find them.

Having not seen each other for so many years, they had a lot to chat about. I couldn’t get into the conversation and was very anxious. A day and a night passed, and all I had left was one night. But I would have to go out for group study that night. I wanted to ask Master for help, but I knew that Master had led them here, and if I were to ask for Master’s help again, where were my righteous thoughts?

It was after 10 p.m. when I returned home from group study. The grandson was watching TV with my sister-in-law’s husband. I read him a story from a truth-clarification pamphlet, and he listened attentively. When I came to the part about quitting the Party and its affiliated organizations, my sister-in-law’s husband started yelling at me to stop. The kid was scared off and ran away. I followed him to his grandparents and clarified the facts to them. They listened with great interest. My sister-in-law’s husband came after me and scolded me. While sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil specter that was controlling him, I continued my explanation. He became louder and louder, but I just smiled and continued what I was doing. My husband signaled me to stop, and I smiled at him, too. When I finished telling the couple what I had planned to tell them, I got up and walked out of their room. I heard the wife saying to my sister-in-law, “What a nice person your sister-in-law is!” My sister-in-law said, “All those who practice Falun Gong are as nice as that.” I went back to my room, and it was exactly time to send forth righteous thoughts at midnight.

The next morning, the wife came to me quietly, looking very excited. She said, “The qigong you’re practicing is really good. I want to learn it from you.” I said, “Then stay for a few more days.” She said she was too busy to do that. I asked Master to keep them here one more day for me. Indeed, they stayed one more day because the return tickets had been sold out. In the afternoon, I played the video of the first of Master’s lectures in Dalian for the wife, and at night, played Master’s exercise instruction video, and taught her Exercise One. Although the time we had together was short, it has laid her a foundation for obtaining the Fa in the future.

The next morning when I saw them off at the station, I asked my husband’s cousin if he had joined the Party, the Youth League, or the Young Pioneers. He said he had joined the Party. I said, “How about I help you quit?” He agreed.

Material Sites Running Smoothly

Most practitioners in our study group are women in their 70s, but they are very diligent. We had only two copiers and relied on other material sites to supply truth-clarification materials, mostly because we lacked practitioners good at using computers.

I know a little bit about computers and wanted to take on the responsibility. As soon as the idea emerged, Master’s Fashen arranged for a fellow practitioner to visit me. A few days later, we bought a printer and started running our own materials site. Later on, I bought two CD burners and started making CDs. I taught two other practitioners to operate the equipment and set up two more material sites. At the time, we were producing Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party in large quantities, as well as some Dafa books. In 2010, a fourth materials site was set up. The four sites have been running smoothly to this day, as we have cooperated with each other well.

Removing the Attachment to Arguing

Before I started practicing cultivation, I was quite attached to self-interest. The attachment was still pretty strong after many years of cultivation. When Master’s Lecture “Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan” was published, I wanted to memorize all of it. However, because of a time constraint, I was only able to memorize the two paragraphs that were directed at my attachments.

Two months ago, I made a batch of materials and divided them among two fellow practitioners so they could mail them out for truth-clarification. When we met each other at a group study, one of them told me I had got the layout wrong. I said it was impossible because I'd checked it twice. But she insisted. I took out the rest of the materials and showed them to her, proving I wasn’t wrong.

I was very upset when I got home. So I read “Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan.” I started to analyze the reasons behind my attachment to arguing, and I discovered many attachments behind it. I realized that only by studying the Fa more can one improve because,

“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.” (“Drive Out Interference” in Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Perhaps Master has seen some improvements in me and therefore arranged another opportunity for me to let go of my attachment. One day that practitioner asked me to check her phone, because she could not make any phone calls with it. I put in batteries, but the device still wouldn't turn on. I took out the batteries and saw the seals hadn’t been taken off yet. But she insisted that she had used the same batteries and charged them many times. Just as I started to give my opinion, I realized that miracles happen all the time in cultivation practice; why did I always want to argue with her? Master told us,

“I will remove that material substance, but the associated habits and traits that you’ve formed have to be eliminated by you.” (“Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan”)

The Righteous Thoughts of a Cultivator Should Guide Us

From Minghui, I saw that some practitioners were using cell phones to do truth-clarification. I wanted to do it, too. A practitioner helped me buy a cell phone and taught me how to use it. Many practitioners reached out to me and wanted to learn, too. One day I was following the tutorial and practicing it at home, and all of a sudden I felt I had mastered everything. I believed it must be Master who unlocked the wisdom for me.

Then I started helping fellow practitioners buy cell phones and install the software. Practitioners in our group were very enthusiastic about this new method and therefore were very serious about learning. Only a few sessions later, they could all work independently. I taught anyone reaching out to me until he/she had mastered the skill. Some elderly practitioners had never touched a cell phone in their lives, and they could not grasp it, even after I went over with with them repeatedly. Then I would become impatient. When this happened, I would remind myself of the urgency of saving people and the preciousness of their willing hearts, and I would calm down. I also knew that Master arranged to increase my capacity through helping elderly practitioners.

Just as the project was moving forward smoothly, I had some interference. First my mother developed serious sickness karma and called me home. When I was staying with her, some practitioners started having problems with their computers, printers, and cell phones and were waiting for me to return and help them. As soon as my mother started to recover, my father-in-law was hospitalized. I took turns with my two sisters-in-law to stay with him in the hospital and bring him meals from home. I planned to read Minghui Weekly in the hospital, but as soon as he woke up, he demanded the TV be on loud. For that period of time, I studied the Fa superficially, couldn’t complete the exercises sometimes, and the quality of my sending forth righteous was compromised. I developed some rashes that were extremely itchy on the right side of my body, I sent forth righteous thoughts against them a few times and they went away. A few days later, the same thing happened to the left side of my body. I knew I had a problem with my cultivation state, but I was too stuck to overcome it.

I started memorizing the Fa and took every possible opportunity to do it. After the doctor said my father-in-law could be discharged from the hospital at anytime, he insisted on staying, regardless of what others said. I didn’t know what to do until Master’s Fa flashed through my mind,

“But you are cultivators and disciples of Dafa after all, so ultimately when the tasks that need to be carried out come before you, it should be the righteous thoughts of a cultivator that guide you.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa”)

Ah, I should have the guiding role in this matter, and I should have the final say! So I started sending forth righteous thoughts.

The next day, the big area of rashes around my waist was completely gone. The TV in my father-in-law’s room stopped working. He was very bored, so I played Dafa music for him. When it was my sisters-in-law’s turn, I asked them to listen to the Minghui Broadcast. Dafa music was played for several days. Suddenly, my father-in-law told the doctor that he wanted to be discharged from the hospital.

Finally, I’d like to encourage you and myself with the following Fa-teaching:

“No matter how much I say, you still have to walk the path of cultivation yourselves. To walk this path well and progress to its end—nothing is more extraordinary. I say that because during the journey you will have hardships, tests of every sort, unforeseen ordeals, and you will have unexpected interference from all kinds of attachments and emotion. The interference will come from family, society, good friends, and even fellow cultivators. And along with this there is interference from changes in the state of human society and from human notions that were formed in society. All of those things can drag you back to being like an ordinary person. But if you can break through all of it, you can advance towards godhood. So as a cultivator, what is truly remarkable is when you can be steadfast and have righteous thoughts so firm that nothing can sway you. Be solid and firm like diamond, or granite, and then nothing can affect you—evil will be afraid at the mere sight of you. If upon encountering trying circumstances your thinking can be truly righteous, then, when faced with the evil’s persecution and when faced with interference, just one sentence of yours fortified with steadfast righteous thoughts can instantly make the evil disintegrate (applause), and it will make those who are being used by the evil turn and flee, it will make the evil’s persecution of you dissolve, and it will make the evil’s interfering with you disappear without a trace. One thought born of righteous faith is all it takes. And whoever can hold firm that righteous thought and go the distance will become a magnificent god forged by Dafa. (Long applause)” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference”)

Thank you, Esteemed Master! Thank you, my fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | From Junior High to University, from One Person to a Group, I Grew Up and Matured Amidst Dafa

November 27, 2012 |   By Qinghe, a practitioner from China

(Minghui.org) Amongst us, Xiaofeng happened to be a graduate in TV editing, Xiaoqin and Xiaohui could compose music, Xiaoqian and I could be responsible for the animation. How could this be a coincidence? Initially, we had the predestined relationship to come together and form a Fa study group. Who would have thought that this would lead to us working together on a project? All of us were awed by the extraordinariness of Dafa and how magnificent Master is! We started an animation production team and resolved to make plans for this project after our weekly Fa study session.

--by the author

I am a Dafa disciple from China. I've been cultivating in Dafa for thirteen years now. Master's teachings have guided and enabled me to keep up and progress along the path He has arranged for me.

Family Broken, Supported by Dafa

Led by my mother I was fortunate to obtain the Fa as I entered junior high school. Not only did I experience many miracles in my physical health, my academic results also improved tremendously. All of this made me very confident and strengthened my belief in Dafa and Master.

Before July 20, 1999, just before the persecution began, I had a dream. Master was being rained upon, but smiled compassionately as sentient beings scolded him. I angrily shouted at those who reprimanded Master: “You cannot do this. Do you know who He is? He is …...” Master stopped me, smiling. I cried. I knew He was forbearing silently.

My father worked in a police department. Pressured by his superiors, he stopped thinking rationally and destroyed Dafa books. He also beat us. Later, my mother was sent to a forced labor camp for going to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. Irregardless of how my father beat me, I did not feel any pain at all. Instead I pitied my father and told him the facts about the persecution. However he refused to accept it and said that if I insisted on continuing to practice Falun Dafa, the authorities would not grant me entry into university nor would I be allowed to go overseas for further studies. My future would be destroyed by Falun Gong and so on.

Under the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) pressure, my parents divorced. Our harmonious family was broken up. After my mother started to practice Falun Dafa, the illnesses that plagued her for many years disappeared. She was respectful towards her parents and everyone loved her. Yet such a good person was sent to a labor camp and tortured. How had people lost their reason? What happened to justice in China? Every day I cried myself to sleep and tears soaked my pillow.

During that time, Dafa was my only support. Master's teachings turned my grief and anger into compassion. I treated my father, stepmother and those who ridiculed me kindly. Without Dafa, I could not have made it through this tribulation.

At High School, We Formed a Small Fa Study Group

In the second year of high school, I met Xiaoqin. Very soon, we became good friends and I told her the facts about Dafa. From disbelief to belief, Xiaoqin started to practice Falun Gong. Soon after she decided to start cultivation, she saw scenes in other dimensions. She saw Buddhas and Gods surrounding us listening to our words. She saw Boddhisattvas encouraging her to be diligent in cultivation. She could even hear Dafa music and see Falun. She also saw Master on the stairs telling me: “Your mission is already accomplished....”

We encouraged and learned from each other. Xiaoqin used to be in poor health. After practicing Dafa, she became fit and healthy. When she was in secondary school, Xiaoqin drank and smoked. After obtaining the Fa, she turned into a completely different person. Xiaoqin and I diligently clarified the truth to people. Several classmates wanted to practice Falun Gong and we got to know two other fellow practitioners Xiaohui and Xiaoduo. Thus, a small Fa study group made up of high school students was formed. Since then, every week, we never stopped studying the Fa together.

Life as a University Student, Turning Point in Life

Because of my excellent academic results I gained admission into a good local university. The extra-ordinariness of Dafa and my righteous belief brought a ray of hope to our bleak family. As it neared the time to take my high school exams, no matter how busy I was with studies, I persisted in studying the Fa.

Xiaoqin and I went into the same university while Xiaoduo and Xiaohui moved to another place for studies. We maintained contact through letters and text messages on cell phones, encouraging one another. Sometimes, during holidays or on weekends, Xiaohui joined our group in Fa study by taking an overnight train.

I wrote the contents of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party in my exam papers while sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors poisoning university students. My teacher called my father to school. My father was furious and wanted to drive me away from home. Initially, I was very nervous and did not know what to do. Although for a long time, I harbored the thought of leaving home, yet I knew that I could not leave because if I did, this home would truly be gone. I shut the door and calmed myself down. I picked up Zhuan Falun and began to study the Fa. As I read Master's teachings, my mind calmed down and I was no longer nervous. I reasoned with my father while sending righteous thoughts. I said, “What I wrote was the truth. There's nothing wrong with that.” However my father refused to listen at all and urged me to leave the house quickly. Just then, my father had a fight with my stepmother and he also threatened to drive her out of the house.

My father could not bear to have me in the house for another minute. I saw that there was nothing I could do. I said, “I will leave first and come back for my belongings later on.” Thus I went down the stairs. I rang Xiaoqin and she said she would send righteous thoughts to help me. I saw dark clouds from afar following me closely. Immediately I realized that this was a tribulation. The evil wants to defeat me so that my father, stepmother as well as non-practitioners and relatives who don't know the truth will misunderstand and hate Dafa disciples even more, thus destroying their future. I cannot leave! Heavy rains began pouring down. I kept sending righteous thoughts and worked up the courage to return home. However it was extremely difficult. I stood for about half an hour and then went home. My stepmother had already packed up her things and left, leaving my father who was playing computer games in the darkened room. I walked over as if nothing had happened, saying, “I'm home!” My father took one glance at me and did not say a word. Everything had quietened down. That night, my stepmother also returned.

On my cultivation path I've experienced countless things like this, experiencing peace after a storm. After the tribulation passed, it was so peaceful it seemed that nothing disturbing had ever taken place. I knew that Master had mitigated a huge tribulation for me. However I was scared afterwards. What if my human attachments had come up then and I truly left home never to return? I cannot bear to think of the consequences. At any time, I encountered tests bearing on one thought: One wrong thought and the results will be totally different.

While my teacher was giving a class, I took the opportunity to tie a packet of brochures to the door of the office. Subsequently, this teacher told everyone in class that someone had left Falun Gong brochures in her office. I was saddened by her attitude and silently sent righteous thoughts in my heart.

In subsequent exams, I did not answer questions on my opinion of Falun Gong. Sometimes I wavered in my heart and wondered if I was being extreme. I felt that it was just as difficult as letting go of life and death! Fortunately even though I wavered, I could suppress my fear with righteous thoughts. I simply could not answer these questions against my conscience. One could lie and do bad deeds for personal gain. However, a practitioner understands the heavenly principles and karmic retribution.

Getting to Know New Fellow Practitioners and Planning New Projects

At university, I clarified the truth to a classmate. This classmate told me, “I know someone who has similar thoughts to you. Both of you should have many common things to talk about, I'll introduce you to her.” Thus I got to know Xiaoqian. Later on, I learned that she was also a practitioner.

Every week, we studied the Fa together and learned from each other. At that time, Xiaoqian had just started practicing and Shen Yun DVDs had just become available. She suggested that we go to the city and give out the DVDs to people, face to face. Instantly my fears came out and I stopped her. Subsequently, I realized that my thoughts were wrong. A few of us made plans to hand out the DVDs together. Things went rather smoothly but we were afraid to hand them out frequently in the same place. We gave out the DVDs, telling people this was a great show. Some of them stared at us blankly for a moment and did not take the DVD. We were not discouraged and persisted. We chose to hand them out on streets where there were many shops. Passersby were reluctant to take them. Thus we ended up giving most of them to vendors. Some of them even asked, “Is it Falun Gong?” I answered, “It is a traditional Chinese cultural show,” and walked away quickly.

The next day I met Xiaoqian at school. She said that when she gave out the DVDs, people gathered around her and were eager to take them. In the end, she did not have enough to hand out. Xiaoqian said that in the end, someone asked very sincerely if there were any more DVDs. Because she had just given all of them away, she felt very regretful at not being able to give him one. She wished she had brought more with her. Xiaoqian's heart was very sincere, without any fear. When she gave out the DVDs, people hurried to receive one from her.

Whenever it was Falun Dafa Day, Master's birthday or on other festive occasions, I was responsible for sending a card to Master from our area to the Minghui website. Later on, Xiaoqian came into this project and she helped us resolve many technical issues. Subsequently, Xiaoqian and I did the cards together. She is very good at drawing, while I took care of the overall design.

There is a local practitioner who is involved in producing truth-clarifying videos. This practitioner suggested that we should also get involved. I thought it was a good idea. Xiaoqian said she felt a sense of responsibility to do this. However I felt that it was a tremendous task and we brought this matter up for discussion during group Fa study. Everyone thought it was a good idea. Amongst us, Xiaofeng happened to be a graduate in TV editing, Xiaoqin and Xiaohui could compose music, Xiaoqian and I could be responsible for the animation. How could this be a coincidence? Initially, we had the predestined relationship to come together and form a Fa study group. Who would have thought that this would lead to us working together on a project? All of us were awed by the extraordinariness of Dafa and how magnificent Master is! We started an animation production team and resolved to make plans for this project after our weekly Fa study session. In the beginning, we had no experience. Every week after Fa study, we would discuss the content together. Everyone brought out their ideas and finally we decided to focus on university students who are deeply poisoned by the regime's propaganda. We would produce animation to break through the Communist Party culture using popular topics in real life to clarify the truth about the persecution.

Time is very pressing and initially, everyone came together once a week to write the script. It was truly an arduous process because everyone had a normal job and meeting once a week was not enough to make progress. Subsequently we increased the meetings to two or three times a week. Every time, we finished very late at night and after work, we went straight to the meeting place without having a bite to eat and immediately started to work on the project. We filled our stomachs by eating instant noodles.

During discussions, we encountered huge challenges and difficulties. Everyone had a good idea and hence everyone refused to let go of their attachment to self. Consequently, the project stalled and conflicts abounded. Practitioners involved in the Minghui website provided a lot of support and cooperation. Finally, our animation was published on Minghui website after many modifications.

After the animation was published, local practitioners enthusiastically gave them out to young fellow practitioners as well as young people who are non-practitioners. We received very good feedback.

Finally, I want to take this opportunity to express my utmost respect to our greatest Master in the entire universe – thank you Master! You have worked hard!

Heshi!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | New Practitioner: Medical Professor Has a Predestined Relationship with Dafa

November 27, 2012 |   By a Falun Gong practitioner from Mainland China

(Minghui.org) I am a new practitioner who obtained Dafa on April 11, 2012. I have been working on this sharing article for a while. The reason I have not submitted it was because I felt something was not appropriate. Today, when I read it again, I suddenly realized that it showed my attachments in the first part. So I revised it and would like to share it with fellow practitioners. Please point out anything inappropriate. Heshi.

Believing in Buddhism for Many Years, But Ultimate Predestined Relationship with Dafa

I believed in Buddhism and thought that I had been following the “enlightened” Buddhist principles in my daily life and work. However, I was often confused and ran into conflicting situations. Under this circumstance, I obtained Zhuan Falun.

When I was 12 years old, I saw the celestial maidens scattering flowers towards me. Ever since, I felt that I knew someone in the heavens. When I was 25, once when I was half asleep, I saw Bodhisattva Guanyin standing by my door looking at me. I was married that year. I started believing in Buddhism when I was 26 and often read Buddhist scriptures. That was 20 years ago.

That year, I met somebody with supernormal abilities. He taught me meditation. After meditating for two months, I could see the fetus in my body (I was five months pregnant at that time). Sometimes while meditating, I would fall asleep. Sometimes when I lay down, I felt that I had Gong. Later, because my child was little and required a lot of my attention, I didn't meditate consistently. When my son was three years old, he became severely ill. No doctor could tell what was wrong. When I was about to give up, I fell asleep next to him. All of a sudden, I was awakened by a bright light. I opened my eyes and saw Bodhisattva Guanyin. This time, she was even taller than last time. I looked at my son. He was sound asleep. When he woke up, his illness was gone. After that, I started worshiping Bodhisattva Guanyin.

In 1999, I felt great pressure for no obvious reason. I felt I just wanted to go back to my own home. I often looked at the sky and called out in my heart: “Please let me go home, I do not want to stay in the human world.” At night, I often dreamed that I had friends in the heavens. They flew to the East to do things and stopped by my place for about 30 minutes. Once I dreamt that I was in the air and saw my young child and his father standing on the ground helplessly. I felt the child would be so sad if I left, so I went back to him.

Five years later, I still felt the same pressure. Just then, my sister called me and told me that she knew a fortuneteller that could tell accurate fortunes. I went there and foolishly started worshiping something she asked me to. At that time, I had five Buddha statues at home. Whenever I had something, I would talk to that thing the fortuneteller gave me. Although I kept doing this, the feeling of heaviness did not go away.

I kept feeling something wasn't right, but I couldn't tell where or what. I felt a tightness in my body and felt tired all the time. I suffered from anemia and insomnia. In 2009, I met an acupuncturist and started a two-year-long course of acupuncture treatment. It helped alleviate the symptoms.

Acupuncture indeed helped me. However, sometimes, the diseases would come back again and I had to go back for more treatments. I felt as though I could never leave the acupuncturist.

On April 11, 2012, I went to a friend's house because I knew she was a Falun Gong practitioner. In fact, back in 2009, she had recommended Dafa to me. At that time, I thought that, since I was cultivating Buddhism, I should not casually switch. So I didn't talk to her in depth. After the Chinese New Year in 2012, I had a strong urge to go see her. Because she was traveling, I didn't get to meet her until April 11. I went to her house that night and asked many questions.

She smiled, as if she knew I would ask her such questions someday. She said, “I'll give you a book and the answers to all of your questions are there.” Thus I obtained the precious book Zhuan Falun.

That same night, I found the answers I had been yearning for. The next morning, I cleared away the spirit objects, books, and other such things from my house, and I immediately felt relieved. I hadn't felt this way for 20 years, especially the mental relief. I finished reading Zhuan Falun and felt as if a lonely and lost child had finally found her way back to home and family. That night, I stood in front of Master's photo and said, “I want to be a Dafa disciple. Although I woke up late, I will cultivate diligently.”

The friend had to move away and she left the city where I live. I started doing the three things: studying the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the facts. I feel like an elementary school student. As I cultivated more, I realized: in order to become a real Dafa disciple, I must cultivate steadfastly.

Eliminating the “Brainwashing Center” at Home

My environment is somewhat unique because some of my family members are directly participating in the CCP's efforts to “maintain stability in society.” But I did not want to hide the fact that I had started practicing Falun Gong. So three days after I began practicing, I announced it to the family.

At first, my family thought I was merely talking about it. However, after three months, they found out that I was truly cultivating, and they began paying attention. It also happened that, at that time, my son was coming home for his school break. Just before he came back, my husband called me and warned me, “Do not let our son know that you are practicing Falun Gong. I don't want to argue with you, that's why I called you.” I realized that was a test for me. I said to him calmly, “Our son is an adult now. He has the right to know and choose what's good.” My husband said, “Whether he knows or chooses, I don't care, but at least don't let him get something from you.” I said, “I know what I should do and I will consider your suggestion.” My husband misunderstood and thought that I had accepted his warning. I then started thinking about how to clarify the facts to my son.

Eight nights later after dinner, we sat on the sofa and the discussion began. My son said, “Mom, are you practicing Falun Gong?” Since I had been listening to Master's Guangzhou Lectures every night, he obviously realized it. I said, “Yes.” My husband rolled his eyes at me snappishly. My son continued to ask, “Why do you practice Falun Gong?” I said, “I want to improve my xinxing. First, I want to become a good person and eventually I will to cultivate to godhood.” My husband interrupted me and started his “brainwashing” process. When he talked about staged “Tiananmen Self-immolation Incident,” I raised my voice. My husband responded, “You are practicing Falun Dafa. How come you can't be tolerant?” So I adjusted my tone. But my husband couldn't control himself anymore. He pounded the table and shouted at me, pointing at my nose, “The Party gives me food. It's good! In any case, you cannot practice anymore. I don't feel good when you practice.” My son also got emotional, “Do not even mention the self-immolation incident. When it happened, I was in elementary school. I had nightmares for three nights because of it.”

I did not know what to say, so I started sending forth righteous thoughts. Within a minute, my husband did not seem so angry. He said, “I can't bear this, I need to go take a walk.” After he left, my son asked me, “Why do you say that the 'Tiananmen Self-immolation Incident' was staged?” I said, “Come over here and let me show you something.” So I showed him the movie. He did not say anything after watching it. The argument went on from 6:00 until after 10:00 p.m., and I was exhausted. In the morning, I got up and after I walked several steps, I suddenly felt a column going through me from my head down. On the column, there were three large words “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” I felt very strong. I realized that Master was strengthening and encouraging me. I thought, “Wouldn't that be great if every cell in my body was full of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance?” After that thought, momentarily, this column shot out the words “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.”

In the morning, I kept thinking about how to get my son to accept Dafa. I suddenly had an idea. When I went to work, he was still asleep, so I wrote the page number in Zhuan Falun to address each of his questions every day. I also left some encouraging notes for him. When I came back from work, I asked, “Have you seen my notes?” He said, “Yes.” I asked, “Have you found your answers?” He still only responded with one word, “Yes.” I used this approach to direct him to read Zhuan Falun. Several days prior to his return to school, he agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

One night a month later, at 7:00 p.m., my husband began to curse Dafa and Master for no reason, and he yelled for over half an hour. This time, I was very calm and went to a different room to send forth righteous thoughts. In other dimensions, the evil was strong. Sometimes, my righteous thoughts were interrupted. I then began reading Zhuan Falun. It really worked. After a while, he seemed weaker. He attempted to approach me to scold me, but when he got close to my room, he was afraid of coming in.

My husband now does not get into these moods anymore.

Clarifying the Facts Wisely and Benevolently at Work

Master tells us to clarify the facts with wisdom and compassion. I thought, “In my environment, there are many intellectuals. What's the most appropriate way to clarify the facts to them?” I thought about using thumb drives. So I bought one hundred 2GB USB flash drives. I asked fellow practitioners to download truth-clarification materials to the flash drives. I clarify the facts to my relatives, classmates and colleagues. First I analyzed the extent he (or she) could accept, and then gave them the tailored version. I often issued more than 10 USB flash drives at once. At my workplace, six leaders out of seven have used the software to break through the Internet blockade and read the truth every day.

Now, people in my office all understand the truth and consciously follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Once, when a coworker had a conflict with another person in the office and was complaining to me about it, I said, “Don't be this angry. Aren't you giving your virtue away?” He suddenly realized what was going on. From then on, everybody in my office remembers that if others give us virtue, we should always accept it instead of pushing it away.

Master asks us to clarify the facts with wisdom and benevolence, and I've fully realized this. There are two kinds of people I meet at work: one kind are those who are have serious conflicts with me. Another kind are the very stubborn ones. I did not want to speak to the first kind. For the latter, I could not easily persuade them, so I did not want to talk to them. This thought came out during the day. At night, when I studied Master's Fa lecture to the Australian practitioners, I felt very ashamed, “Isn't this referring to me?” Later, I thought of all different kinds of approaches and finally persuaded a female division manager to withdraw from the CCP. We also became good friends. My stubborn husband is changing, too.

Teacher's Day was coming. On that day, a student I had helped came to visit me in my office and wished me a happy holiday. After he had left, I found he had put a gift card for me on my desk. I immediately called him. He probably knew I would look for him, so he didn't pick up the call. The next day, I wrote him a letter and sent it and the gift card back to him. Soon I received the student's text message: “Thank you, Teacher.”

Dafa melodies keep giving me energy and cleansing me. Every day, I play them in the office, and they naturally help me clarify the facts.

Once I was playing the Shen Yun music CD in my office when a colleague came in. As he was talking to me, he stared at the Shen Yun song lyrics and asked, “The lyrics are so good. Can I please listen to it?” I said, “This is a Falun Gong song. I can give it to you.” I gave him the song “We Tell the Future.” Another time, somebody came over and was attracted by Guzheng music and said, “You have great taste. What music is this?” I said, “This is Falun Gong music.” He said, “Ah! Falun Gong has music. This is so nice! Can you please give it to me?”

My office is full of energy from Dafa's music every day. Colleagues are being cleansed by it and work happily. The people on my floor all know the truth now.

Looking for Attachments, Eliminating the Attachments and Cultivating Diligently

The key to cultivating is to eliminate one's attachments. For the attachments on the human level, as long as one is determined to get rid of them, they will be easy to relinquish. However, when encountering specific things, sometimes it's easy to overlook the attachments, especially the ones that are hidden deeply, which makes them hard to get rid of. I asked myself, “Do I want to be a God, or a human?” I recited Master's Fa. In this way, I eliminate the deeply hidden attachments that are exposed.

Since I am a professor in a medical university, I am more knowledgeable than the average person about diseases.

Not too long ago, I had eczema on my neck. At first, I unthinkingly put some medicine on it. It got better after several days. However, it came back again. This time, I suddenly remembered what Master says about “sickness karma,” so I immediately removed the medicine. But I couldn't stand it and felt it become larger. So I applied a little bit of medicine. Just like that, it didn't get worse and it didn't get better. I looked in the mirror and said, “I won't try to treat it anymore. If this is karma, I will let it get eliminated.” Afterwards, I read the section in Zhuan Falun about Buddha nature and melted into the Fa principles completely. Suddenly I felt a layer of things had been taken away from my neck. I looked at the mirror right away and saw the red eczema had disappeared with only a mark remaining. Although I felt I had a deep understanding, I still did not completely eliminate my notion of “sickness.” Recently, I went with a relative to get a foot treatment. I took off my shoes and asked the doctor to see if I had any corns on my feet. The doctor said it was not a severe one and that it could be treated with a plaster for a week. I accepted it without even thinking about it.

The next day, when I went on the Minghui website and saw an article about a fellow practitioner eliminating sickness karma. I learned from it and realized that sickness is a substance outside of the Primordial Spirit and is caused by karma. As long as we do not follow the old forces' arrangement, Master will help us. I immediately removed the plaster and suddenly felt that a cloud of things was removed from above of my head. I felt a warm current in my heart and felt Master's benevolence and felt Dafa's mighty virtue.

As long as we actively strive to eliminate attachments, Dafa disciples are in a good state. Not too long ago, while we were sharing at a fellow practitioner's house, we talked about being diligent in cultivation and eliminating attachments. She said, “The root of this attachment is time. It is our attachment to time.” I did not know if what we understood was right. In a moment, Master's Fashen came and smiled at us. I said to the practitioner friend happily, “Master approved.”

As Dafa disciples, doing the three things is our mission. However, because we live in the ordinary human world, we should demonstrate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in our daily lives and cultivate diligently. Now that we are Dafa disciples, we should be clear-minded and diligent. Only if we practice steadfastly will we be able to advance further on our cultivation path.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Disintegrate the Evil and Rescue Fellow Practitioners

November 28, 2012 |   By Guizheng, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Hubei Province, China

(Minghui.org) I began Dafa cultivation in 1999. To validate the Fa, I recounted orally my understanding of cultivation and asked a fellow practitioner to write it down to share with fellow practitioners.

1. The Persecution Made Me Have a Firmer Righteous Belief in Dafa

I began Dafa cultivation in February 1999; my husband started a month before me. Before cultivation, my husband liked to joke with women, played chess all day, and went to bed late, all of which made me unhappy. After he began the practice, he stopped doing those things. I thought it incredible and asked him what exercises were so magical. I then proposed to him that I learn it, too. He told me that it was a Buddha-Fa cultivation and that one had to be a good person to start with, and as long as one was willing to be a good person, one could practice it. Although I did not know what this cultivation was, I firmly believed that I wanted to take this path.

Two days after the persecution officially began on July 20, 1999, the police arrested my husband. He has been arrested numerous times since. The police ransacked our home a dozen times, and it made us very tense. I only knew in my heart that Dafa was good and I didn't know anything else. However, the tension of the situation slowly enlightened me. One time when the police again arrested my husband and I went to the police station to ask for his release, they said, “If you tell us the truth, we'll release him.” The questions they raised were very difficult to answer, as I knew my answers would certainly not help him. I then suddenly remembered that Master said that when we shouldn't talk we will not talk. As soon as the thought came to me, they changed the subject. I marveled at how magical Dafa was. It was Master protecting his disciples.

A few months later, fellow practitioners planned to go to Beijing to validate the Fa. I did not know what that meant, but I went with my husband to Beijing. We lived in a suburb. As I wasn't thinking of returning home when we left for Beijing, we brought all our savings with us. It seemed like validating the Fa meant to tell the truth and give it all we had. At the time, no matter how much I understood, I just let go of all my human notions. It really made me advance a big step on my cultivation path, especially through sharing with practitioners from other areas, which made me have firmer righteous thoughts.

2. Maturing through Trials and Tribulations

After the persecution started, my husband was imprisoned for a full six years, and I was detained for over four months. During that time, my eldest son had a car accident and was in a coma in the hospital. He later said he had one thought: “My parents are practicing Falun Gong and I will be fine.” He slowly regained consciousness and was discharged from the hospital after a few days. The police intentionally let me know about the accident, and I became very depressed.

When I got out of the detention center, we were utterly penniless and our three children were out of school. At that time I did not think of anything else but that Dafa would forever remain in my heart. I thought of what Master said, “Steadfastly cultivate Dafa, the will unflinching.” (“True Nature Revealed,” Essentials for Further Advancement II) Weren't these manifestations just to stop me from practicing? The more such things happened, the more I needed to be steadfast and solid in my cultivation.

I borrowed some money to open a shop. After the shop opened, I openly studied the Fa and did the exercises. The more difficult it was, the more I had to go on, as I was going to uphold the truth. I would tell my frequent shoppers that Falun Gong was a good practice and that it was the authorities who were persecuting Falun Gong. Through unceasing Fa study, I gradually understood the Fa principles that we should not acknowledge the persecution and needed to speak against it and that we also needed to clarify the truth to save people.

I later went with fellow practitioners to distribute truth-clarifying materials in remote areas. I tended my store during the day and went out with other practitioners to distribute materials at night, sometimes until dawn. I didn't feel tired, even though I needed to tend to the shop. Slowly, saving sentient beings became a part of my everyday life.

I had fear when I first started to make truth-clarifying materials. Gradually my fear was weeded out and my righteous thoughts got stronger. Master said,

“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.”

(“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston”)

One time when I went to a village to distribute materials at night, someone grabbed me and said he had “caught the thief.” I was really shocked. I told him that I had only Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in my bag. I then gave him a copy. He immediately released me and said, “I caught the wrong person. You may go.”

Another time, a man with a long metal pipe ran towards us as if he was going to hit us. I did not panic. I said to him, “Why are you carrying pipe so late? Are you going somewhere on business?” He replied, “I am not doing business. I am not doing business.” Then he said, “It is so late, you are still busy.” He smiled and walked away.

For many years, my husband was not at home and our children were young and only liked to do fun things. They not only did not help me, but brought me trouble. I needed to do everything by myself and also study the Fa, do the exercises, and clarify the truth. I persisted in clarifying the truth as a part of my life. I felt happy even when I was enduring hardship. Master said,

“To consummate yourself, reaping Buddhahood,

Let joy be found in hardship.”

(“Tempering the Will,” Hong Yin)

In these years of persecution, I have become mature in my cultivation step by step.

3. Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts to Disintegrate the Evil in Rescuing Fellow Practitioners

At the end of 2003, the authorities came to my home and arrested my husband. I went to the police department in January to ask for his release. The Political and Security Department employees just ignored me. I asked them why they had arrested a good man just because he practiced Falun Gong. What was wrong with doing the exercises? They were impatient with me and tried to push me away. I refused to leave and wanted them to make it clear to me. They hit me during the push and pull, so I shouted, “The police hit me, the police hit me.” They then dragged me downstairs.

I wanted to seize this opportunity to expose the evil persecution and to expose the behavior of the police. I sat in the center of the building and shouted as loud as I could nonstop, “The police persecute good people! The police beat me illegally!” It seemed to shake the whole building. Duty officers in the entire building came around to see what was going on. I said, “Every year when every family gathers together for the New Year, they illegally arrest my husband. What is wrong with practicing Falun Gong? I came to inquire about my husband and they hit me and were really unreasonable. Where is the respect for the law?” People who heard what I said complained to the police about such behavior. Some people quietly called the county government. The police were having difficulty getting out of the predicament. It was a significant deterrence.

After I left the police department, I went with fellow practitioners directly to the county government to explain the situation and said that I would expose the facts. They were scared. The county government then called the police department, criticizing them and telling them to release my husband immediately. The police were still looking for an excuse and asked for 5000 yuan, instead of the 10,000 yuan that they originally set as a condition for releasing my husband. I told them that I did not have any money and asked them to release him unconditionally. I did not cooperate with them. My husband had strong righteous thoughts at the time. A few days later, he was released. It was really like what Master said,

“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts

Master has the power to turn back the tide”

(“The Master-Disciple Bond,” Hong Yin II)

When the persecution is really bad, if Dafa practitioners do not cooperate with the authorities and timely harmonize with the whole body and expose the evil acts, we will be able to disintegrate the evil and stop the persecution.

4. Magical Dafa: Good or Evil Comes from That Instant Thought

Once near the end of the year, a lot of merchandise needed to be put on display. I suddenly fell pretty hard. I lay on the floor, unable to move. A neighbor happened to come by and wanted to help me get up. I said I was okay and that I could get up by myself. And I really got up from the floor and continued to place the merchandise in order. I was busy all morning and everything seemed normal.

At 2 p.m. two elderly practitioners came over to listen to a Fa lecture together. While they were listening, I casually said that my business was a little busy and they shouldn't come the following day. Actually, they were planning to go home for the New Year, but before they had a chance to mention it, I had already chased them away. It was really “Good or evil comes from that instant thought.” (Zhuan Falun) Because my thought was not righteous, my leg swelled up from the earlier fall and started to hurt. I was not aware of my unrighteous thoughts earlier in the afternoon. By evening, I could not walk at all. My brother happened to pass by and helped me upstairs. After we had a sharing, I realized that, because of my selfish thoughts, I had chased away the practitioners. It was completely contrary to what Master wanted, which was for us to study the Fa together and make improvements as a whole. After I recognized it, I went to bed. When I woke up the next morning, everything was normal.

Another time late at night, I suddenly felt unwell in my sleep. I got out of bed without waking my husband and staggered to the toilet. As soon as I sat on the toilet, I couldn't move. I felt there was a powerful force wanting to take my life. At that moment, I realized it had to be the old forces doing it to me. I immediately sent out a thought that the old forces did not deserve to take advantage of my loopholes. I was my Master's disciple and asked for his blessing. As soon as I thought this, I could get up. It was really amazing. I then went to bed and slept as usual. The next day it seemed nothing had happened and my husband did not even know what had happened.

Good or evil comes from that instant thought. Cultivators should always follow the Fa's requirements to be mindful and timely look inward, and danger will not occur. As long as we follow the Fa principles, Master will be by our side to protect us. I truly thank Master for his saving grace.

Finally, I would like to quote what Master said to share with fellow practitioners,

“You have already made it through the hardest part of your cultivation, so walk well the final leg of your journey, and cherish the path that you have covered! It hasn't been easy, and you have made it through unprecedented ordeals. You need to treasure that. The glory that lies in the future is the mighty virtue that you establish in your efforts to validate the Fa, and everything that awaits you will be the very best.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2008 New York Conference”)

Concluding Remarks

I hadn't considered writing this article originally. My husband said, “How can you take such a long time on an exam without handing in an exam paper? Such a big Fa conference, and how big the energy field! Why don't you stand up and look within and dissolve into it? What have you not done well! Don't you believe that Master will save us? Today we walk on the path of godhood, so shouldn't we validate the Fa? When you see your own inadequacies, don't you need to correct them? Take this opportunity to look at yourself comprehensively!”

His words really touched me. For many years, I would not listen to my husband's sharing. However, this time I really pondered on them to look inward. I must get rid of the huge obstacle of my human mindset of being unwilling to listening to others. I will harmonize with the whole body and keep pace with the Fa-rectification progress.

I thank Master for his saving grace! I thank Minghui for arranging this Fa conference. My understanding is limited. Please kindly point out any incorrect understandings.

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Minghui Fahui | The Responsibilities of Young Dafa Practitioners

November 28, 2012 |   By a Dafa practitioner from China

(Minghui.org) Greetings, revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I would like to report on my 13 years of cultivation to revered Master.

1. Obtaining the Fa

I obtained the Fa with my mother at the end of March 1999. That year I had just started high school and would rush home immediately after classes ended. One afternoon, I hurried home as usual but was shocked to find my seriously ill mother cooking in the kitchen. She had finished preparing most of the meal. I hurried to help her into the living room, but she shocked me further by commenting with a smile, “After dinner, I want to go to the nearby apartments to practice Falun Dafa.” My mother actually suffered from a serious stomach disorder and was unable to keep down anything she ate. Seeing how much she suffered despite being on medication for the previous six months had almost scared me to death, and now she wanted to eat a full meal? I looked at her doubtfully.

I hastened to the kitchen and placed a small amount of rice in her bowl. After some hesitation, I added more till the bowl was more than half full, before serving it to my mother with some misgivings. I stood aside and watched her eat until she noticed me standing there and said, “Quickly, come and eat with me. We can go to the practice site together.” I hurried to finish my food. Mother finished her meal quickly without any sign of wanting to throw up. I was amazed. I hastened to give her her crutches but she replied, “There is no need. Let's hurry and leave, or we will be late.” I threw aside the crutches that had been her constant companions for the past year (My mother had been involved in a car accident in 1997 just before the New Year. The accident had fractured her spine and compressed her nerves.) and hurried to catch up. While attempting to support by her arm, I tried to advise her, “Slow down, you will fall.” She replied, “You can stop holding me up, I am well already.” Seeing her steady footsteps as she descended the stairs, I started questioning myself, wondering if this was all a dream. At the practice site, an older man started to teach Mother how to do the exercises.

Not far away, I saw a group of adults doing the exercises to a soothing, beautiful melody. I observed the group till it was time for my night classes to start. I said to the man teaching my mother, “I have to return to school. Thank you for helping my mother.” He replied, “There is no need to thank me. Thank our Master.”

On the way back to school I started thinking, “Mother’s serious illness was cured in an instant! That was so miraculous! Is Falun Dafa more advanced than modern medicine? But Mother was cured, and I saw it with my own eyes!” I could not help jumping for joy.

2. Choice

Mother was able to eat normally after a week of practicing Falun Dafa and started working a month later. Our family was filled with joy once more. Mother managed to obtain the precious book Zhuan Falun, and every weekend I would accompany mother to the practice site to do the exercises. Afterwards, we would join these adults in a group to study Zhuan Falun. By reading this precious book I learned how to be a good person, clearing away the atheist beliefs the evil CCP had instilled in me.

But those happy times did not last long. Practitioners peacefully gathered on April 25, 1999. Soon after, the evil CCP launched the nationwide persecution of Falun Gong. However, we chose to continue practicing Dafa. Late one night, we saw a large Falun revolving in our living room. Mother said, “Master is offering us encouragement.”

3. Eliminate the Evil

One day during my third year winter break in high school, I was watching CCP television programs alone on New Year’s Day when the station broadcast news of “Falun Gong practitioners self-immolating on Tiananmen Square.” I saw a huge fire in the Square and hastily called Mother over. With a heavy heart my mother stared at the TV silently and in shock.

After the New Year, Mother came home one day with a large bundle of red paper, paper cutters, ink, and a brush. She spread out the paper and started to write while I read, “The Tiananmen self-immolation was staged. Using lies to justify the killing of innocent people, Heaven will not tolerate such acts!” I asked her, “The Tiananmen Self-immolation incident was not real? The CCP claims to be such a powerful ruling party, surely they would not resort to such despicable means?” Mother looked at me and replied, “I, too, thought that the CCP would not stoop to such unbelievably disgraceful methods! But this is the truth! If Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wrong, then there is no righteousness in this world!” Mother sighed and continued, “Falun Gong saved my life and this is a debt I cannot repay. The CCP is resorting to such unscrupulous methods to slander Dafa and Master; I have to stand up and expose this shameful lie. Let us do what we can.”

Mother started distributing flyers outside, while I stayed home to write them. I wrote till the end of the school break. During the school term, I stayed on campus but came home every weekend to write flyers with my mother. This continued until I graduated from high school. Later, I had a dream where the flyers we had made became powerful elves armed with spears and wiped out many evil monsters.

4. Master Helped Me Choose a Special Field of Study

After I finished my university entry exams, I poured all of my energy into helping Mother produce truth clarification flyers. Then came the time to choose my major for college, and in the resulting confusion, I somehow ended up with civil engineering. Later I found out that civil engineering was actually one of the five most popular majors with good prospects. Thank you, Master, for helping me to choose a good major!

5. Revered Master’s Protection

Not only did Master help me pick a good major, He also protected and looked after me all the time. During my third year at university, mother was arrested for distributing flyers. I worried about how she would cope in the hands of the authorities. Then, during my summer break, they forced her into a brainwashing center. When I went to visit her, I told myself, “You cannot cry when you see her.” I really did not cry on the day of the visit, and even reassured her, “Don’t worry, I have grown up already.” When mother asked me about my living expenses, I replied, “It is not a problem since I have a scholarship.” Throughout our meeting, the officers watched us constantly.

As I was leaving, the officers threatened me, “If you refuse to cooperate with us, we will inform your school that your mother is a Falun Gong practitioner.” I replied in anger, “You all are despicable! Let me out of the car!” They stopped the car and let me out before driving away. With no clue where I was, I stood at the side of the road to calm myself down. Then a bus stopped beside me and I took a closer look, before recognizing that this was a familiar bus that traveled to the area near my home. I boarded it and easily reached home, thanking Master along the way.

I started to run out of money during my fourth year at university. After paying my school fees, I had problems paying for my meals. However, the problem was solved unexpectedly when the term started. I had made top scores for three consecutive years, so I was awarded the most prestigious scholarship. With this, I did not have to worry about money for food anymore. In addition, there were speech competitions. The school would inform me to attend each contest, and I always won first prize in every competition I entered. Master had helped me to resolve my most urgent financial problem, though I experienced an even more amazing miracle later.

My classmates were busy contacting prospective places of employment after graduation, because it was usually difficult to find a job after graduating from a university in China. I was the exception, as I had three companies to choose from. My classmates were envious, but I knew it was Master who was helping me. After considering how much time I would need to keep up my cultivation and the salary I needed, I chose to go to a company in Northwestern China. Actually this was also arranged by Master. (By this time, I had lost contact with my mother for over a year.) Within half a year of reaching the Northwest, Master arranged it so that mother and I managed to come into contact with each other. She frequently encouraged me, “You must listen to Master and do things according to Master’s requirements.”

After one year in the Northwest, I went home for a visit. By then, I had not seen my mother for close to three years. We were together for less than three weeks. During this time, I studied the Fa with her and went out with her to distribute flyers and persuade people to quit the CCP. I experienced a great sense of fulfillment and happiness.

My employer soon requested that I return. I was unable to buy a ticket for the first train I'd planned on taking and had to settle for the next train. I only discovered after reaching my workplace that a typhoon had flipped over 11 sections of a train near where I worked, killing many people. That train was the one I had not been able to buy a ticket for. I hurriedly contacted Mother. Once again, Master had protected me.

6. Walking the Path Arranged by Master

After staying in the Northwest for three and a half years, I had accumulated quite a bit of savings. Because my environment was stable I planned to bring my mother to stay with me. Mother had no objection, and only said, “If this is Master’s arrangement, I will go with you; if not, even you cannot take me away.”

At the train station my heart started to waver, and this feeling only grew with each passing moment. I silently asked Master, “Should I take mother with me? If I should, then let two women come in together. If not, let a man and a woman come in together.” Just as I finished this thought, a man and a woman entered the building, and I started crying. I told my mother, “Master does not want you to leave, so I will not leave either. I will stay at home and cultivate with you.” Mother replied, “Master wants me to stay, but he did not say that you should not go.” I replied, “The tickets have been returned, and there are no tickets to be bought within the next 10 days.” Mother replied, “If it is Master’s arrangement for you to leave, then even if you have to go by plane, you still must go.”

The next day my employer urgently phoned, asking me to return. I replied, “How can I? Train tickets for the next 10 days are completely sold out.” My boss replied, “You can fly back.” My mother, who was listening beside me, laughed, and I laughed with her. While searching online for my plane ticket, I remarked to her, “I am not even sure if there are seats left.” Mother replied, “If this is arranged by Master, then you can be sure that the last ticket would be held for you.” The next day when I went to the ticket counter to collect my ticket, the salesperson told us, “This is the last ticket.” Mother and I both laughed, and I thanked Master from the bottom of my heart. This incident gave me much food for thought. As Dafa practitioners, only the path arranged by Master will be easy to travel; otherwise, it would be hard to even move one step forward.

This year another company offered to hire me for a higher salary, though I immediately refused their offer. Mother said, “You rejected their offer without a second thought. If this was arranged by Master, aren’t you making a mistake?” I panicked, “I have already rejected them, what should I do?” Mother replied, “Do not worry. If this was arranged by Master, then they will call you again.” I kept my mother’s words in mind, and the company really called back again that afternoon. I agreed to work for them, as this was surely arranged by Master.

7. Then a Little Dafa Practitioner, Today an Adult with Important Responsibilities

Recalling my 13 years of cultivation, I deeply appreciate Master’s compassion, the seriousness of cultivation, and the crucial responsibilities of Dafa practitioners. Though mother and I are parent and child, our cultivation paths are vastly different. We each have our own missions, and Master’s arrangements are very orderly. Mother often tells me, “Master arranged for you to earn a substantial income, but not for you to benefit from a life of luxury in this human world.” I reply, “I know.”

This New Year, I withdrew 17,000 yuan and handed it to Mother. I told her, “Please manage this money. You can give it to any material production sites that have run out of funding. I can give you more if this is not enough. You often remind me that our lives were saved by Master and that nothing we do will ever be enough to repay Master's mercy. Now let me solemnly declare that all I earn will be considered resources for Dafa.” Mother looked at me and smiled.

I have been working for six years and have given Mother thousands of yuan. I know she has been using the money to fund Fa validation things. Mother was right, Master arranged for me to earn money so that the money could be used to validate Dafa. Actually Master must have enlightened me through Mother, and I am determined to follow Master’s words!

8. Job and Marriage

Since I started working, I have tried to adhere to the standards set by Master’s requirements in everything I do. Not long after my arrival in the Northwest, I received a recruitment call from another company, who offered to hire me at twice my salary. I declined their offer, as I knew this was a test to eliminate my attachments to personal gain. I told the other party, “Thank you for your kindness, but I am unable to accept. If I leave my company now, my boss will not be able to find a replacement in time. There is also nobody to take over my responsibilities. I cannot selfishly place my personal benefit before that of everyone else.”

Without my knowledge, news of this incident spread quickly among my peers and eventually reached my boss, who was touched by my consideration. He said, “I never thought there would be people like you today.” Shortly afterward my boss granted me a special increment in salary, and thereafter my salary would be increased every year. Our company had projects spanning the entire north to south of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, so business trips were commonplace. Whether on business trips or projects, there were always opportunities to earn bribes. But whatever the amount of the bribes offered by the leaders of these projects, I refused to accept them. I applied the strict standards set for cultivators in my work, without any form of deceit, and won the trust and respect of my boss and fellow colleagues in the process. I even won the respect of many grudging project leaders. I know this is the mighty virtue of Dafa. My good reputation spread quickly among those in the business, and the boss of another company offered me an incredibly high salary if I agreed to work for him. I am certain all this was arranged by Master.

Later my former boss contacted me at my new company, inviting me to return. He said, “Letting you leave was my mistake. We will keep your position open and welcome you back at any time.” I expressed my gratitude once more.

I know all this is arranged by Master and given by Dafa. I will treasure what I have, and treasure the lives I come in contact with. Treating those around me with kindness is the best measure of how well I treasure myself.

On the topic of marriage, I overcame my marital test by letting things fall naturally in place and trusting Master to make the appropriate arrangements. Master mentioned in Zhuan Falun, “We cultivators always let things happen naturally. If something is yours, nobody will take it away, and if something isn’t yours, you won’t be able to get it even by fighting for it.”

One year, my aunt introduced me to a volunteer soldier from the army. I clarified the truth to him and advised him to quit the CCP. He agreed to quit, which ensured his life was saved. But I discovered this was not Master’s sole arrangement for me, as this allowed us the opportunity to meet.

Mother told me this story when I was still a child. She had a very vivid dream around the time of my conception. She was on board a train whose floors were covered entirely in silver coins. Passengers were frantically snatching up the coins but Mother did not join in. She stood next to a train window, gazing at the colorful clouds outside. Suddenly a peacock flew out from these colorful clouds and headed towards her. As it neared the train window, the peacock transformed into a little fairy maiden who flew into my mother’s breast. My mother awoke and later discovered that she was pregnant with me. My brother was only a little over one year old then, and the CCP's family planning policy was strictly enforced. At that time, my worried mother was informed by her workplace leader of the decision to send her away for a year to study. My mother carried me to term while studying in school and I was a month old when she graduated. In this way, I was safely delivered into this world. Mother was not punished and her workplace leader even helped with the household registration arrangements.

Only after obtaining the Fa did I realize everything was arranged by Master. We should accomplish well the three things as arranged by revered Master to fulfill our vows!

Please kindly point out any mistakes. Thank you, revered Master! Thank you, everyone!

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Minghui Fahui | With Firm Belief in Master and Dafa, I Am Returning to My True Home

November 29, 2012 |   By a Dafa disciple in Heilongjiang Province, dictated to and recorded by a fellow practitioner

(Minghui.org) I am a veteran disciple who obtained the Fa in 1996. There are so many miracles that have happened to me over the years that it’s impossible to describe them all in just a few days. I grew up during the CCP's Cultural Revolution and as a result didn’t learn much in school. Due to my limited education, I missed the first eight sharing conferences for practitioners in China. This time I’m determined to share my experiences so I may express my deep gratitude to our revered Master. Without Dafa, there’d be no me. Master has borne so much for me and only by cultivating solidly and saving more people can I not let Master down.

1. Dafa Shows Miracles

The lowest point of my life came in 1996. As if my suffering from coronary heart disease, arthritis, asthma and a back problem was not enough, my husband developed a mental disorder that year. He often beat me and our three-year-old daughter for no reason. Whenever I had a heart problem episode, I couldn’t do any household chores, let alone cook for my family. I have no idea how I survived.

I will never forget May 8, 1996, the day my neighbor gave me a ticket to listen to Master’s Fa-teaching audiotapes. The moment I sat down in the auditorium, I fell asleep, but amazingly I heard everything in my heart. When I returned home that day, I threw away all my medicines without any hesitation. The second day I listened to the Fa-lectures, I still dozed off. It was the same on the third day of the lecture series but I was awakened by a gust of wind in the middle of my sleep. I opened my eyes in fright and was surprised to see the auditorium was actually very quiet with only Master’s voice playing from the audio recorder. There was no wind at all. After that, I no longer felt sleepy, but my heart still hurt a lot.

One night when I returned home from my night shift, I saw my daughter’s dirty laundry in the hamper and doubted if I had the strength to wash her clothes. Then I said to myself determinedly, “Aren't I a cultivator? Master said cultivators have no illnesses. I’m sure I can wash clothes without any trouble.” Just like that I cleaned up my whole house for four straight days during which I had no problems with my heart. My neighbor and colleagues all witnessed the incredible changes in me.

I went to listen to Master’s Fa-lectures again on June 26, 1996, and kept coughing after I got home. The egg white-like vomit I had didn’t scare me as I firmly believed everything was a good thing and Master was protecting me. I coughed like that until September. Then I all of a sudden stopped coughing, and the asthma that had bothered me for years disappeared miraculously.

2. Let Go of Attachments to Life and Death; Validate the Fa

I felt extremely sad after the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999 and couldn’t understand why the Communist Party would suppress such a wonderful practice. While riding my bike home after my night shift on December 25, 2000, I skidded and fell on the snowy road. The fall made me realize that Master was encouraging me to walk faster. As soon as I returned home, I contacted a few fellow practitioners and we agreed to go to Beijing together to appeal for Dafa. Not long after we got our train tickets, we got word that some practitioners had been arrested on their way to Beijing. I was a bit unsure about my plan and kept asking myself why I was going to Beijing. Then I realized that, as a person who had benefited so much from Dafa, I must stand up and say a few words for Dafa. The train was more than three hours late and didn’t arrive in Beijing until after midnight. There were no police around at that time and we didn’t experience any trouble. When we got to Tiananmen Square, I called out “Falun Dafa is good,” “Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa” and “Restore my Master's reputation.” I also unfurled a banner that read, “Falun Dafa is good” but I was soon knocked down by the police.

Two months later my employer bailed me out of detention and put me in the in-house brainwashing center instead. They didn’t make any real trouble for me and still paid my salary and employee benefits for the two months I was imprisoned.

My younger brother was arrested in March 2000 for going to Beijing to appeal. When two police officers ordered him to write a guarantee statement and curse Master and Dafa, I overheard the conversation outside the office. Without even thinking, I went in and said to the officers, “Why do you teach people to say swear words?” They acted as if they received an electric shock and jumped up and ran away. Everyone was stunned. This experience was truly as Master described in “Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference:”

“So as a cultivator, what is truly remarkable is when you can be steadfast and have righteous thoughts so firm that nothing can sway you. Be solid and firm like diamond, or granite, and then nothing can affect you—evil will be afraid at the mere sight of you. If upon encountering trying circumstances your thinking can be truly righteous, then, when faced with the evil’s persecution and when faced with interference, just one sentence of yours fortified with steadfast righteous thoughts can instantly make the evil disintegrate (applause), and it will make those who are being used by the evil turn and flee, it will make the evil’s persecution of you dissolve, and it will make the evil’s interfering with you disappear without a trace. One thought born of righteous faith is all it takes. And whoever can hold firm that righteous thought and go the distance will become a magnificent god forged by Dafa. (Long applause)”

3. Master Guides Me to Break Free from the Devil’s Den

I was sentenced to three years of forced labor in November 2004 for clarifying the facts. Since the beginning of my cultivation, I had been memorizing the Fa on a regular basis. Such solid Fa-study certainly helped me greatly while I was in detention at Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Heilongjiang Province. Thanks to Master’s protection and the Fa’s power, I was able to pull through the ordeal.

The labor camp required all newcomers to write guarantee statements. When I refused, I was forced to squat for seven days straight, during which time I couldn’t wash or change my clothes. This 7-day torture took a toll on my legs, which kept quivering afterwards. For a period of time, I even lost the ability to walk. I kept reciting the Fa from memory and felt time slip by quickly. I knew Master shouldered a lot for me.

Even though I refused to recite the labor camp rules, I still lined up when ordered. Later I realized this was also cooperating with the evil and I wasn’t righteous enough. The next time the guards tried to line us up, I stepped aside and declared I wasn’t going to follow their orders anymore. Enraged, they covered my eyes and led me to a room where they cuffed my hands behind my back and threatened to shock me with electric batons. I thought to myself, “Just by staying unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in the Midwest-U.S.” 1999) I asked the guards why they were keeping my eyes covered and they acted as if they had received a shock and told me their batons ran out of charge. They returned me to my cell and cuffed my hands to the bunk bed ladder in such a way that I could neither stand up straight nor squat down. I reminded myself not to be moved and soon they sent in people to release the handcuffs.

On February 20, 2006, the guards again demanded that I write guarantee statements and I firmly declined. They then hung me up until I passed out. But as soon as I came to, they strung me up again. They repeated the torture quite a few times. At noontime, they cuffed my hands behind my back to the bunk bed ladder so they could enjoy their lunch. They began to play poker after lunch and threatened to put me through the same torture again in the afternoon.

I said to Master in my heart, “Master, I can’t endure this torture passively. If you encourage me to resist the persecution, please help me remove my hands from the handcuffs.” As a matter of fact, the guards had locked the handcuffs very tightly, but with that one thought I was able to easily remove my hands. The four guards who were playing poker were shocked and swarmed all over me to beat me. They also hit my hands madly with their electric batons. As a result, they broke a bone in my left hand, which swelled instantly. They next cuffed my hands and hung me up again. The handcuff cut so deeply into my flesh that marks were still visible two years later. But at that moment, I was completely calm with a firm belief in Master and the Fa. They saw I was making no sound at all and became scared. They let me down and cuffed my hands to an iron chair for the next three days. As a result, my legs were extremely swollen and I couldn’t walk. The guards again demanded that I recite the camp rules and I replied, “I am willing to sacrifice everything for the truth.” The moment I finished speaking, I saw Master walking towards me with a smile on His face and He removed two big chunks of substances from my chest. Master was by my side all the time. Even though my hands were very swollen, they never hurt.

Once the guards insisted I do hard labor despite my swollen hands and I firmly refused. The inmates couldn’t understand why I couldn’t just fake working without talking back to the guards. I told them, “I cultivate Dafa and everything I do must be upright.” Instantly I felt that Master removed two chunks of substances from my body. One guard sighed, “What can we do if she’s not even afraid of death?”

Besides reciting the Fa from memory, I also sent forth righteous thoughts constantly to disintegrate the evil factors controlling the guards.

Due to the torture, I developed symptoms of heart disease, angina pectoris, low blood pressure, and cerebral vasospasm. In the end, I even became bedridden and couldn’t get up at all. My family filed complaints with all the relevant departments, and the labor camp eventually agreed to release me on condition that I sign a pre-written guarantee promising not to practice Falun Gong anymore.

I knew I had to pass the test of sentimentality, otherwise, it’d be like pushing my family to hell. I told my daughter there was no way I was going to sign the guarantee. I reminded her of how Dafa had blessed me and our family.

Everyone thought their efforts were in vain now that I was determined not to sign any guarantee, but I kept negating such arrangements from the bottom of my heart. I was confident that Master had the final say about my cultivation path. One day I had a dream in which I wobbled to the gate of the labor camp and then suddenly I flew out.

Not long after my dream, I was released without signing any guarantee. With Master’s guidance, I returned home one year ahead of the end of my term.

4. Solidly Cultivating My Every Thought

After my release, I never allowed myself to be treated as though I were ill. Instead I kept studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. Gradually I gained more and more strength.

Since my pregnant daughter needed help, I moved to her home in the big city. One day her husband went out to eat and brought back some lunch for his mother and our neighbor. My daughter was very angry that he didn’t get anything for me, but I comforted her, saying, “You know Mom is a cultivator, right? Nothing happens without a reason.”

Somehow a lot of mosquitoes entered my daughter’s home and she asked me to clean everything up for her. My legs were still hurting from being tortured in the labor camp, but I managed to work the whole morning. The moment I sat down to take a break, my daughter and her mother-in-law came home. My daughter immediately flew into a rage and was soon joined by her mother-in-law. I knew this test was for me to improve my xinxing and remembered a passage of Fa teaching from Zhuan Falun,

“Everything will assume the form of everyday situations, such as someone may have irritated you today, someone has upset you, someone has mistreated you, or someone suddenly speaks to you with no respect. It is to see how you will react to these issues.”

With the Fa in my mind, I calmly passed this test.

Not long after, as I was crossing the road, a car suddenly came out of nowhere and ran over the top of my foot. It hurt so much that I kept spinning. I reminded myself Master was protecting me and everything would be fine. My foot really swelled, but, miraculously, my legs healed completely afterwards.

Just three months after being released from the labor camp, all the abnormal conditions I experienced went away without a trace.

5. Master Is Guiding Me All the Time

Master was truly watching me every step of my xinxing cultivation. One day I wanted to cover the window with plastic to stop the cold air when my husband stopped me and pulled out a big wooden plank to beat me. The pain was beyond description, and I immediately admitted to Master I still had a fighting mentality. Afterwards, my body did not hurt again.

Every time I encountered tribulations, I would remember relevant Fa principles and I knew Master was guiding my xinxing elevation. Once, my husband beat me again for no reason and I couldn’t contain my anger. Then a super gentle voice appeared in my head, “do not fight back when you are beaten or sworn at.” (Zhuan Falun) I smiled right away.

My husband didn’t want me to play the exercise music in the morning and I was very unhappy. But even before I opened my mouth to protest, I “saw” the Fa in my mind, “…for your improvement is what’s most important.” (“Further Understanding” in Essentials For Further Advancement) I no longer felt upset.

A few fellow practitioners and I decided to go to a neighboring town to send forth righteous thoughts for a practitioner who was scheduled to go on trial. Not long after we hit the road, we received a phone call reminding us to be careful since there was a police roadblock up ahead. I got worried and wondered if I should get out of the car. Then I suddenly remembered the following poem by Master and calmed down:

“A forward move,
myriad things come into being
A step back,
all turns to nothing,
forever to be a mystery”
(“Nothing” in Hong Yin Volume II)

When we arrived at our destination to park the car, a police vehicle pulled up right next to us. Soon another police vehicle came, too. We sent forth righteous thoughts together and the two police vehicles drove away shortly. That whole day we sent forth righteous thoughts for the practitioner outside the courthouse.

One day I was getting ready to go out to clarify the facts when some bird droppings fell on my head. I felt moved and doubted if I should still go out as planned. Then I remembered what Master said in “Fa Teaching Given at the 2010 New York Fa Conference:”

“I said early on that Dafa disciples are just, amidst all the enormous pressure, and amidst real tests of life and death, going through a process of heading towards Consummation. Weren’t all the past persecutions of upright faiths doing the same? I’ve said before that mankind has failed time and again to draw positive lessons; people always manage to remember the negative ones. However hard things may get, Dafa disciples are saving the world’s people, and in each and every initiative you undertake, you are doing what I described.”

I no longer had any hesitation and walked out the door with righteous thoughts. In no time I persuaded seven people to do the three withdrawals.

As long as I have faith in Master and Dafa, I am confident that I can fulfill my prehistoric vow, reach consummation, and follow Master to return to my true home in heaven.

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Minghui Fahui | Believe in Master and the Fa and Look Within—There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel

November 30, 2012 |   By Shengyuan, a practitioner from Helongjiang Province, China

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Greetings to our compassionate great Master!

Greetings, fellow practitioners!

It was a great honor to become a Dafa disciple at the beginning of 2008. Fellow practitioners have said that I was blessed to come into the practice at the end of the Fa rectification and become a life that even Gods admire! I will cherish this opportunity that happens only once in thousands of years, and listen to Master, move forward diligently and vigorously, and return to my original home. I would like to share some of my experiences over the past four years under Master's care. Please compassionately point out anything inappropriate.

Cooperate Well with Fellow Practitioners When Looking Inward During a Conflict

I saw some good equipment used for truth clarification projects at Practitioner A's home. A practitioner from another city had brought it. It was very good, especially since I had always wanted to install a television receiver to watch the New Tang Dynasty television programs. The practitioner from the other city told me that she knew how to install the receiver. I was very happy to hear that and told her that I wanted to install one. Practitioner A then said, “Another practitioner wants to install the receiver and learn how to install it. It is enough that one practitioner in our area learns it. How about you buy the equipment so that she can learn how to install it?” I was not happy to hear that, but the thought just flashed through my mind and quickly went away.

The practitioner from the other city then showed me a new cell phone and told me that it was better than the other brands, as it could send over a hundred messages in two minutes, which is very good for sending truth clarification messages. The cell phone package was very good, and I especially loved its case, which was made of a soft material. I then realized that love is an emotion, and I should let go of it. The practitioner from the other city then taught me how to send messages on the cell phone, but Practitioner A said, “It is not safe to send them here.”

Practitioner A said again, “You learn things very slowly, so you should wait for another practitioner to come and you two can learn together.” I was not happy to hear this, either, but I did not show my unhappiness in front of her. The practitioner from the other city said again, “This cell phone is very cheap, only 270 yuan.” She also said that the practitioner gave her three really good free batteries when she bought it from her. “Whoever likes it can have it.” she said. I loved the cell phone even more when she told me that. It was a really a good price and of good quality. Practitioner A again said to me, “Do you know how to use it? Do not buy it and then not use it.” I was very angry when I heard that. All kinds of thoughts came to my mind, but I did not show it on my face.

Master said:

“When a conflict occurs, it will take place unexpectedly. But that is not a coincidence—it is for improving your xinxing.” Zhuan Falun

I realized that the conflict was not a coincidence and must be something related to my xinxing. I calmed down and looked within. I found that I had the attachments of strong competitiveness and resentment. I was also attached to material things and taking petty advantages and not allowing people to criticize me. I just wanted to hear something good about me. I would explode if I heard something unpleasant or that irritated me.

Just then, the practitioner said to me, “You have nothing to do, how about you learn to send multimedia messages from her?” I practiced for a while, and then Practitioner A said to me, “You can have the cell phone if you want it, but do not regret it.” I replied, “No, I won't, but I haven’t brought any money with me today. I will pay you tomorrow.” She said, “Okay, you can take it with you after another practitioner finishes learning how to use it.” I agreed and was delighted. Then Practitioner A said again, “You buy the television receiver and it will be installed at your home, but let another practitioner learn how to install it.” I merely responded with, "Hmm," and did not say anything. However, my mind was not calm anymore, and many unrighteous thoughts came up again. I thought, “Why should he learn how to install it after I buy it? It is not that I can't learn it. He should buy it if he wants to learn it.” I didn't think further as I was quite happy with the new phone and hid my attachments.

Two days later, the practitioner from the other city called me and asked me to come to her home. I was very happy, as I thought she wanted me to pick up the new cell phone. To my surprise, when I got there, Practitioner A said to me, “How about you give this cell phone to the other practitioner to use since you are going to another city? It would be better if it were used.” I didn't start to shout or argue with Practitioner A, but I was really upset. In fact, I was going to use the new cell phone to send multimedia messages in the other city. I forced myself to endure what she said, but I was really angry inside. Many unrighteous thoughts and resentments came out. I thought, “It's just because that practitioner has more money than me and is eloquent.” The practitioner said to me again, “You don't have a phone card, so give this one to her.” I became angrier than before and thought, “The phone card she uses is mine. You saw the other day I shared my card with her. Why don't you give the phone to me instead of her?” In reality, this was Master using this opportunity to remove my attachment of jealousy.

In the end, Practitioner A repeated that I should let another practitioner learn the installation after I bought it. My heart was full of anger. I thought, “You buy it, install it, learn it yourself, as I am not going to be bothered anymore. Whoever you want to give it to, go ahead. There are many projects I can do to clarify the truth and validate the Fa. My cell phone can also send messages, and I can put up posters and distribute materials to people on the street.”

I still felt resentful when I got home and sent multimedia messages from my own cell phone that afternoon. Normally, I could send more than 100 messages on my cell phone, but I only sent several dozen messages that afternoon and it took me much longer to send them out than before. I tried the new cell phone, but that did not work well either. I tried to calm down by reading Master's Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts, but could hardly do it. I realized that there was a problem in my cultivation. I then started to look inward and discovered that I had very strong attachments of jealousy, reputation, and self interest. I was also possessive, took petty advantages, and wanted to save face and show off. To put it more clearly, I was greedy and selfish, wanting something good for myself and not caring about others. I would be happy if I was at the center of things, but I would not be happy if someone was better than me. This is the principle of the old universe. I endeavored to actively remove this attachment after I realized it.

Master also arranged opportunities another few times for me to let go of my attachments. My cell phone works well now, and I can send more than a thousand messages at a time with one card. Practitioner A realized that she was wrong, and the cooperation between us improved as well.

Family Relationships Become Harmonious When Looking Within

There are four of us in my family: my husband, daughter, father-in-law, and myself. My husband has read the Dafa books, my daughter has listened to Master's lectures, and my father-in-law is a Christian and has read the Dafa book as well. However, they have not come into Dafa cultivation.

One time, my father-in-law took the Dafa book to church. All his friends thought the Fa was very good, and I helped his friends quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). For a period of time, my husband and daughter always made trouble for me. They complained that the meals I cooked were not good enough, that they were either too salty or too bland. The house was not tidy enough even though I tried very hard to do better when I came home from work. They also complained that I didn't sleep at night because I studied the Fa, thought that I had mental problems, and so on.

One day I could not endure it anymore and fought with my husband. Afterwards I realized that I did something wrong. Isn't it the Party culture that encourages you to treat others badly if they do that to you, and if they do bad things to you, you do worse to them? Master asks us to be kind to others, let alone to our family members. When I looked inward and removed my attachments, my husband's attitude changed. He even helped me to collect the dishes after meals. It was always my job to do this kind of the work since we got married, and he had never done it, as he thought it was a women's job.

Later on when I sent righteous thoughts, I had a deeper understanding of compassion, which is not only enduring, but also considering others at all times, disintegrating corruption, and promoting kindness. My husband is ruining his life when he commits wrongdoings. Why didn't I stop him? Wasn’t I afraid of upsetting people and offending them? In fact, they are my attachments of fear and seeking comfort, attachment to being happy with the status quo. It is a fundamental issue of emotion, an expression of selfishness.

Selfishness also includes indulging my children and husband. It is kindness to consider their future. There is a saying in society, which is, “Support your husband and raise your children.” I should use the Fa to evaluate myself. Master asks us to cultivate to a state with a great heart full of kindness and forbearance. It is not servile endurance that doesn't distinguish good from bad.

Just then my husband came and asked me to eat. He had stopped swearing at me since I started looking inward. Master asks us to balance well the relationship with family and society. In this area, I didn't do well, as I didn't look within deeply from the standpoint of the Fa. I did not understand why he always complained about me. It was because I often focused on others' bad habits and had negative thoughts. I didn't see his good parts. I despised him before, because he did not make enough money, and he was dirty, narrow-minded, and mean. I always admired other people's husbands and children, although I did not say this to them.

I was very proud that my daughter's grades had always been at the top of her class. So that she could get into the best university and find a better job in the future, my husband and father-in-law accompanied her when she studied. However, she failed to get into a university. I was very disappointed and took out all my frustrations on my husband and father-in-law. I criticized them, saying that they didn't look after her well enough. In reality, everyone has his or her own fate.

Master said:

  “I would say that this is your wishful thinking. You are unable to interfere with the lives of others, and neither can you control others’ fates, including those of your wife, sons, daughters, parents, or brothers. Can you decide those things? Furthermore, how will you practice cultivation if you do not have any worries or troubles? How can you do the exercises comfortably and restfully? How can there be such a thing? That is what you think, from the perspective of everyday people.” (Zhuan Falun)

One time, my husband was involved in an accident on his motorbike. He told me that the other person did not observe the traffic rules when taking a sharp turn. My husband only asked for 200 yuan to repair his motorbike. He did not want to extort more money from the other person. That evening, his leg was seriously swollen, and others encouraged him to go to the hospital. He said, “It won't take long to recover.” He indeed recovered within a few days. My family has gotten many benefits since I learned Dafa. Otherwise, my husband's leg could have been fractured. Now both my husband and I go out to work, and my father-in-law cooks meals at home and waits for us to come back. This would never have happened before. In the past, however tired I was when I came home from work, I had to cook for them.

Gaining the Respect of My Colleagues and Students by Looking Inward

I changed jobs and now work in a school. It has taken me awhile to get used to the new environment. Some colleagues looked down on me. When I first came to the school, the headmaster asked me to be a custodian. I felt that I was treated unfairly. I am a teacher, so how could I be told to sweep the floor, and how could I save face? There were two people to sweep the floor at my former school, but here there was only me. I was upset. At first I did not do a proper job of cleaning because of this unfairness, however, I am a Dafa disciple, I have come here to save people and should do my job properly, even though it was sweeping the floor.

Some of my friends and colleagues suggested that I talk to the headmaster about having the teachers clean their own rooms, but I thought, “I should do my job well since I am here. It must be that some of my attachments need to be removed.” So I swept the floor earnestly. Two weeks later, I was asked to be a teacher again, and I didn’t have to bribe anyone to get the post. Some of my colleagues spent lots of money and bought presents to bribe the headmaster for their position, but they are still doing the same job.

A colleague of mine and I organized a gymnastics team for this year's sports event, but he didn't want to go out when we practiced, so I was the one who practiced outside with the students. My face got really tan. One day, we were told to go outside to practice the formation for the competition. I waited outside for a long time, but my colleague didn't come. Another colleague said, “It is not your business if he does not want to show up. Isn't he in charge? I will go call him.” So I went, too. However, he said in front of my colleagues, “One takes charge if he cares. I don't want to go.” I looked out the window, because all the students stood there waiting for us. “I am a Dafa disciple—why do I resent his behavior because I have to do more work? Isn't it an attachment to seeking reputation? I must remove it.” I went downstairs and practiced with the students. The headmaster was very moved by this and praised me many times during the game.

My colleague apologized to me the following day for not helping me. Our team won the county championship. The headmaster was very happy and again praised me profusely. My colleagues also came to respect me. They say that I have a good heart, that I am honest and brave. They like to be with me now, as do my students. They always ask me questions when they have problems, even in the subjects I don't teach, but I try my best to help them.

The Old Forces Are Threatening But Not Dangerous If One Looks Inward

The old forces exploited my gaps when I clarified the facts because of my attachments and consequntly manipulated a person who hadn't understood the truth to report me to the county police department. My colleague told me, “The headmaster and the director of the local police station both were told to go to the county police department, because you sent truth clarification letters online.” I thought this was an illusion. I had sent truth clarification letters online before, but not this year. Fellow practitioners told me that it was not safe, and my colleagues were frightened when they found out about this. I told them it would be fine, because I have Master who looks after me. I started sending forth righteous thoughts while I consoled my colleagues, and asked for Master's help. I recited quietly in my heart: “It is not allowed for the old forces to persecute people and prevent me from saving sentient beings, even though I still have some attachments. I am Master Li Hongzhi's disciple. I deny the old force’s arrangements and reject them.”

I also sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all of the old force elements that controlled the officers from the police department and domestic security division, to stop them from committing wrongdoings, and looked inward at the same time. I found that I had strong attachments of wanting to do things, fear, and being overjoyed. I kept sending righteous thoughts for half a day to eliminate the old force factors that persecute Dafa disciples. My colleagues told me later that the police looked frightened when they left the school. The police told the headmaster that they had made a mistake. Things then passed. This was Master helping me to resolve my tribulations.

It is just like Master said:

“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts,

Master has the power to turn back the tide.” (Hong Yin II)

Master worries a lot about me because I am not diligent all the time. I still have attachments to playing, seeking comfort, relying on others, and so on. But I must listen to Master, read the Fa more, and do the three things well.

Due to my limited understanding, please compassionately point out anything inappropriate.

Thank you, Master!

Thank you, fellow practitioners!

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Minghui Fahui | Reciting the Fa and Looking Inward Helped Me Eliminate My Attachment to Video Games

December 01, 2012 |   By a Dafa disciple from Hunan Province

(Minghui.org) When I first saw the notice requesting articles for the Minghui Fahui in China, my first thought was: “Time flies like an arrow.” When my mother asked me to contribute an article to the Conference, I told her that I didn't have time. Then my school break came. My mother asked me again, saying that the deadline for sending in articles was nearing. I said, “I don't cultivate well. So I don't know what to write.” My mother said, “Precisely because of this, you should write an article. You said you don't cultivate well. Then, which part do you think you don't cultivate well? You should write about it and share it with other practitioners. That way, you can expose the evil!” I was speechless, thinking, “If I write about my inadequacies, won't I lose face?”

I later changed my mind, as my mother shared an article with me, suggesting that practitioners who have not shared their experiences should quickly do so. In the beginning, the author had the same feeling as me, thinking that he didn't cultivate well, and there was thus nothing to share. However, he later enlightened and upgraded his xinxing, feeling that he had many things to share. I realized that if he could do it, I could do it as well. I thus picked up a pen and started to write. The following is my understanding from cultivating in the Fa for the past few years. Please point out anything inadequate.

1. Letting Go of My Attachment to the Internet

My grades were pretty good when I was in elementary school, and my teachers liked me a lot. However, since fourth grade, in the eyes of my teachers, I was a poor student. At that time, many of my classmates liked to play video games. One day after school, several of them asked me if I wanted to play video games with them, and said that they would pay for the game. Out of curiosity, I went with them. Without realizing it, I gradually got addicted to it and I couldn't escape the need to play Internet games.

My grades plummeted from the high 90s to the failing 40s. While many of my classmates went home directly after school, I went to the video shop. I returned home very late at night. Fearing that my mother would be angry with me, I always made up excuses by lying to her. One day, my mother caught me playing the games and smacked me. However, I still didn’t truly recognize the seriousness of the matter, and continued playing video games as usual.

When I was in the fifth grade, my mother asked a fellow practitioner to share with me on these attachments of mine. After talking, I realized the seriousness of the matter, and decided to quit playing video games. But I was completely unable to control myself at the time. I felt as though as soon as I left my house, someone took control of me. When I saw a video shop, I couldn't stop myself from wanting to go in. My mother had repeatedly told me why playing video games was not good. Although I didn't want to play, I couldn't control myself.

I played video games for another semester. My mother asked me to recite Zhuan Falun. Master said,

“At the very microscopic level, it is all the image of that possessing spirit or animal. If it is given to you, what will you do? 'It is easier to invite an immortal than to see one off.'”

No wonder I felt very dizzy every time after I returned from the video shop. I knew it was because those bad beings from the video games had come into me. I felt scared. When I got off school, I just went home quickly, and I stopped talking about video games with my classmates. When I saw a video shop, I pretended not to see it. However, as time went by, when I saw a video shop, I still wanted to play. When this happened, the above passage that Master taught in Zhuan Falun came to my mind. But my wanting to play quickly disappeared. After studying and reciting the Fa, my grades improved significantly.

When I began middle school, I took a lot of classes to catch up, so the time I spent in Fa study and exercises was shortened. Plus, I was not a self-disciplined person. Thus, I again fell into the big dye vat of human society. I started hanging out with classmates who had poor grades. One day, they told me they didn't want to go to the night school, and wanted to go to the Internet café. They asked me if I wanted to go with them. At first, I said “No” to them.

However, when I was ready to go to night school, I kept thinking about whether I should go to the Internet cafe with my friends or not. After much deliberation, I decided to go with them. At that time, I was thinking, “I have never visited an Internet cafe before. I just want to go there once. It shouldn't be a big deal. As long as I come home on time, my mother won’t know where I’ve gone.” That was my very human mentality. That night, I went with my friends to the Internet café and they paid for me. I wasn't too good with the game because it was my first time playing it. On our way home, one of my friends joked, “You are such a poor player. You couldn't even beat me.” After he said this, I couldn’t take it, because of my big attachment to competition and fame. I told him, “Don't be too arrogant. Just wait, I will knock you down.”

So I once again became addicted to playing games. My mind was always thinking about how to beat my friends and become the number one gamer. Even when I was in class, my mind was always filled with scenes from the video games. I gradually started taking money from my parents to play video games, and I started to skip classes. At home, I lied to my parents. In school, I lied to my teachers. My grades started to deteriorate again. I started to see rats and centipedes in my house. When my mother saw them, she asked me, “Did you do anything bad outside?” In the past, every time after I did something bad, rats and centipedes would come to our house. I was in a panic and said to her, “No! I didn't.” My mother found out that I had taken a lot of money from them, so she called the school to find out. My teacher told her that the school hadn't asked students for any money. My teacher also told her that I had been cutting classes. My mother was very angry when she discovered this, and asked my father to go to the Internet café to look for me. I was playing computer games in the cafe when my father caught me. He was very angry and slapped my face.

That slap woke me up from the addiction of playing computer games. I lowered my head and ran home. After I got home, my parents told me a lot of things that could help me to quit. After the incident, I was determined to quit playing computer games. The next day however, I forgot everything. As soon as I walked into the classroom, someone asked me which level of the game I was playing on. This person was the one who I swore I would beat. I didn't pay attention to him and concentrated on my schoolwork. Seeing that I was silent, he got more excited and raised his voice to tell everyone in the class that he beat me. At that time, because my attachment to fame was so strong, I thought, “I will beat you hard, and after that I will stop playing.” Although I knew I shouldn't play computer games anymore, when it came to being challenged, I found all kinds of excuses to cover my attachment. So again I got addicted to computer games, and I skipped classes even more often. In the past, I only skipped night classes. Now, I also skipped afternoon classes. Even when I was in school, I always talked about computer games with my friends. I was really tarnishing Dafa at that time.

2. Cultivating in the Environment of Young Dafa Disciples During Summer Vacation

I finally managed to finish the first year of middle school. Then summer vacation came. During that time, a special class for young practitioners was held in our locality. My mother sent me to join it. I was reluctant to go at first. My mother wanted me to finish reciting Zhuan Falun, and out of curiosity, I decided to go. On the first day, I found out that most of the practitioners in the class were university students, except for one practitioner (who was slightly younger than me), and were also not really diligent in cultivation. The next day, I went to the class as usual.

I realized it was easier to calm myself down when practicing the exercises with other practitioners in the class. However, sometimes my mind wasn't there, and I would fall asleep. Our daily routines in the class were studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts. If we had time, we also shared our understandings on the Fa. For other practitioners in the class, it was a precious moment, but for me, it was most demanding because I was very shy and afraid to share with them. I just listened to their sharings and nodded my head when I agreed with them, and shook it when I didn't. My mother also asked some university students to share with me. When it was time for sharing in the class, I was always very nervous, thinking, “Please don't ask me to share.”

Sometimes practitioners in the class went to the neighborhood near the school in the afternoon to hand out truth-clarification fliers. They never asked me to go with them, because they thought I was too shy, but one day I went with them. I teamed up with a practitioner who was a high school student. After we finished handing out fliers in our designated zone, we still had many fliers left, so we decided to hand them out in the nearby neighborhood. Other practitioners had already covered that area however, so we went looking for another place.

We went to a residential building, and as we were climbing up the stairs, a man passed by us. We didn't say anything and kept climbing up the stairs. Suddenly, a middle-age man from upstairs saw us, and started to shout, “Hey, what are you handing out? Falun Gong materials?” We started to run down the stairs as soon as we heard him shouting. The man that we saw when we entered the building also heard his shouting and replied to him, “Hey, why are you shouting?” The middle-age man said, “Someone is handing out Falun Gong fliers.” The man looked at us as we passed him from the stairs. We quickly exited the building. When I turned my head, I saw them talking and pointing their fingers at us. We sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to help us, and we managed to get home safely.

Half of the summer vacation had passed and I really wanted to go home. My mother introduced a fellow practitioner who studied psychology to share with me. Probably because she studied psychology, she was different from other practitioners. I opened my heart to her and shared a lot of things with her, including all of my inadequacies. For once I didn't feel shy or embarrassed when speaking about my attachments. Gradually, through her help, I was able to talk and share more in front of other practitioners. Because my grades were very poor, my mother asked a fellow practitioner (a university student) to tutor me. I practiced the exercises and studied the Fa in the morning and went for tutoring in the afternoon. At night, we all went out to save sentient beings. When we came back, I had to finish the assignment given by my tutor. During the entire summer vacation, I managed to practice all five sets of exercises every day, study one chapter of Zhuan Falun, send forth righteous thoughts, and I also finished reciting Zhuan Falun. I was able recite Zhuan Falun once when I was seven or eight. This was my second time reciting Zhuan Falun.

During the summer vacation, I normally went to bed after I finished sending forth-righteous thoughts at midnight, and woke at 6:00 a.m. I felt very good about myself and didn't feel tired at all. I thought my time was well spent. Unlike before, when my mind was always filled with video games when I studied the Fa, I was now was able to calm down during Fa study.

In the blink of an eye, summer vacation was over. The fellow practitioners in my summer class had to go back to college, and my school was about to begin, too. During the summer vacation, I greatly benefited from being around other young practitioners. I was previously easily bothered and had a hot-temper. The greatest change I saw in myself was that I now always used the standard of Dafa to gauge my behavior, and I looked inside. My grades had improved from ranking in 40th place, to currently ranking in 10th place. I also won a “Progress Award” because of this. I knew that Master was trying to encourage me to do better. I knew that I had to do better and not waste my precious time in the Internet café like I had before.

When I looked back, I felt very regretful for what I did. In fact, among other practitioners in the summer class, I had been practicing in Dafa the longest. My mother told me that she had been unable get pregnant before she practiced Dafa. She had me after she took up the practice. Thus, I had already obtained the Fa even when I was in my mother's womb. My mother started taking me to the practice site every day when I was one month old. I had spent my early years in a Dafa environment. Even when I was very little, Master had started looking after me. When I was two years old, I injured my head in aa motorcycle accident, and I was sent to a hospital where the doctor sewed nine stitches into me. If this had happened to an everyday person, it would have caused brain damage, and I possibly would not have survived the accident.

One day when I was very young, I fell down an escalator. But I didn't feel any pain or have any bumps. Think about it, the edges of an escalator are very sharp, but I wasn't hurt at all. Wasn't it a miracle?

I’ve had 14 years of experience in cultivating in Dafa. I used to be a very good kid, but after entering the fourth grade, the big dye vat of everyday human society polluted me. According to a fellow practitioner who had his celestial eye open, many young practitioners my age were were affected more severely than me when they were little. But they had now surpassed me in cultivation. During the summer vacation, I had changed a lot. Through Fa study and reciting the Fa, I had deepened my understanding of the Fa principles.

Master said in Zhuan Falun,

“We do not need to be concerned with everyday people, as they just want to be everyday people and find temporary relief. You, however, are a practitioner. Don’t you want to continually purify your body? If it is attached to your body, when will you be able to get rid of it? In addition, it also has a certain amount of energy. Some people will wonder: "Why does Falun allow it to come? Don’t we have Teacher’s fashen to safeguard us?" There is a principle in our universe: Nobody will intervene if you want something yourself. As long as it is what you want, nobody will intervene. My fashen will stop you and give you hints. If it finds out that you are always like that, it will no longer take care of you. How can one be forced to practice cultivation? You cannot be made or forced to practice cultivation. It is up to you to truly make progress. No one can do anything about it if you do not wish to upgrade yourself. You have been taught the principles and the Fa. Who can you blame if you still don’t want to upgrade yourself? With regard to what you want, both Falun and my fashen will not intervene—this is for sure.”

After I read the passage, Master awakened me. I know what I have to do in the future. I will seize the opportunity during this limited time to save more sentient beings.

3. Young Dafa Disciples Must Seize All Opportunities to Save Sentient Beings

One day, my mother asked me to deliver “A Letter to Middle School Students” to the eighth grade students in my class. I thought it was a good idea to validate the Fa, so we folded the letters and put them into envelops. At 9:00 p.m., when students got off school, I ran into the class, and with Master's strengthening, I delivered all the letters and got home safe. The next day, I saw that many students were reading the letter.

I will try my best to live by Master's standard in the future, and won't fall short of Master's expectation of me. I will also negate the old forces' arrangement, walk on the path arranged by Master and return home with Master.

Thank you Master for your compassionate salvation and care. I cannot put in words how much I am grateful to you.

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Minghui Fahui | Rescuing Fellow Practitioners and Cooperating Well with Each Other

December 01, 2012 |   By Jing Xin, a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I feel very fortunate to share my recent experiences and understandings here at the 9th China Fahui. Please point out anything inappropriate.

I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1994, and my husband subsequently also started practicing. During the past several years, I have been persecuted a number of times, including being detained in a forced labor camp and imprisoned in jail. I am very grateful for Master's compassionate care.

Last year, my husband was detained in a prison. I went there many times, but the prison officials wouldn't let me see him. Because many local practitioners had also been arrested, there weren't enough practitioners to do the rescue work. Although I had only recently been released myself and still had fear, I knew the situation was urgent. An elderly practitioner and I thus began to work on this.

Working Together to Rescue Fellow Practitioners

We needed to hire attorneys, but we had no experience in doing this. Master arranged for us to contact practitioners in another city, who were very helpful. They said, “We've had some experience doing this, and we will do our best to support you.” They contacted some attorneys for us, and with their encouragement, I hired one. They helped us work with the attorneys, send forth righteous thoughts at the prison, clarify the truth, and rescue the detained practitioners. Truth-clarification from the legal perspective is important in saving sentient beings. This is because the staff working in prisons, police departments, and the Procuratorate often consider themselves law-enforcers, but don't realize that by blindly following the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), they are actually breaking the law. When we interact with them through attorneys, we are helping them to realize that they are committing crimes, and helping them learn the right things to do.

The attorney first went with us to the prison, where officials denied our visit, saying, “Since the detainee's wife is also a Falun Gong practitioner, she is not allowed to visit.” We and the attorney refuted this from a legal perspective, but the officials still insisted on their stance. We then went to the district court and city court to appeal this, but both places said they didn't accept cases related to Falun Gong. We then went to the provincial capital, but were not allowed to enter the provincial court or Procuratorate. In the end, we went to the prison administration bureau and clarified the truth at the appeals office.

During this process, I asked myself why the progress was slow and what the problem was. I then remembered Master's words, “Wherever there's a problem, that is where you need to clarify the truth and save people.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference”, 2002) I realized that our truth-clarification efforts were not enough, and decided to contact the city court and district court again. A few days later, surprisingly, I received a phone call from the city where the prison is, asking to me to resubmit the case. After the fellow practitioner heard this, she said she would go with me again to that court and the prison to ask that the practitioners be released.

The next day, a practitioner in a nearby city told me that more than thirty local practitioners could go with us to help send forth righteous thoughts. I was surprised and asked how that could be possible. I learned that these practitioners—mainly retirees—have been helping rescue practitioners for years. They often went to places near the prison or detention centers to send forth righteous thoughts. When detained practitioners were released, they often went there to give support with righteous thoughts. On one occasion prison officials were hesitant. This group of practitioners stayed there and kept sending forth righteous until that practitioner was released. They had been doing this for years.

We first visited the district court. Two practitioners and I went inside to clarify the truth, while the other practitioners waited outside and sent forth righteous thoughts. After listening to our statements and understanding that the persecution of Falun Gong was immoral and illegal, the court staff were sympathetic and said, “We can request that the prison officials allow your visit since this is your legal right and is permitted by the law.” At around 11:30 a.m., we arrived at the city court. The staff were on a lunch break and we decided to wait until the office reopened at 1:30 p.m.. One practitioner said that if we waited there and then went to the prison in the afternoon, it would probably be after midnight when we returned home. Thinking that the practitioners had already sacrificed so much, I suggested not to wait any longer, but to go straight to the prison. Three cars had already left, but my car would not start. We looked within and realized that it was because we had not clarified the truth as we had planned. We contacted the drivers of the three cars that already left and the practitioners came back. We then sent forth righteous thoughts at the city court for more than an hour.

When the office reopened after lunch, we went inside to clarify the truth and send forth righteous thoughts. We then went to the prison, but none of the officers were available due to a meeting. So we went to the Procuratorate office inside the prison and asked to see my husband. After hearing the facts, the staff said, “You can directly go to the prison to make the request. If the officers deny your visit, then they are breaking the law.” We waited until 4:00 p.m., but their meeting was not over. We thus sent forth righteous thoughts for an hour outside the prison. The next day, we went to the prison again to see my husband. The guards checked with officers, and we were able to meet with my husband at 11:00 a.m. This was the first time we had visited with him since he had been detained there 14 months earlier.

Sending forth righteous thoughts is very important in doing the rescue work. One time, when a practitioner was scheduled to be released from that prison, only two practitioners and four family members came to pick him up. Several local practitioners and I gathered at a practitioner's home nearby to send forth righteous thoughts. We sent forth righteous thoughts for the entire morning, but the practitioner was still not released. I notified more practitioners about this, asking them to send forth righteous thoughts and submit this information to the Minghui website. We agreed to send forth righteous thoughts for one hour. When an hour had almost passed, some practitioners began experiencing leg pain and could not continue, so we took a break. We then began to play with a one-year-old child who came with us and forgot to send forth righteous thoughts. Seeing this, I got worried and reminded everyone, “Please remember to send forth righteous thoughts since the practitioner has not yet been released.” We thus continued sending forth righteous thoughts for 40 minutes, followed by a 10 minute break. We repeated this until the practitioner was released at 3:40 p.m. According to a practitioner whose celestial eye was open, Master shed tears throughout the process. Practitioners who picked up the released practitioner at the prison said that the weather was very harsh there with strong wind. We could see that a fierce battle was being waged in other dimensions.

There were also times when we did not do well. Once three other practitioners and I went to the district court to clarify the truth while four other practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts outside the building. The officer who talked with us was being severely interfered with. Although two of us sent forth righteous thoughts while the other two talked with him, he was frequently distracted by phone calls and other visitors. We wondered why sending forth righteous thoughts this time did not seem to work. Later, this officer had to leave due to other reasons. When we came out of the district court, we met the other four practitioners who had sent forth righteous thoughts there. Every one of them had a bag of herbs. I was almost in tears. How could they dig herbs from the ground while sending forth righteous thoughts? In other dimensions, the evil treated us as one body. Therefore, it was difficult to win the battle when part of our side did not do our work. In the beginning, I was hesitant to speak out and tell them my thoughts. Then, remembering to be responsible for other practitioners, I shared my understandings with them. They did not agree at first, but later accepted it once they considered what had happened from the standpoint of the Fa.

Rescuing Practitioners Is Everyone's Responsibility

I was there when another practitioner was released in that city. We sent forth righteous thoughts together and the practitioner walked out of the prison at 11:00 a.m. The practitioner went in at the age of 29 and came out at the age of 38. I was touched by this fact, and in my mind I was determined not to permit the evil to detain our fellow practitioners any longer. Before descending to the Three Realms, practitioners made vows to come here to save sentient beings, however the old forces kept them in prison and did not allow them to fulfill their prehistoric vows. This is indeed vicious and we cannot let it happen.

The persecution in that city has been rampant in recent years, and over the years, several practitioners have died as a result. We studied the Fa with practitioners in that city. We read “Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil” and exchanged our thoughts. We came to understand that disintegrating the prison in that city and rescuing detained practitioners is a task for all of us. Master said,

“As a result of the righteous thoughts that Dafa disciples have put into validating the Fa and saving the world's people, the complete dissolution of the evil beings and elements that play a negative role and persecute Dafa disciples is taking place. Right now, there are only a small number of evil, rotten demons, and they are being concentrated by the old forces in labor camps, jails, and other dark dens that are taking part in persecuting Dafa disciples. This has caused the evil's persecution to remain severe in certain, limited areas. In order to completely eliminate the persecution of Dafa disciples by the dark minions, rotten demons, and old forces, all Dafa disciples around the world--particularly the Dafa disciples in each region of mainland China--are to concertedly send righteous thoughts toward those evil places, thoroughly dissolving all evil beings and elements that persecute Dafa disciples, clearing away the evil circumstances under which Dafa disciples are persecuted in mainland China, and saving the world's people, [thereby] fulfilling the duties of a Dafa disciple and advancing toward godhood.” (“Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil” 2006)

Rescuing detained practitioners is a very important project. There are currently more than 100,000 practitioners detained in forced labor camps and prisons. We cannot let them wait in jail until Fa-rectification ends. They need to get out, save other sentient beings, and fulfill their prehistoric vows. We need to help them.

Cooperating With Each Other and Improving Together

In the beginning, very few local practitioners went to detention centers and prisons to send forth righteous thoughts. When I shared what practitioners in other cities had done, many practitioners decided to do so as well. Gradually more and more practitioners participated in this. Several practitioners saw that when we went to detention centers and prisons to send forth righteous thoughts, a big battle was being waged in other dimensions.

The evil is fearful when we cooperate as one body, so it always tries to create barriers between us by utilizing our human notions. Once when several of us went to that city, the driver started to complain about one of the coordinators as soon as we departed. The coordinator could not understand why this was happening, but she nonetheless did not argue back until the event was over. When we reviewed this later, she said, “If I had argued back at that time, the discussion would have continued and our group rescue effort might have been in vain.”

Another time when we went to a prison to clarify the truth, all of us criticized one practitioner for one sentence she had said, which caused her to become depressed. After coming back, we discussed this and realized that we should be tolerant of each other rather than critical. Otherwise, barriers will form among us and the one-body group effort will not be effective.

Only by eliminating human notions and letting go of ourselves could we do things well. In “Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.” Master said,

“Actually, did you know that those Great Enlightened Beings have a lot of things in the heavens that they too need to coordinate and discuss with each other?”

“So what's their state of mind? It's tolerance, an extremely immense tolerance, being able to accept other beings, and being able to truly think from other beings' perspectives. This is something a lot of you haven't achieved yet in your cultivation, but you're gradually catching on and achieving it. When another God proposes an idea, they aren't eager to reject it, and they aren't eager to express their own ideas and they don't believe that their own ideas are good. Instead, they look at what the end result of the other God's proposed approach will be. The paths are different--everyone's path is different--and the truths that beings validate and enlighten to in the Fa are different, too, but the results might very well be the same. That's why they look at the results, and if the result of a God's idea can achieve the goal, if it can truly achieve it, then all of them will go along with it. That's how Gods think. Also, if there's something lacking in it they'll unconditionally and quietly supplement it to make things more complete and perfect. That's how they handle things.”

Through Fa-study and working together as a group, we have made significant progress during the past several months. One prison political officer used to do everything he could to humiliate our attorneys. Later he was less active and moved to another position. Once when I met with him, he said, “Please do not come to me anymore. It was too much for me and I've already moved to another position.” Nonetheless, there are still many people who do not yet know the truth, and we have to work harder. When working with practitioners in other regions, we found that they also improved significantly, and we worked together as one body.

I also had another understanding during the past several months. When encountering difficulty in the past, I tended to avoid it, especially when I was attached to comfort. Through working with others to rescue detained practitioners, I had a better understanding of Master's words in “Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005,”

“So whether it is good things or bad things you run into, so long as you cultivate in Dafa, they are all positive, to be sure.”

I hope we can all become more rational and more mature. Thank you, Master. Thank you, fellow practitioners.

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Minghui Fahui| The Path of Validating the Fa Becomes Broader When We Harmonize What Master Requires

December 01, 2012 |   By a Dafa disciple in China

(Minghui.org) After seriously reflecting and looking inward, I realized my fundamental problem: I had a gap in studying the Fa, looking inward and cultivating myself solidly. I became determined to study the Fa well and cultivate myself solidly and step out of the shadow of this persecution. I began to adjust my state of mind and study the Fa diligently.

--From the author

I was fortunate to obtain the Fa in early 1996. I have walked through difficulties and setbacks on the path of Fa-rectification cultivation. Here, I would like to report my cultivation experience to Master and fellow practitioners.

Stepping out of the shadow of persecution and witnessing the power of Dafa

In 2004, I was imprisoned in forced labor camps three times and detained four times. I was physically and mentally exhausted due to the brutality of the persecution and lost my way. The last time I was released from a forced labor camp, I was in a daze and did not know how to walk the path ahead of me. In my unstable cultivation state, I was influenced by former practitioners who had “enlightened” along a deviated path to make a big mistake. After waking up, I realized the severity of this problem and deeply understood that cultivation is very serious. If I take a wrong step because one thought is not right, I may be led down an evil path and be destroyed.

I calmed down and started to think and reflect on the path that I had walked. How did I step onto the wrong path? Why did I fall repeatedly every time I came to the same place? I started digging out my fundamental attachment and seriously questioned and examined myself, starting from my first thoughts when I had come into Dafa. Eventually, I found that I had many attachments, including attachment of self-validation. But, the most fundamental reason was my lack of studying the Fa and solid cultivation.

When I cannot study the Fa with a calm mind, I'm unable to be elevated by the Fa. Thus, I walked the wrong path when undergoing tribulations. It was even worse when it came to solid cultivation. I used human notions to treat the Fa and this tribulation, and unconsciously used the mentality and concepts formed from the Communist Party culture to treat issues in the sacred cultivation. When this happened, it was difficult to correct my mistakes because I was unaware of my mistake.

After seriously reflecting and looking inward, I realized my fundamental problem: I had a gap in studying the Fa, looking inward and cultivating myself solidly. I became determined to study the Fa well and cultivate myself solidly and step out of the shadow of this persecution. I began to adjust my state of mind and study the Fa diligently. However, as soon as I studied the Fa, I encountered big interference. I had interference of sleepiness when I picked up Zhuan Falun and sometimes I would even fall asleep. Master gave me quite a few hints and I became worried. I was unable to control myself and sending forth righteous thoughts had little effect. After I saw the articles by fellow practitioners on Minghui.org mentioning the miraculous effect of memorizing the Fa, I decided to memorize the Fa. It was very difficult in the beginning as I could not remember a sentence even after repeating it over and over again.

I recalled Master what said in Zhuan Falun,

“When it’s difficult to endure, you can endure it. When it’s impossible to do, you can do it.”

I thought that no matter how difficult it was, I must memorize the Fa and I would never give up. Hence, I memorized one sentence by one sentence and gradually I began to memorize faster. Moreover, I was surprised that although memorizing the Fa progressed slowly, in the process I often enlightened to the Fa principles.

When I finally finished memorizing Zhuan Falun the first time, I found that I had changed completely. I suddenly understood many questions that I had been confused about before and my heart immediately lightened. I now understood the importance of studying the Fa even more. I began to memorize Zhuan Falun for the second time and continued to memorize it over and over again. The more I memorized, the more steadfast and steady I felt. Now I've lost count of how many times I have memorized the Fa.

When memorizing the Fa, I often keep in mind that I must cultivate myself solidly while at the same time, follow Master's requirement of measuring everything against the Fa to evaluate my every single thought.

Master said:

“Study the Fa and gain the Fa,
Focus on how you study and cultivate,
Let each and every thing
be measured against the Fa.
Only then, with that,
is it actually cultivation.”
(“Solid Cultivation” in Hong Yin)

I always keep in mind these words of Master.

When I was young, I read many books singing the praises of the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP); thus, much of the Party's ideology was indoctrinated in my mind. After reading the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, my mind felt blank. I felt as though I did not know how to speak or write anymore and was unable to communicate with others; this went on for a long period of time. It was only after I persisted in writing an article that exposed the evil that I gradually regained normal thinking. It is unimaginable how many of the regime's things were indoctrinated in my mind and how deeply poisoned I was by it! It was not easy to eliminate those unrighteous, wicked and evil things from my mind.

When I studied and memorized “Buddha Nature” in Zhuan Falun (Volume II), Master gave me guidance, allowing me to understand better. Although I was indoctrinated by many of the evil Party's postnatal concepts and bad thoughts, which increased the difficulty of my cultivation, my true nature had not been touched, it was only buried. Once I became aware of this, I began to constantly pay attention to every thought that emerged. I would use the Fa to evaluate my thoughts and if they did not meet the requirements of Dafa, I would immediately eliminate them. I did not allow them to stay in my mind. While eliminating them, I strengthened my righteous thoughts and main consciousness at the same time. During the process of doing so, I truly enlightened that the Fa taught by Master is the truth, the true Fa that guides cultivation. By truly believing in Dafa and complying with its requirements, one can witness the might and extraordinary nature of Dafa.

I have experienced many examples of this in the process of solid cultivation. Here, I would like to share one. I was persecuted harshly by the CCP and nearly lost my life. After being released from detention, my mind was imprinted with the scenes of what I had been subjected to there. Whenever I saw police cars or police on the streets, my mind reacted and I began to have a series of thoughts. If there was any sign of trouble, my mind would start to think of how to deal with it, etc. In addition to having deep remorse for not doing well and feeling ashamed in front of Master, I felt as though I was being pressed down by extremely heavy stones and often unconsciously sighed in despair. This greatly affected my doing the three things well. Through studying the Fa, I realized that this was not what Master wanted. This persecution was arranged by the old forces and the real purpose of their interference is to destroy Dafa disciples' righteous thoughts so as to achieve their selfish purpose. This can never be acknowledged. Master mentioned numerous times in the lectures that we should not acknowledge this persecution and we oppose all persecution.

After I studied the Fa, I understood that I should not wait to oppose the persecution only after it has occurred. Instead, I must eliminate every single thought about the persecution that surfaced in my mind. After establishing this righteous thought, I removed any direct or indirect thoughts that might acknowledge the persecution and eliminated all those thoughts that did not meet the requirements of the Fa. Hence, these unrighteous thoughts had no conditions to exist in my mind.

Although it's easy to say it, it's difficult to do it. During the process of cultivating these bad thoughts away, I truly felt that they are live beings capable of changing their tricks to increase the persecution. For example, when a practitioner reads a sharing about opposing the persecution in the detention place , he or she might think, “What would I do if I encountered this situation? How would I answer the police officer's questions if I were the practitioner who was arrested?” etc. If one imagines problems by placing himself in the position of being persecuted and does not eliminate these thoughts, it would equate to accepting it. If one has human notions, the evil factors will take advantage of it. In the beginning, this invisible contest was very intense, but I did not let up and persevered in eliminating these thoughts. Gradually, they became lesser and lesser. Sometimes when I felt that a thought was not right, I would send the word Mie (eliminate) out and the thought would be destroyed. Sometimes when righteous thoughts arose, I could feel that something was immediately taken away by Master in an instant. It was really magical.

Master said:

“In fact, let me tell everyone that matter and mind are one thing.” (Zhuan Falun)

“For a practitioner, one’s mind-intent dictates supernormal abilities to do things. For an everyday person, one’s mind-intent directs the four limbs and the sensory organs to work, just like the production office in a factory: The director’s office issues orders to each department of specific functions to carry out duties. It is also like the military headquarters: The commander’s office gives the order and directs the entire army to carry out a mission.” (Zhuan Falun)

Master clearly explained the Fa principles on how Dafa disciples should use righteous thoughts to eliminate evil. When I cultivated solidly, I was able to truly enlighten to deeper meanings of the Fa.

As I began to constantly cultivate myself solidly, my xinxing also elevated and improved. As I look inward and eliminate attachments whenever I encounter conflicts, my mind becomes more peaceful and my righteous thoughts get stronger; thus, I am completely unaffected if I am faced with issues.

Walking the path arranged by Master

During these few years, I have been involved in local Dafa work such as coordination and helping with technical things and truth-clarification material production sites. I established a material production site at my home and I could operate it independently from the beginning. However, at that time I relied on supplies from a large materials production site. Soon, the big site was in trouble; almost all of the practitioners who were involved were arrested. Suddenly, the local projects of validating the Fa nearly came to a standstill. Afterward, several incidents of persecution also occurred in our area. Faced with these circumstances, I was very anxious.

Because some people knew that I was able to produce materials, they came to me for them. More people then heard about it, and they also wanted to come and get materials. Due to the need, I wished that more practitioners would be willing to establish family-run materials production sites. During that period, there was an earthquake. I was producing the materials at home. The aftershock caused the building to shake but the printer continued to work. I knew that Master was beside me and protecting me, hence at no point was I afraid.

When the thought of hoping to establish more family-run material production sites emerged, Master helped me. Some practitioners came to ask me about it. I presented my idea to them and encouraged them to produce their own materials. I undertook the responsibility of guiding the technical aspects and teaching others while learning myself. Practitioners began to buy computers, printers and CD burners, as well as learning the techniques. Thus, one after another, material production sites were established. Local practitioners then distributed the materials they made. Those who were temporarily not able to produce the materials were still able to surf Minghui and read articles online.

In the past, when a local practitioner was arrested or pressured by the regime's agents, he wasn't able to withstand the persecution and betrayed other practitioners due to fear. Now, many of us have reduced the attachment of fear, and with coordination between practitioners, the evil is not able to find any loopholes. As a result, large-scale persecution now rarely occurs in our area. The few practitioners who were persecuted recently did not reveal other practitioners' information.

My understanding is that as long as we follow Master's requirements, use the Fa to evaluate ourselves and believe in Master and Dafa, our path of cultivation would become broader and wider. If we follow the old forces' arrangements, we would suffer setbacks and feel that there is no path ahead of us.

Helping former practitioners return to Dafa and progress with diligence

Our compassionate Master has always been very concerned about practitioners who have fallen behind and has instructed disciples numerous times to help former practitioners return to Dafa. I was able to return to Dafa because fellow practitioners reached out to me. Thus, I hope that those practitioners who are still lost return to Dafa cultivation. I spent a lot of effort going around to help former practitioners, writing letters to them or personally visiting them. Some have returned to Dafa and I was very touched and truly happy for them.

There was a former practitioner who had “enlightened” along a deviant path ten years ago. I finally found him, but he did not want to meet with me and later I lost contact with him. A few years ago, by chance, I learned that he was working near my home. I immediately went to find him, but he was still in the state of following a wicked path. However, he did not reject the Shen Yun Performing Arts DVD I gave him and this time did not refuse to meet me. Later, a few practitioners and I met with him a few times. Although he did not accept what we said, he did not refuse the things we gave him. Thus, we were able to keep meeting with him.

One day he came over and, after saying a few words, stood up and said that he did not wish to be in contact with us anymore. He had read the Nine Commentaries and many truth-clarifying materials but still insisted on his own understanding. As he was leaving, I quickly went to the door, caught his arm and said: “Don't go. Although we haven't talked things over yet, maybe it was because I was too anxious for you to understand the truth and did not take into account whether you could accept it. This is my fault, but we care for you and it's not easy for us to come together. I hope that you can come to my place frequently, and I believe that we will definitely be able to talk together.” As I spoke, my tears ran down and he was very touched. He took the books and discs I gave him and said that he would look at them when he returned home.

Other practitioners and I continued to talk to him. At last, he finally understood the truth. He quit the evil CCP and its affiliated organizations and declared his intention to resume cultivation. At the same time, his mother also returned to Dafa. Initially, we did not know that his mother had also obtained the Fa prior to the persecution but then stopped practicing. In order to help them catch up as soon as possible, we set up a Fa-study group at his house. We kept in contact for a few years, and these two practitioners improved quickly. They are now able to take the initiative and do the three things. This year, when his factory manager's son got married, the practitioner brought many copies of Shen Yun DVDs to the wedding and handed them out to all of the people there. He also clarified the truth to his factory manager and the chairman of the workers' union. His mother went through a few tests of sickness karma after studying the Fa but was able to overcome them.

One practitioner had experienced serious sickness karma and could not eat anymore, but his firm belief in Dafa touched people. Eventually, however, he drifted away from Dafa. Through his mother, also a practitioner, we arranged to study the Fa at their house, to help establish a Fa-study group for them and other local practitioners.

For those practitioners who have fallen behind, though perseverance and patience are required, we must also put ourselves in their shoes. Only if we are truly sincere can we untie the knots in their hearts and minds. However, some of the knots are difficult to untie. There are a few practitioners in other places who were persecuted seriously. Afterward, they turned to Buddhism one after another. In order to help them return to Dafa, I wrote to them many times and personally went to meet them several times. As it is inconvenient to meet often, I have yet to help them to return. But, I have not given up on them and have written to them recently, hoping that they will return to Dafa.

When I first went to meet one of the former practitioners, I could clearly feel the evil beings panic in another dimension. At that time, while I was waiting for the train at the train station, I felt the evil trying to stop me from going by trying to stop me from finding the platform and I wasn't able to get through on the telephone. I started to send forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen me. Instantly, I felt those evil beings disappear and I was then able to meet the former practitioner. When I reached her place, I saw that she had another former practitioner there. When the other former practitioner saw me, she said that she felt uncomfortable.

When she spoke, I saw that something was controlling her; her expression became very fierce and I knew it wasn't her true self. As I sent forth righteous thoughts, I told the thing that was controlling that former practitioner, “Do not speak, just listen to me!” At once, the woman became relaxed and did not say anything. That day, I talked a lot and they both listened earnestly. The next day, they had to go to work, so they asked me to come back the following week. When I came there again, however, the former practitioner who owned the home said that she was very busy and had no time for me. I felt very regretful for not being able to help her return to Dafa.

Master requires us not to leave behind a single disciple, but we have not done enough. It is very unfortunate when one does not oppose the old forces and does not return to Dafa after walking the wrong path. The old forces will create a partition, causing such a person to walk farther and farther away from Dafa and preventing him or her from coming back. When I think of what Master has endured for disciples and sentient beings, and also those people who were destroyed, I feel very sad.

I hope that my experience sharing will help fellow practitioners to pay attention to this matter, not give up on former practitioners and those sentient beings who can be saved, and be responsible to them. Saving one person may result in saving many more sentient beings, while giving up on a person may cause many lives to be lost. I hope that those practitioners who have fallen behind are able to read this article and not give up on themselves, and quickly return to Dafa.

When I recall my Fa-rectification cultivation journey of more than a decade that includes many falls, I know these are all good things. Every step of the way, our great Master compassionately cares for us. We are cultivating the Great Law of the cosmos; thus, all bad things can be turned into good things.

If there is anything inappropriate, please kindly point it out.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

From the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

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Minghui Fahui | Completely Negating the Old Forces' Arrangements and Creating Our Own Cultivation Environment

December 02, 2012 |   By a Dafa practitioner in Northwestern China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, Compassionate Great Master!

Greetings, fellow practitioners!

When the deadline for submitting an article to the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org approached, I felt I had nothing in particular to write about. But when I read Minghui's notice urging practitioners to submit articles, I was anxious and I wept. I looked inward and found that it was not because I had nothing to write about; instead I didn't take it seriously. I did not realize that this is an overall coordination among Dafa practitioners in China and it was a rare opportunity for improvement. Recognizing this, I shared my thoughts with our local coordinators. We felt we needed to write our experiences and lessons learned from the last several years of validating the Fa and report to Master and share with fellow practitioners. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.

1. Resisting Persecution by the Old Forces Without Understanding Fa Principles

When the persecution started in 1999, our area lost its overall cultivation environment. Practitioners could only do their own things and didn't cooperate as a whole. Some practitioners did things not according to the Fa. Some practitioners even gathered accomplices to form factions, and many of them had conflicts with each other, found others' inadequacies and argued endlessly. The attachments of showing off, doing things and validating oneself all came out, and we lost valuable time and energy. Wide gaps existed among practitioners. Most practitioners did not look inward and thus the old forces were able to take advantage of the loopholes, causing many practitioners to be persecuted.

From 2008 to 2009, many practitioners suffered severe persecution. Forty-seven practitioners were arrested and eight or nine material production points were destroyed. It brought damage to Dafa, practitioners, their families, and sentient beings. Facing this situation, we began to study the Fa together and share experiences. We realized we had to cooperate as a whole, negate the old forces' arrangements, walk on the path arranged by Master, resist the persecution, and rescue fellow practitioners. After that, we went to the families of arrested practitioners to clarify the truth to them and ask them to cooperate with practitioners to demand the release of practitioners. Practitioners also sent forth righteous thoughts in close proximity.

Some practitioners' families were afraid of their loved ones being persecuted inside the detention center and thus wanted to pay to get them out. We asked them: Could you really afford it? Even if you got them back, the evil perpetrators would arrest them again after a period of time. They would ask for more money the next time. There are a lot of such examples. When you do such a thing, you are encouraging them and they will be full of enthusiasm to arrest more practitioners, as it is easy money for them. Aren't you helping them persecute Dafa practitioners? When the family members understood, they took the initiative to cooperate with practitioners. Since then, our area has not given the evil perpetrators a penny, and even the money they took was returned.

When each practitioner was arrested, we posted flyers to expose it with a photo of the practitioner to prove its authenticity. We put up large numbers of sticker posters and people said, "Falun Gong newspapers are posted everywhere. This man was a civil servant and yet he was arrested." Every time we brought practitioners' families to demand the release of practitioners, we recorded what the police said, what harm was caused to the families, and the number of times they were persecuted. We also mentioned the changes in physical and mental states of the practitioner before and after practicing Dafa. We wrote in fine detail and sent these records to the Minghui website. For more severe cases, we sent information to the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong.

In the process of rescuing fellow practitioners, we mainly focused on saving sentient beings. We disregarded their social status and type of job; we would clarify the truth to them as long as we could contact them. I felt that we lack the opportunities to clarify the truth to mainstream society. When a practitioner asked Master in a Fa conference regarding hiring righteous lawyers as a means of taking legal action. Master answered,

"Hiring an attorney and making a defense in court can itself thus serve to save people. Whoever attends the court hearing, be it someone sent by the wicked CCP or an ordinary citizen, is going to hear the facts clarified when presented with the lawyers' just reasoning. Doesn't it serve to bring out the goodness in such people? Some judges have fallen silent as they listened, hanging their heads. And some police have even had admiration afterwards, saying things like, "Well said!" when they left the courthouse. That meant that these people's goodness was awakened. What is it that the evil fears? Isn't it exactly this that they fear? That's why I think that hiring lawyers is necessary." ("Fa Teaching Given at the Fa Conference Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Minghui Website’s Founding")

Through sharing, we agreed that we should hire attorneys to make a "not-guilty" plea for practitioners. With that thought, Master blessed us. We soon were in touch with lawyers in Beijing. But they said they were busy with a case at hand that needed to be finished. They asked whether the case could be postponed one extra day. What happened next was that the local court had decided to open the session three days later. We sought Master's blessings and practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts continuously for 24 hours. Through negotiation, the court agreed to postpone the day of the hearing. The lawyer arrived after 11 p.m. the night before the hearing.

At 7:30 a.m. on September 10, 2009, the lawyer went to the court and did not have time to prepare for the case. The court offered to delay for one hour. When we heard the news, we almost shed tears. Master had arranged everything and we just ran the errands. There were over 100 practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts close by. One of the practitioners thought that it would be nice if she could send forth righteous thoughts on the roof! With that thought, she went to the top of the building. She saw various sizes of Faluns rotating around the court.

The court opened the session at exactly at 10 a.m. Two lawyers sat in the defense gallery. There were over 100 people sitting in the gallery. Five Dafa practitioners were presented as well as the unit leaders, colleagues, and family members of the accused practitioners, along with legal professors and observers. When the lawyer said, "My clients are innocent and the defendant should be released immediately," voices of "release the defendants!" echoed through the court room. The guards immediately stopped it. The court ended the trial hastily. When a prosecutor walked by the door, he spoke to a practitioner, "So-and-so Dafa practitioner has hired these two lawyers. How wonderful!" After listening to the defense counsel's arguments, the family members now know that practicing Falun Gong doesn't break any law! This matter spread widely from the city to rural areas. It caused a strong shockwave. People were talking about it, "The lawyers from Beijing said practicing Falun Gong did not break the law. Why do police still arrest them. Don't they have anything else to do!"

What we had done reflected our realm at the time. We had put forth our greatest efforts and felt some "achievement." Other practitioners also felt what we had accomplished was alright, and did not recognize the inadequacy from the Fa standpoint. We were always busy round and round and had to squeeze in time to study the Fa and do the exercises. It was really like fighting a fire here today and another one the next day. We had no idle time. During those two years, we were busy going to the public security bureau, detention centers, the court, and prison. In fact, due to a lack of understanding the Fa principles, what we did had been resisting persecution from the old forces.

2. Completely Negate the Old Forces' Arrangements and Create the Work Environment

We began to study the Fa peacefully. Master said,

"When you encounter ordeals during your cultivation, you have got to cultivate yourself and look at yourself--that doesn't mean acknowledging the ordeals arranged by the old forces and trying to do well amidst the ordeals they've arranged, that's not the case. We negate even the very emergence of the old forces and everything that they've arranged; we don't even acknowledge their existence. We're fundamentally negating all of their things, and all of, and only, the things you do while negating and getting rid of them is mighty-virtue. It's not that you're cultivating amidst the ordeals they created. Rather, you are to walk your own path well while not acknowledging them, not even acknowledging the elimination of their ordeals' manifestations." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference")

Master also said clearly,

"Let me tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples are due to our students themselves. Students who haven't taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil in the dimensions that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been eliminated. That's the cause." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.")

Through studying the Fa and sharing, we recognized that we could not just be led by the old forces. We had to take the initiative to eliminate the evil elements in other dimensions, so that evil forces could not persecute practitioners in the human dimension. We arranged to send forth righteous thoughts throughout the 24 hours of each day for almost six months. We divided into four groups, and every day at least four or five practitioners went to the public security bureau, public security branch office, the Procuratorate, the court, detention center, the 610 Office, Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and Municipal Party Committee to send forth righteous thoughts in close range, regardless of whether it was raining, cold or hot. We encouraged each other. Practitioners were aware of the necessity and importance of sending forth righteous thoughts. Once receiving the notice, we sent forth righteous thoughts on a 24-hour basis, regardless of how far we were or whether it was day or night. We all dutifully did whatever we needed to do.

For the last three years, because of our focus on studying the Fa, emphasizing sending forth righteous thoughts, and cooperating as a whole, our cultivation environment has become better and better. More people understand the truth and the persecution of practitioners has been reduced. Many local people have understood the truth and quit the CCP. Fellow practitioners have unremittingly clarified the truth in the mountain areas or at the city junction without any regrets or complaint. Some police officers even protected practitioners quietly.

More practitioners came out to join us and we worked as a whole body. Once, nine practitioners from the neighboring city went to a remote mountainous area to clarify the truth and were arrested. The morning we heard the news, we immediately notified every practitioner to send forth righteous thoughts. Twelve practitioners drove in two cars to the local police station located about 50 miles away and arrived there before 8 a.m. We braved the rain and sent forth righteous thoughts for the entire day.

The next day, we heard that a male practitioner was detained in a local detention center. We sent forth righteous thoughts every day near the detention center. A few days later, the practitioner was able to leave. While eight other practitioners were in the detention center, we sent forth righteous thoughts at close range. Some practitioners went there at around 5 or 6 a.m. and left for work at 8. Some practitioners went without having lunch, some brought their lunch, or ate at a local shop. We persisted until most of the practitioners were released. Regrettably, three practitioners were sentenced to one year of forced labor.

In pace with studying the Fa and looking inward, practitioners became more forgiving, were considerate of others, and cultivated themselves. Criticizing or complaining among practitioners had reduced. Practitioners recognized that accusations, complaints, and self validation were all acts of looking outward, cultivating others, creating karma, and hurting themselves and others. Selfishness is the fundamental characteristic of the old universe. The old forces just want to change others but not themselves. If we do not get rid of these attachments, are we any different from the old forces?

When we saw practitioners in some areas had suffered great losses due to lack of coordination and were unable to work as a whole body, we felt deep regret. We thus focused on these things in our region. Brought along by a coordinator, we sat down to share our own understandings and had a frank and sincere sharing and were able to reach a consensus and work together.

The Fa-rectification is in its final stage. We are determined to do a good job and be worthy of being Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification period.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Architect Seizes Time to Clarify Truth

December 02, 2012 |   By Ziwei, a practitioner from Liaoning

(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I'm an architect. There are three people in our family. My son is in middle school. Since I need to work in my office eight hour a day, I maximize my time to clarify the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution when I go to and from my job, at the lunch hour, and on the weekends.

1. Clarifying the Truth to and from Work

I ride a few stops on a bus to get to my job. I save people while waiting for the bus or walking on the street. I often meet predestined people that I give Shen Yun DVDs to or tell about Falun Gong and the persecution.

Once, I met a street cleaner on my way to work. I wanted to give him truth-clarification materials. Who would have thought that he would run away and jump over the railing separating the sidewalk from the road without looking. He yelled, “I don't like Falun Gong!”

Master said,

“In whatever you do you should carry it through to the end, do it well, and if you intend to save someone, then go ahead and save him. When someone is placed before you, there isn’t a choice—you’re wrong if you become selective in terms of saving people.” (“What is a Dafa Disciple, Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 New York Fa Conference”)

Reading this, I realized that I shouldn't be moved by his attitude. I knew I would see him again as he always swept that street. Every time I saw him, I sent righteous thoughts to clean out the evil factors keeping him from learning the truth about Falun Gong. At first, he wasn't friendly and just turned his head as soon as he saw me. Later on, I greeted him like an old friend and smiled. I said, “Fancy seeing you here again!” This time he didn't avoid me and acknowledged me with a grunt. Once I sent righteous thoughts while gazing at his back. Fortunately, he turned around and our eyes met. I smiled and nodded my head. He smiled at me kindly.

On a summer day at noon, I saw him relaxing in the cool shade of a tree. I walked over, said hello, and chatted with him a bit. He said he didn't believe in anything and that life was about bearing hardship. He went to the countryside and then returned to the city to work in a factory. He was laid off. Now he swept the street. His pension was postponed for five years. I said, “Isn't this the result of actions by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?” I discussed news with him and that the CCP was harvesting organs from living people. He cursed the CCP.

I told him that Falun Gong teaches the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance which uphold morality. “Divine beings will protect you in the face of natural and man-made calamities if you follow this principle and disassociate yourself from the CCP.” He said, “I can accept Truthfulness and Compassion, but I can't wrap my mind around Forbearance.” I explained my understanding from the perspective of my family life. I took a step back when a conflict arose between my husband's family and me regarding the house. At that time we needed to rent a place, but now we have our own home. We have a harmonious relationship and home environment. He said, “This Forbearance is also good! This belief is good.”

He asked, “Some older women have also asked me to withdraw from the CCP. You are well educated. Why do you tell me the same thing?” I told him that there isn't a conflict between science and religion. Great scientists believed in God. He said he wasn't a member of and didn't believe in the CCP. He had not been a member of the CCP's youth organizations for a long time and didn't understand the need to withdraw from them. He thanked me for explaining so much. I had to leave for work. I said, “We'll talk next time. Take your time. You'll definitely understand.” I deeply pondered what was holding him back. I thought it was his belief in atheism. He didn't understand the significance of pledging his life to the CCP that he had made as a youth, nor the need to withdraw that pledge.

Soon after, with the wisdom that Dafa bestowed on me, I successfully passed a specialized technical exam that was quite difficult. My salary was increased hundreds of thousands of yuan every year. My colleagues insisted that we should celebrate with sweets. I went to the supermarket and bought chocolate for everyone. On the way back I bumped into the street cleaner. He ran over and said hello. I offered him some chocolate. He was very happy for me. I said, “The CCP has deceived you, and you don't dare to believe in anything, yet you still believe in the atheism promulgated by the CCP. This is very unfortunate for you. Many practitioners have told you the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution because we value life. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, eminent or humble, all life is precious. Don't belittle yourself. It doesn't cost anything to remove the vow that you made to the CCP and it is the best life insurance that you can get. You must cherish your life! Even if you don't believe in God, you know that the CCP is harvesting organs from living people. From the perspective of saving yourself or based on your own conscience, you should separate yourself from the CCP. Our fear is that disaster will befall you when heaven destroys the CCP.” He told me that his surname was Wang. He had been a member of the Young Pioneers, one of the CCP youth organizations, and he agreed to withdraw from it. I helped him find an alias. He laughed and was very happy. I was also very happy for him, that this precious life had finally been saved.

2. Saving Beings on My Lunch Hour

I try to live according to the principles of Falun Dafa. I am responsible at work. I have mastered specialized knowledge in my field of study. I help others. Our work is busy and seasonal, for instance, in the spring. When a project was assigned, I usually gave the younger colleagues a chance to accumulate experience and let them to do what they were capable of. I did what they weren't able to. Finally, I helped them review the whole project. This way they were able to do the job and earn a bigger bonus. They were very happy. My basic wage is adequate, so if I earn a smaller bonus it doesn't matter to me. This way I have more time to save sentient beings.

I have a little over an hour at lunch time. I learned how to use a smartphone to send group MMS messages. With this, I increased the range within which I can clarify the truth. At lunch, I go on a bus and send truth-clarification messages by alternately using a few telephone cards. I use this method for security reasons so the text messages can't be traced back to the sender. I'm able to send messages for 15 minutes with four cards and then I take the battery out of the cell phone, also for security purposes. I then look for a residential building to deliver or to post truth-clarification materials and posters. There is not much time left when I'm finished. I take the bus back to my office. I pick up a quick bite to eat at the office. There is little time at the noon break, but I use it fully.

I often write truth-clarification letters. I will mail a letter when I find a post office while I'm on the bus sending MMS messages. At the next post office that I find, I will mail another letter. It's easy for me to search the Internet for contact information, address envelopes, and add postage stamps while I'm at work. I print truth-clarification letters and burn CDs with specialized truth-clarification information at home in the evening.

I write letters to the people I work with, their families, my former schoolmates, my son's teachers, his classmates and their families, and others. Every day I search for new information on the Minghui website and gather information from the Internet. I want my son's teacher to know the truth, but my son said, “I don't know my teacher's name!” I said, “As long as you have the desire to know it, Master will arrange an opportunity to let you know.” Soon, my son came home from school and mysteriously said, “Mama, I have a present for you! Today my teacher wrote on the blackboard the names of the teachers in every class. I copied them carefully!”

My son is a good math student and his classmates often call him for help. He provided me with their phone numbers so that their families could be saved. He also gathered the phone numbers of the teachers who teach his supplemental classes as well as others, so that I could reach these people with predestined relationships and they could understand the truth as soon as possible.

3. Letting Go of the Attachment to Dependency

I let go of my attachment to dependency in the process of sending MMS text messages. I relied on another practitioner to buy me telephone cards. I thought the kind of phone card that she bought was really convenient and easy to use. It cost several thousand yuan. She was in a dangerous situation and could no longer buy it for me.

I realigned my thinking. If every practitioner relies on one person, doesn't it create a bottleneck and leave a gap for the CCP to take advantage of and to persecute that person? This truth-clarification project needed to continue, so I went to a few places to buy cards. I was surprised to find a card that was really easy to use and could send many more messages than the original card. We nicknamed the new card, “divine” card. It was unbelievable how many text messages it was capable of sending. I measured it many times, and it truly sent that many messages and they were received as well. This way I didn't have to wait or rely on others. I let go of the attachment to dependency. I travelled my own path of cultivation.

4. Shaking Off the Attachment to Comfort

Life has become more and more comfortable with the improvement in the environment. The attachment to comfort grew rampantly without my being aware of it. I read a practitioner's sharing on Minghui. He said that some practitioners' beds were possessed by Futi [Spirit or Animal Possession]. It manifested in not being able to get up to do the exercises, falling down, and then falling asleep while sending righteous thoughts, and finding it painful to wake up. I became alert to detect a similar state in myself. Sometimes my alarm didn't go off. I immediately sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. At the same time I realized that it was the attachment to comfort that left a gap for the evil to interfere.

I didn't go to bed before midnight and then it was impossible to fall sleep. The alarm went off with a deafening sound at 3:50 a.m. and I immediately got up. I was worried that I had disturbed my family's sleep but they said they didn't hear the alarm. It wasn't painful to wake up.

I was on time to practice the exercises after letting go of the attachment to comfort. I sent righteous thoughts at the designated times. How can we practice cultivation comfortably? Furthermore, it is difficult to make up the exercises when we miss them.

In addition to practicing the exercises, studying the Fa, clarifying the truth, and being diligent at work, practitioners have to take care of their families as well and can't fear any aspect of hardship. For example, before, I lacked patience when helping my son with his homework. I thought it was a nuisance and wasted my time. The pressure on students in China is enormous. Many teachers' bonuses are linked to their students' grades, so they give them a lot of homework and assignments. The students regularly stay up until midnight to complete them. I sometimes help my son plan out his literary compositions and English essays since the pressure is so intense. This way I can be sure that his essays include positive content and can guide the human heart towards goodness. This is beneficial for being able to receive the truth. His teacher and classmates will be touched by his essays when they read them. My son can complete his homework earlier and this will give him more time to study the Fa and memorize Master's poems.

Practitioners who work should utilize the time waiting for or riding on the bus or train, walking on the street, or waiting for the elevator, to recite the Fa from memory. The results are good and avoids wasting time and having a muddled thought process. Don't disregard these moments: grasp the time and you can recite a paragraph of Fa. The Fa will automatically be reflected into your consciousness when encountering situations that challenge your xinxing, and it will be easy to maintain your xinxing. Furthermore, clarifying the truth and distributing Shen Yun DVDs will go smoothly when the Fa has been studied well and we have looked inward. All we need to do is approach people and they will express their heartfelt gratitude.

5. Don't Disappoint Sentient Beings

I've discovered that more and more people understand the truth and have great respect for Falun Dafa and Dafa disciples when I clarify the truth. One day I met an elderly man on the commuter bus. We stood together and I started to tell him the facts, but he said that others already had. He said he believed in Buddha before and now recites every afternoon the nine auspicious Chinese characters that mean, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He said, “The moral standard of practitioners is very high. The people who offer me a seat on the bus are Falun Gong practitioners!” I gave him a Shen Yun DVD. He was very happy and said he would ask his son play it for him on the computer.

I gave copies of the 2012 special edition of the Minghui Weekly to a gathering of a group of my friends. They all expressed the desire to take it home and read it. One gentleman said that he recognized the touching story of a Dafa disciple. This practitioner lived frugally and devoted his salary to clarifying the truth during the time of the persecution.

It is difficult for the people of the world to understand practitioners' kindheartedness, the suffering they endure, and the diligence with which they save people, but they have witnessed or read about the greatness of Dafa. I will cherish this time and energetically cultivate in this last period of Fa-rectification. I won't disappoint sentient beings who have placed infinite hope in Dafa.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Cherish Every Day of Dafa Cultivation

December 02, 2012 |   By Falun Dafa disciple Shi Xiu from Hebei Province

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, great and benevolent Master. Greetings, fellow practitioners.

For over ten years, under the protection of benevolent Master, I have stumbled along the road of cultivation. My heart is full of gratitude for Master’s compassionate salvation. I would like to take the opportunity of the 9th China Fahui on Minghui to summarize my cultivation and report to Master and fellow practitioners.

Obtaining the Fa, Becoming a Practitioner

I am a teacher. In the spring of 1997, after spending six years doing Zhouyi and fortunetelling, I was still confused about the meaning of life. I would do all kinds of past and present fortunetelling and read Qigong books to find the purpose of life. I accumulated a whole box of books, and worked hard studying them, yet I gained very little.

Purely by luck, I obtained a copy of Zhuan Falun. Once I opened the book, the wisdom and principles poured out like the rolling water of the Changjiang River and washed away my confusions about life. Even with thousands of words, I still wouldn’t be able to describe how I felt. I knew that I had found the most precious thing in my life. When I look back, Zhouyi and other Qigong books were so trivial. When I first started reading Zhuan Falun, except for class time, I held onto the book and did not want to put it down, even at mealtimes. It turned out that cultivation is not just something from the past, nor does one have to go deep into the forests or mountains to practice, it can happen in today’s society, anywhere! Without hesitation, I discarded or burned the whole box of fortunetelling and Qigong books and tapes that I had accumulated over the years. I exclaimed from deep down in my heart: “I will start my true cultivation from now on!”

At the beginning of my Dafa cultivation, my happiness and joy not only filled my heart but showed on my face and in my eyes. After work, I would study the Fa and do the exercises diligently, and always did the standing exercises twice at night. I also studied the Fa, but realized later that I inadvertently treated doing the exercises as cultivation and didn’t place enough emphasis on studying the Fa. Perhaps because of my good inborn quality, I could easily pass the occasional xinxing tests with a fairly good understanding. Now with a clear direction in my life, my heart was settled, full of gratitude to Dafa, and I was full of energy.

Not long after, Master published several books, including Hong Yin, Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa and Lecture at the First Conference in North America. I didn’t fully understand the sacredness and seriousness of cultivation, and treated Fa study the same as reading theoretical books. At that time, I had a very shallow understanding in my heart and thought that all of Master’s teachings were about Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and “looking inward.” During a sharing, a fellow practitioner said to me earnestly, “What are you here for? You ask me when you have a problem—how could I explain more clearly than Master?” The practitioner’s words struck my head like a stick and woke me up from my shallowness. I was very embarrassed and regretted this deeply. I understood the importance of respecting Master and the Fa. I made up my mind to change my attitude towards Fa study and decided to study the Fa more and with a clearer mind.

Confusion

In the winter of 1998, more and more people started practicing Falun Gong. As the number of practitioners increased so did the fear of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) toward Falun Gong. The trend of cultivation had an impact on society and was helping to change people’s minds. Our original exercise location, a school auditorium, suddenly was no longer available to us. The authorities had told the school not to provide space for Falun Gong practitioners. Government officials were not allowed to practice Falun Gong, and that order would soon reach every government official. What authority was that? We didn’t know. Lacking political awareness, we didn’t realize that a storm was brewing. Puzzled and confused, we focused on our personal cultivation.

After April 25, 1999, the cultivation environment worsened further. All Dafa disciples were disturbed in some way. In July, some practitioners from our county decided to appeal to the provincial government so that we could legally practice again. The provincial government told them, “You can go to Beijing [to appeal]. We are not authorized to do anything.” At the same time, all railroad stations, bus stops, and buses and trains to Beijing were under strict police control and surveillance; we were not allowed to go to Beijing. With trust in the highest authority and a pure wish to protect Dafa and their rights, many practitioners rode their bicycles, walked, or took a detour to make their way to Beijing to validate Dafa. I didn’t have a good understanding from the standpoint of the Fa at that time, and I had all kinds of human notions. I hesitated and didn’t know what to do.

Two days later, the CCP announced the start of the persecution of Falun Gong through all its media, including TV and radio, to the whole world. Every practitioner’s heart was moved. Coincidentally, at that time I was transferred from a public middle school to a private middle school and entered a brand new work environment.

At first, I didn’t reveal that I was a Falun Gong practitioner. On the one hand, I wanted to achieve something at work to establish myself before saying anything; on the other hand, I was concerned about the persecution. One thing that I was sure about was that Dafa was right; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance was right, there was nothing wrong with it.

Several months later, news came from around the country about brainwashing sessions and Dafa disciples being persecuted to death. At the same time, practitioners went to report the incidents to the top officials, and more and more people went to Beijing to appeal. My heart was pained. Dafa was undoubtedly being wronged, but I did not understand why practitioners continued to petition. Obviously, I took the persecution of Dafa as a persecution between humans. At that time, Master hadn't published any new articles for a while. I didn’t know how to react. With pain in my heart, I was confused day by day, doing intermittent Fa study and exercises.

Letting Go of Human Attachments

After a year, in July 2000, my understanding changed.

Master said:

“If you don’t even do anything about things like murder and arson, then what would you do something about?” (Zhuan Falun)

I knew that I should go to Beijing to seek justice for Dafa. I had go, but it wouldn’t be for the sake of reaching consummation. By going to Beijing, although many of my attachments would be eliminated, I realized that even if I went to Beijing ten times, I still wouldn’t get rid of all my attachments and reach the standard for consummation. My motivation for going to Beijing could not be to reach consummation.

After returning home, I studied Essentials for Further Advancement with fellow practitioners in my hometown. Perhaps Master saw that my heart of going to Beijing was to protect the Fa, and He didn’t want to give up on me, and opened my wisdom. Those principles of the Fa that I had studied many times but didn’t understand now revealed themselves to me layer by layer. The principles of the Fa pounded me like a heavy hammer, especially scriptures such as “For Whom do You Practice Cultivation,” “Digging Out the Roots,” and “Dafa Cannot be Used.” I understood what I needed to do. I had to resist the persecution not for the sake of my own consummation, and not to get rid of my attachments, but to protect Master’s name, to validate and seek justice for Dafa, and for those fellow practitioners being persecuted. I had to stand up without hesitation. If each of us could have stood up against the irrational persecution, it probably would not have started.

After further discussion, we were all clearer and firmer. We would not wait or rely on anyone, nor would we just follow the group. Even if it was only me, I would still go to Beijing to clarify the truth about Falun Gong.

After making up my mind, I went back home to visit my elderly parents and said farewell to my wife, my son, and my newborn daughter. I went back to my school quietly. I organized my things and left the key inside the room. I stepped out the door with a strong determination, and knowing that I would probably never come back. I took the train to Beijing.

Two days later, the local police brought be back and detained me for 15 days for breaking the so-called security regulations. I was fined 3,000 yuan. It then became public knowledge that I was a Dafa practitioner and I was famous in my field. I was clear what path I should follow. I was proud of Dafa and I was proud to be a Dafa disciple.

Being Tempered

After I became known as a practitioner, a series of harassments took place. At that time, the cultivation environment was very difficult. The Education Bureau and the 610 Office often threatened me with work and brainwashing sessions. Because I was a member of the CCP at that time, the county also conducted so-called “organizational” conversations with me, and put tremendous pressure on me and my school. My living places were monitored, and my activities were restricted. I was often called out of the classroom during class, and my routine work was disrupted unreasonably. I was often threatened with detainment and fines. Even my school was forced to report my activities to higher authorities.

However, just as Master said,

“You should know that once a person learns the truth and the real meaning of life, he will not regret giving up his life for it.” (“Some Thoughts of Mine,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)

All of the authorities' efforts to keep me from living a righteous life would go in vain. For a while, I tried to study the Fa as much as possible once I had completed my daily work. I used the Fa to fulfill myself, to keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification, and to resist the constant evil persecution.

In the summer of 2002, the authorities took me to a brainwashing center. To protest, I went on a hunger strike for nine days. The 610 Office called my parents, my brother and sister in-law, my wife, my son and daughter, as well as other relatives, and encouraged them to “transform” me with affection and violence. That day was extremely hot. Facing my elderly parents, my wife who was on her knees, my suffering brother and sister in-law, my crying son, and my young daughter who was less than three years old and was not aware of the situation, telling me that her brother didn’t do his homework on time, my heart felt like it was being torn our of my chest, and my body was powerless. As a result of many days on a hunger strike, a whole day of turmoil, and the hot weather, I started to vomit blood. My father passed out due to the shock of seeing me in this state, and was supplied with emergency oxygen. My mother had a seizure, and her blood pressure rose dangerously high. Both of them had to get emergency care. Even then the authorities did not let me go. Several dozen staff members surrounded me. Two held my arms and tried to make me sign the guarantee statement that they had written for me. Although I could not stand still, my mind was very clear. I knew that Master was next to me and was looking after me. I knew that what I was seeing were all false impressions. Master would not let any real harm come to my parents. All was a test set up by the old forces. I moved to break free, grabbed the guarantee statement, and tore it into pieces. I tried to run away but they caught me and forced me down. Unexpectedly, the head of the 610 Office said, “He is so tough and stubborn, let him go.” Under Master’s protection, I was not subjected to any further torture.

Previously when I did the sitting meditation, I could not sit in the full lotus position with both my legs crossed for more than 20 minutes. After this tribulation, I could easily sit in full lotus for an hour. Thank you, Master!

When I was being persecuted, there was tremendous outpouring from my community. Many parents showed their sympathy and concern. My school also decided to let me keep my job despite all the pressure from the higher authorities. When I went back to the school, my students wrote things on the blackboard from their hearts: “Teacher, I love you!” “We hope to see you back!” Seeing their pure hearts really moved me.

Along with the rapid progress of the Fa-rectification, tens of thousands of practitioners, without fear or hesitation, wrote many glorious chapters in the story of saving sentient beings and fighting the persecution. I was also tempered in the immense flow of the Fa-rectification, and my human notions were eliminated little by little. Not long after, I realized that in order to welcome the early arrival of Master’s Fa-rectification in the human world, I should not be restricted by my environment. In addition to doing well at my school, I should go out and form one-body with fellow practitioners outside of the school. After that, I put up banners, sent out informational materials, wrote letters, and clarified the truth face to face. My cultivation state was quickly improved and my life was intense but fulfilling when I collaborated with fellow practitioners on many projects to help Master with the Fa-rectification and saving sentient beings.

At school, during my daily life and work, I was very strict with myself and friendly to others, and I spoke and behaved in ways that reflected the innocence, kindness, and beauty of Dafa, and cleaned up the toxic elements infused by the evil Party into the minds of sentient beings. On my classroom blackboard was Master’s “An Upright Person” from Hong Yin. Our class motto was also derived from Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. It was “Pure Compassion and Kindness, Forbearance and Rationality, Wisdom, Peace and Dignity.” Everyone read the motto out loud together every day before we sang. We did it three times a day every day. Groups of students who knew the truth about Falun Gong went on to higher education or became responsible members of society.

A former student leader from my class once came back and told me that in her high school students were required to join the CCP Youth League. Several of them firmly refused and were suspended for two days. In the end, the class teacher gave them a Youth League button through the class cadre to avoid further trouble.

At another time, after learning the truth, my students quit the Youth League after joining. Nobody from the class wanted to join and we could not meet the assigned number of Youth League members. Although the Youth League secretary from our school did not fully understand the truth, he did not push the matter or do any further investigation on the issue. In the last few years, Dafa disciples have eliminated large amounts of evil during the process of saving sentient beings and fighting persecution. More and more people are now thinking rationally, and more and more sentient beings are awakening. I am so happy for those who know the truth and have been saved.

Being Mature

Along with the rapid progress of the Fa-rectification, Dafa disciples' cultivation has become more rational and mature. In 2010, I was transferred to a remote elementary school close to our neighboring county.

Because it was a remote area, the local environment was not very good, and many people did not know the truth about Falun Gong. All seven teachers and the security person at the school did not know the truth. I put Dafa books and truth-clarification materials on my desk and on the head of my bed, but they did not even dare to touch them. Seeing this, I realized the urgency of saving sentient beings. I knew that I had to use the wisdom and compassion from the Fa to create a new cultivation environment and save all the predestined beings here, inside and outside of the school.

First, inside the school, I never hid the fact that I was a Falun Gong practitioner. I am very proud of Dafa. In Dafa cultivation, I am open, righteous, and compassionate. I put Dafa books, Minghui Weekly, several other Minghui publications, DVDs, and beautiful desk and wall calendars out in the open in my office. Our office is a gathering place for all teachers during break time. I intended to use my compassion and purity, my words and behavior to open a window for sentient beings to know the truth about Dafa.

At school, I work hard and am glad to collaborate with colleagues. In my daily life, I put others' interests before mine, look inward when there is a problem, actively think of others, and offer help. I also use all kinds of opportunities to tell people the truth about Dafa and persuade them to quit the CCP and its associated organizations when there is a chance. Because my home is far from school, and all the local sentient beings have a predestined relationship with me, I do not go home until the weekends. I eat and stay at the school even though I get off from work pretty early. After work, I use my spare time and evenings to visit my students or colleagues at their homes or to clarify the truth to the local people and help them to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

To better clean up the toxic elements that the teachers were subjected to after years of Party pollution, I bought an EVD and set up the New Tang Dynasty (NTD) TV channel. They got to see live the facts about the evil Party and the truth about Dafa. After watching NTDTV and truth-clarification DVDs, all the teachers and the principal have awakened, and they now have a positive attitude towards Dafa. Now, most of them have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

In addition, although my students are very young, they are also my targets for being saved. In class, I teach them the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and treat them like my children. I am very strict about one thing, and that is to be compassionate to every other student and to never hurt another student. I try to talk and behave according to the Fa, exhibit the beauty of Dafa, and let the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance enter their hearts. In class I once held up a stick just to frighten a student who had broken a rule, but the moment I raised my hand, the naughty student grabbed my hand tightly and yelled, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, no beating!” Everyone in the class laughed.

Now my environment is very friendly, and my students love me. If the students have a headache or stomachache, they say quietly, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” They also benefit and know the beauty and power of Dafa.

Regarding collaboration with local fellow practitioners, I made up my mind when I first arrived that, since Master had sent me here, I would go out and become part of the one body with local practitioners. Therefore, not long after I arrived, I managed to make contact with local practitioners. In fact, there are two local practitioners. They live in one village but did not study the Fa together and did not do much regarding the three things that Master asks us to do. After sharing, we agreed that in order to keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification, we will form a real one-body, and will study the Fa as a group every day, look inward, and cherish the limited time left for the Fa-rectification, do the three things well, and become real Dafa disciples.

These two practitioners are really precious. Their hearts for Dafa and Master are as pure as gold. In the last two years, they have given me endless help in Dafa and in daily life. I am very grateful, and I thank Master for this arrangement. We all cherish our predestined relationship in Dafa, we actively look inward in all incidents, and never point fingers at one another. In cultivation, we all improve rapidly in understanding the Fa principles and are clear about the responsibilities and mission of Dafa disciples. We all quickly break out of our self-limitations, and take the mission of Dafa disciples seriously. We send out truth clarification materials and persuade people face to face to quit the CCP; everyone is improving in true cultivation. In the last two years, we went to over a dozen neighboring villages to distribute truth-clarification materials and the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to every corner of the villages.

Now, with the help of a practitioner from another area, we have our own materials production center, and we walk more steadily on the path of helping Master with the Fa-rectification.

“The paths of cultivation are varied
But none is outside the Great Law” (“Unimpeded,” Hong Yin II).

As a teacher, I have lots of free time after work. However, who can take it easy on the path of the Fa-rectification? Long weekends and holidays are all good opportunities for truth clarification. Last winter, fellow practitioners made beautiful materials, including wall and desk calendars, and couplets. I formed small teams with fellow practitioners in my hometown and went house-to-house in the villages, giving the beautiful gifts and the good news that Dafa is saving sentient beings. Fellow practitioners in my hometown and I focus on how to study the Fa and cultivate, and improve diligently together, to fulfill our mission as Dafa disciples.

Twenty years have passed since Master started the Fa-rectification, and there is not much time left for Dafa disciples to cultivate. As a practitioner, before the end of the Fa-rectification, I deeply appreciate the preciousness of the time left. In addition, a mature Dafa disciple has to develop the righteousness and compassion of an enlightened being. I feel strongly that after putting down human attachments, a practitioner’s mind and body can be so simple, relaxed, fulfilled, free, and comfortable, and that one can walk more steadily on the divine path. During the two months of summer vacation, I turned down the invitation to make some money by teaching extra classes, and I just went out to save predestined people. I come back home at night to summarize my shortcomings and study the Fa to look inward and assimilate myself to the Fa. Right now, on the stage of the human world, Dafa disciples are the main characters. I will cherish every day that Master has gained for us through immense suffering, do the three things well, wholeheartedly fulfill my vow, and walk the last steps on my path to consummation well!

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

Heshi to Master!

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Minghui Fahui | Taking Advantage of Working for the Town Government to Save More People

December 03, 2012 |   By a practitioner from Southwest China

(Minghui.org) I was lucky to obtain Dafa in 1998. After practicing, all my diseases disappeared. Our merciful Master has been with me all the time and saved my life several times. I thank Master from the bottom of my heart. Here I will report to our great Master my experiences while helping him to rectify the Fa.

Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is the magic tool for saving people

I work for the town government and every day I am in contact with many people. This is a very good opportunity for me to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution and to persuade people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I enlightened that this was my responsibility.

Many times I went to villagers' homes with colleagues, and the homeowners prepared food for us. My colleagues always took food home with them, but I just ate and never took any more, because I'm cultivating Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Gradually, more and more local people got to know me and liked me, which helped me to better clarify the facts to them. As of today, all party branch committee heads, directors, and accountants in my village have quit the CCP. Two thirds of the village officials received Shen Yun DVDs and informational materials from me. More and more villagers have learned the truth and quit the CCP and its associated organizations. In the village where I work, there are over 60 officials. With Master's help, I have helped more than 40 of them (including their families) quit the CCP.

During these years, I have been deeply impressed three times. The first time was when I was clarifying the facts in the park of the city's central square. I met a section director of the local court. I asked him if he had quit the CCP and he replied, “I don't know.” Then I told him the facts about Falun Dafa and how evil the Party is. He was very happy to learn the facts, made a fist, and swore, “I definitely quit from the Party and its organizations, I won't follow them to hell. I believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and that Falun Dafa is good! ” I almost burst into tears.

The second time, I went out with informational materials and Shen Yun DVDs. I kept on sending forth righteous thoughts and hoped Master would bring predestined people to me, so that they could learn the truth. When I passed by a park, I saw a woman smiling at me. I knew she was waiting to be saved, so I said, “Hello! You know, recently there have been many disasters. And all of them were caused by the Communist Party.” She grabbed my hands and said, “Come, let's sit down and tell me more.” She told me that she was 74 years old and all her life she had been depending on her son to send her money. I told her the facts about Falun Dafa and in detail how evil the Party was. She agreed to quit the CCP's youth organizations and was very happy to accept a DVD and an amulet. I told her to remember Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She said, “My daughter treats me very badly, but now I know Truthfulness- Compassion-Forbearance, and I'm not angry anymore. Instead, I'll treat my daughter better.” She was very excited, “It must have been God who had us meet each other.” Whenever I recall that day, I can't help but cry.

The third time this happened was when I went to one of my relative's wedding. A three-year-old boy came up to me. He took the hand of a fellow practitioner standing beside me and asked me seriously, “Do you remember me?” We looked into each others eyes and understood what had happened. I asked the boy, “Do you still remember Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance? Repeat after me, 'Falun Dafa is Good,' Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He became very shy and went to hide in another room. Soon, his voice could be heard from that room, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness- Compassion-Forbearance is good!”

Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance accompanies me when saving people

Once, I went to rural villages to work, but my real intention was to tell people the truth. Because it was very far away, my superior asked me to take someone with me. I brought one of my colleagues, who already knew about Dafa. I told her that we would go to the village to clarify the facts and we had to walk there. She agreed and we left early in the morning when it was raining a little. In my mind, I asked Master to help us. Soon the rain stopped and we even had some sunshine. I knew Master was encouraging us. We went to six villages. On the way, I recited Hong Yin to my colleague. In each village, I told the villagers the facts about Falun Dafa. We walked more than 20 miles on a mountain road, and by then it was dark and we couldn't go back, so we stayed at the home of the Party branch committee head. That night, I told him the real reason why Falun Dafa practitioners are being persecuted and he accepted the truth. That day, more than 30 people had heard the truth. After we returned, my colleague told me, “Even though I walked with you more than 20 miles yesterday, I didn't feel tired at all. Although it was raining, it did not affect me, nor did the sun burn me. It is really amazing.”

Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance helped me to avoid disasters

The most difficult thing in the villages are dogs. Before I started to practice, when I arrived at any village, all the dogs started barking. However, after I practiced Falun Dafa, things changed. When I went to a village with my colleague, the dogs only surrounded my colleague and barked but never approached me. Then I said to the dogs, “Please go back now. If you do not stop barking, I won't save you.” The dogs stopped immediately and ran away. Once when I went into a house in a village, the owner was very surprised to see me and asked if I had seen her dog. I shook my head. She told me that her dog was very wild and had bitten many people. I told here that we were practicing Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and dogs would never bite us. After telling her the facts about Falun Dafa I left. At the front gate, I saw the dog. It stood aside with his head down.

Another time when I went to a village, I talked to two seniors. However, one week later, I was told that one of the seniors had blisters all over his body and he thought that I was the reason and asked me to solve the problem. At that moment, I was scared. However, I remembered that Master asked us to save people, and I didn't do anything wrong, so what should I be scared of? On the way to his home, I kept sending forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to help. When I arrived at his home, nothing was wrong with him.

When I clarified the truth to people, I encountered difficulties and suffered, but these were also part of my cultivation. In 2007, in my work area, almost all the Party branch committee heads quit the CCP, except one. He told me that he wanted to quit, but three days later he reported me to the township government. They called my family members, who are also Dafa practitioners. My family sent forth righteous thoughts to keep them from entering our house. As a result, three persons simply stood near our house for a while and then left. The next day when I went to work, the party branch committee head came to me and told me that said I had been reported and that they would send me to forced labor camp. However, the Party secretary of the township said, “I didn't agree.” I remembered Master's words:

“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston”)

Actually, Master has arranged everything. At last, the Party secretary said, “How about you do not post messages outside? If Dafa is good, why not simply practice it at home?” I told him, “Since Dafa is good, why can't I tell others?” He could not say anything. Now, no one is monitoring me. Master said:

“If your righteous thoughts are strong enough, who would dare to do something? So if you are in the right, Master can resolve anything. But if you don’t act righteously, what can Master do? Tell me, if you yourself haven’t done things right and yet Master clears away those [old force] beings, could that be acceptable? If you haven’t done well and whenever you have tribulations we eliminate those beings for you, then who would we be saving? That wouldn’t do. ” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching” 2012)

Heshi to Master!

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Minghui Fahui | Look Inward in Cultivation and Strive to Attain the Righteous Enlightenment of Selflessness and Altruism

December 03, 2012 |   By Xiaojie, a Dafa disciple in China

(Minghui.org) Master said in Zhuan Falun, “To tell you the truth, the entire cultivation process for a practitioner is one of constantly giving up human attachments.” It is my understanding that there is always the matter of looking inward to identify and remove our selfish thoughts in the whole process of our cultivation. After all, all attachments originate from our selfishness. Here I will share with everyone how I look inward in my cultivation and strive to “attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism.” (“Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature” in Essentials for Further Advancement)

1. Looking Inward to Rectify Myself

My cultivation process is relatively uneventful, thanks to my constant memorization of Dafa books since the beginning of my practice. In retrospect, even the so-called difficulty of relinquishing attachments at the start of the persecution now seems like nothing. My solid Fa-study enables me to walk a stable path in my cultivation. Whenever I encounter tribulations or conflicts, Master’s Fa flashes in my mind and guides me to pass the tests.

Whether it is personal cultivation or Fa-rectification period cultivation, looking inward is key to improving our xinxing. Master once instructed us in “Fa Teaching at the 2008 New York Conference:”

“Those ordeals and the suffering, no matter how great or harsh you find them to be, are good things, because they take place solely on account of your cultivation. A person can eliminate karma and shed human attachments when he goes through ordeals, and through ordeals he can improve.”

So there must be a reason for our ordeals. As long as we look within to identify our root problem, we will be able to break through the evil’s arrangements and elevate our cultivation level.

Based on my own experiences, I feel that there are three important factors to our xinxing elevation. First, we must treat the matter at hand with righteous thoughts. Second, we must identify and eliminate our attachments in the shortest time possible. Third, we must put Dafa as our top priority and share with fellow practitioners our understanding in a timely manner so as not to leave any loophole for the evil to exploit.

Once, I went to visit Practitioner A and she kept talking about the shortcomings of Practitioner B. I didn’t want to listen to her complaints and contradicted her, “No, she’s not like that at all!” Practitioner A immediately accused me of acting the same way as Practitioner B. She said, “Both of you are the same and neither of you can tolerate other people’s constructive criticism.” I couldn’t come to terms with her accusation. How could I be the same as Practitioner B? I shot back at A, only to make her mad. When she became angry, I suddenly calmed down and reminded myself not to argue anymore.

When I returned home I still felt extremely upset. What Practitioner A had said about me had really hurt my feelings. However, I didn’t see that there was anything wrong with me. Later I began to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate anything that prevented me from identifying my attachments. Once I elevated above the human level and looked at the whole thing from a third party’s perspective, I saw my attachment to strongly protecting myself and intolerance of any criticism.

I came to see that it actually didn’t matter who was wrong or right. The key was to use this seemingly accidental thing to temper my heart and dig out my fundamental attachment: self-obsession. In that instant, a scene flashed in my mind: a boat with many ropes tied to it suddenly had all the ropes cut off at once and was ready to sail. My heart felt incredibly light.

There was another test that accompanied much of my cultivation process. My husband often made trouble for me after he became drunk. He began swearing at me again and at first I tried hard to endure his burst of temper. But eventually I couldn’t take it anymore and started an argument with him. The next day, controlled by my thought karma, I took our child and temporarily moved in with a fellow practitioner. To my shock, this resulted in an ordeal for me. During my temporary stay at the fellow practitioner’s house, the local police launched a mass arrest, and her child told on me when the police pressured him. I had to move from place to place to avoid being arrested. Then my older sister had a brain hemorrhage and checked into a hospital. In the meantime my husband kept verbally abusing me. After sharing with fellow practitioners, sending forth righteous thoughts, and looking within, I was able to see that I still had a fighting mentality and attachments to lust and everyday people’s comfortable life. I knew these were all from my selfishness. I intensified my Fa-study and read more of fellow practitioners’ sharing articles on eliminating sentimentality. I felt I gained a new lease on life. When I returned home one week later, everything was normal again.

This stumble awakened me and enabled me to identify many impure thoughts I still harbored. I was feeling too good about myself and cared little about others. I didn’t want to bring any trouble to myself and hated other people’s criticism. I targeted my righteous thoughts at these attachments and then had a calm conversation with my husband. I asked him to point out my shortcomings but reminded him not to curse at me when he was drunk. After I told him this, I was still a bit upset since I felt what happened was his fault. I had yet to admit that I was wrong. I knew I hadn’t completely relinquished my attachments and was still obsessed with saving face. Even so, my husband was deeply moved and surprised to see I admitted my mistakes for the first time ever. He promised to change for the better as well and he indeed never makes any more trouble for me. I, on the other hand, was able to remove my intolerance of other people’s criticism. I gained a deeper understanding of “Pacify the External by Cultivating the Internal” (in Essentials For Further Advancement)

During my dealings with my husband, I gradually got rid of my habit of placing blame on him all the time and let go of my fighting mentality. I enlarged my capacity and felt more compassion. In the meantime, I didn’t forget to look within at all times. For instance, when I failed to make someone understand the facts about Falun Gong, I saw my attachment of clarifying the facts just for the sake of doing so. Another time my e-book wouldn’t open, and I realized I still had attachment to material interests. When I heard unfair comments directed at me, I knew I still had attachments to fame. In a nutshell, I developed the habit of looking within to identify and remove my root problems whenever I felt uncomfortable and upset. When this became a mechanism in my cultivation, I could feel myself improving quickly.

2. Look Inward to Harmonize the Whole Body of Practitioners

Let Go of Self and Improve in the Whole Body

As I see it, harmonizing the whole body is every practitioner’s responsibility, not just the coordinators'. When someone complains about how the whole body isn’t working well, he is already positioning himself as an outsider. In our truth-clarification team, each of us has projects to be done independently and we also have things we need to work on together. I feel that cooperating with the rest of our team is the very first step in harmonizing the whole body.

Last year one practitioner on my team encountered evil interference and I immediately informed other team members to send forth righteous thoughts for her. I also shared my thoughts frequently with this practitioner. When I learned that the police had gone to harass her, I sent forth righteous thoughts in close proximity. I also took her child in and encouraged him to support his mother. I also kept other team members posted on what was happening to her, so as to make sure we were all up to date with her situation. I was determined to help her break through the interference no matter how difficult it was. After all, we are a whole body. During the process I saw my selfishness raising its ugly head again. I worked so hard to help her because she was on my team, but I sensed I might not have such strong desire to help practitioners from other teams. I adjusted my mentality of playing favorites and made up my mind to help anyone in need whether he or she worked with me or not.

Only when Everyone Improves Can the Whole Body Elevate to a Higher Level

As an individual cultivator, any single attachment can stop you from ascending. As a whole body, it’s the same. Any single practitioner stuck in tribulations will weaken the whole body’s power. If we treat other people’s issues as our own, we will be able to reduce conflicts since we are putting ourselves in others' shoes and we will of course be responsible.

Master said in “Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan” in 2009:

“Some people are always stressing that they’re right, but even if you are right, even if you’re not wrong, so what? Have you improved on the basis of the Fa? The very act of using human thinking to stress who’s right and who’s wrong is in itself wrong. That’s because you are then using the logic of ordinary people to evaluate yourself, and using that logic to make demands on others. As gods see it, for a cultivator to be right or wrong in the human world is not important in the least, whereas eliminating the attachments that come from human thinking is important, and it is precisely your managing to eliminate those attachments rooted in your human thinking as you cultivate that counts as important.”

I had a family member who was also a practitioner and I always saw her not-so-diligent side. I couldn’t help picking on her. When I read more practitioners’ sharing about not blaming and complaining about others, I began to examine myself. I found that sentimentality had taken the place of kindness and compassion in my heart. So I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate my bad thoughts. I helped her get on the Minghui website and encouraged her to step forward to clarify the facts to people. I also encouraged her to attend group Fa-study more often. Both of us benefited from the group Fa-study. Before I knew it, my heart of looking down on her disappeared while she assimilated into the whole body and her cultivation state got better and better.

Breaking through Myself and Harmonizing the Whole Body

I once had a very clear dream in which two teams were playing a basketball game. My team thought the other team was very strong and one of our team members was a bit unsure about our chances of winning. I shared my thoughts with him and he felt much more confident afterwards. He was able to break through the opponents’ defense and with my support he was able to shoot baskets and score big. In the end we beat our opponents 101-100. My dream stopped right there and three words flashed in my mind: “break through,” “cooperating,” and “whole body.”

In our cultivation, we need to constantly break through our own selfish notions. We need to share and cooperate with each other unconditionally. This way we can enhance the whole body and defeat the evil.

For a long period of time I had trouble breaking through the obstacle of talking to people about the facts of Falun Gong face to face. After studying Master’s recent articles, I thought that Dafa disciples should be omnipotent and why didn’t I give it a try. I then went out with some fellow practitioners and found I was able to clarify the facts to people face to face. Once I broke through my own notions, it no longer was that difficult. Now, no matter where I go or who I encounter, my first thought is to save them. Such truth-clarification efforts have brought me endless joy.

After group Fa study yesterday I had a long conversation with a fellow practitioner. She was not too confident talking to people face to face and, as such, wasn’t able to persuade anyone to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers (also known as the “three withdrawals”). I shared with her how I got each and every one on my “three-withdrawal” list to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I helped her identify what her roadblock was. I encouraged her to talk and break through her attachment to self. I shared that as long as she has a firm heart to save people, Master will surely help her. The more we encounter trouble, the harder we should work to break through the obstacles.

Cultivation is indeed a process of breaking through ourselves. Master said:

“Study the Fa and gain the Fa,
Focus on how you study and cultivate,
Let each and every thing
be measured against the Fa.
Only then, with that,
is it actually cultivation.”
(“Solid Cultivation” in Hong Yin)

I’ve enlightened to the fact that we must do what Master instructed us in the above poem in order to complete our solid cultivation process. Look inward to improve ourselves. Do the three things well and fulfill our prehistoric vow.

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Minghui Fahui | “How Could I Have Time to Feel Lonely?”--Using a Cell Phone to Clarify the Truth

December 03, 2012 |   By a practitioner from Jiangxi Province

(Minghui.org) Greetings Dear Master, Greetings fellow practitioners.

I participated in the Internet experience sharing conference for the past two years. This year, I would like to share my story of using my cell phone to clarify the truth.

1. Encouraged by Fellow Practitioners to Use New Technology and Improve Xinxing

After reading a Minghui article in 2010 about using cell phones to clarify the truth, I began to seriously think about doing this. Learning a special technique is a good opportunity to improve xinxing. Had I not begun cultivation, I would never have learned to use a computer. But I had to learn new advanced technology in order to clarify the truth. I felt somewhat nervous, but a fellow practitioner told me: “Just follow the procedure, and it will not be that hard. We, as Dafa practitioners, have supernormal capabilities and Master to support us.” I felt much more confident.

I downloaded the software and tech notes from the Minghui website and began to learn. I took detailed notes every day, eventually filling an entire notebook.

Sometimes, I spent half a day in front of the computer, but could not make it work. I felt frustrated; but also reminded myself to be patient. I turned off the computer and began to study the Fa, send forth-righteous thoughts and meditate. After several hours, I returned to the computer and it began to work again. I now realized I could always succeed. Sometimes, when the task was too difficult, I asked Master to provide support.

Now I have learned to use an Android cell phone to send anonymous messages. I even began to teach other practitioners. A non-practitioner friend was amazed to see my computer skills: “I am surprised that you are doing more advanced stuff than I know. ”

2. Cultivating Xinxing While Saving People

When I first started, my calling card account was quickly blocked. Some people used profanity when they replied to my message, while others sent back intimidating responses. Not a single person agreed to withdraw from his Communist Party affiliations. I then adjusted my tactics by using the blocked calling card to send voice mails that clarified the truth. But I bought the wrong kind of cell phone, and it was not very helpful. I got stuck at this point and felt frustrated. I tried to share my frustration with fellow practitioners, but my attempts were frequently interrupted. Finally a practitioner told me: “You have a problem with your xinxing.” That feedback hurt my feelings. But after a while, I realized that as a Dafa practitioner, I should look inward for my own shortcomings. I found that I did not have enough compassion and also had some fear. Some of my messages to police officers were lacking compassion and contained elements of hatred. When no one responded, I felt anxious. When some people hung up, I also felt resentment. On the other hand, when someone listened to the entire message, I felt a sense of accomplishment. Before making phone calls, I would calculate how much time was left on the card. After making a call, I liked to summarize my achievement, but was not paying attention to how many people were being saved from hearing the voice mail. I later realized that the mindset I had was no different from everyday people. I did not have the righteous thoughts of a Dafa practitioner.

I needed to change my thinking. After reading many Minghui articles on using phone messages to clarify the truth, I gained resolve in sending righteous thoughts. I also corrected a technical issue with my cell phone. As a result, most people could now listen to the entire message.

Every time I left home to make calls, I studied the Fa for 30 to 60 minutes and asked Master to support me. Once outside, I began to send forth-righteous thoughts until I arrived at my destination. I sent the phone messages while walking. Before each person picked up the phone, I sent forth-righteous thoughts to encourage them to listen to the message. The effect was much better.

I often changed the voice mail’s content according to the Minghui instruction packets. Under Master’s guidance, I learned how to use voice conversion software to combine several pieces into a 20 minute-long voice mail. Many people were able to listen to most of it and got a more complete picture of the persecution of Falun Gong.

Making phone calls is a good opportunity to relinquish attachments. It is also a good reflection of my cultivation state. When more people listened to the message, I had to watch my mentality of zealotry. I reminded myself that all accomplishments were achieved under Master’s guidance. Sometimes, I did not study the Fa well, or forgot to ask for Master’s protection and also failed to send forth righteous thoughts with an earnest attitude. Then the effect of the voice mail would not be good. One day, I became engrossed by my child’s job search, and as a result, not a single person listened to the entire message. I immediately realized my problem. After returning home, I focused on sending forth-righteous thoughts and corrected my state of the mind. I then achieved a much better result.

The phone calls are also a process of enduring hardship and eliminating my desire for comfort. Under the hot summer sun, I had to endure heat and thirst. During rainy days, I had to protect my cell phone from the rain with an umbrella. In the winter, it was difficult to dial the numbers. It was a hard task from an everyday person’s perspective; however, I am saving people and chose to do this. The hardship is nothing.

I also always carried some DVD’s and flyers with me to hand out on the street. I made these materials at home, so I could meet my own demand.

3. Listeners’ Feedback

One day I played the voice message to a man who told others: “It’s Falun Gong. Falun Gong practitioners are still around!” I felt very sorry for him because the Fa rectification is coming to an end and many people remain clueless about Falun Gong. I felt a burden on my shoulders.

One day, a man listened for a couple of seconds and yelled angrily: “Falun Gong” before hanging up. Another man said: “You are an anti-revolutionary, and you should go to jail.”

Another person told others while listening: “I got a call from someone accusing the Communist Party of terrible things.” Another person said: “Why are they calling me?” The listener turned on his speaker phone so everyone could hear the message. I could hear someone commenting.

Making phone calls is different from face-to-face conversations to persuade people to withdraw from the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. I did not know the immediate results. But I knew that saving a person often involves many steps: A phone call, a flyer, a poster, etc. After the person has seen and heard enough, a practitioner can then convince him to quit the Party. We are all doing our best without becoming attached to the end result.

One Typical Day of My Life

Now each day is full of activities. I do the exercises in the morning and read one chapter of Zhuan Falun. During the day, I usually connect to Minghui to read articles and download materials. I am then busy making phone calls and doing other Dafa related projects. I also find time to do house chores. When I go grocery shopping, I often jog to save time. In the evening, I typically send voice mails while walking outside.

My husband works out of town, so most of the time I am home alone. Sometimes, I skip meals. I shop for groceries once a week. When my friends call and ask if I feel lonely, I laugh: “How could I have time to feel lonely? I have to squeeze my busy schedule to find time to sleep. Every day is a busy and happy day for me.”

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Master!

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Minghui Fahui | Our Fa Study Group

December 04, 2012 |   By a Fa-study group in Hebei Province, China

(Minghui.org) Chinese people have the custom of visiting relatives and friends around the Chinese New Year, especially in the countryside. From the second day of the year through the tenth are the peak times. In order for more people to learn the facts about Falun Gong, we put up posters with words such as “Falun Dafa is Good”, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good”, and “Heaven abolishes the Chinese Communist Party and protects China” on utility poles on the main streets on New Year’s Eve. We estimate that we distributed truth clarification materials 62 times a year. Each time, we distributed 300 sets, making it 18,000 sets a year. In twelve years, we have distributed a total of 210,000 sets.

--- from the author

Greetings, Respectful Teacher:
Greetings, Fellow practitioners:

We are taking this opportunity of the 9th China Fahui to summarize our experiences of helping Teacher rectify the Fa and save sentient beings. We wish to report the results to Teacher, and share with practitioners.

1. Obtaining and Promoting the Fa

We are veteran practitioners who learned Dafa before July 20, 1999. At that time, only a few people in the village had learned Dafa. We actively promoted it, since we had all benefited from it. Within a year, over 200 people in the village had learned Dafa. We did group exercises in the mornings and evenings, and studied the Fa. Our xinxing elevated very quickly, and our health improved a lot. Everyone felt that his or her body was relaxed and agile. New people joined us every day.

2. Stepping out of the tribulation

When Jiang Zemin initiated the persecution of Dafa and practitioners, our Fa-study and exercise environment was destroyed. Three female practitioners went to Beijing to appeal, but were arrested along the way and brought back. They were held in the police station for three days. Each was made to pay 2,000 yuan before being released.

On the evening of July 22, 1999, the party director of our village led a few agents from the police station to ransack the homes of nine practitioners. They did it three times in a night, taking away Dafa books, video tapes of Fa-lectures and exercises, a tape recorder, and exercise clothes, and extorted 500 yuan from practitioners. Since then, the nine practitioners have been targeted. They were told to report to the office every morning and evening. Each had two party members spying on them, and needed to obtain permission to leave the village. This caused them tremendous mental stress.

In the beginning, we did not know how to react, and tried to endure the persecution. One day in October, 1999, the branch office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) told nine of us to go to the office for a meeting. After we arrived, they read materials that slandered Dafa and tried to brainwash us. We pointed out their fallacies and clarified the facts. At the end of the meeting, practitioner B said: “We are all cultivating ourselves to become better people. Why do you ask us to report to you every day, restrict our movement, and treat us like criminals?” Other practitioners also joined in and said that from then on we would not do anymore reporting. Since then, the environment has improved.

After the meeting, practitioner C suggested that we go to practitioner A’s house that night to study the Fa. Five of us went. We decided that we should have a group study environment so we started a Fa study group at practitioner A’s house, and got together every five days from then on.

3. Study the Fa Well and Elevate Together

It has been 20 years since Teacher began to teach the Fa. In order for us to elevate ourselves, Teacher has always reminded us about the importance of studying Dafa. Teacher said: “Study the Fa well and abundantly--and do so frequently--become true cultivators of Dafa, and shoulder the responsibility of helping Dafa to spread widely and save sentient beings.” (“To the First Fa Conference in India”)

We were all on time and did not talk about irrelevant things at the Fa study. We did not chat about ordinary people’s matters, and only concentrated on the Fa. Aside from the group Fa study, we studied Dafa by ourselves individually, too. After a few years, practitioner A had recited Zhuan Falun from memory seven times, practitioner B had done so five times, and some others had done it three times and recited Hong Yin over ten times.

Our Fa study has never stopped since the study group was formed. Be it hail or wind, snow or rain, or on the so called “sensitive days” for the CCP, we were not interrupted. We have developed a mechanism, and formed an indestructible unity. This has laid a good foundation for us to work on validating the Fa and saving sentient beings.

There were lots of difficulties and joys in the Fa-memorizing process. In the beginning, we were worried whenever we picked up Zhuan Falun, thinking that it was impossible to memorize such a thick book. The thoughts of being afraid of difficulties and wanting to stop kept returning and the notions kept interfering, causing us to be unable to focus. There was always a struggle between the righteous and the evil in my mind every time I memorized the Fa. When I strengthened my belief, cast off the interference, and asked Teacher for support, I was able to focus very instantly and the paragraph could be quickly memorized. Sometimes I had a shock and felt that a thick shell throughout my body was shed. I felt that my body was immeasurably relaxed, my xinxing was elevated, and the whole space had changed. The wonder cannot be described, it was just too marvelous. I enlightened that it was the layers of divine beings behind the Fa displaying the inner meaning of it to us so that we could see things that we should know at our level. Studying and memorizing the Fa and assimilating ourselves with it are just so wonderful.

4. Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts and Eliminating the Evil

Teacher said:

“Let me tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples are due to our students themselves. Students who haven't taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil in the dimensions that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been eliminated. That's the cause. So you must take sending forth righteous thoughts seriously. No matter whether you think you have the ability or not, you should do it. What you eliminate from your own mind are ones which have an effect within the expanse of your own body; at the same time, you need to eliminate the external ones, which are directly related to the dimensions you're in. If you don't eliminate them, then they not only persecute you and restrain you, but also persecute other students, other Dafa disciples.” (“Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.”)

Sending forth righteous thoughts is one of the three things that Teacher asks practitioners to do and is very important. Our Fa study group thinks it is very important. Aside from participating in the global practitioners’ sending forth righteous thoughts every day, we did it at seven, eight, nine and ten o’clock every night. We also took part in the relay of sending forth righteous thoughts to rescue fellow practitioners. Everyone bought two watches and seldom missed the time.

5. Validate the Dafa and Save Sentient Beings Using Different Ways

We studied the article “Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People” over ten times after Teacher published it. We all realized the importance of validating Dafa and saving sentient beings. So we used all sorts of ways to accomplish this.

5-1. The roller printer

One day in 2004, practitioner C bought a printer for 500 yuan. At the time it was considered pretty advanced. It was like switching from a shotgun to a canon compared to the carbon paper we used previously. After a few tries, we finally managed to print a few pages and everyone was delighted. Because of the attachment of being too engrossed, the evil took hold of our loopholes and the plate was damaged after it had printed about 20 pages. We spent an hour making another one, but the quality was poor. Through the process I discovered my lack of patience. The process of making the plate was also a cultivation process. After lots of effort, we distributed the materials to the neighboring village that night.

5-2. Distributing Dafa information materials

Teacher emphasized the importance of telling people the facts and saving sentient beings in every encounter. So we need to do it as well as we can.

Our village is at the center of the county. It might be also Teacher’s arrangement, so it was more convenient for us to go anywhere in the county. Our county is very populous, with over 200 villages, each with over 3,000 people. We distributed a large amount of Dafa information materials so that sentient beings could all see them. With a two-person team on a motorcycle, we distributed the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, DVDs, and some pamphlets. We distributed them at least once a week, and as many as 800 sets a night.

In the past thirteen years, no matter whether it was rainy or windy, snowy or icy, or whether it was a CCP sensitive day, we did not skip once. The Chinese New Year is an especially good time to distribute materials. We printed 2,000 pamphlets beforehand. From December 28 through January 7, we distributed materials seven times. Two of the practitioners have been distributing materials on every New Year’s Eve for the past eleven years. We usually distributed 400 sets of materials on New Year’s Eve, and posted 100 posters, so that people could see the truth-clarification materials when they visited friends and relatives on the morning of New Year’s Day. Chinese people have a custom of visiting relatives and friends around the Chinese New Year, especially in the countryside. From the second day of the year through the tenth are the busiest times. In order for more people to see the facts about Falun Gong, we put up posters with words such as “Falun Dafa is Good”, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good”, “Heaven abolishes the Chinese Communist Party and protects China” on utility poles in main streets on New Year’s Eve. The estimation is that we distributed truth clarification materials 62 times a year. Each time we distributed 300 sets, making it 18,000 sets a year. In twelve years, we have distributed a total of 210,000 sets. Delivering these 210,000 sets of materials provided countless numbers of stories of pain, sorrow and happiness. The following are some examples:

(1) On the night of December 27 a few years ago, a male practitioner (now 71 years old) rode a motorcycle with a female practitioner (now 73) sitting in the back to a village 20 miles away to distribute Dafa information materials. When they had finished about 2/3rds of the materials, suddenly one of the tires went flat. No shops around could repair it, and they had to push the heavy motorcycle back while taking frequent rest stops. In December in northern China, the temperature was below 0 degrees, but the two sweated profusely.

After about 2 miles, they finally found a bike shop, but it was already closed. They begged the owner to help them. But after the tire was finally repaired, they found that the motorcycle would not start. They sent forth righteous thoughts for a while, but it did not help. Being so worried that they forgot to look inward at the time, they pushed the motorcycle back toward home, and in the meantime, they decided that they needed to finish distributing all the informational materials.

After another mile or so, practitioner E suggested that she and practitioner D split the materials and distribute them separately. After they finished distributing all the Dafa informational materials, they felt relaxed. While reciting Teacher’s “What is to fear?” from Hong Yin II, they walked another mile or so, when they met practitioner A, who was driving a car to come to get them. It was past midnight when they finally returned home.

(2) One night in 2010, two practitioners rode a motorcycle to a village 15 miles away to distribute Dafa informational materials. When they got close, they found the motorcycle was acting strangely. They sensed that it was the evil in other dimensions interfering. Their first thought was: “Teacher please save us,” while sending forth strong righteous thoughts. They thought that they were doing the most righteous things and no one could interfere with them. Very soon the motorcycle returned to normal.

(3) One night in July 2011, two practitioners rode a motorcycle to a village to distribute Dafa informational materials, and finished the 400 copies that they had brought with them very quickly. On their way home, suddenly it started pouring. The rain was so heavy that the water accumulated on the ground and the engine of the motorcycle stopped firing no matter how hard they tried. They had to push the motorcycle home. It took them over an hour to go about two miles. It was past midnight when they got home. Later at the group study, they felt that it was their attachment of being too engrossed that caused them trouble. They thought that distributing the Dafa informational materials had gone very smoothly and they became too engrossed.

6. Putting Up Posters

On World Falun Dafa Day (May 13), April 25, July 20, and New Year's Day every year, we use many ways to display the goodness of Dafa by putting up posters that state “Falun Dafa is good”, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good”, and “Falun Dafa is a righteous way”. We put them on all the utility poles on major streets in the county and the neighboring counties. It greatly suppresses the evil and sets up a strong field of righteous thoughts.

7. Making Fact-Clarification Phone Calls

In recent years our Fa study group bought five cell phones for making fact-clarification phone calls. Every time when we went to distribute Dafa information materials, on the way there or back, the practitioner riding on the back always made phone calls or sent emails to tell people facts about Falun Gong. Two other elderly female practitioners also learned how to make phone calls to tell people the facts.

Making phone calls to tell people facts about Falun Gong is also a good way to cultivate oneself. It can remove one’s attachments. When we have fewer attachments, and have strong righteous thoughts and hold a pure and benevolent heart to save people, the person receiving the phone call will be more likely to listen and listen longer.

Once we called a political director of the CCP in a neighboring county and played the “Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin in Spain” recording. The lady repeated every sentence she heard to the people around her. After the recording was over, she asked us to play it one more time, and the practitioner did so for her. We were happy that the sentient beings were saved.

When we have lots of attachments, the other party’s response will not be good. They will hang up after only a few sentences. Cell phones will fail often, run out of charge, or lose connection. In such cases, we need to look inward to find deficiencies in our xinxing, and send forth righteous thoughts to rid ourselves of any factors that interfere with our saving sentient beings, and ask Teacher for help. Then things will go smoothly.

8. Using Bills to Tell People the Facts

Using bills with the facts printed on them is a good way to spread the facts and also to cultivate oneself. The bills we used were one-Yuan, five-Yuan, ten-Yuan, and twenty-Yuan denominations. At first, we had heavy attachments to fear. Later, with continuous Fa-studying and cultivating our minds, the attachments lessened, and we could use the bills very calmly. Some people say it is now fashionable to use bills with words on them. Sometimes we took the opportunity to tell people more and urge them to quit the CCP. The results were good.

9. Putting up posters for Shen Yun DVDs

Early this spring, fellow practitioners all said that we had done quite a bit of work, but we needed to strengthen our Fa study. So we changed from studying the Fa in a group every five days to every day. Through studying the Fa, sharing experiences, and looking inward, we have elevated our xinxing and strengthened our righteous thoughts. The coordination and cooperation among us has also improved. This has laid a solid foundation for our doing the three things. It is all thanks to Teacher’s help and arrangement.

This March, the coordinating practitioner brought back a box containing 600 pages of posters for the Shen Yun DVDs. We began posting them right away. We did it for eight nights in a row, putting up 80 posters a night, covering over 30 villages.

Putting up posters is a hard work. The practitioner who drove the motorcycle is 71 years old. The road was icy. They needed to cover three to four villages a night. The female practitioner had to finish over 80 posters in a night, and she had to mount and dismount the motorcycle for each poster. One cannot wear gloves putting up posters. With temperatures below zero, it was truly painful working with bare hands. After they finished, she told other practitioners that she did not feel cold at all. Indeed her hands were warmer than those who stayed back. Everyone was moved by the wonder.

10. Handing out Shen Yun DVDs face to face

On the first day of spring this year, our coordinator brought back a box of Shen Yun DVDs. We played one, and all felt that this is the world’s best show. We decided that we definitely needed to give them to people face to face.

We divided ourselves into teams of two. Once in a village we told the facts to a store owner. When she received the Shen Yun DVD, she said: “Marvelous. How much?” The fellow practitioner told her that it was free, and the purpose was to preserve the 5,000 years of Chinese culture. It is a world class artistic performance. The owner told the practitioner that they had about ten people in the factory and wanted to get DVDs for them. She guaranteed that they would all watch the DVD. The practitioner gave all nine DVDs that she had left to her.

Another team distributed DVDs after dinner every night. They would ask people they met on the streets to see if they have DVD players at home. If they did, they would introduce briefly the contents of the DVD and tell them that this is a world class show. Most people would gladly take it.

There were of course those who were badly poisoned by the CCP propaganda. Before you told them anything, they would reject it and say that it pertained to Falun Gong, and even threatened to call the police. Indeed there are all kinds of people in the world.

Through looking inward and sharing, we believe that it is because the practitioner forgot to first send forth righteous thoughts. We cannot blame people, because they do not know the facts. Teacher said:

“It is not the beings at the surface that are doing evil to Dafa disciples. When you have addressed the factors behind the scenes, take another look at the surface and see what happens. With no factors at work behind the scenes, a human being will do whatever you tell him to.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching”)

11. Large-scale Distribution of the Nine Commentaries

Since the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published, fellow practitioners have worked hard to distribute the books and DVDs to people to expose the lies of the Party, so that people could see its true nature. Every year we distributed a large amount of them.

This March, the fellow practitioner in the city who was responsible for the large information center was arrested, leading to a backlog. To reduce the impact, we took six boxes of them, totaling 500 copies. We put each copy in a plastic bag, and attached a letter entitled “To predestined people”, and gave all copies to two practitioners to distribute on motorcycles in a neighboring village. Other practitioners stayed behind studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts. They distributed 500 copies in two nights rather smoothly.

12. Removing the Evil Sign and Saving Sentient Beings

Recently two signs appeared on a street in our village that urged people to respect science and denounce the evil cults. Practitioners discussed ways to remove them. One practitioner suggested that since no name was mentioned, we could just ignore it. However, in recent years, because of the slandering and smearing of the CCP, people are used to connecting the term “evil cult” with Falun Gong. As Dafa practitioners, we need to save sentient beings and validate Dafa, so we had to do something to remove the signs.

When we learned who the person writing the signs was, we sent a practitioner over to his home to tell him the facts about Falun Gong, and gave him a picture book about it. After he had learned the facts, he indicated that he would not do such things in the future. Practitioners also removed the signs later.

13. Face-to-face Clarifying the Facts

After we realized the importance of telling people facts about Falun Gong and saving sentient beings, we spent as much time as possible telling people the facts face to face. First we talked to our relatives and friends, and then our neighbors, and did so on all important occasions. One elderly female practitioner talked to everyone she met. She has talked to most of the people in our village.

14. Establishing the Information Center and Resolving the Materials Supply Problem

In 2000, we enlightened through group Fa study that we cannot sit still when the Fa of our great Teacher is slandered and our fellow practitioners are being tortured. As disciples, we need to tell people the facts and expose the evil, to let the truth be known and to restore Teacher’s prestige.

In the beginning, the Dafa informational materials were scarce. One practitioner bought a piece of silk cloth. We cut it into 8”x16” pieces and wrote short poems with red pen on them, such as: “Heaven and Hell are wide open, good and bad are decided by the Divine, where to go is self-decided, keep one’s conscience to have a good future.” “Life is painful, where is the way home? Fame and interest cannot be carried away, fighting and struggles lead people astray.” “Love and hate will be over, come and go always alone, the grass will cover your tomb, everything is just a void.” “Dao’s say the world is intangible, people do not understand, Dafa is spreading here, benevolently save all beings.” “You and I are here for Dafa, we all came to China, only waiting to wake up, to learn the Fa and go back to heaven.”

We collected poems and wrote them on strips and put them into bags, or posted them on utility poles. Three practitioners worked on 7,000 strips, staying up past midnight every night.

We started with a roller printer to print Dafa informational materials in 2004, and soon bought another laser printer. This way a small information center was set up in practitioner C’s home. In another two months, a practitioner in the city gave us a laser printer, and another information center was formed in practitioner E’s home. At the same time, practitioner D’s daughter, who worked in the city, established an information center there. This way, the shortage problem of informational materials was resolved. In 2006, in order to make better materials and save more sentient beings, we bought two color printers. Practitioner C also brought over two color printers. This way, all the informational materials that we produced were in color. In the autumn of 2009, another practitioner established an information center to make color pamphlets. They had very good contents and were of high quality. This way we met Teacher’s requirement of setting up information centers everywhere, and lessened the dependence on any single individual information center.

We did encounter some difficulties as well. For example, it was difficult for a seventy-year-old farmer who had never touched a computer or printer before to begin making informational materials. But as soon as he thought of Teacher’s suffering for the sentient beings, all difficulties became unimportant. Since he learned how to make the materials, he has never felt tired or pained. All the work went smoothly.

Conclusion

The time went by fast. Thirteen years have passed in a flash. We are racing with time every day. We know clearly that the Fa of the cosmos is immeasurably valuable and this opportunity is the most precious. We have endured the pain of millions of years of waiting. All the riches, fame, affections in this world cannot last and will pass. Nothing can stop a truly cultivating disciple from working diligently and returning home.

At this invaluable last moment, the only thing we can do is to follow Teacher’s guidance and do the three things well, to save more people and finish our historical vows, so we can live up to Teacher's salvation, and can be worthy of the sacred title of “Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples.”

Because of my limited education and cultivation level, please point out my deficiencies.

Thank you Teacher. Thank you fellow practitioners.

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Minghui Fahui | Respecting Master and Cultivating My Heart to Save Sentient Beings

December 04, 2012 |   By Zhijian, a Dafa disciple from Mainland China

(Minghui.org) Greetings, benevolent Master. Greetings, fellow practitioners.

I am 81 years old and started practicing Falun Dafa in April 1996. In recollecting my experiences of walking a cultivation path for the past dozen years, I can tell that Master has been protecting me the whole time. I can only cultivate myself well after studying the Fa well; I can only do the three things well and help save more sentient beings after cultivating myself well. I must treasure this opportunity, one that cannot be obtained in tens of thousands of years.

1. Learning about the Fa

I was born into a poor family on a farm. I was very ill as a child, with stomach ulcers, kidney stones, rheumatism, neurosis, and heart disease. I carried medications with me at all times, and the illnesses got so bad that I could no longer work. I was desperate, but fortunate to find Dafa.

After dinner on April 26, 1996, my neighbor invited my wife and me to her house to watch videos of a type of qigong. It felt as if we had met Master before; He came across as being very friendly. I felt very comfortable and was in tears after watching the videos.

We went to the exercise site the next morning and respectfully brought home a copy of Zhuan Falun. I finished reading the book right away and realized it was what I had been looking for. I told my wife, “Let’s go learn the exercises.” Happily, she agreed.

At first, I could not cross my legs; I was in tears and sweating profusely due to the pain. However, I continued practicing the exercises every day in all kinds of weather. Within a month, I stopped smoking and drinking, even though I had been addicted to both for many years. All my prior illnesses disappeared as well. Dafa gave me a healthy body and a true purpose in life.

2. Spreading the Fa

We all came to believe that we should spread this magnificent Fa so that more people would benefit from it. Hence, we went to the train station and did the exercises on the town square. It was a big space, and a great number of people went there to exercise in the morning. Within a year, our group grew from a dozen practitioners to more than 100, who joined us every morning for practice and Fa study. More and more people joined us later. Over 10,000 practitioners came to the experience sharing conference held in our city. We then went to the suburbs and countryside to spread the Fa. About 20 of us went to spread the Fa in the countryside first, and later, over 60 others joined us. Gradually, all the villages over ten miles away from our city set up practice sites.

We not only joined the groups helping to spread the Fa, we also traveled to our relatives' cities and three villages 200 li away to spread the Fa. We brought Dafa books to them and helped them to set up Fa-study groups and exercise sites. Over 20 people in one village started to practice Falun Gong. The village headmaster’s wife and sister both practiced with us and cleared out a space in the village government courtyard for the practitioners to practice the exercises. He also lent us a room to study the Fa.

3. Distributing materials

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. As a result, some volunteer coordinators were arrested, and practitioners in some areas could not contact each other. They were unable to get Master’s new lectures and other Dafa materials. I took over the task of delivering truth clarification materials to villages as far as 200 li away.

Master was always there to protect me when I rode my bike to deliver the materials. In summer, clouds always blocked the burning sun while I traveled. In winter, it was always sunny and warm with no wind. One day, I rode my bike 50 li away to deliver materials. I took off at 7 in the morning and came back around 3 in the afternoon. The round trip was over 100 li. Although in my 70s, I did not feel tired. In winter, the roads were bumpy, and I once fell in the snow and broke my bike. I fixed the bike, but after I got home, I noticed that there was a hole in my pants. My sister said, “Dafa can truly change a person. When you were in your 50s, you could not walk and went everywhere in a car. However, now you’re in your 70s, and you can go to different places on your bike. It’s incredible!”

On my way back from a distant rural area one day, I noticed a young man staring at me. He sat on the seat in front of me on the bus. He looked like an under-cover police officer; therefore, I began to send-forth righteous thoughts. I fixed my eyes on him, and he got scared and turned his eyes away from mine. For several minutes, he attempted to call someone, but I used my righteous thoughts to keep him from making any phone calls. As a result, he put his phone back in his pocket. Thirty minutes later, he got off the bus.

On November 1, 2011, I was waiting to take the bus to distribute truth-clarifying materials. A police officer ran towards me, so I began to send forth righteous thoughts. He asked me, “What are you up to?” I replied, “Wandering around.” He continued, “Do you still practice?” I replied, “What do you think?” He said, “Just practice at home and don’t assemble or put up posters.” I said, “You’ve seen them?” Hopelessly he said, “I have to go now.”

I have distributed Dafa materials for over a dozen years. With righteous thoughts and my firm belief in Master and the Fa, I have never had any accidents.

4. Forming a Fa-study group

Studying the Fa together with fellow practitioners is a cultivation way that Master gives us. Since I volunteered to organize fellow practitioners and clarify the truth, after 1999 I was illegally detained. After being released from the detention center, I found fellow practitioners and formed a Fa-study group.

In the first two years, local practitioners were repeatedly held in detention centers or forced labor camps. However, we all returned to study the Fa together after being released. We often changed the places and time to study the Fa. The authorities attempted to break us up, and we lost a large amount of resources, but we remained steadfast. We started with one Fa-study group and later grew into two. As time passed, we split into more than a dozen groups.

At the beginning, our Fa-study group consisted mainly of five to six senior practitioners who started practicing Dafa before the persecution. Most of us were illiterate and could not even read Zhuan Falun. Through constant Fa-study, however, we could all read the Fa, and our xinxing was also elevated. We continued doing the three things well and delivered truth-clarifying materials and pamphlets to help save people. One senior female practitioner once walked over 20 li on a winter night to deliver materials to a remote village. It was already after midnight when she finally returned. She said, “I felt light as I walked. I was not tired nor was I afraid. After I distributed all the materials and came home, it was already after midnight, but I felt very happy.”

5. Searching for and bringing back former fellow practitioners

Master said:

“I can see that everything is heading into the final stage. It’s just that many people are afraid to acknowledge this reality and its progressive unfolding; that the number of lives to be saved before the final moment arrives has not reached the amount it should; and that there is still a portion of Dafa disciples that hasn’t kept up. That is the key reason why the end of this undertaking still hasn’t been enacted.” (“Be More Diligent”)

I was enlightened to the fact that bringing back former fellow practitioners was also saving sentient beings, because all Dafa disciples are also sentient beings that Master wants to save.

I went to talk to practitioners who had not come out to help clarify the truth, as well as those who had gone down an evil path or had been “transformed” by the evil authorities. We studied the Fa and I shared my experiences with them. I realized that to help those fellow practitioners, I needed to keep an open and pure mind.

I invited those practitioners who decided to resume their cultivation to join our group Fa-study. We helped strengthen their righteous thoughts and encouraged them to publish articles on the Minghui website. Some of them were willing to be in contact with me and asked me to get Zhuan Falun and Master’s new lectures to them. They also wanted DVR copies of Master’s lectures and the exercise music.

Out of fear, an over 70-year-old practitioner burned all of her Dafa books and Master’s portraits when the persecution just began. At the end of 2009, we ran into each other, and from then on, I often went to her home and discussed my understanding of the Fa with her. She told me that she had committed crimes against Dafa, and Master would not want her anymore. She dared not tell fellow practitioners because she was afraid that we would all despise her. That was why she always avoided other practitioners. But this time she said, “Probably Master arranged this opportunity for me, and I can’t hide from you now.” I told her Master’s Fa:

“As for those who've gone to the opposite side during this persecution or even done awful things, let me tell you that Master still doesn't want to abandon them.” (“Touring North America to Teach the Fa”)

I introduced her to a group of practitioners who helped her get rid of her fears. After publishing her statement to void the wrongdoing she committed, she returned to cultivation in Dafa. Now she is very diligent and has even helped her relatives to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. She also went to talk to other practitioners who had turned away from Dafa. This past summer, she started a Fa-study site in her home. Her husband did not oppose it and actually began to read truth-clarifying materials.

Another senior practitioner, who previously studied the Fa with us, was sentenced to three years of forced labor. She was released after being “transformed” two and a half years later. As a result, she did not want to contact us and moved to a remote area. We went to her home several times, but she refused to talk to us. We kept taking turns going to her home and patiently encouraged her to study the Fa again. We repeatedly studied “Touring North America to Teach the Fa” and “Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. Western Fa Conference.” She became more enlightened, and a year later, she finally understood the truth. After writing her statement to void all her wrongdoings, she came back to Dafa and began to join us to clarify the truth. She also helped people do the three withdrawals. After that, her husband, sister, daughter, and niece all resumed Fa-study. She even helped six people to start cultivation practice and also founded a Fa-study site in her home.

6. Resisting the persecution, saving sentient beings

In March 2000, my wife and I bought train tickets to Beijing, but we were detained the night before we hit the road. We were locked in the same cell with five other practitioners, so we recited Master’s lectures and practiced the exercises together. The guard asked the cell head to stop us from practicing. We quickly clarified the truth to him, and after understanding the truth, he asked if we could teach him Falun Gong. The guard then switched the cell head, but two days later, the new head also began to practice with us. Then the guard himself tried to stop us from practicing. I told him, “I’m over 70 years old now. I used to have lots of illnesses, but after practicing Falun Gong, they were cured. I’m very healthy now. You’re only in your 50s, but look at your health. Please read Zhuan Falun.” He did not say anything afterwards and no longer interfered anymore. Fifteen days later, we were transferred to the brainwashing center in the city detention center.

Inside the brainwashing center, I recited the Fa, practiced the exercises, and clarified the truth. The deputy head of the detention center said, “As soon as you write the words, ‘I will stop practicing,’ I’ll let you go home.” I clarified the truth to him, and he said, “I know it all, but I have no other way.” After that, he opened his drawer to get a cigarette, and I saw a copy of Zhuan Falun in it. I asked, “You also read Zhuan Falun, but why secretly?” He replied, “If I had done it publicly, I would have ended up in jail like you.” We both laughed. He said, “Ok, just stay here like this, and I’ll tell the others not to bother you.”

I then clarified the truth to the inmates in the same cell, and they all got along well with me as well.

The inmates learned to meditate with me and also recited Lunyu. They promised that they would continue practicing Falun Gong after they were released. A young guard who had just graduated from the Police Academy and did not understand the truth of Dafa secretly asked me, “What’s wrong with cultivating in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance?’ I don’t understand.” I told him, “Jiang Zemin started the persecution out of his personal jealousy and anger.” I suggested that he read Zhuan Falun. After reading Zhuan Falun, he not only stopped interfering with us, but also wanted to discuss issues related to the Fa.

When I was released one month later, the head of the team, the inmates, and the young guard all came to say goodbye and wish me well.

In August 2000, I was incarcerated in a drug rehabilitation center and locked up in a room with four young drug addicts. I told them if they practiced Falun Gong, they could get rid of their addictions and no longer feel miserable. I told them about the beauty of Dafa. All four of them learned the sitting meditation and recited Lunyu. After doing that, their addictive urges did not return that night, and they slept soundly. After three days, their addictions remained in check, and the doctor asked them what happened. They told the doctor that “Grandpa” taught them to practice the Falun Gong exercises, which were magical. They wanted to continue practicing and also clarified the truth to him. Both the head of the center and the doctor said, “Then just go ahead and practice with this grandpa, so we don’t have to give you injections and medicines anymore.” The doctor said, “Falun Gong is great. In only four days, their addictions are all cleared.” They were very happy. I knew that it was time for me to go home. On the fifth day, I experienced the symptoms of a stroke, and they let me go home. I told them to continue practicing Falun Gong, and they would be all fine. They all promised that they would not give it up.

My wife and I were both detained in September 2001. On the first night, about five to six inmates surrounded me, but at that moment, the cell head told them, “Nobody move; sit down and listen to how he practices Falun Gong.” I told them the benefits of Dafa and how to practice the exercises, and to be good people. I said that as long as they followed Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, they could all become good people. The cell head said, “He’s over 70 years old, but still can cross his legs so well, and he is so energetic. It proves that Falun Gong is great. We should all learn from him, and nobody should harm him.”

Among the 20 inmates in the cell, some had poor health and some regretted the crimes that they had committed. I clarified the truth to all of them, and told them that Dafa taught us to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be good people. Some of them learned how to meditate, and some even asked me to teach them to recite Lunyu. An inmate, probably in his 40s or 50s, once hit me when I was meditating. I did not say anything to him, and after I finished practicing, I told him, “You’re young but are incarcerated here for committing crimes. Hitting me is like hitting your own grandfather. Was that right?” After that, I told him about the Fa and the principles of being a human. Everybody listened quietly. The guard of the cell talked to me individually, and I clarified the truth to him. At first he argued with me, but after I used reason and supportive evidence to prove that the Tiananmen Self-immolation was staged, he understood the truth. I then suggested that he read Zhuan Falun. A few days later, he said that he had read the book and told the cell head to take good care of me. At the beginning, I only practiced the sitting meditation. Later, I did the standing exercises, too. The inmates guarded the door for me, and some of them learned the exercises as well.

Forty-nine days later, I was released. Master arranged for me to go home. Before I left, the head of the center asked, “Are you still going to practice Falun Gong?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Falun Gong is great!”

7. Creating an environment for upright cultivation practice

In 13 years, I have been incarcerated eight times, but I have made it through all of them. For example, in 2000, a few practitioners and I did the exercises on a mountain and were detained. When they gave me a physical, I told myself that I should not stay there and should go home to help clarify the truth to people. I asked Master to strengthen my resolve. That thought of mine helped created an illusion that helped me to fail my physical exam. Both the CCP secretary of the neighborhood association and the head of the center angrily said, “All our efforts have been wasted; we have to send him home now.”

A few days after I came back from the drug rehabilitation center in August 2000, the local police arrested me again, and I was sentenced to two more years of forced labor. I asked Master to help me because I believed that it was not a place for me to stay. My physical at the labor camp showed that I had suffered a severe stroke, and the head of the forced labor camp refused to admit me. Neighbors and friends all asked my wife to take me to the hospital, but both of us said that being Falun Gong practitioners, we would be fine. It turned out that we were right, and I was healed quickly. After that, people said that Falun Gong was great. It was amazing that a man in his 70s did not take any medication for a stroke, but was healed instantly with no symptoms at all. The officers from the local police department did not believe it.

For 13 years, we've resisted the persecution and gone to different cities and villages to spread the Fa and do the three things well. Our neighbors know that both my wife and I are healthy because Falun Gong cured our illnesses. The neighborhood association, local police department and the Law and Legal Bureau all know that we practice Falun Gong. The villagers of my hometown also know about the wonder of practicing cultivation. As an 80-year-old man in good health, I openly admit that I practice Falun Gong, and clarify the truth to everyone.

While walking on the path of divinity, Master helps to protect us at all times. As long as we cultivate, Master creates an optimum environment for us.

8. Learning computer skills, family run material-making sites blossom everywhere

Material-making sites print and distribute Master’s new lectures, which help practitioners share their experiences, resist the persecution, and help to save sentient beings. For many years, we relied on a few big sites to provide materials.

To better distribute the materials, we decided to create more, smaller such sites so that truth-clarifying materials would be available everywhere. Although in our 70s and 80s, three of us bought laptops. We learned how to use them and then helped each other. With the help of fellow practitioners, we created a material-making site at my home. In the three years that followed, we founded a total of five sites, and mainly printed our own study materials.

Most of the practitioners in our local area are between 70 and 80, and none of us had a good education; so it was difficult for us to study the Fa. To overcome that hurdle, a 75-year old practitioner and I studied the Fa together first, and then we worked individually with the other practitioners and taught them to read the Fa. We also went to the countryside to teach the practitioners there to read the Fa. Now, both of our villages have created their own material-making sites. After the 2012 Chinese New Year, I went to a remote village about 200 li away to teach a female senior practitioner how to make materials. Now she knows how to download materials from Minghui and other basic procedures to print out materials by herself.

While I was making materials with a 75-year-old practitioner in his home one day, his son suddenly came home. He picked up some Dafa materials and read them several times. After that, he complimented us, “You Falun Gong practitioners are great. Seventy and 80-year-old men are now playing with computers. The materials are great. I’m impressed.”

9. Promoting and installing New Tang Dynasty TV

Promoting NTDTV also gives us opportunities to clarify the truth to people. A few of us collaborated to install NTDTV satellite dishes for some practitioners’ families, as well as ordinary people.

A practitioner’s father was a senior engineer. He was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and had lived in fear ever since. In addition, after his son was arrested, he did not want him to practice Falun Gong anymore, so he was initially opposed to the satellite. However, after they got the satellite dish, he accidentally saw some of the programs. He then began to watch NTDTV every day and stopped watching the CCP’s TV programs. He commented that, for the first time, he finally saw programs that told the truth. He began to silently repeat, “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He also began to read Zhuan Falun.

A senior practitioner stopped practicing Falun Gong when the persecution began and had been obsessed with the evil CCP’s propaganda campaign on TV. After installing NTDTV, he watched it every day and no longer watched the state-run programs. His wife asked him to read Master’s new lectures, “20th Anniversary Fa-Teaching,” and “2012 International Fa Conference at U.S. Capital.” He asked his wife to bring him a copy of Zhuan Falun and we invited him to our home to share our experiences. He promised that he would catch up with the progress of Master’s Fa-rectification and go home with Master.

I also installed NTDTV for the treasurer of the CCP committee of a village government. He also asked me to install one for his son. Now, both of them love NTDTV and cannot live without it. They no longer are affected by the propaganda from the CCP. We now help people to install NTDTV both in the cities and countryside. This is a new project for us, and we are now gradually expanding it.

Please kindly point out anything that is inappropriate.

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Minghui Fahui | Sharing My Good Fortune with Sentient Beings

December 04, 2012 |   By Falun Dafa practitioner in Liaoning Province

(Minghui.org) Greetings to respectable Master! Greetings to fellow practitioners!

I am a doctor. I was in my 20s when I first started to practice Falun Dafa in 1994. To be able to practice Dafa and attend Master's lectures is what I am most proud and happy about in my life. This feeling of good fortune has never left me me and helps me to remain steadfast in my cultivation.

Diligent in Fa study

From the very beginning of my cultivation, I recognized that Dafa was precious, so I have always been diligent in studying the Fa. Initially, Zhuan Falun had not yet been published, so I copied Falun Gong and then memorized a section in Chapter II titled “Cultivation of Both Mind and Body.” When Zhuan Falun was published, I read, copied, and memorized it. Because I stayed diligent in Fa study, my cultivation has been steady.

Although my third eye is not opened, Master has still revealed miracles to me. When I was reading Zhuan Falun in January 1997, my main consciousness could clearly feel that Master was pulling me upwards. It was like Master was on top of the roof or at the edge of the cliff and was hauling me upwards. I felt like I was suspended in the air. There were many bad things on my body making me very heavy. I felt that Master was so tired that he broke out into a sweat. Tears filled my eyes. I deeply felt that Master endured unimaginable pain in order to save practitioners. Practitioners who could see other dimensions saw what Master withstood on behalf of practitioners and wrote it down. I deeply believed what they wrote.

That same month, Master had yet to separate the portion of us that had finished cultivation from the portion that was still cultivating. One day when I was reading Zhuan Falun, I clearly felt that the part of me which had completed cultivation was so clean and pure. I had never felt this wonderful feeling before. I later came to understand that this was the portion of me that had finished cultivation. Master was encouraging me to be diligent.

Facing persecution with a pure attitude

The persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. I went to Beijing to validate Dafa and was harassed by the police. However, because I had strong righteous thoughts and was able let go of my attachments, this storm passed very quickly.

At that time, I was in Beijing. I could really feel the evil all over the place coming from the cosmos. I broke through it layer by layer. When I recall this feeling of shock and fear, I feel overwhelmed. Many things that happened and the path we took were like Master has said—they cannot be repeated. We can only treasure the path we have already taken and continue to walk on this path well. I have always been comfortable financially. When funds were needed for validating Dafa, I contributed to the truth clarifying activity.

Manifesting the manner of Dafa practitioners

At home, I made sure I followed the requirements of Dafa. When I cultivate, it means cultivating myself and it does not mean changing others. I am very gentle and understanding to my husband. I do not have expectations of him or desires. I only require myself to do well so we rarely have tensions. My children are all very obedient. I am always smiling when I see my husband. Because cultivation fills my heart with joy, this attitude frequently makes my family members willing to be with me.

I am a doctor at a private clinic. I try my best to provide good medical services for my patients. I think from their viewpoint and provide them with what they need. At the same time, I use the opportunity to tell the people around me about the wonderfulness of Falun Dafa as well as encourage them to renounce their membership in the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

Clarify the truth to different people using different ways

In 2001, in order to allow more sentient beings to know the truth about Falun Dafa, I wanted to produce informational materials and distribute them. At that time, I still did not know how to get on the Internet, but I did learn how to receive emails from the Minghui website. So I rearranged them and emailed them to others. Later, I was able to access the Minghui website and use the materials from there. Once when I finished distributing one set of materials, I went on to the next one. When I turned around, I saw a young teenage girl about 14 or 15 sitting on the wooden stool reading the materials. I should say that it was Master giving me encouragement.

Another time when I clarified the truth about Falun Gong to a cab driver, I said, “I heard a policeman say that a Falun Gong practitioner who was working at the water company was arrested. His company head personally went to bail him out. This Falun Gong practitioner was responsible for procuring equipment that costs ten of thousands and even in the millions. It is extremely tempting to accept bribes in this area. So his company head only trusts this practitioner to do this job.”

Some people had misunderstandings about Falun Gong. After they interacted with me, they told me that they could not imagine that a doctor like me would practice Falun Gong. They came to realize that Falun Gong practitioners are from all different walks of life! From what they said, I knew that Master was encouraging me to tell more people the truth about Falun Gong to save them.

By following the requirements of Dafa and being considerate of others and sentient beings, I will be able to clarify the truth well and save more sentient beings. During the process of saving sentient beings, I did not have any concerns. The moment I realized that I possessed concerns, I would get rid of them, so my path of cultivation was very steady. I share the happiness I experienced after practicing Falun Gong with sentient beings.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners! If there is anything inappropriate, please point it out with compassion.

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Minghui Fahui | Shining as a Dafa Practitioner

December 05, 2012 |   By a Jiangxi Dafa disciple

(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. Both my husband and I are practitioners. The 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org was recently announced. After discussion with fellow practitioners, I realized that participating in the Fahui is part of Dafa cultivation. Through this Fahui, we practitioners can learn from each other how to improve ourselves and do better with the three things. So I won't miss this chance this year. I would like to share my cultivation experiences with all practitioners.

Obtaining the Fa

I live in the countryside. I was burdened with illness before practicing Dafa. I took many kinds of medicine, but they proved useless. When my husband and I got married, the first thing my mother-in-law did was to divide up the family property. My husband is a kindhearted person who never defied his mother's will. After our two children were born, I did not have any income. I was very weak, had to take of two children, and had no job. I was often in tears due to anxiety and grief. By chance, some friends lent us money to help us process agricultural produce and sell the product. Only after that did our finances improve.

My husband was the first to obtain the Fa in May 1997. One day, I saw the book Zhuan Falun on our table. I took a look at it. When I first saw Master's photo, Master seemed to be smiling at me with kindness. I was surprised and wondered, "Who is this man? He seems familiar, but I cannot quite place him." I read Lunyu and began the section in the first chapter, "Truly Guiding People Toward High Levels." I read and read, and sometimes saw that certain characters in the book shined like gold, and others shined like silver. I thought, "Are my eyes deceiving me?"

After reading the book, there were tears all over my face. All of my bitterness, hatred, and puzzlement were gone. “Ah, that's the reason. The book is so wonderful. I want to start cultivation. This is what I have been longing for all these years.” Later, my husband took me to group Fa study. My husband, our children, and I studied the Fa together every day. In a short time, all my diseases disappeared.

My daughter's ear infection was healed and she could hear! What a miracle! I felt really happy to be surrounded by Dafa.

Holding on to Righteous Thoughts, Telling Sentient Beings the Facts

In 1999, Master and Dafa suffered from unprecedented attacks. The 610 Office staff and the police raided our homes, confiscated and destroyed Dafa books, forbade practicing Falun Gong, monitored or arrested practitioners, and pressured them to give up practicing. The evil was all over China. My husband went to Beijing three times to appeal for Dafa and was detained repeatedly. Our family was frequently monitored by the police. The village officials even made my husband carry a beeper every day to facilitate their surveillance. I calmly told the police how we benefited from practicing Falun Dafa and that we would never give it up.

One day, over 20 people came to my home and told me to sign a guarantee statement. They said many insulting things about Master and Dafa. I told them that the government had deceived them. I drafted a declaration: “I am a law-abiding citizen. There is nothing wrong in following Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance to be a good person. Practicing Dafa is practicing freedom of belief. Please stop harassing us. You should know the law better than I do.” I handed them the declaration, and they turned around and left.

In 2002, my husband went to Beijing to appeal for the third time. A fellow practitioner confessed to the authorities that I was in charge of passing out Dafa materials, so the police arrested both my husband and me. When I was at the detention center, at first my mind went blank and I could not remember anything. I asked Master to help me. Later, thanks to Master's help, I recovered my memory. So I kept reciting the Fa and doing the exercises every day in the detention center. Since I did not cooperate with the authorities, the police sent me to another detention center. I was detained for 28 days in total this time. The police forced my family to put up 3,000 yuan as bail. Later I sent righteous thoughts and got the money back from the police, since I thought that a Dafa disciple should never give any money to the evil. Due to the solid background I had through studying Dafa, I realized the seriousness of cultivation. Master said,

“Only at the critical moment can we see his heart. If he doesn’t let go of certain attachments he might even dare to betray a Buddha—could this be a minor problem?” (“Huge Exposure” from Essentials For Further Advancement)

In 2001, the police followed a fellow practitioner that came to my home. They then took me to a detention center. When my husband went to the police station to request my release, the police arrested him, too. This time, they tortured him so severely that he almost died. When I heard this, I immediately informed my family of the need to get my husband out of the detention center. With benevolent help from Master, my family helped to bring my husband home. After a short time, the police saw that my husband had recovered, so they went to the produce market to arrest him again. My husband escaped. The police then went to our home. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil behind them and said, “You took my husband away and he escaped from right under your nose. How dare you come to my home to ask for him. You should find him and bring him back home now!” They also worried that my husband would go to Beijing again and said, “As long as your husband comes home, we will guarantee not to detain him.” I replied, “Then you should sign a guarantee for me,” which they did. Later my husband safely returned home.

In 2002, the police arrested many practitioners in a uniform action. One practitioner was even persecuted to death. When I heard this grievous news, I fell into a deep depression. Also pondering the fact that my husband was sentenced to labor camp for three years, I did not know what I should do. At that moment, I really felt lost. So I kept studying the Fa, reciting the Fa, and following the Fa principles. Master said:

“When you’re going through an awful tribulation, or maybe a critical juncture, give it a try. When it’s hard to endure, try to endure it. When it seems impossible to do, or just hard to do, give it a try and see just what you can do. And when you can really do it, just like that worn and weary traveler, you’ll see, 'the shade of willows, the blooms of flowers, a place to rest my head'!” (Zhuan Falun)

After understanding the Fa principles better, I strengthened my righteous thoughts. I still went to the produce market every day. As I did business, I talked to customers about Dafa and told them the facts. I told them that the 610 Office and the police used despicable methods to persecute Dafa disciples, that Jiang Zemin staged the self-immolation incident to get rid of Falun Gong, and that he also issued a secret order to “ruin their reputations, bankrupt them financially, and destroy them physically.” I also told them that my husband was illegally sentenced to a labor camp and the police stalked us day and night. Many people heard and understood, and were sympathetic and supported us. Someone said, “I'll tell others your story and hopefully help get your husband released.” A lot of people wanted to buy produce from me. Sometimes when I was very busy and gave customers extra change, they would immediately return the extra and tell me, “You really live a hard life. You raised two children on your own while still needing to work from dawn to dusk.” My produce always sold very well. Masters sent a lot of sentient beings to my booth to listen to the truth. I also told the facts to the person who stalked me. One day, he gave me a thumbs up and said, “You really do a great job. I admire you.” He told me that everyone in the produce market accused him of monitoring me, and even my neighboring competitor would not cooperate with him. After hearing the facts, the head of my village went to the labor camp to visit my husband.

Create an Environment to Save More Sentient Beings

In 2005, my husband returned home. After all the years of persecution, we were short of Dafa books and materials, so we bought a computer. Fellow practitioners sent us the software to break through the Great Firewall so that we could browse the Minghui website. When I first opened Minghui, I felt really happy, like meeting an old friend after many years. Later we bought a printer and started to make Dafa materials that fellow practitioners needed.

Due to the long-term persecution, many practitioners did not go out to clarify the truth, and some even gave up cultivation. After discussing with fellow practitioners, we organized a group Fa study to meet once a week. After studying the Fa together, fellow practitioners improved their xinxing rapidly. We came to understand that we should realize our pre-historic vows and save more sentient beings. So we actively spread the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, distributed booklets, put up posters, used yuan bills with positive messages about Dafa printed on them, and gave people amulets. As for those fellow practitioners that gave up cultivation, we found them and gave them Dafa books and materials. We also taught new practitioners the exercises and studied the Fa with them. If fellow practitioners had difficulties, we would do our best to help them.

Once an older practitioner fainted and was taken to the hospital. I hurried to the hospital and asked her, “Do you remember me?” When she didn't, I quietly sent righteous thoughts for her. After going to the hospital three times, she still did not recognize me. Later I invited several fellow practitioners to see her and send righteous thoughts for her. Her son was scared and said angrily, “My mother needs medical treatment, not your help.” The other practitioners were not swayed by this. Her daughter felt sorry for his brother's behavior and agreed to let her mother listen to Master's lectures on an MP3 player.

After a few days, her daughter and son took her home. Another fellow practitioner and I went to see her again. Upon seeing us, her son said, “I did not know people as young as you also practiced Falun Gong. I always thought it was only very elderly people like my mom that practiced.” I told him, “There are millions of people as young as I am who practice Falun Gong. There are experts and scholars practicing Falun Gong. We range in age from children to over 80. Falun Gong has already spread to more than 100 countries.” I gave him my address and told him to contact me if he needed help. He also asked many questions, and I answered each one. He finally said, “That's it. I cannot out-debate you. “ Then he left. Since the police station was in front of his house, the older practitioner was afraid that her son would report us to police. I said, “Do not worry. Master would help us. 'When disciples have ample righteous thoughts, Master has the power to turn back the tide'” (“The Master-Disciple Bond” from Hong Yin II). Her son did circle around the police station several times but in the end, he did not enter. Later he came home with a smile on his face. As we left, he said, “Thank you.”

To save more sentient beings, in 2009, I moved my business to a bigger produce market. We arrived at the market at 2-3 a.m. When nobody was at our booth, my husband did the exercises. Many people asked me what he was doing. I told them that he was practicing Falun Gong. They asked in surprise, “Isn't it the one forbidden by the government?” I said, “Yes.” Then I shared my cultivation experiences. I told them, “I was once hit by a car. The doctor said I needed to rest in bed for more than two months. However, I got out of the hospital in three days and did not ask a penny from the driver of the other car. The driver is also a vendor in this market. If you don't believe me, you can ask him.” Later on, people understood the truth and happily accepted our yuan bills with messages and amulets. Now people do not call us by our given name, but say, “Hey, Falun Gong, send 20 pounds of goods to my car.” And instead of “Hello,” they say, “Falun Dafa is good.” Master said,

“But now you have seen, haven't you, that history was not created for those evil beings, but for forging Dafa disciples and for saving sentient beings during the final time.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York”)

This May, there were many Udumbara flowers blooming at my home. I was very excited. I asked fellow practitioners, friends, and relatives to see the flowers. I told them, “The Udumbara blooms once every 3,000 years. Its blossom is a sign of the arrival of the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel, rectifying the Fa in the world. Now Falun Gong has spread to more than 100 countries. People all over the world denounce the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin's political regime even harvested organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, an atrocity now under investigation by the international community. The CCP regime killed more than eighty million Chinese people and committed towering crimes. Heaven will destroy the CCP. You should quickly quit the Communist Party, Youth League, and Young Pioneers to save yourself.”

Closing Statement

Writing this article really improved my xinxing a lot. When I started it, the interference was very strong. I really made a strong decision to finish the article. My level is limited, and if there is anything inappropriate, please kindly point this out.

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Minghui Fahui | Cultivating Myself and Saving Sentient Beings to Complete My Mission

December 05, 2012 |   Dictated by a Falun Dafa disciple from Hunan Province, China, and edited by another practitioner

(Minghui.org) On my path of more than a decade of cultivation, I have experienced many hardships and have fallen many times. There are too many "I cannot understand why” moments when facing a lot of criticism and misunderstanding. Whenever a tribulation comes, I will think of Master, think of Falun Dafa, think about my mission in coming to this world to save sentient beings, and think of how I must continue. Whenever I think this way, many hardships are slowly removed from me. Finally, I have only one thought left: Save sentient beings to complete my mission.

Greeting, Master! Greeting, fellow practitioners!

I come from Hunan Province and am 62 years old. I began to practice Falun Dafa on April 12, 1999. Here I will report to Master and fellow practitioners my cultivation experience. Please point out anything inappropriate.

We were told a great god was in our home

Before practicing Falun Gong I suffered from lumbar disc herniation, cholecystitis, etc. Sometimes I could not get up in the morning due to back pain, and my husband had to help me get up and dressed. My husband often takes part in local folk activities. One time he brought back a Bodhisattva statue used in the dragon dance and worshipped it. Another time he went to a temple to get his fortune told. The person in the temple said, “There is a large python spirit in your home." My whole family was scared to hear that and started to search for a solution. My husband told a local Falun Gong practitioner about it. The practitioner said, “Learn Falun Gong. It's not a big deal.”

On April 12, 1999, I went to the practice site for the first time. Later I got a copy of Zhuan Falun. A week later I followed the instruction given in Zhuan Falun, doing a Big Lotus hand sign and asking Master to consecrate the Bodhisattva statue. Soon after that my husband went to the temple again. The person in the temple said, "A great god is in your home, and the large python spirit has disappeared." My husband was puzzled and asked me, "The person in the temple said a great god was in our home. Who is it? “I said, “He is our master. It is the Falun Gong master.” My two-year-old grandson had seen the low level spirit before. On one occasion, my children asked him what the low level spirit in our home looked like, showing him a book about animals. He immediately pointed to the image of the dragon and said, "It looks like this." My children asked again, "Where is it now?" While showing the Falun Gong third exercise, he said, "Grandmother did this and drove it out!”(As a practitioner we understand that cultivators are protected by Master, and Master got rid of the low level spirit.)

I only went to school for a year and a half when I was a child. I obtained the Fa when I was nearly 50 years old. I barely knew any words in Zhuan Falun. At the practice site, I asked the young practitioners to teach me word by word. They were very patient. At home, I asked my niece to teach me. When I first obtained the Fa, I studied one page every day. I work during the day and study the Fa in the evening even to this day. Now I can read all the Falun Dafa books. I study at least one chapter of Zhuan Falun every day. All my illnesses have long gone.

"Do not worry, Master will help us to find a way"

After July 20, 1999, the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the persecution of Falun Dafa. Seeing evil lies spreading everywhere and people being deceived, I was deeply sad and very anxious. So I talked with fellow practitioners about making truth clarification materials.

In the beginning we printed "Falun Dafa is good" in black and white at a copy shop. It was very simple. Each time we made about 200 copies. A local practitioner later brought back large materials from another area. We found a print shop to print it large. We took the printed materials out of the print shop at night and distributed them to fellow practitioners in bags. Then they would coordinate and distribute the materials among a small number of practitioners. At that time we distributed the materials everywhere, such as in corridors, on window sills, on car windshields, in bicycle baskets, in the crack between a door and its frame. Sometimes we put the materials inside supermarket goods. People would see it after they unwrapped the goods. On New Year's Eve we distributed the materials wrapped in red paper to people's doorsteps. On New Year's Day people would see it when they opened the door. Since it was wrapped in red paper, people were happy to get it.

Since I began to practice Falun Gong, I have had only one thought: “Believe in Master and Dafa all the time.”

One time a fellow practitioner and I went 10 kilometers away to the countryside to distribute truth clarification materials. The motorcycle was out of gas when we were done. There was a small private gas station nearby, but no one was there. We waited for a long time, but still nobody showed up. The other practitioner was very worried. I said, "Don't worry, Master will help us to find a way." After a while, a car showed up. The driver needed to pump gas, too. The driver knew the person who owned the gas station very well and went to find him. He was off playing cards. After we filled up, the driver joked, "Without me, how would you have been able to get home?"

In fact, my fellow practitioner and I knew that Master had directed him to help us. With gratitude to Master, we quickly returned home.

With one watch in each cell we could send righteous thoughts on time.

In the first half of 2004, I was caught by the National Security Team when I was distributing Falun Gong materials. I was sent to a labor camp for two years.

The police pressured me to write the three statements in the labor camp. I strongly resisted. They ordered me to sit on a small bench to torture me. I did not comply. They could not do anything about me. Sometimes the practitioners from outside passed us Master's articles. Fellow practitioners made several copies and gave them to practitioners in the same cell. I do not know how to write, so I would help pass them to other practitioners. Later practitioners’ righteous thoughts were stronger, and we planned to send forth righteous thoughts together. Since we did not have a watch, we could not do it on time. Seeing this, I asked my relatives to buy us watches. They brought seven watches when they came to visit the next time. I gave one watch to each cell, so that we could send out forth righteous thoughts on time.

By the second half of 2004, I had been detained nearly a year. Under Master's protection and with the help of my family, I left the labor camp with righteous thoughts and returned home.

Small business owners use currency imprinted with truth clarification information

Soon after I came back from the labor camp, I contacted a local practitioner. A young practitioner suggested that I buy a printer and set up a small truth clarification material site. I said, "I've only read three books in my whole life. It's impossible for me to do it." The practitioner encouraged me, "A 70-year-old practitioner in another area was able to learn how to do it. As a Falun Dafa practitioner you should have confidence in yourself. I can teach you step-by-step.”

With the other practitioner's encouragement, I bought a computer, a black-and-white printer, and supplies. The practitioner helped me to install the system and the encryption disk. I first learned how to turn the computer on and off. The practitioner wrote down each step on a piece of paper. I followed the instructions. After I was familiar with turning the computer off and on, the practitioner taught me how to get online to get on the Minghui website. He again wrote down each step. After I learned the above two steps, I started to learn to print. The practitioner downloaded the data on the encrypted disk and unpacked it. Then he wrote down the steps, and I learned to do it.

Printing was not as easy as the first two steps. I encountered all kinds of problems. Sometimes I couldn't open the encrypted disk; sometimes I could not find the file; sometimes I clicked the wrong button; sometimes the paper jammed in the printer. Every small problem would make me very anxious. I did not dare to do much with the computer or the printer. I had to ask the practitioner to come to my home again to fix it. But one by one, the problems were solved. The printer worked normally. Later I bought a color printer. The problems were more complex. Sometimes the other practitioner lost his patience.

Later I learned from an article on the Minghui website that, if there was a problem with the printer, I needed to look inwards and send forth righteous thoughts. Later when this would happen, I would search for my attachments. I found my attachments like showing off, competitiveness, complaining, looking for fame, self-interest etc. Then I rejected those bad attachments and suppressed them. Indeed, I put down a lot of attachments. With Master's blessing and fellow practitioners' help, I have been through countless troubles. I am finally able to get online, download, and print.

The print material is all downloaded from the Minghui website. Then I mix it with different articles based on people's taste. Then I put them in ziplock bags for distribution.

After reading the article on Minghui about currency with truth clarification information printed on it, I also began to print messages mainly on one-yuan, five-yuan, ten-yuan, and twenty-yuan bills. And sometimes even on 50 and 100-yuan bills. First, I used the money myself, and then I motivated other practitioners to use it. Many local practitioners spent the currency with truth clarification information in their daily lives. Many people like to use the currency with that information, especially people who run small businesses. The more of those bills they used, the more prosperous their business. I would try to exchange the bills with messages with them so that other people could spend them.

I know a lot of small business owners, and they all understand the truth about Falun Dafa. They need a lot of small change. I exchange 10 or 20 bills with them, and they are very happy. After using that currency, their businesses do well. Falun Dafa brings them good fortune. Every day went I go to the market, they want me to exchange currency with truth clarification information on it with them. Every day I can exchange about 2,000 yuan.

In 2011, I exchanged about 150 thousand yuan worth of currency with truth clarification information. It will reach 300,000 yuan or more by the end of this year.

"You do need to feed your family, but you cannot arrest good people!"

Because my family witnessed the miracle of Falun Dafa helping to get rid of the low level spirit, my family always supported me in learning Falun Dafa. After the persecution began, my children at first did not understand me. But they understand now after I have clarified the truth to them for a long time.

My husband has always been supportive of me. After the persecution began, I began making truth clarification materials and distributing them and persuading people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. My husband knows all of this and has never objected. Sometimes when I encourage people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, he helps, too. When people see my husband who does not practice Falun Gong helping, they easily accept what I have to say and often agree to withdraw from the CCP. In the past few years, my husband has not only supported me in clarifying the truth but also in being the against persecution.

In 2005 just after I had just come home from the labor camp, five or six policeman from National Security Team came to my home to harass me. My husband was at home at the time. When he saw that they were going to do something bad again, he seized the collar of one of them and said, "You bunch of hooligans. What you want to do?! Our family has suffered a lot because of you. You guys do not bother with bad people, but only arrest good people. Which Falun Gong practitioner is not a good person? If you give them one yuan extra, they would not take it. Which of you do that?” The five or six officers were in awe. One whose family name is Tsai was so scared that his face turned green. Another said, "We all know that Falun Gong practitioners are good people, but our superior ordered us to do this. We have no choice. We need to feed our families." Hearing this, my husband continued, "You do need to feed your family, but you cannot arrest good people! Get out of here!” They turned tail and left. Since then, no one comes to our home to harass us anymore.

In 2010 Practitioner W was arrested in another area. The CCP wanted to send him to prison. The local practitioners and the practitioners in the provincial capital tried to hire a lawyer to defend him. I told my husband, and he agreed to loan Practitioner W's family 9,000 yuan to rescue him.

In 2011 several local practitioners were arrested and taken to a rural police branch. The local practitioners coordinated to rescue them. My husband found the father of the director of the police station (my husband knows him, because he is a retired police officer) and clarified the truth of Falun Gong to him and asked him to tell his son not to trouble Falun Gong practitioners. That director's father understood and persuaded his son not to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. He also went to the police department, found the deputy director, and told them not to trouble Falun Gong practitioners. Finally, with every one's efforts, the practitioners were rescued. The director's father also withdrew from the CCP and says "Falun Dafa is good" every day. He also advised his son to read Zhuan Falun.

"We treat him as a beginning practitioner."

Some local practitioners are not diligent in doing the three things. Some have been persecuted by the old forces using the form of illness for a long time. Other practitioners and I often help and encourge them. Ying, an elderly female practitioner who is very firm against the persecution, has a certain impact on the local practitioners. In 2007, Ying suddenly fell over during meditation. She was taken to the hospital, and the doctor said she had had a stroke and was partially paralyzed. People started to talk about this and the practitioners also became anxious. During that time, fellow practitioners often discussed this. Most of them believed that the problem was caused by Ying not really giving up her previous practice. Especially since she even used that practice to cure others, including her husband and neighbors. Practitioners often went to her home to share with her, help her, send forth righteous thoughts with her. But Ying's situation did not change, and she passed away in October 2010.

Practitioner Ping usually had more contact with me. A few years ago, she was interfered with by illness karma. I often shared with her and pointed out her problems in cultivation. But she eventually passed away in 2011.

Their deaths caused a shock among practitioners. We often asked ourselves, "What is going on? What should we do?" One time, I shared with Practitioner X about this. Practitioner X said, "The Minghui website has reported many successful examples of how to help fellow practitioners to eliminate the interference of sickness karma. We are all practitioners. Why can't other practitioners do well? Our local practitioners spent a lot of time and effort to help. But why were the results not good? The difference is that we did not do it with pure hearts, we did not see it as our own problem. We did not do it with patience and compassion. Actually, I feel cultivation is a process for ourselves when helping others. Seeing the shortcomings of the practitioner, we should not blame her or irritate him, but be patient and encourage her. If we have the compassion, which can melt steel, and we form this field, will the evil dare to stay?"

Listening to the Practitioner X's words, I suddenly realized that I had loopholes in my cultivation. The result was not good when I enthusiastically pointed out others' shortcomings. The others did not listen to me. The reason was that I was not calm and compassionate—I had resentment when I was helping others, and that often irritated them. All this was because of my own issues.

Understanding my shortcomings, I told Practitioner X, "I must change. Practitioner C is being persecuted by illness karma now. What should we do?" Practitioner X said, "Ping must be the last practitioner to die from illness karma. We will not allow this to happen to another practitioner. All local practitioners must be firm on this thought. Once a practitioner experience illness karma, all local practitioners will treat this as their own problem."

Practitioner X made several suggestions regarding Practitioner C's situation: “First, notify all practitioners about Practitioner C's situation. Everyone should know about it. If you can visit, then come to visit Practitioner C. If you cannot, you can send forth righteous thoughts at home to strengthen Practitioner C. We should treat Practitioner C's problem as our own problem; Second, if you can visit Practitioner C, you should set up a Fa study group at Practitioner C's home, and study the Fa regularly. We do not ask Practitioner C to do anything, just treat him as a new practitioner. He can improve as much as he can. Each of us must do it right. We do not set up a goal blindly, and we do not irritate him. We should be patient with him and create a compassionate, peaceful environment. Let Practitioner C establish his righteous thoughts in this environment, and thus get out of the trouble.”

After we decided on this, we notified the local practitioners separately. At the same time, I also contacted several practitioners to set up a Fa study group in Practitioner C's home. We now study the Fa there every Friday. First we send forth righteous thoughts for 15 minutes, then study the Fa. We take turns to read. When Practitioner C read the Fa, he often made mistakes. He pronounced words wrong, missed words, and added words. When this happens, practitioners pointed out the mistake. This helped Practitioner C to pay attention. After some time, Practitioner C's situation has changed a lot. Before his body had a bad smell. He does not have that smell anymore. His color looks better. He can read the Fa very fluently now. According to Practitioner C's situation, we plan to help him to improve in the area of clarifying the truth of Falun Gong to others as the next step

On the path of my more-than-a-decade of cultivation, I have experienced many hardships and fallen many times. There are too many "I cannot understand why” moments when facing a lot of criticism and misunderstandings. Whenever a tribulation comes, I will think of Master, think of the Fa, think about my mission of coming to this world to save sentient beings, think how I must continue. Whenever I think this way, many hardships are slowly removed from me. Finally, I have only a thought left: Save sentient beings to complete my mission.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners.

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Minghui Fahui | Validating the Fa with Ease Under Master's Blessing

December 05, 2012 |   By Xiaoxiao Feng, a Dafa practitioner in Northwestern China

(Minghui.org) I clung to one thought: I only speak the truth! When I see evil things, I expose them. That is cultivating truthfulness. As for what they had done, it had nothing to do with me. I belong to my Master! So, instead, I viewed myself as an outsider. I sat by the open door of the jail cell, watching all the chaos. During the night, prison guards assigned four people in teams to watch me closely. But regardless of who they were, I had the means to reform them and to help them be on my side and watch out for the guards. I was determined to never allow anyone to create karma by harming Dafa practitioners. Master gave me wisdom when I needed it.

Greetings, compassionate great Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

At the end of March 1999, I was fortunate to obtain a copy of Zhuan Falun. Since then, my life has been filled with new meaning and significance, and validating the Fa has become my whole life. As a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period, everything I own is given to me by Master and is a favor bestowed upon me by Dafa. In order to validate the Fa, I would like to share a few of my experiences.

1. “Do you know how wonderful it is to practice Falun Dafa?”

In the fall of 2001, as I was posting “Falun Dafa Is Good” on a tree, I was arrested and taken to a detention center. More than 20 heavily armed police officers put on a show of force intended to scare me. They then put me in a shackle attached to a cross to torture me for four days and nights. At that moment, I really had contempt for Jiang Zemin and the evil regime he represented. They were so fearful of Dafa and our Master that they waged war against even a lowly farmer.

Police officers called me “Falun child.” Although I was only able to recite two paragraphs of Lunyu from memory at the time, I could feel our compassionate Master beside me, protecting me. In this situation, I thought that, since I had already obtained Dafa, I just needed to hand myself to Master and had no need to worry about anything else.

I was joyful during the four days and four nights that I was shackled. I slept when I was sleepy. I was happy when I was awake. Sometimes I was awakened by my own snoring. Other detainees burst into tears when they saw me being shackled like that but still so joyful, even sleeping soundly and snoring constantly.

During the middle of the night, in order to provide more space for others to sleep, I asked for Master's help to let me withdraw my hands from the shackles. At dawn, I put my hands back in. The director of the detention center went into a rage and cursed me for “pretending to be stupid.” I simply disregarded him by asking, “Do you know how wonderful it is to practice Falun Dafa?” I did not say anything else.

One time when a prisoner was told he would be put onto a “shackle cross,” he knelt down to beg for mercy and wailed for half the night. People were afraid of it. Prisoners were curious about my endurance and looked for an opportunity to ask me questions. I told them my understanding of cultivation and what Master had said:

“As a practitioner, if you assimilate yourself to this characteristic you are one that has attained the Tao—it’s just such a simple principle.” (Zhuan Falun)

I told them to remember Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, that when they got out, they needed to look for Zhuan Falun and vow to cultivate Dafa in the future.

The celestial eye of a prisoner who took care of me attentively after I entered the detention center opened the following day. He had been imprisoned there for six years and had not seen his mother in all that time. In an instant, he said that he saw his mother with gray hair, sweeping the floor at home, and looking sad. I told him to send forth righteous thoughts with me and recite, “The Fa rectifies the cosmos, the evil is completely eliminated.”

When my mind was not stable, he told me that he saw a kid bouncing a ball on me. When I felt pain or discomfort, he told me that there were insects, potato bugs, grasshoppers, and ants lying on me. After we sent forth righteous thoughts together, all of those things turned into a pool of black liquid. After this experience, I realized that when a cultivator does not feel well, it is because of these things.

After four days and nights, they removed the shackles. I saw that the soles of my shoes were gone, and one of my toenails was missing.

Many prisoners wanted me to show them the Falun Dafa exercises. I demonstrated the first, third, and fourth sets of exercises quietly. I felt very peaceful, very warm, and huge while I was doing the exercises. Although we were surrounded by an iron gate, iron window bars, iron chains, and ghost-like prison lights, the whole place was so quiet, as if the air was frozen. Everyone present wept.

For the 20-some days I was there, people were transferred around every day. However, the prisoners all promised they would practice Dafa. Some even started to do the exercises with me.

On the day I was to be transferred to a forced labor camp, several of my prison inmates burst into tears. The guards could not control them. When we said goodbye, they were upset and shed tears. Holding back my tears, I again urged them to remember, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance!”

After arriving at the labor camp, I planned to escape with a fellow practitioner. Because I worried about having to become homeless, we were captured. The other practitioner was sentenced to one year of forced labor. In order to force me to give up practicing Falun Dafa, the evil mobilized “lobbyists” to besiege me non-stop. Every day several people would surround me and speak nonsense. I did not want them to pollute me, and neither did I wish them to increase their own karma, so I did not listen. I asked Teacher to put a cover over me so that when I sat up I would fall asleep. When they saw me close my eyes, they would shake me. I then started to snore with my eyes open. Lacking any other alternative, they sent me to the “literacy class” to learn how to write Chinese characters, even though I am a high school graduate.

Regardless of what I was confronted with, I was always in a good mood. If I talked with someone close by, I would sing a song to comfort us. As we talked and laughed, our minds melded together and we strengthened our belief in helping Teacher rectify the Fa.

One day, a captain sent for me. I entered his office and cheerfully asked, “Captain, did you want to see me?” Then I saw about 20 to 30 guards standing in two rows, armed with electric batons as if getting ready for a battle. I glanced at them and said in my mind, “Who can match me?” I asked the captain cheerfully again, “Captain, you were looking for me.” He waved his hand at the men with electric batons, smiled to me, and said, “Doesn't this look good? Happy guy!”

I laughed and said, “Of course I am very happy. Old people used to say that when people become outlaws, they cry. But my mother told me that when I was in a less-fortunate situation, I should smile. It is only because I am fortunate to be practicing Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance!” That made the captain laugh. He said, “Go back and get ready to go to the mess hall.” I knew that our compassionate Master had removed my tribulation once again.

The majority of the detainees in the labor camp were Falun Dafa practitioners. How many horrible crimes have been committed there! The crackling sound of electric batons and shouts of “Falun Dafa is good” accompanied me in my sleep. Trumpeting, stern guards, torture cangues, double-teamed assaults, and slave labor were all part of the scenery.

I remember a terrifying, rainy night in July when a burst of screams pierced the darkness. I was awakened from a dream and heard someone crying, “You Communist Party, you want to kill me! You don't let me do the exercises! It is Falun Dafa that is giving me life!” The prisoners in the room were all in tears as they leaned out the windows. The dismal wailing tore at everyone's heart!

A few days later, I put together a sad little song about that night in the so-called “thought report” and submitted it. It was like poking at a hornet's nest, and the whole labor camp brigade began scurrying about with condemnations and curses. Several guards wielding electric batons shouted, “Nobody heard anything, right?!” They were referring to the cries from the previous night.

I clung to one thought: I only speak the truth! When I see evil things, I expose them. That is cultivating truthfulness. As for what they had done, it had nothing to do with me. I belong to my Master! So, instead, I viewed myself as an outsider. I sat by the open door of the jail cell, watching all the chaos. During the night, guards assigned four people in teams to watch me closely. But regardless of who they were, I had the means to reform them and to help them be on my side and watch out for the guards. I was determined to never allow anyone to create karma by harming Dafa practitioners. Master gave me wisdom when I needed it.

I always kept Master's poem, “Benevolent Might,” firmly in my mind,

“Dafa is what you carry everywhere,

Zhen Shan Ren, rooted in the mind;

A great Arhat walks the earth,

Gods and demons fear with awe.”

(“Benevolent Might,” Hong Yin)

The harsher the environment, the firmer we remained in the Fa. I coordinated with two fellow practitioners to copy Master's lectures each night and gave them to other practitioners to read. The lights in the prison guard's room shone all night long and cameras watched us above our beds. The hallways were also monitored all night long. We made copies of scriptures and passed them around every day. If not for Master's blessing and enlightenment, we could not have possibly succeeded, especially considering that we were always being searched.

I remember once when I went to the restroom, before I unfastened my belt, a pen fell out of my shirt pocket and made a sound when it hit the floor. At the time, there was only one person guarding me. My first thought was to run away and hide the scripture securely. The person caught up with me and complained, “Why are you in such a hurry?” I smiled at him without saying a word. Although the environment in Mainland China was harsh, I never lost a single page of Zhuan Falun or other materials. I simply clung to one thought: Dafa has spread widely; whatever is given by Master, no one is worthy of taking!

A year later they sent me to a brainwashing center. I remember a graduate from a law school, who was hired by the brainwashing center to be put up as a front, asked me, “Why do people who practice Falun Gong not take medicine?” I replied, “Why take medicine if you are not ill!” He then asked, “How does doing the exercises keep one from getting sick?” I remembered what Master had said in Zhuan Falun about the principle of three thousand worlds. I patiently explained to him the relationship between the particles in the body and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance: When one conforms to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, then everything will be in order. That is why matter and mind are one thing. When people do not distinguish good and evil, the particle movement will be disorderly, and this causes collisions. When that happens, modern medicine considers it an illness. Then you need to use Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to mend it. Our Master is rectifying the Fa. When everything is righteous, then everything will be straightened out and in good order. Chinese medicine also says that when one's righteous thoughts are solid, no evil will be able to invade one's body. Our Master told us: “As a practitioner, if you assimilate yourself to this characteristic, you are one that has attained the Tao—it’s just such a simple principle.” (Zhuan Falun) Therein lies the significance in the righteous Fa cultivation of Dafa practitioners. Could you say that cultivation has anything to do with taking medicine?

He then said that he was opposed to anyone who was unpatriotic. Why had my master stayed abroad? I told him that Dafa had spread to every corner of the world. Our master not only took care of those of us in China, but also people overseas. My master went overseas in 1996, and the Chinese Communist Party started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999. I told him not to listen to the lies.

I then asked him, “What is your concept of patriotism?” and continued, “My master told us that the ruler of a country should cherish the land and take care of the people. The Communist regime has given away millions of square miles, and Mao Zedong spoke of fighting heaven and the earth. He caused tens of millions of Chinese people to starve to death. Deng Xiaoping once said that he was willing to sacrifice the lives of 200,000 Chinese people for 20 years of stability. Could he be considered a good person? Jiang Zeming and his family have made a fortune through corruption. Is that OK? How many Chinese Communist leaders' lives have ended well? Just look at Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, and Liu Shaoqi. They all fought honorably for the Chinese Communist Party, but they all died in disgrace. My uncle was once general Xu Xiangqian's bodyguard. He joined the Red Army when he was 15, and he suffered many injuries during the civil war. During the Cultural Revolution, he was denounced in public and lost both of his ears when he was forced to kneel on the street one freezing night. How about the grief of the mothers of those students who were killed during the 1984 Democratic Students Movement?

“My master teaches Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He teaches us to be truthful, to be kind to others even when others treat us badly, and to be tolerant in a conflict. He has hundreds of millions of disciples, but he has never accepted a single penny from us. He only wants us to have good hearts. What a great, unselfish mind! Are you not touched? Isn't he great! So I am willing to give my life to my master. I would use my life to praise him. This is my purpose and choice in life! The Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance that he teaches is the real treasure of every life. Whichever country pursues it, the morality of its people will be noble and the quality of its citizens' lives will be good. Could such a country be anything but prosperous and strong? Dafa began spreading in China, and, because of that, China is blessed. My master is a true patriot!”

His eyes filled with tears. He looked at me steadily and said, “Say no more, otherwise I'll be learning from you.” He went back to the people who were responsible for brainwashing Falun Gong practitioners and told them that my knowledge was too broad. Even if he spoke to me about calculus or quantum physics, he would still be unable to win me over. The news spread, and many people came to speak with me. Some sent me tea when they could find no opportunity to contact me personally. During those two months, all kinds of people came to chat with me.

One time the director of the labor camp came to see me. He talked like a bureaucrat: “President Jiang's policy is lenient, and he didn't label Falun Gong as an enemy. You should be grateful to him.” I was upset and immediately replied, “It is useless! Since we are close, let's just speak from the bottom of our hearts. Jiang did not label us as the enemy, but we are still being imprisoned. Even if he does considers us the enemy, so what? Persecute us abroad? We live in this world and need to be righteous. We are living in a society, and we are to be content with what we have. I advise you to think twice before you act!” A young guard clapped his hands, smiled, and said, “Going abroad will be just fine for me. I want to learn from you so I can go abroad.” We all laughed. To break the ice, he began chatting about the news on the new stadium for a moment and then he left. From that time until I was released, he avoided me. Well, it was my competitiveness and human mindset that prevented him from knowing the truth. I hope he will not miss the predestined relationship with Dafa.

2. Dafa Shines in Mushang Village - Sentient Beings Welcome Shen Yun

Since I became aware of Master personally leading Shen Yun, and since Shen Yun is saving sentient beings, I began putting in great effort to promote Shen Yun. In the process, I was bathing in the sacred Fa, and gradually I reached a state of benevolence, and happiness. As the Fa-rectification process increases and the years of clarifying the truth and promoting Shen Yun move forward, many of my friends, family members, and neighbors have grown fond of Shen Yun. They have often asked me not to forget them when the new Shen Yun DVDs become available. People have often sought me out in order to get it.

Dafa practitioners all know that Shen Yun has Fa content and is directly saving sentient beings, so we should have the same enthusiasm in promoting Shen Yun as we have in promoting the Fa. Personally, I think that people love Shen Yun and that acceptance of the truth has repaid Dafa practitioners' efforts. Shen Yun is Master's gift to sentient beings, and I cannot let my own human mindset and inadequacies obstruct what Master wants to do. I can only proceed with all my heart and might as a Dafa practitioner.

Sentient beings' love and earnest demand for Shen Yun DVDs has touched my heart. I once went with several practitioners to the Shanxiang County bazaar to promote Shen Yun. No matter where I went, I simply clung to one thought: “Dafa practitioners are following Master's arrangements in saving sentient beings. Shen Yun is a gift from Master and a favor bestowed by Dafa! One will be saved if one watches it and one should not miss this predestined relationship. Dafa is to save sentient beings.” I then fixed my thoughts: “Environmental changes will never make my heart waver.”

The first time we went to the bazaar, although it was very cold, several hundred discs were snatched away instantly, even before the fair was fully opened. Those who did not get one were very sad. They followed behind me and said, “Do bring more next time. I did not get one because I was late.”

The next time we went to the bazaar, all the discs were gone in an instant. Again, people followed behind me and said, “Do bring more next time. I didn't get one.” Some people asked us whether we had the discs from last year or the year before that. Some asked whether we had other discs with different content. We thus brought truth-clarifying discs with us on our next visit. Sentient beings' longing for the truth made us realize the urgency of saving them. Dafa practitioners could truly feel the sacredness in assisting Master's Fa rectification.

One Sunday we went to a bazaar that opened before the New Year. There were carloads of people in the festive hustle-and-bustle. This time we brought with us more than two thousand Shen Yun DVDs and hundreds of truth-clarifying DVDs, as well as several thousand wall calendars. In less than an hour, everything was gone. Drivers extended their hands and shouted for them. Some people who didn't even park their cars just jumped out and ran to us to get one. Some drivers honked their horns to get our attention. Some who had already gotten one came to help distribute the discs and shouted, “Hurry up! There aren't that many left!” Some shouted excitedly, “Falun Dafa is good!” Their voices vibrated throughout this remote village. Practitioners were touched by their happy voices. People who did not get a DVD told us to bring more next time.

On a clear day after it had snowed, we went to a large bazaar in a remote village. The bazaar was located at a large intersection. It was twice as large as the bazaar we had previously visited. This time we brought with us 2,000 copies of the Shen Yun DVDs, more than 1,000 truth-clarifying CDs, 5,000 wall calendars, several boxes of desk calendars, and paintings with words of blessing. When we told people that these items were presents for the New Year, they started to grab up the packages even without our distributing them. Some who had already gotten a package raised both hands to help distribute more to others. They shouted with excitement, “Falun Dafa is good!” Their voices echoed one after the other in the hustle and bustle of the bazaar. People were positively affected by their voices and the festivity!

Writing up to this point, I remember what Master said,

“I will have the people of the future repay Dafa—that is, the people who survive—and they are going to create for Dafa an era of the greatest glory, a time of unparalleled magnificence”

(“2012 International Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital”)

Nothing can hold back anything Master wants to do. The atmosphere at the bazaar let Dafa practitioners sense that the future's sentient beings would create a brilliant glory for Dafa.

3. Don't Let Illusion Create Doubt in the Golden Heart

For a long time, my cultivation state was nowhere near the standard of a cultivator, and neither was my studying the Fa up to par. I had encountered much interference, and I was inhibited by a kind of numbness. My main consciousness was not fully awake sometimes. I was very anxious, and I experienced the reaction of fear. Therefore, this sharing is long overdue. While writing this, I've made some breakthroughs in getting rid of a great deal of interference, gaining some new understandings regarding some problems, rooting out many of my human mindsets, and mending some notions that helped me sober up a great deal.

Master told us,

“Let me give you an example. In Buddhism, it is said that every phenomenon in human society is illusory and unreal.” (Zhuan Falun)

Thus, I considered the state of my cultivation being illusory, and I no longer emphasized it or felt it. I made myself strengthen my Fa study and send forth of righteous thoughts with a clear mind. I understood that all the illusions would be like wisps of clouds blown away by the wind.

Speaking of illusions, I recall what I went through one early spring when I needed to go out of town to purchase materials for validating the Fa. The materials were supposed to be shipped by passenger train. I incidentally discovered that the train line would pass through a strict police inspection point that would include passenger body searches. I realized that discovery was an illusion caused by my own fear.

A different time, after I was implicated by the arrest of a fellow practitioner, I was unable to stay home. That experience also touched upon my fear. From that experience, I knew that the current project involving the train could not be delayed, and I did not wish to add any mental burden to fellow practitioners. I thus asked for Master's blessing in helping me get beyond my personal shortcomings and assist the overall coordination of the project. Regardless of my deficiencies, I needed to overcome the attachment of fear on my unfinished cultivation path. I recognized that everything would be mended unconditionally in the Fa.

Thus, I quietly and patiently waited near the area of inspection. After three days, I saw out that only a handful of police vehicles remained, and that the police were no longer searching the trains or passengers. Without hesitation, I hurriedly bought a ticket to deliver the materials to our city.

On another occasion, a fellow practitioner and I went to visit an elderly practitioner. On our way home, there were many police vehicles patrolling the street. A police vehicle paused near us for a short while, so we took a detour. This incident also touched upon my fear, so I decided to expose the element of fear and clear it away.

Since the passing away of some family members, I have subsequently been forced to live away from home to avoid persecution. Many people have thus been concerned about me. However, as long as I do not change my heart of gold or lose my righteous belief in Dafa, all the illusions will be like wisps of clouds that are blown away in the wind. I believe I will mend myself in Dafa, and Master will succeed in saving me! I will use the rest of my life to praise Master and Dafa!

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