Minghui Fahui | Falun Dafa Explains All Mysteries

December 14, 2012 |   By a practitioner in Hebei Province

(Minghui.org)

Greetings esteemed Master and fellow practitioners:

1. Reading Zhuan Falun Explains Mysteries

I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1997. Before that I had always been wondering why I existed. I had read all kinds of books but couldn't get satisfactory answers. One day I dreamed that a book came into my hands. I could not tell the title of the book. The next day my scooter was broken and I took it to a friend's shop to get it fixed. As I was resting in his house, I saw a book on his bed and asked him about it. He said, “My aunt from Shijiazhuang gave it to me. She told me anyone who likes it can have it. I don't understand what it says in the book. You can take it.” It was Zhuan Falun, the main book of the Falun Dafa practice.

The first phrase I saw in Zhuan Falun was “Genuinely Guiding People Towards High Levels.” I started to read the book and really liked it. I took it home and finished reading it within two days. The third day I had diarrhea. I believed it was Teacher purifying my body.

2. Practicing the Exercises

In June 1999, I did the exercises at night. I felt marvelous after doing exercises 1, 3 and 4 for three hours. When I was holding the wheel I suddenly heard, “hurry up, hurry up and practice.” I felt that this could be a bad omen, considering the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) attitude towards Falun Dafa. But, I prolonged the time of doing the exercise. Before July 20, 1999, I spent at least six hours each night doing the exercises.

3. Living Under Teacher's Protection

After the CCP banned Falun Dafa and began the persecution, my family asked me to renounce the practice. They even burned my books and tapes. I remained steadfast and told them about the benefits I experienced after practicing Falun Dafa. In 2000, a plainclothes policeman came to my house to arrest me. I wasn't home at the time, but had a strange feeling and felt that something was wrong. I knew that Teacher was warning me. My family called and told me that someone was looking for me, “He did not look like a nice person.” I quickly told them that he was a policeman, “Don't talk to him, just say that I am busy and can't come home.” For three days the police came to my house to look for me and luckily I wasn't at home. Teacher hinted that it would be best to not be at home each time before they came looking for me. The fourth day, I had the same strange feeling again, except that it was very strong. I suddenly remembered that I left Falun Dafa books and materials in plain sight at home. I quickly called my family and told them to put them in a safe place. As soon as the books were hidden, the police arrived. They said that they were going to search the house and if they didn't find anything, they would not come back. They found nothing and my family witnessed the miracle of Falun Dafa.

4. Coordinating Well

I became quite active in validating the Fa in 2003. After distributing Falun Dafa materials in a ten mile area that night, I dreamed about six of my former reincarnations and knew that Teacher was encouraging me.

Practitioners divided the county into different areas and each Fa study group was in charge of one area. We often shared experiences and coordinated closely. We did very well and one could see fliers, banners, and amulets everywhere: on the streets, in the trees, and on every door. The authorities tore them up during the day and we posted them back at night. In the end, the authorities gave up. We did so well that several former practitioners were inspired to return to the practice.

5. Passing Tests and Seeing Miracles

One time I had the symptoms of a stroke with my facial features distorted and I felt dizzy. I knew it was a test and time for me to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa. I was in the service business and many people saw me. My family and friends asked me to go to a hospital. Instead I sent righteous thoughts when they talked to me.

There were two other people in my village who experienced the same symptoms. My children and wife cried, begging me to go to a hospital. I told them, “I am being responsible by not going to the hospital. I promise that I will pass this test, please be assured.” During those days, I still clarified the facts of the persecution to people I met. I read the Fa out loud and did the exercises six hours daily. I sent righteous thoughts every hour on the hour.

About two weeks later, my face returned to normal. I cried when thanking Teacher. My family and friends were happy for me. The two people with the same symptoms had spent a lot of money for medicines, but I was cured by believing in Falun Dafa. Everyone witnessed the miracle of Falun Dafa.

6. Keeping Righteous Thoughts During Illegal Detention

On August 13, 2010, a dozen local practitioners, including me, were arrested. I was taking my child to school. Four police officers came up behind me, knocked me to the ground and handcuffed me to the police car.

The police put shackles on me. I clarified the facts about Falun Dafa to the police, but they wouldn't listen. My wife and uncle came to see me and asked me to renounce the practice, “Tell the police something nice and admit that you are wrong. Your child was scared and kept crying and would not eat.” My wife cried. My uncle told me that I would ruin my family. I insisted that I was not a criminal and that the CCP was evil.

I refused to tell the police my name and they stopped asking. I kept sending righteous thoughts and recited Teacher's poem:

“Righteous thoughts each step of the way,

Divine beings are present in this world.
When they return with full bounty,
The multitude of gods shall receive them.” (“Stirred by Reflection”)

I remained steadfast. My arms and legs began to swell after 30 hours of being tied up. The next day two practitioners and I were transferred to the Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp in Baoding City. I kept sending righteous thoughts. A policeman asked me if I was tired from putting my hand up all that time. I told him that Teacher was protecting me and I was not tired. He said, “Isn't he in the U.S.?” I said, “Teacher is right next to me.” He laughed at me and said, “We'll sentence you to a year in the camp. Then you will see who makes the call here.” I replied, “My Teacher makes the call.”

When we got to the camp, a prison guard checked my blood pressure. It was very high, 170/110 mmHg. I knew Teacher was protecting me. The guard told me to take medicine and I told him I wasn't sick. He then asked me why my blood pressure was so high. I told him, “It is because the CCP persecutes me. If you release me now, I will be fine.” The guard left me in the camp. That night I continued to recite Hong Yin, Hong Yin II, and “Stirred by Reflection,” and sent righteous thoughts.

The next day I was taken to the First City Hospital. The doctor first checked my heart beat, and it beat really fast. When he was done with me, my heart beat returned to normal. My blood pressure was 150/130 mmHg. The lower number was even higher. The camp refused to accept me. After I returned to the County Public Security Bureau, a young policeman asked what I did. I told him I practiced Falun Dafa. He asked me if I knew “I Smile” and I quickly recited it:

“I smile— sentient beings have awakened
I smile— Dafa now spreads
I smile— the ferryboat has set sail
I smile— for sentient beings there is hope” (Hong Yin)

He quickly told me to stop, “I know, you have recited it all.” When I got home that night, my family was happy. The next day they told me that the day I was arrested, some police from the Baoding Public Security Bureau had a car accident on the highway. I had my blood pressure checked in a clinic and it was normal. I told everyone my story, how Teacher protected me and the beauty of Falun Dafa.

7. Helping People Resign from the CCP

One day, I gave a group of ten people copies of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. One said that Falun Gong talked about calamities and that the CCP would be eliminated, “So, when exactly will all this happen?” I didn't know how to answer his question. I looked within and asked Teacher to help me. Without thinking I said the following, “If you want to know the specific times, you must start being a good person and do only good deeds. You must pay attention to virtue and live by the principles Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Once you are able to do all this, you may find out.” They nodded their heads.

Another one said, “The CCP raised you and gave you everything you have.” I told him, “We all survive. We could not exist without the universe. How long has the universe been around and how long has the CCP in power? The CCP is destructive and Falun Gong is a divine path. Which way do you think will last longer?” They laughed. One of them said, “Everything the CCP does is for its survival.” All of them quit the CCP and its affiliates. Teacher helped me again.

For a while it didn't go smoothly when I clarified the truth. One night I dreamed that Teacher gave me two bottles: one of them had a bottom and the other did not. The one with the bottom asked me to study the Nine Commentaries and the one without asked me to pass out the Nine Commentaries. I watched the Nine Commentaries program on NTD Television and listened to the recordings over and over for a few days. From then on, there was not much trouble when I clarified the truth.

8. Studying the Fa Without Intention

I frequently memorized Hong Yin, Hong Yin II, and Hong Yin III. Especially with Hong Yin and Hong Yin II, I could recite each book within 17 minutes. I could recite it backwards, until the words appeared in my mind like on a fast typewriter. It was just as Teacher said,

“When one chants the Buddha's name, one must do it single-mindedly with nothing else in mind until other portions of the brain become numb and one becomes unaware of anything, with one thought replacing thousands of others, or until each word of 'Buddha Amitabha' shows up before one's eyes.” (Zhuan Falun)

For a while when I studied Zhuan Falun, I finished the book within seven hours. If I felt sleepy, I would focus even more, and the sleepiness would fade away. Sometimes I read until my brain was numb and I could not see things around me clearly, except the characters in the book. Sometimes I could even see small figures of Buddhas, Daos, and Gods, come out of the characters. My body was warm and full of energy and it felt great.

9. Buddha Lights Shines and Rectifies my Heart

After I became a coordinator I came across many issues time and time again. My family nagged me, as did human notions and complaints from practitioners and their families. I could not stand accusations and insults from practitioners.

I tried to hold my righteous thoughts but failed after a while. I looked up at Teacher's picture and said, “Master, what am I doing this for? Do I owe these practitioners? I can't stand it anymore. I will not associate with these practitioners.”

From then on, I practiced alone. I left town to do business. I did not hear from the practitioners, their criticisms and rumors. No matter what business I did, I lost money. In the end, I hid myself at home and became a recluse. I did not progress diligently and could not study the Fa with a calm and clear mind. I was always complaining. As I complained more, I dreamed about falling down to lower levels.

I began to look within and read more of Teacher's new articles. I improved again on my cultivation path and began to cooperate with fellow practitioners.

Thank you Master, thank you practitioners.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Breaking Through the Persecution Arranged by the Old Forces

December 15, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) After evil ringleader Zhou Yongkang came to our city in early April 2012, a wave of arrests of Falun Dafa practitioners began. I, along with two other practitioners, was arrested and taken to a police branch station one day by plainclothes police officers while we were clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to others in public. At the police station I looked inward and quickly realized why I was arrested.

Clarifying the truth face-to-face about Falun Gong (mainly distributing Shen Yun DVDs and distributing CDs for breaking Internet blockage software ) had been going very well for me for a long time. However, the scale is increasing, and I had forgotten to cultivate myself. I felt very good about myself and had started to look down on others. The attachment of “doing things,” showing off, the competitive mentality, the attachment to vanity, the attachment of fear, resentment, and other human notions all surfaced. I wasn't putting the Fa in the first place and was simply so busy that I had little time to study the Fa. My palm drooped down often while sending forth righteous thoughts.

Upon finding these attachments, I realized the seriousness of cultivation and felt very sad. But I immediately realized, “I will be rectified in the Fa if I have any omissions. No evil is worthy of harming me. Master is taking care of me and no life is worthy of persecuting me. Whoever does so, is sinning, and will receive immediate retribution.” Thinking of this I asked Master to strengthen me and asked righteous gods for protection. I started to clarify the truth of Falun Gong to the police but evil factors in other dimension were still plentiful. They were controlling the police. On a human level, the police refused to listen to the truth and they had bad attitudes. One of the officers shouted loudly and demanded that I report my name and home address but I refused to cooperate. He hit me very hard with his fists on my head but I felt no pain. I know that Master actually endured it for me. I realized that I needed to ask Master to strengthen me and eliminate the evil factors and spirits of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in other dimensions in the police station. My righteous thoughts became stronger and stronger.

In the process of sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw the police checking my cell phone and phone book, so I sent forth righteous thoughts to prevent them from finding anything. As a result the police checked it from eleven o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon, but found nothing. They did not give up and detained me for fifteen days for using "anonymous" as my name.

My husband and a fellow practitioner came to rescue me at five or six o'clock in the afternoon. My husband told the police my name, which I had tried very hard not to let them know. I was very discouraged and all my human notions came out. I blamed my husband for telling the police my name and lost my righteous thoughts. My husband and the fellow practitioner asked the police to release me. Policeman A said, "You are too late. She did not report her name. She will be detained as 'anonymous' for fifteen days." No matter how my husband tried, it didn't help. Because I was so discouraged, I lost my righteous thoughts. Policeman A said, "Take it easy. She will be released after fifteen days." With an irresponsible state of mind, I got into the police car, thinking that the detention center would not accept me, but they took me in as "anonymous." I was more discouraged as I followed the police officers order to sign and change into the inmate uniform. I was then sent to a room on the third floor.

At about 11:00 p.m. I got to the room where a lot of people were asleep. I could not sleep and thought a lot while looking inward for why the result was like this, and what my loopholes were. Looking back at my thoughts at the police station and why I was discouraged, I finally realized that the starting point of not reporting my name was not righteous. Because my mother-in-law is paralyzed at home, I needed to take care of her. If I reported my name, they would send me to detention or a brainwashing center, and no one would be able to take care of my mother-in-law. The evil took advantage of the loophole. I hated that I did not cultivate solidly and could not believe in Master and the Fa completely. Master's words from “Pass The Deadly Test” came into my head,

“During a human being's journey toward divinity, since it is a human being--and not a god--cultivating, he will definitely make mistakes in the process of cultivating, and there will definitely be tests that he doesn't pass well. And of course there are those who make huge mistakes. Once you have recognized your problem, the key question is whether you are determined to get rid of it. Only when you are determined to emerge from it can it be called cultivation, and that is cultivation.”

Master's words awoke me to realize that I must pick myself up from being discouraged. I needed to rejuvenate my energy and do a good job from then on.

Looking at so many sentient beings sleeping in front of me, an idea came to me. I came here with the purpose of saving sentient beings, not to endure persecution. Usually I don't have the chance to come, but today I was brought here and I need to take the opportunity to eliminate evil beings who persecute Falun Dafa practitioners and save all the poisoned predestined people here. My previously discouraged mood was completely gone, and I now had very strong righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen me. I would do a good job here.

When I was ready to get up around four o'clock next morning, an inmate whose last name is Pu (who the police arranged to monitor everyone in the room around the clock) came to me and asked me softly, "Falun Gong?" I answered with a smile, "Yes." she said," Do you want to do the exercises? "I was pleasantly surprised that Master was using her mouth to encourage me to do the three things well here, so I hurried to clean up and then started the fifth exercise. After dawn, everyone in the room was surprised to find a Falun Gong practitioner here. Everyone was looking at me, so I told them why I had been arrested, along with the truth about Falun Gong. I talked about how the evil Jiang Zemin and the CCP persecute Falun Gong practitioners, and asked them to quit CCP.

Many people were being arrested in those days, including drug abusers, prostitutes, gamblers, thieves, etc. Every day there were dozens of people, sometimes hundreds of people from different areas in the city that were sent to this detention center, and the room was filled. There were not enough beds so people had to sleep on the floor, but my room was strictly controlled and normally people could not come in. Seeing so many people, I had an idea. I would ask Master to bring predestined people to my room and take them away after they learned the truth about Falun Gong. So every day there were newcomers and people who learned the truth about Falun Gong and then left. This gave me confidence in saving people. I only slept three or four hours per day. The rest of the time I intensively sent forth righteous thoughts, recited the Fa, and clarified the truth about Falun Gong. During this process Master showed great mercy and let people witness Dafa's miracles.

A 65-year-old lady, whose family name is Dai, suffers from diabetes. She was very ill one afternoon, lying in bed groaning. Someone suggested that an inmate report it quickly, otherwise she could die. The inmate rang the bell to try to get the police over, to explain the situation, but the minutes passed by and the police did not come. We were all anxious and asked the inmate to ring the bell several times, but no one answered.

The old lady moaned loudly. We urged the inmate to ring the bell again and this time an officer came. The officer yelled, "What are you people in this room up for (because there is a monitor in the room)? What kind of patient haven't I seen? Don't make a fuss over a small thing..." No one dared to say anything after the policeman's shouting and cursing. At this time a thought emerged, “It's time to validate the Fa.” I whispered to the old lady and said, "Grandma, you can sincerely chant 'Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good'. The officers don't care about you. You need to hurry up and take care of yourself, and chant quickly." The old lady moaned in pain and didn't answer me. She suffered the whole afternoon like this.

At dinner time (six in the evening), everyone rushed to get dinner. I sat on the bed in the lotus position to send forth righteous thoughts (My bed was next to the old lady). So I sent forth righteous thoughts facing her. I finished a half hour later and the old lady's moaning stopped. I asked softly, "Grandma, do you feel better? I'll go and get some food for you." She said, "Good."

When I came back with the food the old lady got up. Everyone was surprised, "Grandma, are you okay now?" The old lady was asking me while eating her food. "Did you send your energy to me a while ago? I felt cool stuff swirling around my body. It was very comfortable. I am totally better now." I smiled and said to her, "I sent forth righteous thoughts. It's our master who had mercy on you and you benefited from it." The Woman added, "You told me to chant 'Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good'. I chanted continuously." At this time people in the room were shocked. Some people said, "Falun Gong is amazing." One person said, "I have back pain please give me some energy." Another said, "I am hurt here. Please help me." Some others said, "Grandma is an honest person. She doesn't lie. This is definitely real!" Some people still didn't know what the words were. There were so many questions. I didn't know which one I should answer first.

Everyone witnessed Dafa's miracle and was looking forward to being saved. I asked everyone to calm down, and said, "I am a Falun Gong practitioner. We do not cure people's illnesses. I cannot cure illness either. As long as you sincerely chant 'Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good', and quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, you will benefit and be blessed. This is the guarantee for your life forever..." So people took out pens and paper and asked me to write the words on the paper. Everyone got a copy and we read together, "Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good."

It was hard to describe the people's joy at that moment. It was not like a detention center. I was moved to tears. I am grateful for Master's mercy toward sentient beings. At that moment everyone forgot they were in a detention center. They were free and no one came to bother them. They were enjoying true happiness. It was truly "The Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and rectifies all abnormalities." (Zhuan Falun). I later talked a lot to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, continuing until nine o'clock in the evening. Everyone slowly went to bed.

During those fifteen days I always considered others first, as a practitioner should. Many people were in a bad mood when they first came in. I used Falun Dafa's principles to advise them and let them know how to be good persons. Some were seriously ill and could not take care of themselves and I offered to help them wash. Some were on scaffolds with hands and feet affixed to the bed, and they could not eat, drink, or use the bathroom. I offered to help wash, feed, and even help to take away the toilet pot. My actions moved people there. From their hearts they all came to believe that Falun Gong is good. Except for a mentally disabled person, everyone quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

The fifteen days were up. The day before my release I was not calm. Looking inward, I was afraid of being sent to a brainwashing center. But I soon denied these negative thoughts. However the next day my heart was still not calm. I went downstairs and saw policeman A and another police officer driver, and understood that they wanted to send me to the brainwashing center. I was very calm then.

Policeman A came and said, "Come on and sit down for a while," I did not sit and asked him, "Why did the two of you come again? Didn't you tell me that my husband could come to take me home after fifteen days? You deceived us. I won't go in your car today." Policeman A said with a smile, "I didn't make the decision to arrest you or send you to the detention center. It is just my job. Sending you to “study class” (brainwashing session) is my job.” At this time I was determined that I was ready to put my trust in Master. I was determined not to cooperate with them, and not get into the police car.

The two police officers came to grab me to put me into the car. I then sat on the ground in the lotus position and refused to cooperate. They tried very hard and finally carried me into the car. When the police car left the door of the detention center, I saw many fellow practitioners outside but they could not see me. I hit the car windows and my brother in-law saw me. He stepped in front of a police car, then my husband rushed over. Both of them tried to stop the police car but the car drove away.

I was not discouraged upon seeing this. I believe in Master and the Fa, and continued to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the two officers. I asked whether policeman A was a CCP member. He said he was, to which I replied, "You should quit quickly in your heart for your safety and peace. There are more than 100 million people who have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, including people from police departments and the judicial system. Many police officers have quit the CCP. You should leave a door open for yourself..."

Policeman A interrupted me and said, "You see you are still talking about this even in this situation. Sentencing you to a labor camp was not enough for you." I said, "You ask why I'm still doing this? You sent me to a detention center for fifteen days, but you didn't stop there. You also want to send me to a brainwashing center. You ask me why I am still talking to you about this? I don't hate you. Instead I'm clarifying the truth to you and am asking you quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations in order to save you. Isn't this all for the sake of your life? But you two today are still assisting the bad people."

Policeman A said, "I didn't arrest you or detain you. I only performed official duties. This is my job." I said, "You know that many people were persecuted to death during the Cultural Revolution. Later the sentences of the victims were overturned. Many police officers were killed to erase people's anger. Although you didn't personally arrest me or sentence me, aren't you involved? Can you say you did not participate? If you let me go home today, you'll be making amends for your faults by doing good deeds. It would be a very good thing."

At this time policeman A said, "Don't say any more. I know, but I cannot let you go today. However I can do a good deed. You can contact your husband using my cell phone later. “Good.” I said, “Keep your promise.” Policeman A suddenly asked me, "Do you have high blood pressure? Your face is red." After hearing this, I was surprised. I felt no discomfort. This was not said by him. Master was using his mouth to give me a hint. I didn't answer, and sent forth righteous thoughts to deny the persecution imposed on me. I asked Master to strengthen me to have the brainwashing center refuse to take me for my high blood pressure.

The police car drove all the way to the brainwashing center. At the entrance of the center, policeman A pulled out his cellphone and handed to me. I quickly dialed my husband's cell phone and told him the police had taken me to the brainwashing center. I suddenly felt very uncomfortable while talking. I felt very weak. My face was very red and I was out of breath. The police car entered the brainwashing center yard. The car stopped, and policeman A said, "You can get out." At this time, I said weakly, "I cannot get out, I can't move." Policeman A said, "That's your high blood pressure. Come, move slowly.” I did not move and did not want to answer but I was determined not to cooperate or get out of the car.

At this time several women from the brainwashing center approached the car. A woman got in the car and asked me, "Where do you come from, what is your name, and how old are you?" I didn't answer her while thinking that no one was worthy enough to ask. After a while the woman left. I knew my illness was a false impression created by Master to help me. Even though I hadn't done well, Master did not give up on me and helped me to break through the tribulation. I wanted to be worthy of Teacher's compassionate and painstaking salvation and knew I must get out of there.

Thinking of this, tears streamed down my face and I cried loudly. My righteous thoughts were stronger while crying. I asked Master for strength and for righteous gods' protection to completely negate the old forces' persecution imposed on me. "Even though I have loopholes, no one is worthy of persecuting me. I have the greatest Master who takes care of me. Whoever persecutes me will have sinned and will receive retribution right away."

After a while, policeman A came and saw that I was in pain with a red face full of tears and sweat. I could see he was a little sad. Then I asked him to give me the phone to talk to my husband. He handed it to me without saying anything. I called my husband, knowing he was outside the gate of the brainwashing center. I told my husband that I felt very ill and asked him to request that policeman A release me. I told him that if anything happens to me, the police are responsible.

I then heard the sound of the brainwashing center iron gate get hit. My husband and his brother were yelling loudly outside, and requested that policeman A release me immediately. Otherwise, he would be held responsible if I died. Policeman A was in a panic and quickly replied, "Don't make trouble. Wait a minute. I am calling the 610 Office to report the situation." I continued to ask for Master's strengthening to eliminate all the CCP's evil factors in the 610 Office which persecute Falun Dafa practitioners.

After about fifteen minutes, policeman A handed the cell phone to me and asked me to call my husband and ask him to pick me up at the police branch station. I knew it was a trick and thought that I would not go anywhere, and that I must be released where I was.

I called and told my husband that he needed to intensify asking for my release, and I asked him not to stop. Policeman A was very anxious and could not say anything. At this time, I heard my husband and his brother's voices getting louder. They told policeman A, "My wife was healthy when you arrested her. If she dies, I will hold you responsible. I don't care about the others. You are the one who will be held responsible for this..."

Policeman A called the 610 Office again without another choice. "You must hurry to make a decision. This Falun Gong practitioner could die. The doctors here are afraid to see her (in the brainwashing center). If she dies here, we will not be responsible."

A few minutes later policeman A and a driver came over and said, "Come on, you can go home now." I said, "You've come to help me out?" In fact, all the previous physically uncomfortable illusion went away. I know in my heart that compassionate Master treasures me and was reluctant to have me withstand any more pain.

This nearly one hour battle against evil must have been earth-shattering in other dimensions. With great compassionate Master's strengthening, the help of righteous gods, fellow practitioners' righteous thoughts, and the active rescue efforts of my husband and his brother, I was able to successfully leave the brainwashing center. We all witnessed the power of overall co-ordination.

Thank you, great Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | True Cultivation Means Doing What Master Says

December 15, 2012 |   By Nian Chun, a Dafa disciple From Mainland China

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

I am 75 years old and started to cultivate in Dafa in 1998. Before I took up cultivation, my blood pressure reached over 200 mm Hg. I also had heart disease. After I began to practice, all my diseases disappeared. When I was a kid, I only went to school for about two to three years, sporadically. However, under Master's guidance and strengthening, I am able to read Zhuan Falun now. When I first obtained the Fa, I didn't know what cultivation was about. I just felt that the Fa was very good, Master was great, and that I really wanted to cultivate in the Fa.

At that time, no matter where the Fa study or practice site was, how far I had to walk, or whatever the weather, I never missed even a day of Fa study or doing the exercises. During winter in Northeast China, it is usually very cold. It was still dark when we started doing the exercises. When the weather was extremely cold, only two or three practitioners would go to the practice site, and I was one of them. As I was doing the second (standing) exercise, my hands were so cold that I felt like I had been bitten by a cat. After the exercises, I felt very comfortable throughout my body.

When the persecution of Dafa began in 1999, some people gave up the practice because of fear. I stayed at home to practice. At that time, I didn't have an MP3 or cassette player, so I relied on my memory to recall the exercises. Because I didn't have a Fa study environment, studying the Fa by myself was very difficult because my education was very limited. There were words that I had to ask fellow practitioners for help on. But I continued studying the Fa by myself. The people from the street committee repeatedly came to my house to pressure me to give up the practice, but I didn't listen to them. Later, they stopping coming.

At that time, my understanding of the Fa, Fa rectification, and its meaning and goal was very superficial. After doing exercises at home for awhile, seeing that the persecution was becoming more intense and a lot of practitioners were being arrested or sentenced, and many assistants had stopped cultivating, I became fearful and lost my righteous thoughts. I saw this persecution as man persecuting man (as opposed to evil persecuting good). Gradually, I also stopped cultivating.

It was not until two or three years later that I took up cultivation again. Thinking back, I regret what I did, and given Master's compassionate salvation, I felt deeply sorry that I wasted so much precious time.

Upgrading My Xinxing and Solidly Cultivating Myself

During the days and nights I was not cultivating, my heart felt like floating lilies. Dafa had taken root in my heart. One day, a practitioner came to see me. After sharing, I enlightened that it's very difficult to obtain a righteous Fa. How could I so easily let go of such a rare opportunity that only comes in thousands of years? What a great pity! Such a great Master, such a great Fa, how could I stop practicing it? Master said: “Once you pass this village, this inn will no longer be available” (“Teaching the Fa and Answering Questions in Guangzhou” from Zhuan Falun Fajie). In Zhuan Falun, Master said: “not to lose it easily just because you have obtained it easily.” I should follow Master no matter what and cultivate well. If the evil Party doesn't allow me to practice, then I should practice at home. After that, I took up the practice again.

My husband passed away many years ago. I am a peasant, and don't receive a fixed income. In the past, I relied on farming and selling crops to make a living. However, after the government confiscated my land in order to build new houses, I was forced to move and live in an apartment building. Because of this, I also lost my income. Due to my limited education and old age, finding a job was impossible. In order to sustain myself, I had to pick up discarded items and sell them to live. I used to spend a lot of time picking over garbage, and it was very tiring. Even though that's the case, I have never stopped practicing the exercises or studying the Fa.

Master teaches us to be good people no matter where we are. I found out that even picking up trash can cultivate my heart. Ordinary people who pick up trash steal and take home everything they deem valuable. But I never did that. Because I have always done things according to the standard of Dafa, I sometimes end up gaining a lot. For example, some factory workers would shout to me, “Hey, take these recyclables and sell them.” Some of them even saved discarded things for me when I came by the next time.

One day, my neighbor downstairs was looking for an aide to help care for an elderly woman. The wages for such home health care workers is about 500 yuan per month, plus one meal per day. Because my neighbor only wanted to pay 300 yuan and did not provide a meal, no one wanted to take the job. I thought to myself, “If I do this work (as opposed to picking up trash), then I will have more time for Fa study and practice.” I decided to take the job.

After I started, I told the older person I cared for about the beauty of Dafa. I was very dedicated to my job and the person was well taken care of. I never compromised the quality of my service due to the low salary and benefits. I told myself that, because I was a Dafa disciple, I would use my action to validate Dafa. The senior lady and her family were very satisfied with my work.

One day, she asked me to buy some vegetables for her from the market. After I came back, I gave her the change. However, she forgot where she had put the change and couldn't find it, and said I hadn't given it to her. I didn't argue with her, and continued do my job as usual. Later, she found the money, and said, “I am sorry that I have wronged you.” I didn't get angry with her at all.

The older lady's family acknowledged the goodness of Dafa through my actions and work ethic. After I finished my jobs, I would stay in their house and study the Fa. They never objected. Later, the woman's daughter took her to live with her, and my job ended.

Always Keep in Mind to Save More Sentient Beings

After the Party started to persecute Dafa, many practitioners in my area went to Beijing to appeal. I thought to myself, “I cultivate in the Fa. Now Master and Dafa are being unjustly attacked. If I don't go to appeal for Dafa, am I still counted as a Dafa disciple?” I bought a train ticket and decided to go to Beijing with other practitioners. We waited for the train in the Shenyang Station until midnight. Then, a fellow practitioner who had gone to Beijing before us called and said Beijing was already “under siege.” They told us that we couldn't go to Beijing anymore. By the time we got home, it was already dawn.

Because I couldn't go to Beijing, I decided to validate the Fa in my hometown. At night, I went out to write “Falun Dafa is good” or “Master is innocent” on utility poles or walls using chalk. It was already morning by the time I got home. At that time, unlike today, I didn't have colorful truth-clarification materials. I only had very simple fliers, hand-written stickers, etc. I delivered them to people's doorsteps and posted them in visible places. I did what Master asked us. I think that doing what Master asks us to do is true cultivation.

Although I stopped cultivating Dafa for about two to three years, once I took it up again, I did the exercises and studied the Fa every day. Our Fa study site has changed from one place to another many times (due to different arrangements), but no matter how far away, I have never stopped going there to study the Fa because of distance. Once, the Fa study site was far away from my house. I had to go up and down a hill to get there. During winter, the road was very dark and slippery. My children were afraid I would fall or get lost, so they didn't want to let me go there. But I felt the energy field was very strong when I studied the Fa with the group. I could ask practitioners if I didn't know some words. Also, group Fa study is a form established by Master. I told my children that, with Master's protection, I would have no problem. Windy, snowy, or rainy, I have never been late for the group Fa study.

Master said Dafa disciples must study the Fa well. Thus, in addition to studying the Fa with the group, I also study the Fa at home by myself when I have more time. I study Master's lectures given in different places and Hong Yin. I also like to read Minghui Weekly or truth-clarification materials. When Hong Yin III first came out, I read it three times. When I didn't understand the words, I asked fellow practitioners in the group. My righteous thoughts become stronger the more I study the Fa. When I go out to clarify the facts and convince people to quit the evil Party, my heart is very pure and steady, and I don't have much fear. I also send forth a lot of righteous thoughts. I feel time is very limited, and I never have enough time.

Master said Dafa disciples must save sentient beings. After I study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts at home or with the group in the morning, I go out to clarify the facts and convince people to quit the evil Party in the afternoon. While clarifying the truth, I've been faced with a lot of tests and tribulations, and my xinxing has also upgraded. I've encountered different kinds of people. Some of them were thankful to me after quitting the Party. Others didn't believe what I said and laughed at me. Some people cursed at me and were sarcastic. I wasn't moved at all. I felt pity for them.

Clarifying the facts to save sentient beings has become a natural part of my life for the past few years. It is an indispensable part of my daily life. I always try convince people that come into my life to quit the evil Party.

One day, I encountered a man in his 40s who looked like a cadre. I went up to clarify the facts to him. A few moments later, he said, “Take a closer look at who I am.” I suddenly saw that he was wearing a police uniform. I said, “No matter what you do, you first have to have a life in order to do your job. I don't care if you are a police officer. I don't want a penny from you. If you quit the evil Party now, you can keep your life when disaster strikes.” He agreed to quit and asked me to be more careful.

When I bought some groceries from the market, the owner delivered them to my house. I took this opportunity to clarify the facts to him. He agreed to quit Party. I also gave him some truth-clarification materials. He was very thankful. When other people came to my house to install gas pipes, fix the house, or collect trash, I also convinced them to quit. When I went to pay my phone bill, I convinced the cashier to quit the Party. I also clarified the facts to a group of tricyclists who make a living by transporting their guests to different places in the city. Most of them have already quit the Party. When they saw me on the street, they would say, “Falun Dafa is good!”

The hardest thing for me is that I don't know how to write a lot of Chinese words. I have convinced people to quit the evil Party who have different surnames, and I don't know how to write them. Oftentimes, I have to ask them. Sometimes they leave before I get their names. When this happens, I used words that sounds like their surnames and write them down. Then I go ask practitioners the correct writing.

One day, I went to take a bath in a bathhouse. As soon as I walked in, I saw a person putting on her clothes. I came up and started a conversation with her. I quickly convinced her to quit the Party. Because I forgot to bring a pen and a paper, I kept reciting her name (or I would forget it). When I entered the bathhouse, I met another elderly lady who took her grandchild to take a bath. I also managed to convince her to quit the evil Party. Because my memory was poor, I kept reciting these two people's names, and was only assured after I got home and wrote them down on a piece of paper.

I always believe Master will protect me. Every time before I go out to clarify the facts to people, I always do “heshi” in front of Master's photo and say, “Master, please give me protection and lead predestined sentient beings to me.” I also send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors that interfere with my saving sentient beings. This way, when I clarify the facts to people, I am never afraid.

One day I went to the market and tried to clarify the facts to a female shopkeeper. After just a few moments, she started to raise her voice and yelled at me like a crazy person: “You Falun Gong people have nothing to do after you eat! What's wrong with you?” Her voice was hard on the ears. I told her, “If you don't believe me, that's fine. But there's no need for you to yell at me. What I did was just for your own sake.” But she didn't stop, and a lot of people came over. They thought we were having a fight. Spectators thought the lady was unreasonable and said to her, “This old lady didn't do anything to harm you. Why are you so angry at her?” I didn't get angry with her, thinking, “If you don't want to be saved, then I will find someone who does want to be saved.”

I have forgotten how many people I've convinced to quit the evil Party. During the process, I have encountered people from different social levels, such as factory workers, farmers, teachers, cadres, students, police officers, businesspeople, etc. Compared to other practitioners and the standard set by Master, I am still behind. Sometimes when I get tired, I want to rest. Then my attachment to comfort surfaces. Immediately I recall what Master said—that the closer it gets, the more diligent we should be. At present, the old forces are fighting with us for sentient beings. We can't be lax.

The above is my cultivation experience. I want to report it to Master and share with my fellow practitioners. Please compassionately point out anything inadequate. Thank you!

Heshi

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Minghui Fahui | Refinement

December 15, 2012 |   By a young practitioner from Chongqing

(Minghui.org) I am a 14-year-old practitioner. Both of my parents practice Falun Gong, so they have influenced me ever since I was born.

My parents told me about some miraculous things that happened when I was very young. I was once almost hit by a speeding car, but the car passed by without touching me. Another time, I accidentally touched the metal part of a 220-volt electrical socket. Yet I only felt a slight numbness. I have been able to double cross my legs since I was very young, and I was able to read the entire book Zhuan Falun even before I started elementary school.

I am now in middle school. Many parents have concerns about this age group because teenagers are in the process of maturing and are susceptible to contamination from bad influences, which will have a long-term impact in their future lives.

When I was in the fifth grade, I became so addicted to cartoons and animations that they affected my studies. I tried to quit without success. My mind was filled with all the different story plots. After I shared this situation with my mother, she told me to study the Fa more. When I opened the book, I felt that every sentence Teacher said targeted my attachment. I gradually realized the nature of my addiction and that there was nothing worth getting attached to. Thus I easily eliminated the habit.

A new problem arose when I began attending middle school—I was isolated in class. Because I was not interested in such modern entertainment as deviated music, arts, and fashionable clothes, I didn’t want to participate when my classmates were gossiping. Thus, I was alone most of the time. Another problem subsequently followed—my grades were not great. I had endless homework that kept me up after midnight; my only good friend suddenly stopped talking to me; my parents told me that I wasn’t behaving like a Dafa practitioner, and they stopped asking me to do the exercises in the morning. Even worse was that I had a crush on a boy and didn’t know what to do. At that time, my cultivation state was poor. Consequently, a variety of tests came at the same time. Not knowing how to handle them, I cried often. My mind was filled with thought karma. It was truly as Teacher said,

“A hundred hardships falling all at once,
See how one lives.”
(“Tempering One’s Heart and Will,” from Hong Yin)

I started thinking seriously about whether I wanted to continue cultivating and if I was a true cultivator. I often fell deep in thought and felt that I couldn’t give up cultivation, as I had witnessed many miracles that changed my life. However, I was still vacillating. I was agitated by my parents’ comments and was afraid that my friend would stay angry with me. But I clearly knew that I needed to focus on studying the Fa no matter what the circumstances. Although I was confused and faced much pressure, I tried to calm down to study the Fa. Unable to share my thoughts with fellow practitioners, I then read articles on the Minghui website.

After studying the Fa diligently, I came to understand the deep meaning of the Fa and realized that I only have one path in front of me–to complete my grand mission and fulfill my vows, because I was chosen to be here.

“The human world is like a maze,
Ordeals are spread all along the way.
You were all Kings above, before descending.
Seeking,
You came to the world for the Fa.
Strive to advance in cultivation,
Don’t delay your steps to return.”
(“Seeking,” from Hong Yin III)

Since my true nature had not been covered by thousands’ of years of reincarnation, I should not hesitate now. With the guidance of the Fa, I was no longer confused.

In the following days, I fought with my attachments. When my friend was angry with me, I talked to her kindly. When my parents said something negative to me, I evaluated what they said using the Fa. As to my sentimentality for the boy, I tried my best to suppress it. Every time a tribulation came, I said to myself, “It’s all right. What am I afraid of now that I have the Fa? Everything will be OK.” Although I didn’t know why the tribulations existed at that time, I had confidence in myself to overcome them.

Teacher said,

“Enlightening comes before seeing. Cultivate your mind and eliminate your karma. Once your original nature comes forth you will be able to see.” (“Why One Cannot See,” from Essentials for Further Advancement)

As I gradually rectified myself, everything surrounding me also changed. Because I treated my friend with kindness, many classmates began to approach me. When I shared my experiences with my parents, they admitted that they had talked to me inappropriately. They no longer said things that didn’t conform to the standard of Dafa practitioners. As to the sentimentality, it became weaker and was replaced by compassion. This boy sits right next to me now, but I no longer have any romantic thoughts about him. My friend had the most dramatic change. When I told her about the Fa principles she gradually became calmer. One day she said to me, “You must have changed many people. At least you changed me.” I replied smiling, “What can truly change a person is Dafa.” At the end of seventh grade, my teacher wrote the following evaluation of me, “You are so righteous. The teachers like you, and your young classmates respect you!”

After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, all practitioners were faced with a choice to continue cultivation or give it up. Such a tremendous tribulation is a big test for all kinds of human attachments. Many practitioners became true disciples after improving their xinxing and eliminating human notions. In fact, the test is the same for all practitioners regardless of whether one started the practice before or after July 20, 1999. I can only cultivate diligently to thank Teacher. I will let more people know the truth about Falun Gong.

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Minghui Fahui | Changing Our Notions Can Turn a Difficult Situation Around

December 15, 2012 |   By practitioner from Sichuan Province, China

(Minghui.org) I was blessed to obtain the Fa in July 1996. When I look back on my path of cultivation, I feel that Master has always been by my side and taking care of me.

When I was riding home on my bicycle in May 2012, a security guard, to whom I had clarified the truth and who had quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, advised me to be alert because several police officers were around. No one knew what they were doing, but they had posted something on the wall. The guard looked towards where the poster was. He reminded me again to pay attention to my safety, “They asked everyone to keep an eye on you. There are some bad people who would do anything for money.”

I thanked him for his reminder and was a little nervous. When I got home, it was noon, time to globally send forth righteous thoughts. I extended the time of sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil factors that interfere with the local Fa rectification process, prevent people from being saved, and contribute to the persecution of Dafa practitioners.

During those days, my husband was not at home, so I had a lot more time to study the Fa and to send forth righteous thoughts. At the same time, I looked within. I recently noticed that I often felt sleepy when doing the fifth exercise, and my mind was not strong enough. When I studied the Fa, my concentration was not adequate. I didn't do truth clarification well in my residential area because I was still fearful. I often took copies of Minghui Weekly to an older practitioner in my area. A few days ago, she asked me to stop taking the materials to her for a while because her husband didn't allow her to practice Dafa and he had confiscated all the Minghui Weekly materials. He even threatened to report her, and asked her where she got the materials. She reminded me to be careful again and again because her husband had already reported to someone who worked for the residential management company. That person rode a motorcycle with a police license plate. In the past, I had clarified the truth to him, but he refused to listen or to quit the CCP and its youth organizations.

The next day when I was studying the Fa at home, I increased the time of sending forth righteous thoughts to more than twenty minutes.

I longed to meet fellow practitioners so that they could help me send forth righteous thoughts. I met Practitioner A, and, after hearing what I had to say, this practitioner told me, “You are thinking too much. These days, there is a lot of evil propaganda posted in many residential areas. There are many such posters in the residential area where Practitioner B lives, but she sent forth righteous thoughts and the security guards took them down. These posters were also posted on my gate, and I threw them away after I sent forth righteous thoughts at 6:00 a.m.”

I now understand that it is the evil Party trying to survive during its last minutes, and it was not targeted at me. My fellow practitioners could eliminate them with righteous thoughts, but the poster in my area was still there, poisoning people, and it was my responsibility to remove it. Practitioner A awoke me, “Thinking too much.” I looked inside and found that the root cause was still my fear and selfishness. We are practitioners following Master, so I should be able to do it with righteous thoughts. I walked to the gate of my residential area while reciting the Fa. I saw the poster and thought, "I should not allow it to stay here to poison people. Master, please help me keep the security guards where they are while I remove the poster." With one hand on my bicycle, I started to tear off the poster with the other hand. Unexpectedly, it was stuck firmly onto the wall. I tried hard but was only able to remove one third of it. I then saw someone coming so I decided to leave. When I returned home, I was so frustrated. I didn't succeed due to my fear. What should I do? I remembered Master's words,

“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” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)

I sat down to study Master's articles about righteous thoughts. I tried to send forth righteous thoughts every hour, and I only slept three hours that night, but I was still full of energy. I wanted to have the security guard remove the poster with my righteous thoughts.

On the fourth morning, after sending forth righteous thoughts at 6:00 a.m., I walked out and saw that the poster was still there. I wanted the security guard to go back inside so that I could remove it. However, the security guard kept his eyes on me. In my mind, it appeared,

“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring
Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world”
(“The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos” from Hong Yin Volume II )

I realized that I must change my notions and that I should treat them as the ones I needed to save and not avoid them.

So I went over and told the security guards, “That poster is not good for you. It is not good for any of the residents here. I came here to remove it.” One of the security guards said that a police officer had put it up, and that it might not be good to remove it. But I had already removed it. He then continued, “You're doing it for our sake, so just trash it.”

I hadn't clarified the truth to the security guards on night duty, so I took the opportunity to tell them the facts about Falun Gong and encourage them to quit the CCP and its organizations. Two of the three have already quit the Young Pioneers and another one already knows the truth and has also renounced his membership. I later found another chance to take them Shen Yun DVDs and truth-clarifying pamphlets. After changing my notions, a situation that appeared very difficult became an easy task.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners.

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Minghui Fahui | College Teacher Persuades Colleagues to Quit the CCP

December 16, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org)

Excerpt: I am a college teacher, and was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary for many years. My spouse and I have now practiced Falun Dafa for over ten years. One of my colleagues – a retired professor in her seventies, has been a party member for over 40 years and very loyal to the CCP, but she is also a very kind person.

I will discuss the process I used for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to her and how I persuaded her to quit the CCP. I wanted to share with fellow practitioners, how to effectively clarify the truth to intellectuals. I still have a long way to go, particularly in areas of looking within.

Greetings Master!
Greeting Fellow practitioners!

I am a college teacher, and was a CCP secretary for many years. My spouse and I have now practiced Falun Dafa for over ten years. One of my colleagues – a retired professor in her seventies, has been a party member for over 40 years, and was very loyal to the CCP, but she is also a very kind person. Due to her family's influence, she believes in Buddha. Her life was rough, her marriage broken, and she had to raise her children on her own. Now, her children are grown and have formed their own families, living out-of-town. She developed many different illnesses as she aged, and lives alone.

We worked together before, and I was very sympathetic towards her. I tried to clarify the truth and persuade her to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. She initially did not believe me, but gradually felt the wonder of Dafa and began to change. She advanced from not acknowledging Dafa to gradually listening to Master's lectures and learning the exercises; from being loyal to the CCP to learning the true nature of the CCP. In April of this year, she straight-forwardly quit the CCP, and memorized the pseudonym she used to quit. This truth-clarification process took over four years to complete, requiring numerous conversations.

I remembered the first time I clarified the truth to her when she came to visit me. I told her: “Falun Dafa is good, do not believe the CCP's propaganda.” I told her to recite: “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are good,” and that those words would help her. She stated that she believed in Buddha and chanted “Amitabha,” meaning that she did not need to chant other words; that she was already protected. One hour later, she got up and was ready to leave. She muttered: “Strange! After sitting for so long, my back doesn't hurt!” She suffered from severe back pain, and could only sit on a high chair; if she sat on low bench, she'd have a hard time standing up, and would experience severe pain. I told her that Falun Dafa was a righteous Fa. The energy field of Dafa rectifies all abnormalities, which Teacher calls: “The Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and rectifies all abnormalities.” (from Lecture Three, Zhuan Falun) She was skeptical, but happy that her back didn't hurt.

The second time she visited, after another hour, her back still didn't hurt. The third time she stayed even longer, yet her back was still pain-free. However, the pain resurfaced after returning home; whenever she came to my home, her back pain disappeared. She went through this several times, then believed me and began reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are good,” but also chanting “Amitabha.” When she witnessed my quick recovery from a terminal illness -- without a hospital visit or treatment, and she admired me for my firm belief; she wanted to learn more. I told her what I'd learned from the Fa regarding illness, and stories of miraculous recoveries. I explained that human beings have suffered for ages waiting for this Fa; that she'd endured a great deal in her life, and she'd be really regretful if she missed this opportunity for Falun Dafa cultivation. She took Master's “Lectures in Guangzhou” home to listen to.

After listening to the lectures, my colleague came back and said that they were very good. She raised more questions, some profound. I answered her questions according to my understanding of the Fa. Whenever she was limited by her knowledge and couldn't understand the deeper meaning of the Fa, I just let it be. I didn't try to explain or argue. I learned from personal experience, that when intellectuals first start practicing Falun Dafa, you should try not to argue or debate with them since this tends to block them from learning further. She decided to learn how to do the exercises. I took two days to teach her the exercises, and she took Master's exercise teaching tape home.

Shortly after she learned the exercises, the 610 Office sent group messages to people's cellphones, slandering Dafa and instigating people to report Falun Dafa practitioners. She became scared, and asked me why this happened. She thought that the government would not interfere anymore, so why again, now? This time, I systematically explained the facts about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. She took the truth-clarification materials and read them carefully. I persuaded her to quit the CCP, but she stated that she had to understand the matter clearly before quitting.

She asked: “You are a party secretary, how can you believe in Gods?” I explained the truth about Falun Gong. She replied: “But you are a party secretary, how can you doubt the party?” I said: “In the past, I totally believed the Party doctrine, I didn't think, I just followed directions. When I was learning the first lesson, I wanted to know the reason why the CCP was the most advanced, and after reviewing all the material, there was only one reason: The working class has nothing; they are the poorest in society – that is why they are the “most advanced.” The poorest is the most advanced? Then those homeless who look for food in trash cans and are covered with filth are more advanced than the party? They should be the leading class? How ridiculous! Later when I reviewed more party doctrine, most of the theories were wrong; on the contrary, those theories that they criticized such as Theism and Idealism were right. I concluded: I should not just listen and obey the party doctrine, I should use my own head to think, to judge; otherwise I might be deceived.” She nodded in agreement.

Another time, I gave her material that systematically exposed the crimes committed by the CCP since it seized power. After reading it, she said: “Those are the facts, but who didn't make mistakes? The CCP also did good things.” I told her that the CCP's crimes were not ordinary sins; they were against humanity, against the universe. They destroyed traditional virtue, suppressed universal values of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, persecuted kind people who practiced these principles, persecuted them to death or disabled them, even harvested their organs for profit. When human virtue and morals are gone, doomsday will also come. From this point, the CCP is not just destroying the Chinese, but also the entire human race! God created human beings, and the CCP wants to destroy them – how can that be permitted! That is the reason why divine beings want to eliminate the CCP. I also told her the story of some prophecies which indicated the elimination of the CCP. I persuaded her to quit the CCP in order to safeguard her future.

She still disagreed with quitting the party and asked: “Falun Gong is the cultivation of Buddha-hood. Master is the Lord of Buddhas. Buddha has compassion, so why would Buddha eliminate human beings?” Fortunately, I'd studied the Fa diligently; otherwise, it would be very difficult to answer her questions upon questions. I explained: “The universal law contains the principle of formation, stasis, degeneration and destruction. For any matter – including humans, when moral values and virtue are gone, they will be eliminated. At this critical junction of life and death, the Lord of the Buddhas came with Falun Dafa and provided salvation to humankind. All those who believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance can pass the calamity safely. Jiang Zemin's regime used the CCP and manipulated the entire state propaganda machine to persecute Falun Gong and its practitioners, deceive the world, poison the world's people and push China and the entire world to the brink of destruction. Compassionate Buddha still wants to give the CCP a chance to stop the persecution to avoid being completely eliminated, but Jiang's regime obstinately insists on the persecution and decided to resist the principles of nature to the very end. Master wants practitioners to explain the truth about Falun Gong to the world's beings, to quit the CCP so they won't be buried with the CCP.

She understood, but still didn't quit. She had struggled over 40 years for the party, and was still emotionally attached to it. I truly felt how difficult it was to save a person, but no matter how difficult, I still needed to save her. One body is one world, one celestial body represents countless beings! How could I not have the heart to save her, but how? Utilize patience, compassion, sincerity, or maybe it was not her time yet.

My colleague is getting old and lives by herself. I often ask her if she needs any help. She is very independent, and can take care of most of her daily needs. She is also very grateful for my sincerity, and likes to discuss things with me.

One day, she came over and talked about her resentment of her ex-husband. She could not understand why fate is so unfair. She visited her hometown far away; she aged a great deal and became more depressed. She was poisoned by the CCP; life's misery would have no end.

She had to leave again shortly after, and had to go far away. I felt sorry for her in her suffering. She couldn't study the teachings of Falun Dafa, nor have me help guide her with the Fa that I understood. I wrote a long letter to her.

I discussed the issue of karmic retribution and related two stories. One relative (who believes in Buddha) had a car accident which left him paralyzed. However, he was relieved, since he believed that he'd paid his karmic debt. Another fellow practitioner's father was kind and popular, but was particularly harsh with him. He tried his best to take care of his father, but his father would beat him, curse him and never cared about his feelings. He could not understand why. One night, he dreamed of his previous life where he lived a high life with arrogance; his father was an old servant who was mistreated by him. From that point on, he wasn't bothered by his father's attitude and took good care of him no matter what happened.

I trusted that she would understand the meaning of the stories. I discussed: “We might not know what happened in our previous life; we only know the misery of this lifetime. When we feel that things are unfair, this only adds more pain. If we can see through all these and view them as paying off debts, then haven't we changed the pain into happiness? You are a kind person and have suffered a lot in this lifetime; you should have a happy and carefree time after your retirement – you should not be steeped in misery. It is up to you to change your thinking and be happy.”

My colleague responded to my letter immediately; she'd read it over and over and learned a lot. She was very grateful that I'd taken the time to help her resolve her obstacles. She understood the issue of karmic retribution. She could gain salvation only by cultivating herself, and expressed her wish to cultivate. From that point on, she no longer complained and wasn't depressed anymore. Dafa had resolved her grievances and she was grateful to Master – and I was so delighted for her.

We have become close friends and can talk about anything, including her worries and concerns, health issues, children's problems, grandchildren's education, etc.

In April of this year, she was handling a fraud case. She hired a lawyer who told her many dark secrets of the judiciary system. She personally experienced the harm done by the evil Party from top down and completely recognized the true nature of the party. She stated: “It is like cutting the cake, they take all the pieces away and leave us some crumbs – and we're even supposed to be grateful for it?!” I persuaded her again to quit the CCP, and she immediately agreed. I used a pseudonym for her which means “God bless,” and she was delighted. This time, she felt very light and happy. The understanding side of her realized that she was saved. The shackles of 40 years were gone.

I called her and inquired about her condition, since the weather there was really bad. She answered: “I am blessed.” She still remembered the pseudonym I used to help her quit the party. I felt that this was encouragement from Master.

I remembered Master's words:

“...the responsibility Dafa disciples shoulder is great” (“What is a Dafa Disciple” from “Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 New York Fa Conference”)

How can we not hurry up and save people?

My friend came home again, this time for about one week in order to handle a legal case, see old colleagues and visit students. She came to see me the next day, and said that she no longer recited “Amitabha;” only “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are good.” The day before she left, she came over to watch the Shen Yun 2012 performance, and was deeply moved by the lyrics of the songs. She learned that the lyrics were written by Master, and she wanted to write them down right away. I printed a copy for her and she took it with both hands, and stated that she would read it when she went home. Her back is no longer in pain. She can also sit for over three hours with no pain. Even though she has not restarted the exercises and Fa study, Dafa is deeply rooted in her heart.

After four years of truth clarification, she finally recognized the CCP's true evil nature. She also completely acknowledged Dafa. She introduced Dafa to her colleagues, introduced us to her relatives and friends, and persuaded her daughter to quit the CCP. Her daughter went through a high risk pregnancy, and she told her and her son-in-law to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are good.” The baby and mother were safe. She called us the moment the baby was born, and thanked Master and Dafa for the blessing!

It is very difficult to clarify the truth to intellectuals, as they have questions upon questions. They do not blindly follow and have to think everything through. Once they understand concepts on a fundamental level, they can become resolute, and not easy to adversely influence. It is difficult and also very meaningful. Most of the questions involve profound meanings of the Fa, and if I hadn't learned the Fa well, I wouldn't have been able to explain things clearly or easily. These issues included: What is the meaning of life, how to view life and death, why good people suffer, why bad people live a leisurely life. Why do Buddhas and Taos no longer provide salvation to humankind? What is the catastrophe approaching the human world? All the answers lie in the Fa; if you can use the wisdom granted by Dafa, you will have no problem answering them. My friend benefited from the questions and answers, and so did I. I understand more about the power of Dafa, strengthened my belief, experienced the happiness of saving a sentient being and also understood the difficulties Master faces in providing salvation for us.

This was my process for clarifying the truth to a retired professor, including experiences and shortcomings. I wanted to share how to clarify the truth to intellectuals with fellow practitioners, and how to do it well. I still have a long way to go, particularly in areas of looking within. I will rectify myself in cultivation in the remaining journey, and do well the things Dafa practitioners should do. We pay back Master's grace with our righteous actions.

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Minghui Fahui | Do Not Forget Pre-Historic Vows, Save Sentient Beings, and Return Home with Master

December 16, 2012 |   By Ya Mei

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

In our family there are two adults and three children. Our children were attending school in 2005 and we were very poor. I was quite sick then with rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease. I had been very weak for more than ten years. I spent a lot of money seeing doctors, but I didn't get any better. I was very frustrated and cried every day. I didn't know how to make things better.

I happened to meet a lady in 2005 who told me her story of recovering from her illness after practicing Falun Gong when she saw me so weak and so very concerned. I listened to her attentively and liked her very much. About half an hour later, my heart felt better and it seemed it was back to normal. I felt it was miraculous and beyond my comprehension. Falun Gong is so special and so good. I wanted to learn straightaway without any hesitation.

The next day I borrowed a copy of Zhuan Falun from her. As I read it, I felt my original cold body become hot and tears kept rolling down my cheeks. I kept dozing off. I shared this with practitioners and realized that Master was already taking care of me and helping me to dissolve karma. I spent a lot of time reading Zhuan Falun every day and regretted that I didn't find it sooner. In less than a month, I recovered completely, and I was happy every day. The rheumatoid arthritis, gynecological problems, and pain in my eyes disappeared. Falun Dafa is wonderful and is a more advanced than any of today's science. So I started to practice Falun Gong and walked on the path of returning to my original self.

By studying the Fa a lot, I came to understand that Master asks us to become good people and look within when in a conflict, to become righteous people that only do righteous things. In order to save us, Master has pulled us out of hell, purified us, and awakened us. He painstakingly guides us on our cultivation paths. He teaches how to treat other people kindly and to be tolerant. He takes good care of us and makes sure that we are walking righteously on the cultivation path.

1. A Family Test

My husband is kind and honest, but he had a bad temper and didn't listen to anyone. My daughter and husband didn't support me in practicing Falun Gong, because they were influenced by the media propaganda. They tried to stop me from practicing several times. But I was very determined and nobody could change my heart for cultivation. I was determined to cultivate until completion.

One day my husband lost his temper over a trivial thing and burned all of my Falun Dafa books and the MP3 player in our home when I was not there. I was so hurt, I didn't want to live when I found out. The Falun Dafa books and Fa lecture recordings are more precious than my life. I didn't know what to do. I started to reflect on my behavior and thoughts. Because I had fear, I didn't clarify the facts to him. I had put the Falun Dafa books underneath the sofa. I didn't respect Master and the Fa. I didn't do things with righteous thoughts and righteous actions. That was the painful lesson. Cultivation is a serious matter, and carelessness is not tolerated. I was wrong.

Soon my husband fell sick because of his wrongdoing. It was serious, and the doctors could not help him. Because I was not able to clarify the facts to him, I asked fellow practitioners to come to help me. One practitioner told him that Falun Dafa is a great Fa with great virtue, that it teaches people to be good, that belief is not a crime, and that if one person cultivates Falun Dafa, the whole family will benefit. The practitioner explained things to him very patiently, and finally he understood. My husband began to support Falun Dafa after that. He spent paper currency with Falun Gong messages on it. When I clarified the truth, he would also say a few things like, “This is true. Please withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).” He knew the truth and behaved better and better. He wrote a “Statement of Remorse” and decided to become a changed person. One day he said to his colleagues, “If anyone wants to say anything bad about Dafa, I will object.” His words were heartfelt. He has benefited a lot from Falun Dafa. He has recovered from kidney pain and leg pain as well as from stomach disease.

2. My Whole Family Benefits from Me Practicing Falun Gong

We have three daughters. Our youngest changed her attitude towards Falun Dafa when she saw my physical and psychological improvements after I began to practice. She now recognizes that Falun Dafa is good. She was one of the top students at the university. Honest and kind, she was popular among her classmates. Every year she got scholarships. After graduation, she got a job and her boss is very good to her. Her colleagues respect her very much. Every year she gets a salary increase, and her year-end bonus is always higher than her colleagues. She has been overseas as well. She gets what people with our family background do not usually get. Our other two daughters support Falun Dafa now. Everyone in our family has withdrawn from the CCP.

One day my second oldest daughter saw more than 20 Udumbara flowers on the door of her car. Master is also taking care of ordinary people and opening a door for them.

3. Get Rid of Resentment

I had conflicts with my father-in-law. He always found fault with me, and I really resented him. My in-laws lived by themselves and were in good health, but one day my father-in-law suddenly had a very serious stroke. Master's poem repeatedly appeared in my mind:

“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring
Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world” 
(“The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos” from Hong Yin II)

Now that I studied Falun Dafa, I remembered that Master requires us to be good, better than ordinary heroes or model workers. We should consider others first in everything we do. I had to regard myself as a practitioner and do things according to a cultivator's criteria. Since we were part of one family, we must have had a deep, pre-destined relationship. We might have told each other that, when we descended into this world, we had to awaken whoever was lost in this wicked world.

So I went to see my father-in-law straightaway. I told him how good and miraculous Falun Dafa is and its amazing health benefits. I asked him to recite “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truth-Compassion-Forbearance” is good. I brought a copy of Zhuan Falun and Master's lectures in MP3 to him. He listened and became better day by day.

4. Master Hinted to Me and I Was More Determined

On the path of cultivation, I am sometimes diligent and sometimes slack. Some days I would press the snooze button and go back to sleep. One day when I was sleeping I heard a voice say, “You are dragging on and on. But the mechanism around your body has to be maintained.” One day when I was in sitting meditation, my legs were very stiff and I was in sharp pain. I put my legs down in less than half an hour. Suddenly this poem came into my mind:

“If your will is not firm,
The hurdles are like mountains.
How will you transcend this mortal life?” 
(Hong Yin II)

I realized what my problem was.

From that day on, no matter how much my legs hurt, I stayed in the lotus position until the music stopped. In the morning I did the five exercises and then studied the Fa for half an hour or an hour.

5. Get Rid of Fear and Validate the Fa

One day the local practitioners wanted to adopt a new method to clarify the truth, but I was hesitant because my human heart came up and I thought it was hard and didn't want to step forward. They pointed out to me, “You just want to take and not give back.” I was struck straight on the heart. I was ashamed of myself. I felt I was not worthy of Master's saving and of sentient beings putting endless hope in me. My heart was not firm whenever anything happened. Master hinted me that

“Neither heaven nor earth can
block my road of Fa-rectification
But disciples' human hearts can”
(“Troubles” from Hong Yin III)

I knew that I had poor enlightenment quality and caused Master to worry about me. Master has hinted to me many times and solved a lot of puzzles for me. Master has pushed me forward every step of the way.

I said to myself, “We are Falun Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification period and assume a huge responsibility and mission. We are here to save sentient beings. If any factor or deviated being dares to hinder us from this task, we should destroy it instantly. We have boundless powers because we have Master and the Fa.” I shared a lot with fellow practitioners and sent forth righteous thoughts. I looked within and got rid of fear. I walked righteously with righteous thoughts. Fellow practitioners and I are doing the three things.

6. Believe in Master and the Fa and Miracles Happen

One day in the sitting meditation, I heard a company name and three other names that I was familiar with. I realized that Master was leading me to save them. That same day I went to clarify the truth to the three of them. They withdrew from the CCP. Master has already paved the way for us and we only use our mouths and legs to do it while Master leaves the virtue for us.

Another day in the sitting meditation I heard two loud noises in my back, and my back became straight.

I opened a fruit shop, and many people came in and out of my shop every day. In recent years Udumbara flowers have appeared on many types of fruit such as grapes, watermelons, and mangoes and on glasses and PVC boards. The Udumbara flowers have been in the PVC board of the roof for half a year and they are still blossoming. I use this miraculous opportunity to clarify the truth to my clients. Most of them have withdrawn from the CCP. I know the blossoming of Udumbara flowers is an encouragement from Master. I shall become worthy of Master's compassionate saving.

7. Clarify the Truth and Persuade People to Withdraw from the CCP

I read Master's lectures and articles one by one and came to know that cultivation is not just for self salvation but to save sentient beings. First and foremost we have to save sentient beings. So I take every opportunity to clarify the truth. The process of clarifying the truth is also a process of cultivating my heart. When I clarified the truth, sometimes I was afraid. Then I studied the Fa more and reinforced my righteous thoughts.

Master said in “What's to Fear” from Hong Yin II:

Should you have fear,

it will seize upon you

If thoughts are righteous,

evil will collapse

The cultivator’s mind
is loaded with Fa
Send righteous thoughts,

and rotten demons explode

Gods walk the earth,

validating the Fa

We should study the Fa well and set right our basic viewpoints, take hardship as joy, save sentient beings as our main goal, and clarify the truth well to the sentient beings to open up their minds. Only when sentient beings really know the truth can they be saved.

One day I clarified the truth to a university student. She accepted Falun Dafa and said that her parents believed in Christianity. I said, “I'd like to tell you one very important thing. You don't need to spend any money or time, but you will be safe when calamities come. You know the moral standard in society is sliding down a thousand miles a day. Corruption is everywhere. Every government official is corrupt, and everybody is mercenary. The CCP has killed 80 million innocent people since it came into power. It also persecutes good people who cultivate Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. For profit, it harvests their organs while they are still alive. Won't Heaven eliminate the CCP? If you are a Party member or a member of the Youth League or Young Pioneers and swore to its flag, saying that you would devote your life to it, when Heaven eliminates the Party, you will be buried with it because you are a member of it. As long as you withdraw from any of its organizations, you will have nothing to do with it, and Buddhas and Gods will protect you and you will be free from any calamities and your life will be saved. You are still young. I wish you safety and happiness and hope that joy accompanies you all the time.” Finally I said, “Give yourself a pseudonym and withdraw from the CCP.” She said,“Right, let's do it. Can I give you a hug?” We hugged, and I was so excited that tears rolled down on my face. Sentient beings are waiting eagerly to be saved. I felt my responsibility and mission.

One day I clarified the truth to one of my neighbors. The man retired and had a stroke. I bought some fruit and went to see him. The couple greeted me warmly. Their daughter was at home as well. I asked about his situation and said to him, “You see my health is very good now, and I have recovered from every illness. I believe 'Falun Dafa is good' and 'Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good' from the bottom of my heart. I cultivate myself and try to be kind and good. I recovered from rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease. I don't even have a single grey hair. Every day I am full of energy. I haven't been on any medication since I started to practice Falun Gong. How good Dafa is! I have brought you magazines to tell you some facts about Falun Gong and some Shen Yun DVDs. Shen Yun presents the essence of Chinese traditional culture. If you watch it, you will benefit a lot.” Then I clarified the truth to them: “Nowadays there are calamities and disasters everywhere. For example, last year there was a big flood in Jilin Province. Whole villages were washed away. Only those who believe that Falun Dafa is good and Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good were left alive. People came to Dafa practitioners' home with their animals. Flood waters turned away from practitioners' homes, and people and animals were saved.” Then I told them about the stone in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province. “That stone is 270 millions years old. It cracked open five hundred years ago. On the fractured surface appeared six Chinese characters that say, “Chinese Communist Party Perishes.” Many experts have investigated it and attest that it was naturally made. This is Heaven's will, and nobody can violate Heaven's will. Because you swore under its flag when you joined the Party, Youth League, or Young Pioneers and said that you would devote your whole life to the Party until death, you've belonged to it ever since, and it controls you. You must denounce it and separate yourself from it so that you will be spared calamities and Buddhas and Gods will protect you. You don't need to give up anything, you just have to change your notion and have the thought from your heart that you have withdrawn from the CCP and you will be protected. Buddhas and Gods look at your heart. If you agree, I will give you a pseudonym and help you to withdraw from the CCP.” He agreed, I gave him a name, and he withdrew. At that moment my compassionate heart prevailed and tears rolled down my cheeks. I was happy for sentient beings that had learned the truth and thus been saved and now have a bright future.

We are now on the last lag of the Fa-rectification period. We must know the purpose and significance of cultivation. We should study the Fa more, study the Fa well, have righteous thoughts and righteous actions, save sentient beings so as to complete our pre-historic vows, and return home with Master.

Please point out anything inappropriate.

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Minghui Fahui | Walking the Path Uniquely Arranged by Master

December 16, 2012 |   By a Dafa practitioner from Hunan Province

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Greetings to our great Master!

Greetings to my fellow practitioners!

I am a senior practitioner who obtained the Fa over a dozen years ago. I grew up in the countryside and I have never written an experience-sharing article before. With encouragement from fellow practitioners, I am reporting my Dafa experiences to our Master and I also would like to exchange cultivation understandings with fellow practitioners.

I. What good fortune to obtain this magnificent Fa

One day in March 1997, I was at my parents' home when my mother happily told me, “I have learned Dafa.” I asked, “What is Dafa?” She replied, “Falun Gong. I just finished reading the book Zhuan Falun. Master has already begun purifying my body. Falun Gong's mission is to teach people to follow the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance and to be good people. It cultivates both body and mind at the same time. It is the highest level of the Great Cultivation Way.”

Looking at my happy mother with her eyes filled with a glimmer of hope that I had never seen before (my mother was incapacitated before due to all kinds of illnesses), I asked her to show me the book. She said, “It was an Aunt who lent me the book to read. I’ve only read it once and then your cousin's wife wanted to read it. I still have some of Master's articles. You may go ahead and take a look at these.” I opened the first page and Master's portrait was right in front of me. I had a surge of reverent feelings and thought that Master looks so cordial and familiar. I carefully put the book in my handbag and my mother told me that in a few days Aunty would return for the book Zhuan Falun and also teach us how to do the exercises. She said, “You can come at that time,” and I replied that I most certainly would!

A week later, Aunty taught me the five sets of exercises. She also gave me Master's portrait and a copy of the book Zhuan Falun. Not long after that, my cousin and his wife also began to learn Falun Gong.

II. Benefiting both physically and mentally

I finished reading Zhuan Falun within two days and felt then that I would never put it down. I often felt touched by Master's advanced Fa principles and began to understand the true meaning of life.

Before practicing Falun Gong, I was short-tempered, attached to self-esteem, and would not give in if I was doing something wrong. My husband had to follow what I said, so we often quarreled with each other. I especially could not handle my husband's bad habits, such as playing poker and gambling. I often had resentment for these pastimes. I could not eat well, nor sleep well. I was not happy with my family, my marriage, and thought that life was really bitter. Sometimes I even thought of divorce. However seeing my little kids, I decided I would never do that.

This Chinese society of materialism was destroying both my mind and body. Yet right when I was feeling painful, anxious, and helpless, I was so fortunate to encounter Dafa, which completely changed my view of the world. Master guides us to walk the golden road to return to our true selves and go home. Each day I would read two to three lectures of Zhuan Falun. If I had time, I would copy and memorize the Fa. Dafa's profound principles purified my heart at every moment and also made me truly understand the concept of how to be a human being. I realized that nothing is accidental and everything has a predestined relationship.

Master said,

“Under all circumstances, we must be good and kind to others, not to mention to our family members. We should treat everyone in the same way. We must be good to our parents and children and be considerate of others in all respects. Such a heart is thus unselfish, and it is a heart of kindness and benevolence.” (Zhuan Falun)

Soon our family became harmonious. I became cheerful and my body underwent a huge change. Before, I had stomach problems, dizziness, inflammation of tonsils, neurasthenia, nervous headaches, insomnia, and rheumatism in both hands and feet that I’d had since I was a young kid. After practicing Falun Gong, all these illnesses disappeared. My family saw a huge change and felt happy for me. My husband also stopped many of his bad habits.

During that time I went to my cousin's house every night to join the group practice. First we had three people and later we had over a dozen. At that time, I was very diligent in my cultivation every day. I would go out with my cousin’s wife to promote Dafa whenever I had some spare time. In order to let new practitioners watch Master's Fa lecture videos and exercises, I would walk several miles and borrow a fellow practitioner's color TV and video player (because we did not have those in my home at that time.) Most of the older practitioners in our area did not have much education. When we had group Fa study, I really needed to be patient. But I never felt tired of helping them.

At that time, I was really very diligent in Fa study and doing the exercises. All of that laid a solid foundation to later practice in the Fa-rectification.

III. Breaking through tribulations creates a good practice environment

On July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime launched the vicious persecution of Falun Gong. On the evening of July 21, a fellow practitioner walked by my house and asked me to go to my cousin's home. With a heavy heart, he told me the news, saying the situation was very serious. At that moment I did not panic but I was worried about those new practitioners. The next morning I visited each one of them and told them to keep up their xinxing and study the Fa more.

At home my husband was watching TV with an acquaintance. When he saw me, he said, “Where did you go? Something has gone wrong. Come and have a look on the TV.” I said, “I don't want to watch it. I already know what has happened. And I know what I should do!” I thought to myself: None of the negative things that were being said against Dafa and Master should be able to go into my brain. I knew in my heart that Dafa is the most righteous Fa. Our Master is the greatest and merciful Master. Dafa was deeply rooted in my heart.

After July 20, I still insisted on doing the exercises in my cousin's home. The persecution escalated. My husband began to become fearful. He said to me, “If you go there again, I will destroy all of your Dafa things.” I did not respond to him so he rushed upstairs and tore apart Master's portrait. Then he burned it (later he issued a solemn statement to void what he did). I was anxious and cried for not being able to protect Master's portrait. At that time, I picked up all pieces of the ashes and sent them to my cousin's home and asked my cousin's wife to store them for me. Regardless of how severe the situation was, how evil it was, I kept righteous thoughts and believed that there is nothing wrong with Dafa, there is nothing wrong in longing for Truth-Compassion- Forbearance. It is the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that cannot tolerate the righteous. I thought that no matter what kind of environment we are in, we should study the Fa and continue to do the exercises. I often recited Master's Fa in this regard:

Master said:

“It is under the circumstance of demonic interference that you can demonstrate whether you can continue your cultivation, be really enlightened to the Tao, be unaffected by interference, and be sure-footed in this school of practice. The great waves shift the sand, and that is what cultivation practice is all about. What is left in the end will be genuine gold.” (Zhuan Falun)

“If we change the situation in human society and reverse the general climate, then let’s see who still says that Dafa is good” (“Huge Exposure” from Essentials for Further Advancement)

In fact, Master told us long before about how we should do things, and that he had given us everything. The only thing for us is whether we can truly be enlightened. When Dafa is suffering persecution, and Master is wronged, what should we do? Each of us Dafa disciples has the responsibility to safeguard and validate the Fa! One after another, fellow practitioners went to Beijing to appeal and validate the Fa. I also thought of going to Beijing. I told my mother, who is also a practitioner. She said, “I also want to go! I feel the need to explain the facts to people and ensure justice for our Master and Dafa.”

In November 1999, my mother, two female fellow practitioners and I finally stepped on the train to Beijing. When we arrived at the West Train Station, we did not know where the appeal office was located, so we went directly to Tiananmen Square.

At Tiananmen Square, we saw many fellow practitioners. Among them, three young female practitioners were there from Sichuan Province. One of them was pregnant (about 7-8 months and almost close to giving birth). They told us that they arrived two days ago and still could not find the appeal office. They asked us to do the 2nd exercise with them. At that moment, a group of police came and forcefully took us to the police station behind the gate of Tiananmen Square. Later, we were picked up by police officers from our local police station.

The director of the township police station viciously said to me, “You have committed a mortal sin.” I was very shocked at what he said, but I was not afraid because what I did was the most righteous thing. I was surprised when a government official said such words rebuking a practitioner who cultivates Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and just wants to be a good person. He asked me again, “Who organized you guys to go to Beijing?” (At that time they picked up 11 fellow practitioners from Beijing). I replied, “There was nobody organizing us and we are all volunteers. We just want to correct the facts for Dafa, as our Master is innocent.” He said, “You are so stubborn.” He ran towards me and then slapped my face several times and then punched my cheek several times. He used a lot of strength in hitting me; however I did not feel any pain. I only felt a little numb, and my mouth bled. He was very fierce. I was not afraid; neither did I have any hatred toward him. I was very calm. He asked me what I was planning to do in the future. I told him that we follow Truth-Compassion-Forbearance in our cultivation to be good people and I would be persistent in my practice until the end. Later we were illegally detained in the detention center.

At the detention center, we recited “Lunyu,” Hong Yin, and clarified the truth to the inmates. At night we insisted on doing the exercises. Although it was cold in winter, the police officers would pour cold water or urine on us. We did not give up our righteous faith and one month later, I was released.

They arranged some people from the village to monitor me. They also forced my husband to monitor me and threatened him, “If you do not do your job well in monitoring her, we will not allow you to do your business. We will lock up your store and confiscate all your property, and will not allow your kids to go to school.”

They forced him to pay money to guarantee to monitor me well and also asked him to sign a contract for me (not to practice Dafa). Under this evil pressure, my husband made a lot of obstacles in my practice. He strictly monitored me and would stop me from studying the Fa and doing the exercises. As soon as he saw me studying the Fa or doing the exercises, he would beat me or make a fuss. Once, after he left home for a short while, he came back. When he saw me doing the sitting meditation he hastily knocked on the door several times. I did not respond. He walked over to me and slapped my face several times. He pushed my legs down. I put them back to the full Lotus position. He got very angry and poured a half-bucket of urine on me. It took me a while to catch my breath.

On another occasion, my father-in-law came in while my husband was beating me. He said, “Are you still practicing?” He told his son, “Focus, and hit her on the major body parts. We have the government backing us.” I got up and said, “I am a divine being. Why should I be afraid of evil demons? You cannot touch me. You are not allowed to touch me.” Both of them were shocked and stepped back a few steps (in fact it was evil that was afraid.) Since then my husband has never hit me again.

Policemen often came to my home to harass me. Once, over a dozen of people from the town and district government and the police station broke into my home. They searched everywhere in my home and asked whether I still continued with my practice. I replied, “Why should I give up such a good practice?” They arrested me again. Several other fellow practitioners were also arrested at the same time. They forcefully detained us in the detention center and also hung big posters on our bodies and took us out to parade in our local area. Two weeks later, I was released.

During those wicked and crazy days I was forced to become homeless for a while. After three months of a displaced life, I thought to myself that I should not stay outside and I should go back home to start my own cultivation environment. I should do things that a practitioner should do. Then I wrote letters to the village secretary, the head of the village and clarified the truth. Then I called the village secretary who said, “Come home. You can practice at home. If there anything comes up, I will deal with it for you.” (That village secretary understood the truth and she also withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.) Later I called my husband and told him that I must return home and I must have an environment to practice. He said, “Well, you can practice the exercises once a month.” I told him that would not work for me; I must do the exercises and study the Fa every day and do those things that I am supposed to do. He said OK. A real cultivation environment was created and I understood that as long as we understood and became firm in our belief, Master will help us. It was really like this:

“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master" (Zhuan Falun)

IV. Saving sentient beings while denying the old forces' arrangement

I finally had a free environment for Fa study and doing the exercises. My husband also gradually understood the truth. He watched the CD of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and other truth-clarification CDs. He also withdrew from the CCP's affiliated organizations. In order to make up for his mistakes, he issued a solemn statement to Master and Dafa to void what he said and did before. Later, no matter what I did for Dafa, he never interfered. Sometimes I came home around 2 to 3 a.m. after distributing truth-clarification materials, and he only reminded me to pay attention to safety.

Because of not looking inward in my cultivation for a long time, I was not able to deal with issues with strong righteous thoughts. I had huge family tribulations. First my father-in-law had a car accident and had serious injuries and needed us to care for him. Later my mother-in-law became seriously ill and was bedridden. I juggled both households, worked, and dealt with the pressures from the CCP. My husband dropped his own work and went to do another business. Since he was not familiar with the new business, he was always in deficit. Facing the emergence of family conflicts, I did not have the righteous thoughts to deal with that. Nor did I deny the tribulation. I was submissive, and that severely affected me in doing the three things well. This situation lasted for a long period of time, until after my parents-in-laws passed away. I learned that my husband's business was down the drain and at the same time he was addicted to gambling. He owed debts of hundreds of thousands of yuan. We even could not pay my son's college tuition. My husband went out and dared not return home for several months. Facing all these problems, I began to look inward and reflected on myself, while I spent a lot of time studying the Fa to improve my xinxing.

The rationale of what Master said during Fa-rectification constantly reminded me that accepting the persecution would cause endless huge difficulties, and even drag me into a terrible situation. The evil old forces want to destroy Dafa disciples' true faith. We are Dafa disciples. We are particles of Dafa. Our responsibility is to adjust all things that are not right according to Dafa, rather than being driven by everyday people or the evil. We should not accept the evil's persecution. We have blessings since we are cultivating in Dafa. We can also bring blessing to others. The emergence of tribulations is a good thing for one's own cultivation. When one becomes fearful it’s that a practitioner does not have a clear understanding of his/her own shortcomings and cannot truly view things from the Fa. No difficulties can obstruct a genuine practitioner.

Master said in the article “Expounding on the Fa” from Essentials for Further Advancement:

“If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary human. So why doesn’t the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?”

Fellow practitioners around me helped me and encouraged me from within the Fa. I was able to improve my xinxing and use the Fa to measure things happening around me and I guided my words and deeds based on the standard of the Fa. I used righteous thoughts to deal with tribulations as they occurred. When encountering the debt of over hundreds of thousands yuan, I did not feel pained, and neither did I have any resentment. I began to communicate with my husband, whom I had not seen for several months. I always treated him with kindness. I encouraged him and helped him balance the debts between all the debtors. I asked him to come back home and live as an upright, good person.

After he returned home, I asked him to read Zhuan Falun and he began to seriously read it. He finished reading the book in three days and then he told me that the book was really very good. He said he knew what to do from then on. He went back to his original work and after one year, we began to pay off his debts. My husband also looked healthy and had more energy. His temper improved and he was a totally different person.

In the subsequent days, he read the book Zhuan Falun several times and Master's other lectures. Sometimes he also did the exercises. Our family situation magically changed. My eldest son found a job with a substantial income. Within three to four years, we paid off our debts of several hundreds of thousands yuan. My eldest son also began to cultivate. My younger son also began to study the Fa last year. I can also do projects for truth-clarification and clarify the truth face-to-face and persuade people to withdraw from the CCP and all its affiliated organizations. As long as I can speak to people, the results are pretty good. In fact, all miracles happen through Dafa's boundless power and Master's compassionate care.

At first I helped my family members, relatives and friends and some acquaintances to withdraw from the CCP-affiliated organizations. When I first took some truth-clarification materials home, I did not distribute any of them and realized that I must break through this fear. The first time I went out I took six copies. In over one mile I distributed only three copies. I had three copies left so I walked to some houses across the road. Just as I approached, a dog began barking. Immediately several dogs nearby began barking all at the same time. I was not afraid and stood there sending forth righteous thought for a while. It then looked like someone was chasing the dogs, as they quickly ran away. So that night I successfully distributed all the materials and went home. The second time, I took over 30 copies and without any problems I distributed them all. Later I took my cousin's wife with me (who was over 60 years old) to help me distribute the materials and we covered all the villages around us.

This year I also learned how to make pre-recorded phone calls and how to send MMS to a group of people. All of this has been accomplished as a result of Master's compassionate care and the wisdom given to me through Dafa.

Thank you, Master! Thank you fellow practitioners!

Please kindly point out any mistakes!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Cultivating Diligently to Save More Sentient Beings

December 17, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Liaoning Province, China

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

Time flies! It is already the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org. When I recall events from this past year, I feel like there is nothing special to write about. But after sharing with other practitioners, I thought I was being selfish and did not want to think, and didn't feel I had the time to write. At any rate, I should use this platform to talk about how Master taught me to be a good person, and how practitioners and I cooperated to save sentient beings.

Conducting Myself as a Practitioner; More than a Hundred Relatives Support My Truth Clarification Efforts to Save Sentient Beings

My husband's parents have eight children, and an extended family of forty-seven people. My mother-in-law died in October 2010. Because she had so many children, there were many complicated issues to deal with after her death. My husband's aunt said to me, “There are so many things to take care of after your mother-in-law's death!” I asked her, “Such as?” She continued, “I've heard that the house she lived in is not yours, and the other house is not yours either.” I replied with a smile, “I can explain to them that both houses are truly mine. But if they don't believe me, they can have them. As long as I have a place to live, I won't argue with them. No matter what happens, I will try my best to give up my self interest and put the family first. It is more important that we get along.”

She looked at me stunned, and said: “My child, are you crazy? They are not just something you can give up lightly. Those are houses that are worth quite a bit of money! Did you learn this from Dafa?” I said, “Yes, Master told us in Zhuan Falun 'If something is yours, you will not lose it. If something is not yours, you will not have it even if you fight for it.' Therefore, I won't argue with them, nor hate them. They don't understand the situation, so they are welcome to inquire about it. Don't you agree?” My husband's aunt smiled at me, “You are such a good person.”

Three days after my mother-in-law was buried, all her children gathered together at the house. My father-in-law summoned them and said, “The house I'm living in now was purchased by Xiao Liang. The other house was also bought by Xiao Liang.” One of my husband's sisters chimed in, “Yes, I saw them paying for the houses.” My father-in-law continued, “I didn't pay for the house, and they are also paying for my telephone bills. You kids should stop arguing about it now.” No one said anything and stopped arguing after they heard my father-in-law's explanations. I was very touched and didn't think my father-in-law could explain things so clearly. Peace and serenity was once again restored in our family.

After my mother-in-law was gone, taking care of my 88-year-old father-in-law became an issue. Everyone said we should ask what my father-in-law wanted to do. He replied, “Yuming is a Falun Dafa practitioner, so she is going to treat me well. I'm not going to live with any of you, but I want her family to come live with me.” I said, “That won't be a problem. I'm not a talkative person and enjoy reading. It will be fine as long as you don't think I'm ignoring you.”

Before I became a practitioner, I was somewhat eccentric. I rarely touched things used by others. Whenever we had guests staying overnight, I would clean up everything the next day. Although I changed a lot after the practice, I could not rid myself of the attachment completely. When my friends heard that I was going to live with my father-in-law, they commented, “You should really think about this. There is a saying, 'It's easier to coax two children than an elderly person.' You won't be living with him for a day or two.” I thought to myself, “It all depends on how I handle the situation. Who among us is not going to get old? Wouldn't I be too selfish if I just think of myself?” Therefore, I made the right choice of living with my elderly father-in-law.

In order to take care of my father-in-law, I moved from a spacious bright house to a 45-square-meter, one-bedroom place. He felt nostalgic and didn't want to get rid of the old furniture. I was only able to move in with one bed, so one can imagine how inconvenient it was. But at the same time, I could understand his mentality. Older people usually pay attention to their children's reactions and don't want their children to think they are a nuisance to them. Therefore, I paid attention to many details. For example, I was always very careful and gentle when I placed the dishes on the dining table. To avoid hurting his feelings, I shared the same dishes with him. I would lose my appetite when I saw food hanging on the corner of his mouth, or when he used the chopsticks to pick his teeth. Then I noticed none of that bothered my husband or child. I thought it was an attachment that I had, and it was not part of me. Nothing would happen to me if I ate the food. I tried to eat the food, and nothing bad happened to me.

My father-in-law would get the toilet seat cover wet when he used the bathroom. If I didn't pay attention, I would get myself wet when I used the toilet after him. To avoid embarrassing him, I quietly cleaned the toilet seat cover.

Parents are children's first teachers in life. The kids imitate everything the parents do. Now my son and his wife are both very filial and take good care of the elderly. They often buy fruit for my father-in-law, and help him wash his feet and clip his toe nails. Although we are not wealthy, we live a happy, warm, and harmonious life as a family. Master helped me and changed my life, and I'm grateful for everything Master has given me, including a blissful family life. Now I'm a healthy and happy person, and full of hope and optimism.

My husband's brothers and sisters gathered together for this year's Chinese New Years celebration. When they noticed my father-in-law was in good spirits and had gained some weight, they were very happy and thanked us. My husband's youngest sister said to me in tears, “Dear sister-in-law, I'm so thankful that you took such good care of dad. We feel very relieved!” I smiled back and said, “Please don't thank me. You should thank my Master! For He transformed me, taught me to be a good person, so that I'm able to take good care of your dad.” They all replied, “We thank Master!”

Two days before I wrote my sharing paper, my father-in-law stayed at my youngest sister-in-law's house for a couple of days. They invited us over for dinner. My youngest sister-in-law said emotionally, “Dear sister-in-law, I really have to thank you. Now I know how hard it is to take care of dad. I understand what you are going through.” She then gave us 1,000 yuan to buy clothes.

Now the brothers and sisters have all obtained a copy of Zhuan Falun. My husband and my father-in-law are also practicing. My father-in-law said to me, “I know you are saving sentient beings, but I don't think I can do that!” I replied, “Whenever we have guests and relatives visiting us, you tell them the truth about Dafa. So you are saving them as well. When you cultivate well and are healthy, I don't have to spend too much time taking care of you and can do the three things. Don't you think you are helping as well?” Now my husband is taking care of most of the household chores, and I don't have to take care of my son and his wife, thus, allowing me to go out and clarify the truth. I can come and go anytime I want. My sister's children and my son know how to drive and have helped me with much truth clarification work. My youngest brother-in-law said, “Sister-in-law, when I can afford a new car, you are welcome to use it whenever you want.” I thanked him for his kind gesture.

When my aunt came to visit us, she said, “I know you are very busy. Please do what you need to do. We will take care of the meal.” I replied, “Thank you! When the truth is revealed in the future. You will understand what I'm doing.” She said, “No need to wait till then. We already understand it now.”

As of now, more than one hundred of my relatives and my husband's relatives have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I'm truly happy for them, as they are positioning themselves correctly.

Cooperating Well as One Body and Elevating Together

Practitioners with different skills are responsible for different tasks. For example, some are drivers, others are experts in technology; some are in charge of buying supplies, and others run errands and work as messengers. There are also those who are responsible for locating former practitioners. One practitioner is very down to earth. He says time is critical and it is crucial that we save sentient beings. He bought a car to take practitioners wherever we need to go. We visit the villages about three to five times per month. We give him money for the gas, but he always refuses to take it. He wants us to spend the money on truth clarification materials, and insists on being responsible for all the expenses related to the car. Practitioners who take care of technological issues are always ready to help. The past few years, they took care of installing computer systems, and maintaining and fixing printers, while keeping their daytime job. They've never complained and are always patient. They have contributed greatly to support the material production sites.

Practitioners who act as the messengers are quick and efficient. Whenever we issue notices about sending forth righteous thoughts, or other matters, they immediately spread the news to other practitioners. In less than one day, the news is spread from here to other villages and townships. They have helped our county and the surrounding areas become one body. Those who are responsible for sending automated recorded messages have done a lot of work. They introduced it to almost all practitioners in the county, so we are able to make truth clarification phone calls to other provinces and autonomous regions in the nation. We also have practitioners who are in charge of sending materials through the postal mail, and they have covered most provinces across the nation. Practitioners who install New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) satellite dishes have worked very hard as well. Besides their regular job, they have visited many townships and villages during their time off, to help people install equipment to watch truthful news from NTDTV.

Practitioners who are responsible for finding former practitioners have done a great deal of work. During the last three to four years, they have covered the entire county, more than a dozen villages and townships, and found and brought back more than one hundred practitioners. We realized the urgency of bringing back former practitioners after reading Master's lecture, “20th Anniversary Fa Teaching.” Master said,

“A while back, some Dafa disciples had not yet stepped forward, so we had to wait and do our best to have them come forth. But the time for this is running out. When I saw students who came out of China, I urged them to tell the students who haven’t stepped forward to quickly do so—to have them quickly find those lost students and spell the facts out for them, for what they otherwise face is a most tragic of ends. Cultivation is no trifling matter. And that’s especially so for Dafa disciples, who shoulder such great historic missions. Bound up in that mission is the survival, the life or death, of simply countless beings. Wouldn’t you call that something major? It’s a huge thing.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching”)

We downloaded related articles from Minghui website and made two hundred small booklets for former practitioners. The effect was also good when practitioners in our county helped bring back those around them.

There are endless stories to tell. I feel so touched whenever I see fellow practitioners. We have formed a large body under the cooperation of fellow practitioners. Every day and every week, there is a designated group of practitioners from the villages, townships, and county that send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the bad elements in our area that block practitioners from saving sentient beings. After we set aside the time for Fa study, we selected two days per month, for practitioners in the county to send forth righteous thoughts as a group, at a set time, to thoroughly eliminate the evil elements that interfere with our truth clarification efforts to save sentient beings.

In the past few years, practitioners in our region have been steadily clarifying the truth to save sentient beings. We have visited many villages and clarified the truth door to door, and many people have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. There are also many merchants and cab drivers who quit as well.

Helping Practitioners from Nearby Areas

While doing a good job in our area, we also help nearby county's practitioners as well. This February, practitioners from a far away place that is part of a nearby county, weren't able to connect with practitioners in their county. They asked us to go there to help them with certain issues. Due to safety reasons, they could not explain things over the phone, so I said I would visit them the next day.

The next day, the driver, the technology expert, the messenger, and I drove over the mountain and arrived at a township more than one hundred kilometers away. We shared with three of the practitioners in the township. They were very excited and happy to see us. I asked them how we could help them. A female practitioner replied, “I'm so glad you can come here. Our place is located on the borderline of the two counties, and no one can reach us. It takes us fifteen days to receive news from the Minghui website. We are unable to keep up with the latest news for our truth clarification materials. Although I'm in my thirties and am still young, I'm not educated. I'm very anxious about the situation in our area but I cannot think of a solution. I really don't know anything.” She began to cry, and I asked her to not rush and to speak slowly. She wiped her tears and continued, “By the time we give the material to people, the news is already over two weeks old.”

A 76-year-old practitioner said, “In order to deliver the materials, I have to ride a bicycle for more than forty kilometers. One time it snowed very hard. By the time I came back, my feet were frozen in the shoes and my pants were wet from sweat.” We were all moved to tears by this elderly practitioner. They asked us, “Can you please help us set up a material production site and teach us how to operate the equipment? Then we can make the materials ourselves.” I said, “That would be great! We will work together and fulfill your request.” They were very touched and had teary eyes, and we were moved by their pure hearts.

The practitioners in that area make about seven thousand yuan annually per household. It would be hard on them to come up with the money all at once. They asked if we could buy the equipment first, and they would pay us back in several payments. I said, “Our financial situation is better than yours. As long as you can make the materials and be responsible for the sentient beings in the forty kilometers radius within your area, then we will try our best to help you.” They were so happy and cried. I said, “It is our fault for not knowing your difficulties. From now on, we are one body, and let's work together to solve the problems.”

Several days later we drove the equipment to this little town. We helped them install and test the machines. Then we taught them how to download and print the information. By the time we returned home, it was almost midnight, time for sending forth righteous thoughts. We went there three times and drove a total of six hundred kilometers. The driver paid for all the gas expenses and refused to accept our money.

One day in early May, I heard that a township in a nearby county with more than one hundred practitioners prior to the persecution, only has about a dozen practitioners now. All these years, practitioners in the city have been providing them materials. The drive there is very inconvenient and it takes two days to deliver the materials. Other practitioners had given them the equipment, but later took it back since no one was using them. There was no practitioner in the nearby area of twenty some villages. Practitioners in the township were very anxious and asked if we could help them. I said, “We can help. Let me contact a few practitioners, and we will be there tomorrow.”

The next day, a group of us drove one hundred kilometers to the township. Practitioners there greeted us as if we were their family. They were very grateful and had tears in their eyes. One of them said, “There used to be more than one hundred practitioners here. After July 20, 1999, many of them were afraid of the CCP's persecution and stopped practicing. My brother, who was a local assistant, is not practicing now, and many people followed in his footsteps. He would be able to bring back many former practitioners if he practices again.”

A practitioner asked if they could bring him here so that we could share with him. They said that people were busy working in the field. So we decided to see him in the field. We drove about fifteen kilometers to the brother's house. He was reluctant to see us. We talked about the blissful days prior to July 20. We shared with him, “Master does not want to let any practitioner fall behind. It is not a coincidence that we are here today. We learned the Fa and are shouldering a historical mission, which involves the survival of immeasurable lives. We should not be selfish and only care about profit and gains. In the crucial moment of returning to our true home, if we cannot pass certain tests or overcome some hardships, and choose to withdraw from or even give up the practice, then how are we going to face the sentient beings that have set their hopes on us? How could we repay Master, who has been protecting and helping us? The Fa-rectification process is not over yet, and there is still time and opportunity for you to come back now. Please do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity.” He seemed a bit more relaxed and was moved. It was then time to send forth righteous thoughts at noon time. So I suggested, “Let's send forth righteous thoughts together. From now on, you are a particle of Dafa.” He smiled. We taught him the hand gestures and verses to send forth righteous thoughts. A former practitioner has finally returned.

We returned to the house of the coordinator in the afternoon, and there were several practitioners waiting for us. One of them was a brand new practitioner, some others have been practicing for three, five, and eight months. I asked if they had access to Master's new lectures and could visit the Minghui website. The male practitioner who has been practicing for three months said, “I can visit the Minghui website,” and I saw him use an anti-block software to access the website. He copied an article from Minghui, without using any security settings or download software. I smiled and pulled him to the side. I reminded him gently, “You are very clever. Next time I will bring the practitioner who is a computer expert. He will help you set up a security system for your computer. It will be more convenient and safer. We will give you a printer. Do you think you can make the materials?” He agreed, and I said, “That is great! This will solve the problem in your area.” We didn't come home till late in the evening.

A few days later, we put all the necessary equipment in the car, and drove one hundred kilometers to the the township. We installed and tested the machines, and taught them to use the printer. Another material production site was established. As of now, these practitioners have cooperated well with each other. The female practitioners stay home to make the materials, and the male practitioners ride their motorcycles to distribute the materials. The residents of the twenty plus villages around them are able read truth clarification information.

In the past six months, we've helped practitioners in nearby counties establish three material production sites. This has had a tremendous effect in saving sentient beings in their local areas.

I know that I have not done enough and am still far from the requirements of Dafa. When I recall my experiences this past year, I realized that Master has been protecting me, and I have been moving forward with the encouragement of fellow practitioners. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our benevolent Master and practitioners around me. In the remaining days, I will study the Fa well, cultivate myself solidly, save more sentient beings, let go of the attachment to “self,” and cooperate with other practitioners. At the same time, I'm determined to fulfill Master's requirements, do the three things well, shoulder the sacred historic responsibility, be a diligent and upright Dafa disciple, and return home with Master.

Please kindly point out anything inappropriate. Heshi.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Using Technology to Save Sentient Beings and Validate Dafa

December 17, 2012 |   By Dinghai, a Dafa disciple in Liaoning

(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 2000. After reading Zhuan Falun, I found that a lot of my bad thoughts gradually weakened, and I could control my negative emotions. Deep inside, I felt the power of Dafa. I previously read many ancient and contemporary Chinese classical masterpieces, but they had little impact on me. My thoughts essentially never changed. I was still an ordinary person in human society. However, after reading Zhuan Falun, in which the Fa is expressed in such a simple, yet profound way, my thoughts changed and I started to practice Dafa.

Shortly after starting the practice, I dreamed one night that Master was with some new Dafa disciples, including me, and he encouraged us. Afterwards, I was more confident in the practice.

Building Dafa Truth-clarification Materials Sites and Providing Technical Support

My daily job entails maintaining computers, so it was natural that my skills should play a significant role in the Fa-rectification period. I think this was already arranged in history. I recall shortly after I started to practice Dafa, while the evil persecution was rampant, that many local fellow practitioners wanted to set up Dafa material sites, and I helped buy computers and install the operating systems. At that time, many practitioners were not familiar with computers, and couldn’t master some of the technical aspects, so I went to different material sites to help solve various problems. In this way, I started my Dafa validation and personal cultivation together, even before I had learned to do the five sets of exercises well.

When I helped practitioners solve technical problems, their words and deeds, including their belief in Dafa, and the kindness from their hearts influenced me deeply. When I helped practitioners solve technical problems, my righteous thoughts and supernatural powers strengthened. I gradually learned all five sets of exercises and understood Dafa more deeply. Because I often had to go out to repair computers, I carried a Walkman to listen to the Fa on the way, and this laid a good foundation for my future Fa validation and practice.

In fact, a lot of computer problems are evil interference. Sometimes, as soon as I arrived at the Dafa material site, and before I started to repair anything, the problem was already solved. Therefore, many practitioners praised me, but I didn’t have an attachment to happiness.

Master said:

“In other matters and in the course of cultivation practice, one should be sure to not develop the attachment of zealotry—this mentality can be very easily taken advantage of by demons." (Zhuan Falun)

Everything is given by Dafa. Because I helped practitioners selflessly and often studied the Fa with a peaceful mind, the Fa gave me some ability, which was nothing to show off about. The supernatural powers only encouraged me to do better, to play a greater role.

As long as the practitioners requested it, I put down anything and cooperated unconditionally to rush to the Dafa material sites to repair their computers. At the same time, my technical capability was also recognized at work, and I was considered an expert in the area of computer maintenance. Other people also found that as long as I worked on a problem, a lot of computer problems were solved, which they thought was incredible: they had paid experts to work on it but couldn’t solve it, while I did not do much and the problem was solved. I used technical terminology to explain the cause of the malfunction and never said anything that was difficult for them to understand. I never showed off my special powers. How would ordinary people understand that my practice could produce such supernatural powers?

In the process, I found that as long as I studied the Fa well, my righteous mind was strong, I could always consider others, the repair work would go well. When things didn’t go well, the reason was always my mind. At the same time, I found that when it was hard to repair a practitioner’s computers, it required studying Dafa better and having a strong righteous mind. In many cases, the computer couldn’t be repaired until the practitioners themselves looked within and found their problem.

As I had just started practicing Dafa, I felt I wasn’t as good as other practitioners, so I didn’t point out issues that I found in other practitioners. I only paid attention to my own improvement and technical exchanges, and I rarely attended group practice or group study. I remember a 28-year-old female practitioner. I taught her some techniques and we did some work together, but I didn’t point out her personal cultivation issues that I noticed. I heard that she was persecuted very seriously later, and I felt very sorry in my heart that I hadn’t brought up those issues with her. In fact, computer problems in many cases are a reflection of the practitioner’s mind and cultivation state. I solved the computer problems, but failed to help fellow practitioners to improve. This was pointed out to me by practitioners. The thought of myself not being as good as other practitioners came from not firmly believing in the Fa and not realizing that Master gives us our great abilities.

Although I wasn’t persecuted by the evil, I had a few close calls. Once, we transported some Dafa materials out of town, but we didn’t use a proper vehicle, and we came across a fraud gang. When we tried to tell them the truth about Dafa, they threatened to report us to the Public Security Bureau. We sent righteous thoughts to stop them and were able to leave safely. Another time, I helped a fellow practitioner to buy some consumable products, and we were followed by undercover police. The police caught the fellow practitioner, but didn’t catch me because I had unconsciously taken another road after leaving the practitioner. There was also a time that my name was given to the Public Security Bureau by a practitioner who was put under extreme pressure in prison. The Public Security Bureau looked for me based on a drawing. My heart wasn’t moved.

Master said:

"...just by having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachments” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Thinking about this sentence, I was calm. I followed Master’s requirements in the most positive way. I had nothing to be afraid of. I didn’t move from my house or change my job. I tried my best to do the three things that Master required of us.

I had quite a few similar near misses, but I did not stop helping fellow practitioners to establish the Dafa materials sites. I realized that I shouldn’t over-emphasize the security issues while ignoring the Fa-rectification activities.

Master said:

"If you truly follow the righteous way in cultivation practice, nobody will dare to do something to you at will. Besides, you have the protection of my fashen, and you will not be in any danger" (Zhuan Falun)

In the beginning, when we switched over to the use of a certain kind of mobile phone, a lot of practitioners didn’t do it due to security concerns. I did a lot of research and found that there was no issue technically, and I used the new phone myself for a period of time without a problem. Then I promoted this type of mobile phone and technology among practitioners. It solved the security problem of mobile phone communication among practitioners.

Openly Quitting the Communist Party at the Workplace

After the publication of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, I denounced and quit the evil party organizations on The Epoch Times website. Because I was a party member, I realized that I should openly quit the Party at my workplace also. I didn’t participate in any Communist Party activities like singing the “Red” songs, paying the party membership dues, doing voluntary community service, and other activities that encouraged the evil party’s momentum. I was the only one in my whole workplace to do this and I was a bit worried that I would be persecuted economically, which would then impact the Dafa truth-clarification materials. However, I thought of Master’s Fa.

Master said:

“No one can reach Consummation if they remain marked by, or if they acknowledge, the most evil thing in the entire cosmos.” (“Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World”)

To participate in its activities is to agree with it, right? This does not conform to the principles of the universe, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

During this period, I continued to study the Fa, strengthen my righteous mind, and refused to attend any evil party rally activities. Later, I was given an official document declaring discharge of my party membership, and I wasn’t asked to attend any further activities. Afterwards, some people told me, "You were so brave. Although everyone knows that the evil party is not good, no one dared to quit in this period of time, and no one dares not to participate in its activities. You are the first one in our workplace.” I realized by this event that when I did things in accordance with the requirements of Dafa, all the warped things and evil factors near me were disintegrated and changed.

Sending Millions of Emails

Master said after 2004:

"Spread the Nine Commentaries and the evil Party will fade” (“To Save the World” from Hong Yin III).

I realized that I should spread the truth in a larger area and pass out the Nine Commentaries to more people. I looked into how to tell the truth to people via emails. There were very few practitioners around me working on this project, so I couldn’t draw on any relevant experience. I started by sending a small amount of bulk emails to accumulate experience. I took proper security measures to ensure that my IP address could not be detected. I bought easy-to-use software to send bulk emails with ordinary email accounts and purchased foreign server space. I constantly changed my secure IP address to send the Nine Commentaries and Minghui Weekly magazine via email. During this period, email accounts were frequently blocked due to sensitive words. There was all kinds of interference, including the updating of the filtering mechanism by the evil party to block the truth-clarification information. I continued to work on improved methods to break the blockade of the evil party. I used two computers to send a large number of emails to people to ensure that they got the truth.

During this period, I continued Fa study and sending forth righteous thoughts. At the same time, I mastered more technical and security measures to be able to send large amounts of emails. Over recent years, I’ve sent out over a million emails clarifying the truth about Falun Gong.

Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts in Close Proximity to the Evil

Fellow practitioners asked me to participate in disintegrating the evil near prisons and labor camps. We agreed and drove to the evil’s base nearby. For safety reasons, some practitioners recommended driving around and not stopping the car, but I thought that we wouldn’t be able to concentrate on eradicating the evil or get good results by doing it that way, so we stopped our car near the evil’s base and sent powerful righteous thoughts together to eradicate the evil.

When I calmed down, I saw a lot of rotten demons run out to fight us, and I also saw a Buddha help us kill rotten demons at the evil’s base. I continued to send powerful righteous thoughts to eradicate the demons and rotten ghosts. I stayed there for a long time, and was reluctant to leave. When I used my supernatural power to eradicate the evil, Master opened my Tianmu (Celestial Eye) to encourage me to do it better. Later, I thought that it was no accident that Master let me see these things, so I wrote down what I saw and sent it to Minghui to encourage more practitioners to also do a good job of it.

Participatiang in Phone Project

I also participated in making phone calls in a project to clarify the truth when I saw other practitioners participating. At first, there was no recording of the “live organ harvesting” issue, so I recorded it myself and sent it to everyday people via voice calls. Later, after several tests, I found another method to send the voice recordings to people via the Internet directly, without leaving home. In the beginning, I was impatient, and did it as a task to finish, so the call answer rate was relatively low. A lot of people hung up right after answering. Later, I made the calls after I studied the Fa a lot and sent forth righteous thoughts. At first, when I sat down in front of the computer, I hesitated, thinking: How many people will listen to the telephone recording? Am I wasting my time? Can it save people? Are there perhaps better projects to rescue more people? When I saw fellow practitioners doing well, I wanted to do it too. I often kept sitting in front of the computer for five or six hours to make a large number of calls. Later I found this method to be good. A lot of people were still very willing to listen to the truth, and they still listened to it even when it was about 11:00 p.m. When they were listening, I sent powerful righteous thoughts specifically to disintegrate the evil beings and other factors behind them hindering them from hearing the truth. Therefore, the answer rate was relatively high, and a lot of people listened to the complete message before hanging up.

I also found it to be an opportunity for my continuous improvement. When I made a large amount of calls, I concentrated on sending righteous thoughts. I didn’t think about a lot of ordinary things, and took them lightly. Doing the three things well is part of my life. My workload at work and at home were reduced, so I had more time to work on this project. My company was more profitable and my wages were much higher than before.

Recalling these years of practice, I encountered a lot of hopeless situations, accompanied by intolerable loneliness, and the temptations of ordinary people. But I was determined, and sent righteous thoughts to eliminate all kinds of interference and difficulties. I used the wisdom and supernatural powers given by Dafa to create a path to save sentient beings. Now this road is broader and smoother. We don’t have interference through technical obstacles nor lack of funds anymore. We should use the limited time to study the Fa well, and send righteous thoughts to save sentient beings.

Concluding Remarks

I used to think that I obtained Dafa late and didn’t study well enough, so I never submitted any articles to Fa conferences. I also rarely wrote any articles to communicate either. By reading Minghui articles over the years, I learned a lot through practitioners’ experiences and lessons, but I never thought of paying back my fellow practitioners by way of writing an article myself. In fact, this is a selfish action of the old universe. I found that I still had quite a few issues when writing this article. Even though I wrote about my practice and cultivation experiences and understandings, I still need to get out of the arranged rules and the bounds of the old universe so as to break through the obstacles of personal cultivation. I can’t cultivate by myself anymore. I should follow Master’s requirement to get involved in the Fa-rectification as a whole.

Master said:

"Neither heaven nor earth can block my road of Fa-rectification, But disciples’ human hearts can" [“Troubles” from Hong Yin III].

If our own practice does not comply with the Fa-rectification standard, it will prevent the saving of sentient beings. In my future practice, I will always strive to find my own shortcomings, strengthen group study, participate in experience sharing and do the three things diligently to help Master’s Fa-rectification.

(9th China Fahui on Minghui.org)

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Minghui Fahui | Clarifying the Truth Everywhere

December 17, 2012 |   By a practitioner in Heilongjiang Province

(Minghui.org)

Clarifying the Truth Everywhere

As more and more practitioners began to verbally clarify the truth to others, distributing printed informational materials decreased. Some practitioners said that, although we had distributed many materials in the past, it was unnecessary to continue doing it. Some said the materials were out of date and that we should now focus on face-to-face truth-clarification. However, when we ask people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, it can be difficult to clarify many things in a short time. As a result, some people still have not fully understood the truth even after quitting CCP and its affiliated organizations. Therefore, we still need to use all kinds of truth-clarification materials.

After discussing this with Coordinator A, we both understood its importance and decided to distribute materials on a large scale. Sometimes, the two of us alone went out together, and sometimes several other practitioners joined us. I usually read through the materials once before distributing them, and we often went out during the daytime. One day as we left a building after distributing materials there, we saw a student reading the truth-clarification pamphlet as she walked by. Another time, we saw three women, all in their 50s, sitting at a table with four pamphlets.

I used to think that those who believed in religion would find it difficult to accept the truth, so I often skipped some homes if there were religious couplets on the door. Once when sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw that our pamphlets were so big that they covered entire doors. I enlightened that I should not have overlooked them and should give everyone an opportunity. Since then, I have not skipped any homes.

When sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw that practitioners' gong was merged and rapidly cleaned the buildings story by story like a waterfall. Sometimes, the gong combined and cleansed a large area like thunder. The energy extended to each building and spread to each door. I knew that it was the materials we distributed. We also sent forth righteous thoughts every time before going out. One day, during sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw that a gate was opened in the gray sky and a contingent of Manchurian guards descended. They moved with elegance and vigorous energy. A giant red dragon was soon eliminated. Many buildings then appeared, and the sky turned clear. From this, I realized that we practitioners had glorious histories in the past and are on great missions today. If we are unable to save sentient beings well, it could lead to regrets that last forever.

One day I went out to distribute materials in the morning and then again with another practitioner in the afternoon. When sending forth righteous thoughts at 6 p.m., I saw many heavenly soldiers surrounding me. They applauded and said, “You have done it twice today. That is so good.”

Once after distributing materials, I returned home on a bike. I was very happy and full of energy. I thought that, no matter how difficult, I just wanted sentient beings to be saved. Then I was in tears. At that time, I saw in a giant dimension a countless number of people kneeling down with those in the first row holding a banner that said, “Great King.”

Eliminating Notions

One day when placing the materials into bags, I noticed that two lines of text overlapped. I wondered if there might be a problem with the printer and the practitioner did not notice it. I picked up other copies and saw the same error on one out of seven or eight pamphlets. I considered it a minor thing, plus practitioners had already spent so much time and money on them that it would be a waste to discard all those with errors. And it was already late in the night and I was too tired to check the pamphlets one by one.

When I talked with Practitioner B about this the next day, he said they needed to be perfect since they were Dafa materials. The printing errors might leave an undesirable impression, and people would not treasure them. He was against distributing the pamphlets with error, but I did not listen to him.

When I distributed the pamphlets with errors, a boy saw me and laughed at me, “You have mental problems.” He then laughed again. It was not like a child's laugh. It sounded like a demon. After finishing one building and moving to the next, I found several copies already discarded in the hallway. I picked them up and knew something had gone wrong. I also felt some resistance that day.

Afterwards, I talked with Practitioner B about it, and he said it was due to the printing quality. I realized that those copies should not have been distributed. When sending forth righteous thoughts, in my heart I told Master that I was wrong. Then, I saw in another dimension, my tears fell on the overlapping lines and separated them and Master's words appeared:

“When disciples have ample righteous thoughts
Master has the power to turn back the tide”
(“The Master-Disciple Bond” in Hong Yin Vol. II)

I opened the bags and checked all of the 30 remaining copies. None of them had errors. I knew that, once I recognized my problem, Master helped correct all those copies.

In the past, I did not try to do things perfectly. Now I know this is wrong—especially when we validate the Fa. This is because the quality of our work might affect whether people can be saved. In addition, when we correct certain notions, a larger part of the universe can be rectified.

Looking Within to Overcome Barriers

Practitioner A and I occasionally had arguments about distributing materials. Criticism from me and other practitioners made her very pessimistic, and she once planned to stop doing coordination. One day after distributing materials, Practitioner A asked me to pick up more from another practitioner. Her demanding tone irritated me, and I was thinking about returning home to cook for a guest, so I said I could not do it. She countered, “You must go. I am older than you, and you have to listen to me.” I again said that I could not. As we continued walking, another practitioner walked up from behind and accidentally stepped on my shoe, and it fell off. Practitioner A laughed at me, “You see, you were wrong and you need to look inward.” I was even more uncomfortable because of her laughter and did not say anything.

After returning home, I felt bad and had a headache. When my guest left after lunch, I knelt down in front of Master's picture and said, “Master, I was wrong because I should validate the Fa not myself.” Then I began to study the Fa. I saw some dense black substance on my head and knew that was due to my anger. The substance decreased as I studied the Fa and was totally gone after I studied two lectures. I was thankful for Master's help. I knew I had an attachment to being appreciated, and now it is gone.

When we handed out the materials, because we did not prepare well enough, we overlapped some areas and missed others. I attributed it to Practitioner A and was unhappy about it. Realizing my human notions, I decided to get rid of it. After returning home, I was still thinking about this. Then I saw Master in another dimension with many gods under him. Master said, “I have eliminated half of the bad substance for you.”

The next morning, I knelt down in front of Master’s picture again. With my palms in heshi position, I said, “Master, I am sorry I had bad thoughts and criticized other practitioners. I was wrong.” Then I saw Master’s image illuminated with beams extending in all directions, which removed a black layer from me. Master also performed guanding for me, and I was purified. I heard a compassionate voice from Master say, “You all are my children.”

For quite a long time, several of us have been focused on Practitioner A's shortcomings. Now I am better able to understand from her perspective. There are a few local practitioners who seldom have participated in truth-clarification activities. Practitioner A not only invited them to distribute materials, but also helped their cultivation in this way. In addition, Practitioner A had to talk with them one by one, arrange the time, and prepare the materials. We tended to focus on her shortcomings and ignored her hard work.

Because of Practitioner A, I found many of my own attachments and let go of human notions.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Tribulations Can't Shake My Faith in Dafa

December 18, 2012 |   By a Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org)

Dear Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I have practiced Falun Dafa for 14 years. Under Master's care, I have come a long way in my cultivation, and feel that I have so much to report to Master. Due to my limited education, and since this is the first time that I've contributed an article to a Minghui Fa Conference, please compassionately point out anything inappropriate.

Beginning to Practice Falun Dafa

I am a woman living in the countryside. My education was limited to elementary school. In 1995, by chance, I ran into a former colleague. We later married and encountered Falun Dafa. Since that time, I have cultivated in Dafa.

In August 1998, my husband and I went for a walk in a park after dinner. We saw a lot of people doing qigong. When we got closer, we recognized that they were practicing Falun Gong. I was instantly very attracted to the practice, feeling that it was something that I was looking for. That was the day my husband and I entered the realm of Dafa. At that time, there were 10 practice sites near my house. Every morning at about 3 a.m., practitioners did the exercises outdoors for two hours. At night, they gathered together and studied Zhuan Falun or Master's other lectures. My husband was able to sit in the full-lotus position after about three months, while I still struggled with it. He actively took part in doing the household chores and asked me to practice the sitting meditation (and to practice bending my legs). During that time, I was immersed in Buddha Fa cultivation. I was in very good health and felt joyful every day. Often, we went out to spread the Fa to other people and held Fa conferences so we could all come together and improve from sharing with each other. I hand-copied Zhuan Falun daily. I hadn't written for a long time, so when I first picked up a pen, my hand was very stiff and shaky, and my handwriting didn't look good. I kept it up, and finally, my handwriting got a lot better. I also learned many new words. Dafa expanded my wisdom. I finished copying Zhuan Falun twice. My Fa study was very solid at that time, so this laid a firm foundation which helped me overcome one tribulation after another.

Tribulations Can't Shake My Faith in Dafa

The evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started frantically persecuting Falun Dafa less than one year after I took up the practice. Due to fear, my husband stopped practicing, but I didn't. I was arrested and our house was ransacked. The police took away my Dafa books and an exercise tape. My husband hid Master's photo, so the police couldn't find or take it. In the police station, the officers hit me very hard and tried to force me to kneel. I thought, “I can only kneel down to my Master, no one else.” I told the officers, “I have a stomachache and need to use the bathroom.” As I was walking to the bathroom, I kept thinking that I wouldn't kneel down for them no matter what. When I came back, they didn't ask me to kneel anymore. At that time, I didn't know what “sending righteous thoughts” was all about. I just had that simple thought of not wanting to kneel. Later, I understood that my righteous thoughts were having an effect. In the police station, I maintained my xinxing well and didn't reveal other practitioners' names. Prior to my release, the officers attempted to extort 10,000 yuan from me. I told them, “I don't have a job and have no money.” After being detained for 20 days, I was bailed out by my family.

After I returned home, I started to study the Fa and practice the exercises, but I couldn't find the exercise tape. My husband and I went to the retirement office to ask the staff to return the tape. On our way, I kept reciting Master's poems. When we got to the retirement office, I told the man in charge that my belongings had been taken. The man, who turned out to be the director of the retirement office, asked, “What stuff?” I told him that it was my cassette tape. He said, “It's all over there. Go look for it yourself.” I found the tape and started to do the exercises daily with it. I felt very close to Master when I heard his voice.

After my husband stopped cultivation practice, his health drastically worsened. He angered easily, and didn't allow me to contact other practitioners or leave home. He even yelled at practitioners whenever he saw them. He gave me a lot of tribulations.

One day, my husband's oldest son tore my Dafa book. I felt very sad. I kept reciting Master's teaching to overcome my sadness:

“Steadfastly cultivate Dafa, the will unflinching
The raising of levels is what’s fundamental
In the face of tests one’s true nature is revealed
Achieve Consummation, becoming a Buddha, Dao, or God.”
(“True Nature Revealed” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)

No matter how hard my family tried to interfere with me, my steadfast faith in Master never wavered. I told his oldest son, “You have beaten me and cursed me, and I have been silent. Now you've torn apart my precious book. That's not acceptable. Every word in the book has my Master's Law Body. There are layers of Buddhas, Taos, and Gods in it. This book teaches Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and how to be a good person. You have only read this book once and now you've torn it apart. What great karma you've committed!” I wanted him to go in front of Master's photo, admit his wrongdoing, and promise that he wouldn't do such a vicious deed again. He did what I asked. Later, I glued the torn pages together. Even now, I still use that book when I study the Fa.

In 2011, my husband turned in my copy of Zhuan Falun and practice tape to the community board. I thought, “I can't lose that book—it is my life and blood. If someone keeps me from cultivating in Dafa, he might as well take my life. I want my book back.” I asked Master to strengthen me. That day, I went to the community board alone. I told the clerk that I wanted my book back. I recited one of the passages in Zhuan Falun to him and said, “In the past, I was disease-stricken. Now, I am free of illness. My husband treats me like garbage, but in return, I have always treated him with respect and compassion. If I didn't practice Falun Dafa, do you think I would act this way? Falun Dafa teaches me Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and to embrace a heart of compassion. If you return the book to me, you will also have done a great deed.” Instantly, the mighty power of Dafa shook the evil and dismantled its elements behind her back. She returned the book. Holding it, tears poured down my face. There weren't any words to express my thankfulness to Master. I again witnessed the great, mighty power of Dafa. Later, some practitioners asked me, “When you went to the community board to ask for your book, weren't you scared?” I said, “Not at all. I didn't know what 'fear' meant.”

After I got my book back from the community board, my husband was a bit awed and stopped bothering me. This incident played a very important part in his returning to the Fa. More importantly, I treated him with compassion, and this is the power of Dafa that melted his heart. Since then, he's permitted me to go to the market, thereby allowing me to spend more time with other practitioners to do truth-clarification activities in order to save sentient beings. At that time, my friends and relatives who knew about our family situation asked me, “Why don't you leave the old man?” I said, “Because I want to be a kind cultivator. It is fate that we met. Maybe I owed him in my past life. It's time for me to repay him.” They laughed to hear this. Non-practitioners don't understand a cultivator's mindset. I know that I'm a cultivator. No matter what kind of bitterness, I must take it, eliminate my karma, and upgrade my xinxing. Master is here with me, I have the Fa, and as long as my faith in Master and Fa is 100%, there's no tribulation that I can't pass, and no tribulation can shake my faith.

My Husband Returns to Cultivation

After my husband stopped cultivation practice, all his previous illnesses recurred and he was hospitalized several times. In 2008, he had his gallbladder removed. I always sat next to him when he was bedridden. In the patient's room, I studied the Fa, practiced the exercises, sent righteous thoughts, and clarified the facts to people there. There were a lot of people who shared the room with us, and some were there visiting their family members. When I tried to explain the facts about Falun Gong to them, my husband started to curse me very badly. I didn't fight with him and kept reciting Master's teaching:

“Forbearance is the key to improving one’s xinxing. To endure with anger, grievance, or tears is the forbearance of an everyday person who is attached to his concerns. To endure completely without anger or grievance is the forbearance of a cultivator.” (“What is Forbearance (Ren)?” from Essentials for Further Advancement)

No matter how badly he cursed me, I kept doing the three things.

In March 2011, he was again hospitalized. He was diagnosed with a benign enlargement of the prostate. After over a month of treatment, there was no visible improvement. Later, he was put on an IV drip, but to no avail. He was severely tormented. The doctor couldn't do anything about it. Later, the director said, “I know what happened. We gave you the wrong medicine.” We heard him say this very clearly. I smiled at my husband and said, “Master is trying to give you a hint through the director's mouth. Master is coming to rescue you.” The doctor told us, “Come back for an operation (in a few days) on May 4.” I told my husband, “Master is still looking after you. Come back to Dafa. Come back to Master. That is the only way. You have good inborn quality. Now you have tripped. Hurry and get up!” He smiled, but didn't say anything. I felt that he was already moved. I continued encouraging him.

May 6, 2011, was an unforgettable day. My husband, after being out of Dafa for 11 years, finally returned. Master said:

“As their Master, I won't leave behind a single Dafa disciple in Mainland China, except for those who've gone over to the opposite side and can no longer be saved. I'm thinking of all of them.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference”)

Master' compassion had awakened him. Dear Master, there is no way that I can express our gratitude to you! Tears poured down my face, tears of happiness and gratitude. I rejoiced for my husband, for his life and for the cosmos he represented—all being saved.

Since that time, my husband has studied the Fa, practiced the exercises, and sent righteous thoughts every day. When he started doing the second exercise again, he couldn't stand steadily. When he read Zhuan Falun, he missed words and stuttered but never slacked off and was very persistent. He knew that if Master didn't want him, he couldn't return to the Fa, so he cherished the book very much. During this period of time, Master also helped purify his body. He experienced something like a sickness karma, but it quickly passed.

At first, practitioners didn't dare come to my house, because they didn't believe that my husband had returned to practicing Falun Dafa. Seeing the changes in his health and how he smiled at practitioners when he saw them, they began to believe me. Thereafter, many practitioners came to my house to study the Fa. Now, his health has fully recovered. He helped me shoulder some of our household chores, such as sweeping the hallway. Later, we established a practice site at our house. From the time when he used to yell at practitioners to creating a practice site, we saw great changes in him. This also validated the power of Dafa. After we formed the Fa study group at our house, with practitioners' help, he made great improvements in his cultivation. Now, he reads more smoothly. He can also finish the five exercises without much effort. We host two Fa studies a week in our house, and send righteous thoughts together. After we read a chapter, we begin sharing. Fa study is a cultivation form established by Master, so we must harmonize with it. Our Fa study group continues to meet.

Face-to-Face Truth Clarification to Save Sentient Beings

During those years when my husband banned me from going out, I'd usually go to the market or streets to clarify the facts to people as soon as he left in the afternoon to play cards. I usually brought the Minghui Weekly and some CDs with me. I covered all the places no matter where I went. One day I went back to my hometown to clarify the facts. I was introduced to a woman who'd practiced a long time ago. As I was clarifying the facts to the farmers, they told me that the woman standing there was once a Falun Gong practitioner. I went over to her and asked if she was a practitioner. She said she was but that she'd stopped practicing due to fear. She asked, “Aren't you afraid of being arrested?” I replied, “I am not afraid of anything because I have the protection of Master's Law Body. As soon as your righteous thoughts are strong, no one dares to touch you.” Later, I invited her to my practice site. Gradually, she eliminated her attachment of fear. Under her influence, other practitioners in her town also came to study the Fa at my practice site.

I live by a main road, and there's a bus station in front of us. Whenever I see people waiting for the bus, I go downstairs to clarify the facts to them. When I see an elderly person crossing the street, I quickly run downstairs to help him cross safely and clarify the facts to him. One day after two seniors heard the truth about Falun Dafa, they asked me for truth-clarification CDs. I ran upstairs and bought some down for them. After my husband returned to cultivation practice, his health quickly improved. He also followed me to clarify the facts to people. He sent righteous thoughts for me as I was clarifying the facts. One day, he and I went to his workplace to clarify the facts to his old colleagues. Since he knew a lot of people there for many years, we managed to help over a dozen of them quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations that morning.

One day when I went to the bank to get some change, I asked the clerk her name. She answered, “What's up?” I told her about quitting the evil Party, then I asked if she was a CCP member. She said that she'd joined the Youth League. I said, “Remember Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Quit the Youth League, and you'll then have a good future.” She nodded and smiled. After I received my change in the form of paper currency, I asked practitioners to print truth-clarification phrases on them. I then went to exchange the money with street vendors. This allowed us to speed up the circulation of truth-clarification currency. Truth-clarification currency plays an invaluable role in saving sentient beings. Many people have learned the truth about Falun Gong from reading the messages on the truth-clarification bills. They are like little lotus flowers of the truth-clarification materials. After vendors learned the facts about Falun Gong, they were happy to exchange money with me. I told them that using the truth-clarification currency was performing a great deed and they would receive blessings.

Truth clarification and convincing people to quit the evil Party has been part of my daily life. I clarify the facts to people wherever I go. I usually go out by myself. I recite Master's poem as I walk:

“Make known the truth and get rid of evil spirits
Spread the Nine Commentaries and the evil Party will fade
Save the world's people with righteous thoughts
Expose the lies and open the locks in people's hearts
We don't believe consciences can't be brought back”
(“To Save The World” from Hong Yin III)

One day, I saw some students and clarified the facts to them. After learning the truth, they wrote down their real names for me to help them quit the CCP. I've had many different experiences clarifying the truth.

Overall, I have not done well enough but will strive to do better. Fa-rectification is nearing the end. In this last moment, I will study the Fa diligently, upgrade myself quickly, do the three things well, save more sentient beings, and live up to Master's expectation of me. I will remember Master's teaching:

“Born into sufferings,
Your pockets were still empty after decades.
Upon gaining the Fa, you soared upward.
Hurry up,
Do well the Three Tasks,
Save all beings,
Return home and don't slow your steps.” (“A Reading Response” from Hong Yin III)

Heshi. Thank you, benevolent Master!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Three Times I Was Saved from Death

December 18, 2012 |   By a Falun Gong practitioner from Gansu Province, China

(Minghui.org) When I heard about the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org, I could not calm down. Thinking back on the 14 years of my cultivation, the path was not smooth and I kept falling. Without Master’s merciful protection I would not be alive today. Everything including my life was granted by Master. I wanted to write down my thoughts but when I picked up the pen, I felt like I was being controlled by some bad thoughts: I was paralyzed and had to stay in bed; I could only move my left hand and had to rely on my mother, also a practitioner, to take care of my personal needs. The righteous thoughts, the human’s thoughts, and interference from the old forces were battling fiercely in my mind: Are you validating the Fa? Yes or No?……. I picked up the pen, dropped it, and kept repeating that. My headache was so severe that it was beyond my ability to endure. Then the thought came into my mind that I should ask Master for help: “Master, what should I do?”

With my eyes shut tight, a force rushed quickly toward me. My celestial eye gradually became clear and several words appeared clearly in my mind: “Three lives.” The words seemed carved into my mind. Tears began to flow and my headache was instantly gone. I realized that it was merciful Master who had given me this hint and encouragement. So I decided to write! No matter how poorly I cultivate, I should still write down how Master granted me three lives in order to show people the greatness and supernormal abilities of the Fa and Master’s mighty virtue.

1. “Your life was extended by Master”

I began to work when I was 19 years old. I was a temporary worker for nearly two years and was almost ready to be given permanent status, but my health suddenly changed. I could not walk one day and had to stay home. I had no strength in my right leg. I would take several steps, then fall. My parents took me to be checked at many different hospitals. Many years passed, but the doctors still could not tell us what caused this problem. Near the end of the 1980s we heard that Xian Medical University had imported a new piece of medical equipment called an MRI machine. That machine could be used to diagnose me. We invited my father’s co-worker’s mother, since she knew a lot of specialists, and she led us to Xian. My younger brother carried me on his back and we all took a train to Xian. After the exam, one of the specialists told her and my brother something they did not tell me. I was only told that my condition was related to a problem with the opening in my spinal cord and they did not recommend surgery or any other specific treatment and recommended that I return home.

After we returned home, my mother started to worship the Guanyin statue she had at home. I also believed in Buddha and worshipped it also. My mother also visited fortunetellers. She found one who was considered to be one of the most accurate in the area. That person looked at my face and only said two sentences: The first was that one large Buddha was sitting above my head; The second was that the incense that we had used to worship Buddha at home was burning in an incense pot. We asked what that all really meant, but he would not explain it. Of course we could not figure out the real meaning by ourselves.

In early 1997, an administrator of the local Zhouyi research center told my fortune and said there was one period of time in my life that he could not understand. He decided to consult with his grandmaster who had cultivated in the mountain all by himself and who was already over 100 years old. He was not sure whether he could visit him or not. He said: “Let’s follow nature.” Later he was very excited to tell my parents that I was born to be a cultivator and soon an important sage, who was already known by the people of the world, would take me as his disciple.

His words confused me very much. Cultivation? Didn’t that mean going to the temple? But with my poor health, how could I cultivate? Later that year, that administrator gave me Master’s book, Zhuan Falun and an exercise cassette. My mother let me read Zhuan Falun first. My illness had made me suffer for over a dozen years and had depressed me so much that I had completely lost hope. Still, I did not want to hurt my mother’s feelings. I opened the book and found the following quotation: “Some lay Buddhists practice both Buddhism and our Falun Dafa. I am telling you that in the end you will not obtain anything because no one will give you anything.” (Zhuan Falun) However, I misunderstood the quotation and did not read Zhuan Falun since I already burned incense and worshiped Buddha, so I should not learn Dafa. As a result my mother read Zhuan Falun by herself.

My mother experienced major changes both in her body and mind after only one month of studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. This amazed me. In early 1998 my body was once again ravaged nearly to death by my illness. My mother said, “Please cultivate, I cannot watch you suffer like this…… You should read the book again.” I then began to practice Falun Gong.

As I studied the Fa, Master opened my mind, and I experienced a fundamental change. I realized the real meaning of life, which is to return to our original nature. By then my mother told me that the disease I had was one of the rarest of incurable diseases. The specialist had said that I was only the second case that he had ever seen. Nothing could be done for me except to pray to Buddha. My mother said, “Buddha really took care of you and it was Master that saved your life. Your life had been extended for several dozen years by Master in order to practice Falun Gong!” I cried very hard and so did my mother. I recalled what had happened in the past, what the fortuneteller and the cultivator over 100 years old had told me. They made me not only appreciate Master but also made me feel deeply ashamed. What Master had suffered on my behalf was beyond my ability to explain in words. Master had arranged for my mother to help me begin to cultivate. At that time when we heard that Master’s lecture recordings had arrives, my supportive family members, including my father, my younger brother or my younger sister, took turns holding me on their backs to take my mother and me to go to listen to the Fa. That period of time is so unforgettable.

2. I am Master’s Disciple

In 2002, my mother was reported to the authorities when she was putting up Falun Gong posters. The evil officers took my mother to the police station. After she was released, the 610 Office staff, community center office staff and the police kept coming to our house whenever one of the so-called “sensitive days” arrived. They applied a lot of pressure on our family. However, since my mother and I were bothered by sentimentality and fear, we did not tell the others about Falun Gong or how we had benefited from Dafa. Instead we simply told them that my mother had to take care of me. We asked them not to come to our house again etc. My mother lacked righteous thoughts and she left home to move in with one of our relatives. Later I suffered very bad persecution: my left buttock was so severely damaged that finally a large hole formed and connected with my anus; a bone in my right arm was fractured and then came off. At that time when I studied the Fa, I was very sleepy and both of my eyes itched. My brain was so numb that I could not learn anything. I could not sleep at all. When the four set times for sending righteous thoughts arrived, I only sent forth righteous thoughts for 5 minutes then lost consciousness. I was supposed to do the exercises but did not know how I could manage to do them. The worst was that I felt extremely hungry, but when I ate, I could not breathe. My family worried about my poor health and about the conflict between my mother and me. Just like Master said: “Abundant troubles rain down together, All to see: Can you pull through? ……..” (“Tempering the Will” from Hong Yin)

One day, one of my relatives brought a well known doctor from the major hospital in our city to check on me. Later my relatives, my parents’ close friends and some of my classmates visited me. Several women held me and cried. I knew what that meant. I am a cultivator but I did not validate Dafa, and also I let everyone feel pity and sadness for me. In this regard, I felt I let Master down.

During that period, merciful Master gave me hints more than once. One of my fellow female practitioners saw atop my head many golden bright spots and she saw the old forces, dark minions, and rotten demons persecuting my body. Several times I saw large and small Faluns rotating in my room. I realized that Master was beside me. I sent forth righteous thoughts to completely deny all the arrangements that had been made by the old force. Even though I had some shortcomings it was not allowed for the old forces to persecute me. I only accepted the arrangements made by Master.

As time passed, my health worsened. My mind became unstable and I lost the righteous thoughts of a cultivator. The results were obvious, as you would expect. I was not very alert and heard the evil old force sinisterly say the following: “You are like this and this.” At that time I felt something very heavy pressing down on me that made it difficult for me to breathe. I thought that I would suffocate. In that moment, a powerful force caused me to shout, “I am Master’s disciple!” I didn’t know where that force came from; perhaps it was from my original nature. I only uttered the two Chinese characters for Master and heard those two words echoing between heaven and earth. That was so astonishing. My body started to shake violently and the Falun in my lower abdomen rotated abruptly. When everything turned calm, I noticed that I was alert and my body was light again. All this happened suddenly and mysteriously. I was shocked. Later when I thought about this, I could do nothing but sob. I was ashamed before Master. I did not know how much suffering Master had experienced for me again!

Under Master’s merciful protection and with the help of fellow practitioners, I studied the Fa carefully and kept looking inward to find my fundamental attachments. I was surprised that I still did not let go of the attachments to my body. After I started to practice Falun Gong, on one occasion Master presented a scene to me in a dream that “In a prehistoric period, however, it was once widely used to provide salvation to humankind.” (Zhuan Falun) At that time I was sitting in an armchair to go study the Fa at my aunt’s house and what we studied was Zhuan Falun. That aunt is my mother in this life.

However, I did not enlighten to it and I just understood Master’s hints with heavy human notions. I did not understand the real meaning by using Master’s Fa. Master said:

“Sacrifice is evidenced by one’s being detached from ordinary human attachments. If a person can indeed calmly abandon everything with his heart being unaffected, he is actually at that level already. Yet cultivation practice is to improve yourself: You are already able to abandon the attachment, so why not also abandon the fear of attachment, itself? Isn’t abandonment without omission a higher sacrifice?” (“Non-Omission” from Essentials For Further Advancement)

I did not cast off everything and I did not break through to a higher level. At that time I did not firmly believe in Master and the Fa.

Three months later I recovered my health. My family members and all my relatives and friends witnessed my return from near death and once again they witnessed Dafa’s supernormal abilities. The famous doctor that had checked me was especially shocked and said: “Unbelievable!” because earlier he had predicted that I would only live for two more weeks. The people who knew me said almost the exact same words: “It is very lucky for you to have such a good mother taking care of you, besides she practiced the exercises with you. Even I would be touched by her kind thoughts and kind deeds.” Then I sincerely told them, “My mother is the best in the world and also she is a hard working mother. The reason for my having such good fortune is that I have a wonderful mother who practices Falun Gong and also led me to cultivate. It was merciful Master who saved my mother and me and our whole family!” During that peaceful environment, the people around us showed their respect to Master and Dafa, which always touched my mother and me. Later, during the wave of quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, the people who know me and their family members all withdrew from the evil Party and its affiliated organizations and therefore made the most beautiful choice for their lives.

3. “Master saved your life one more time!”

In 2001, my nephew in high school had a very stressful study routine. My brother’s house was far away from his son’s school but my parents’ house was a little closer to my nephew’s school. My parents’ house is located downtown, so commuting is more convenient. My brother’s wife decided to stay in my parent’s house without getting their permission. Thus my mother and I could not have our privacy anymore. My mother had to work harder and my father paid lots of extra money for the additional people in our house, but my brother’s wife still complained to them whenever she quarreled with my brother. Each time my mother would say nicely to her, “I am still a practitioner. Whenever I do something wrong, please point it out and I will change. But if you always talk this nonsense, it will do you no good.” She then would respond angrily, “Do not talk about your stuff, I don’t believe it!”

We felt so bad due to her misbehaving. My father, the leader in our family, started to practice Falun Gong in November 2005. He always tried his best to achieve harmony in the family at least on the surface. He was not able to fix these conflicts in our family. He only blamed my mother and said that she did not do well, that she failed to be tolerant as a practitioner, etc. When my mother failed to maintain her xinxing, she would argue with my father. Then I felt so bad and was unable to be calm. I blamed myself for causing problems for my mother. It also was because of me that my mother could not go out to clarify the truth to average people face to face to save them. I thought indeed I was a burden to my mother. On the other hand I was a practitioner. If I still held these thoughts, it would be shameful to Master.

Each time the conflict ended with the same result, and each time my xinxing did not improve. Oftentimes one terrible thought would came out, sometimes it was strong and sometimes it was weak. I tried to eliminate it or simply not acknowledge it and I knew that I should just listen to Master, but it still existed.

One hot summer afternoon, the temperature already reached 42 degrees C. The elderly people in my town said that it was the first time that the temperature was so hot in the northwest. I only remembered my mother went to take a bath……, after I regained my consciousness that my mother was holding me. One fellow practitioner, I called him uncle, walked out of my father’s room and told me: “It’s OK, OK, good.” That uncle brought us Minghui Weekly each week. I saw my father sat there facing me with a very yellowish appearance and he did not say a word. I stared at my mother and my mother told me: “A while ago you were out of breath and that lasted for over 10 minutes. I kept calling Master for help.” My mother kept talking and tears filled her eyes, “It was Master who saved you!” I could not remember anything until five fellow practitioners rushed to my house and then I began to understand.

For the next two days, fellow practitioners and my parents kept sending righteous thoughts for me during the hot weather. They also communicated with me. They helped me sincerely and with a kind heart. Their deep understanding of the Fa touched me and I felt ashamed that my own cultivation had not been more diligent.

I built up enough courage to tell my fellow practitioners about the bad relationship between my sister-in-law and me in our previous lives. One life I was in Japan. My mother in that life is also my mother in this life. She had three daughters. I am her eldest daughter. Her second daughter is my younger sister in this life. She always supported me and my mother in our cultivation and life. Her third daughter is my sister-in-law in this life. Her mother in that life spoiled her too much and as a result she formed many bad habits. When I could not endure her anymore, I told my mother about her bad behavior. She would pretend to apologize at that time, but when I was not alert, she would use something I did not know to badly hurt my back, which made me feel that I would almost suffocate. That hurt and anger in my mind could not be released. My sister-in-law’s bad personality and bad habits showed up again in this life. My mother and I could not accept her actions and her attitude toward Dafa, and we felt tortured and hurt. As a result, her bad behavior caused us to form bad feelings that could not be eliminated.

On the surface my tribulation was due to the hot weather—I lost the ability to sweat. Actually my tribulation was due to the deep hatred toward her and I could not cast off that hate. I knew that every conflict that a practitioner met all had some reason and all in all cases there was something that needed to be removed. Besides Master gave me hints in my dreams. Therefore, although I realized that I should get rid of it but I could not remove it completely.

At this time one fellow practitioner, I called him uncle, told me: “Do you remember Master’s quotation ‘the appearance stems from the mind.’? (“Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting”) In order to let go of the hatred toward your family members, the first thing to do is to let go of your attachments. Think about it: if we practitioners always held on to the human’s attachments and refused to let them go, Master would feel upset, but the old force would feel happy. To our family members and our relatives and friends who had predestined relationships, their enlightened side would also feel disappointed.” His words dropped to my heart heavily and sincerely. It was merciful Master who was worried about me, so he used a fellow practitioner’s mouth to wake me up. At that time I could not help thinking about Master’s Fa: “When you deal with conflicts the same way as everyday people, you are then at the same level, or in the same realm, as everyday people. That is to say, you are one of the everyday people. Only when you are not like them are you not one of them. Of course then, what you will display will be tolerance and an immense capacity to forgive. Everyday people will see it this way, but in fact it is the manifestation of your xinxing level in cultivation. So, regardless of the setting or circumstance in which you run into problems, you must maintain a compassionate and merciful heart in handling the situation. If you cannot love your enemy, then you cannot reach Consummation. ” (“Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia”)

Master also said the following:

“Countless are the chaotic things in this human world
Gratitude and resentment now heaped atop one another,
No hope had the wicked of heart, their karma massive
‘Tis Dafa that resolves everything at the source”
(“Undoing the Disaster” from Hong Yin Volume II)

At this time I could not express my gratitude to Master in words. There was only one deep emotion that stuck in my mind: In the vastness of the cosmos, I could see only Master’s body. I saw that tiny me was kneeling before Master and sobbing. Master, as your disciple, I was wrong again. In order to get rid of this hatred, I could not know how much suffering you again had to endure for me. It is you who gave me this third life!

Since then I better understood the importance of studying the Fa and another meaning of looking within. My mother had similar thoughts. Both of us realized that, as practitioners, we should meet the requirements of Dafa. We should always have a righteous mind, righteous thoughts and righteous intentions. Every conflict and tribulation is to be fixed by practitioners and it also was the elements waiting to be uplifted in our cultivation. Hasn’t Master said: “Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring……”(“The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos” from Hong Yin Volume II)

We took our own feelings too seriously and stuck with the family conflicts too long. We used everyday people’s reasoning to judge who is right and who is wrong instead of looking inward. All of these were attachments that had to be removed. We did not deal with our family members properly and we did not tell them the truth of Dafa with a merciful heart. We did not handle each problem with our compassion and open mind as practitioners ought to do. We did not cultivate ourselves well, thus the evil dragged her down and used the bad element in her mind to interfere with our cultivation. We could not behave like this any more. Let us cast off these attachments.

My mother thought that way and later she behaved according to the requirements of Fa. I watched my mother’s behavior and that encouraged me to do good in line with Dafa. Later family conflicts occurred again, such as whenever my brother and his wife argued fiercely and whenever his wife made a big fuss to my mother in front of my brother, both my mother and I managed to remain calm. Then my sister-in-law became calm too. Our family atmosphere turned peaceful. My brother started to cook dinner and his wife could also do some household chores. She didn’t say anything more about Dafa. She also admitted that cultivation of Dafa is a personal belief.

The atmosphere changed alone with our mind. Thus my mother could have some time to recite the Fa with me every night. Now every week we joined a Fa study group that had a total of six people. My parents and I formed a small Fa-study group and one aunty joined us. My mother and that aunty came out once a week to the jail that held Dafa disciples illegally to send forth righteous thoughts within close distance. On the way they would talk with people who had a predestined relationship to do the “three withdraws”. Therefore my mother sighed: Truly “Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (Zhuan Falun)

Now I feel positive, light and happy. My life is melting into Dafa. That feeling is one of sincerity and appreciation. When I read the experience sharing articles written by Dafa practitioners worldwide in the Minghui.org, I am touched all the time by the fellow practitioners firm belief and solid diligent cultivation in all kinds of circumstances toward Master and Fa. I have to strive vigorously to keep pace with Master’s Fa-rectification process.

Here I have to especially thank my fellow practitioner, I call her aunty. In 2009 she introduced one young fellow practitioner who is good working with computers. He set up an Internet log-in system for me and other Dafa disciples. With the help of my fellow practitioners as well as my family members, I gradually learned how to log into the Internet, how to download information including the Minghui broadcasts and recordings, the songs from “Heavenly music”, Zhengjian.org, FGM, and NTDTV programs. I also know how to send out articles and the list of people who have withdrawn from the CCP, so I can help save sentient beings.

Here I have to thank our great and merciful Master for giving us this opportunity for us disciples to learn from each other at this China Fahui.

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Minghui Fahui | Stories from My Cultivation

December 19, 2012 |   By Zhengxin, a Dafa practitioner from Chongqing, China

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

I am very happy to participate in this experience sharing conference. I am going to report my experiences in studying the Fa and helping Master rectify the Fa. Please kindly point out my shortcomings.

1. Master Searched for Disciples, I Fortunately Obtained Dafa

I obtained Dafa in 1994. Before I obtained Dafa, Master had already taken care of me. One summer morning in 1991, I went to a park to watch the sunrise. That day was sunny, the park had all sorts of flowers: jasmine, milan, roses...the fragrance filled the air. I looked at the red sun which changed into soft blue. Suddenly the blue sun changed into a huge Buddha on a cloud, flying towards me at lightning speed. The size of the Buddha quickly shrank in space, and when it reached me it was my size. I remember a big “bang,” my body was shaking and my mind went blank...the experience is still as clear as if it happened yesterday.

In May of 1994, I went to Master's lecture in Chongqing. I read Falun Gong before I went, and felt it was very well written. When Master was lecturing on stage, I was so moved, crying almost uncontrollably. I knew how wonderful the Fa was; I had been waiting for this all my life!

I had converted to Buddhism in the past and became a qigong master. I had some petty little skills, but I did not know anything higher. After I obtained the Fa, it was just like Master said:

“Once they learn our Falun Dafa, they will understand at once many questions in life that they have wished to understand but could not answer.” (Zhuan Falun)

I knew how precious this Fa is, I understood the weight of Master's words, and I learned the deeper meaning of the Fa. I came to cherish and respect the Fa.

After I obtained Dafa, I studied the Fa and exercised whenever I had time. Since I was retired, I exercised eight to twelve hours a day. I would read Falun Gong whenever I had time as well. Zhuan Falun was not published yet.

2. Master Guided Me to Cultivate to Higher Levels

Late one night, shortly after I had obtained Dafa, I was lying in bed. I heard a loud explosion from another dimension. The energy was enormous. I felt the sound resonate in my head, body and ears, and my body was lifted up and fell back down. I saw with my celestial eye an extremely bright blue-white light along with the explosion. It penetrated earth and other dimensions, and it reached far, far away. I was deeply impressed by these spectacular scenes.

I thought my body perhaps went through a big cleansing. I used to cultivate in other ways, which contained good as well as bad elements. The big clean-up was a crucial first step to rectify my gong, purify my body, and truly raise me up to a higher realm. I will forever remember Master's enormous compassion and grace.

Shaking Building

I live near Jialing River, in a residential building ten stories high. My balcony faces the river where I exercise. One day in July in 1994, when I did the first exercise, “Buddha Showing a Thousand Hands,” I felt the heavens and earth were shaking, and the building was rocking back and forth. I could hardly stand still. I thought there was an earthquake, but none of my family members or neighbors felt it. Shortly afterwards, it happened again.

Master told us:

“Our cultivation practice is based upon the principles of the universe’s evolution, and it is guided by the standard of the universe’s highest characteristic, Zhen-Shan-Ren. We cultivate something so enormous that it equates to cultivating the universe.” (Zhuan Falun)

If what we cultivate is the universe, the power is enormous. Earth is so small compared to the universe, let alone the mountains and water. When we do the exercises, the energy could at times reach the mountains, water and buildings in the human dimension, so it is normal to feel the ground shake.

Cell Movement

When I was doing the sitting meditation in 1994, I experienced miraculous cell movements all over my body. I was able to reach deep tranquility. After more than an hour, I felt a strong sense of numbness from electricity; in particular my palms sent out the sound of an electrical charge. When I sat for one and a half hours, my body seemed to suddenly move - all the cells were moving, in and out, up and down, from the microcosm to the surface; they were moving rhythmically, vibrating. The spectacular scene was beyond the words. I felt wonderful, comfortable, and pleasant when I sat for over two hours.

Master mentioned in the lecture:

“The fifth exercise is what I did while I was doing solitary cultivation. I gave it to you without any changes. My main purpose was to allow you to have a Fa to follow and exercises to do when you cultivate at high levels.” (“Teaching the Fa and Answering Questions in Guangzhou” from Zhuan Falun Fajie)

We are so fortunate to obtain this precious gong. This is Master's immeasurable compassion and grace.

I realized that Master taught us the “Strengthening Supernatural Powers” meditation. He granted us heavenly trust, power, blessings, and honor! For such a precious Fa and predestined relationship, we truly have to study and cultivate well. Particularly now on the final leg of our journey, we have to study the Fa well and do the three things well. I suggested to fellow practitioners that they diligently practice the “Strengthening Supernatural Powers.”

3. Master Enlightened Me to Rectify Myself

In February of 1995, I dreamed of Master.

I was on an island, and I saw Master walking along the beach with a middle-aged woman. The ocean was blue and vast, and the sand was soft. The ocean and sky met in the distance. It was like watching a movie: Master spread Dafa and was concerned for heaven and earth. Even when he was walking along the beach, his heart was still concerned for his disciples.

In the next scene, Master talked with the lady: “There was so and so in a city. He is dangerous!” I was shocked, Master was talking about me! Did I do something dangerous? I could not think of anything in my dream and woke up soaked in sweat.

Master said I was dangerous, and that truly shocked me! Since obtaining Dafa in May 1994, it had only been seven or eight months—how did I become dangerous? Master only hinted and did not spell it out.

Master stated:

“If everything is explained to you, then there is nothing for you to cultivate, nothing for you to enlighten to. On specific issues, you have to enlighten to them yourself and cultivate yourself. Only then do you have something to cultivate, and only then can you improve.” (“Teaching the Fa in Beijing at the Zhuan Falun Publication Ceremony” from Zhuan Falun Fajie)

Master did not mention what was dangerous, why it was dangerous, or tell how to solve the problem. This was to let his disciple cultivate in delusion, enlighten to Fa truth, and elevate.

I practiced all sorts of qigong and had been a qigong master and a Buddhist disciple. I had thousands of qigong books. After I obtained Dafa, I gave up everything else and focused on Falun Gong. I was relatively diligent, so what was the danger?

Immediately “treating illness” came to my mind. Oh, I remembered—when I first obtained Dafa (in the latter half of 1994 to January 1995), many patients were requesting treatment. All my neighbors came, and some of them were seriously ill. They carried their kids to my home, some knelt on the ground begging me. Since they urgently needed help, I treated them.

I hadn't been practicing Falun Dafa for long, Zhuan Falun was not published yet, and I was not very clear about the Fa. I thought that, as long as I did not collect a fee, I could solve their illnesses and do good deeds. I did not realize that treating illness could cause serious problems.

Master stated in Zhuan Falun:

“Due to karma resulting from past wrongdoing, one has illnesses or tribulations; suffering is repaying a karmic debt, and thus nobody can casually change this. Changing it means that one would not have to repay the debt after being in debt, and this cannot be done at will. Doing otherwise is the same as committing a bad deed.”

“If you heal a couple of cancer patients, you will have to take their places. Isn’t this dangerous?”

From studying the Fa I realized: I was undermining Dafa by treating patients! I committed bad deeds, generated karma, made a mistake, and lost virtue because I did something against the law of the universe! It was very dangerous and irresponsible to cultivation as well as to my life. As a Dafa disciple one absolutely cannot give treatments.

With Master's enlightening me through this dream, I realized the dangerousness of treating illnesses. I understood the Fa on the basis of the Fa and rectified my behavior. I am deeply grateful for Master's compassionate salvation.

4. Studying the Fa, Memorizing the Fa, and Copying the Fa

Before July 20, 1999, my home was open for group Fa study. On weekends or holidays, we gathered together to study. The group ranged from 10 people to more than 30. We all knew the importance of Fa study. No matter what kind of difficulties we had to overcome, no matter how long we studied, everyone was able to persevere to the end. Bathroom breaks were quiet and discreet so as not to disturb others.

Initially we read Zhuan Falun for over ten hours without a break. Later we read for seven or eight hours. We read in unison. Most of the fellow practitioners had attended Master's lectures in person and were volunteer instructors. Two of them were particularly diligent. One read Zhuan Falun kneeling down, and the other sat cross legged the entire time. From long term Fa study, the man who knelt had thick calluses on his knees.

During my individual cultivation, I read Zhuan Falun twice a day, and exercised two to three hours a day. I memorized the Fa whenever I had time: on the road and in the car, I learned Lunyu, Hong Yin, Essentials for Further Advancement, and Master's other short scriptures.

One frigid night, I wanted to go to bed early and work on committing the Fa to memory under the warm covers. When I did, I felt a heavy weight on my chest, and I could hardly breathe. I realized that when I memorized the Fa with selfish human thoughts, it was disrespectful of the Fa and Master! It was a good thing to seize the time to study Fa, but if I had the attachment to comfort, it would generate karma. After I understood this, I rectified my behavior and eliminated the human heart of pursuing comfort and leisure.

Master taught us:

“Almost every time when I’m teaching the Fa I painstakingly tell you to read the book, read the book, and read the book. As long as you read the book you will attain things better than you’d expect.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Europe”)

It was true: when I read the Fa ten years ago, I saw the characters in Zhuan Falun were colorful, some were bold red, with silver shining like gems. There were all sorts of colors. When I read the Fa more, I was able to understand more.

During that period of time, after I studied or memorized the Fa, I could see characters from Zhuan Falun everywhere: in the sky, on the walls and ceiling. Even when my eyes were closed I still was able to see them. I felt the Dafa scriptures filled the entire universe. Whether I was asleep or awake, whether I saw them through my celestial eye or naked eye, I saw the Fa everywhere. I heard myself recite Zhuan Falun in other dimensions, but the content was different from that in the human world.

One day when I was reading Zhuan Falun attentively, I suddenly heard a loud bang from another dimension. With the explosion, another “me” flew out of my body; he looked exactly like me, and he stood between me and the book, blocking my view. When I acknowledged that he was me, he flew into the book.

Shortly afterward, when I read Fa again, I saw my fellow practitioner who studies the Fa kneeling down also fly into the book.

I understood that Dafa disciples are lives of the new universe that Master created. Master will push each one of us to the position of consummation to achieve our fruit status. We will become different level Gods, Buddhas and Taos who assimilated to Dafa. They have the capability to fly into Zhuan Falun. It's just that some of us can see, while others cannot see yet.

5. Summary

Master requires every Dafa disciple to do the three things well. Only when you do things well can you elevate to your highest position and achieve consummation.

In the past, whenever I shared my experiences with fellow practitioners, I usually developed self-satisfaction, with a sense of validating myself and generated many human attachments. After I read numerous sharing articles, and with fellow practitioners' help, I found many human attachments that hindered my cultivation: pursuit of fame and benefit, zealotry, the mentality of showing off, jealousy...I've eliminated many of them and have realized that whatever I achieved in the past was all from Master, because “Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (Zhuan Falun)

Thank you again, Master, for your compassionate salvation.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Studying the Fa and Cultivating Myself to Be Worthy of Master's Saving Grace

December 19, 2012 |   By a practitioner from China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I have never slacked off in studying the Fa for the last 14 years. I study the Fa, recite the Fa, and hand copy the Fa. Every time Master has a new article published, I hand copy it and read it many times. Because I have studied the Fa a lot and have good habits when studying the Fa, I've been able to make it through those hard times. I'd like to share how I benefited from studying the Fa a lot. I'd also like to share the importance of the one body cooperation and hope we will become more mature in cultivation. In the limited time of the last leg of Fa rectification, I hope we will help Master during Fa rectification and save sentient beings more effectively with our supreme wisdom and boundless compassion.

Study the Fa and Cultivate Solidly and Fa Powers Manifest

After Master published the two articles “Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference” and “What is a Dafa Disciple,” I had a further understanding of our mission and the inner meaning of Dafa disciples helping Master to rectify the Fa. I have come to understand how to look within and the importance of cooperation as one body. I had a new breakthrough in cultivation.

One day I went to another city and five of us studied the article “What Is a Dafa Disciple.” I felt the extraordinary power of the Fa and was able to get rid of a few of my attachments during the group Fa study. I further realized that studying the Fa well is the foundation and guarantee of doing everything else well. Only by studying the Fa well and cultivating ourselves well can we have the extra ability to help Master in the Fa rectification. After that day, I would read Master's latest article once or twice every day after I finished reading Zhuan Falun and other lectures. I kept doing this for a month and I had a breakthrough. My mind and body were in the best state. When I was with practitioners, I would automatically think from their perspective. I would not impose my ideas or notions onto them, and small conflicts would not affect our cooperation. I didn't look for their shortcomings or become attached to their attachments like I used to.

I put great effort into cultivating myself and then the Fa powers manifested when I had urgent things to discuss with some practitioners. When making phone calls was not safe, as long as I had the thought that a certain practitioner would show up because I had an urgent matter, that practitioner would appear at the right time. More miraculously, the practitioner would bring whatever I needed!

One day something really urgent came up, and I had to see a certain practitioner immediately and had the thought that she would appear. In less than half an hour, she came. I asked her why she came to see me. She said that a thought came into her mind while she was doing business on her bicycle that she should come to my place and so she came.

I'd wanted to write an article exposing how the local judges violated the law. The coordinator asked me to write a comprehensive report from a legal point of view and urged me to finish it quickly. Because I had little knowledge of the law, I didn't know what to write when I was sitting in front of the computer, so I did other things first. Just then a practitioner brought me two booklets downloaded from the Minghui website. They were about how to expose the evil, rescue fellow practitioners, and save sentient beings from the legal point of view. It seemed she delivered the booklets to me specifically. I was very excited. Master is indeed just beside us taking care of us and protecting us every minute. My gratitude toward Master was beyond any words. This kind of thing didn't happen just once. At critical moments, miracles happened.

I was short of time and didn't waste a second. It would be a great reward for me if I had sufficient time to do whatever I wanted. I enlightened that, in solid cultivation, as long as we reached the state of a genuine cultivator and listened to Master, my thought would complete the job for me and I didn't need to do it physically. I realized that Dafa practitioners didn't need to be so busy. Master controls everything. As long as we study the Fa well and cultivate ourselves well, we should have sufficient time to complete whatever we should do.

I realized that everything was the manifestation of Fa power. Only by solidly cultivating can a genuine practitioner understand the meanings of the Fa at different levels. Only cultivating solidly and having reached the standard of a cultivator can the Fa powers manifest.

Unconditionally Look Within and Cultivate

One day I had a conflict with a practitioner and was distressed. It was hard to deal with practitioners with strong character, and I thought about not being involved anymore but I negated this thought immediately because I had studied the Fa well, measured myself with the Fa's criteria, and replaced the bad thoughts with righteous thoughts. If Master has asked me to do it, I will do it well and try my best. If the one body required me to cooperate, I will do it unconditionally.

I was low when I arrived home and felt like my head was covered with heavy stuff. I sat down and carefully read the article “To the European Fa Conference” and my mind opened up. Though those unpleasant words were still circling around my ears, I realized that this very moment was the perfect time for me to look within unconditionally. I decided not to look at others' shortcomings and look for my own shortcomings instead. I searched for my attachments and didn't say anything hurtful or damaging to the whole body. I sat down and sent forth righteous thoughts and cleared the deviated substances in my own dimension. Attachments of showing off, complacency, and intolerance dissolved. I looked within unconditionally and had no complaint about practitioners. I felt lightness in my body after those attachments were gone and realized that looking within is a Fa tool for elevating ourselves. When we are not attached to ourselves and our hearts are pure and selfless, nothing can interfere with our one body cooperation. I didn't care much about how that practitioner treated me now. As long as I was within the Fa, I always looked within when there was a conflict. I just wanted to get the project completed well.

Practitioners who cultivated well encouraged me to cultivate more diligently and catch up with them. Coming across practitioners with strong human attachments, I should look within myself immediately and find my own shortcomings. Even when I saw shortcomings in everyday people, I would look within myself to see if I had them as well. I hope I can improve quickly and not stay at one level for too long. I urge myself to cultivate more diligently because life exists to assimilate to the Fa and fulfill our vows.

I worked with another practitioner to expose the evil in the local area while she helped to collect information. This practitioner's calmness and tolerance gave me many insights.

This spring local practitioners were arrested on several occasions. One practitioner sent an email to me reprimanding the practitioner who was working with me. My human side was provoked and wanted to fight back. The practitioner who worked with me sent me a brief email saying that we should rectify it from the perspective of the Fa and not argue about who was right or who was wrong. We should not criticize each other and not use a human heart and do what we really should do instead. I felt her compassion and my human heart melted instantly and I experienced how compassion could change the environment. I realized that sincerity and tolerance were a reflection of the realm of a cultivator.

My righteous thoughts prevailed. I started to look at myself to see if I had the attachments mentioned in the email and I found many. The email pointed out my shortcomings in my writing. I understood why I had hatred in my heart: because I didn't want other people to say anything bad about me. This heart was hidden deep down. Practitioners and everyday people all praised me for writing well. Gradually I developed an attachment to being praised. I also developed a heart that desired fame, so I repeatedly recited the article “Cultivators’ Avoidances” from Essentials for Further Advancement. I recited it on the road and before going sleep or doing housework. Sometimes I recited it in my dreams. The Fa was now deep down in my heart. Before I understood the Fa on the surface, but now I understood the inner meanings. The attachment to fame is very dangerous. One can never pay back the karma from misleading the public and undermining the Fa.

Some practitioners didn't pay attention to the way they talked or acted. They talked about other people behind their backs and hurt them. I found that some practitioners had strong jealousy and caused divisions in the one body effort. After finding out the shortcomings of others, I started to cultivate myself and remind myself that I should quickly let go of jealousy and the show-off mentality. I should cultivate to be a selfless person, new life in the new cosmos able to help Master to rectify the Fa. Some of the attachments were very stubborn and I had to eliminate them repeatedly. Only when I studied the relevant parts of the Fa a lot and recited the Fa was I eventually able to let go of them.

I put great effort into reciting the Fa and eliminating my human heart. I realized that cultivators need to have a strong will and a heart of perseverance to steer ourselves well. We have to really cultivate ourselves in every action and every thought. Only by doing it this way can we get rid of our human attachments. If there were no attachments, conflicts would not exist and there would be no separation among practitioners.

Cultivating Myself Through Writing and Editing Work

One day I wrote an article and quoted whole paragraphs from Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and “Dissolving the Party Culture.” I was very satisfied with it and thought it was an in-depth article. I sent it to the Minghui website. The Minghui editors amended the whole article and deleted all the quotations. My article ended up very short, and the editor actually rewrote it. I was ashamed of myself. After that I didn't dare have the attachment of complacency and showing-off.

My wisdom and inspiration come from Dafa. At first I didn't know how to do the editing job, but eventually became very confident. We sent articles to expose the evil to the Minghui website in time but we didn't have local truth-clarification flyers. We used the flyers for the whole province and thus the flyers sometimes were not relevant to our local situation. I tried to make posters but failed. One day last autumn, a practitioner was arrested. At 9 p.m. when I was sending forth righteous thoughts and my thoughts of dissolving the evil and rescuing the practitioner were very strong, I switched on my computer and wanted to make a special edition, according to the truth-clarification flyers on the website, and demand the unconditional release of the practitioner. At the time I didn't even know how to format the fonts or start a new paragraph. I didn't even know what the text box was. But my desire to rescue the practitioner was strong and its power was huge. I got help from the Minghui editors and replaced the content on the flyer with our information but didn't edit it at all. The fonts were different, the paragraphs were in different shapes and one of the good-looking frames was lost. I spent three hours before I completed it and sent it to the Minghui website asking the editors to edit it for me. The next day that truth-clarification flyer edited by the Minghui editors was published. It looked beautiful. I found it to be alive – the characters were alive and the pictures were alive. Also the editor put “1st Edition” on the flyer meaning we could have more editions. I was so happy to see this. This was the first edition of our local flyer. Then I started to read books on how to do layout. With the help of fellow practitioners, I gained some knowledge and started to make the local truth-clarification flyers.

After I could do the layout of the flyer, I developed the attachment of complacency. The Minghui website didn't publish our flyer for the next two editions. I then calmed down and started to look within. I found my attachments and rectified them one by one. If we do everything with our pure hearts, the best results will be the best. Once our human hearts are mixed in, then we are doing everyday people's work. It is dreadful if we became attached to ourselves or show off. I now could look within and find my attachments and eliminate them. I could rationally control my every thought and measure them with the standard of the Fa.

When doing editing work this year, I let go of my attachments, and my writing and editing skills improved. With the help of Minghui practitioners, I was able to make our local truth-clarification flyers and pamphlets.

Now I am calm and peaceful. I know I am saving sentient beings, not showing off my skills. I realize that all our skills and abilities are given to us by Master so that we can fulfill our vows and complete our mission.

One Body Cooperation Demonstrates Supreme Powers

One of our practitioners was arrested on a cold winter day. Within a short time we divided up the jobs and started to work to rescue her. Some practitioners helped her family to go to the detention center and demand her release. Others distributed truth-clarification flyers and put up posters. International and local phone calls were made to different government departments in the local county. The practitioner in the detention center went on an anti-persecution campaign. She firmly believes in Master and the Fa. With Master's compassionate protection, she was released.

While rescuing practitioners several times, I experienced the great power of one body cooperation. During the process, interference and separation were dissolved and one body cooperation became better and better.

When looking back at the whole process of successfully rescuing practitioners, I only played the role of a coordinator. It was the whole body's cooperation from the Fa's perspective that enabled our plan to work. Every process involved practitioners' efforts and and thus we were able to eliminate the evil and successfully rescue the practitioners in difficult circumstances. Without practitioner's cooperation, I would not have been able to coordinate several projects simultaneously in a limited time. It was because every particle of the Fa worked together, supported each other, and worked toward the same goal with the help of the Fa's power that we were able to dissolve the evil. The whole body brought about that miracle again and again.

When another practitioner was arrested, we hired a lawyer from Beijing so that we could let more people know about Falun Gong and save beings in the legal departments who were the most poisoned by the CCP. We learned the trial date three days before. We notified all practitioners immediately and sent invitations to local residents as well. We also put up posters. At the same time we sent messages to the mobile phones of local residents and international calls were made as well. Practitioners made colorful messages and sent them to the legal staff. Even elderly practitioners collected local residents' phone numbers and passed them on to other practitioners who made phone calls and sent text messages. Practitioners cooperated very well. Everyone participated and tried his or her best to rescue the practitioners, eliminate and expose the evil, and save those guards who were involved in persecuting practitioners.

Practitioners cooperated very well and reinforced the positive power. In the courtroom, the lawyer presented a wonderful defense and the judge was speechless.

During the proceedings, the detained practitioner denied the evil forces and exposed the evil persecution with strong righteous thoughts. Finally this practitioner wished the judges well while in shackles and handcuffs. Everyone in the courtroom was touched. Every judge nodded his head and accepted “Falun Dafa is good.”

Because we were within the Fa, we succeeded in rescuing practitioners several times, and Master's compassionate protection was our safeguard.

In recent years, I've realized that it is Dafa's boundless power and Master's boundless compassion that has allowed me to better assist Master better and fulfill our vows better. Master gives us everything. We should cultivate solidly, elevate ourselves, and save more sentient beings so as to be worthy of Master's saving grace.

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Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | A Young Policeman Improves Himself and Walks the Path of Fa Rectification

December 19, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) I should have participated in the online Fahui long ago, but I was limited by my own attachments. I often thought, “It's OK if I don't write it down. Teacher knows what I am doing.” Previously, I had written two articles and then gave them to a practitioner to submit to Minghui. I did not bother to find out whether they had been published. I told myself, “I am not as good as other practitioners and there is nothing for me to write about. Even if I did write something, it wouldn't get accepted.” I now realize that I was not serious about cultivation and had attachments to comfort. I am stepping up by carefully writing an experience sharing article and I am aware that it is part of my cultivation, a process to eliminate my attachments and to improve with other practitioners.

1. Learning the Fa

I am a policeman. In October 1998, my younger brother introduced Zhuan Falun to me. I became curious and bought a copy of Falun Gong from a bookstore. The more I read it, the more I wanted to read it. From then on, I became a practitioner.

After that, I read Zhuan Falun a few times, and Teacher began to purify my body. It was a winter day and I had suffered with a bad flu for a week. My body ached terribly, even my eyes hurt. I kept reminding myself that it was Teacher purifying my body. That night I was on duty in the police station and slept there. The blanket was light, but I felt so hot and sweated profusely. I got up to dry myself a few times. The next day I felt very relaxed and comfortable. The officer who was on duty with me got up and said, “Ah, it is snowing outside. No wonder I felt so cold last night.”

In Zhuan Falun, Master says, “We teach that a person must practice only one cultivation way.” My brother and I gave the qigong books we used to read to others or burnt them. We also cleaned out things in our rooms that did not belong to Falun Dafa. That night, I had a dream. A person gave me a book. I took it and on the cover it said “Zhuan Falun III.” I felt something wrong and told the person to go away.

In the beginning of my practice, I was young and I experienced a lot of tests concerning lust. After I got out of college and began working, I parted with my girlfriend because she went out with my best friend. After I practiced Falun Dafa, I knew that I needed to let go of the sentiment.

“But normally when a problem arises, if it does not irritate a person psychologically, it does not count or is useless and cannot make him or her improve.” (Zhuan Falun).

One time I saw them together and they were very affectionate. Suddenly all kinds of attachments came to my mind, my heartbeat got faster, and I could not calm down. I could not even read Dafa books. I tried to study the Fa by reading it out loud. I gradually was able to let go.

One time a thief was detained at the police station where I worked. His son and daughter came to see him and I helped them visit with their father. I was quite impressed with the girl. She kept phoning me for a few days, but I did not answer her calls and tried to ignore them. At night, while I was meditating, she called again. I used to pity her, but at the time I thought she was annoying. I rejected her and did not talk to her again.

To eliminate my attachments to lust and desire, my wife and I began sleeping in separate beds when I was 30 years old. However, it did not work. The format alone could not help me eliminate the attachment. I calmed down and looked within. I believed that it was my problem. From then on I tried to watch my every thought. As soon as I noticed that I had feelings in this regard, I quickly curbed them. Gradually these attachments got smaller. In the end, my wife said to me, “You always talked about abstinence. Now even I don't think about these things.”

2. Practice During Fa Rectification

1) To Practice or not

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Dafa, the environment became very evil. My brother and I did not step up to clarify the truth at the time. We shared with each other and read the books. The CCP's lies and the evil situation once shook my determination in the practice. However, I refused to throw Dafa books away. I constantly wanted to read Zhuan Falun and did not want to do anything else. Each time I read the following in Zhuan Falun,

“At a certain point in time, you will be made unable to discern clearly whether something is true, whether your gong exists, whether you can practice cultivation and make it, or whether there are Buddhas and if they are real.”

“We still have to wait and see whether your people can understand your Great Law when confusion and chaos arrive.”

...it made me think over and over. In the end, I told myself, “I don't care if it was real or not, I chose to practice Falun Dafa. Even it I was wrong, so what.” My thought was not rational nor based on the Fa. However, I can't deny that constant Fa-study got me through this test.

The tests on whether I was determined to practice frequently surfaced. My wife forced me to give up practicing several times. She threatened to leave home, divorce me, and get an abortion. She did not succeed. Her behavior got me thinking, and allowed me to become more rational and learn how to think based on the Fa.

One time, I saw a truth clarifying DVD in the backyard of the police station. I got in touch with other practitioners. I stepped up and began to clarify the facts of the persecution. My supervisor knew that I was a practitioner. Before I stepped up, he pretended that he did not know. After I began to clarify the truth, he had a talk with me, “You have a college degree, and yet you practice this? Aren't you worried about bringing trouble to your family members?” I told him that the CCP's decision was wrong and the propaganda was all lies. He knew he could not talk me out of it. He did not get me into trouble because I made a good impression on him by following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

2) Sending Righteous Thoughts

After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, in my dreams I often saw snakes everywhere. I did not enlighten to the fact that they came from the evil and I should therefore eliminate them with supernormal abilities. I worked really hard to get rid of them in my dreams. I hit them with a stick or stomped on them. There were too many and I often woke up terrified.

After Teacher talked about sending righteous thoughts, I began to do so. One time I focused on sending righteous thoughts toward the police station. That night, in my dreams the giant snake in the backyard of the police station disappeared and the small snakes inside the station were gone too. One time in my dream, I saw a snake be eliminated until there was only its skin left. As soon as I relaxed and was getting comfortable, it came back to life again and started to bite people. It took me a long time to eliminate it. Teacher said in “Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting,”

“And further yet, if your mind and thoughts aren’t even steady when you send righteous thoughts, you will be clearing out and eradicating bad things over here while at the same time producing them over there.”

When I had just begun to send righteous thoughts, most of the time I was in the police station and there was a lot of interference. As soon as I began to send righteous thoughts, mosquitoes would bite me, flying around and buzzing loudly. One time the buzzing was so loud, as if there were hundreds of mosquitoes surrounding me. I could not take it anymore and killed one. Suddenly all the buzzing went away. Sometimes when I could not get on Minghui.org, I sent righteous thoughts and it worked really well. Once I was in an Internet cafe and tried to send an email to Minghui. I did not have the software to break the firewall and the email kept getting returned. I left the cafe and went to a place where I could calmly send righteous thoughts. After I returned to the cafe, the email was sent successfully and I got a reply from an editor.

3) Eliminating Attachments to Fear

I was once illegally imprisoned for practicing Falun Dafa. The first day I was incarcerated, I was terrified. Several policemen watched me and several supervisors tried to talk me out of the practice. I was confused at the time. That night I told myself, “I will shoulder all the responsibility and I will not implicate other practitioners.” Now, as I think back, I acknowledged the evil persecution. Had I refused to cooperate, I would have been fine the next day.

After I got out of the detention center, I remained fearful. I worried that my phone was monitored and that I was being watched. I didn't contact any other practitioners and I tried to avoid agents of the Domestic Security Division. As soon as I heard something, I'd hide all my books and Dafa materials. This lasted a long time. I could not stand it anymore and was determined to eliminate my fear. I asked myself what I was afraid of. I feared that I would be imprisoned again, I worried that I would lose my comfortable living conditions. Master says in Zhuan Falun,

“What everyday people want is personal gain and how to live well and comfortably. Our practitioners are not this way, but exactly the opposite. We do not seek what everyday people want.”

Master also said in “Also in a Few Words,”

“Indestructible righteous faith in the cosmos's Truth forms benevolent Dafa disciples' rock-solid, Diamond-Like Bodies, it frightens all evil, and the light of Truth it emanates makes the unrighteous elements in all beings' thoughts disintegrate.”

Why would I want things from this ordinary world? How could these rotten demons and clowns incarcerate a Falun Dafa practitioner? With the help of fellow practitioners, I felt more and more relaxed and less scared. One time I ran into an officer from Domestic Security when I was at work, I looked him right in the eye and was ready to greet him. He avoided my eyes and went away.

4) Clarify the Facts with Wisdom

Since I was a police officer, I did not clarify the facts of the persecution to my coworkers like other practitioners. When I worked in the police station, I noticed that many people did not even know what Falun Dafa was and would believe anything the CCP said. Hence, I got some informational materials from other practitioners and gave them out. I also posted these materials on people's doors or slipped them under their doors. One time, I was in my police uniform when I distributed the fliers door to door. I sent righteous thoughts as I did it. There was a dog in one of the houses. It made all kinds of noise by scratching, but did not bark once. After all my coworkers came to work in the morning, I put a flier on the desk so everyone could see.

I also built a truth clarifying materials production site in the police station. I bought a second hand computer and printer, downloaded information online, edited and typeset it, printed it, and gave it to local practitioners. After I stopped working in the police station, I was in charge of purchasing equipment for the local material making sites. I realized that truth clarification was also cultivation. I must maintain my righteous thoughts, otherwise I would make mistakes and have bad results. Once a practitioner saw the material I made, told me that I did a good job and suggested that I submit it to Minghui. I did and Minghui published it. I got really excited. The next time I had even better information materials to submit, but Minghui rejected it. Similarly, when I printed the materials, if I had any attachment at that time, the paper always jammed or there was something wrong with the computer.

5) Form One Body with Practitioners and Improve as One

Teacher said in “Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference,” “Dafa disciples are one body.”

Local practitioners offered me a lot of help and I also protected the local practitioners through the job I held. One time a person called the police station to report a practitioner for distributing Falun Dafa materials. I happened to pick up the phone and took care of it. Later, I told other practitioners about it and they were very happy. I told them that I would not always be the one answering such phone calls in the police station, and that we must look within to find our attachments so there would not be such phone calls in the future.

When the authorities ordered the police station to collect pictures of local practitioners, I did not follow the order and nothing happened to me. One time a supervisor came to the station asking for our files on Falun Dafa and I gave him an empty box. This led him to believe that there were no practitioners in this jurisdiction. One day I went to the Public Security Bureau to report my work progress. I happened to overhear that they were planning to break into practitioners' homes and arrest them that night. I quickly called the local practitioners and had them spread the news. That night no one was taken into custody.

I often helped local practitioners fix their computer problems. One time I helped fix a practitioner's computer, but it broke down again a few days later. The practitioner told others that something was wrong with me because I was a policeman. I did not care at all, thinking that it would be fine if someone else could fix the computer. It did not have to be me. Later, I went to another practitioner's place to fix her computer. I spent a long time working on it, but I still could not fix it. I said that I might have some attachment. She then began to look within. A few days later I went to her place to fix the computer again, she told me, “It's working. I told the computer that you were my Fa weapon and specialized in saving people. After I eliminated the evil, it started working.” We both laughed.

6) Teacher is Always Beside Me

Teacher said in Zhuan Falun, “I have already told you that behind every practitioner there is my fashen, and not just one.” “I hope that both veteran and new practitioners will be able to practice cultivation in Dafa and succeed in it!” One time I read Zhuan Falun on my computer and saw that behind “both veteran and new practitioners” was, “and the sincere (my name).” I rubbed my eyes and read again, it was really my name in Zhuan Falun! I was so excited that Teacher knew about me. I told other practitioners, some were happy for me, but others told me that it was not right, “Absolutely wrong. Not one word can be changed in the book!” It was like a wake-up call for me. If it was wrong, why did Teacher let me see it? I thought back and remembered that “sincere” in the book was used mostly to describe those who only care about forms and rituals and did not truly cultivate. I realized Teacher was hinting to me. Each time I read Zhuan Falun, I washed my hands. Reading was a routine for me, I only cared about whether I read it or not like it was a mission. I did not put my heart in it when I read. I did not seize the time to cultivate solidly. Teacher saw that I was lost in that state for too long and tried to warn me. I quickly deleted the words that did not belong to the Fa.

I decided to step forward and get in touch with other practitioners after I was released from the detention center. I had a dream one night. I saw Teacher standing and lecturing to other practitioners. As I walked closer to them, Teacher nodded at me, like he was saying, “Here you are.” He signaled me to sit among the practitioners. After I left the police station and faced a new environment, Teacher encouraged me. He let me see udambara flowers on the windows, screens, and flower pots at home. The flowers were there for more than a month. Teacher said in “Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference,” “...because overall your personal cultivation has changed in every respect so that it's in the direction of saving sentient beings and validating Dafa.” I want to progress more diligently from now on, as a true practitioner during Fa-rectification. I want to save more people and not disappoint Teacher and sentient beings.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Encountering Dafa, Understanding Dafa, and Validating Dafa

December 20, 2012 |   By Falun Dafa practitioner Li Lian from Tianjin

(Minghui.org) I was 42 years old in 1998, and this was the lowest point in my life. I had lost my job, and my body was full of illness. I was losing all hope for my future.

I Was Saved

For a long time, I had suffered from tightness in my chest and had lost my appetite. March 26, 1998 was the most important day of my life. That day I was scheduled for a physical checkup at the hospital. In the morning, to kill time, I picked up a book entitled Cultivation Practice Experience Sharing from Dafa Disciples in Beijing which a Falun Gong practitioner had lent to me. I sat down on the couch and started reading it. As I read, I was increasingly shocked by the magical effects of Falun Dafa. I saw a brand new world in front of me and came to know the existence of a practice method that was new to me. I skipped the physical checkup at the hospital because I wanted to learn Falun Gong and follow Master into a brighter world.

I finally put down the book at around noon. When I got up from the couch to prepare for lunch, I realized that the tightness in my chest was gone and I could breath freely. My appetite returned, and the constant fatigue and weakness disappeared. I felt extremely comfortable. I then became motionless and my eyes filled with tears. Master was taking care of me even before reading the books, as soon as I developed the thought, “I want to practice Falun Gong.” Falun Dafa is great! I immediately went to the above-mentioned practitioner's home and learned all four sets of exercises. I also participated in the group study session that very evening.

Over the ten days that followed, I finished reading all the books Master had written. Within Dafa I found the answers to every question I had in my life. I have undergone great changes mentally and physically, thanks to Fa-study and practice. Unknowingly, all my diseases (heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver, stomach ulcers, colitis, neurasthenia) disappeared. My face's dark ill-looking gray color faded away, and a rosy complexion appeared. “Falun Dafa is good!” I have had this strong feeling for 14 years, since I started practicing Falun Dafa.

Soon after I began cultivating, I started introducing Dafa to my son, who was in elementary school. I told him the basic principles of Dafa and asked him if he wanted to practice cultivation with me. He happily agreed and started studying the Fa and doing the exercises with me, and conducting himself by the standards of the Fa. In the next three months while he was preparing for middle school entrance exams, I didn't have to put any pressure on him except for taking care of him. When summer came, he graduated elementary school and was admitted to the city's key middle school. In the the six years that followed, he continued to conduct himself using the standard of the Fa. He was persistent in Fa study, even during the last few months prior to the national college entrance exam. In the end, he was admitted to a key university.

CEO Said, “It's surprising to see how dramatically you have changed!”

I have greatly improved my xinxing through cultivation practice. In the summer of 1998, my former employer called me back to finish up an assignment because I still had a large number of sample goods in the safe, from when I was in charge prior to being laid off. I worked with an employee for an entire morning, inventorying the samples in all three safes. I listed each item and the employee signed off on the list. The employee said to me, “There is no record of these items. They're useful, and since you have lost income, why don't you just keep them for yourself?” I smiled and replied, “I can't take things that are not mine.” After the work was completed, my body felt extremely light and relaxed. I felt proud to be a Dafa practitioner.

I did odd jobs to make a living, including working at a wholesale market, and as a gatekeeper. One day, the CEO of my previous workplace ran into me in the wholesale market. We chatted for a while and he said, “It's surprising how dramatically you have changed!”

Two days later, he had someone call me back to the company. I was offered a job with special approval allowing me to continue doing export work. At the same time, he laid off an employee who was three years older than me. I told the CEO, “I greatly appreciate your thoughts and effort, and also hoped to come back and do what I am familiar with, but if my return means someone else is being laid off, then I will have to forego this opportunity.” He looked at me curiously and asked, “Why do you care about her?” I replied, “If she is laid off, her life will become difficult. Please let her stay.”

Two years later, I had another job opportunity, which I also declined, because it involved sacrificing someone else. As long as one studies the Fa conscientiously, conducts oneself with the standard of a practitioner at every moment and under every circumstance, and constantly gives up human attachments and conventional thinking, one will not find everyday pursuits attractive, and at the same time Master provides practitioners a ladder to heaven. One would praise wholeheartedly, “Falun Dafa is good!”

Prior to practicing cultivation, I had registered a company in Hungary with a friend and obtained my passport, ready to go abroad. While waiting for my visa, I found Dafa. According to my shallow understandings at the time, I thought a practitioner only needed a simple job that was enough to make a simple living. I therefore gave up that opportunity. Moreover, I was intentionally looking for relatively low-level work, thinking that the more hardship I suffered, the higher I would cultivate.

With constant Fa study, I gradually realized that this understanding was rather extreme. I came to understand the difference between today's Fa-rectification period cultivation practice and personal cultivation practice from the past. I have realized the significance of my responsibilities, and the importance of walking my path while validating Dafa and saving sentient beings in this world. I realized that I should utilize my capabilities to widely interact with society.

Validating Dafa

Because my understandings improved, Master made arrangements for me. A long-lost friend helped me find a statistics job in a company.

I knew nothing about statistics, and my skills with computers were limited to typing and working on word processing files. During the first few days at the new job, a clerk taught me four ways to do statistics with spreadsheet software. I felt at a loss as soon as she left. Two weeks later I was still very confused. I asked myself, “Why can't I grasp this after such a long time?” I knew it must be that my attachments were interfering.

I calmed down and stopped thinking about work. I held the book Zhuan Falun in my hands and started studying the Fa respectfully. Master's Fa enlightened me. I found that I had a very heavy element of validating myself while I was validating Dafa. After studying the Fa, I felt my heart lighten.

The next morning, I came to the office and found that the work was actually very easy. It took me only two hours to finish what used to take an entire day. I was very excited because I knew it would have been impossible if it wasn't for Master's help.

Upon finishing my assignments, I quickly became familiar with the equipments and materials used in the engineering projects. Moreover, I took on management and bookkeeping for the equipment and material storage. This happened within the first month of my new job. I later took on the management of engineering vehicles and fuel cards, and was actually doing the work of several people. The CEO was very surprised, as he believed that the tasks would difficult even for young people, and I was the oldest in the company aside from him and the chief engineer. Others also found my health and capabilities surprising. This laid a good foundation for me to later do truth-clarification.

During the course of the year within the company, I conducted myself with the standard of a practitioner. I arrived at work ahead of time in the morning and worked diligently. When I was done with office work, I helped prepare lunch in the kitchen. When I saw that the bathrooms needed cleaning, I took the initiative to clean them. Everyone saw this, and the director of the Engineering Department asked the CEO, “Where did you find her?” The CEO's wife was the cashier in the company. She was seven years younger than me but her health was very poor. One time she did not come to work for several days in a row, so I knew she must have been sick again. I realized that this was a good opportunity to promote Dafa to her, so I went to her home after work to clarify the facts to her.

I brought some food and truth-clarification materials with me. I told her about my changes after I started practicing Falun Dafa, and told her some basic principles of Dafa. She listened to me conscientiously and said before I even finished, “I believe everything you have told me. I want to learn with you.” From that day on, she started practicing cultivation. She has since undergone great changes mentally and physically. Her 80-year-old mother was once critically ill and bedridden. I told her to advise her mother to sincerely recite, “Falun Dafa is good! Zhen-Shan-Ren is good!” Two weeks later, she told me with a big surprise that her mother could now take care of herself. Several years have passed and her mother is still alive. Through this incident, everyone including the CEO developed a positive understanding of Dafa. I gave truth-clarification materials to everyone, and gave a copy of Zhuan Falun to the coworkers, who expressed further interest in learning Dafa.

Boss Said, “Your conduct makes me believe Falun Gong is good.”

A friend introduced me to a sales job in foreign trade a year later. The boss of that company wanted to hire me as soon as he heard about me. I had finished truth-clarification at the existing company, and since I could save more people at the second company, I accepted it. The new job was a challenge to me because I knew nothing about the business, but I decided to go.

I quickly familiarized myself with the merchants, customers, and the market, and continued to work diligently. I used my lunch time to clarify the facts to my coworkers. However, an incident happened six weeks into the new job which caused me to draw back.

A year prior, the boss hadn't followed the customs rules for handling the processing of goods. To deal with the customs officials, the boss now wanted us to change the business archives and hide the correspondence between the customers. As a practitioner, I practice Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance, and should not use deceit, but the boss wanted me to help him in this regard. What should I do? As a practitioner, I lead an honest and clean life, so I thought perhaps I should resign immediately and not collude with him. However, I was there to save sentient beings, so should I just walk away like that? I was very confused, and pondered over and over again why this happened.

I handed in my resignation, but he didn't accept it. He asked my friends and family to persuade me to come back, and called me many times for a face-to-face talk.

I was very distressed. I knew it was a test that required me to raise my xinxing, and I couldn't avoid it. I was in a dilemma, how could I walk this path righteously!

Once again, Dafa untied my knot. Master taught in “Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles” in 2006,

“Then why is it that in recent times, suddenly all kinds of cultures, theories, and social phenomena have come about? This is the result of the various gigantic cosmic systems' things manifesting themselves in the lowest level, the human world, and their reason for doing this is so that they might be chosen.”

“Have you thought about the fact that, if the many occupations and the many fields seen today were brought here from those distant systems of beings, and Dafa disciples are cultivating in this setting, with Dafa disciples cultivating in different occupations, then isn't it just like rectifying [those systems] with the Fa? Isn't that acknowledging their existence? Isn't that saving them?”

“In other words, what gods want are not the formats that mankind uses, but for you to utilize the formats here and ascend. When you elevate by making use of these formats, you are validating Fa, validating gods, and saving sentient beings, right? (Applause) Dafa disciples' cultivating in the diverse occupations is acknowledging the beings in those systems, and it is saving all those lives.”

Master taught in “Non-Omission” in Essentials for Further Advancement,

“The Fa has different requirements for cultivators at different levels. Sacrifice is evidenced by one’s being detached from ordinary human attachments. If a person can indeed calmly abandon everything with his heart being unaffected, he is actually at that level already. Yet cultivation practice is to improve yourself: You are already able to abandon the attachment, so why not also abandon the fear of attachment, itself? Isn’t abandonment without omission a higher sacrifice?”

Master's earnest teachings made me suddenly see the light. I came to understand that as a Dafa practitioner, it is correct to conduct oneself in accordance with Dafa's requirements, but during the Fa-rectification period, saving beings is a greater mission for Dafa practitioners. Only when one cultivates oneself well at work and among our living environment, and walks a righteous path, can one save the sentient beings in that area. I realized that I should use this opportunity to clarify the facts to my boss, with the hope that he will be able to choose a bright future for himself. Before meeting with him, I kept sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate interference as well as any obstacles that may keep him from understanding the truth.

When he asked me why I resigned, I explained to him that I was a Falun Gong practitioner, and explained in detail how practitioners should conduct themselves. I also told him the principle that good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. He listened to me carefully and when I finished, he said, “Since the company was established over ten years ago, I have not met a single person who moved me so much. I feel that you are very different from the others. Your conduct makes me believe that Falun Gong is a good practice. I like to work with your kind of people.” He said that he respected my belief, and would not do that kind of cheating in the future. In addition, he openly admitted his wrongdoings during company meetings. I installed the software to circumvent China's great Internet firewall on his computer (so he could browse websites outside, that were censored by the Chinese Communist Party) and gave him some truth-clarification CDs and magazines. From then on, my work environment became very relaxed. When I was done with my work, I could read the Fa, read Dafa websites, or clarify the facts to other coworkers and persuade them to quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. Some coworkers also started practicing cultivation in Dafa.

During the several years I worked at the company, I deeply felt Master's compassion and the almighty power of Dafa. In the foreign trade business, there cannot be flaws in any aspect of the business process, otherwise the export proceeds can become a problem. Quite a few times, when I was about to issue the documents, I had an inexplicable feeling to check them again, and then discovered errors.

I have used many opportunities to contact my past coworkers and friends. They were all in awe when they saw how healthy and capable I was. I clarified the facts to them and they all willingly accepted.

Throughout 14 years of cultivation, Master has been watching us at every moment, holding our hands while we walk our paths righteously. Every sentient being saved is the result of Master's hard work. As a Dafa disciple, I feel incomparable happiness. I hope that all people around the world can remember, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” and choose a bright future for themselves!

Thank you Master! Thank you fellow practitioners! Heshi!

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Minghui Fahui | An Elderly Practitioner's Informational Materials Site

December 20, 2012 |   By Yixin, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Jilin Province

(Minghui.org) I am a female villager in my seventies. Before I started practicing Falun Gong, I was very ill and had taken medicine for a long time. I was examined by both Chinese and western doctors, but nothing they prescribed worked. I learned Falun Dafa in November 1995. I did not receive much education, so I couldn't recognize every character in Zhuan Falun. Nonetheless, all my illnesses were eliminated and my eyesight recovered.

I knew that I could not just want to receive benefits from Dafa, and that I needed to promote the Fa. I started a Fa-study group at home. The number of practitioners attending increased from five to over 50. I had to build two more rooms for practitioners in order to study the Fa and do the exercises. Every Sunday, I walked to a township 20 miles away to promote Falun Dafa. I didn't have any difficulty catching up with young people.

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong, they sent people to monitor my family around the clock, and we were not allowed to leave at will. Practitioners couldn't communicate freely anymore. I couldn't study the Fa and do the exercises like I used to. Suddenly, I felt like an orphan. It was terrible. I was lost, confused and didn't know what to do.

In 2001, a practitioner and I traveled overnight to Beijing with a banner. We went directly to Tiananmen Square to appeal for the right to practice Falun Dafa. Before I could unfurl the banner, police arrested me and took me to Xijiao Prison in Hangzhou. The guards beat, insulted and scolded me with a lot of nonsense. The next day, I tried to clarify the facts about the persecution to people around me when the guards weren't around. I told them about the beauty of Falun Dafa and all the CCP's lies on TV and radio. Twenty people in the room expressed interest in reading Falun Dafa books when they went home.

On the seventh day, I fell ill. I developed jaundice and had blood in my urine. At night, the guards took me to a hospital where I was chained to a bed for 12 hours. I was released the next day.

In 2005, I left the village and moved to a city, where I continued distributing Dafa materials to local residents. In 2008, the Dafa materials site was sabotaged by the CCP. I said to Teacher, “If I could type and use a computer, I could make my own materials.” Then I thought, “What am I thinking? I know nothing about computers, let alone making materials.” However, Teacher made arrangements for me.

A practitioner came to my house three days later. I asked her to help me get some truth clarification materials. She suggested that I make them myself: “Teacher said in Zhuan Falun, 'Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one's master.' You believe in Master and be determined. You can do it even if you can't recognize characters. I will help you.”

Two days later, the practitioner found another practitioner to come to my house to install software which taught how to download the materials I needed. My child started a big fight with me after finding out what I'd done. He did everything possible to prevent me from making Dafa materials. I was determined, and he couldn't change my mind. In the end, he threw my computer to the floor and broke it. I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil behind him and asked Teacher to help me. I quickly found a practitioner to fix the computer. I continued to go online and make the materials I needed.

This was a very tough process, but I finally learned how to print materials myself. I remember one time, I tried to fill the ink reservoir and splashed the ink everywhere: on my face, body, the bed and floor. Eventually, I was able to make various materials for myself and other practitioners for distribution. I didn't have much time to clarify the facts about the persecution, so I bought an automatic phone system to save recorded messages.

I experienced many miracles. One day, I went to a practice site to study the Fa. I forgot my purse on a bus, which had my ID in it. I was very worried because that meant that I had to go back to my home village to get a new one. This would take a lot of travel time. I asked Teacher to help get my ID back because I didn't want to waste precious time on such a thing. A few days later, I tried to get some cash that I'd stored underneath the bed, and found my ID sitting there with the cash!

There are many more experiences than can fit in this article. I never wanted to write and share before, because I felt inferior since I was not well educated, and this attachment was blocking me from taking this step. When I saw Minghui's notice calling for Fahui articles, Teacher hinted to me that I shouldn't let this notion get in the way of my practice. I knew that I should not disappoint Teacher no matter what I thought I could or could not do. I wanted to report my experiences over the past dozen years.

Thank you Master. I will have faith in Master and the Fa and walk my path well.

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Minghui Fahui | Breaking through Self, Explaining the Truth via Telephone

December 20, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner from China

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

I am a veteran practitioner who started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. I have benefitted from fellow practitioners’ sharing and articles, and am truly grateful to fellow practitioners!

Master’s Fa-rectification has reached its final stage. We all know the importance and urgency of saving sentient beings. Therefore, I’d like to share some of my own experiences in saving people via telephone.

My personality is introverted; I like quiet and I'm not good at socializing. These traits resulted in some difficulties in clarifying the truth. When I first picked up the phone, I felt anxious and my hands were shaking. It felt like there was a thick layer of matter surrounding me, making me so nervous that my mind went blank. I was so afraid to dial a number that I couldn’t control myself. At first, other practitioners usually dialed a number, then handed me the phone, so I had no choice but to talk (which was the best help for me too). Perhaps Master was trying to encourage me; people who answered the phone usually agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. There were several times when I talked to three people in a row, and all agreed to withdraw.

However, the next time I made phone calls, I was just as nervous and went blank. I didn’t want to talk, but I forced myself and thought to let go of self before I summoned up the courage to dial a number. In fact, I felt that with every phone call I made, Master took away many bad things for me.

One time, a young man answered the phone. After I explained some facts about Falun Gong, I asked if he was a member of the CCP. He replied in an unfriendly tone, “What if I am a party member, why do you keep talking?” I felt a little wronged, but I didn’t let it get to me. I calmly replied, “I can help you to withdraw from the party, but you need to agree in order for this to be effective.” He asked: “What’s your purpose?” I replied, “My purpose is very simple, to help you stay away from disasters and be safe. This won't affect your work and life. This pseudonym represents your willingness to withdraw from the CCP. You will then have divine protection, because there are divine beings everywhere. They only look at your heart. Do you want to withdraw from the CCP?” Suddenly, he became very friendly, “Yes, yes, I want to. Thank you, thank you!” After I hung up, my body started to shake; my teeth, hands and feet shook violently. This lasted about two minutes. I think that Master must have cleaned up many bad things from my body. Since then, I have become calmer whenever I make calls.

Many attachments can be exposed when calling people, such as the fear of losing face, fear that they might be indifferent, fear of being scolded and losing dignity, fear that people don’t listen and waste my own emotion, being awkward, overzealous, showing off, lust, jealousy, etc. I feel however, that it is really good to be able to find my attachments in a timely manner and eliminate them.

One evening, I made many phone calls for a long time period. Only the first two people agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Others who answered their phones had reasonable attitudes, but just wouldn't withdraw; some even hung up on me. I thought, “Why don't they want to withdraw? Is it because I'm pursuing high numbers of people to withdraw and validating myself?” I stopped calling and thought quietly. Assuming that I'd explained the truth about Falun Dafa to many people today, but no one withdrew, how did I feel? I realized that I felt disappointed and meaningless! That came from the desire to validate myself.

At that moment, I recited Master’s Fa:

“Of course, be this cosmic law as it may, compassion is a trait of righteous gods. That is not to say that simply wishing to do some good counts as compassion. When someone is seized by a whim and acts on it, that doesn’t count as compassion. Rather, in that case it stems from the person’s likings. Or put more bluntly, it’s out of attachment. True compassion doesn’t have any selfishness mixed in, and one will, when dealing with anyone, or sentient beings in general, look at things with righteous thoughts and loving kindness.” (“What is a Dafa Disciple”, Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 New York Fa Conference)

Master’s Fa immediately clarified my attachment of wanting to validate myself. My heart opened up and I felt compassion toward all sentient beings. My perspective of clarifying the truth was corrected, and I felt that I was about to encounter countless lives. I need to make the best use of my time to explain the truth so that people will no longer be lost in illusion and will find themselves, because they are the representatives of their enormous systems. My mission is critical. With this compassion, I dialed the last number. At that time, the hidden wish for the person to quickly withdraw from the CCP, and the pursuit for a number of people I could help withdraw were far removed. I felt a strong field of compassion. That compassion was given to me by Master.

I said, “Hello, good evening! I am calling you to tell you about an important event. There are many natural and manmade disasters nowadays. Many people are following heaven’s wish by withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations, in order to keep safe. Over 100 million people have already withdrawn. Have you joined the party?” He replied: “I joined the Communist Youth League.” I said, “Members of the Communist Youth League can also withdraw. How about if I use “Xiaobo” as your pseudonym and help you to to declare your withdrawal from the Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers?” “Okay” he said. I told him, “You will see that I am doing this for your own good. Please remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are good!’ It will bring you many blessings, okay?” “Okay, thank you.” He said.

It was really amazing. Ever since that phone call when I changed my perspective of clarifying the truth to others who needed my help or Master’s help, I've become very enthusiastic in calling instead of being afraid. The feeling of fear and not wanting to call almost completely disappeared.

Master said:

“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while transformation of gong is done by one’s master.” (from Zhuan Falun)

I was able to break through only with Master’s careful arrangements and help, as well as encouragement and help from fellow practitioners. I was able to let go of many attachments and achieve my goals. Of course, I need to study the Fa, send righteous thoughts, look within and save more people to not let Master down.

I often think that everyone receiving my phone calls has a predestined relationship with me. If the person has a bad attitude or strong fear, it's because he hasn’t heard enough truth. As long as he is willing, I explain why he needs to withdraw from the CCP and how to do it. I also tell him that he could only be saved by learning the truth about Falun Dafa, and that he could find other ways to withdraw, but he must do it quickly. Usually, those willing to communicate with me agree to withdraw.

Nowadays, many people who know the truth agree to withdraw from the CCP within a few sentences. They don’t want me to say more. Recently, I spoke to a middle-aged man. After a few words, he said, “Be straightforward.” I said okay and said a few more sentences. He said, “Simpler.” I said okay, and a few words later, he said, “Even simpler.” I asked, “Are you member of the Communist Party?” He said, “Yes.” I said, “How about if I use a certain pseudonym to help you withdraw from the CCP?” He readily agreed. I think that perhaps Master was hinting that I needed to adjust my thinking and wording when clarifying the truth.

In the process of calling people, I found that many are very kind and waiting to be saved. They trust me like a family member and are willing to listen to what I say.

After explaining the reason for withdrawing from the CCP to one young man, I asked him if he was a member. He said truthfully, “I was only in the Young Pioneers, but I don’t believe what you just told me.” I replied, “It’s not your fault that you don’t believe. The atheism advocated by the Communist Party has deceived you. It tells you that there is no god, but it asks you to swear by them when you joined. When you swore to give your life to it and spend your entire life for its struggle, this tells you that you cannot automatically withdraw. You are still its member.” He then asked, “How old are you?” I said, “I am over forty.” He quickly replied, “Big sister, I'll listen to you.”

Of course, there are still more people who don’t know or don't completely know the truth; greater efforts are still needed. Calling people to advise them to withdraw from the CCP can complement face to face truth clarification. I think that it's a very good project. I hear many honest and kind voices echoing in my ears now, and I don’t want people like them to miss the opportunity to be saved. There are a limited number of Dafa practitioners overseas. If more practitioners in China utilize the telephone to clarify the truth, this would provide more opportunities for people to be saved. At the same time, when more people hear the truth about Falun Gong, it will become a trend in society, encourage more people to hear the truth and withdraw from the CCP. These are just my thoughts.

I don’t have a high level of education. This is the first time that I've written an experience sharing paper. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.

Thank you Master! Thank you fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Eliminating Barriers Through Searching Within

December 21, 2012 |   By a Falun Gong practitioner in Shandong Province, China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

Here I would like to report to Master and share with fellow practitioners my experience of eliminating barriers through searching within. Please point out anything inappropriate.

Searching Within to Eliminate Barriers Between Practitioners

I am in charge of maintenance and repair of computers and printers in my in my local are. Therefore, I have many opportunities to meet with fellow practitioners. I have paid special attention to my cultivation of speech. When I go to fellow practitioners' homes to repair computers or to share cultivation experiences, I never asked for personal information about others. Nor do I want fellow practitioners to ask about my personal information. This is being responsible to the Fa and fellow practitioners.

Several days ago during the Chinese College Entrance Exam period, one of my fellow practitioners' child was taking the exam. This practitioner accompanied her child to the exam facility and had the chance to make acquaintances with other high school students taking the exam. She distributed the software that can break through the Chinese government's Internet blockade by the Chinese government to the students, and most of them were willing to accept it. The exam period was just three days. On the first day she used up all the software DVDs she had on hand. That evening, she asked me for more. As I did not have the DVD on hand at that time, I asked another fellow practitioner to find some DVDs elsewhere and deliver them to her home that night.

After some days, the practitioner who requested more DVDs met with me regarding some coordination issues. After resolving the issues, she asked me, “Do you know the practitioner who delivered the DVDs to me the other day?” I replied, “I have met her a few times but am not very familiar with her.” She then told me, “That practitioner asked me where I worked, what I did, and what projects I am involved in to clarify the facts. I thought you knew her well, so I told her everything.”

Hearing this, I was infuriated and exploded, “How could you tell her all that?! I have told you so many times not to reveal any personal information to fellow practitioners. Yet you did not listen. Do not ever contact me in the future.” She was very sorry and said, “OK, I won't contact you anymore.” Thus, we separated on bad terms.

On my way home, I remembered a paragraph of Master's Fa,

“Nothing happens in cultivation without a reason. When incorrect states and bad human conduct surface among us, those things have come to target human attachments. We don't acknowledge the old forces' arrangements, but, when we fail to do well they will exploit our gaps. So, perhaps it was that a particular place needed to be targeted in that manner, and that was why an incident happened.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference”)

On the surface, the conflict happened due to the fact that this fellow practitioner did not follow the teachings of the Fa and did something she should not have done. Fundamentally, however, it was because of my human attachment, and this fellow practitioner was showing it to me by what she did. I searched within and discovered that I had attachments to complaining, hatred, looking down on others, arrogance, showing off, feeling superior to others, and fear. I sent forth righteous thoughts immediately to eliminate these bad human attachments. I said to myself, “How could I treat a fellow practitioner like that?! I vented my anger on her. Was that the proper state of a practitioner?” After realizing my xinxing issues, I called her the next day to apologize. She said, “I was going to call you. Let's sit down and talk.” So we agreed on a place to meet. She said, “I was so out of line yesterday and so bad in my cultivation of speech. I will for sure be more cautious in the future.” I told her, “It was my fault. My human attachments caused the problem. I should thank you for helping me to eliminate these attachments. I certainly should not have gotten angry with you. In the future, we will collaborate well with each other and kindly point out each other's gap. As long as we act righteously, nobody will dare to persecute us. We will do the three things well, which Master has asked us to do.”

After the Shen Yun DVDs became available, practitioners in my region did not waste any time copying them. Because the Shen Yun show is a project to save sentient beings under Master's direct guidance, it has the connotation of the Fa. Thus, we should not neglect any details, including purchasing the blank discs, burning the DVDs, printing labels and covers, and packaging them in DVD cases. These steps cannot all be done by one practitioner—several practitioners need to work together. One practitioner burned the CDs. Another practitioner and I were in charge of printing the covers and packaging.

A few days ago, the practitioner who was burning the DVDs called me to her home. She seemed upset and said, “How come you have not brought me the discs? This has delayed such an important project.” I replied, “It takes quite a few steps and cannot be done immediately upon your order.” She said, “As long as fellow practitioners can distribute them, we should not delay making them.” I replied, “You are right.” I felt wronged although I agreed with her on the surface. I said to myself, “You think burning DVDs is the only step? We are doing many other steps.” I felt indignant and left.

On my way home, I became increasingly upset. Looking inward, I noticed a severe attachment to saving face, unwillingness to accept criticism, a need to defend myself, and feeling superior to this fellow practitioner.

Master said in “Don't Argue” in Hong Yin III),

“Don't argue when people argue with you
Cultivation is looking within for the cause
Wanting to explain just feeds the attachment
Breadth of mind, unattached, brings true insight”

I said to myself, “Isn't it true that this practitioner wants to save more people by distributing more DVDs? Why am I looking for excuses?” I realized that I had not behaved like a practitioner. After discovering my attachments, I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate them. In the future, whenever it does not interfere with my studying the Fa, I will arrange my time well to complete my share of the work in order to not delay fellow practitioners from saving sentient beings. I will accept it calmly when fellow practitioners point out my issues and fulfill my part in various projects to not let Master down.

Keeping Righteous Thoughts at Every Moment in Cultivation

My local fellow practitioners mostly use Internet cards, which are refilled annually, to access the Internet and download files from the Minghui website. I am in charge of purchasing and refilling these cards for them. Early this year, most of their cards had expired and they asked me to refill them. Thus, I hurried and did it for all of them.

One day as I was about to access the Minghui website, I suddenly thought, “Fellow practitioners have exhausted their quotas on their Internet cards. How come I have used mine for several years without having to refill it?” Due to this improper thought, I had difficulty running the program and accessing the Minghui website. No matter how many times I tried to double click on the program icon, it did not work and kept reporting an error. I had used my Internet card for years and it had always been fast and successful. Through the years, my card had acted as if it were a living being and it had worked so well for me no matter how badly the evil attempted to block the Internet. During the past years, I had no distracting thoughts and had a firm belief that my Internet would work fast.

In 2008, I was still using a secondhand computer, which had been used by a fellow practitioner for many years and was very slow. Because I needed a fast Internet connection and a fast computer to do my project work, another practitioner suggested that I exchange my computer with another practitioner because that practitioner did simple work, which did not require a fast computer or fast Internet. That practitioner agreed and exchanged computers with me. Thus, my computer and Internet card had been very fast since then. I said to myself, “Due to one improper thought of mine, this Internet card may be destroyed and will no longer be of any use. What a pity that is! Cultivation is a serious matter. I must uphold righteous thoughts at any moment.”

In retrospect, my loopholes were being taken advantage of, namely my attachments to being successful, zealotry and a tendency to showing off.

In order to repair a machine, I must first repair my xinxing

A few days ago, the printer of a fellow practitioner was not working and she asked me to get help from another practitioner, who was an expert in this area. In other words, she did not think I could solve her problem. The other practitioner was very busy with his regular work as well as clarifying the facts. When I noticed this several years ago, I decided to learn different technologies to help out. I had closely watched and learned from him as he fixed computers and printers over the years. I can now solve a lot of problems myself. Therefore, I decided to give it a try this time.

I went to the practitioner's home, and when she saw me she asked, “Why are you here? I thought the other practitioner was coming.” I told her, “He is too busy. Let's not bother him if we can solve it ourselves.” I was upset but did not display any unpleasant feelings. She then told me about the printer problem, “The other day as I was printing something, it suddenly lost power. When I powered it up again, it did not boot up. It might be the power supply that is dead.” I said, “The power supply is not likely to go bad. It could be the motherboard.” Because I did not have a motherboard on hand, I told her that I needed to wait until I get another one before I could fix it. After returning home, I talked to the other practitioner and he agreed with my diagnosis and also suggested that the motherboard be changed.

A few days later, I got the motherboard, and went to her home again. After replacing it, the power came back on. However, the printer's upper and lower lights were flashing interchangeably ten times. I realized that the printer had a more severe problem than I had thought, and the ink jet needle had to be replaced, plus another motherboard. As I explained the situation to the practitioner, I could tell she was sad and upset because the motherboard cost 280 yuan and the ink jet needle, 380 yuan. Also, I felt that she did not have confidence in me. I quickly went home to fetch another motherboard and ink jet needle. After putting them in her printer, the flashing lights didn't go off. I had never encountered such a difficult problem and said to myself, “Normally, changing the ink jet needle would do it. What is happening? Is it caused by my own problem?”

Master told us,

“For a cultivator, looking within is a magical tool.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference”)

I said to myself, “I myself often told fellow practitioners that we should first improve our xinxing and then repair a machine. How come I don't apply that to myself?” After returning home, I carefully read the recent Fa teaching and earnestly searched within. I realized, “A fellow practitioner did not trust my skills. Is it because I am unwilling to hear negative things about myself? Is it because I have the attachment to saving face? A fellow practitioner looked down on me. Is it because I also looked down on her? Fellow practitioners are a mirror and can reflect my own attachments.” Then I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate my human attachments and all evil factors interfering with the printer. I also prohibited the evil from taking advantage of my loopholes and interfering with this truth clarification tool.

Later, I asked the expert practitioner and he also thought it was strange. He agreed that replacing both parts should have fixed the problem. I told him that it might not be that strange, because my attachments had interfered with the printer. When I went to that practitioner's home once again to examine the printer, I found the problem: one of the three threads that were driving the ink cartridge was broken. After replacing it, the printer worked properly again.

There is little time remaining in the Fa rectification period. In my future cultivation, I should learn my lessons well, make up for my shortcomings, study the Fa well, utilize my strengths, form a whole body with fellow practitioners, eliminate barriers between us, and do the three things well together.

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Minghui Fahui | Looking Inward and Solidly Cultivating Xinxing

December 21, 2012 |   by Fa Lizi, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Mainland China

(Minghui.org) After I was released from detention, I went back to work. The deputy manager assigned to me was picky. He was able to work well with me most of the time, but he had bad habits from the communist culture. He sometimes badmouthed me behind my back. When others told me about it, I always just smiled. After a while, my co-workers felt that he was unfair to me. I knew that the moral values in today's society are low and I should not think at the same level as they were because I am a Dafa disciple at the Fa-rectification time. Forbearance in cultivation practice is not just ordinary forbearance, but a kind of forgiveness, since my heart was not moved.

-- From the author

Greetings Master and greetings fellow practitioners!

I was a government employee. I began to practice Falun Gong in 1995. The profound Dafa principles moved and attracted me, and I made up my mind to practice. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20, 1999, like most of the Dafa disciples, I objected to the persecution, and wanted to safeguard Dafa and save sentient beings. I suffered persecution and had to leave home to avoid further persecution. I was arrested and sentenced twice.

In 2005, after I was released from prison, I tried my best to do the three things according to the standard of a Fa-rectification-period disciple. I went to an interview at a famous company, and told them openly and righteously that I was a Dafa disciple. When the company CEO heard about my situation, he thought that a government worker who gave up his career to pursue his beliefs was noble. Despite huge pressure, he hired me as a manager.

At my new job, I treated people kindly and worked diligently. I always used a practitioner’s standards to guide myself. My outstanding work was praised by my co-workers and rewarded by the company management. I validated Dafa with my actions.

1. Firmly Safeguarding the Fa and Standing Up Against the Persecution

After April 25, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners all felt that the cultivation environment had changed. The police often showed up at our practice site and agents from the Domestic Security Bureau were seen among practitioners. The negative news from the local government constantly came out, targeting the heart of every Falun Gong practitioner. We all felt pressure from the evil.

On July 19, 1999, after we got the news that the government would begin the persecution of Falun Gong on the next day, we planned to go to the city government together to appeal.

On the morning of July 20, 1999, I was walking to the city government to appeal, as a Dafa practitioner, that Falun Dafa is good. Although my steps were firm, my thoughts were not steady. I understood the consequences of my actions. I still clearly remember my thoughts at that time, “I am a Dafa disciple walking down the path to divinity. Now every step is towards that goal and breaking away from being human.”

When I arrived at the gate of the city government, many practitioners were already there. Some of them came from counties nearby and some from the rural areas. The scene was a bit chaotic. I recalled Master’s words that we should be good people under any circumstance. So I and a few practitioners I knew organized the practitioners to line up so as to not block the roads and do the meditation as a silent protest.

Soon after, a lot of police officers showed up with many buses. They tried to drive us away. We tried to explain to them that Falun Dafa is good and that the truth should not be slandered. I, along with about a dozen other practitioners, as representatives of the group of practitioners, negotiated with the government officials. All other practitioners were sent to the suburban areas. They recorded our names and workplaces. Before I returned to work, my workplace got a notice. After that, I became a so called “key person.”

After July 20, 1999, the persecution of Falun Gong escalated. Many of our local practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for justice on behalf of Falun Gong.

In December of 1999, several practitioners and I went to Beijing to appeal, full of righteous thoughts, and without worrying about losing our jobs. I was arrested and detained for a month. After I was released, I was expelled from the Party (CCP). My home was ransacked several times.

Although under pressure, I still went to work as usual. The officials at my workplace had to transfer me to a different department due to pressure. But after a month, I was transferred back.

At my workplace, I followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and had good success. I often clarified the truth to my colleagues, from directors to ordinary employees. They all knew that Falun Gong is good. Although the persecution of Falun Gong was intense, the environment of my work place did not feel the same way. I bought copy paper and printed truth-clarification materials and Master’s articles at work, then made copies, and gave them to other practitioners. When the demand increased, I worked alone by myself at night.

In 2003, the local 610 Office and police department arrested practitioners on a large scale. Many truth-clarification material production sites were destroyed and practitioners were arrested. Some practitioners were unable to bear the torture, and leaked the source of the materials.

One day, a practitioner who often contacted me was arrested and gave my name to the police. When the police came to my home to arrest me, I managed to escape with the book Zhuan Falun tucked inside my coat. I was forced to leave my hometown and was on the run for a few months. But the police issued a warrant for me and monitored my cellphone. I was arrested six months later.

I was detained at a detention center. The guards forced the newly-admitted practitioners to wear uniforms, recite rules and do work. Practitioners were not allowed to do the exercises or talk to each other. But I refused to recognize these demands. Whenever the guards required me to do these things, I first sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil that was controlling them, then I righteously told them that I am a Dafa practitioner, and a lawful citizen who had committed no crime. I refused to wear a uniform or recite the prison rules.

During this period, many local practitioners were detained in the same detention center--sometimes more than forty of us. We shared and organized together to form one-body. We used different methods to protest, with some holding hunger strikes, some reciting the Fa together, some sending forth righteous thoughts and some shouting “Falun Dafa is good” from time to time. I reasoned with the guards for our rights. Once, I talked to the deputy director for nearly an hour. With our group’s effort, the environment dramatically changed. When we exercised, the guards pretended to not see us. Later, when we did exercises or Fa study, we were no longer put in handcuffs or solitary confinement as punishment.

2. Looking Inward and Cultivating Xinxing Solidly

Through Fa study, I enlightened that the excuse that the old forces used to persecute practitioners, was that practitioners were unable to cultivate to high levels if the tribulations were not severe enough. That was nonsense. Before the persecution, we practitioners often studied the Fa and shared about our cultivation experiences together. We were improving solidly during our daily life.

In 1996, I was given a company car for my work. However, it was stolen while parked outside my building six days after I got the keys. The car was not insured at the time. I remembered Master’s words, “If other people want to take your things they won’t be able to budge them. So that’s why we just let things happen naturally.” (Zhuan Falun) Why did my car get stolen? I looked inward: First, the car was a company car and I should not have used it for personal matters. I had the attachment of taking advantage. Second, if the new car were mine, I would have taken care of it more carefully. I might have parked it in the parking garage. I was selfish. Third, before I practiced cultivation, I often had free meals and took free stuff. I needed to pay back these debts. After I found these attachments, I let them go. I bought a car to replace the one that was stolen. When the account manager at my work place found out about this, he suggested that I give him a few fake receipts so he could reimburse me the money. But I refused. Since then, I have never lost anything during the past ten years.

One day, I stopped by the market on my way home from work while still in uniform. I bought some dates, which looked really big and good. But when I got home, my wife complained that I had bought a bag of bad dates. I could not believe my ears. The dates I saw at the market were really good--how could they have become bad ones. When I took a look, they were small and bad. I felt deceived and thought about going back to the market to confront that merchant. But I thought about it again: it was very unlikely that he would deceive me since we knew each other and he had always respected me. Master said that what practitioners encounter is never coincidental. So I knew this was targeting my attachment. When my personal interest was shaken, it was testing me to see if I could enlighten like a practitioner and let go of my personal interest. If it happened, there must be a reason. So I just let it go.

Master said,

“But there’s somebody in his work team or who shares an office with him, and this guy can’t do anything well or can’t ever come through, and one day this incompetent guy gets promoted to a supervisory position. He isn’t promoted, and that guy even becomes his boss. So he thinks it’s just so unfair and he can’t get over it. He goes around to everyone trying to do something about it, fuming and burning with jealousy.” (Zhuan Falun)

This happened to me. In my office, there was a person who did not do anything well. From his personality, knowledge, ability, and social skills, he had nothing to compete with me. But he was promoted to be my boss. Although I didn’t say or do anything, my heart was moved.

Master said “Everything through the ages, came about for the Fa” (“Just a Play” from Hong Yin Volume II). I enlightened that this matter was arranged intentionally for me to improve myself and to get rid of my jealousy. I should enlighten to it. So I did not have any resentment towards him and always supported him. My managers and colleagues observed my behavior and said that Falun Gong practitioners are different than ordinary people.

After I was released from detention, I went back to work. The deputy manager assigned to me was picky. He was strong-minded and liked to arrange things his own way. He had many conflicts with his former manager and was unable to work with him. He was able to work well with me most of the time, but he had bad habits from the communist culture. He sometimes badmouthed me behind my back. When others told me about it, I always just smiled. After a while, my co-workers felt he was unfair to me. I know that the moral values in today's society are low and I should not think at the same level as them, because I am a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification time. Forbearance in cultivation practice is not just ordinary forbearance, but a kind of forgiveness, since my heart was not moved. I also enlightened that it was all just an illusion. When others were telling me about it, it was a test and also indicated that I had attachments to get rid of. During the past few years, my boss admired me since I acted righteously. The two of us had a good time working together. He often helped me to pass information about Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and breaking through the internet blockade to other predestined people.

I always regarded my co-workers as predestined people to be saved.

3. Clarifying the Truth to Fulfill the Vows of Saving Sentient Beings

Master said,

“When I was just speaking about “the truth,” a great deal was encompassed by that term. When we use it nowadays, we’re referring to how we tell people about the evil’s cooking up lies in order to persecute Falun Gong; to what the wicked CCP is really all about; to why Falun Gong is being persecuted; and then there’s the topic of what exactly Falun Gong is, which people are talking about, and this truth is hard for people to grasp. But whatever the case, in the future there will be many, many things that people haven’t known, or have wanted to know, or that they believed to be “right” but that were actually wrong, and many truths, will all be revealed in full. What people don’t believe in will be shown to them. People are truly going to experience an unforgettable, massive change as never seen before in all of history.” (“2012 International Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital”)

From Master’s lecture, I enlightened that clarifying the truth would be with us through our cultivation process since human beings could not see the truth through their eyes and the modern technology and the principles in the three realms are the opposite of the principles of the universe. From spreading the Fa at the beginning of my practice, to clarifying the truth to people, to revealing the truth in the future, further telling the beings in our world about our process of enlightening after consummation, these things are all about the process of clarifying the truth. Clarifying the truth is closely connected with our cultivation, especially during the Fa-rectification period. It is an important method for us to fulfill our vows of saving sentient beings and is important for each practitioner to do.

The process of my clarifying the truth began on April 25, 1999. When the CCP was preparing for the persecution, the practitioners from several practice sites jointly clarified the truth to people and the government. At that time, the truth was emphasized on how good Dafa is, the efficiency of Falun Gong on improving health, and that Dafa teaches people to be good people and thus can help social stability. After July 20, 1999, the CCP's lies were spreading. In the beginning, we clarified the truth to co-workers, relatives, classmates and acquaintances, rebuking the lies and rumors.

As the persecution escalated, more lies and rumors were spread by the media and more sentient beings were deceived. We began to print more truth-clarifying materials. Later, we downloaded the materials from the Minghui website, printed and distributed them.

Facing such brutal persecution, the volunteer assistants and coordinators went to Beijing to appeal for justice, without thinking much about life and death, and clarified the truth to people.

As a Dafa particle, I went along with other fellow practitioners to follow Master along with Fa rectification. I clarified the truth to people to save them; however, I was arrested again.

At the detention center, one of my cellmates was a gangster head. He was well educated and also had a sense of obligation. He had read the Dao De Jing twice. But he had some misunderstanding on Dafa and regarded the Dao De Jing as the best. After we met, he sometimes asked me if I understood this or that. His words showed that he felt he was superior. I kindly asked him to tell me about what he had enlightened to. After I first agreed that the Dao De Jing was good, I told him my understanding about what he told me based on the Fa. He was shocked that my enlightenment was higher than his. He asked me how I could understand things in this way, and I told him that it was from Dafa. His attitude towards me changed immediately. He arranged for me to rest by his side and told other cellmates to take care of me. He told them that I was a respectable person. Since then, he often shared his thoughts with me, and often asked me for Dafa articles to read.

Most of the inmates in the detention center hated the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) but they all had certain misunderstandings toward Dafa because of the lies and rumors from the media. I first patiently listened to their questions and puzzles and then clarified the truth to them, targeting their misunderstandings. They all accepted the truth. During those two years, I clarified the truth to every inmate and eliminated their misunderstandings toward Dafa. Some of them withdrew from the CCP and its affiliates, and some wanted to learn Falun Gong.

After I was released, I was hired by a famous company. From the CEO to the ordinary employees, I did not hide that I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and did my job well. At the same time, I persisted in doing the three things well in order to save sentient beings.

While doing business, I always traded fairly and worked with business partners fairly, sincerely and righteously. I worked fast and never accepted any bribes. My colleagues always praised me and appreciated me. Then I used these opportunities to tell them that I am a Dafa disciple and that my Master taught me to be this way. At the same time, I clarified the truth to them, including the facts of government corruption, and asked them to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliates. The effects were pretty good.

Of course, there were some special cases which I had to treat carefully. One of the partners was a communist party member. He had disgruntled feelings towards the CCP but did not want to quit the CCP. I realized that he did not recognize the true nature of the CCP. So I tried to find different opportunities to talk to him and played the video of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. After we finished all nine chapters, I saw that he was shocked. A few days later, he called me and asked me to help him withdraw from the CCP. Since it was not convenient for him to talk too much on the phone, he visited me and stayed by my side while I helped him withdraw from the CCP.

To clarify the truth to my classmates, friends and former colleagues, I participated in parties and weddings to keep close connections with them so it would be easier to clarify the truth to them. Sometimes, I could distribute ten or more Shen Yun DVDs at one party.

In my job, I often did business with some government officials so I used the opportunities to clarify the truth to them. These officials clearly knew the corruption of the CCP since they were all a part of it. Clarifying the truth to them needed to be done one on one. When they truly listened, they would accept the truth. During the past few years, many officials have withdrawn from the CCP and its affiliates.

Most of my colleagues withdrew from the CCP and its affiliates, including the deputy director, the accountant, the driver and others. For the past few years, I had clarified the truth to my brother, my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law several times but they refused to withdraw. This summer, when we got together, my brother’s family and my sister-in-law’s family all withdrew from the CCP with their real names.

After 17 years of difficult times, under Master’s protection, I walked down my path until today with righteous thoughts and actions. Compared to Master’s requirements, I still have many shortcomings. I will study the Fa more and cultivate myself well. I will try my best to do the three things well and follow Master to reach consummation.

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Minghui Fahui | New Practitioner: Getting Rid of Attachments and Going Out to Validate Falun Dafa

December 21, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I am a new practitioner. Looking back at my life since I started to practice Falun Dafa more than one year ago, it seems that this one year is longer and more real than the decades in the past when I was a non-practitioner. I was very excited to obtain the Buddha Fa and now I feel like a wholly new person.

Overcoming Obstacles and Doing the Three Things Well

I was late in obtaining the Fa and also had a hard time obtaining the Fa. For several months I was tested on whether or not I could practice Dafa. In the beginning my family members were strongly against it. When I insisted on practicing even if I had to leave home, they backed off and agreed to let me practice at home. However, studying the Fa and doing the exercises is not enough, we have to do three things well to meet Master's requirement.

Master said,

“From now on, the Dafa disciples in China as much as anyone, both new students and veterans alike, should let go of their long-standing human attachments and start to seize the day and comprehensively save the world's people. Once the current time period is over, the first large-scale process of weeding out sentient beings will begin. For a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple, personal liberation is not the goal of cultivation: when you came, saving sentient beings was your great aspiration, and that is the responsibility and mission history has bestowed upon you in Fa-rectification. Thus great numbers of beings are to be saved by you. Dafa disciples, don't forsake the magnificent responsibility that has been bestowed upon you in Fa-rectification, and even less should you disappoint those beings, as you are now their only hope for entering the future. For this reason, all Dafa disciples, students both new and veteran, should get to work and begin comprehensively clarifying the truth. This is especially so for the Dafa disciples in Mainland China: each must come out and clarify the truth, bringing it to every field and valley, mountain and hill, not omitting a single area where there are people.” (“Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People”)

So I started to print Zhuan Falun and other pamphlets. In the beginning I used a shelved printer at home, later I bought another one which was more efficient but cost less. When I first obtained Dafa, I just wanted to let more people know the truth of Falun Dafa.

My family members stopped me when I started to print Falun Dafa materials. They kept saying that I might be arrested and they could not live without me. I did not realize that the old forces used them to stop me from validating the Fa. I gave in and stopped printing materials.

I could not distribute materials. Occasionally my fellow practitioners gave me several Shen Yun DVDs, which must be handed out face to face, but I only handed out a few of them. For several months I stopped distributing materials or talking to people about Dafa altogether. I only did the exercises and studied the Fa at home. Then my fear developed – I feared that if I were arrested, nobody would take care of my child and my parents, and that my husband would divorce me.

This situation lasted for several months. I frequently dreamed of talking to people about Falun Dafa, maybe because I wanted to spread the truth. Master saw that and told me in my dream: “There are many ways to clarify the truth, you can always find one that works for you.” He gave me two machines. I had many dreams during that time. I knew that Master was encouraging me to step forward.

But my fear stopped me from going out to validate Fa. I had fear even when I was holding the materials. I told a fellow practitioner, “I am the mainstay of my home, it cannot do without me.” My fellow practitioner retorted, “Only Master is the pillar of your home. Your parents and child used to be fragile, now they are all healthy. You are less busy at work, and you do not have to make as many business trips as you used to. It was Master who created such a good environment for you. Would you rather live like before?” I suddenly realized that my fear originated in my sentimentality towards my family. I did not pay proper attention to my cultivation because I put too much emphasis on my family. After this realization, my worries were gone immediately.

Making Dafa Materials to Save People

I started to learn computer technology from the Minghui website and learned how to install systems and file editing.

The requirement for the quality of Shen Yun DVDs had been upgraded for the 2012 Shen Yun performance, but we were still using the same simple plastic package as last year. My fellow practitioners often complained about the quality, so I bought new discs and made a few dozen at home. This time, I did not tell my family about it. I learned that we should not tell our non-practitioner family members everything we do. It would be hard for them to comprehend. We are happy with the Shen Yun DVDs we made. Half a year has passed, and the discs we made can meet our own needs, plus fellow practitioners in the neighboring areas also use them.

Distributing Shen Yun DVDs is also a challenging experience. At first only a small number were distributed. Later we learned from other practitioners' experiences posted on the Minghui website. I went with another practitioner to give out Shen Yun DVDs face to face, “Excuse me, have you heard about Shen Yun Performing Arts? It is a performance celebrating traditional Chinese culture, put on by overseas Chinese.” “Shen Yun Performing Arts is based in New York. It is a first-class performance group that tours different countries each year. Foreigners who want to understand Chinese culture all give it a big thumbs up.” Those who heard this introduction would usually want a disc. If we gave it to a person in a group, those who did not get one would say, “Please give me one, too.” Some people were surprised with joy, “Is this really for me? Thank you so much!” For those who refused the DVD, I felt really sorry for them.

I also learned how to duplicate discs. We made and distributed a lot of discs such as the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and We Tell the Future. Then I learned to make discs that contain the Internet anti-blocking software, which the younger generation and teenagers are always eager to have.

It is definitely true that there are so many ways to clarify the truth, such as distributing Shen Yun DVDs or other discs, distributing materials, printing phrases on paper currency, putting up stickers on the walls or trees, etc. If I see a bulletin board displaying Communist Party propaganda against Falun Dafa, I tear it down and throw it away, so it will not continue to poison people. If the poster is displayed inside a glass bulletin board case and cannot be removed, I put another poster on top of it.

Ridding Myself of Attachments while Validating the Fa

Different attachments showed up when I went out to validate the Fa, such as jealousy, the competitive mentality, self validation, laziness, carelessness in my speech, self protection, etc. Gradually I learned to reject and remove these attachments. Through this process, I continuously upgraded myself, and the Fa principles manifested before me layer after layer. After I enlightened to more Fa principles, I felt even more blessed.

After I realized that what stopped me from going out to validate the Fa was my sentimentality for my family, my fear went away.

“We should treat everyone in the same way. We must be good to our parents and children and be considerate of others in all respects. Such a heart is thus unselfish, and it is a heart of kindness and benevolence.” (Zhuan Falun)

Sentimentality is selfish – I will be nice to you if you are nice to me first, but compassion is unselfish.

When I was the most difficult and depressed, I could not let go of my sentimentality for my family, and always gave in to their requests. It not only interrupted my mission of saving people, but also brought harm to my family. My husband spoke ill of Master and Falun Dafa without reservation, claiming that this was fair to me, that I had nothing to complain about even if he divorced me. Because of me, my parents and siblings felt ashamed in front of my parents-in-law. My husband's parents threatened to report my fellow practitioners to the police so that their families would be ruined. They were fierce in their language, but when I decided to go out to validate the Fa, the old forces used my family in another way to interfere with me – they were especially nice to me. When I had no time to eat breakfast in the morning before going to work, my mother would hold the bowl and feed me. My husband yielded to all my wishes and took good care of me—I was living a privileged life.

All these were just illusions. The old forces tried to make practitioners be low in spirit, so that they would eventually give up practicing. When I looked through their tricks and determined resolutely to do what I should do, everything changed again. My family was neither good nor bad to me. What I talk about at home are things mostly related to Falun Dafa. Now they have seen the changes in me – I have become easygoing, energetic, and healthy. They basically agree that Falun Dafa is good. My mother respects Master very much and has listened to several of Master's lectures. My father burned incense sticks for Master and apologized for his previous disrespectful language.

All of my family's previous behaviors were tests for me as a practitioner. No matter how hard it felt when I was in the conflict, as long as I had solid faith in Master and Dafa, there was no barrier that I could not overcome. The change in my family's attitude was due to the awesome and supernormal power of Falun Dafa.

As the saying goes: “One cannot say more than three sentences without speaking about one's own ideas.” When I chat with people, I always refer to Falun Dafa without being aware of it. The words from my mouth can eliminate evil elements behind everyday people. I use many of the messages posted on the Internet to talk to people about the truth of Falun Dafa. If someone does not accept Falun Dafa, and if I know the person, I talk about the truth of Falun Dafa from different aspects: there has to be something which can move this person and appeals to his/her needs. I really feel that Falun Dafa is boundless, and Master's grace is tremendous. Walking on the path to divinity, I am honored to the highest degree.

Thank you, Master, for giving me the chance to practice. Thank you, my fellow practitioners, who have offered their generous help.

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Minghui Fahui | My Cultivation Experience

December 22, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner from mainland China

(Minghui.org) After I began to practice Falun Gong, it was as if I was reborn. No only did I become healthy, but I have also gone through tremendous internal changes and become understanding of others.

--From the author

When I learned that the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org was to be held, I was very excited. I hereby write down my cultivation experience to report to benevolent Teacher and share with others.

In 1995, my friend introduced me to Falun Gong. At that time, my understanding of qigong was only at the level of healing illness and keeping fit. After I heard Teacher's lecture recording from Jinan City, my understanding of qigong changed a great deal. I came to understand that it has a very long history and is very profound; it is not only for healing illness and keeping fit, but also a way for a human to become a god. I also understood that the true purpose of being human is to return to one's original true self, and I learned how to be a good person.

Soon after I began to practice Falun Gong, my Celestial Eye opened, and I could see some people, objects and images in other dimensions. Especially when I was doing the “Falun Standing Stance” exercise, I could clearly feel a Falun spinning between my arms. I have gone through a significant physical transformation.

It is just as Teacher said in Zhuan Falun:

"…you will feel that your body is light, as though treading on air. In the past, you would be tired if you walked a few steps, but now it is very easy no matter how far you walk. You feel as if being pushed while riding a bike, and you are not tired when going upstairs—no matter how many floors there are. It is guaranteed to be this way."

With time, my understanding has also improved. I came to realize that with such a wonderful Teacher and Dafa, I could not keep it to myself; I wanted to tell everyone to come benefit from it. Thus, I began to spread Dafa to my friends, relatives and coworkers. I shared with them the beauty of Dafa and my true feelings. Many people with predestined relationships began to practice Falun Gong as a result, and all of them have benefited from Dafa to various degrees.

“Do you know why the quality of our products is so high?”

Whether at work, with family, in society or in other environments, I hold myself to the standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. For instance, in my day-to-day life, no matter what I buy, I'm not picky about it, never argue with others, and always put myself in others' shoes and treat them kindly. At work, I took the initiative to take on dirty and hard work, and would take on whatever my manager assigned to me. I never argued with my coworkers or managers. In the face of conflict, I always looked within to find my shortcomings. Whether the manager was present or not, I fulfilled my duties. I also returned items from work that I had previously taken home. Before that, people who knew me all said that I was good at talking back. After I began to practice Falun Gong, it was as if I was reborn. No only did I become healthy, but I have also gone through tremendous internal changes and become understanding of others.

I worked in a state-run company. We had more than 1,000 employees divided into five workshops. I worked in the Mold workshop, with more than 100 people. Nowadays, there are tons of imitation products, and it is extremely hard to maintain the quality of materials, let alone the quality of products. Everyone in this trade faces the same problem. However, the products from our workshop were always of high quality. When people thought about it, they all felt it was very strange, and they didn't know the reason. One time, as we were chatting during break, our manager said to us cheerfully: "Hey, do you know why the quality of our products is so high?" We couldn't answer. He laughed and said: "Let me tell you, it's because someone practices Falun Gong." They all laughed and nodded their heads in agreement. After that, I began to wonder why our manager said something like this. I felt that benevolent Teacher was using my manager to encourage me and fellow practitioners to cultivate solidly and strive forward. In recognizing that Dafa is wonderful, sentient beings receive good fortune.

Later my factory was going through a reform, so some of us had to be laid off. When the head of the factory talked to some people, they all refused to be laid off. But when he came to talk to me, I didn't argue with him at all. I said to him: "I see what you are saying. You also know that I practice Falun Gong, and my Teacher asks us to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, to think of others and be kind to others. I understand your concerns. You don't want us to leave, but you have no other way, since after the reform, you won't need as many people. Starting tomorrow, I will not come to work. I want to lessen the burden on the factory and on you." Hearing this, he was very moved and kept saying: "Thank you, I truly appreciate your being so considerate toward me and our factory." My action caused quite a stir in the factory.

I went to Beijing on July 20, 1999, to appeal and clarify the truth about Falun Gong, but was arrested and detained. The leaders of my work unit went to the police station many times to request my release. The manager of my factory always spoke up for me confidently: “What is wrong with practicing Falun Gong? I think Falun Gong practitioners are very good people. If all of my employees practiced Falun Gong, my job would be easy.”

Later I was sent to a forced labor camp for three years. The leaders of my factory went to visit me. After I was released, the factory processed my retirement immediately and gave me all of the salary I would have earned during my imprisonment. I know all of this was due to Master’s protection.

“You should never divorce your wife. She is a good woman.”

In my family, I also behave in accordance with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. My husband is the eldest of three brothers. We live far away from our hometown, but his two brothers live in our hometown. Although we live far away, I often went back home to help take care of my mother-in-law. My parents-in-law liked handmade clothes, so I made cotton clothes and sweaters for them.

One day my mother-in-law fell down while walking; she fractured her knee and was admitted to hospital. The doctor said: “In the future, she cannot bear weight anymore.” I said to my husband: “Let's take your mom to our home. Your brothers and their wives need to work. I have retired. I have time to take care of her." My husband told his brothers, and they were happy.

Unfortunately, my mother-in-law passed away before she left the hospital. My father-in-law passed away two years later. We were faced with issue of distributing the family property. I said to my husband: “We should not take any property. Your parents lived with your youngest brother's family; they cared for your parents more than we did.” The second brother also agreed to give all of the property to the youngest brother. The youngest brother and his wife were very happy and grateful to us. He said to my husband, “You should never divorce your wife. She is a good woman. She is persecuted for her belief, even though she did not commit any crimes.”

Police can not handle Falun Gong practitioners

When I went to Beijing to appeal in 1999, I was arrested by police, taken back to my hometown and detained at the police station. Since I was a veteran practitioner and a coordinator, they assigned a special team of two to persecute me. They deprived me of sleep, locked me to a chair and tried to force me to disclose the names of other Falun Gong practitioners. I told them: "Falun Gong has no organization. It has a loose form. You can come and go freely. There is no registration book." I also explained: "Falun Gong teaches people how to behave in accordance with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. This is why Falun Gong can magically heal illnesses."

Three days later, they increased their manpower. They forced me to read materials slandering Master and Dafa and they wanted to videotape me reading it, so that they could broadcast it on TV. I resisted firmly. I said, "You are making false reports." I would not cooperate with them, although they intimated me, abused me, beat me, and forbade me from sleeping. I was only given two meals per day and had nothing to drink, but I always faced the evil energetically. The police chief then said: "Is the Communist Party not able to cope with you guys?" Seven days passed, and the evil did not get anything from me. They gave up and sent me to a detention center.

If it weren't for Master’s protection and the power of the Fa, it would have been impossible to overcome these tribulations. In these seven days, besides reciting the Fa a lot, I felt Master beside me every minute.

I was sent to a labor camp for a three-year term. During this period, I was transferred to three different labor camps. In the labor camps, I cooperated with fellow practitioners to validate Dafa and oppose the persecution. In 2000, a labor camp held a so-called “transformation” conference; the leaders of the police department and city government all came to participate. We (practitioners) knew they intended to use this opportunity to slander Master and Dafa, so at the start of the conference, we all stood up and cried out: “Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa!” Police dragged us outside and sealed our mouths with tape, but we kept calling out, so the conference was not held.

Another time, the labor camp tried to force us to watch a video in order to “transform” us. We refused and stood up to recite Master’s poem. We kept reciting it from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Policewomen in the room told us to shut up, but we did not listen. Finally they called in additional police from the male team. Five or six policemen came in holding electric batons; there were about 15 officers in total, together with policewomen. They beat us, slapped our faces, pinched our necks, stuffed our mouths, punched and kicked us; some also used electric batons to shock us. Finally they locked us up. For several days they tried to force us to watch videos, but we always resisted. Finally they turned the TV off. There was no “transformation.”

In 2001, I was detained in a labor camp called “the second Masanjia.” [Editor's note: The Masanjia Forced Labor Camp is notorious for severely persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners.] The chief of this labor camp claimed they “transformed” 100 percent of Falun Gong practitioners. I don't think anyone believed it. One day the supervisor came to the labor camp to inspect the situation. The labor camp officials had us stand in line and wait for the supervisor to ask questions. When the supervisor asked me what my attitude was toward Falun Gong, I replied, “Falun Dafa is good!” After me, several others also replied, “Falun Dafa is good!” It shattered the labor camp's lies of 100 percent “transformation.” The supervisor then waved his hand and said, “Let’s go! What 100 percent “transformation”? I see nobody 'transformed.'”

In 2010, I was sent to a labor camp again. One day, the labor camp called all Falun Gong practitioners into the hall. The chief responsible for persecuting Falun Gong was reading evil materials that slandered Dafa. Other policemen surrounded him. There were handcuffs and electric batons on the table, and police looked very arrogant. I was thinking about how to defend Master and Dafa. When several policemen started slandering Master and Dafa, I immediately cried out, “Stop! You are not allowed to slander our Master and Dafa!” The policemen behind me rushed up, pressed my head, covered my mouth and pulled my hair. As soon as they released me, however, I cried out again, “Stop! You are not allowed to slander our Master and Dafa!” Policemen surrounded me again. I thought they might keep torturing me, but amazingly they stopped. I realized that if we have faith in Master and Dafa and are firm in our righteous thoughts, the evil cannot deal with us.

Sentient beings learn the truth and receive blessings

With the foundation of studying the Fa well and cultivating well, I distributed the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, Shen Yun Performing Arts videos, software to break through the Great Firewall and truth-clarifying pamphlets to people. Sometimes I went to a distant countryside to clarify the truth and distribute materials. I have gone to more than 40 villages in three towns.

Normally I ride a bicycle. Going to the countryside by bicycle is hard, but I did not feel tired. I came back with a warm heart. Sometimes I encountered magical things, which helped me realize that Master is beside me every minute.

Once, fellow practitioner and I went to the countryside to distribute Shen Yun videos. It was a market day. There were a lot of people and it was noisy. I shouted: "Hey, folks! Whoever wants to watch Shen Yun please come get the tape!" As soon as I said it, a lot of people surrounded me and reached out to ask for the tape. “I want one! I want two! I want three!” Amazingly, someone from the crowd then called out: “Do not be so disorderly! Line up! One person gets one tape.” People started to queue up.

When I went to the countryside another time, as I walked into an alley, I heard a dog. I did not pay attention to it and just thought, "I want to save sentient beings." As soon as I walked to the house with the dog, it rushed towards me, but I was not scared. The dog took materials from my hand and passed them to its owner.

One day in 2008, I went to distribute Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. I saw several young men walking towards me. I stepped up to them and said, “Have you read the Nine Commentaries?” They looked around and then raised their thumbs. One of them said, “Old lady, you are great! You distribute the Nine Commentaries in such a large crowd.” Someone else then added, “You should be careful.” As they moved on, I stared at their backs and did not want to leave. I always feel warm when I think of their words.

Every bit of caring from sentient beings validates what Master said in “Stirred by Reflection”:

“True thoughts dissolve all,
The whole sky is clear.”

My sister burned her hands while cooking. Her husband took her to the hospital. The doctor said she needed a skin graft. Her husband called me and asked me to accompany her to the procedure. I told my sister: "You have read a lot of truth-clarifying materials and know many examples of Dafa bringing luck to people. If you believe in Dafa, then don't go to the hospital. If you do not believe, then go ahead.” My sister thought for a while and said: “I will not go. I believe Falun Dafa is good.” The doctor told her that her wound was serious, and if it was not taken care of, she would need amputation. However, my sister was not moved. At night, an old friend of my sister's, a burn-wound expert, came to see her. My sister unwrapped the bandages and cried out: "It's magic! Fresh pink flesh is already forming, in just 24 hours! Magic! Magic! Unbelievable!" My sister’s hand healed quickly. This was her blessing for believing in Dafa, supporting Dafa and reciting “Falun Dafa is good.”

One of my friends is a lawyer. After he learned the truth about Dafa, he always told others that Falun Gong did not violate the law and that the Communist Party was persecuting Falun Gong. He told me that for the past few years, whatever he set out to do went smoothly. He was also able to buy a house and a car. It is all due to blessings from Dafa.

The child of my friend told me: "The day before the National College Entrance Exam, my mom and I repeated 'Falun Dafa is good!' one thousand times. When I took the exam, I was full of energy and had a clear head. I was at my best and was admitted to a key national university. I am so grateful to Falun Dafa!"

There are many examples of Dafa bringing rewards to people. These people all got to know the truth and then told other people. They also all quit the CCP and encouraged others to quit, and they removed the pictures of Mao Zedong from their homes. My sister has even gone out to distribute truth-clarifying materials at 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning.

When I recall my cultivation experience, every step has been under Master’s compassionate protection. But as a Dafa disciple in the Fa-rectification period, I am far away from Master’s requirement. There is a big gap between me and diligent fellow practitioners, but I will do my best to catch up with them as soon as possible.

From the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

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Minghui Fahui | My Experiences of Making Truth-Clarifying Materials

December 22, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) I realized that if I produced truth-clarifying materials by myself, I could only do one sticker, one flyer, or one letter. But if we all did it together, the power would be enormous, and it would be able to deter and disintegrate the evil. Master wants us to work together to save more sentient beings.

--From the author

Greetings, compassionate great Master!

Greetings, fellow practitioners!

First of all, I want to thank our compassionate Master for providing Dafa practitioners in mainland China with an opportunity for improvement.

I am an elderly practitioner. I started Dafa cultivation in July 1998. Prior to cultivation, I suffered from many chronic illnesses. For 30 years, I had rheumatoid arthritis, severe rheumatic heart disease, severe strophic superficial gastritis, and severe neurasthenia. These illnesses seriously impacted my work and life. I even had difficulty consuming food. I went everywhere to find a cure, but without success. Thus, I stopped taking medicine and just waited to die. Just then, I came upon Dafa and began cultivation. After practicing it for a short period of time, all of my illnesses disappeared. Dafa is truly extraordinary and magical. Master has given me a second life. Since then, I have devoted my life to solidly cultivating myself in order to repay Master's compassion!

Over the last 14 years, I've experienced happiness of compassionate Master's blessing and joy of improving with fellow practitioners, as well as painful lessons of the evil persecution and the loss of loved ones. Master has painstakingly looked after me. In the process, every time I did well, Master encouraged me and reminded me to be rational and walk steadily on the righteous path. Whenever I sought comfort, felt depressed, or did not cultivate diligently, Master would hint at me with “always cultivating as if you were just starting will surely result in achieving your ultimate rank” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference”). Although I have not seen Master and He is thousands of miles away, I feel that our compassionate Master protects me all the time, cares for me, and encourages me to improve.

Our region originally had five to six leaflets and journals for clarifying the truth. As the persecution progressed, less and less materials became available and finally only one was left. Our local version of the Minghui Weekly stopped being published for a long time. As the persecution intensified, and without materials to expose the crimes of the persecution, Dafa practitioners were arrested, sent to forced labor camps, and sentenced one after another. Seeing the situation, I was heartbroken.

Master said,

“Exposing the wicked policemen and bad persons and publicizing their evil deeds is extremely effective at shocking and restraining those irrational, wicked people.” (Master's comment on a practitioner's article “Expose the Evil Happening Locally to the Local People”)

Without practitioners to do the work, the production of truth-clarifying materials in our whole area was paralyzed.

Making Truth-Clarifying Materials Is a Process of Cultivating Away Fear

As I had no experience in writing articles or editing, I decided to create a way of making truth-clarifying materials. In order to rescue practitioners and save sentient beings, I asked for Master's help. There were many persecution cases needing to be exposed, so I wondered how to get started.

By chance, I saw on TV a story of two armies that were fighting each other. When the leading general was killed, his army was routed and soldiers threw off their armor and ran away. I thought that if we exposed the chief of the local police and made people understand the persecution, it would greatly frighten and restrain the evil. Without the chief to give out commands, the persecution wouldn't be so cruel and the lower-ranked officers wouldn't take the initiative to persecute practitioners, as they often said: “It's all from the top. We just follow orders.”

I thus decided to start from the higher officials, concentrating on the Municipal Committee of the 610 Office, the secretary of Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC), and the director of the police department. I downloaded a Minghui article as a template for self-adhesive stickers. I wrote letters to exhort officials to do good and made self-adhesive stickers with photos of these chief figures. When I looked at the photos, my scalp tingled and I had a creepy feeling. It appeared like the faces in the photos changed: one moment they were black, and the next they became purple ugly faces and their eyes emitted a green murderous gleam. I understood that the evil did not want to be destroyed. I said to it: “You have persecuted to death so many Dafa practitioners and I am going to expose you in broad daylight and let people see your crimes!” I continued to post the stickers with this thought.

After I finished posting the stickers and got ready for lunch, I couldn't stand up. I strengthened my righteous thoughts, but I still couldn't walk. I knew it was the evil's interference as it was putting up a last-ditch struggle.

Master said,

“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings.”) (“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston”)

I thought, “Why could the evil interfere with me?” I could not think of a reason, so I sat down and sent forth righteous thoughts. After ten minutes, I still couldn't move, so I continued to send forth righteous thoughts. Then a thought emerged in my mind: “You only thought of the first half of Master' teaching and didn't enlighten to the meaning of the second half.” I suddenly understood.

The second half of Master's teaching is:

“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”)

When I decided to write articles to expose the evil, I didn't want people to know that I did it. This thought let the old forces take advantage of my loophole. Although I found the root cause, I still had fear deep down in my heart.

Master taught us:

“All of you are already aware of the principle of mutual-generation and mutual-inhibition. If you are not afraid, the factor that would make you afraid will cease to exist. This is not to be self-imposed, but is achieved by truly and calmly letting go of it.” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s),” Essentials for Further Advancement II)

I sent forth righteous thoughts peacefully and uprooted my attachment of fear with divine thoughts. I negated all arrangements by the old forces and cleared all dark minions, rotten ghosts, communist evil spirits, all devious lives, and factors that interfered with my work of clarifying the truth. I sent forth righteous thoughts continuously for 30 minutes. I then recovered and could walk again.

The next day I wrote a letter to the PLAC and the Municipal Committee of the 610 Office to exhort them to do good things. By the time I finished, it was already 2 p.m. When I got up, my legs were in pain, but this time I could walk. After dinner, I sternly admonished the evil, “If you come to give me trouble again, I'll eliminate you!” Then I went inside to get ready to send forth righteous thoughts. My legs no longer hurt, and this phenomenon never happened again.

Master said,

“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,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)

I realized that learning the Fa well and having righteous thoughts and righteous actions were the fundamentals of doing everything well. In the process, I also gained a deeper understanding of Master's words.

Learning to Produce a Weekly Journal and Establishing Materials Production Site

I didn't have any editing experience, but I decided to try. I downloaded Minghui Weekly to see how to mimic it. I saw that the pictures and the accompanying essays in there were excellent, so I downloaded the Minghui Weekly versions from different regions and followed those examples. After going through many trials and errors, I finally completed our local version of the Minghui Weekly. Then, under the guidance of a practitioner with a technical background, I learned to do characters in a fancy style, write words on photos, and layout. I knew Master gave me those abilities, as it would be very difficult for a 61-year-old lady to learn how to edit and do layout otherwise.

I then created a periodical for exposing the persecution at forced labor camps. An experienced practitioner patiently revised my work and gave me guidance. I then compared the revised version to my original to identify the differences. I continuously improved my work.

Master said,

“Yes, it's good that a coordinator wants to help with the Epoch Times work. A person who has a position of responsibility is actually a coordinator, and getting more capable people involved is what's key. How big of a role can any one individual play? Only when the group as a whole plays its role has the coordinator done well. When a coordinator does well himself, well, if you're the only one doing well, then you should just be an average student in that case. The key is that you have got to play the role of and fulfill the duties of a coordinator.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference”)

I realized that if I produced truth-clarifying materials by myself, I could only do one sticker, one flyer, or one letter. But if we all did it together, the power would be enormous, and it would be able to deter and disintegrate the evil. Master wants us to work together to save more sentient beings.

I proposed a number of topics, mostly to write letters to the Public Security director, captain of the Domestic Security Division, and head of the police station. l sent the draft to other practitioners, so that they could use it to write letters. I found out that several practitioners had good writing skills. We let practitioners who had good writing skills be writing counselors and share their writing knowledge with us.

Every week we exchanged views and learned from each other. Practitioners in our group had IT backgrounds, as well as writing, painting, and other skills. We were able to complement each other. Everyone was serious about their work. Some used laptops to learn new skills, some collected source materials, and some wrote articles for the team to read and suggest modifications. I told practitioners how I had learned to edit our local version of Minghui Weekly. Practitioners then also learned how to do it, and are now able to edit our local version of Minghui Weekly on their own.

Cooperating Well with Each Other and Harmonizing the Whole Body

In order to let more practitioners get involved, we asked other practitioners in the county to recommend fellow practitioners who had experience in writing and editing and were willing to engage in the work. We asked these practitioners to write about the persecution that occurs in the county, karmic retribution, and Dafa's extraordinary and magical aspects, as well as to edit the local version of the Minghui Weekly. The data group then reviewed the entries and sent them to the Minghui website. In this way, we exposed the local persecution in a timely manner and reported cases of karmic retribution suffered by those who had persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners, which frightened the evil. This effort also enhanced our working together as a whole body. The result was very good.

When I found a practitioner who wrote well, I tried hard to have this practitioner join our group. I also found a practitioner who specialized in editing. After contacting him, we provided him with truth-clarifying information, and he then published brochures and stickers to expose the evil persecution. It significantly deterred the evil, reduced the evil factors in other dimensions, and enhanced our efforts of saving sentient beings.

We divided the work in our material production site: writing articles, editing journals, compiling Multimedia Messaging Service, and so on. As we had many novice members on the team, to ensure the quality of writing and editing, we assigned experienced practitioners to review their entries. Some practitioners were responsible for reviewing articles and truth-clarifying materials, while others reviewed flyers and brochures, etc. This division of work reduced loopholes and unnecessary errors, and also reduced the burden on practitioners working at Minghui.

We published journals at a specified time. Sometimes when a practitioner responsible for the journal was unable to do the work, another practitioner quietly filled in. If a practitioner experienced technical difficulties, another practitioner with computer skills would help. This practitioner worked very hard and was never absent, even though his work schedule was very tight. A practitioner who was a leader of a small factory placed the role of helping fellow practitioners as her top priority, even though she was very busy at work. Once, a practitioner's aging computer had problems, and she immediately brought another laptop for the practitioner. She said: “Your work is very important and you cannot do the work without a computer.” Her behavior encouraged everyone, reflecting the harmony of the whole body.

We took full advantage of the time, so we met once a week to exchange views and to discuss how to improve operational capacity and enhance our skills in writing and editing. We paid attention to studying the Fa and sharing to improve our understanding of the Fa.

Our truth-clarifying group was also responsible for mailing letters to officials. This effort had two teams: One team handled emergency cases, such as rescuing arrested practitioners, finding defense lawyers, and sending letters and truth-clarifying materials to the relevant agencies; the other team worked on mailing truth-clarifying materials to the municipal administrative institutions such as the political and legal system, the executive authorities, enterprise units, and institutions pertaining to culture, education and health.

I have now passed the task of editing articles that expose the persecution in labor camps to another practitioner, so that I can fill another vacancy, collect more truth-clarifying materials, let more practitioners write articles to expose the persecution and the truth about Dafa, and so on. I am convinced that if we firmly believe in Master and the Fa, there will be no obstacle we can't overcome and nothing that we can't do. Our truth-clarifying materials do not stick to one pattern. They are rich and colorful and play the role of saving sentient beings effectively, which terrifies the evil.

Above are my personal understandings. Please point out anything inappropriate.

From the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

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Minghui Fahui | A Few Stories on Righteous Thoughts

December 23, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Guangxi Province, China

(Minghui.org) I went to Practitioner A's home a few days later and saw 30 copies of neatly folded Nine Commentaries on the desk waiting to be bound. Practitioner B scolded me, “Look what you did. The elderly practitioner spent several days and nights separating all the pages and got dizzy because of it!” Elderly Practitioner A also scolded me. I was astonished and felt very wronged. I thought, “I took such a big risk and worked really hard to print these. Now look how I am being treated.” At that moment, I remembered Teacher's teaching on “looking inward.” I tried to calm myself and apologized gently to Practitioner A, “Ma'am, you have worked hard.” Everybody stopped scolding when they heard this. I continued to look inward and examine myself. What exactly was the problem? Oh, I found it. I had only done a little bit of work, yet I was delighted and very pleased with myself. This mentality, the mentality of showing off, and zealotry surfaced. Also, I didn't consider others and was very selfish. Practitioner A is in her 70s and she had to cut, separate, and bind all the books. I was tired, and she was also very tired!

– From the author

Greetings to respectful Teacher! Greetings to fellow practitioners!

I am a Dafa practitioner from the Guangxi region of China. I want to take the opportunity of the 9th China Fahui on Minghui to recall a few things that happened on my cultivation path and compile them into an article. I sincerely ask Teacher and fellow practitioners to point out anything lacking or inappropriate.

Thirty Copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party

I ended my days of trying to earn a living as a migrant worker, a situation caused by the persecution, and returned home in 2008.

The practitioners in my hometown at the time had formed a Fa study group and set up a small truth-clarification materials production site despite the risk and pressure. The local practitioners were able to get together to study the Fa and share experience twice a week. The small materials production site was only able to print very simple items, such as single sheet flyers and booklets. At that time, in the process of clarifying the truth to sentient beings, I truly sensed that the fallacies, evil theories, and lies that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had instilled in people were preventing them from listening to and understanding the truth, let alone preventing them from quitting the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. As soon as I mentioned the 200-million-year-old stone in Guizhou bearing the words: “The Chinese Communist Party Collapses,” some people would become hostile and say that we were “reactionary” and such. What should we do when we encountered such situations? Would these people not even hear the truth because they were being fooled by the CCP? Yet they were all kind people. Was it that these people could not be saved?

While carefully studying the Fa, I realized that it was urgent to distribute the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. It is the Communist evil specter that is keeping people from hearing the truth, and the Nine Commentaries is a magic sword that can get to the heart of that evil. It is a mirror that reflects and exposes the evil nature of the CCP. So, at Fa study, I suggested that we print and widely spread the Nine Commentaries locally. The other practitioners did not respond very well—some remained silent, some gave the excuse that they didn't know how to download the files and couldn't handle the job technically, and some said that we needed to pay attention to safety.

My few years of experience in helping Teacher in Fa-rectification told me that truly acting according to Teacher's words is what's truly correct. I told everybody the principles that I had enlightened to at my own level and my experience in truly cultivating, then firmly said, “It has been two years since Teacher told us to spread the Nine Commentaries. Yet, in our area, we don't even have one copy of it. I have to do it!” In the end, we all came to an agreement, and I was to find a way to give it a try.

My computer was being illegally held by the Police Department Domestic Security Division at the time, soI couldn't download anything online. What should I do? I thought I would go to a local print shop. Since I didn't want to cause any opposition or worries, I didn't tell the practitioners about my idea. I contacted practitioners from another area and got a copy of a pocket-sized Nine Commentaries. I carefully took it apart and used clear tape to make a double-sided signature plate for each of the eight pages. It took me several days to finish all the plates. I had also been very conscientious about sending strong righteous thoughts for this project.

I took these carefully wrapped, original signature plates to the print shop that I had decided on beforehand. The shop was located in the downtown area right off a major road often passed by police cars. I can't clearly remember the details anymore. I only remember that, during the entire printing process, I was sending righteous thoughts with high concentration energy.

It was quite strange that this print shop, the most well-known one in the area, normally was really busy with a lot of clients coming and going; yet, on that day, I was the only one there. While the Nine Commentaries was printing, the boss and another person came in. He casually picked up a printed sheet to look at and asked, “What are you printing?” I was startled. While asking Teacher for help, I responded breezily with a smile, “It's some history reference material used to prepare for an exam.” I had one thought in my mind, “Let him not see it clearly.” I sent righteous thoughts toward him. He looked at the sheet over and over, and it seemed like he couldn't see it clearly so he put it down. I dared not relax from sending righteous thoughts. When the clerks finished printing all the sheets with a plate, I quickly counted them and put them away in a bag along with the original plates. A few hours had passed and the printing was finally done. I tactfully said that I didn't want this batch of exam reference materials to be leaked and asked that the boss delete the record on the printing equipment right there and then. I also asked to take the wasted sheets. The boss agreed. I collected all my belongings, double checked that I didn't miss anything, paid, and left the print shop. When I left, I didn't forget to leave on the counter a truth-clarification flyer that could save them.

I took a pedicab to a small intersection near Practitioner A's home. After the pedicab left, I carried the heavy bag to Practitioner A's and knocked on the door. Practitioner A is in her 70s. I asked her to cut the printed sheets, separate the pages according to the page numbers, and bind them into booklets. Practitioner A agreed cheerfully. It was already dark when I got home. I lay my tired body down and saw that all my clothes were drenched with sweat.

I went back to her home a few days later. As soon as I got there, I saw 30 copies of neatly folded Nine Commentaries on the desk waiting to be bound. Practitioner B scolded me, “Look what you did. She spent several days and nights separating all the pages and got dizzy because of it!” Practitioner A also scolded me. I was astonished and felt very wronged. I thought “I took such a big risk and worked really hard to get these printed. Yet look how you treat me!” At that moment, I remembered Teacher's teaching on “looking inward.” I tried to calm myself and apologized gently to Practitioner A, “Ma'am, you have worked hard.” Everybody stopped scolding. I continued to look inward and examine myself. What exactly was the problem? Oh, I found it. I had only done a little bit of work, yet I was delighted and very pleased with myself. This mentality, along with the mentality of showing off and zealotry, surfaced. Also, I didn't consider others and was very selfish. Practitioner A is in her 70s and she had to cut, separate, and bind all the books. I was tired, but so was she!

The other practitioners asked me where I had had the pages printed and how much I had spent. I told them they had been done in a local print shop and had cost more than 300 yuan. They were astonished. It's necessary to know that the situation at the time was still very dangerous. Plus, I was being persecuted financially and only received less than 100 yuan in living expenses per month. I saved more than 300 yuan by living frugally, and it took me a long time to save that amount. Practitioner B said she would think of a way to print the covers, then send them over to be bound.

Many days passed. We all saw each other again at Practitioner A's home. The neatly bound copies of the Nine Commentaries were placed on the desk. I saw the red eyes and the swollen fingers of Practitioner A due to the long working hours, and I was deeply touched. Other than Practitioner A, the rest of us are not very good with our hands. We are all very clumsy and couldn't do any fine hand work with meticulous details. The work of binding all of these copies was taken on by this elderly practitioner herself. She held an awl in one hand and a thimble in another, pierced many small holes, then, stitch by stitch, bound the pages into booklets with cotton thread. Then she coated them with white glue and put the covers on. It took her more than half of a day to finish just one copy of the Nine Commentaries.

The practitioners really cherished these 30 copies of the Nine Commentaries with white covers. We bought elegant wrapping paper, carefully wrapped them individually, and passed them out with truth-clarification materials.

Practitioner B then brought another edition of the Nine Commentaries to the Fa study group. She made it after learning how to download it from practitioners in a different area. Practitioner C had financial hardships, yet he said that he had bought a laser printer dedicated to printing the Nine Commentaries.

A few years have passed, and now we are able to produce the Nine Commentaries with elegant covers. We have passed out more than 1,000 copies of them locally. The content of the Nine Commentaries is widespread and has built a solid foundation for sentient beings to hear the truth and to be saved.

About a month ago, I got a ride from my cousin back to my hometown. Along the way, we talked a lot about our family, and, of course, about the truth of Dafa and my comments on current affairs and issues. I found that a lot of what my cousin talked about was from the Nine Commentaries. I asked him whether he had read the Nine Commentaries. He said he hadn't, but the content was no longer a secret in the community. I took the opportunity to advise him to quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. He readily agreed. It is truly “Spread the Nine Commentaries and the evil Party will fade!” (“To Save the World” from Hong Yin III)

“I Want You to Take Me Home by Car!”

One morning a few years ago, a group of police officers arrested me at work. They bundled me into a car, drove to my home, and broke in. The sudden event caught me off guard. I didn't know where the problem was, so I just treated these police officers as if they came to learn the truth. I started reciting the Fa-rectification formulas while loudly telling them the facts about Dafa. They seemed panicky. One officer said, “I'll let you say that! I'll let you say that 'in there' in a little while!” Though in my mind I was somewhat uncertain at the time, I remained committed to sending righteous thoughts and eliminating the evil behind them. Sure enough, the officers went through a few rooms as a formality, then took me and my computer to the police station.

“No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil’s demands, orders, or what it instigates. If everyone does this the environment won’t be this way.” (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” from Essentials for Further Advancement II ) Teacher's words were clearly imprinted in my mind. Since I was already here, I would clarify the truth.

Before the illegal interrogation was hand recorded, I saw an officer press a button on the phone. I guessed that was an audio monitor or a recorder. I smiled and sat down politely facing the officer and “agreed” to the “interrogation.” The police officer also smiled when he saw me smiling and was pretty polite to me.

The “interrogation” started. I wouldn't respond to their questions or train of thoughts. Whatever he asked, I ignored it entirely and just focused on telling the truth; the truth being that I became healthy after practicing and my stubborn illness had suddenly disappeared, the doubtful points of the staged Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident, how Falun Gong has spread around the world, that good will be rewarded with good and evil will receive retribution, that Ren Changxia and Nanning City Mayor Song Fumin receiving retribution, and the Liu Chuanxin incident. I spoke clearly and plainly. One of the officers who was listening came over and said ironically, “We ask about the east, he answers the west. We hit the gong, he hits the dustpan.” I started laughing.

I talked from dawn to dusk. I talked about whatever I thought of. I told everything that I knew to clarify the truth, plus everything about the Nine Commentaries that I could remember. Finally, I really had nothing else to talk about, so I put my head down on the desk and sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil that was persecuting me.

In the end, the officer who had been interrogating me asked me to “cooperate” and sign a form. I calmly refused, saying “The last time I cooperated and signed. I was put in prison for quite a while. This time I will not be fooled again.” Several officers took turns trying to force me to sign the form. They claimed that, even if I didn't sign, they could still send me to jail. I was not tempted or scared. I told them, “I am not guilty. You brought me here for no reason. I will not sign it.”

I thought that even if I was put in jail, I would still clarify the truth and send forth righteous thoughts. After a little while, I felt that this thought was not correct. Dafa practitioners all try to be good people and save sentient beings. Why must we be put in jail and suffer? Teacher would not arrange for Dafa practitioners to be subjected to persecution in jail. I immediately changed my thought and asked to be released. I sent forth righteous thoughts and demanded to be immediately released unconditionally. The officers had nothing else to try. The interrogating officer walked out of the room angrily and said that he would report to his superiors.

After a while, he came back looking defeated. He told me that his superiors had said to release me. The officers next to him looked at each other and seemed puzzled. I was really happy. I knew that only Teacher's arrangements for me count. I firmly believe that Dafa practitioners' righteous thoughts are powerful, so I demanded, “I want you to take me home by car!” A tall officer laughed at me, “Take you home? Take a taxi yourself!” The interrogating officer was sweating profusely. He said, “Take, take....” He pointed at the tall officer and said, “You come along.” “What?” The tall officer was stunned and baffled.

I walked out of the office with my head held high. The office next door was ablaze with lights at the time. Through the windows, I saw about a dozen high ranking officials just leaving a meeting. Some of them, due to fear, lowered their heads, tried to avoid me, and didn't dare to look at me. Some smiled at me. I knew that they had heard the truth that I told.

The next morning, a police car showed up at my home. I saw through the curtains that the police officer from the day before had directed the leaders of my workplace to knock on my door and try to arrest me. I didn't pay much attention, sat down in the lotus position, put my hand in the upright position, and started sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil that was persecuting me. I ordered that they leave. After a while, they left.

Afterwards, all of a sudden, I felt a little scared. “If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control.” (“Expounding on the Fa” from Essentials For Further Advancement) I thought that I must look inward, upgrade my xinxing, and end this round of persecution completely.

After that, I studied the Fa carefully and sent righteous thoughts targeting this problem for long periods of time. Compared to the Fa, I found that I didn't have enough compassion, was competitive, poked fun of the police officers, looked down on others, was zealous, liked to show off, and was delighted and pleased with myself after accomplishing just a little bit. I repeatedly recalled what I had said at the time and my recent cultivation state and found my existing loopholes and what was lacking in what I did and said. For example, while I was clarifying the truth, the way I raised my fist and chanted slogans was just the way a “revolutionary hero” in the evil Party's propaganda movies would. I hadn't gotten rid of the evil Party's influence. Also, when the police asked me if I had written a certain article on the Minghui website, I answered like a sneaky everyday person and quibbled. I was not being “truthful.” You must know that the old forces are watching like a tiger, ready to pounce on its prey. They would think that I was lying and why couldn't I answer it wisely, “It's written by a Dafa practitioner!” in an upright and dignified manner. The most important was that I was not clear about my responsibility and didn't take it seriously. I am a Dafa practitioner during the Fa-rectification period, and I have a sacred mission and shoulder the important task of saving the sentient beings in this area, including the police officers. I must take the initiative and save people!

Once I understood that the relationship between me and the police officers was “to save and to be saved,” I started thinking about ways to go about clarifying the truth to them wisely and ask them to quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. One night, I had a dream that I went to the police station and ran into two young officers. In the courtyard of the station, many people in uniform (not the Communist Party's uniforms) formed an orderly circle and were having a meeting. A few them were wearing outfits that seemed to be generals' uniforms, and they were waiting for me to bring them tea and water.

The next day, I went to the police station to clarify the truth. As soon as I got to there, two young officers walked toward me. It was the exact same situation as in the dream I had the night before. I cried.

“We Are Together. We Came Together and Will Go Back Together!”

I got a phone call from the Domestic Security Division notifying me to pick up my computer that had been illegally confiscated. They also notified Practitioner Zhang to pick up his computer. I discussed it with the local practitioners, and we decided to take on different tasks but work together as a whole. Practitioner Zhang and I would go to the Domestic Security Division to get our computers, and the rest of the practitioners would send righteous thoughts from their homes.

After sending righteous thoughts, Practitioner Zhang and I went to the police department at the agreed time. An officer in the Domestic Security Division asked me to sign a form. I looked at it carefully and saw that it was a receipt to picking up the computer, so I signed it. Mr. Zhang did also. The officer then brought a written record of an illegal interrogation for Practitioner Zhang and told him to sign it. He refused. The officer threatened him and Mr. Zhang was a little scared. He waffled and couldn't say anything. I said, “He really can't sign this one. If he did, it would not be good for you, either.” Then I started clarifying the truth to the officer. The officer was surprised and scared. He cut me off, drove me out of the office rudely, and shut the door. “I don't believe I can't punish you...” As I stood outside the door and heard the police officer's howling getting louder and louder, I got very anxious.

“Practitioner Zhang has loopholes in his xinxing! Even if he has loopholes, he cannot be persecuted! His problems are my problems!” These ideas reflected intensely in my thoughts.

I sent powerful righteous thoughts targeting the office to eliminate all the evil that was persecuting him. After about five minutes, the officer opened the door, and yelled at me angrily. “Don't stand there. You are in our way. Leave right away!”

How was I getting in their way by just standing there? I knew that my righteous thoughts had had an effect. I said I had come to pick up my computer and how could I leave without it? The officers quickly got my computer, put it by the door, and told me again to leave immediately. I didn't leave and continued to send forth righteous thoughts.

This time, the officers panicked and came out again. One yelled at me, “I have already given you your computer. Hurry up and leave! What do you care about him! Leave, or we will arrest both of you!” I was calm and at ease, knowing full well that they couldn't arrest me. I answered calmly and with dignity, “We are together. We came together and will go back together!” “Together?” The officer repeated what I had said. His eyes were full of panic and despair.

I continued to send forth righteous thoughts and asked Teacher for help. After who knows how long had passed, a high ranking official from the police department walked over to me. I thought it was a good opportunity to expose the evil so I went to tell him, “We came here to pick up our computers and have already signed the paperwork, yet one of us is still being detained. They also yelled and shouted at us. You have to manage your men!”

This official had read the Nine Commentaries and heard me clarifying the truth in person when I advised him to quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. He is very kind. He pushed open the office door and went in. After a while, he came out and smiled at me, “There's nothing to worry about.” I dared not treat it lightly and let my guard down so I continued to send righteous thoughts.

The door opened. Mr. Zhang walked out, yelling, “I don't want the computer anymore! I don't want it!” I was surprised. The official walked over and told us to go home first. I asked Mr. Zhang to help me carry my computer. We left the police department and went home together by car. Before we left, I didn't forget to politely say good-bye to the high ranking official and the other officers.

Afterwards, Mr. Zhang and I exchanged views on what had happened. I told him that I saw his shortcoming in what he said that day. The computer is our magic tool in helping Teacher in Fa-rectification, it has life and a mission. When it heard its owner said that he didn't want it anymore, it would cry. Mr. Zhang said that he should look inward carefully.

Since I finished writing this article, I have been asking myself why I did well during that time. Recalling those past events, I was very strict with myself then and studied the Fa very well. I was clear on the principles of the Fa and evaluated my actions against the Fa. When I was writing this article, I found myself in the cultivation state of striving forward vigorously that I used to be in. All of a sudden, I realized why, for a considerable length of time, I had a negative attitude and was stagnant.

“Eliminate your last attachment(s). Everything you have accomplished through cultivation practice has already established your infinitely wonderful, and sacred, future Attainment Status. Take every step well, and don’t tarnish what you have already attained. Let the part of you that has been fully cultivated glow with an even purer brilliance.” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s)” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Let Teacher's words encourage us to do well on our paths!

Thanks to the Fa conference! Thanks, everyone!

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