Minghui Fahui | Clarifying the Truth and Saving People with Righteous Thoughts

December 23, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Shandong Province, China

(Minghui.org) When I clarified the truth to the manager of a small supermarket, he became very angry with me and said some things that not only slandered Dafa and Master but also hurt my feelings. Even his family tried to avoid me. However, I was not angry. I knew they had been poisoned by the lies and propaganda. I still tried to approach them, and in time, his entire family quit the Chinese Communist Party. The manager was especially happy to quit and now only says good things about Falun Gong. He is very pleased to accept money with truth clarification phrases written on the bills. He said, “I would like to trade such bills with you, however much you have.” His wife said to me,“We spend it much quicker than you.”

---The author

Greetings, great Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I was detained for many years in prison and would like to share some of my experiences of clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings after I was released and also report to Master.

Actively Disintegrating the Evil and Clarifying the Truth to Save Police Officers

After I was released, I stayed at home and read the Fa for a period of time. I then decided to clarify the truth to the police officers who had persecuted me.

I initially went to my local police station and found the one who had arrested me. I asked him with righteous thoughts, “Do you recognize me? With your assistance, I was in prison for years.” This officer explained that even though he had arrested me, it wasn't his own doing, and that he was just following orders. He said the Chinese Communist Party paid him, so he had to do it. I said, “Your wages come from the general public, as does the money for the Communist Party. If the CCP asked you to kill someone, would you kill him? If they asked you to start a fire, would you do it? Can you find people who are better than Falun Gong practitioners? Do you know the consequences of following the CCP? Do you know how many people have been punished by heaven for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners?” This police officer had nothing to say. I continued, “If someone tells me that you are still arresting Falun Gong practitioners, I won't let you off the hook.” He replied,“Thanks, thanks. I won't arrest Falun Gong practitioners anymore.” I have not heard that he has arrested practitioners since then.

I then directly went to my local 610 Office. The staff in the office told me that the person in charge wasn't there. I started clarifying the facts to them as I waited for the person in charge. One staff member wanted to get rid of me, but I wouldn't leave. The deputy head finally appeared, and I asked him, “Which law did I violate that led to me staying in prison for years? My mother passed away during that time, and my daughter suffered from insomnia. Did I kill someone? Did I commit arson? Did I steal anything? I would pay or apologize to the person if you could find anyone I hurt. You must stop doing wrong deeds. Look how many disasters have taken place. It is caused by human beings' lack of virtue.”

I once saw some words slandering Dafa on a utility pole, and I used a cloth to wipe them off. I saw that some words still showed, so I tried to remove the rest of it. Someone was watching me. A motor bike had been following me wherever I went, but I was not afraid. I felt sorry for these people, because they were deluded by the lies. I tried to approach the person, but as soon as I did, they ran away. Later on a car with tinted windows followed me all the time. I could not see who was inside but noticed the license number. The car they used to follow me changed frequently. I know that the evil cannot prevent me from saving sentient beings. I will just listen to Master and do what Master asks us to do, including read the Fa more, send forth righteous thoughts, and save more sentient beings. I clarified the truth to over 700 people during those two months. Wherever I went, there was always a car following me. I looked at the car and smiled at the people inside. I laughed at how silly they were.

Another time I realized I was being followed by two plainclothes officers while I was distributing materials in another city. My fears surfaced when I got home. I could not read or send righteous thoughts properly. My thoughts were filled with where to hide my Falun Gong books and materials. These kinds of thoughts stayed in my head until the next morning when I did the exercises. When I did the second exercise of holding the wheel, I suddenly remembered there was a picture of the Tiananmen Square self-immolation hoax in the informational materials, and the police could be saved if they read it. In no time, I became happier. I realized that Master had taken away my attachment of fear and worry, like nothing had happened. I then decided to to report to the police that someone was following me.

I first went to the police station located north of the city. A young officer asked if he could help, and I answered, “I have been followed by wicked people.” He said, “Nothing has happened to you yet, but you come and report. I can't be with you and protect you all day long.” I said, “Won't it be too late to report it after something happens to me? You are incapable of catching the bad people, but you arrest Falun Gong practitioners, don't you?” The officer tried to stop me, saying, “Don't mention Falun Gong here, I don't believe in anything.” I said, “I practice Falun Gong and cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. It is impossible not to mention Falun Gong.” He said, “The people who practice Buddhist and Christian religions are not like Falun Gong practitioners—you try to show people that Falun Dafa is good. If people don't believe it, you follow them and clarify the truth.” I laughed and replied, “It seems you have a predestined relationship with Falun Gong, and someone told you the truth about it.” He said, “That the Tiananmen Square self-immolation was staged is not a groundless rumor. There must be some reason behind it for the government to suppress Falun Gong.” I replied, “According to your logic, that high-ranking officials were suppressed during the Cultural Revolution is also not a groundless rumor, and there must be a reason behind the Communist Party massacring the students who were protesting corruption on June 4, 1989.” He was silent. I continued, “Apart from what you see on TV, have you ever heard of other Falun Gong practitioners committing self-immolation?” When he said he had not, I carried on, “Do I look like a person who would commit self-immolation?” He smiled and I continued, “In order to pressure me to renounce my belief, the CCP used more than 20 excruciating ways to torture me, but none of them worked. They hung me up by handcuffs, injected me with toxic drugs, drew a rope tightly around my neck, punched me, kicked me, took off all my clothes to humiliate me, etc.” He was shocked to hear all this. I continued, “Even the Japanese never used such tactics when they invaded China during World War II, but the CCP uses them on these good people. How many crimes has the CCP committed? How can heaven forgive them? Are you a member of the Chinese Communist Party?” He nodded. I said, “Hurry up and quit to save your life. Don't go along with them to do evil deeds.” He nodded again.

I went to another police station located in the southern part of the city. I clarified the truth to the officer and helped him quit the CCP as well. In the end, the car that had been monitoring me disappeared.

I found a plainclothes police officer monitoring me when I went out to buy my breakfast on July 20, 2012. He pretended he was doing some exercises. I asked him, “Where do you work?” “Selling second hand cars,” he answered. “But you don't look like a person who would have such a job. What is your name?” I asked. He replied, “I can't tell you.” I continued, “People who are afraid telling their names are spies. Because they do shameful things, they don't dare to tell people their names. Don't do dirty work for a little profit. Look at how many disasters have taken place just because people don't care about virtue.” After my intense questioning, he went into hotel across the street. I ran after him into the hotel, but could not find where he hid. The officer never reappeared.

One day, I wrote on a utility pole: “The Chinese Communist Party is evil and has killed 80 million Chinese people.” Just then I noticed a black car parked in front of me. A man shouted at me from the car, “What are you writing?” I said calmly, “Nothing. Where are you from?” He replied fiercely, “From the police department. Get into the car.” I walked to his car and said, “Don't be so suspicious, keep on going.” He quietly left.

Clarifying the Truth to the Chief Judge of the Criminal Court

Several local practitioners were held in a detention center and facing trial. Fellow practitioners and I decided to clarify the truth to the chief judge of the criminal court. I did not have a clue how to do this, as I didn't know the degree to which the judge was poisoned or how effective the truth clarification letters practitioners had sent had been. I am impatient, so I decided to work with calm practitioners, so we could complement each other.

We targeted the important points when we met him. We clarified the truth from the perspective of the CCP corruption, to natural calamities that have taken place; from the CCP tyranny, to political campaigns in history that have killed 80 million Chinese people; and from the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, to Falun Gong having spread all around the world. The judge listened with concentration and only interrupted when he filled our cups. He said, “Falun Gong is political.” I said, “The CCP claims that whoever opposes the Party today will want to take power tomorrow. What Party did Confucius oppose 2,000 years ago? What political issues was he involved with? But the CCP was still criticizing him in the 1970s.” The judge laughed and nodded, “Yes, Yes.” We asked him to release innocent Falun Gong practitioners. We told him that they were cultivating Buddhahood and that it is a great sin to persecute cultivators. The judge was confused about the situation and said, “Everyone knows that if our superiors didn't pressure us, we wouldn't get involved with the persecution. I don't have the last word, and there are others are involved with this issue.” “At least, you don't actively take part in the persecution and don't help the tyrant to do evil, and that will be good for you,” I said. The judge then nodded. He finally agreed to quit the CCP and also accepted that Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Before we left, I gave him some brochures and DVDs, and he joking said, “Look at these—they are all your so called 'criminal evidence.'” He pointed to one of them and said, “I have read this.” I said, “This is a different issue—please read it.” He nodded.

Four Things That Completely Changed the Family of a Supermarket Manager

When I clarified the truth to the manager of a small supermarket, he got very angry with me and said some things that not only slandered Dafa and Master but also hurt my feelings. Even his family tried to avoid me. However, I was not angry. I knew they had been poisoned by the lies and propaganda. I still tried to approach them, and after the four things below took place, the entire family quit the Chinese Communist Party.

1. My father-in-law likes tofu. I have to get up early every morning to go and buy this for him. My father-in-law later moved to the countryside to live, but I still visited him every three or five days with a vacuum flask of tofu. My husband and I had to travel dozens of miles to get there. The supermarket manager's wife praised me as a good daughter-in-law.

2. I was late one time to buy the tofu, and there was only a little bit left when I got there. The manager's wife used one hand to move the big vacuum flask and the other to scoop the tofu. I was thinking about something and forgot to help her. The tofu fell on the floor when she scooped it up. I thought if I had helped her, it would not have fallen on the floor. I apologized and insisted on paying for the loss. However she did not want to take any money and said it was her fault.

3. I went to the same supermarket to buy instant noodles. I bought two packs. One was 2 yuan, and the other was 2.5 yuan. The manager's wife only charged me 4 yuan, so I asked her to re-calculate the price. She said, “Only Falun Gong practitioners are honest. If this happens to other people, they quietly take the noodles.” Just then, some officials from the City Management Office were passing by, and the manager's wife blurted out, “Are you members of the Communist Party? Hurry up and quit from it. Falun Gong is very good.”

4. I found a blouse on the floor with exquisite packaging from the supermarket on the opposite side of the street. I waited for a while, but didn’t see anyone come back to look for it. I gave it to the manager's wife and asked her to look out for anyone looking for it on the opposite side of the street. The manager's wife said, “You are a genuinely good person.” I later heard from the manager's wife that the owner did ask her if she had found an expensive blouse. She then gave it to the owner. The owner was very appreciative and thanked her, but she said, “Don't thank me, it was found by a Falun Gong practitioner and she left it here.”

All the manager's family members have since quit the CCP. The manager was especially happy to quit and now only says good words about Falun Gong. He is very pleased to accept money with truth clarification phrases written on the bills. He said, “I would like to trade bills with you, however much you have.” His wife also said to me, “We spend it much quicker than you.

On another occasion, I forgot to take money with me when I went to their shop. The manager's daughter said, “Bring the money next time.” However, I went home right away and returned with the money. The manager's son-in-law did not count it and put the money in the drawer. I said, “Why don't you count it?” The manager's daughter and son-in-law said, “We would count it if someone else gave it to us, but we don't need to count your money at all.”

My Talisman Miraculously Returned 45 Days after a Car Accident

I was involved in a car accident at around 2:00 p.m. on March 18, 2012. A black car ran right into me while I was clarifying the truth to a young man. I put my hands over my abdomen, which hurt terribly, and asked for Master's help. In just a few seconds, the pain disappeared. I was thrown about five to six meters by the car. The driver, who smelled strongly of alcohol, came over to me and said, “I will take full responsibility for the accident. Let me take you to the hospital.” I saw that he was frightened and said to him with a smile, “I'm all right. I am a Falun Gong practitioner, and my Master protects me.” The driver asked, “Can you stand up? Try to walk and let me see.” “Could you help me pick up my shoes?” I asked him. The driver then walked a few meters away to pick up my shoes. I used this time to quietly pick up my broken watch from the ground (I got it repaired myself). I walked a few steps and said to the driver, “Have you seen the miracle of Falun Gong?” The driver was excited and said, “You don't need to say anything, I understand now. However, I have to give you some money.” He put his hand in his pocket as he spoke. I stopped him, “I won't accept your money. My teacher teaches us to be good people. If a person genuinely practices Falun Gong, he will do exactly what our teacher advises. You are lucky today. If you had hit someone else, you would have had lots of trouble. And besides, why do you drive when you've been drinking?” He carried on, “You are really magnanimous! Can you give me your phone number? I would like to be your friend.” I replied, “I don't want anything from you, I only ask that you say something just, because the CCP is still arresting these good people, and that violates the principles of heaven.” The driver said he understood. I continued, “You can go now. I need to go home and change my clothes.” He immediately said, “Let me take you home.”

He then saw that his bumper was broken, and only the license was still there. There was also a dent in the car. An older man with a cane who was standing nearby pointed at me and said to the driver, “She is a very good person!” I said to the driver, “You will have to spend some money to get your car repaired.” He later told me he was very naughty when he was in school, so his teacher didn't let him join the Youth League. I gave him a talisman with the words, "Falun Dafa Is Good," and said, “You won't have any trouble later on if you wear this.” He took the talisman and thanked me again and again.

When I got home, I noticed that my talisman was missing, and there was only the chain around my neck. I was sad about this. I called my relatives and told them how Master had protected me. To my surprise they all blamed the driver and wanted compensation from him, otherwise they would take him to court. My younger sister said, “Someone in my company had a car accident. It was nothing at the time, but the person died the following day because his organs failed.” She also suggested that I go to the hospital and get looked at. When my husband heard about it, he was very worried about me and said, “If something happens to you, how will I live?” I said, “I am different from them. I have Teacher protecting me, and my Master only protects good people. He does not protect a bad person. If I didn't comply with the requirements of Truthfulness-Compassion- Forbearance, Master wouldn't protect me, and you would then really have trouble.” My husband murmured, “That guy really met a good person.”

On May 3, I was going to move to a smaller room after my daughter returned to school after the holidays. When I picked up a pillow, I saw my green, transparent talisman with the words "Falun Dafa Is Good" under the pillow. I held it and tears flowed. Master saw my heart and helped me to find it.

I have many stories about clarifying the truth and validating the Fa, but I can't detail them all here. However, I will read the Fa more, cultivate myself well, and save more sentient beings. Let's be worthy of Master's expectations and the expectations of sentient beings.

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Minghui Fahui | An Entire Family Practices Dafa and Walks the Divine Path

December 23, 2012 |   By a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Greetings, Revered Master! Greetings, Fellow Practitioners!

I would like to report to Master about the cultivation experiences of me and my family over the past 14 years, and to share this with fellow practitioners.

1. The Entire Family Obtains the Fa

My husband had been very interested in qigong. When he went back to his hometown in 1997 and saw his mother practicing Falun Gong, he stayed awake for the whole night to read the book Zhuan Falun. He then told his mother, “This Gong is very good. You should continue to practice.”

He started paying attention to the Falun Gong books he saw in bookstores and gradually brought many of them home. One day in June of 1998, Dafa practitioners within the same residential area were holding a Fa conference. He met them on his way home. The practitioners invited him to attend as well. A ticket was required to get into the conference room, but he did not have one. He was standing by the door, hoping somebody would give him one. He had stood there for 30 minutes, and the Fa conference had already started. A practitioner saw that he was waiting there so patiently and sincerely, so he gave my husband a ticket. After he went in and sat down and listened to practitioners' sharing, he was moved by the stories and cried from the beginning to the end. He felt the wonderfulness of Falun Gong from the bottom of his heart. After he returned home, he started listening to Master's lectures. July 1 was his birthday. I said, “On your way home from work, you can get a bottle of wine to celebrate your birthday!” He smiled, “From now on, I want to practice Falun Gong and stop drinking.” The next morning, he went to the exercise site.

After my husband started practicing Falun Gong, my six-year-old son, Xiaoxiao, and I started eliminating karma. Xiaoxiao developed growths all over his body, and he smelled like Chinese medicine. My son had severe gastritis and rhinitis and took a lot of Chinese and western medicines. He weighed less than 40 lbs. I developed a bowl-sized sore overnight on my back. I had a dream that Master's Fashen took my primordial spirit and went through the three realms to different dimensions. I woke up my husband with great excitement and shared my dream with him. The next morning, I went to the exercise site. After work, while I was reviewing the five sets of exercises at home, my son followed along with me. Just like that, the three of us all started practicing Dafa.

2. Young Practitioner Xiaoxiao's Experience Sharing

My family is a small Fa study group. The first time we read Zhuan Falun, Xiaoxiao followed along with me. The second time, he started reading on his own. The third time, he already could follow along with the Fa study group. A six-year-old reading the whole book with adults is a miracle itself.

Xiaoxiao experienced karma elimination three times. He had a fever of over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). I couldn't handle it and gave him a shot to help reduce his fever. The second time, I used alcohol to lower his temperature. When he realized that alcohol was also medicine and that he did not pass the test the first two times, he was very upset and cried. The third time he had a high fever, it occurred during the day. However, when it passed midnight, he calmed down, the temperature came down and he went to sleep. Then after 4:00 a.m., he started having a fever again. This lasted for three days. He told us that he was just eliminating karma and did not need to go to the hospital.

Prior to practicing Falun Gong, Xiaoxiao had gained less than four pounds every year. However, during the first year he started practicing, he gained 10 pounds. His face showed a healthy color. Master opened his celestial eye. He often shared with us what he saw in other dimensions. Once, he was playing on his own and was saying something to himself. He said several children played cards with him. They all had names, and they came here on a horse-drawn carriage. We asked him where they came from. He pointed to his chest and said, “From here.” When he studies the Fa, he goes into a meditative state. When he holds Zhuan Falun, he is as if segregated from the outside world. Nobody can interfere with him.

After the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999, Xiaoxiao wrote several words on a small blackboard, “Do not hand in Dafa books,” and held it in his hands by the door and stopped me from handing in the Dafa books.

During the days that I was detained at the brainwashing center, my mother was allowed to visit me. She asked Xiaoxiao what he wanted to say to me, and he said, “Two words, 'Be persistent.'” In 2002, when I was at the brainwashing center and my husband had to leave home to avoid persecution, many kind-hearted people took care of Xiaoxiao. To their surprise, they could not tell that Xiaoxiao was without the control of his parents. The ten-year-old lived happily and often sang songs to his grandmother to make her happy.

The parents of his classmate told us, “We admire Xiaoxiao, not only because he is a good student, but also because of his kind heart for helping others. Even right before the middle school entry exam, Xiaoxiao still spent time helping our child with problem solving.” Nowadays, children are usually an only child in the family and rarely want to help others. But as a young Dafa practitioner, Xiaoxiao can be selfless and treat others kindly. For one problem, Xiaoxiao not only explained one way of solving it to his classmate, but several other ways too. Xiaoxiao never told us about these things. They all came from teachers or parents of his classmates.

Xiaoxiao did well as a young Dafa practitioner. Master also gave him a reward: he was number one in the entire district for the middle school entry exam. Everybody knew about it: the child from a Falun Gong family was number one! We did not miss this great opportunity to clarify the facts about Dafa.

From elementary school to high school, everybody knew that our entire family practices Falun Gong. Xiaoxiao brought his classmates home, and we clarified the facts to them and helped them withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its associated organizations. Xiaoxiao did not join the Communist Youth League. Xiaoxiao's grandmother and some teachers who cared about him got anxious and were afraid that his not joining the Youth League could bring him trouble. So they tried to persuade him to join and then withdraw. Xiaoxiao said, “I know it's poison; why would I drink it?”

3. My Cultivation Experience

I used to be an athlete, but I suffered from rhinitis and rheumatism, and easily caught cold at a young age.

In the beginning when I started practicing Falun Gong, it was hard for me to sit in the half-lotus position with one leg crossed over the other. Every night, when my family all sat together to do the meditation exercise, it was the moment that I suffered the most. Every day, with my husband and my son's encouragement, I finished meditating for one hour with tears in my eyes. I went from single crossing my legs to the half lotus position to full lotus position. It took me six months.

After I started practicing the exercises, my body went through miraculous changes. Within six months, every time I was doing the sitting meditation, I could feel cold air going out from my palms. Even during hot weather, after I finished the sitting meditation, I needed a blanket to cover myself up. As I practiced more, I could feel a warm current going through my body. Master gave me fine and healthy skin.

In July 1999, when the CCP started to spread slander about Falun Dafa, I had doubts. But I felt that Master has given me multiple opportunities to confront the evil persecution and validate Dafa.

Once, my manager wanted to have a conversation with me. I knew it was opportunity knocking at the door. At that time Master's lectures “True Nature Revealed” and “Position” had been published. I recited the lectures on my way there, “A magnificent cultivator, on the other hand, is able to let go of his Self and even all of his ordinary human thoughts amidst crucial trials.” (“Position,” Essentials for Further Advancement II) After I arrived there, the manager said, “The upper management has demanded that you write articles to criticize Falun Gong.” He gave me a piece of paper and a pen. So I started writing an article to validate Dafa. I wrote a short essay. He said, “No, this doesn't work. Rewrite it.” So I wrote a long article to validate how wonderful Dafa is. After he read it, he said, “This time, it looks good. You can go home now.” Later I found out that three managers discussed my article and said, “If we hand in this article, she would be done.” At last, they decided not to hand in my paper. Just like that, Master helped save me from an evil persecution. Later, this manager protected me until he retired.

One day in Autumn in 2001, my husband was reported while he was putting up Dafa posters and was detained at a detention center. The following night, the police, along with the subdivision staff members, attempted to break in to ransack my home. When I heard the footsteps coming upstairs, I immediately locked the door and turned off the lights. No matter how loud they shouted outside, I did not open the door. I told Xiaoxiao, who was scared, to go to sleep, “Mom will not open the door.” After over three hours, with Master's protection, they left.

One afternoon in late Autumn in 2002, I was conducting class with my students. A staff member of the security division at our campus and a police officer illegally arrested me in my classroom and took me to a brainwashing center. I went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The same night, while I was clarifying the facts to former practitioners who had gone astray, I suddenly felt a warm current going down through my body. I immediately felt my righteous thoughts were so strong. I was full of tears and told those former practitioners how I felt at that moment. I knew Master was right by me.

During the 50 days of persecution, when I did well, Master encouraged me. I had a dream that I went to a university and continued to graduate school. When I did not do well, Master gave me hint that I was taking an elevator and going down fast from a high-rise building. Later, I was rescued by my family. After I returned home, through Fa-study and experience sharing, I understood that I fell into the old forces' trap of the so-called test. Prior to my arrest, I always thought: “If I were arrested, I would...” I did not negate the persecution.

After I returned home, I was still persecuted by the evil. The authorities did not allow me to teach class. From then on, I started doing face-to-face truth clarification. Close to a thousand friends, relatives and colleagues around me became my focus of truth clarification.

Instead of riding a bike, I walked to work. In winter, no matter how cold it was, I didn't have a mask on. Whoever I met, I started talking to them and leading to the topic of Falun Gong. In the process of truth clarification, I truly felt Master's strengthening. Often as soon as I had the thought of clarifying the facts, Master would bring people to me.

From the year before last, I started handing out Shen Yun DVDs. Every time I met an acquaintance, I gave them a Shen Yun DVD I made myself. An everyday person who understood the truth told me after she saw the Shen Yun DVD, “Shen Yun is so beautiful. The color is not color in the human world. After I saw the show, my heart and body were all purified. This is awesome!” I then gave her this year's Shen Yun DVD.

I live in the middle level of the building. Nobody likes to clean the stairways. I took over from the very top of the building to the bottom. My neighbor said, “The Falun Gong practitioner next to me is a good person.” In my workplace, the one thing that people argued about most was who controls the money. When the money was managed by me, everybody was satisfied and no longer argued. A colleague said, “Nowadays, Falun Gong practitioners have become the most reliable people. What's ridiculous is that we penalize them on the other hand.”

4. My Husband's Cultivation Experience

I started practicing in July 1998. The third day, the diseases that I suffered for close to 20 years, such as gastric ulcers, neurasthenia, muscle strain and pharyngitis all disappeared. The first time I did the second exercise, I felt something come out of my heart and slowly move through my arms. It was like a steel needle tingling. I suffered from unbearable pain. Finally, it was pushed out from my fingertips by the Falun. When I did the third exercise, I felt pain all over my body. I knew it was Master purifying my body because I used to practice different kinds of qigong.

The first time I did the sitting meditation, I felt as if my legs were gone. After I practiced for two months, I realized that I should no longer trade stocks. I made up my mind and sold all my stocks. At that time, many colleagues laughed at me. I felt hurt in my heart. That day I also received a phone call that the sister who raised me was dying. My heart hurt even more, so I kept reciting, “True Cultivation” over and over again. I felt calmed down. That night, when I was doing the sitting meditation, I felt my palms being torn open, and cold air burst out. I felt as if falling into an ice-house. After I was done, my body gradually warmed up. From then on, when I did the sitting meditation, I no longer sweated a lot. My feet no longer became dark purple, but show the normal red color.

After the persecution started in July 1999, I had an attachment to fear and did not come out to validate the Fa. When it was close to October, my manager asked me to make a choice. I thought the right time had come and decided to write out my cultivation experience. I then had the symptom of extreme pain all over my body and muscle cramping. I could not move while lying in bed. However, I was clear-headed. I had a thought: “I have to write this out tonight and hand it in tomorrow.” Immediately, all my symptoms disappeared. The next day, I made several copies of my article and handed them over to several managers. They immediately called the legal council to have a conversation with me and force me to give up the practice. I told them, “This is such a great Fa! Nothing can change my heart for practicing Dafa!” It was as if a severe persecution was upon me. Benevolent Master took it on for me! The managers did not report me.

After July 20, 1999, I started memorizing and reciting Zhuan Falun. In the beginning, when I tried to memorize it, my head felt as if it was ripped open; I was in great pain. When I did not try to memorize it, my head did not hurt. After a week, I was only able to memorize the first section. At noon on the day that I finished reciting the first section, Master made me feel that my Gong column had gone through the sky and my body grew huge.

I continued to memorize and recite the Fa, but the progress was slow. As soon as I recited one paragraph, I forgot what I had memorized just before. I had the thought of giving up, but I still continued. It took me close to six months to recite the first lecture. As I recited the Fa, I clearly felt that my interference was less and less. My heart was calmer. I used three months to memorize the second lecture and one and a half months to memorize the third lecture. Later, I did it faster and faster. I memorized the entire book of Zhuan Falun and recited it many times. Often, when I was on the bus reciting the Fa, the noisy environment could not disturb me. It was as if I was under a cover that separated me from the outside world. I felt as if my entire mind and body was reciting the Fa. My body seemed to be electrified and felt numb. I felt a huge column above my head.

In the process of memorizing the Fa, the areas that I did not fully understand or had questions about when I was reading the Fa, I came to understand. Sometimes, while reciting one sentence, it felt that I had never read it before. Sometimes, I could not remember a part of the Fa that I had memorized already. Then I would find out that it was exactly where I needed to improve. Sometimes, when I faced tribulations in my daily life, the related Fa would surface in my heart, reminding me that I should use the Fa to measure everything. Sometimes, when reciting the Fa, I felt that my body was going through huge changes; it became hot from deep inside and expanded within moments, and the coldness on the surface disappeared immediately. Sometimes, I felt that my body was going through earthquakes.

After I broke through the tough period while memorizing the Fa, I felt hot around my lower abdomen. I soon felt beings start growing and jumping happily within my body. I could even see them with my human eyes.

In October of 2000, one representative needed to be sent from my department to work in Guangdong for a period of time. Nobody was willing to take on this task. My manager asked me, and I agreed. After I arrived there, I realized that the amount of work had been way underestimated. One person had to take on almost three people's work, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with almost no weekends off. I still continued to study the Fa, memorize and recite the Fa, and practice the exercises.

After gaining the trust of my colleagues, I started telling them the truth about Dafa. In Guangdong, when it was still chilly in winter, I wore a short-sleeve shirt without feeling cold. My colleagues were all very surprised. I told them it was because I practice Falun Dafa. With the topic opened, I started clarifying the facts about Dafa. The majority of them acknowledged what I told them.

Between 2002 and 2007, I was teaching at a university. I often told a traditional story using a small portion of the class time. Gradually I earned the trust of my students and started showing them truth-clarification DVDs during breaks, clarifying the facts and asking them to withdraw from the CCP and its associated organizations. Just like that, every semester I taught a class of students, and they learned the truth. Some students withdrew from the CCP, Youth League and Young Pioneers. The students who understood the truth also asked their family members to withdraw.

We should stay diligent, do the three things well, fulfill our prehistoric vows and follow Master home.

From the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

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Minghui Fahui | Experiencing the Extraordinariness of Falun Dafa

December 23, 2012 |   By practitioner Xiaomei in Northeastern China

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

I want to use this 9th China Fahui on Minghui as an opportunity to share with fellow practitioners my experience of clarifying the truth via voice phone.

Believe in Master and Dafa

I was very happy when I first got my voice phone, allowing me to provide Falun Dafa information in a professional manner to the listener. The truth clarification materials about Falun Dafa were concise and comprehensive. The voice was clear and the tone was soft but strong. It could be accepted by everyone. I wore a headphone and listened, too. I listened to it time after time. Some people picked up the phone, but hung up shortly after. I felt disappointed that they did not hear the truth.

Following security measures, I carried the phone with me as I walked for about 2 to 3 hours and sent forth righteous thoughts so that people would pick up the phone, listen to the truth, and be saved.

I used to stay at home and seldom went out. When I saw the voice phone at home, I felt bad. “Isn’t it a radio? How can I not let it broadcast? A lot of fellow practitioners are losing their lives for clarifying the facts about Falun Dafa. How can I do nothing although I have the tool?” Therefore, I asked Master to give me his blessing and turned on the phone. Since then, this phone has worked hard daily, from morning to night, 12 to 13 hours at a time, broadcasting the truth to everyone. Even when I go out, I don’t need to bring the device with me. I just have to put in a refill card and a new battery, and about 500 people can hear the truth about Falun Dafa daily.

I broke through the danger and could dial the numbers at home safely. Sometimes I have extra phones from fellow practitioners and use them before they are delivered.

According to the safety guidelines, I have to change the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number once in a while. At first, I changed it every 6 or 7 days. In time I realized that it is the safest when I believe in Master and Dafa. So I only turn off the phone to change the IMEI number, download materials, or add phone numbers. I can't remember when I last made any changes, and it keeps working without any problem.

Cooperating as a Whole

I used the phone for about a month, and it cost about 1,000 yuan (approximately $150). I can afford it, but most fellow practitioners can't. I offered my savings to the most active practitioners who are using the phones a lot. At the same time, I compared different IMEI contracts to see which one was the most economical. I found the most suitable cards for voice calls and for sending messages. I shared my research with fellow practitioners and it saved Falun Dafa resources. It also solved the problem of idle phones because of money shortage. More people were able to hear the truth.

One practitioner who is well off didn't understand my frugal ways: “Why are you on such a tight budget when saving people? Will you save him if it costs 200 yuan?” “Of course I will. Don’t say 200 yuan. Even if it costs 2,000 yuan, I will save him. If he is saved, the other lives reflected in other spaces will be saved as well. It is priceless. But the question is, if those 200 yuan can save 100 people, why do we use it to save only one?” I finally got my point across. Later, we found a way to purchase the suitable phone cards from a wholesaler.

When I felt good about myself, Practitioner A said that he was not satisfied with my way of calling all by myself. He counted, “If you use one phone for 3 hours a day, it will take one year to reach all the numbers in the local area using 500 phones at the same time. So, more of us have to use the phones.” I said, “Isn’t Practitioner B doing the phone project?” He said, “Yes, B is doing it. But she is too busy. She has to teach one by one. She cannot take back the phones that she sent. There are a lot of follow-ups to do, such as updating the materials, adding the numbers, etc. We have not established a system that would enable us to work as one body. It will delay dissemination of the truth.” I said, “Good point. What do I need to do?” “Cooperate with Practitioner B.” “I am already doing that. See, I am calling all the time. I recommend the good refill cards. I contact the wholesaler...” Practitioner A waved his hand, “Why does the general have to do the things that his soldiers should do? Would you please let others make the calls and you work on the strategy? Everyone’s mission is different. How will you face Master if you delay the saving of everyday people?” I was speechless.

I had never cooperated with the group since I had been persecuted. Every project was done by different practitioners and was going well. I used to be busy doing things but hadn't caught up with my cultivation. This would help me move forward more diligently. Earlier, one project director came to my home and asked me whether I would like to cooperate with him. I refused, saying, “It’s not convenient for me to show up.” But after listening to Practitioner A, I was moved. I asked myself, “How can I be accountable to Master? Have I ever thought of being responsible for Dafa?”

A, B, and I then cooperated well with the planning of the phone project. Practitioner A wrote the “Usage Guide for Voice Phone.” It lists every single step, from turning the phone on to dialing numbers, in written instructions and with pictures. It was also made into a CD and is easy to learn. It saved Practitioner B plenty of time from the “one-on-one teaching,” and she could then focus on other issues. In order to help Practitioner B, we built a regional network using our internal mail. Thus, every practitioner has his own position in the network. All projects are under control and practitioners cooperate as one body.

We provide the phone numbers, change the IMEI numbers, update the voice messages, purchase refill cards, and so on. If it is not possible for everyone to have one phone, the group will coordinate and assign tasks. Some people make calls and some provide funds.

In order to avoid repeat calls or missing the opportunity to save a sentient being, we contacted neighboring cities and towns to get the numbers. We also found ways to bring the facts about Falun Dafa to those that could not be reached by phone.

To rescue the practitioners who are illegally arrested, we call the jail. We tell the local people the facts and thus are able to reach many people.

Feeling the Extraordinariness of Dafa

I kept my voice phone, as it is a great tool to save sentient beings. I only check it once in a while to see how people respond when listening to the truth. Sometimes I was really convinced by I heard and listened word for word. This provided me with a good source of information for clarifying the facts about Falun Dafa. I gave the materials that produced better results to fellow practitioners. In this way, the information can be spread in the most effective way over the widest area.

I noticed that some of the numbers were missed because they were not answered and the follow-up messages were missed as well. We should keep every phone number. The number itself means nothing, but the owner missed a chance to be saved if we missed calling the number. Out of respect for those lives, I always listen to the phone. I recorded the numbers that were not answered and called them again later.

Someone said that it costs to use the voice phone to save people. That is true. The cost of a voice phone is high. But we are not concerned about the money. I found that it is better to call in the evening than in the day, better in the afternoon than in the morning. In the morning, people are just starting work and they are busy. Calling at that time is not very effective. So I turn on the phone at 9 a.m. Some practitioners can only call for about 2 or 3 hours, so I advise them to call between 7 and 9:30 p.m., or 3 to 5 p.m. to avoid the lunch break.

I know how long a card lasts before it has to be changed. I can also estimate how many phones are answered among the numbers I call, so I know when I need to change the card. Usually I change it in advance, so that I can listen to the voice recording. I want to make sure that the information is well balanced.

One time I estimated it was time to change the card, so I put on the headphone and listened to the message. It was turned on the entire afternoon. That card lasted two more days before it stopped. Later when I checked the account, I knew that it was “overdrawn” by 300 yuan. I knew it must be Master seeing my honest heart and encouraging me. Thanks, Master!

From then on, such “overdraws” have happened frequently. The amount varies from 30 to thousands. One card was bought on January 1, 2012, and lasted for 12 days. It was overdrawn by 1,230 yuan. This card lasted for 12 days and saved me 20 cards. I thought about giving out the cards to fellow practitioners and two to my sister who works in sales and could use them. When I turned on the phone the next day, I was told the balance was insufficient. I realized that it was because my thought was not on the Fa. All lives come for the Fa. Who wastes their time on everyday people?

These extraordinary cards vary. When a normal card reaches a zero balance, it cannot be used anymore. However, extraordinary cards can be used longer, which is closely linked to one's cultivation practice.

On July 30, I had only one card left, not enough for two days. It wouldn’t be enough even for one day. I was busy at that time and had no time to buy a new one. At 1 p.m. that afternoon I checked the balance. It had only 2.8 yuan left. I had to go to the closest convenience store to buy a new card. However, the price of the card was 50% higher for fewer minutes. I hoped that a fellow practitioner would bring me a new card for the next month, but I did not want the phone not to be used for an entire day, so I went back and purchased two long-distance calling cards. After I came home, the phone was still broadcasting. I checked the balance again—it was still 2.8 yuan. I knew it was another extraordinary card. I said “thank you” to it and went on doing what I should do.

Other fellow practitioners have had similar extraordinary experiences. We communicated and encouraged each other. This made me realize that Falun Dafa is extraordinary. We are practicing in Dafa, so all extraordinary things are normal.

I was loath to throw out the used cards. But there were so many. I kept them in envelopes and plastic bags. Later I talked with other practitioners and concluded that it was not good to keep all the cards at home. Some said, “They are lives in the time of Fa-rectification. When the time comes, they will come back.” We came to an agreement. We packed all the used cards together, wrapped them in white paper, and said to them, “Thank you all for saving lives. Please remember ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Please come to my world in the future.” Sometimes we wrote down some words and put it in the bag and then threw them away. Recently, I found a place to save them in my house.

People Praising Dafa

With the truth is disseminated more widely, more and more people understand. A lot of people knew the calls were from Falun Dafa and they listened silently. I often heard dialogs like this: “Who is it?” “It’s about Falun Dafa.” Sometimes I heard, “Please come and have dinner.” “Later, Falun Dafa is calling.” “Falun Dafa is awesome!” Such a sentiment chooses a bright future for the person who said it. I thought that they would discuss the topic after they hung up. Perhaps they will all be saved.

Some people said, “It’s about Falun Dafa, calling from abroad.”

Some said, “Thanks, but I am in a meeting.” Some were driving and texted back “in class.” I wrote down those numbers and called back later. I would call back all the numbers that sent me messages , whether it was praise or something bad. I had to save them. People will change from cursing and hanging up to listening silently. Master said, “The truth shall free you of your worries.” (Hong Yin III)

I was moved by an honest old man. He knew it was a voice phone, but he kept talking to me, “Hello.” “You are correct. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not good.” “OK, I will quit. I quit.” “Thank you. Bye.” Similar things occurred often. I tried to write down the numbers of those whose listened to the entire message. I called them back to persuade them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates. I gave up after two days because I couldn't handle the volume. If someone listens to everything, it shows that they accept the concept. It means that they have chosen their future. Divine beings will know.

Once I received a message: “Could you sent it again?” He must have wanted to hear the truth one more time. I called back immediately. He said, “Thanks!”

One recipient replied, “Falun Dafa is good!” I keep this one in my phone.

One Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) receiver replied, “It’s beautiful, thanks!” All the MMS I send are randomly chosen, but all Dafa materials are awesome. I haven’t seen them. Although I can’t be an expert on MMS as I'm with the voice phone, I have to know about MMS as well. So I sent the MMS to my daughter-in-law, and we looked at the pictures one by one. I had to delete them because they use a lot of memory. We sent, checked, and deleted. Later, I found the picture that was received. It was a big character, Fu (luck). It is really beautiful and joyous.

Summary

We have many channels through which to spread the truth. Using phones is the quickest and far-reaching. So far, we have dialed millions of numbers. The practitioners who are clarifying the truth face to face said that it is much easier to tell people the truth now. Many people quit the CCP after they have heard the facts about Falun Dafa. We will keep on dialing numbers and calling again. We will let the truth root in people’s hearts and help them avoid disaster, eliminate the persecution, and bring the beauty of Falun Dafa to the world.

Thank you, Master Li and fellow practitioners!

If there is any shortcoming, please kindly point it out. I hope this will help us reach our goal of improvement as a whole.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | “I Finally Understand Falun Dafa Is for Cultivation!”

December 24, 2012 |   By a practitioner in China

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

With the encouragement from fellow practitioners, I conquered my fears so that I could write down my cultivation experiences during this sacred moment in history.

1. After Studying the Fa, I Understand that Falun Dafa Is All about Cultivation

I feel fortunate to have started on the path of cultivation when I was a child. Back then, it felt like I had assimilated to Dafa and knew that it was good. However, I never asked myself the question: “What is Dafa?” Also, I did not spend a lot of time studying the Fa. Thus, after the persecution of Falun Dafa began, I basically stopped practicing. When I returned to the Fa, I was already a teenager!

One day, I met one of the little practitioners that I knew back then and he asked me, “Why do you practice Dafa?” I was caught off guard and really didn't know how to answer him. When I returned home, I began to calmly study Teacher's lectures. I knew that if I practice Dafa diligently, I could return to my true self. I later found out that my understanding of Dafa was not very pure, since I had a lot of the elements of the Communist Party's culture mixed in, especially atheism.

I suddenly realized that the old forces persecuted the younger generation with these evil elements, making it much harder for them to improve. After coming to this understanding, Teacher allowed me to see other dimensions. That's when I knew that my deeply held notions had been the cause of all of my troubles. I also realized that the world is an illusion and that the only thing that is real in this material dimension is Dafa and cultivation practice.

2. Promoting Shen Yun in China

Teacher said,

“But do you realize something? Those who were originally meant to have been saved last year [by Shen Yun, but didn’t go], have lost the opportunity forever. That’s because Fa-rectification is unceasingly forging ahead, step by step, and when it arrives at one cosmic plane it is time for that level of people; when it reaches a certain heavenly kingdom above, or a certain layer of cosmic body, it is time for that group of people to come see [the show], and next time around [when Shen Yun performs], that seat will belong to someone else. Do you realize how many lives have been lost?! Do you know how I feel when I see those empty seats in the theater?” “There has been a great deal of groundwork done in advance. All that’s missing is your carrying things out with righteous thoughts. Yet you haven’t had the righteous thoughts that it takes.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa”)

After this year's Shen Yun DVDs were released, I did a bit of preparation work, including researching the highest prices that tickets were sold for in the different countries. Most people in China measure everything by how much it costs, thus talking about show's ticket price was a good way to start a conversation. I also compared the quality of the DVD packaging and gave different people DVDs with different packaging.

I was happy to receive this year's Shen Yun DVDs one day before a large class reunion. I had not seen my classmates for ten years. I grabbed a stack of DVDs and carefully checked every one of them. I constantly sent righteous thoughts and told myself that the Shen Yun DVDs were magnificent. Thus when I gave them to my classmate as presents, the DVDs would definitely save them. I didn't worry about my own personal safety, thus my heart was light and full of compassion.

The next day, I found myself hesitating when I saw my friends. However, I knew that their knowing sides yearned to be saved. I greeted each one of my classmates with a few simple words then put a DVD in their hand. I told them it was a precious present which showcased traditional Chinese culture, a culture of pure compassion and beauty.

I told them that the Shen Yun show brought to life ancient Chinese culture and was rated by audience members and critics alike, as the Number One show in the world. Everyone looked at the DVDs with surprise and delight. Some smiled at me with a knowing glint in their eyes, while others carefully put the DVD in their pocket.

One classmate of mine arrived late, so when I saw him I gave him a DVD, too. When he asked me if the DVD was from Dajiyuan (Chinese version of TheEpochtimes.com), I told him, “No, it is from NTDTV.” He said he often came across Dajiyun when he traveled overseas. He also liked to read the publication online, when he was at home, using anti-firewall software.

When I first saw my old friends, I had mixed feelings. Ten years ago they were very scared when they heard me talking about Falun Dafa. Through practitioners non-stopping efforts to clarify the facts, most people now understand that Falun Dafa is good, and many are eager to find out the truth. There is nothing that the old forces can do now to stop people from awakening.

One day, I took some DVDs to school. A classmate approached me and several of my friends to help him hand out a special invitation to the teachers in our school. I knew that Master had arranged this opportunity for me to deliver the DVDs. I volunteered to deliver the invitations and at the same time, I gave each teacher a Shen Yun DVD. I sent righteous thoughts towards each teacher that I met, to eliminate the evil elements behind them.

After I handed out the stack of invitations that I was given, I discovered that some of my classmates did not have time to deliver their share of the invitations. Thus I offered to help them. While delivering the invitations, I had to constantly tell myself to calm down and not be afraid. I noticed that my fear and anxiety started to get weaker and weaker. I told myself, “I am a Dafa practitioner and Master is doing everything through me. I should not have any notions at all.”

A few days later, I ran into one of the teachers that I had given a DVD to. He excitedly said, “The show was terrific and I've been watching it every day!” From that day on, he cheerfully greeted me whenever we saw each other. His sunny smile expressed the joy of a saved being.

I used to ask friends out for lunch or dinner so that I could give them the Shen Yun DVDs. Later, I realized that I only clarified the facts over meals and the results were often not very good. After I saw my attachment, people began to buy me meals and I used the opportunity to clarify the truth. When I felt anxious or worried about delivering the DVDs, I thought to myself, “This might be the last time I ever see this person, thus I must seize the opportunity!” When my righteous thoughts were strong, the person would take the DVD from me. When my thoughts were not righteous, I would miss the opportunity. I often felt the pain of not fulfilling my responsibility to save people.

One day, I took a train to a practitioner's home outside of the city, to pick up more DVDs. I arranged to catch the 7:30 p.m. train home, but when I arrived at the train station, it was already 7:10 p.m., and there was a long line in front of the ticket counter. I asked Teacher to help me and began to feel bad about bothering Him every time I ran into difficulties. When I finally had my ticket in hand, I looked up and noticed that the train was about to leave. I ran as fast as I could and barely made it on the train. When I sat down, I began to look within and thought about Teacher's words: “Saving people before catastrophe, racing against the clock” (“Fulfilling the Vow” from Hong Yin III) I knew that I had to stop being careless and irresponsible.

3. Providing Little Practitioners an Environment for Cultivation

When I was young, and the persecution was in full swing, adult practitioners had taken the initiative to provide us little practitioners with an environment to study the Fa together. Now that I was older, I wanted to do the same for the little practitioners that I knew. I informed everyone of my intentions, then divided the kids up into different groups, depending on which days they had off from school. Each group consisted of at least two adult practitioners and a few young practitioners.

The first problem I had to deal with was choosing which adult practitioners I would ask to participate. These practitioners not only had to have a good understandings of the Fa principles, but they also had to have great patience so that they could effectively deal with the little ones that were either hyperactive or very playful.

However, everyone was already very busy with their own Dafa-related projects, so it was difficult to ask them to spare even a few days to study the Fa with the young practitioners. Through sharing understandings, everyone realized that this, too, was part of saving people, thus some practitioners volunteered to shoulder the responsibility.

The next problem I encountered was finding a quiet place that was close enough to everyone. After I asked around, several practitioners offered their places to hold the Fa studies.

By the end of the first day, two little practitioners told me that the schedule that we set up for them was too intense and that they needed a lunch break. They also complained that it was too far from their home, thus inconvenient for them. They also said that they did not want to attend the study session anymore.

I thought to myself, “Everyone worked so hard to provide you with this environment to study the Fa together. Practitioners sacrificed their precious time to help you and now you want to quit because you can't take a nap at noon and the place is inconvenient to get to?! When I was little, I would do anything to study the Fa with others. You are so spoiled!”

After a while, I realized that all of this was just another form of persecution and that the little practitioners should not acknowledge it. They should know that it was not their true selves that did not want to come to study the Fa. I also looked within and found that I had an attachment to comfort. I did not want to solve the problems that arose, rather, I wanted to be successful at whatever I did with minimal effort. After calming down, I talked to the little practitioners. With the encouragement from other adults, they agreed to continue.

Shortly after, the second Fa-study group started. I scheduled myself for two mornings during the week. One day, I ran into a practitioner and he told me that the second group did not do well and that I needed to look into the matter. As soon as I got there, the adults complained to me that I agreed to attend the Fa-study sessions but did not attend, thus the second group was a mess.

Instead of trying to solve the problem at hand, I defended myself and forgot to look within. When I got home, I looked within and realized that I did not consider whether they could do the job or not. I simply wanted to do what I wanted to do because I thought my Dafa project was more important than theirs. I selfishly classified Dafa work into “important” and “trivial” projects. I felt that I was better than others and even thought that others could not have done the job without me. I realized how selfish I was and how important it was to eliminate the attachment to self.

After the third group started, everything went well for the first few days. Then, I heard someone complaining. I couldn’t take the criticism so I started complaining to the other practitioners, but they insisted that I solve the problem myself. I quickly calmed down and knew that I needed to look within. I found that I still wanted to validate myself and I did not want to hear about any problem or solve any problem. I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the distorted Party elements within me, and to support the third group.

Later, I learned that the third group had improved significantly!

From the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

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Minghui Fahui| An 11-year-old Practitioner Looks Within and Saves Sentient Beings

December 24, 2012 |  

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

I am an 11-year-old practitioner hoping to share my most recent experiences with fellow practitioners.

1. Looking Within

Last summer my mother told my older brother and me to memorize Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa. It took us two months. This summer mother told us memorize the book again. We slacked off and only memorized one chapter a month. My mother said, “How many chapters did you memorize last year? If you can't cherish the precious time Master left us, you should not go to school.” This was a wake-up call, and my brother and I memorized chapters two to nine the following month. However, we skipped a few paragraphs because we had other things on our mind and lied to our mother.

Teacher said,

“As a practitioner, one must then conduct oneself by following this characteristic of the universe rather than the standards of everyday people. If you want to return to the original, true self and move up in cultivation practice, you must conduct yourself according to this criterion. As a human being, you are a good person only if you can follow this universe’s characteristic of Zhen-Shan-Ren. A person who deviates from this characteristic is truly a bad person. In the workplace or in society, some people may say that you are bad, yet you may not necessarily be bad. Some people may say that you are good, but you may not really be good. As a practitioner, if you assimilate yourself to this characteristic you are one that has attained the Tao—it’s just such a simple principle.” (Zhuan Falun)

Master gave me a hint when looking within, telling me that I had stepped outside the standard of the Fa and I felt terrible. If I could not even do such an important thing – memorizing the Fa, how could I be called a practitioner? I admitted my wrongdoing to Master in my mind and memorized those paragraphs.

We don't have a television, but I found a way to watch DVDs I had picked up from the ground behind my mother's back. That was not an honest and truthful thing to do. Teacher said,

“In practicing Zhen-Shan-Ren, the Tao School emphasizes the cultivation of Zhen. Therefore, the Tao School believes in the cultivation of Zhen to nurture one’s nature; one should tell the truth, do things truthfully, become a truthful person, return to the original, true self, and in the end, become a true person through cultivation. Nevertheless, it also includes Ren and Shan, but with an emphasis on the cultivation of Zhen. The Buddha School emphasizes cultivating Shan of Zhen-Shan-Ren. Because the cultivation of Shan can generate great, benevolent compassion, and when compassion develops one will find all beings suffering, the Buddha School thus develops an aspiration to offer salvation to all beings. It also has Zhen and Ren, but with an emphasis on the cultivation of Shan. Our Falun Dafa is based upon the highest standard of the universe, Zhen, Shan, and Ren, all of which we cultivate simultaneously. The system that we cultivate is enormous.” (Zhuan Falun)

From then on, I never misled my parents again.

2. Seizing the Time to Save Sentient Beings

The memorization and studying of the Fa helped me understand that even little practitioners need to seize the time to do the three things well. During summer break, after memorizing Zhuan Falun, I distributed truth-clarification materials about Falun Dafa almost every evening with my parents and my brother. I also attended the summer Fa study class held for the local little practitioners. Beginning at 7:55 a.m., we studied one chapter of Zhuan Falun, did the exercises, and sent righteous thoughts. We went home after noon time and distributed Falun Dafa materials in the afternoon.

One time I had to go to a large school to distribute the materials. I was not familiar with the way to the school. Additionally, I was in charge of a whole dormitory building and was insecure about doing the task at hand. Master said,

"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"
("What’s to Fear?" from Hong Yin II, translation version A)

I knew that Master was beside me and I had the Fa to guide me, and I had no reason to be afraid. With Master's help, I quickly and smoothly finished my task.

One day my mother asked my brother to distribute an article to everyone in the 8th grade. I said that I wanted to help as well. My mother said that I could not get into the school without wearing the uniform. I was disappointed and suddenly had an idea. I told my mother that I could wear my brother's uniform. My mother agreed. That night at around 9 p.m., we entered the school when all the students were leaving for home. First, I was calm, but then got nervous because it was really dark and there wasn't anyone around. I quickly remembered that Master was with me and I calmed down again. I distributed all the materials and returned home safely.

One time I clarified the truth to a little girl. I asked her whether she was a member of the Young Pioneers and she said yes. I said, “You did not do anything bad as a member but when you joined, you raised your hand and swore to follow the Party, listen to the Party, and be the Party's good child. The minute you swore, you had a mark on you. The officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are corrupt and did a lot of bad things and heaven will eliminate the CCP and all its members. You must quit the Young Pioneers and remember that 'Falun Dafa is good' and 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good'. This way, during times of calamities, gods will protect you.” The little girl quit. It worked on some kids but not all. One kid once told me, “Joining the Young Pioneers is a glorious thing. Didn't you do that?” I told him, “My teacher had told me long time ago that I was qualified to join. I refused because the red scarf is dyed red with blood. It did not feel right wearing it. Look at me, I gave up the Young Pioneers and now I am healthy, have good grades, and I am tall. Isn't that nice?” Some of them quit after listening to me.

I went out with my mother to distribute Shen Yun DVDs and gave one to a man. I told him it was the world's number one show. He looked at it and frowned, “Who gave it to you? What is it? Why are you giving it to me?” I told him, “Sir, a lady gave it to me. It's a Shen Yun DVD that will bring you health. The lady told me to give it to another person after I was done. She also wanted me to remember that Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, and said that the gods and Buddhas would keep me safe. Sir, I want you have have great fortune after watching this DVD and don't forget to give it to your family members and friends after you are done. Tell them to remember Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, and gods will protect you.” The man smiled and told me, “Boy, you are very kind and sensible. Thank you.”

I want to thank Master for helping and encouraging me. I will progress more diligently and not disappoint Master.

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Minghui Fahui | Finding Our Shortcomings and Becoming More Diligent

December 24, 2012 |   By a practitioner from Zhejiang Province, Mainland China

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Greetings to great Master!

Greetings to all fellow practitioners!

The Fahui on Minghui is an opportunity given by Master for us to improve our xinxing and cultivation level. Here I'll summarize my cultivation experiences of the last few years.

1. Master Gave Me Wisdom

In my area, there were few Dafa practitioners. Many truth-clarification materials production centers were destroyed, and many practitioners' books were confiscated by the evil. Some practitioners did not even have a copy of Zhuan Falun. Moreover, some practitioners thought that fellow practitioners who produced Dafa materials were more apt to be persecuted. However, this was a human notion.

After I was released from detention, I studied the Fa for a while, and I realized that I should build a truth-clarification materials production center.

I still had many attachments, for example, fear. One focus of the persecutors was materials production centers. Moreover, some practitioners (after being arrested and under pressure) released information about the producers of our informational materials. Thus many practitioners were unwilling to produce materials. I also hesitated.

However, by studying the Fa well, I eliminated my attachments. Practitioners are here to help Master rectify the Fa and save people; so how could I always think about being persecuted? Master hopes our materials centers can be found everywhere; I should do what Master wants.

After I was released, my unit stopped my pension. They gave me only a few hundred yuan for my living expenses. It was far from enough. I tried my best to save money. Adding in my savings, I finally got 1,400 yuan and bought a printer. Then fellow practitioners helped purchase paper, a paper cutter, staples, etc. Thus, my home-based materials production center was started. Because no one around me knew how to use a computer, I had to learn to use it myself. I believed that as long as what I did was based on the Fa, Master would give me a lot of wisdom because Dafa can do anything.

Very soon after, I learned how to type, how to download and install software, how to edit articles and photos and how to make and print pamphlets. In recent years, I have provided local practitioners with a variety of Dafa books and truth-clarification materials.

I also made many other materials according to needs. Sometimes, people praised me. Master said,

“For a cultivator, all the frustrations he comes across among everyday people are trials, and all the compliments he receives are tests.” (“A Cultivator is Naturally Part of It” from Essentials for Further Advancement)

Master also said,

“Some are more capable when it comes to one thing, others with another--you definitely shouldn't let your thoughts run wild based on that. You say that you have such great abilities and so on and so forth, but that was all bestowed upon you by the Fa! Actually, it wouldn't work if you failed to attain that level of abilities. Fa-rectification required your wisdom to reach that point, so you definitely shouldn't think that you're so capable.” (“Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference”)

Because it was required by Dafa, I always told myself not to be zealous.

2. Denying and Destroying the Old Force's Persecution

Because I have various attachments which gave the old forces opportunities to persecute me, I was sentenced to six years in prison. After I was released, I was monitored by the authorities. Sometimes they instructed the guards of my residential area to secretly monitor my whereabouts. The old forces also gave me various difficulties, such as economic problems, my child got sick, my husband had an affair, my family complained about me, etc. However, none of these could shake my steadfast faith in Falun Dafa. Oftentimes when the persecutors came or when my husband fought with me, I knew the reason behind it was that I hadn't cultivated myself well. The only way to solve these problems is to study the Fa well. 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” from Essentials for Further Advancement II)

So I studied the Fa more and sent forth righteous thoughts more. Then my xinxing improved and my righteous thoughts got stronger, and the bad factors in other dimensions were eliminated.

As for those persons who monitored me under the instruction of the evil, I treated them with righteous thoughts. I clarified the truth to them sincerely and asked them not to believe the evil's lies nor participate in the persecution so that they might have a bright future. I also persuaded them to quit the Chinese Communist Party and its associated organizations. Some of them quit, and even some of their friends quit.

During the recent three years, I have been persecuted three times, including being illegally arrested twice and sent to a brainwashing center once. There was one time that my apartment was searched and I was illegally arrested and taken to a police precinct, where they tried to further persecute me. However, I looked it all with righteous thoughts. I never acknowledged the persecution by old forces. So I openly walked out of the police precinct and came back home safely. Master said,

“If upon encountering trying circumstances your thinking can be truly righteous, then, when faced with the evil's persecution and when faced with interference, just one sentence of yours fortified with steadfast righteous thoughts can instantly make the evil disintegrate (applause), and it will make those who are being used by the evil turn and flee, it will make the evil's persecution of you dissolve, and it will make the evil's interfering with you disappear without a trace.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference”)

I often recall that Master said,

“Indestructible righteous faith in the cosmos’s Truth forms benevolent Dafa disciples’ rock-solid, Diamond-Like Bodies, it frightens all evil, and the light of Truth it emanates makes the unrighteous elements in all beings’ thoughts disintegrate. However strong the righteous thoughts are, that’s how great the power is.” (“Also in a Few Words” from Essentials to Further Advancement II)

3. Becoming More Compassionate by Cultivating My Xinxing

At the beginning, when Master told us to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate evil, I had to use all my strength to keep my palm erect. I had the attachment of a competitive mentality. If anyone said that Dafa was not good, I always argued with them. As a result, no one was convinced, and they all were angry. When I encountered the person who was monitoring me, I did not treat them nicely. When I saw a police car, I sent forth righteous thoughts with a strong competitive mentality.

Then I realized my problem. For example, I didn't like some practitioners or had many complaints about some practitioners. After continuously studying the Fa, I eliminated those negative notions and even saw the many merits of those practitioners, which I didn't see before. I started to think about things from the other person's viewpoint. Once, I heard a story about an elderly practitioner who eliminated the old force's persecution (of her health) by sending forth righteous thoughts, and I was deeply moved. I also deeply regret that I never cared about elderly practitioners.

I also gradually eliminated my family's complaints of me. In order to save them, I knew I must cultivate myself first. The environment of each practitioner was created by them. As long as we improve our xinxing, all things around us will change. Now, my husband and his family treats Dafa and me differently.

In addition, previously when I persuaded people to quit the Chines Communist Party and its affiliated organizations, I was holding selfish thoughts. I wanted to complete cultivation; I was saving people for my own sake. But now, I really care about all lives and the countless lives behind them.

4. Striving Forward with Fellow Practitioners

In each area, there are many elderly practitioners who are not well educated. They haven't studied the Fa much, and some of them didn't understand the Fa well. Some only think that Dafa can cure their illness and some only practice at home. Once when we were illegally arrested, a practitioner's children threatened her, ”If you keep on practicing Falun Gong, we will not take care of you any more.” This practitioner was frightened and stopped practicing. Eventually, she forgot how to do the exercises and now lives in a home for the aged.

I thought that I would try my best to help these older practitioners. If she lagged behind, it's highly possible that she has no future as a consequence, and all lives in her world might be eliminated. On the other hand, if she resumes her cultivation, with one more practitioner, more sentient beings would be saved.

For example, I tried to make it convenient for older practitioners by printing experience sharing articles for them, and I purchased electronic devices and installed the exercise music and lectures on them. I sent materials to the homes of some practitioners who are too old to go out by themselves. For those practitioners who are suffering serious illness, I went to share my experiences with them to help them negate all of the old forces' arrangements.

Fa-rectification has almost reached the end. There are still many people waiting for us to save them. I must strive forward harder and harder, eliminate various attachments and do the three things better.

Thank you, merciful Master! Heshi.

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Minghui Fahui | Young Practitioners Should Be Able to Do the Three Things Well

December 25, 2012 |   By a young practitioner in eastern China

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Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I was born in 1990. Guided by my parents, I have been practicing Falun Gong since I was a child. I experienced joy when my xinxing improved and frustration during tribulations. Most of the time, I needed my parents to remind me to be a good cultivator. I am 22 and it's time for me to do the three things well. The following are my experiences in cultivating.

My Family Started Practicing Falun Gong

When I was six years old, my mother suffered with rheumatoid arthritis. Seeking treatment, she was fortunate enough to come across a medical doctor who practiced Falun Gong. She started practicing, and soon miraculously recovered. I saw her go out to do the exercises every morning and promote it wherever she went. She raised me with the Fa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and set a good example for me. Thus, I became a young practitioner.

I was mischievous as a child. One day on my way to school, I climbed a wall and jumped over. I landed on a rock and heard a snapping sound in my foot. Several classmates helped me to school. After school, they helped me get home. My foot was so swollen that my shoe no longer fit. It was so painful that I cried. The next day I had to stay home. My mom was a teacher, and she sent me to a senior fellow practitioner’s home who lived upstairs. The grandma let me watch Teacher’s Fa lectures. Two hours later, I discovered that my foot no longer hurt and I could walk again. I went to school that afternoon. Many people thus witnessed the miracle of Dafa.

My father was an official. At that time, he was very self-centered and didn’t believe in Dafa. For the first several years, he was not very supportive until his health became poor. My mom convinced him to practice Falun Gong. He then started reading the book and doing the exercises. Gradually, he started on the path of cultivation. His health improved and he also witnessed some supernormal phenomena, which greatly enhanced his belief in Dafa.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. My mother and other practitioners went to appeal in Beijing. Before she left she said to me, “My child, I’m going to Beijing to appeal. Do you believe that Dafa is good?” I said, “I do. You should go. I won’t tell anyone where you are.” I knew that she was doing a great thing and that I should not stop her. After she left, everyone was looking for her. If I had told them where she was headed, she would have been prevented from making the trip. I didn’t tell my father until we heard that Mom had been in Beijing. During the six months she was detained, I lived with Dad. He didn’t know how to cook. When he had to stay at his workplace for several days, I stayed at my aunt’s. He would pick me up when he returned. I often asked him to study the Fa with me, because Dafa had taken root in my heart.

Group Fa Study for Young Practitioners

I lived in a medium-sized city. There were about 12 practitioners my age. Since Dafa was being persecuted, we organized group Fa study for young practitioners in my home during the summer and winter vacations. We did this for several years. My mom led us in studying Zhuan Falun and Teacher’s new articles. We also practiced the exercises together. When we shared experiences, each of us could find our own shortcomings. Together, we compared ourselves with each other in Fa study and cultivation. When we did the sitting meditation, we were encouraged to keep going when we saw that other young practitioners still had their legs double crossed. One time when the music stopped after an hour, one practitioner kept meditating. We stayed quiet and didn’t interrupt her. When we occasionally had conflicts, my mom reminded us to look inward. We then all became more humble. Our xinxing and levels improved in the harmonious environment. The group study laid a solid foundation for our future cultivation so that we could withstand the persecution and pressure at school.

In 2008 when I was a junior in high school, my mom was sent to a forced labor camp for a year. Dad encouraged me to continue to study the Fa. I had been worry-free. After that year, I matured a lot and felt deeply for my parents. I experienced the pain of Mom not being with me and felt the difficulty of cultivation. I missed the group Fa study very much.

Look Inward During Conflicts

When I was attending the high school where my mom had taught, most of my classmates came from rural areas. Many teachers had watched me grow up, so I felt superior to others and often talked to my classmates in a demanding way. This lasted for a long time, until one day my best friend broke off our friendship over a computer. I complained to my dad that he was selfish and not respectful of others. My dad patiently waited until I finished and said, “You need to look inward. Think about all the things you complained about. Didn’t you do the exact same thing to him?” I thought about it. In the past, I indeed often lost my temper and spoke rudely to others. Now I was on the receiving end. I found many of my attachments: being self-centered, showing off, fighting, and jealousy. Although I studied the Fa in the past, it was as if the principles were all theoretical and I never put them into practice. I could have stepped back and solved the problem. Since then, I have become more tolerant and my relationships with my roommates have improved. In fact, I was the cause of many past conflicts in the past. When we encounter conflicts with classmates, we should take a step back. Things will then be ironed out and conflicts will be solved.

Many of my former classmates graduated and have now worked for a year. Some of them have accomplished some things. When we met, they often boasted about their work and showed off their achievements. I felt a little unbalanced because I was still in school and fell short when I compared myself to them. During Fa study, I recognized my strong attachment of jealousy. Regarding jealousy, Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,

“So that can stir up jealousy, and people then get upset when something good happens to other people, instead of being happy for them.”

Since then, I have learned to listen and share their joy. Gradually, many people changed their attitude toward me. They like to share with me no matter what happens in their lives.

Young Practitioners Should Play the Role of Fellow Practitioners at Home

Although both of my parents practiced Falun Gong, they often had conflicts. I’d like to share how I handled their conflicts.

In the past, they would start a quarrel over a trivial thing. Then they'd point out each other’s shortcomings. At first, I didn’t know what to do. When they blamed each other, sometimes I supported one of them, which caused them to fight more often. Eventually I realized that I was contributing to the problem. When they fought again, I only said, “Don’t forget you are practitioners. You both need to look inward.” They then often stopped arguing.

In my opinion, we should not think of ourselves as children. We are fellow practitioners and should remind adults about the Fa. I also look inward. In the past, I would support the parent that was nicer to me. Later, I realized that I wasn’t helping them. I was indeed instigating their conflicts because of my selfishness.

I Am a Grown-up and Should Do the Three Things Independently

My dad and I often distributed truth-clarification materials when we went for a walk. At first, we just handed out flyers. When dad clarified the truth to someone, I wouldn't say anything. Sometimes, I even complained that he talked too loudly. My fear negated his positive effect. After realizing my mistake, I often helped him. Because I read the news online and was familiar with the news that exposed the evil nature of the CCP, I spoke from a different perspective, and what I said was well-received.

From high school to college, I convinced many people to withdraw from the CCP organizations. Several months ago, I started distributing materials on my own. When I went out to play basketball, I brought copies of Minghui Weekly to my friend’s apartment. We are no longer young practitioners. We are grown-ups and should be able to do things independently to save sentient beings. We can’t let our parents guide us for the rest of our lives. We need to reach our own enlightenment in our future cultivation.

Many young people practice Falun Gong under the guidance of their parents. Often, they are not strict with themselves. Because I am lacking in Fa study, my understanding of the Fa might not be clear. However, I do know that it is time for us to do the three things well.

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Minghui Fahui | Seeing Others’ Strengths and Recognizing My Weaknesses

December 25, 2012 |   By a practitioner from Beijing

(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa 16 years ago, but I still had not been able to look within during times of interpersonal conflicts until last year. In 2011, I studied the Fa diligently and cultivated earnestly, which gave me the ability to finally look within.

Cultivating and Rectifying My Field

My son is a young practitioner. I looked down on him, thinking that he read the Fa too fast, was not focused, always wanted to play, and did everything in a leisurely manner. Therefore, I often chastised him, which only helped him improve temporarily. If I ignored him, he didn't study the Fa at all. In the middle of group Fa study, he would suddenly put the book down and go to the restroom without letting me know. When others were reading the Fa, he would play and sometimes even interfere. His behavior bothered me and I was at a loss as to what to do. After graduating from elementary school, he went to a second-rate middle school. I felt that I had failed to educate him well and it almost affected my xinxing.

What on earth went wrong? I was deeply upset. One day when I was listening to Teacher’s Fa lectures, I suddenly enlightened that I lacked compassion toward my son. The root of the problem was that I wasn’t cultivating well. I only saw his shortcomings and measured him based on my personal standards. If he didn’t behave as I expected, I would get angry. Was I compassionate? Didn’t my son’s so-called shortcomings expose my own shortcomings? My own field wasn’t righteous. Thus my son’s field was not rectified. I looked outward instead of inward and always blamed him. How could the good results be good?

Teacher said,

“It would be good if they could manage to search within themselves for the things that they have been able to find in others.” (“Essentials for Further Advancement, Dialogue with Time”)

When I finally enlightened to this Fa truth, I instantly felt my field becoming bright and clear. I decided to only look at others' strengths and search for my own shortcomings. Once I made this change, I felt that Teacher had eliminated much of the bad substance within me. From then on, I talked to my son with compassion in my heart. I no longer had problems helping him with his plan for studying and Fa study. As a result, he was transferred to the best class in his school.

My son now gets up at 5:00 a.m. He studies the Fa for 80 minutes and sends forth righteous thoughts at 6:00 a.m. When he is home alone, he often memorizes the Fa or reads the Minghui Weekly. He has truly improved and no longer fears facing hardships

Cooperating Well

Teacher’s words set a standard for Dafa practitioners. Teacher said:

“As your Master, I have never kept account of the wrong things you have done in your cultivation; I remember only the good things you have done and your accomplishments.” (“Pass the Deadly Test”)

I held wrong thoughts about two practitioners who are husband and wife. I thought that the husband wanted comfort and didn’t want to work. Instead, he relied on his wife’s pension. He used the excuse of doing the three things. The wife couldn't accept criticism. I always thought that the husband needed to go get a job whenever I heard about their tribulations. During a recent conversation, I once again told the husband that he should find a job. However, they both rejected the idea. Therefore, I searched inward and saw that I had deviated from the Fa. I didn’t think about their situation and didn't consider their difficulties. Rather, I always evaluated them with my own standards. My notions were not within the Fa, providing a loophole for the old forces.

Why did I always see this couple's shortcomings? I thought that he was lazy and could only convince me otherwise if he looked for a job. I thought that I was helping him to eliminate his laziness. In reality, I was trying to prove my conclusion. Besides, I was also uncomfortable with his wife’s shortcomings. Thus I wasn’t aware that I had deviated from the Fa. I always wanted to convince others. In fact, I subconsciously thought that I was better than others and was validating myself.

After looking within, I enlightened that the couple is already doing their best. They have to take care of their parents who were bedridden and their children whose health was poor. They also need to do the three things well. They are not rich but they still need to produce and distribute truth clarification materials. In fact, they are incredible. Even if they have the attachment of seeking comfort, they can eliminate it during cultivation. When I let go of my human notions, this fellow practitioner quickly realized his attachment to seeking comfort. We both improved in our cultivation.

The Importance of Examining Oneself

The Chinese character “Bi” (meaning “Compare”) actually has deep meaning. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) culture twisted its meaning into “fighting, competing, and taking advantage of the weaker.” Because of this proverb, I was once confused when I read Teacher’s poem “Solid Cultivation” in Hong Yin. I thought, “Isn’t cultivation about eliminating the attachment to wanting to fight? Why do we need to compare?” I suddenly became clear when I was reading the Chinese characters. The “Bi” character shows two people standing next to each other, each with his hands conjoined on his chest and bowing to the other person. I instantly realized that “Bi” is a depiction of cultivators respectfully gathering to study the Fa and also carries the meaning of cooperation.

How can we achieve “Compare in studying, compare in cultivating?” Our first thought must be about examining inward. Teacher said:

“When you meet with a conflict, it doesn’t matter whether you are in the right. You should be asking yourself, 'What on my part isn’t right in this situation? Might it really be that there is something wrong on my part?' You should all be thinking this way, with your first thought being to scrutinize yourself to try to find the problem. Whoever is not like this is not in fact a true cultivator of Dafa. It is a magical tool in our cultivation. This is a distinguishing feature of our Dafa disciples’ cultivation. Whatever it is that you encounter, the first thought should be to scrutinize yourself, and it’s called 'looking within.' (“What is a Dafa Disciple”)

A senior practitioner I know is a coordinator and responsible for several Falun Dafa projects. One day I received a letter explaining that two fellow practitioners that were part of our project had been arrested and that we had to temporarily halt our project. My first thought was about the severity of the situation. I also held some fear. I subsequently wrote to her and talked about the importance of safety and Fa study. On the surface, I was thinking of her, but I blamed her for not paying attention to the safety of our whole body, causing our fellow practitioners to be persecuted.

I thought that I did the right thing until another practitioner recommended an article about how the old forces used practitioners' loopholes and weaknesses. I was shocked. In the article, how the old forces interfere with and persecute practitioners was very similar to my notions. When a conflict arose, my first reaction was to find fault with others. After reading this article, I immediately adjusted my mindset and apologized to the senior practitioner. I also sent forth strong righteous thoughts to deny the persecution of all practitioners by the old forces. The senior practitioner also looked within. As a result, we cooperated well in exposing the evil and rescuing fellow practitioners.

Coordinators Should Be Like Rosin

In the past, I have always thought I didn’t have much attachment on the issue of interpersonal conflicts. After experiencing several tribulations, I found that I had the problem, just as Teacher mentioned in Zhuan Falun:

“Some people size themselves up with the fallen moral standard, and they think they’re better than other people. That’s because even the standard for measuring has changed.”

I always thought that I was better than others. All I saw was their shortcomings. It was difficult for me to see my own attachments. Therefore, the outcome was often not good. In our joint effort to rescue fellow practitioners, I seemed very dedicated. But the results were not good.

In order for practitioners to form a whole body, we came up with some strategies. However, it was not as easy as I thought. My attachment of complaining surfaced. I complained about fellow practitioners for not being diligent, or falling short in this or that. In addition, I even complained about the practitioners in Beijing not being responsible. Sometimes when things went smoothly, I would develop the attachment of joy and thought that I did a great job. When I was interfered with in a minor way, I doubted myself. When I encountered large interferences, I had the attachment of fear. One time I went to meet a fellow practitioner but didn't get to see him. On my way home, I had problems with my car. Later I realized that all these things happened because I had developed all kinds of human notions, including a show-off mentality, validating myself, fear, etc.

One day in a dream, Teacher hinted that the role of a coordinator was like the function of rosin in welding. Rosin is a primary component of flux, a material used in soldering. The main function of flux is to remove solder and oxides on the surface of the base material to be welded so that the surface is clean enough to prevent re-oxidation during the weld. It helps to reduce the surface tension and improve welding. The quality of flux directly affects the quality of the electronic products produced.

Although rosin may seem insignificant, it plays a very important role. I enlightened that a coordinator needs to let go self, assimilate into the Fa, and integrate into the whole body. In fact, coordination is indeed a self-cultivation process. It is the process of placing the Fa at the most important position, considering others first and being selfless. If we can coordinate based on the Fa, it is a god validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. Thus, it is very powerful. If we coordinate with human attachments, we would end up fighting among each other, which is arranged by the old forces.

After understanding the above Fa truth, I was able to let go of the attachment of achieving results when part of a project and was able to cultivate myself diligently. I consider others first and coordinate according to others' cultivation status. On the surface, the project might move forward slowly, but it is not slow at all. Every step is the xinxing improvement of all practitioners as a whole. In addition, I eliminated my attachment of looking down on others.

The above is my cultivation experience over the past year. Please point out anything inappropriate.

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Minghui Fahui | Seizing the Time to Save People, Rain or Shine

December 26, 2012 |   By Huilin, a practitioner in Sichuan, China

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Greetings esteemed Master, and greetings fellow practitioners!

I am 70 years old and started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996. I have only two years of education, but I have been diligently doing the three things daily. My one regret is that I can't write. I felt that I had let Master down by not writing and missing such a good opportunity. Master helped me find a fellow practitioner who wrote my experience sharing article for me.

Harmonizing with My Family and Saving People without Delay

My husband passed away long ago. I have four daughters who have their own families. The two younger ones live with me, and the two older ones live between two and three thousand miles from my home.

After I started practicing Dafa, I strictly followed the Falun Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I treat my daughters and sons-in-law as sentient beings. Because I cultivate and am physically healthy, I take care of all the house work. Whenever I have a small friction with a family member, I practice forbearance and apologize. My grandchildren like and respect me. Everyone in the family has a favorable view of Dafa, and supports my cultivation and clarifying the facts about Falun Dafa to people. Of course, all four families were among the first to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. They are all being blessed.

My oldest daughter is a teacher. She married late. In 1998 when she gave birth, I went and stayed with her, helping her take care of the child and household chores. In 2000 when the child was around two years old, I took her along in a stroller, handed out flyers in the market, put up posters in parks and delivered Dafa materials door to door.

In 2007 when my youngest daughter gave birth, I returned home to take care of her. After the baby was born, I did all the household chores and then went out to distribute truth-clarifying materials about Falun Dafa or advised people to withdraw from the CCP face to face. I was able to help six or seven people withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations daily.

When the children are working, I am in charge of all the chores and look after the grandchildren. Therefore, I have limited time to do the three things. During holidays or the children's vacations, they do the chores, so I can focus on saving people. For example, on Chinese New Year’s Eve, I was able to clarify the truth to over twenty people.

Rain or Shine, Saving People No Matter Where I Am

I dare not forget that I am a Dafa disciple with a mission. No matter where I am, I save people. A few days ago, I needed to see a fellow practitioner, so I took a taxi. As soon as I got into the car, I saw a little Chinese Communist red flag. I asked the driver why he had it. He said he wanted to thank the Communist Party for letting him drive a taxi, make money, and so on. I told him, “Where did the Communist Party get its money? It is all from the people. And there is no Communist official nowadays that is not corrupt.” I gave him a few examples and he agreed. Later, he said that the CCP is really bad. I then advised him to withdraw from its organizations. He said he had joined the Youth League. I picked a pseudonym and helped him withdraw. He thanked me over and over again. As I was getting out of the car, I reminded him, “You must get rid of the bloody flag. It will only bring you bad luck.” He said, “Yes, yes.”

Another day, I went to a supermarket and saw three female students at the check-out. The bill was 101 yuan and 40 cents, but they only had 100 yuan among them. I gave them the balance, and they kept thanking me. I said, “If you must thank someone, thank my Master. I am a Falun Dafa practitioner.” I told them the facts about Falun Dafa and helped them withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The cashier saw and heard me, and I helped the cashier to withdraw as well.

I often remember Master’s words, “The only thing you have a role in is saving people.” (“Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago”) For years, I have gone out every day, rain or shine, to tell people the facts about Falun Dafa. Sometimes when it rains very heavily, my daughter tells me, “Mom, it is raining, stay home.” I ask her, “Do you not go to work when it is raining? I am saving people. It is more important than your work.” I know that I am a Dafa disciple, and saving people is my responsibility and my mission. I have to go. So I take an umbrella, roll up my pants and go out. I always meet predestined people and tell them the facts about Falun Dafa.

Showing Dafa Disciples' Quality and Saving People Quickly

I always dress neatly and in good taste when I go out. I pay attention to my image no matter where I am. I remember that a Dafa disciple must be a good person, and is a cultivator who is better than a good person. So I am never picky when I buy vegetables. When the vendor saw that I am honest and frank, he gave me some extra vegetables. I refused to take them and told him that I could not take advantage of him because I am a Falun Dafa disciple. Then I told him the facts about Falun Dafa and advised him to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Some elderly people are afraid of crossing the street, so I help them cross the road. They are grateful, and when I tell them the facts about Falun Dafa, they are usually receptive.

One time, I was buying a duck, and there were a lot of customers. The seller gave me an extra 20 yuan when she made change. I told her, “You made a mistake.” She immediately said, “No, no mistake.” I said, “Really, you made a mistake, you gave me an extra 20 yuan. Here it is.” She was very grateful and kept thanking me. I told her, “I cultivate Falun Dafa. Anyone who cultivates Dafa is like me. You do not need to thank me, you ought to thank my Master.” Then I told her the facts about Falun Dafa and about withdrawing from the CCP.

There are many such examples. As long as we bear in mind the importance of saving people, we can do it no matter where we are.

Thinking of More Ways to Save People

When I walk on the street, I pick up plastic bottles and give them to scavengers when I see them, using the opportunity to tell them the facts about Falun Dafa.

I wash used plastic bags and take some with me when I go shopping. If I see someone who doesn’t have a bag, I hand one to the person and then clarify the facts about Falun Dafa. It usually turns out very well.

Some people don't like to get coins back when they buy things, and they argue with the seller. When I see that, I usually walk up and exchange the coins with my paper bills. Both sides are happy. After that when I tell them the facts about Falun Dafa, they have a chance to be saved.

When I walk around and realize that we only can save a few people at a time, I feel the urgency. Fa-rectification is rushing towards the end. We have to make the best use of our time to save more people and try to leave no regrets.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners! Heshi.

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Minghui Fahui | Wife of a Police Station Chief: Being Righteous at Home

December 26, 2012 |   By Yuhui, a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) I learned Falun Dafa in August 1996. At that time, my husband was the local police chief.

Before I started practicing Falun Dafa, my husband would get drunk and get into trouble every day. He often beat me and I was emaciated because of it. One time I got so angry with him that my face froze and I couldn't close my mouth and eyes or utter a word. He got scared and promised that he would stop drinking and beating me. However, after I calmed down, I still couldn't close my mouth. At the hospital, the doctor couldn't tell what was wrong with me.

My husband's older sister then came to visit and brought a copy of Zhuan Falun for me to read. Initially, I refused to read it because I was very poisoned by the Chinese regime's propaganda that slandered Falun Dafa. Still, she patiently told me many examples of how people recovered from their illnesses after they began practicing and said, “After you learn it, you will stop being angry and naturally your health will improve.” I began to read the book. After reading it for the first time, I knew that it was what I had always looked for. Shortly after, my illnesses disappeared. My husband still drank, but much less than before and he was nicer to me.

After the persecution of Falun Dafa began, my husband participated in it. I warned him that he shouldn't help the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecute practitioners by saying, “We are all good people. If you persecute good people, you will create a lot of karma that you won't be able to pay back. You must protect practitioners.” I then clarified the truth to him.

His superior once told him to tell practitioners in our area to go to the police station for a meeting and promised that they could leave after the meeting was over. At the time, most of the practitioners weren't aware of what was going on and went to the police station as my husband had instructed. After the meeting, his superior wanted to detain them all. My husband got furious and argued with his superior. He was upset because the practitioners were our neighbors and acquaintances and they trusted him. He would be known as a liar if the practitioners were detained. He said, “We guaranteed that they could go home after the meeting, so we must keep our word. I don't care what you say, I will not do it! Their families will come after me. You must release them now.” Seeing how upset my husband was, his superior said nothing and released them.

Another time, my husband was transferred to be the head of a detention center where two elderly practitioners were held. When he got home that day, he told me about them. I reminded him to be a good person and to treat them kindly. I said, “Please take good care of them.” He promised me he would. He later told me that he often offered them water and more nutritious food such as noodles and eggs. He also said, “I deliver everything their families send them.”

At one time, a guard found out that he was helping practitioners in the detention center. He became scared and told me about it. I assured him that Teacher would protect us and nothing would happen. Indeed, nothing happened to my husband.

Practitioners were constantly imprisoned, forced to do slave labor, and tortured in the detention center. My husband worried that the same thing would happen to me, so he didn't want me to continue practicing Falun Dafa. When I refused to give it up, he resumed his old habits. He began to physically and verbally abuse me again for trivial things. Every day, he cursed at me for no reason. He would yell at me if I took a little longer at the market or picking up our child. Once, he scolded me for letting the car battery run dry and smashed the car. He didn't want me to talk to other practitioners. Sometimes he wouldn't let me go home. If I did the Falun Dafa exercises, he would try to stop me. Several times, he almost tore up Dafa books, but I stopped him.

During that time, I often wondered why I couldn't be like what Teacher said in Zhuan Falun: “The other day I said that the Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and rectifies all abnormalities.” Although I was thinking about that, I didn't look within. I used the excuse that the old forces were using my family to interfere with me and prevent me from helping Teacher rectify the Fa and saving sentient beings. I kept finding excuse after excuse for myself. As a result, no matter how much I sent righteous thoughts, it didn't have any effect. The truth was, I didn't treat my husband as a being to be saved. I saw in other dimensions that rotten demons were manipulating him to do evil deeds.

I then began to look within and play my role in the family well. I realized that there were many things I didn't do well. I didn't really take good care of my family, and my xinxing was worse than an everyday person. I acted high and mighty and thought that I was better than my husband. I didn't like him and looked down on him. I didn't try to understand his feelings and hardly talked to him. Gradually, I created a large gap in our family and it bothered him.

Teacher said in Zhuan Falun: “Since you are someone with genuine gong, I would say that a true practitioner should follow a higher standard.” I began to seriously study the Fa. I evaluated myself with the Fa and realized my attachments. I rectified myself according to the Fa and did the three things better. I patiently clarified the truth of the persecution to my family. I also had my husband listen to Falun Dafa songs and read informational materials to him. He gradually began to change his behavior. He also quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

From then on, my family environment improved. My husband no longer tries to stop me from practicing Falun Dafa. When practitioners come to my house, he smiles and talks to them. Initially, many practitioners didn't visit me because of my husband's job. Now they often stop by and share their experiences with me. When I go pick up my child at school, I tell the students and teachers the facts about Falun Dafa and the staged Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident. I also tell them to sincerely recite, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Many students have quit the CCP.

This is my first time writing an experience-sharing article. The minute I picked up the pen, tears ran down my cheeks. I sincerely thank Teacher and fellow practitioners. Teacher has given me the wisdom and opened up my mind and practitioners have encouraged me, so that I could finish this article.

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Minghui Fahui | Cultivating Myself Well Day by Day

December 26, 2012 |   By Yulian, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Beijing, China

(Minghui.org) I was very moved and felt heavy in my heart after reading a fellow practitioner’s experience sharing article. Being a Beijing resident, I should share in the responsibility, as the evil beings persecuting Dafa disciples originate from Beijing. If all Beijing practitioners could diligently send forth righteous thoughts, the interference and persecution would be alleviated for fellow practitioners who clarify the truth in other regions. I made arrangements that allowed me to have more time to send intensified righteous thoughts every day during one of the four global schedules. Since then, I have sent righteous thoughts for two hours at a time directed towards Tiananmen Square to eliminate the evil. On October 1st last year [October 1 was the date the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power], I sent forth righteous thoughts continuously from noon until 7:30 p.m. when the wicked CCP network news program ended, because I believed that many evil elements would come out that day. During that period, I changed my hand gesture every hour. It would almost be impossible to have been able to do this without help from Master.

– From the author

Greetings to revered Master!

Greetings to fellow practitioners!

I started practicing Dafa cultivation in September 1998. At that time, I didn't pay attention to Fa study nor did I seize the time to cultivate. I only participated in the group exercises a few times and did not participate in the group Fa study. I thought, “I am still young and have a lot of time. No hurry. Take it easy.” Thus, my understanding and knowledge of the Fa was superficial.

When the wicked Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, I went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing with fellow practitioners several times to validate the Fa. Although I was forced to flee my home, I have prevailed over the hardships during those difficult days. I didn't have Master's new lectures or contact with fellow practitioners for a while. I thus gradually slacked off in cultivation. However, under Master's merciful care, I have stumbled along and overcome many difficulties in my cultivation path.

Regardless of my ordinary cultivation experiences, I would still like to take this opportunity of the Minghui Fahui to share my experiences with fellow practitioners. Please kindly point out anything that is improper.

I am very grateful for Master' merciful salvation.

Upgrading Rapidly by Studying and Memorizing the Fa

Prior to July 20, 1999, when the persecution began, I didn't keep up with Master's Fa-rectification process because I didn't study the Fa diligently. I did not realize the importance of Fa study until compassionate Master repeatedly hinted and awakened my mind to cultivate diligently. I have cultivated steadfastly only in recent years.

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" from Essentials for Further Advancement II)

From this paragraph, I understood the importance of Fa study for doing well on the path of cultivation. I began to study and memorize the Fa with determination. I memorized Hong Yin, Hong Yin Vol. 2 and Hong Yin Vol. 3 consecutively. I also memorized many of Master's short articles and Zhuan Falun twice.

Memorizing the Fa has benefited me a lot. It gradually diminished my attachments. It helped me upgrade my xinxing rapidly. I gradually learned to check myself with the Fa through looking inwards. I learned to examine myself in the face of conflicts. I always measure myself with the Fa first when an event occurs, no matter whether it is good or bad. I then look inwards for human notions and remove them once they are found. I want to memorize Zhuan Falun over and over and to bring with me this Fa of the universe to the sentient beings in my original home.

Experiences from Prolonged Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts

I did not have access to the lecture about sending righteous thoughts when Master published it, because I had no contact with fellow practitioners. I heard part of it a while later from a fellow practitioner who briefly told me the Fa-rectification verses over the telephone. I knew how to send forth righteous thoughts since that day. When I send forth righteous thoughts, I always feel energetic. I thus send forth righteous thoughts every day whenever I have time.

The environment is getting relaxed as the Fa-rectification moves forward. I made contact with some fellow practitioners later, and they helped me to obtain the Fa lectures Master published after July 20, 1999. Reading the lectures, I realized that I didn't meet the essential requirements of sending forth righteous thoughts. To ensure that my understanding was complete , I again read Master's new relevant lectures and reference articles published on Minghui.org and basically memorized them. I realized that it is an important matter for Dafa practitioners to send forth righteous thoughts during the Fa-rectification period to help Master rectify the Fa and eradicate the evil. This is especially important to Dafa practitioners in Beijing, where the center of evil is located. Thus, I prolonged the time period for sending forth righteous thoughts.

In August 2010, I read some articles written by a fellow practitioner whose celestial eye was opened, including one describing some scenes he saw in other dimensions while sending forth righteous thoughts. He also saw an evil bastion above Tiananmen Square, where many wicked beings passed through from the sky before they scattered all over the country and even to the world to interfere and persecute Dafa practitioners. He indicated that sending forth righteous thoughts for a long period of time resulted in a lot of the evil being destroyed and was helpful for clarifying the truth to save sentient beings.

I read this article several times. I was very moved and felt heavy in my heart. Being a Beijing resident, I felt responsible, as so many evil beings depart from Beijing. If all Beijing practitioners could diligently send forth righteous thoughts, the interference and persecution would be alleviated for fellow practitioners who clarify the truth in other regions. I made arrangements that allowed me to have more time to send intensified righteous thoughts every day during one of the four global schedules. Since then, I have sent righteous thoughts for two hours directed towards Tiananmen Square to eliminate the evil nests. On October 1st last year (October 1 is the National Holiday), I sent forth righteous thoughts continuously from noon until 7:30 p.m. when the wicked CCP network news program ended, because I thought that many evil elements would come out that day. During that period, I changed my hand gestures every hour. It would be almost impossible to have done this without help from Master.

For many years, I have been inspired greatly by the effects of sending forth intensified righteous thoughts for longer periods of time in order to eliminate the evil. Now I can sit in full lotus for two hours, instead of just one hour like before. With prolonged sending forth righteous thoughts, my mind becomes quieter while doing the exercises and my energy grows stronger. I feel that my whole body is surrounded by a strong energy field, and negative elements are removed. My upright palm never falters because of the energy. The longer I send forth righteous thoughts, the better I feel.

One day, a fellow practitioner told me that she had provided truth-clarification materials to another practitioner who was later arrested while distributing the fliers. She was concerned because that practitioner revealed her name as the source of the materials. She asked me to send forth righteous thought for her. I went to her home with another practitioner. We sent righteous thoughts twice, two hours each time. We stayed there overnight because she asked us to. That night, I dreamed of seeing a nine-colored rainbow in the sky after a storm. I told her of my dream the next morning and assured her that the evil was completely eliminated during our long session of sending forth righteous thoughts. Since she also had strong righteous thoughts, which played a leading role in eliminating the evil, she has not been disturbed since.

Last year, another miracle occurred to a practitioner who had a terminal illness. I had never returned home during the Chinese New Year since I moved to Beijing some 20 years ago. Last year I went back to my hometown to visit my family and also to clarify the facts about Falun Gong and advise my relatives to renounce the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I also wanted to share my cultivation experiences with local fellow practitioners, hoping to better help Master rectify the Fa and save more sentient beings.

When I arrived home on the evening of December 26, I received a call from my sister, who is also a practitioner. She told me anxiously that her friend, also a practitioner, has a serious health problem and currently was in great danger. It was so urgent that my sister asked me to help send righteous thoughts for her friend. After sharing the situation with our family, who were supportive, my sister and I quickly went to her friend's home. This practitioner had already been severely persecuted by the evil and was on the verge of death. She had been diagnosed with an inoperable malignant brain tumor a few years ago, and was informed by a Beijing hospital that she only had three months to live. Through practicing Falun Gong, she had been very healthy for the past few years. But the disease broke out again suddenly. I told fellow practitioners that we should completely negate the evil, and we would not allow it to persecute this practitioner at all, regardless of whether or not she had any xinxing problems. This practitioner was already in a coma, her whole body was twitching, and bloody water was coming out from her mouth. Her entire mouth was festered with pus and blood. She was incontinent and had seizures every few minutes. She could die at any moment.

I felt that this practitioner's dimension must have been full of evil energy. I asked my sister to bring in a practitioner who had his celestial eye opened. He saw the evil beings that were occupying the practitioner's dimension. This was why we saw seizures manifesting in our dimension. After discussion with fellow practitioners, we agreed to diligently and intensively send forth righteous thoughts in unison to save her. Every participating practitioner would send righteous thoughts as long as he or she could. I did it from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first day. Her situation didn't change during the first four hours. But after that, her seizure symptoms were weaker and their frequency decreased. I continuously sent 4 hours of righteous thoughts on the second day. She responded two hours later, two hours sooner than the first day. This suggested that a large amount of evil had been eradicated. I sent righteous thoughts for five hours on the third day, and her situation improved substantially. She was more active on the fourth day after I sent forth righteous thoughts for three hours. On the fifth day, she could study the Fa, practice the exercises and send forth righteous thoughts after my two hours of sending forth righteous thoughts. It is incredible that, under the merciful care of Master, and the intensified righteous thoughts sent by fellow practitioners, a terminally-ill person with dilated pupils regained her life in just twenty-some days. The miracle and extraordinary power of Dafa appears in the human world again! Through this experience, my hometown practitioners have understood the importance of sending forth intensified righteous thoughts for a long period of time. They have thus prolonged their sending forth righteous thoughts.

The miraculous recovery of my sister's friend helped a lot in clarifying the truth to local residents, including this practitioner's siblings and sister-in-law who had either stopped cultivation, or slacked off in cultivation after the persecution had begun. Seeing this miracle, they all resumed cultivation steadfastly, and each of them improved substantially. Many of this practitioner's relatives and friends who knew her health situation also came forth to ask for help in starting cultivation. When we help fellow practitioners through hardships, we actually help Master rectify the Fa to save sentient beings.

As a matter of fact, what the evil fears the most is sending forth righteous thoughts intensively for a long period of time by Dafa practitioners. On one occasion, I felt very tired and weak after coming back from my sister's home. I lay in bed and watched the hour hand going around the clock. It was very close to six o'clock, the time for sending forth righteous thoughts. As the time approached, I debated whether I should do it for 15 minutes or 2 hours. I finally overcame the interference with righteous thoughts, and decided to send forth righteous thoughts for two hours. A while after I had started, I heard an angry voice in my head: “Once you start sending forth righteous thoughts, you became so energetic.” I understood momentarily that my fatigue was attributable to the interference of evil elements who feared my sending forth righteous thoughts for a long period of time. I felt relaxed after sending forth righteous thoughts, and all of the illusions of fatigue disappeared completely.

On another occasion, while I was sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight, a man asked those evil beings, “Who do you fear the most?” The evil beings answered that they are most afraid of me. I enlightened that Master was encouraging me to send forth righteous thoughts towards the wicked center in Beijing, to eliminate the evil and end the vicious persecution sooner.

This persecution might have already ended if every Dafa practitioner could pay close attention to the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts. Let us study together what Master said in “Righteous Thoughts” October 13th, 2002.

“Dafa disciples' sending forth righteous thoughts at this special historic period--in order to reduce the evil beings' persecution of Dafa, Dafa disciples, and the people of the world--has played a very critical role. A large number of evil beings have been cleaned out in a timely manner before the force of Fa-rectification arrives, and this has reduced many potential losses. Yet the evil beings have already seen that they're doomed, and they are acting more and more madly. Dafa disciples are now sentient beings' only, sole hope for salvation. So, in order to do Fa-rectification more effectively, while you clarify the facts you have to take sending righteous thoughts very seriously, and in a timely manner purge the evil and your own problems so that you won't be taken advantage of by the evil.”

Leading Predestined People to Practice Falun Dafa

Throughout these years of clarifying the truth, and advising people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, I have paid attention to helping predestined persons around me practice Falun Dafa. My work unit hired a new colleague who was assigned to work in front of my booth. She is young, but she looked sad every day. I sometimes saw her crying privately. After I gradually got acquainted with her, I learned that she had been deeply hurt by her husband's extramarital affair. To help her overcome her depression, I told her of the goodness and beauty of Dafa, and recited to her Master's lectures and poems from Hong Yin. I also advised her to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and she agreed without hesitation. She became more open-minded and expressed her profuse gratitude.

One day, she held my hand crying, “You have saved me. If it was not for you, I would never be able to prevail through those difficult days. I might have lost my mind. I feel much happier now!” I found her to be a very kind person. I thus tried to help her obtain Dafa with my compassion and patience, because it is extremely important that a life can obtain the Fa. I often shared with her my experiences. She began to read Dafa books and started practicing cultivation soon afterwards. Her cultivation state improved rapidly. She has done the three things well, and has advised her relatives and friends to quit the CCP successfully. She even clarified the truth to strangers.

Another colleague was transferred to my sales counter later. She was still smiling instead of being angry when a customer pointed at her and yelled. Her kindness caught my attention at that time. I suddenly had a thought that I must help this kind person obtain the Fa. When I knew her better, I advised her to quit the CCP. She did so, but reluctantly. I thought that this kind person has been severely poisoned by the wicked party and it would not be easy to help her obtain the Fa.

Since she was instilled by the wicked party's slanderous propaganda against Dafa, she always avoided me because she knew that I was a practitioner. However, I still actively shared my experiences with her. She believed in the existence of gods and Buddhas. She also believed in cultivation, but she felt dubious about Dafa cultivation. Three years went by in this state with little change.

I noticed one strange thing. When there was no customer around her, she seemed to have a weak consciousness, and always fell asleep even while standing up. I felt that she had been possessed by a spirit. I asked her on one occasion while we were chatting, “You can sleep while standing. Are you possessed by spirits?” She answered yes. She said that her mother worshiped many weird things and was possessed by spirits before she died. She said that she had left troubles to her children. One day, this colleague encountered a problem. She was worried that she might be fired by the work unit because she was late to work every day and fell asleep at work. I held her hand and said sincerely, “Please listen to me. I won't lie to you. As long as you sincerely recite 'Falun Dafa is good' and 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,' divine beings will help you resolve these tribulations.” Looking at me, she started to recite with me.

The next day she told me about a dream she'd had that night. She dreamed that a python was cut into four sections and the parts were still wiggling on the ground. I told her that Master has cleansed her body because she sincerely recited “Falun Dafa is good.” She has changed greatly. She became much more energetic.

Two days later, I helped her listen to the recordings of Master's lecture in Guangzhou. She understood the truth and cried after she finished listening. The poisons of the wicked CCP had prevented her from practicing Dafa sooner.

She underwent a dramatic change. She has never been late to work since then. She feels better every day. She no longer falls asleep at work. Seeing her big change, the supervisor decided not to fire her. She silently asked Master later that it would be wonderful if she could study the Fa and practice exercises with a fellow practitioner. Not too long after her wish, a new practitioner moved near to her house. They study the Fa and practice the exercises together. They also clarify the truth and do the three things together. Their xinxing has improved greatly. This practitioner's child and sister-in-law also practice Falun Dafa now.

I went shopping with my sister this summer. I bought a dress and paid the vendor with currency on which a message was written with something like, “Falun Dafa is a sublime cultivation way of the Buddha School. It has spread to over 100 countries and regions. More than 100 millions people who have practiced Dafa have benefited, physically and spiritually. May 13 is designated as World Falun Dafa Day.” I also advised the vendor to quit the CCP. He not only agreed without hesitation, but also thanked me. I told him to read the short message on the currency before I left.

My sister thought that the dress looked nice and wanted to have one for herself. I returned to the market and walked to the same stand. The vendor immediately recognized me. I asked him, “Did you read the message on the paper money?” He sincerely said, “Yes, yes.” He then asked me to give him a book. Since I lived nearby, I rushed home and brought him back a copy of Zhuan Falun and DVD's of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party along with other materials.

I shopped at a department store one day, and clarified the truth to the store owner who was a soldier. He happily agreed to quit the CCP also. He even mentioned to me that his next-door neighbor was once a Dafa practitioner. I was very excited hearing this news. I went to visit her, and advised her to resume cultivation. She felt she was not worthy. She told me that she was possessed by spirits and Master removed it for her when she started the cultivation. I said to her, “Master never gives up on any disciple. Please come back.” I gave her some Dafa books, and she has resumed cultivation. I also clarified the truth to her good friend, who is very kind. Her friend was afraid in the beginning, but she started cultivation later after learning the goodness of Dafa and listening to Master's lectures. She no longer sells counterfeit goods anymore. In addition, seven people also started cultivating last year after listening to my truth clarification.

Some fellow practitioners commented, “People's morality is very bad nowadays. There won't be many people who can cultivate. It is good enough if they can accept the advice to quit the CCP.” I do not agree with this attitude. I feel that we should not simply just help them withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Doing so only saves one person. We should extend ourselves further to find those kind predestined persons and lead them to cultivation. Once they start cultivating, they will save more lives because they all came for the Fa.

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Minghui Fahui | Identifying Fundamental Attachments While Validating Dafa

December 27, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Hebei Province, China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, revered Teacher!

Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I have been practicing Falun Gong for 14 years. I have been doing the three things steadily since I was released from the county detention center in April 2002. I have removed many attachments to various degrees while producing truth-clarification materials and distributing them, clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to people, handing out Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs, persuading people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated student leagues, and sending out important facts about Falun Gong via my mobile phone.

I used to have very strong attachments to showing off, satisfying my ego, being zealous and getting things done. When these thoughts were strong, I sometimes failed to suppress them. Nowadays, they've become very weak because I study the Fa and cultivate myself solidly. I ran into some trouble in the past two years while validating Dafa, which compelled me to re-evaluate existing problems in my cultivation.

Last summer, four fellow practitioners and I drove to a rural area to hand out Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs. We went to a valley with five villages. After we finished distributing DVDs in three villages, on our way to the fourth village, we passed a car with four men at a turn. The men stretched their necks to check us out. We immediately realized that someone from the previous village must have reported us to the authorities.

We sped up toward an open road, but before we reached it that car caught up with us. They were unable to get past us because the country road was narrow, so they kept shouting and honking at us. Soon we reached the open road. The fellow practitioner who was driving asked us, "Where should we head?” I said: "You decide. Whichever way you like. Don't panic. Teacher is watching over us!"

Once on the open road, that car quickly passed us and blocked our way. Our driver quickly turned in the opposite direction. When that car got past us and blocked us again, we turned and went the other way again. This happened a couple of times. We kept sending forth righteous thoughts and asked Teacher for protection. I spoke aloud with righteous thoughts: "We are Falun Gong practitioners in the Fa-rectification period. It is our historic responsibility to clarify the truth and save people from the lies of the CCP. It is Teacher who asked us to do it. Whoever dares to persecute us will commit a sin. Even if we might have loopholes in cultivation, we shall rectify ourselves by searching inward. No evil being has the right to persecute us." We all had very strong righteous thoughts.

After we turned again, we arrived in a town. There were cars on both sides of the road, and several people made a stance to block our car. Our driver slowed down, giving them an impression that we were preparing to stop. The instant they yielded, however, he hit the gas and drove past them.

We had a large number of Shen Yun DVDs in the car. A fellow practitioner suggested that we should hide them. We decided to put the idea into action right away, and our driver found a suitable spot. When that car with four men drove past us again, we took the opportunity during a turn and quickly threw a bag of DVDs out the window into a bush on the roadside. We kept sending forth righteous thoughts and begged Teacher for help.

We were just about to reach a village when that car passed us again. We looked behind and found that two other cars blocked us from both sides. However, we had faith that Teacher would protect us. At a pivotal moment, we saw a shortcut to the village. We knew it must have been arranged by Teacher, so we did not hesitate to take it. When we stopped on a hill and looked back toward the road, we could no longer see that car. Two other cars were parked on the road, and several people stood outside and looked up at the mountain, trying to locate us.

I called my husband, and he drove out to pick us up. We found the bag with Shen Yun DVDs on our way back. Our driver also returned home safely that evening. Thus, we escaped potential arrest because of Teacher's compassionate protection. In hindsight, our close encounter was like a TV drama. We all had tears of gratitude for Teacher's help.

Through this experience, I understood deeply Teacher's words:

"When disciples have ample righteous thoughts

Master has the power to turn back the tide"

("The Master-Disciple Bond" from Hong Yin Volume II)

Afterward, we gathered and studied the Fa together. We also searched inward and identified many attachments.

I, too, identified some attachments. I had clarified the truth for a few years without getting into any trouble, whether alone or with fellow practitioners, so I became complacent and let my guard down. I equated clarifying the truth, itself, to cultivation and didn't notice this dangerous state of mind. I thought I had strong righteous thoughts, and many fellow practitioners preferred to team up with me to clarify the truth. However, after looking inward, I realized that I had a very strong attachment to validating myself.

One Sunday last fall, a fellow practitioner and I traveled by bus to a village to hand out Shen Yun DVDs. We handed out DVDs to one person at a time, and everything went very well. We then ran into a group of men who were building a house. They were all very eager to get a DVD.

On our way out of the village, we ran into a group of six people. We approached them with a smile and gave them a brief explanation of Shen Yun. One of them asked for a DVD.

A man in his 50s stepped forward and also took a DVD from me. However, then he grabbed my bag of DVDs and said: "Let me see how many DVDs you have left. Give me some more." I replied: "They are very precious. They all have the same content. You only need one." He looked angry and grabbed my bag by force. He declared: "You Falun Gong practitioners say bad things about the CCP every day. Today, I will call the police and have you arrested. Let's see who else will dare to come to our village again!" Next, he tried to snap the DVD in half. I immediately grabbed it to prevent him from committing a sin. He began to tremble with rage. He was so angry that his voice changed.

He took out his mobile phone and was about to make a call. A word popped into my mind immediately: "illusion." The fellow practitioner and I sent forth righteous thoughts while clarifying the truth to him. I said with a smile and a peaceful mind: "Brother, you know, it is Sunday. We both have jobs, and we've used our personal time to bring you something as wonderful as Shen Yun DVDs. We are doing this for your own good. You will understand once you watch it." With Teacher's help, the fellow practitioner and I both had very strong righteous thoughts.

The man quickly returned the bag to us and put his mobile phone away. He said, "You may leave, but don't ever come back." I responded with a smile: "It appears that you don't quite understand the truth about Falun Gong. Why don't we tell you more?" The people in the group began to ask questions about Falun Gong, which we patiently answered. When it got dark, we told them: "Watch the DVD and pass it around. We shall come back when we have time." Then we walked out of the village.

We searched within on the way home and agreed that we had two loopholes. First, we both had a notion. Fellow practitioners had visited this village several times in the past and reported that the villagers were not receptive to hearing the truth about Falun Gong. A female practitioner from this village had been severely persecuted and nearly lost her life, and her family and other villagers had a lot of misunderstandings about Falun Gong. Thus, we entered this village with a notion that people would not be receptive. Naturally, the evil took advantage of this notion. In a sense, we fulfilled our own prophecy.

Our second loophole was that we were overcome with zealotry upon seeing that the villagers were actually receptive.

Teacher said,

"...whatever one’s thoughts align with will dominate the person."

("Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference")

Once we identified these loopholes, we quickly rectified ourselves according to the Fa and eliminated these bad notions with righteous thoughts.

Three fellow practitioners and I traveled to a village at night on May 13, 2012. We planned to hang banners, post signs and distribute truth-clarification materials with important facts about Falun Gong.

It was already past 10 p.m. when we arrived at the first village. The sky was particularly dark that night, and I forgot to bring a torch with me. As soon as I entered the village, I fell into sewage nearly two meters deep. It took me a lot of time and effort to climb out of it. I badly injured my left wrist and right knee, but I kept sending forth righteous thoughts and denying the interference. I continued to validate Dafa with fellow practitioners that night and did not return home until around 5 a.m. the next day.

My left wrist was very swollen and painful the next day. People said that I must have fractured it. I also had difficulty bending my right knee. Nevertheless, I persevered in practicing Falun Gong exercises every day. I also did not take any time off from work or ask anyone to help me with housework. My husband, who is not a Falun Gong practitioner, declared, "Your Teacher has saved your life again."

Upon evaluating the incident and looking within, I realized that I had wanted to show others that I could do better. When we went out to clarify the truth, I didn't care about fellow practitioners at all. I often walked briskly or even jogged. A fellow practitioner who walks slowly once commented: "I will never work with her (referring to me) again. She walks so quickly. I felt so nervous. I could hardly catch my breath." When I heard the comment, I still didn't care; I blamed the other practitioner for being too slow.

Teacher has repeatedly reminded us of the serious nature of cultivation. Why didn't I pay attention?

After the aforementioned incidents, I tried to study the "20th Anniversary Fa Teaching" in tranquility. As I searched within while studying the lecture, the words "seeking fame" popped into my mind. I knew Teacher was giving me a hint.

It suddenly dawned on me. I am the youngest of four sisters, and my entire family considers me to be the smartest one. Thus, my family always gave me the best, despite financial difficulties; I was even able to finish college. Since I got married, I have been the one supporting my parents financially, and my husband and I also support his parents financially. Therefore, I have attained a certain status in my family. When people praised me for being filial, I felt that I deserved the praise. I always studied hard and earned good grades in school, so I also received a lot of praise and recognition from teachers and classmates. Similarly, I worked hard and won many awards in my company in the past few years. Hence, I have grown an appetite for recognition.

When I first started practicing Falun Gong, I wasn't seeking health benefits; I wanted to become a good person and earn a good reputation. After I started practicing, I declined the nomination for employee of the year. My husband was also offered a promotion many times, but each time I asked him to decline because I feared that it might offend someone or that he might have to commit a sin while being a leader. I thought I was relinquishing my attachment to fame and recognition.

However, now I realized that fearing to be a manager or fearing to offend others is the same as fearing for one's reputation. All that I had done was in fact to hide my attachments. As a result, I was actually accumulating attachments to fear, showing off, zealotry, jealousy and getting things done, even though on the surface I tried to eliminate them.

My desire for recognition was never gone either. When I memorized the Fa, I aimed for quick progress. When I encountered problems while clarifying the truth to people, I feared that fellow practitioners might find out and criticize that I did not cultivate well. When I failed to get up early in the morning to practice Falun Gong exercises for a long period of time, I did not tell any fellow practitioners and kept it a secret. When fellow practitioners and I exchanged cultivation insights, I would be silent if I couldn't find anything good to say about myself. I never opened my heart and discussed my problems with fellow practitioners.

For the longest time, I did the three things and kept myself busy, but made little progress in cultivation. It was frightening! How could I have possibly made any progress when I cultivated while harboring these filthy attachments? How could I have not been met with trouble while harboring bad thoughts?

Teacher said:

"Those who are attached to their reputations practice an evil way, full of intention. Once they gain renown in this world, they are bound to say good but mean evil, thereby misleading the public and undermining the Fa." ("Cultivators' Avoidances" from Essentials for Further Advancement)

Since I understood my problems from the perspective of the Fa and identified my well-hidden attachments, I have been working hard to eliminate them. Now I guard each and every thought of mine, reinforce my main consciousness, study the Fa in tranquility and spend more time on sending forth righteous thoughts. I also dedicate a certain amount of time each day to address my problems in cultivation practice. I can feel the results. When I go out to validate Dafa at night, I am no longer in a rush; I coordinate well with fellow practitioners and do things calmly and stably. As a result, things have gone well without any problem each time.

I am truly grateful to Teacher for giving me hints and helping me identify my well-hidden, fundamental attachments.

Please kindly point out anything inappropriate in my humble understanding.

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Minghui Fahui | Overcoming Passivity in Truth-Clarification

December 27, 2012 |   By Qi Mei, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Shaanxi Province, China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, Revered Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I started my cultivation of Falun Dafa in 1997. I would like to share my cultivation experiences doing truth-clarification and persuading people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the past few years.

After the Epoch Times newspaper published Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and the “Solemn Announcement,” the Minghui website published three of Teacher's articles: “We Are Not 'Getting Political'”, “New Year's Greetings,” and “Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World” at the beginning of 2005. I realized that the Fa-rectification period had come to a new era of clarifying the facts and saving sentient beings. During this era the main focus is to spread the Nine Commentaries and persuade people to quit the CCP. I started with my family and relatives and helped some of them quit the CCP. I thought that I had kept up with the Fa-rectification progress, but an incident happened six months later that allowed me to realize my gaps.

One night in July 2005, my neighbor's husband, who had passed away four years before, appeared in a dream. He looked very serious and put a letter in my hand. I was so surprised that I woke up. I guessed that he might have seen in his dimension that some disaster was about to happen to his family, so he came to ask me to deliver a message to them. That message was to quit the CCP, so I took informational materials to his home right away. I had told his wife the facts before and she believed that Dafa was good. When I told her about my dream, the Nine Commentaries, and quitting the CCP, she said sincerely, “Thank you! My husband and I didn't join the Party because we were born into families with bad qualifications (in the past people born into rich families or families with members, who had served enemies of the CCP, were not allowed to join the Party). But one of our children is a Party member and the other three are members of the Youth League. I should let them read these materials and have them announce that they quit these organizations.” Yet, two weeks later she told me, embarrassed, “My children said to thank you but they didn't believe it.” She returned the materials to me.

Two months later, I heard the bad news that the husband of her daughter, who was a Party member, died in a car accident in another city. I went to see her with a heavy heart. She cried, “I can't believe that what my husband told you in your dream came true! Our children were too stubborn. Now it's too late.” I felt very sorry that I had not gone to her son-in-law's home to tell them the truth earlier (I knew them well). Later, though, her three other children declared that they quit the Youth League. I still regretted everything a lot!

Teacher told us:

“Every person you come into contact with in society is someone to clarify the truth to, and what’s manifest in clarifying the truth is Dafa disciples’ mercy and their salvation of the world’s people.” (“To All Students at the Nordic Fa Conference,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)

In retrospect I noticed that I had not put my whole heart into clarifying the truth to my neighbor's children, as I did to my neighbors. I felt very sorry! After realizing how selfish I had been and how bad my cultivation was, I started to improve in my Fa study and xinxing cultivation.

In the following days, I tried to follow Teacher's words:

“Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and save people with mercy” (“Rationality,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)

I felt that the most difficult thing for me was to clarify the truth to my colleagues. Many of them were busy making money, fighting for a promotion, or enjoying their lives. They were deeply trapped in these things and were either numb to the truth about Dafa or didn't even want to listen to it. Thus, I focused on clarifying the facts to people outside my workplace. At work, I only talked to those with no power or those who were retired. I kept using the excuse: “Let me wait for the right time” in order to forgive and cover up my attachment of being afraid of difficulties. It was not until an incident in 2011 occurred that I realized my problem.

A retired lady in her 70s, who used to work where I did, learned the Dafa exercises from me four years before, because she had suffered from illnesses for many years. Her illnesses soon disappeared when she did the exercises. Her children saw the miraculousness of Dafa. Last year I thought that I should tell her family to quit the CCP. But when I brought up the issue, she gave me a “time out” gesture and said, “Please stop. We only do the exercises. Do not talk about politics.” I knew that she had been poisoned deeply by the CCP. I should have sent forth righteous thoughts to clear the evil factors behind her and clarified the truth to her at that time, but I had a human thought and wanted to avoid a conflict. I thought that I could talk to her children first. Her children were all very reasonable, highly educated intellectuals who worked in different companies. But the old lady kept telling me that her children hadn't been back to see her (actually she just didn't want me to meet them). I then thought, “Let me just wait.” However, two months later, her son had a car accident. This incident was very similar to the incident five years before. I realized that I had missed another life that I was supposed to save. After I clarified the truth to her family, they all agreed to quit the CCP. I was in tears because I felt so much regret when I got the list of their family names who wanted to quit the CCP.

Why was I so sensitive about the word “politics?” Why did I avoid clarifying the truth to the old lady? It was because I had a deeply hidden human heart – I was afraid that others would think of me as getting political. Behind this attachment was not only fear, but also the attachment to fame and glory. All of them were attributable to selfishness. This attachment had hindered my righteous thoughts and righteous actions. This was the main reason that had prevented me from openly clarifying the truth and persuading people to quit the CCP at work.

After realizing my gap in Fa study and xinxing cultivation, I noticed that I hadn't completely eliminated the CCP's Party culture poison in me. Thus, in addition to strengthening my Fa study, I carefully read the Nine Commentaries. As I kept improving my understanding, let go of my attachments, and eliminated the factors of the Party culture, Teacher removed the substance of fear in my field. Suddenly, I felt that my righteous thoughts were much stronger and I was more benevolent in my heart. I truly had the feeling that

“When our compassion emerges, we will probably find all living beings and every person suffering.” (“The Issue of Killing,” Lecture Seven, Zhuan Falun)

Therefore, when Teacher published the article “The Ultimate Objective of Clarifying the Truth” (2012), I had a deeper understanding about clarifying the facts, clearer ideas when telling the truth, and a stronger sense of urgency and responsibility to save people.

Earlier this summer, I visited my hometown for some business. When I finished my things, I reminded myself with Teacher's words: “You need to think of ways to find the people that you are meant to save.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching,” 2012).

I wanted to explain the facts to my high school classmates. Suddenly a thought came into my mind: I should talk to a childhood friend who is now a farmer. A kind person told me how to get to her home. When I showed up, she and her husband were so happy! When they heard the reason for my visit and understood the truth, their whole family quit the CCP right away and accepted Dafa amulets. They were very grateful. I told them to keep repeating, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and say it more especially in critical situations. When I left I also reminded them that they could ask Dafa's Master to protect them in emergencies.

Twenty days after I left, a tank truck full of gasoline caught on fire on the road next to their village. It burned for over 30 hours but didn't explode. Her husband told me over the phone, “Big Sister, after you left, every morning the first thing we do is to repeat the nine words. We definitely believe in Dafa. That day, the tank was on fire and could have exploded at any moment. If it had exploded, it would have been equivalent to the power of 200 tons of TNT. Our whole village would have been flattened. Everyone in our village, over 1,000 people, ran to the west side of the village. Our whole family kept repeating the nine words. I asked Dafa's Master to save our village. I told my family, 'It will be OK. Dafa's Master will for sure protect us!' People in our village worried for over 30 hours. After the warning alert ended, they ran home, excited that they had survived a death threat. They kept shouting, 'Thank you, Heavenly god for blessing us!' while they ran. I knew very clearly that this Heavenly god is Dafa's Master!”

I was moved! A family of farmers used their experience of witnessing Dafa's benevolence and miracle.

I felt fortunate that 20 days earlier, Teacher gave me a hint to change my plan and clarify the truth to this family. Dafa saved this family and their village, too. I was also scared: If I had had a little unrighteous thought at that moment, I might have followed my original plan and used “Just wait” to defer this opportunity to clarify the facts to the farmer's sister, and the result would have been hard to imagine!

I used to hear people say, “It's better late than never to mend the sheepfold after the wolves take a sheep out of it.” It was an encouragement and a consolation to those who have made mistakes and want to make up for it. Let's think, if we don't complete our historic mission well to save sentient beings, when the big disaster comes, is there still a chance for us to “mend the sheepfold?” What will be left will be regret and that forever!

Therefore, we must study the Fa diligently, cultivate ourselves well, and seize the opportunity to clarify the truth and save sentient beings!

Finally, let me express my gratitude to and salute our great benevolent Teacher!

Thank you, fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Always Reminding Myself That I Am a Cultivator

December 27, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Beijing, China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings to revered Master!

Greetings to fellow practitioners!

I continuously encountered many troubles in 2012, especially in the latter half of the year. It disturbed my peaceful life. Many tedious household chores interrupted my routine of Fa study and exercises. I was afraid that I might become an ordinary person if this trend continued. While I was vexed at this problem, a phrase “always remember that you are a cultivator” arose in my mind. I knew it was Master trying to remind me to be diligent. Since then, I have strived to live up to the standards of a cultivator despite my busy schedule, always keeping my mission in mind. I have taken the time to study the Fa diligently and do the three things well. My cultivation experiences are described below.

Getting rid of fear

I had been timid and cowardly all my life, but ironically I became a policewoman. My colleagues did not think I was fit for the position. However, I remained at my job until my retirement.

I was fortunate to begin practicing Falun Gong in 1996, when I was 45 years old. Cultivation is a process to let go of all human attachments. The first attachment I had to remove was fear. My steadfast Fa study has laid a solid foundation on my cultivation path. It has helped me escape a number of dangers in hostile environments during the 13 years of persecution.

Master said:

“Many people become brave after they start practicing. Why is that? It’s not merely due to factors on your part. It is because you have a side that knows things. That’s why your courage is boosted.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference”)

Although practitioners have different cultivation paths, they all encounter various tests and hardships. Compared to fellow practitioners' tests, the hardships I have encountered may seem trivial, but I was tempered and able to upgrade myself through them. As a result, I gradually got rid of my attachment of fear. I now can calmly face and resolve any unexpected tribulation because I know Master is always with me. I know that nothing will happen as long as I follow Master's teachings.

When a local practitioner was detained in the summer of 2006, I posted on the Minghui website some original information about the case, which I had obtained from a guard at the detention center. In order to have a better understanding of the situation, I tried to visit this guard again, but he wasn't home. I thus contacted him by phone. Unfortunately, our conversation was monitored. When I went shopping a few days later, I noticed that I was being followed by two spies, a man and a woman, who pretended to be chatting on the street. The woman approached me to ask for directions and walked along with me.

I recalled Master's words:

“Even if you’re a spy, you still have a human heart, so I will treat you as an ordinary person. The type of work you do doesn’t matter.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Fa conference in Canada”)

I clarified the truth to her compassionately. I told her that gods would destroy the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) and that quitting the CCP could save her life. Although she didn't agree to quit the CCP, I believe that my words led her to consider the truth and freed her from the evil's manipulation in other dimensions. The evil didn't dare to touch me at that time.

A police car was parked outside my house when I came home from shopping. I sent forth righteous thoughts toward the car as usual, unaware that plainclothes policemen waited for me in the hallway and the elevator. Before I entered my apartment, my husband gave me a bag of garbage and asked me to bring it downstairs. When I went downstairs, the elevator operator led a plainclothes policeman to me. With my address in his hand, he pretended to be interested in renting a room from me. Realizing the situation, I became nervous. However, I instantly calmed down and talked to him with a smile. Suddenly, this policeman became confused and appeared to forget what he was supposed to do. A few minutes later, he said to another plainclothes policeman waiting upstairs: “Come down. She is not the one.” Thus, another tribulation was peacefully resolved under Master's merciful protection.

At the end of summer in 2011, I took my mother to a hospital. On our way home, I advised the taxi driver to quit the CCP. He agreed at first, but then changed his mind when I told him that Falun Dafa is good. It was only a five-minute ride, too short to have enough time to clarify the facts about Falun Gong to him. He reported me to the authorities. When I went to get groceries after taking my mother home, I saw a police officer talking to the person on duty in the control room of our building. Seeing me, the person on duty pointed toward me. I immediately realized that the evil was coming to persecute me.

Since it was a market day, many venders were selling groceries in the courtyard of our residential area. I have used paper bills with truth-clarification messages written on them when shopping at this site, and many people have been saved there as a result. Seeing the police, I thought that I would not allow the evil to persecute me there because this might scare people away and make them decline the chance to be saved. I immediately sent forth righteous thoughts so that the police would leave. Since I was not very calm when sending forth righteous thoughts, I asked Master for help. As a result, the police were gone before I even finished shopping.

On our cultivation path, tribulations always accompany us. However, the evil can't persecute us as long as we have strong righteous thoughts and firmly believe in Master and Dafa.

One day in mid-April 2012, three police officers broke into my home right after I had finished sending forth righteous thought at 7 p.m. They had received a report that I practice Falun Gong. I tried to clarify the truth to them but was stopped by my husband. An officer tried to take my picture, but I stepped aside to prevent him. Throughout the entire process, I had no fear but regretted that I could not save them. Since I could not clarify the truth, I began to send forth righteous thoughts to make them leave. However, they did not show any sign of leaving. I begged Master to help. Then, the police immediately turned around and left. As I stopped sending forth righteous thoughts right after they left, the police threatened my husband that they would come back.

Master's teaching instantly came to my mind:

“Just by staying unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in the Midwest-U.S.”)

I immediately calmed down and told my husband and my kid that they could relax and go to sleep because the police would not come back. Indeed, the police never came back again.

Through experiencing these tribulations, I was tempered and improved myself. Hence, I no longer waver when I am in danger.

One day in August 2012, two saleswomen came to talk to me when I passed a furniture store. Unwilling to miss any chance to save people, I told them: “So many disasters have happened recently and many people in Beijing died from the big flood on July 21.” I continued after they agreed: “Please remember, you will be saved if you recite 'Falun Dafa is good.'” I didn't go further to advise them to renounce the CCP since they seemed very reluctant to accept my words. However, I felt very regretful later on and decided to go back to the store the next day.

I could not go back the next day because I was too busy. When I returned on the third day, I felt that the atmosphere around the store was unusual. Some police also patrolled around, so I did not go in and went to a nearby supermarket instead. On my way back, my shopping cart broke. While waiting for my family to pick me up, I thought it was a good opportunity to save these two saleswomen. Once I returned to the furniture store, they both recognized me, but one of them immediately left. I tried to clarify the truth to the other saleswoman, but without success. Then, the first saleswoman came back with a security officer.

I learned that the women had reported me to the authorities after I left the store the first day. If I had returned the very next day, I would have been arrested. I avoided this tribulation because of Master's protection. Understanding the situation, I didn't waver and calmly chatted with them. They left me alone soon.

As I waited to be picked up, I saw security officers and plainclothes police everywhere around the furniture store. Even the housekeeping person was spying. I hadn't expected a furniture store in Beijing to become such an evil environment prior to the 18th Party Congress. I realized that Master let me know the evil situation there and wanted me to clean out the evil. I openly sat down near the spies to send forth righteous thoughts. Before long, all spies except one left the area one after another. The last spy played with his cell phone before leaving. I sensed that he was trying to take a picture of me. I had a thought, “Nobody can take my picture.” I believe that nobody, including any of the spies or police, could take my picture successfully because, as Master said, “Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” (“Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” from Essentials for Further Advancement II).

Reminding myself that I am a cultivator

A week after I told my 88-year-old mother how the police had failed to persecute me in April 2012, she was hospitalized for a fall caused by a sudden onset of her cerebral thrombosis. I thought that her worry over my safety may have contributed to her fall. My mother has severe osteoporosis, but she was not injured; she was able to walk and talk very soon after the incident, and was discharged in only 9 days. She later told me that she had recited, “Falun Dafa is good!” the moment she fell.

After my mother was discharged from the hospital, I moved into her house to take care of her because she did not want to hire a caretaker. This caused some interruption to my daily routine of studying the Fa, practicing the exercises and doing the three things. I felt entrapped in her home and could not go out to save sentient beings during this critical period of time. I felt helpless and anxious and became very impatient toward my mother and other family members. I started to talk with an irritable and resentful tone. I searched within but failed to find the reason for this interference. I did not know what to do. I tried to negate it, but to no avail. When I was in a state of anxiety and worry, a phrase came to my mind: “Always remember that you are a cultivator.” I realized that it was Master trying to remind me. I told myself to do things in accordance with the standard for a cultivator.

Despite my busy schedule, I arranged the time to follow what Master taught:

“Pause for a moment of self-reflection, and increase your righteous thoughts.” (“Rational and Awake” from Hong Yin Vol. II)

I studied the Fa until 2 a.m. after sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight every night. From studying the Fa, I understood the predestined relationship between me and my mother: I owed my mother a debt from past lives and this life, and I needed to fully pay back my debts before the end of Fa-rectification. I also needed to temper myself in this environment to let go of my impatience, irritability and complaining mentality, so that I could develop a peaceful and compassionate attitude.

I encouraged my mother to recite, “Falun Dafa is good!” every day and let her watch Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs. My mother regained her health and was able to take care of herself in just one month after being discharged from the hospital, instead of six months predicted by the doctor. Surprised by her quick recovery, people commented that it is very unusual for such an old woman to recover from cerebral thrombosis in such a short period of time.

Right after my mother recovered, my sister and nephews, who lived abroad, came to visit us in Beijing. Although I had already moved back to my home, I now had to cook, wash dishes and buy groceries for nearly 10 people. In addition, a water leak trickled down to the neighbor's apartment below and needed immediate attention. My days became very miserable and the whole house was in a big mess. I encountered the tribulations one after another, and despite all of my hard work, my family still criticized me.

I remembered Master's words from Zhuan Falun:

“Meanwhile, this person should also be able to endure the toughest hardships of all.”

Thus, I reminded myself to behave like a cultivator and to handle everything with a peaceful mind. Gradually, every conflict dissolved smoothly with my kindness.

During those busy days, I not only took care of household chores, but also grasped every opportunity to save people. When my mother was hospitalized, I clarified the truth to the hospital staff and patients' families and advised them to renounce the CCP. I clarified the truth to everyone I met, including neighbors, vendors and repairmen. I also used paper bills with truth-clarifying messages written on them and advised salespeople and customers to renounce the CCP.

I helped about 40 salespeople working at a local supermarket to quit the CCP in just over a year. One salesperson asked me if I accumulated more credit by saving more people. I replied: “Saving people is the mission of every cultivator. I came to the world to fulfill this mission.” While talking, I suddenly saw two new salespeople nearby to whom I had not yet clarified the truth. I immediately went over to them. One of them agreed to quit the CCP and the other had never joined the CCP.

One of my relatives suddenly fell ill in July 2012. I took him to the same military hospital my mother had stayed at. During the registration, a nurse asked him for personal information, including his “religious belief.” I knew this question must be related to Dafa because it was right before July 20. I asked the nurse, “What does 'religious belief' mean?” The nurse then asked if my relative was a Christian. He immediately responded, “No, I don't believe in any religion.” Another nurse asked him, “Do you believe in the CCP?” Both he and I responded, “No.”

I then asked: “When my mother was admitted to this hospital two months ago, these questions were not asked. Why?” We were told that they had been instructed to ask this question because of Falun Gong. I felt it was a good opportunity to clarify the truth to them, so I said: “Falun Gong practitioners cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The CCP, on the other hand, promotes deception, evil and struggle. Isn't it obvious which one is righteous and which one is wicked?” Although I spoke briefly, I laid a foundation for people on the scene to be saved. A few days later, one of the nurses agreed to quit the CCP. She mentioned that she had been only 7 years old when the flood occurred in Zhumadian, Henan Province, in 1975. She felt dreadful every time she saw rain thereafter and was searching for a way to avoid disaster. After understanding the truth and agreeing to quit the CCP, she finally felt a great sense of relief.

At the end of August, my relatives from abroad left, and my mother could do her own housework again. Thus, my peaceful daily life returned. Then, I realized that everything we encounter is so precious. They are all rare cultivation opportunities, and they are all arranged by Master. Cultivation opportunities become fewer as time goes on in the final stage of Fa-rectification. Once gone, an opportunity won't repeat. Thus, it will be a big loss if we don't take advantage of these opportunities to cultivate ourselves well.

Eliminating evil with righteous thoughts and supernormal abilities

During the New Year holiday in 2012, a vicious proposition statement issued by community officials was posted in the courtyard where I lived. I was surprised upon seeing it because I had sent forth righteous thoughts to prevent such statements from being shown in my area after reading on the Minghui website about them being posted in other areas. After looking inward, I found a different form of fear hidden deeply in my heart: I had been afraid that I would not know how to remove the statement if it showed up. Thus, my sending forth righteous thoughts had not helped due to this fear.

I told a fellow practitioner about the posted statement, and she decided to remove it. However, it could not be removed. I sent forth righteous thoughts, hoping that strong wind and heavy rain would come to wash it away. The wind and rain came, but did not destroy the statement. I then realized that even if we removed the statement, the evil would post another one. The evil had to be eliminated from the root. To eliminate the evil, I thought that I should post a note, “The Chinese Communist Party Is the Real Evil Cult.” The challenge was how to post the note over the vicious proposition statement, which was located on the wall near the control room, with surveillance cameras placed everywhere around the courtyard. I asked Master for help to not allow anyone to come by and to not let me be seen by the cameras. Then, I successfully posted the note.

Everything was actually arranged by Master, and under Master's continuous and painstaking care, I only carried it out in this human world to build up my own virtue. However, I then developed attachments of showing off and zealotry and bragged to fellow practitioners about my “righteous thoughts” and “supernormal abilities.” As a result, the note I had posted was removed by the evil in two days and the vicious proposition statement was left on the wall.

I then decided to let the person who posted the statement remove it because doing so could enable him to redeem himself. I asked the building manager to remove the poster because I believed he had put it up, but he said it was not him. I then asked the residential committee head, but he also denied any involvement. I clarified the truth to both of them and then sent forth righteous thoughts toward the vicious proposition statement every day. The poster was soon removed.

Evil pledge cards appeared in other areas in March 2012. I again sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and prevent it from showing up in my courtyard. Not too long afterward, another proposition statement, written by the “Anti-Cult” Association, was posted in my courtyard. Its contents were similar to those of the previous statement. One item suggested that people should go to the bank to exchange any paper bills that had truth-clarification messages written on them. Other practitioners and I agreed to just ignore this statement because most people already knew the truth.

The “truth clarification” bills I had used before were beloved by the vendors. They had praised that every bill contained a different message and that the writing looked so neat, like it had been printed. However, now some people refused to accept these bills. I understood that these people got deceived and poisoned by the vicious proposition statement. I thus decided to eliminate it. But how? The evil had to be completely uprooted. I tried to figure out what I should do.

Master said:

“But if you were to just send righteous thoughts, and not do anything, how could that be called cultivation?” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching”)

“You can only have such a wish and think about it like that, but it is the master who actually does these things.” (Zhuan Falun)

When I thought about it more, I remembered Master's teaching:

“I’ll tell you, for years I have been continually saying that Dafa disciples’ abilities are tremendous, yet many people don’t believe this since those abilities were not allowed to be seen. Under the effect of righteous thoughts, everything around you, as well as you yourself, will undergo changes. Yet you have never thought to give it a try.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching”)

Thus, I decided to try to eliminate the evil with supernormal abilities. I sent forth strong righteous thoughts toward the vicious proposition statement, believing that I would succeed. On my way home the next day, I suddenly thought that I should go to see if the proposition statement had been removed. Indeed, it was gone. From this experience I realized that Dafa practitioners following Master in Fa-rectification already have supernormal abilities; it's just that we don't always think to use them.

After finishing this article, I suddenly realized that 2012 has been an unusual year. Master's Fa-rectification has progressed rapidly. What manifested in the state of our cultivation is that the tempo of cultivation has sped up, the requirements of the Fa are higher, and the time to fulfill our missions is more urgent and tighter. We will never keep up with Master's Fa-rectification progress if we proceed slowly, and then problems will occur.

From this whole year of cultivation, I deeply understand Master's requirement, “The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be” (“The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be”). During the final stage of Fa-rectification, I'll stringently, genuinely and diligently cultivate myself, so that I can fulfill my vows and go home with Master.

Thank you, Master!

Thank you, fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Cultivating Righteousness Through Each Individual Thought

December 28, 2012 |   By Ms. Qinxin, a practitioner in Beijing

(Minghui.org) The elderly lady practitioner suddenly found out that her family had inherited diabetes. My first thought was that she had fear of attachment of this problem and then she actually got diabetes herself. I reminded her to remove her fear and turn the bad thing into a good thing. But since that time her condition was not good…

When I returned home, I was thinking that maybe I was attached to her attachments. But all that I said and did was in line with the Fa. Suddenly, a new thought popped in my mind: Maybe I had only met the Fa's requirements on the surface, but was subconsciously treating her as a patient with a problem in need of urgent help. Why didn’t I look within? Didn’t Master tell us that looking inward is a valued tool? My mind was suddenly lighter and I felt that I had made a breakthrough…

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Greetings Honorable Master! Greetings fellow practitioners!

Participating in the China Fahui on Minghui has become part of my cultivation. In recent years, whenever this time approaches, I can not help thinking about it. When I met with xinxing tribulations, I thought about writing them down for my experience sharing article for the Fahui. In recent years, my attachment of seeking a comfortable life has been stronger. I did the Falun Gong exercises regularly for several years, but later stopped doing them each morning, and was not able to start up again. Also, my feelings about saving people and my sense of urgency and responsibility lessened. However when I read the requirements for articles provided by Minghui, I felt that no matter how many shortcomings I still had, I should write down my experiences of saving sentient beings with Dafa’s guidance, about how I cultivated my xinxing, how I eliminated attachments, and how I raised myself up to a higher level. I still need to share the good parts of my cultivation to validate Dafa’s greatness and to show my appreciation to Master.

My deepest feeling during this year of cultivation was that when encountering hardship, if we first have righteous thoughts, then we will take the correct action. The righteous thoughts come from Dafa. One has to meet different requirements at different levels of the Fa. The following examples are about how my fellow practitioners and I used Dafa’s guidance to change our human notions to overcome difficulties and interference, and remain on the path to save sentient beings.

Cooperating with a Fellow Practitioner to Build a Small Material Production Site

For a long time I had contact with only one elderly practitioner. All my truth clarification materials came from her, but the supply was not reliable. I could not read Master’s new articles or factual materials as they were published. I later created a small materials site in my home. About seven or eight elderly practitioners who previously contacted the lady practitioner mentioned above now rely on me to supply them with Master’s new articles, the Minghui Weekly articles and newspapers, as well as posters, DVDs, and computer uploads of the lists for people who quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and telephone numbers to call people to tell people the facts. My husband does not cultivate, so I downloaded and printed the materials without letting him know, after I came home from work. Our source for materials was resolved, but the timeliness of distributing the Minghui Weekly was too slow. We could not regularly read it and discuss it, so we lost the chance to improve together.

This year I learned about MP5 devices and that they are simple to operate. I thought that if everyone could use an MP5 device to read the electronic version of the Minghui Weekly, then not only would paper and time to print the materials be saved, but we could also read them as they became available. I talked to my fellow practitioner about the idea and she was pleased. She agreed to use her family’s computer to copy the electronic books for everyone. Because we had the same wishes and were in line with Fa, our fellow practitioners were very supportive. We purchased one MP5 device, and I started to teach that elderly practitioner how to use it. I read the instructions provided in the Minghui Weekly and other practitioners' experiences. I told her to write down the instructions in a notebook and then commit them to memory. She humbly learned to follow the instructions.

Many human notions interfered during this process. The local practitioner thought she knew how to do the steps when she watched me do them, but when she tried to use the computer mouse, she was very nervous and didn’t know what to do. I became impatient, and spoke too quickly. By then she was even more nervous and it seemed like I was forcing her. Fortunately, I had already formed the good habit of looking within. I realized that this was an anxiety emotion and immediately removed it. I kept talking to her patiently, and now and then encouraged her calmly. She still felt pressured however. She had never used the computer application before and thought it was very hard to learn. Both of us adjusted our minds by thinking that we were doing this for other peoples’ benefit, and that it was in line with Dafa, therefore we should not acknowledge the fear of difficulty. We should believe that Master will help us all the time. So we controlled our minds, and didn't think about anything else. We just quietly learned and memorized the steps.

The lady called me to her house on another day to help her fix some problems. I was afraid that my co-workers who lived near her would see me. I also was not happy that she only relied on me to fix problems. I rushed over, and ran into some people who knew me. So the next time she asked me to go to her house again, I used that excuse to decline, and asked her to try to fix the problem by herself. She was in a hurry, so she found a non-practitioner to help, and her computer’s hard drive became infected with a virus. As a result, both of our computers were infected by that virus. She very seriously talked to me and pointed out that I should pay attention to this accident. I realized that it was caused by human notions. Dafa work should be done in a dignified manner and should not result in any fears or worries. Later when she called me, I always went to her house to help her. In the meantime, I taught myself to download virus protection software, and for older computers which could not be protected by such software, I learned the skills needed to delete viruses hiding in the computer.

Within a month, she could handle the application by herself. Other elder practitioners also overcame the fear of using electronics and soon learned to use the MP5 device. They all finish reading the Minghui Weekly at one time and all saw the improvement. I also added the audio files used for sending forth righteous thoughts to their MP5 devices for their convenience.

Looking back I realize that everything was arranged by Master. One practitioner brought her MP5 to me and asked me to download the Shen Yun performance for her. I told her that watching Shen Yun that way was not appropriate. Instead I added truth clarifying materials, including the Minghui comments, some parts of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and several truth clarifying DVDs. While doing that for her, I thought that other practitioners in my area should also read the Minghui Weekly and other materials using the MP5 device. When I then realized that my computer was affected by a virus, I immediately adjusted my mindset. Just by coincidence, at about the same time, my employer put in a request to install new virus protection software on our company website. The new software had very detailed instructions. I used this opportunity to ask questions that applied to my computer and it got fixed successfully. I felt that Master was pushing us forward. As long as we have the desire to do well for Dafa, Master helps us. Master already explained this in Zhuan Falun and is waiting for us to follow and do it.

Helping Fellow Practitioners Overcome Sickness Tribulations

The elderly lady practitioner suddenly found out that there was inherited diabetes in her family. My first thought was that she had the attachment of fear of this problem, and then she actually got diabetes herself. I reminded her to remove her fear and turn the bad thing into a good thing. But her situation at that time was not good. Her daughter kept forcing her to take medicine and reminded her to check her blood sugar before and after meals. She also brought her expensive health supplements. The practitioner could not stand the pressure any longer and she talked to me. She admitted that she had fear because her elder sister got diabetes and it was quite severe. She was worried about it, and now she actually had it. She was afraid of making Falun Gong look bad. I analyzed this for her, “First, you acknowledged the sickness condition, so you actually got the sickness. Cultivators should improve their xinxing and should not acknowledge the sickness. Master said Dafa disciples have no sicknesses. Therefore, this is interference that should be eliminated. Second, you should send righteous thoughts for your family members and not let them help the evil. If you took their advice to see the doctor and took medicine, you were destroying them, as they were pulling down a Dafa disciple ,which is a huge crime.” I told her that I would send righteous thoughts for her family members and her. Since we are one whole body, her business is my business. Persecuting her is persecuting me, which definitely should not be acknowledged. We should only follow the path arranged by Master. Any other paths should not be acknowledged.

After a while, she said that her daughter was still pushing her and reminding her about the dangers of diabetes. She was now afraid of her daughter talking about the disease, and whenever it was mentioned, she felt very nervous. It seemed that when she sent righteous thoughts, it did not work. She became depressed and so she had to suffer. Her daughter also asked me to convince her mother to take medication. Her daughter blamed her mother for only thinking about Dafa. She had a bad temper and was very easy angered. She would not let anyone to talk about her disease. Once it was mentioned, she behaved irrationally, as if a nerve had been touched.

I tried to give her some examples, and I told her how I eliminated my own sickness tribulations. I told her that during such times I had to find my own problem and to improve myself. When I identify that I have some bad attachments and then remove them, I improve immediately.

When I returned home, I was thinking that maybe I was attached to her attachments. But all that I said and did was in line with the Fa. Suddenly, a new thought popped in my mind: Maybe I had only met the Fa's requirements on the surface, but was subconsciously treating her as a patient with a problem in need of urgent help. Why didn’t I look within? Didn’t Master tell us that looking inward is a valuable tool? My mind was suddenly lighter and I felt that I had made a breakthrough.

I was bothered by symptoms of a perceived illness for about two years, which consisted of an irregular menstrual cycle. I tried to find my attachment and thought it was because I was interfered with by lust before I practiced Falun Gong. One owes debts that have to be paid back, so this sickness was meant to repay the lust debt. At that time I also thought this illness should not be acknowledged, so I sent righteous thoughts to remove it. Unfortunately there was no improvement and a little anemia developed along with it. Because that did not affect me very much, I was not concerned about it. This year my annual medical checkup revealed that I had a significantly higher potential for getting cancer. The fear attachment appeared again. I was however able to recognize the truth and eliminate it by sending righteous thoughts. Falun Gong practitioners are walking on the path to godhood and are being looked after by Master. The good aspects of Dafa disciples that have been cultivated well are already protected by Master. Any negative symptoms experienced by Dafa disciples that are not in line with Dafa should be adjusted. No one is allowed to use any excuse to persecute Dafa disciples. Whoever does will be found guilty and should be eliminated. Master said that Dafa disciples should not have any sickness and should validate Dafa and its beauty with healthy bodies and save sentient beings! I immediately felt that the symptoms that had afflicted me were being pulled away from my body, and I felt very light and comfortable. That same month my regular menstrual cycle was restored.

I shared my story with the elderly lady practitioner, and it encouraged her very much. After her period of trouble, she calmed down and was no longer concerned about her blood sugar index. She focused on improving her xinxing and taking her daughter’s criticism as a means to improve herself. She realized that even doing things for Dafa should not be an excuse to lose one's temper, and that she should get rid of her anxiety. She cared more about her relatives. She listened to her daughter’s advice to a certain degree. When her daughter asked her to take medicines, she clarified the truth and explained how she had benefited from Dafa. She willingly helped take care of her grandchildren, and was no longer concerned with money or physical possessions. Her family had a better quality of life because of how she changed. When she traveled with her sister, she took very good care of her. After they returned, her sister told everyone that she was a warmhearted person with a healthy body. Every day she dressed nicely to give people a positive and good impression. She changed her routine and always sent righteous thoughts at the designated times.

Seeing her change, I felt that she already cast off her nervous and helpless feelings she had previously. It seemed like she had regained her confidence and found righteous thoughts. I reminded her not to see herself as a patient. I firmly believe that Dafa disciples cultivate and achieve good health. So I believe that this fellow practitioner could overcome that tribulation by looking inward, by validating Dafa, and by elevating her realm. Meanwhile, I kept sending righteous thoughts for her to eliminate all the evil elements that persecuted her body with fake diabetes symptoms. My righteous thoughts eliminate all of the bad things and leave out nothing.

When I realized that helping fellow practitioners is helping myself, my thoughts became more righteous.

Cultivating Compassion While Saving People

My husband had a very bad temper. After we married I could not endure him any longer. If not for Dafa, I would have divorced him a long time ago. Dafa saved our family, and he was well aware of that. After I began practicing Falun Gong in 1996, I no longer got upset with him. I willingly did the household chores and got along well with him. I treated his family members warmly. We had a child, and he was happy beyond description.

When the evil started to persecute Falun Gong, my husband said that because of this, he would not learn Falun Gong. As the persecution intensified and he heard more lies, he realized the severity of the situation. He worked in the central government of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so he knew just how cruel the Party could be. He threatened to divorce me if I did not give up cultivation. But I kept studying the Fa and doing the exercises to show him my firm belief. He quit pestering me but began to have nasty attitude. He easily lost his temper and would often abuse me, even when our child was present. I could not maintain my xinxing. I sometimes directed my angry right back at him. My anger grew stronger and stronger. The more I looked at him, the more disgusting he looked to me. I also talked to him with a nasty tone. It seemed like I was behaving just like I did before I began my cultivation.

I read each of Master’s lecture articles and better understood our mission to save sentient beings, and where human beings come from. Since my husband married a Dafa disciple in this life, that meant that he had a deep predestined relationship. He trusted me and came to this world, so I had to save him. One time while I was chatting with him, I mentioned very quietly that I would use the pseudonym “Pingan” to help him quit the CCP, and afterward he would be safe. He continued reading the newspaper without responding. I thought that this meant he agreed, so I did that for him on the Internet. Unfortunately, later he did not acknowledge it. So I reminded him that I had already helped him quit. He became very angry. He told me very clearly that he would not admit that. My heart sank and I felt deeply sorry for him. I knew it was my compassion for him that showed up. For a long time I kept reciting Master’s poem:

“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 Vol. II)

Master’s poem encouraged me to have compassion and kindness to save him. Facing this setback, however, I had to admit that I still felt some anger. If I did not solidly cultivate myself, how could I have compassion?

I looked within and identified my hatred, jealousy, emotion of dislike for him, that I badmouthed him when he was not present, etc. Judging by Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I met none of the Dafa requirements. I knew I had to change completely. After carefully considering why I had such bad thoughts, I found that it was because I wanted him to meet my requirements. I wanted him to make me happy. After I cultivated Dafa, I used Dafa’s requirements to measure him and that resulted in all these unhappy thoughts. Isn’t this looking outward and seeking outward? If everyone had to make me happy, why would I need to cultivate? The treasured tool for cultivating Dafa is looking within and cultivating one’s mind. Master mentioned “Upgrading Xinxing” several times in his book Zhuan Falun. I realized that Master is requiring us to cultivate in human society, and the conflicts between people are all opportunities to upgrade our xinxing and pay back the karma. With regard to my husband, I was not only not cultivating myself, but also generating all kinds of thought karma about him.

Master said the following in “Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference,”

“When your righteous thoughts are firm and when you can repel those things, I remove them for you bit by bit; however much you can do, that’s how much I remove for you and diminish for you. But since you’re a cultivator, you have to truly hold yourself to the requirements for a cultivator. Even though sometimes you still can’t quite get there yet, you’ve got to at least have those righteous thoughts, and you’ve got to cultivate yourselves.”

So I used Dafa to justify each of my individual thoughts. When I came home from work tired, my husband lay on the couch comfortably watching TV and screamed at me that he was hungry. I repressed my jealousy and rushed to the kitchen to cook dinner. I calmed him down and said, “Your wife is a very good cook, so you will not starve.” When he irrationally bought many collectable art items and filled up our entire small apartment, I could not help complaining, but eventually I stopped complaining and respected his decision. I kept everything in the house tidy and clean. When he lost his temper and screamed at me, I looked inward and thought that maybe I was unhappy with him again.

Master said, “...the appearance stems from the mind...” (“Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting”)

When my husband complained that I did something incorrectly and did not do it his way, I didn't argue with him. Instead I responded calmly. When I saw him brag about himself in front of other people, I reminded myself that I should not feel disgust toward him. I should tolerate him but not behave like him. When we discussed purchasing a house, I listened to his opinions more than my own opinions. When he met with hardships or accidents, I used Dafa’s principles to calm him down, to give my opinion, and to reduce his stress. When he showed his silly devotion to the CCP, I sent righteous thoughts for him.

Gradually he began to smile more and he also cared about me more. When he saw me studying the Fa, practicing the exercises, and sending righteous thoughts, he did not get angry or slam the door as he did before. He behaved like I was doing everyday things. I saw Dafa’s mighty power displayed in us. On one occasion, he complained to my mother that I spent too much time and effort on nonsensical things. I thought that he may be referring to my telling him to quit the CCP. My mother told him that my health had improved after I started cultivating, and he quieted down and did not say anything.

I controlled myself when I had conflicts with my husband, the same as when I dealt with other non-practitioners. I put myself in a correct state of mind, thinking, “Dafa disciples cultivate in human society. We should not argue and fight with people. During conflicts we should remove all kinds of attachments. This is what differentiates us from everyday people. We cultivate compassion in order to save people. Human society is not heaven, so all kinds of lower behaviors manifest. Along with corrupt moral standards, these behaviors are becoming worse and worse with time. This is the Darma-ending period. Fortunately, today's everyday people all came to be saved by Dafa, however the old forces and the Communist Party’s evil elements have manipulated them to commit crimes against Dafa and practitioners. Their crimes also prevent them from being saved. Dafa disciples are saving everyday people, so when I only think about saving people and cast off the attachments of competitiveness, showing off, jealousy, seeking fame, and profit, etc., I keep sending righteous thoughts and my heart is filled with sincerity, kindness, and forbearance. Cultivators indeed do not have any enemies.” Later, when I explained the facts, people listened and agreed. I hope that I can maintain this state and truly save people.

When I was writing this article, I felt it was a process of calmly recalling my cultivation path. I am now more reasonable than before I learned Dafa. At that time my emotions were very strong and I was excited and happy. Whenever some of my attachments were identified, they were removed immediately. But my understanding of Dafa was not very clear. My cultivation atmosphere is now much more complicated, however I keep seriously studying the Fa and keep reading Minghui Weekly. I communicate with fellow practitioners, so my understanding of Fa is deeper. When encountering issues, I am better able to handle them wisely. So my cultivation has been quite smooth. But my ability to control myself is actually reduced. My comfortable life and easy environment all affected me. I seemed to have cast off some attachments early in my cultivation, but when facing tribulations and due to my weak ability to control myself, they kept recurring. This also showed that I did not cultivate solidly in some respects. I need to break through these attachments. Perhaps they are at the root of my selfishness. Attachments should be pulled out by the roots completely.

Recalling my cultivation experience, I truly felt that Master was beside me. He gave me hints and helped me now and then. When I was writing this article, I felt Master put many thoughts into my mind to help me complete the article with a solid and steady mind. Previously, I always was eager to show myself off and show my excitement. I feel that I Master has protected me again and again. How lucky Dafa disciples are by being part of the Fa. Honorable Master has done so many invisible and unimaginable things for us. We practitioners only cultivate vigorously to show our appreciation.

This is my limited experience. If something is not right, please point it out.

Heshi!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Dafa Disciples Take the Lead Role Wherever They Are (Part 1)

December 28, 2012 |   By Wang Huan, a practitioner from China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings to compassionate and magnificent Master!
Greetings to fellow practitioners!

Foreword

I have not previously participated in a Fahui mainly because I was too lazy to write a sharing. Master gave me hints twice to write an article for the Fahui. The first hint was in a dream one year ago. I found a pen, and on taking a closer look, it was the pen I lost previously and recovered. I was exhilarated. I woke up and understood that Master was giving me a hint to write an experience sharing article. However due to indolence, I put it aside and over a year went by.

Recently, Master gave me hints again. Once, I dreamed of Dafa disciples holding a Fahui to exchange cultivation experiences. Other disciples held a script in their hands while I had nothing. A disciple from the same table was reading a sharing, and I was next. I woke up and realized that I must write an article. However, just when I intended to start writing, interference from the evil appeared. I kept coughing nonstop, and all of a sudden a strong wind blew through my small house, sweeping up a sand storm outside my window. I knew that the evil was creating interference. I kept shouting the formula for sending righteous thoughts, and the strong winds stopped.

I obtained the Fa in 1996. My profession is primary school teacher. All three of us in my family are practitioners. Whenever we had time, we would read or listen to the Fa, and we did the exercises twice--in the morning as well as at night. Whoever we met, we told them of the benefits of practicing Dafa. In 1999 the Chinese Communist regime started to persecute Falun Gong. Since then, from personal cultivation, I joined the torrent of cultivation in the Fa rectification period.

Playing the Lead Role Well in My Work Environment and Saving Predestined People Around Me

Due to the changes in my physical and mental well being after I began to practice Falun Gong, everyone at my workplace knew that Falun Dafa is good. Besides this, the party secretary, principal and several teachers had read Zhuan Falun. After the persecution began, my superiors who knew the truth kept protecting me. As the persecution escalated, some people were still doubtful, and I felt that I must clarify the facts and clear Dafa's name. Thus I clarified the truth to teachers and students at the school where I taught.

1. Clarifying the Truth in the Office and Clearing the Doubts in Their Minds

I often recited Master's poem, “Good and Evil Now Distinct” in Hong Yin:

“Disasters, one atop another, befall the sentient beings 
who have changed in ghastly ways; 
Yet here in this chaotic world is Dafa to save them. 
Confusing Good and Evil as they malign Heaven’s Law, 
The doers of unpardonable evil will be 
swept off by the chill of autumn’s wind.”

I am fortunate to practice Falun Dafa, and I am very proud of this. I read Dafa books in school just like before the persecution began. I had two copies of Zhuan Falun, one at home and one in the office. This has been so since I started the practice, and when my superiors and colleagues see me reading, it was as if they did not see this.

I did not know about the “Tiananmen Square self immolation” incident after it was telecast on TV. It happened to be around the time of the winter school holidays. I learned about it when I went to my elder sister's house for a visit. She is a practitioner too. At that time, I said: “This must be staged. Suicide is regarded as killing lives, and every practitioner should know this principle.”

At night I returned home and watched the news to see how the incident was staged so that I could clarify the facts to colleagues when I went back to work. I saw a few loopholes. For example, the immolators did not know the full lotus meditation position, nor the Jieyin position. Second, the incident happened suddenly; so how did the police manage to bring in the fire extinguishers so quickly? Third, security is tight in Tiananmen Square. Appellants would be intercepted before they reached their destination. Yet how could the police allow a group of people to set themselves on fire? As a result of my analysis, the entire environment at my work place was rectified.

February 24 was the first day of the school term, and I had made ample preparations at home. As soon as I walked into the office, I heard the teachers saying: “Did you see them setting themselves on fire? Indeed they have ascended to heaven.” I replied: “That is a hoax. From my personal understanding, practitioners are prohibited from killing, and suicide is considered killing too. Hence practitioners will not act like that.” I tried to calm down and told them my analysis. I turned to a teacher and asked: “You had a surgery on your trachea before, were you able to sing in seven days?” She replied: “That's impossible. I could not speak for one month!” One of the immolators Liu Siying appeared on TV and she could sing a few days after surgery on her trachea as well as be interviewed by a reporter. Would you believe that is true?”

I brought truth clarification brochures to school. Some teachers even watched Master's lectures. Later on, a colleague reported this incident to the party secretary. He found me and warned me to be careful, as someone had reported on me. I nodded and did not say anything. At home, I was deeply regretful. Why didn't I clarify the truth further? The next day he called me over again and talked about the same incident. Thus I began to tell the party secretary and the principal the facts systematically. Both of them were newly appointed. They listened to what I said quietly, and subsequently no one interfered in my truth clarifying activities.

Even the teacher who reported me to my superiors realized that Dafa is good. Once she went to every teacher and asked them one by one: “Do you think Falun Gong is good?” There were 13 teachers in the room. Everyone said one sentence: “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The topic that was most often talked about in our office was Falun Gong. Later on, most of the teachers renounced their memberships to the party and its affiliated organizations.

A new principal was transferred to the school. The first time we met, she said to me: “Don't lead the students astray.” I proceeded to tell her: “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is the most righteous principle; nothing is more righteous than this.” I clarified the facts to her. She lived not far from me, and I often placed some brochures on her door. Once I went to visit her at home and persuaded her to renounce her membership to the party. After I helped her quit the party under a nickname, she smiled and said: “Thank you.” The next night, I saw her with her daughter. I helped her daughter to withdraw from the youth league and party membership too.

Just prior to the Beijing Olympics, the head of the town 610 Office came to my school to see me. He asked: “Are you going to continue practicing Falun Gong?” I clarified the facts to him. He kept listening quietly. I also talked about quitting the party. I said: “Let me come up with an alias for you. As long as you consent to this in your heart, that will be enough.” He was terrified and left. I chased after him, persuading him to quit the party. He ran to his car, and before I reached him, he drove away. I sent out one thought: “You will surely be saved.”

2. Clarifying the Truth in Class With Wisdom

In class I used around 15 minutes to finish the lesson; then I tried my best to show students what Dafa is. Once I talked about communication tools in class. In conclusion, I said: “At present, communication tools are very advanced. Compared to writing letters and telegrams used in the past, communication is much more convenient nowadays. However there is good and bad in everything. If one cannot use a tool correctly, it will lead to very bad consequences.” I paused and a student continued: “Yes, just like the treatment of Falun Gong.” Obviously this was either a young practitioner or a practitioner's child. Other students turned around to see who had spoken these words. In order to protect this student, I immediately continued with the topic: “Indeed, what this student said is true.” Everyone turned their attention to me again. “Just like the treatment of Falun Gong; if the media cannot use communication tools correctly and instead use it to create propaganda, it will deceive countless people.” A student asked: “Teacher, isn't Falun Gong very bad?” I asked him: “Why is it bad?” He talked about the self immolation incident, killing people and some scenes he saw on TV. I said: “That's why I said if communication tools are wrongly used, it will lead to bad consequences.” The students stared at me and listened carefully. In order to whet their appetites, I paused and said intentionally: “Forget about it, let's not talk about these things in class.” They protested. One of them stood up, saying: “Teacher, please tell us more!”

I wrote on the blackboard three large characters: “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” and let them interpret the meaning. I asked them: “If you can follow these principles, is that a good thing?” They replied yes. Then I asked them to look for the antonyms: Phoney, Evil, Strife. I wrote these characters below “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” and asked the students which ones are good, which are bad. If they are bad, why. If they are good, why. The students came up with some examples such as: a shop selling fake goods, the hospital selling fake medication, etc. I told them: “Falun Gong practices Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Would you think Falun Gong is good or bad?” Everyone said loudly: “Good!” I continued: “Those who persecute Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, are they good people?” They answered: “No.” At this point in time, the student who led me to this topic stood up agitatedly, raised his arms and shouted: “Falun Dafa is good!” Everyone in class instantly shouted: “Falun Dafa is good!”

A student asked: “Teacher, you practice Falun Gong, is that right?” I replied: “Then do you think I am a good person?” Without waiting for this student to answer, the whole class replied: “Good!” I told this student: “Before, I was stern towards students and sometimes lost my temper. Falun Dafa changed me and I act in accordance with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance all the time.” Subsequently, the students asked to bring truth clarifying DVDs, small booklets and brochures received at home to school to read or watch. There was a student who got hold of a DVD and wanted to bring it home to show his grandfather. He said his grandfather was ill.

On another occasion, an acting class as well as a competition was held throughout the school. All the teachers and superiors listened to what was taught in class then awarded marks to grade the results. I talked about keeping promises and asked the students to act out a story on honesty. Finally, in conclusion, I said: “From ancient times till today, there are many examples of those who are honest and honor their words. Yue Fei is one of them, and his name has been passed down for generations. A saint visited Yue Fei Shrine and left behind a timeless poem. Today I share this poem with everyone. Thus I recited loudly the poem “A Visit to Yue Fei Shrine” in Hong Yin. After the lesson, this lesson I gave came in first in the competition.

After I told the grade one students: “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good”, when I began the lesson I greeted the students and one of them answered back: “Falun Dafa is good.” Later on all the students greeted me back in this manner. For a very long period of time, whenever I gave a lesson and greeted the students, they would answer back “Falun Dafa is good.” As a result, the behavior in class improved rapidly, and students stopped fighting with each other. The power of Dafa is amazing!

Everyone in school, from teachers to students, all understood the truth. I thought to myself, I have taught every class; perhaps I should move on to another school!

Miracles take place all the time in cultivation. At the start of the new school term, my superiors arranged for me to go to another school. I knew why this occurred. The first day I taught at the new class, after introducing myself, I asked the students for their home addresses. At night, I distributed brochures according to the addresses they gave me. The second day, students brought the brochures to school. In class, they surrounded me and wanted to show me what they received. I said: “The words are small, it is hard for me to read, why don't you recite it to me!” One of them read while everyone else listened. When the students had questions, I explained the facts to them. Because it was a short lesson, we switched to reading the brochures during the afternoon break. While the other classes were taking a nap, my class was reading about the truth.

An incident took place which I will never forget. Once, the class monitor suggested holding a class meeting to discuss whether the Communist Party was good or bad. I agreed. It looked as if I was marking their homework, but actually I was sending righteous thoughts. Both teams sent a representative. There was 32 students in the team that was anti-communist, while the pro-communist team had three members. Both parties were eloquent. That's why I said these students are extraordinary. Master had arranged for me to come and save them. From the beginning of the Communist Party, the anti-communist team fought their stand with reason and evidence: The rich gained their wealth through hard work, therefore they should not be killed. Furthermore, the Communist Party shouldn't have killed so many people in past revolutions. Even university students who were against corruption were killed by the regime, and now they are persecuting people who practice Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. By then, the three students who were pro-communist understood the truth and wanted to switch to the other side. There was only one person left on the pro-communist team, and she was very persuasive. Unfortunately what she said were fallacies. She argued that whoever was in power would act like that. Typical party culture. The representative from the anti-communist team looked at me, seeking assistance. I smiled and said: “Even the head of the country cannot act like a tyrant. The heavenly principle creates a balance.” The representative from the pro-communist team continued: “That's right, heavenly principles prevail. Look at the many catastrophes and natural disasters happening nowadays. Heaven is eliminating the party.” I added: “That's why one should quit the party to protect oneself from disasters.” With that, the class meeting ended. The losing party cried, complaining that I was on the side of the other team. Thus, I spoke to her in depth. I told her that in a country no one has the right to decide the fate of others. Because there are no human rights in China, at times the one in power has the power to do what he wants, such as the persecution of Falun Gong. It truly was the decision of Jiang Zemin. Heaven wants to eliminate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). She finally understood the truth.

At this time, the movement to quit the CCP had just begun, and I openly persuaded the students in class to renounce the party. After clarifying the truth, I said: “Whoever wants to quit, think of an alias or nickname. If you don't want to quit, I won't force you.” When I finished, the students quit the party one after another. Moreover they came up with their own names. Nearly everyone in this class quit the party. Very soon, half the school term was gone, and I returned to the previous school. Clearly this was arranged so that I could go back to my former school to persuade those in the school to quit the party.

Upon returning to my former school, I continued to finish the class lesson in the first half of the class and used the remaining time to talk to students. I persuaded them to renounce the party, and in every lesson I got four to five of them to quit. Some of the students even went home and asked their parents to quit the party too. Miraculously, every time I finished clarifying the truth to one class, my superiors would arrange for me to teach another class. Or else, the teacher in charge went on leave, and I was asked to take over her class. There were over 130 students in the school, and there was one student who refused to quit the party regardless of how hard I tried to persuade her. There was another student who agreed to quit the party only after I spoke to her the second time. However the next day, this student's grandmother came to see the teacher in charge. Because this teacher had already understood the truth and even got 17 of her relatives to quit the party, together we talked to this student's family member from 11am in the morning till 2pm in the afternoon. In the end she understood the truth.

Nearly everyone in this school had renounced the party. After clarifying the truth in this school, I wanted to retire. That way, I can go onto the streets to clarify the truth to people. However I had several more years to go before I could retire. Another miracle from Dafa occurred. In 2010, at the start of the new school year, my superiors asked me to take on the role of security guard during school and public holidays, including the winter and summer holidays. This meant that during school terms, I was off duty. It was nearly the same as retirement. I knew all this was arranged by Master.

Playing the Lead Role Well in Society and Saving Sentient Beings There

Master told us in “Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference”:

“Here, however, it is Dafa disciples that are to play the lead role. All beings are waiting for you to save them. They are providing you with circumstances in which to cultivate, and at the same time waiting for you to save them.”

We have descended here to assist Master in Fa rectification and save sentient beings.

1. Walking in the Streets and Clarifying the Truth Face to Face

Due to changes in my job in April 2010, I began to go to the streets and small alleys to clarify the truth to people. I did so even on festive holidays. I set a rule for myself to persuade people to quit the party every day, at least four if I have to work and at least 20 on my days off. Every morning, I participated in group Fa study, studying one lecture. At home, I read another lecture before heading out. I rushed home before 6 p.m. For more than two years, I've basically stuck to this routine.

Initially I handed out Shen Yun performing arts DVDs. If the other party asked about Falun Gong, I would take the opportunity to ask him to quit the party. There was a man who was riding at a slow speed on a motorbike. I went up to him, holding a DVD. He stopped and took the DVD, asking if it was to do with Falun Gong. I told him it was a song and dance performance promoting traditional Chinese culture, but most of the performers in it are Falun Gong practitioners. Hence I explained to him why he should renounce the CCP. He listened and understood the truth; then agreed to quit the party.

Besides clarifying the truth to people in the town where I lived in, I also went to neighboring villages. Once, I went to a village and passed by a pile of rubbish by the roadside. I saw an elderly man rummaging through the pile and walked over to take a look. I hesitated because he was in his 50s and his appearance was too ugly. Furthermore his clothes were dirty. I thought to myself, would someone like him be a member of the CCP? But then I recalled Master's teaching: “Saving people is just that, saving people, and to pick and choose would not be merciful.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference”)

Thus, I walked up to him and asked: “Do you want a DVD?” He looked at me and answered: “No, I cannot watch it. Do you have books?” I gave him two booklets. “Have you joined any associations of the CCP?” “I've joined the youth league.” I proceeded to tell him about heaven's intention to eliminate the CCP. I asked: “Have you read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party?” He replied: “Yes, I often read it.” Then he continued to talk about his knowledge of Falun Gong. He was very righteous. It was not me clarifying the truth to him, it was the other way around. After we spoke for a while, I asked him: “Do you know about the movement to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations?” He said: “Yes, but I don't know how to do it.” I helped him quit the youth league and communist party membership. I also asked him to remember that Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.

I talked to people while waiting for the bus, depositing my wages in the bank, sitting on the bus as well as visiting patients in the hospital. When I went to photocopy documents, I persuaded the employees there to quit the party. In order to save more people, I focused on talking to a group of people. For instance, we have a lot of construction projects in my local area. I would visit a group of construction workers during their afternoon break and clarify the truth to them. One day, I went home three times to pick up brochures and yet I did not have enough to give out. In one day I helped 66 people to quit the CCP.

Last winter, I went to the wholesale vegetable market to clarify the truth to people. I went to each and every stall. There were seven people in a room, and six of them agreed to quit the party. There was a party member who refused to quit regardless of what I told him. He refused to accept the facts I told him. I ran out of calendars to give out. I told them I would go home and return with more. On the way, I ran into a young man pushing his bicycle along. I asked if he had joined the party. He said yes. After I convinced him to quit the party, I asked him to remember that Falun Dafa is good and he consented. I then jumped onto my bicycle and headed home. As it was snowing heavily and there were strong winds, he shouted: “Be careful!” He was too scared to ride his bicycle in the bad weather. Yet an old lady like me in her 60s rode a bicycle amidst snow and wind and returned home safely, thanks to Master's protection. At home, I got the calendars and returned to the wholesale market. They were packing up to leave and were astonished to see me. Before I opened my mouth to speak, they chided the person who stubbornly refused to quit the party. “You better agree to this, look at what she has done?” That person said: “All right, I will renounce my membership.”

Once, a car was parked on the road side. I walked up to it, saying: “I would like to give you a DVD, can you watch it?” A man answered: “I know what this is all about; I want to watch it.” While others were doubtful, he said to them: “Take a look; it is good.” Someone said softly: “Is it Falun Gong?” I quickly answered: “Who would want to watch it if it is not about Falun Gong? Do you know, Falun Gong has spread to over 100 countries worldwide. It is welcomed everywhere.” Just then, the man who wanted the DVD said: “Tell us more about it.” Thus, I started to tell them the facts, from the spread of Dafa to the persecution. I also told them heaven will eliminate the CCP and to avoid disaster, they should quit the party. There were eight of them. All except for one had joined the party, and they all wanted to quit the CCP. Just then, a passerby asked what was going on. After I spoke to him, he too quit the CCP. I had a dream that night. As I was walking, colorful lights emitted from my foot, and I saw large as well as small Chinese characters spelling out “Righteous Fa” in the lights. I knew Master was encouraging me.

I often went to the vegetable stall in the village to clarify the truth. Once, there was a huge stall, I went in and asked if anyone wanted any calendars. Initially people were scared to take one. After I told them of the glorious spread of Falun Gong in over 100 countries, they decided to take it. I also told them about heaven eliminating the CCP. Thirteen people were there, and all of them (except for two who had not joined the party) quit. The scene was just like giving a speech, spreading the truth about Dafa to the hearts of everyone present.

Once, a public bus full of passengers was stopped by the side of the road. As it was not time to start the bus yet, the driver and conductor were talking outside the bus. I clarified the truth to them, and they agreed to quit the party. After that I asked if I could give out brochures to the passengers in the bus. The driver said: “Yes, let me help you.” Nearly everyone took the brochures. A few of them did not want to take the brochures because it was about Falun Gong. Since they mentioned Falun Gong, I clarified the facts to them and got the passengers to quit the CCP. All at once, a dozen of them agreed. Then I asked them to remember Falun Dafa is good.

2. Clarifying the Truth Using Different Avenues

In order to save more sentient beings, I also used other avenues to clarify the truth, such as posting up signs, etc. After Master affirmed the use of coins with truth clarifying messages, I began to produce many of such coins. All these years, I've been spending such coins.

Since July, I bought two cell phones. In the beginning, I used the voice function to broadcast truth clarifying messages to people. In a day, I managed to send out about a thousand calls, and four to five hundred heard it. Then I selected the numbers of those who heard the messages and called them to persuade them to quit the party. Under normal circumstances, in one hour, I succeeded in getting around 10 people to quit the CCP. There was a person who kept shouting: “Falun Dafa is good” as I spoke to him. There was another person who, as soon as I told him to quit the CCP to avert disaster, quickly said: “I joined the youth league; please help me withdraw from it.” He then went on to criticize the CCP. I did not even need to go into detail, and he anxiously wanted to quit the party.

One night, a lady listened to me clarify the truth and quit the party. After that, her 10-year-old daughter heard the truth and withdrew from the youth league. Strongly urged by his daughter, the girl's father reluctantly took the call and listened to me clarify the facts to him. In the end, he too quit the party.

Once, a police officer answered my phone call and immediately said: “Do you know what I do? I'm a police officer. I can locate where you are and arrest you.” I thought to myself, “I've disabled your monitoring system with my superpowers.” I said to him: “I don't want to know what you do. I'm saving you. Don't you want to be saved? Have you thought about why we practitioners are doing this?” He replied: “What you said, is it true?” I said: “Why should I phone you and play a trick on you?” Then I clarified the facts to him, and he agreed to quit the party. He also agreed to stop being involved in persecuting Falun Gong.

Clarifying the truth with a cell phone can indeed save a lot of time. Besides, we get to contact people whom we usually wouldn't get to meet and clarify the truth to them. In a month, I got over 400 people to quit the party.

In the process of stepping out to clarify the truth to people, my deepest revelation is: it is just like monks or nuns wandering about in society.

“Wandering around in society is rather torturous. It must beg for food and meet different kinds of people who will scold, insult, or take advantage of it. It might encounter all kinds of things.” (“Lecture Eight” in Zhuan Falun)

In reality, this is also the process of getting rid of one's attachments. The more I spoke to people, the more I felt the great responsibility upon my shoulders. The more I clarified the truth, the more I understood the honor of the title – Dafa disciple, and the more I could feel that sentient beings are waiting to be saved.

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Minghui Fahui | Thanking Master Through Diligent Cultivation

December 29, 2012 |   By a practitioner in Kunmin, Yunnan Province

(Minghui.org) I am a veteran Falun Dafa practitioner. Over the past ten years, I changed from not knowing what cultivation practice represented to realizing the seriousness of cultivation and the preciousness of Falun Dafa. I am at this juncture because of Master’s protection.

--By the author

Greetings, esteemed Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I haven't participated in earlier China Fahuis because I was held back by the thought: “I am not practicing well.” I know that the Fahui is precious, and I didn't dare to treat it casually. After reading articles from the 9th China Fahui, I realized that it was time for me to share my understandings with fellow practitioners.

Learning to be a Cultivator

I am a veteran practitioner. Over the past ten years, I changed from not knowing what cultivation practice represented to realizing the seriousness of cultivation and the preciousness of Falun Dafa. During these years, I have survived ups and downs due to Master's protection. I cannot express my gratitude to Master. What I can do is focus on actual practice and cultivate diligently to repay Master’s grace.

When I first started learning Dafa, I had no idea how to cultivate. I only did the exercises. I was reluctant to attend group study and thought, “I finally have a day off but have to use it for group Fa study. Reading the book at home is the same.” Actually it’s not the same. Unfortunately, I did not realize it at that time. However, I went to the group study because I was worried about my reputation. I held so many human attachments when I studied the Fa, so I didn't benefit from the group study. I learned nothing. Yet, despite being such a foolish person, Master did not give up on me. I wasn't a diligent cultivator but I did understand that Falun Dafa is good and that it could raise one's moral level, purify people’s hearts and treat illnesses.

Arrest and Persecution

When the persecution started in July 1999 I just couldn't understand the reasons behind this tragedy. The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must have misunderstood. I went to Beijing to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa, but I was arrested before I found the Complaints Bureau.

In 2003, I was illegally arrested and sentenced to a three-year prison term. I hadn't studied the Fa diligently and so was taken advantage of by the evil. During those three years, I wrote two letters to the Discipline Inspection Bureau to report on the prison situation, including that the guards ordered prisoners to beat practitioners and about other types of torture.

People from the Discipline Inspection Bureau came to talk to me. I was not frightened and explained everything by quoting existing Chinese law. I said that practitioners live by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance while the guards and police use violence. It’s easy to tell which is good and which is bad. Yet, they are still trying to “transform” good people.

I asked, “What do they want us to 'transform' into?” Then I said that the CCP spreads the rumor about Master collecting money, so I pointed to the exorbitant prison prices and compared them to the low cost of Falun Dafa materials. I said, “Who indeed is collecting money?” They were not happy to hear this.

One guard said, “You are suffering here while your Master is enjoying his life abroad.” I answered, “What was said on television and radio are lies. I pointed to the falsehoods concerning the “Self-immolation Hoax.” They didn't respond.

When I arrived, the head guard cursed Falun Dafa daily during meetings. I clarified the facts about Falun Dafa several times. One day, she praised Falun Dafa after the morning exercise. I was really happy for her at that moment.

Letting Go of Attachments

Master suggested that there should be material sites throughout Mainland China. We helped fellow practitioners install computer systems and taught them how to use them. This effort helped me recognize and let go of attachments.

I always helped elderly practitioners that were computer illiterate patiently. This was Master’s arrangement, giving me the opportunity to get rid of attachments, including arrogance, vanity, and so on. I never felt my efforts to be inconvenient and always helped practitioners to keep their computers running or bringing them up to snuff when they forgot certain functions.

Once I worked on a computer until midnight. When I left, the gate was locked. I asked Master for help and it opened. I thanked Master in my mind, “Thank you Master!” I realized that if practitioners hold righteous thoughts and keep the Fa in mind, Master will protect and help them.

Facing Persecution Without Fear

During the 2008 Olympics, I was arrested for posting truth clarification stickers with another practitioner. To help the other practitioner escape, I pretended to give her the bag. I distracted the policeman and so the other practitioner escaped.

I was taken to a detention center. I let go of all my attachments and was without fear or worry, I was trying to save people. I did not cooperate with the guards and refused to answer any questions. I was sending forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil behind them. At the same time I thought, “I cannot stay here for long. I will get out of here as soon as I clarify the facts about Falun Dafa.”

I was held for 15 days During that time I send forth righteous thoughts every hour on the hour, practiced the exercises, and persuaded people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. They sent two people to try to get me to renounce Falun Dafa. I told them, “Falun Dafa helps improve people's moral standards. It teaches people to not fight back when hit or insulted. That means society will become good. You must not persecute good people.” They said, “The CCP feeds and pays you, why are you against it?” I replied, “If you don’t persecute us, will the CCP pay you? We didn't fight the CCP, we only tell people about it.”

They then told me, “There was one old practitioner who was ill, and a group of Falun Gong practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts around him and read Zhuan Falun with him. But he died, and all the practitioners left.” I responded, “I don’t believe it.” One young man said, “I was there taking pictures.” I realized that it was he who had arrested the practitioner. I said, “It’s you who killed him. If you hadn’t arrested him, he wouldn’t have died.”

That made them angry. I asked them if they were from the Domestic Security Division or State Security Bureau. They said that they were from the State Security Bureau. They were the spies. I remembered that Master has said we must save spies as well. I was moved by Master’s compassion and benevolence and ashamed that I was not kind. They were silent for a while and said “We will come again.” I said, “I look forward to it.” I thought that they had come to hear the facts about Falun Dafa. They did not come back.

After I returned home, I thought about the reason I had been arrested. I discovered that I was still fearful. Although I was doing the three things, I did not have righteous thoughts. I was scared to do things that opened a loophole for the old forces.

Fellow practitioners told me that it was rare to be released so early during the Olympic Games. I knew it was Master who protected me.

Pay Attention to Actual Cultivation

I'm a fighter and am impatient. I often yell when I am impatient and never listen to others. I look down on people. For a long time, I thought I cultivated well and had given up many attachments. But, when looking within, I realized that I had not let go of many attachments.

I helped a practitioner in her 80s who could not see well. I cleaned her room and did the washing. Bu, whenever I asked her to study Fa, she said that she could not see. She fell asleep when I read the book to her. I was not kind to her and thought she was not a good practitioner. I thought that she did not pay attention to actual cultivation and was caught by the evil and persecuted. Later, I openly showed my resentment. I lost my patience and even lost my temper. I wasn't patient or kind and lacked benevolence. I hurt her instead of helping her.

Master said:

“I often say that if all a person wants is the well-being of others and if this is without the slightest personal motivation or personal understanding, what he says will move the listener to tears. I have not only taught you Dafa, but have also left you my demeanor. While working, your tone of voice, your kindheartedness, and your reasoning can change a person’s heart, whereas commands never could! If others are not convinced deep down inside but only superficially comply, they will still conduct themselves according to their own will when no one is around to see them.” (“Clearheadedness” from Essentials For Further Advancement) (official translation)

I looked within to find what made me treat this lady like that and realized that I was selfish. I asked myself, “How have I cultivated over these past years? I lose my kindness when there are conflicts. All the attachments are from selfishness. If I don’t let go my selfishness, I will never cultivate well.” After deep reflection, I realized the seriousness of cultivation. It’s not just a form to show others. I must cultivate my heart! I must keep every single thought and mind on the Fa and regard myself as a real practitioner. Only then can I be called a Falun Dafa practitioner in the Fa-rectification period.

After I improved, I was faced with a new test. I knew it was arranged by Master. An elderly practitioner wanted to learn how to make Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials. I promised to teach her, but we had a misunderstanding about safety. I was brusque and loud, and the practitioner asked me to leave and said some bad words.

I knew it was a test. I had to keep calm and should not hold a grudge or hate. I should not argue, either. Master said:

“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” (“Don’t Argue” from Hong Yin III) (official translation)

I did not leave, was not angry, and helped finish the task of installing a dual system on her computer and taught her how to operate it. I had had nothing to eat the entire day, but I did not feel hungry or angry. Actually, I thanked her a lot because it was Master using her mouth to give me the chance to improve. I also apologized to her about my not being kind.

We both realized that building up a material production site is not easy. Once there is a loophole, the old forces will come and interfere. If we can’t reform ourselves in time, there will be bigger tribulations. Therefore, we must keep righteous thoughts. Practitioners should cooperate and shouldn't create any gaps between us, which will bring unexpected losses.

Only Studying the Fa Well Can Lead to the Right Cultivation Path

I'm a busy person and time is very precious for me. I get up at 3:30 a.m. daily to do the exercises and study one chapter in Zhuan Falun after sending forth righteous thoughts. Sometimes when time is limited, I listen to the Fa while driving in my car. Outside my home I will send messages over the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) or make voice phone calls to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa, always sending forth righteous thoughts. I always keep the three things in mind. Despite being busy and tired, I will never neglect the responsibilities of a practitioner.

Sometimes when studying the Fa, I get distracted and think about other things. This is the disruption of thought karma. My heart is not always calm and I need to work on that.

I found a common phenomenon after communicating with fellow practitioners. When some practitioners, especially the elderly, do the five exercises, their positions are not very exact. Some are far different from what Master taught.

After July 20,1999, practitioners in mainland China lost the environment to practice together, so now they read the Fa and do the exercises at home. Some practitioners have not mastered the fundamentals of the practice.

It’s very difficult for them to correct everything now. I would like to suggest that practitioners demonstrate the positions during Fa study time.

Please kindly point out any shortcomings in my cultivation.

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Minghui Fahui | Dafa Disciples Take the Lead Role Wherever They Are (Part 2)

December 29, 2012 |  

(Minghui.org) (Continued)

Not “persecution and being persecuted” but “saving and being saved”

When the high walls of the detention center separated me from freedom and the world, I had no fear and no sadness. There was only Fa in my mind, “with the master and the Fa here what is there to fear?” (“Lecture in Sydney”)

“You play the leading role in this period of history, and the existence of everything at present, whether it be evil or the upright gods, has to do with you. It is walking straight your path that is most important.” (“Walk Straight Your Path” 2005)

I understand that no matter where I am, my mission will not change and I will still play the lead role and do the three things well.

1. Firm up righteous thoughts and create a practice environment

In May 27, 2010, I was reported to the police when I clarified the truth. Two policemen tried to drag me into their vehicle but were unable to. Next, they called over six to seven others and shoved me into the police car. I shouted, “Master save me!” They kicked and hit me. When we arrived at the police station, I clarified the facts to the officer who was watching me and he immediately agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Afterward, two officers came in to listen to the facts but when they were about to quit the CCP and its organizations, the team leader came in and the two officers left. I clarified the truth to the team leader but he refused to quit the CCP. Later, the police carried me into the police car and took me to the detention center. After reaching the detention center, the officers left.

The guard who was on duty told me to put on the prisoner's vest and go into the room. I thought to myself, “No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil’s demands, orders, or what it instigates.” (“Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful” in Essentials for Further Advancement II) I said, “I won't wear this!” He called a prisoner over to put it on me. I looked the prisoner in the eye and he did not move. When the guard saw that the prisoner did not move, he dragged me to the washroom. He started to hit me with the vest. I used my hand to deflect it and the vest missed and did not hit me. He hit me again but I put my hand up and the vest missed me again. By that time he was so angry that he was breathing heavily. I remembered the Fa,

“Cultivators are on a journey to divinity. They don't see any human beings as their enemies, and they try their best to save all sentient beings.” (“Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005”)

I felt pity for him and said, “I am not resisting you, I am resisting this vest because I am not a criminal, so I refuse to wear it.” His attitude eased.

I heard that practicing the Falun Gong exercises was not allowed at the detention center, but I must do the exercises and nobody can stop me. After firming up my righteous thoughts, I got up at ten minutes to four to start doing the exercises. I was very surprised that, after practicing, when the guards kicked and beat me, I felt as light as a feather. I was also pleasantly surprised that my leg, which had been swollen for two years, had completely healed overnight.

After eating the next morning, the team leader called me over and said, “You got up early to do the exercises and a girl in your room was terrified and is now unwilling to be in the same room as you. We have transferred you out. Do not do the exercises anymore.” I was transferred to another room and this provided me with many opportunities to clarify the truth. I was taken to the new room and put my things on the bed by the window. Not long after, a 20-year-old girl was also transferred there. One moment she would be singing and the next moment, cursing. She seemed to have mental problems. I begin to pity her. I sat on the bed and memorized the Fa for one hour and later did the standing exercises. Afterward, I send forth righteous thoughts for an hour.

A female deputy detention center head came over during lunchtime and stood in front of me. She looked me in the eyes and said, “You still dare to do the exercises here?” With a smile on my face, I said firmly, “My body will not withstand it if I do not exercise.” I sent out strong righteous thoughts. For a full minute, the two of us stared into each others' eyes and the others were also staring at us. In the end, she said, “Pay attention and do not affect the others.” After saying this, she left. From then on, no one interfered with me when I did the exercises.

2. Play the lead role well and save sentient beings with confidence and dignity

After lunch, I sent forth righteous thoughts and memorized the Fa. Afterward, I meditated. The girl seemed to have become quiet. So I asked her, “Why are you against Falun Gong?” She said, “Those that practice Falun Gong either immolate themselves or kill others. When I hear 'Falun Gong,' I'm afraid.” I said, “Falun Gong teaches people to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. No matter how you treat me, I will not be angry and will not fuss over it. Isn't that good?” She nodded. Thus, I explained to her what Falun Gong is and why the CCP is persecuting practitioners. I told her about quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations to ensure one's safety and peace. She listened quietly and then quit the Young Pioneers.

Later, I clarified the truth to the people in the next room. When I mentioned how Dafa has spread widely overseas, a private company proprietress said, “Last year, I traveled to four countries. There are so many people practicing in Taiwan and the U.S., it's everywhere.” After she said this, others were willing to accept the truth and soon, everyone in the room quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

One day, the girl in my room said to me, “I sprained my foot some time ago, and it used to hurt on cloudy days. Although today is a cloudy day, I it doesn't hurt at all.” Thus, she went around and told others how miraculous Falun Gong is.

Afterward, another girl came into my room. When she heard that I practiced Falun Gong, she ignored me. I said, “Falun Gong is good!” She said nothing. The girl who had benefited said, “Falun Gong is really good. I said it in my heart and my foot was cured.” I said, “Like you, when she first came, she misunderstood Falun Gong.” She covered her ears immediately, and said, “Do not say anymore. My head hurts when you mention Falun Gong.” I said, “This is because my Master is removing your sickness! You will become better after you listen to the truth.” Then I started to tell her how Falun Gong spread to over 100 countries across the world and then I told her about the persecution. However, she still covered her ears and refused to listen. I said, “For your own good, I must continue.” This went on for two days. On the third day, she did not shout anymore when I talked about Falun Gong. She looked at me in surprise. I said, “Your head doesn't hurt anymore, right?” She nodded and then agreed to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

When I went out of the room to eat for the first time, two boys came over and asked, “Why are you imprisoned here, Auntie?” I said proudly, “For practicing Falun Gong.” They said softly, “Falun Dafa is good.” I asked if they were Youth League members and they nodded. I told them, “Quit the Youth League and the Young Pioneers and recite, 'Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good' in your heart.”

One day in the corridor, I met the guard who had beaten me on the first day. He looked at me and said, “I know you hate me.” I smiled and said, “I don't hate you, I practice Falun Gong. Don't you want to learn about Falun Gong?” He said, “I'll listen to what you've got to say.” He took me to a room and I begin to tell him about Falun Gong's remarkable ability to heal illnesses and stay healthy. I said, “You are unaware that Dafa has spread to more than 100 countries. When I clarified the truth to you, you refused to listen. You refused to look at those CDs and booklets that were given to you. We want to let people know that Dafa is good. Is what we're doing wrong?” He shook his head no.

Once when we were let out for fresh air, the deputy detention center head demonstrated some movements that consisted of kicking the legs and bending down and said that this was good for the body. She was not as evil as when I first came in. I added to her words and said, “If you talk about staying healthy, nothing can compare to practicing Falun Gong. It's remarkable and miraculous and heals illness and keeps one healthy.” At once, they began discussing Falun Gong. She asked me, “How do we practice?” I demonstrated the movements to them. They raised many questions and I answered them. On the way back to the room, I walked behind with her and we continued to talk about the grand spreading of Falun Gong all over the world, and she was very receptive. When everyone had gone upstairs, I stopped and offered to help her quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Just when she was about to nod her head in agreement and quit, she suddenly left, saying that she was busy. I felt regretful when I went back to my room. Afterward, this detention center head allowed me to go home one day in advance.

The detention center head promised to let me go home in the morning, and as a result, I had an attachment of zealotry. Thus, another center head refused to let me go. I knew that it was because of the attachment of zealotry that allowed the evil to take advantage of my gap. I immediately started to send forth righteous thoughts from eleven in the morning to three in the afternoon to eliminate them. Just then the phone rang and I was told to pack up and prepare to go home.

Because that team leader and the detention center head already understand the truth but hadn't yet quit the Party, I felt regretful and I always thought about it. Thus, it became an attachment. Once when I distributed Shen Yun DVDs, I gave one to a police officer. He grabbed hold of me and refused to let go. He called for a police car to come and they carried me into the vehicle. After reaching the police station, I sat on the sofa and sent forth righteous thoughts. After a while, they carried me into the police car again and took me to the detention center. I clarified the truth to them on the way there. They listened very attentively. At first, the driver interfered by honking the horn, but he later stopped and started to listen attentively. He even raised some questions, and even the chief of the State Security asked how to quit the CCP and its organizations. I told them how to quit. Upon reaching the detention center, they carried me in. When the guard on duty stepped forward to take a look, we were both surprised as he was the same officer who was on duty the year before. However, I suddenly remembered that this time I came to help the team leader quit the CCP. I knew that I could not miss the opportunity this time. Thus, I found an opportunity to help the team leader quit the Party.

The next morning, after I had just finished sending forth righteous thoughts, the deputy detention center head came. I said, “Hurry! Quit the Party! Do not miss this opportunity again.” She said, “It's no use even if I quit, because my mind is full of evil thoughts.” I said, “It's all right. Recite 'Falun Dafa is good, police are good' sincerely in your heart and it will eliminate the evil thoughts.” She smiled and she left as she mumbled her alias.

After finishing breakfast, the logistic team head called me over to take my blanket and mattress. He said, “You practitioners are very clean, so I am giving you all new things.” I said, “You are quite good. Did you join the Communist Party?” He said, “Yes, I did.” I told him about quitting the Party and he immediately agreed to quit. He said, “You can practice whenever you want, nobody will stop you.”

The next day when we were let out for fresh air, I saw a young female deputy detention center head that I had not seen the year before. When she saw that others treated me quite well, she also treated me well. I tried to find an opportunity to clarify the truth to her and helped her to quit the CCP. She was very happy. Afterward, I clarified the truth to those detained in the detention center. One elderly woman disapproved and said loudly, “I'll tell this to the center head!” For the safety of the center head, I smiled without answering. The center head smiled and said, “She gave me an alias and I am quite satisfied with the alias she gave me!”

One day, someone came to our room coughing non-stop. I clarified the truth to her and she quit the Party. However, the thing she carried with her was a big interference for us, especially to the elder practitioner. The elder practitioner said, “A cold wind blew across me.” I helped her to send forth righteous thoughts and I could feel that the dimensional field had a dark and sticky thing. Afterward I felt the field became better, so I started to do the exercises. After finished doing the five exercises, I extended sending righteous thoughts at twelve o'clock. Just as I lay down, through my celestial eye, I saw a billowing cloud of black smoke coming over. I sat up immediately and asked Master to strengthen me. I continued to send forth righteous thoughts till the dimensional field gradually became clean. When I stopped, it was already two in the morning. I was not at all sleepy, so I started to memorize the Fa until it was time to do the early morning exercises. The next day, the ordinary person no longer coughed and recovered.

The night before I was to go home, I felt that I must leave the truth with those who would be staying there in the future. I wanted to write truth clarification phrases on the wall, but how? The lights were on all night and electronic eyes everywhere. I lay down after I finished sending forth righteous thoughts. The electricity went out as soon as I lay down. I sat up immediately and thanked Master in my heart. I wrote “Remember: Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Hurry and quit the Party, the Youth League and the Young Pioneers” on the four walls.

3. Cultivating myself well and leaving a beautiful image

No matter where I am, I will cultivate according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. For example, during meals, I stood at the end of the row and was the last person to take the rice. When taking hot water, I stood last in line, too. Once, the detention center head knew that I could not contact my family and said, “If you do not have the money to buy the bus ticket when you leave, I will give it to you.” Without waiting for me to say a word, the others said, “No matter who tries to give her anything, she will not take it.”

The most moving experience I had in the detention center was between the guards and me. It is not about the persecution and being persecuted. It's about saving and being saved. Dafa disciples play the lead role. Hence, I am always busy but cheerful in doing the three things every day.

Above are my bits and pieces of helping Master to rectify the Fa and saving sentient beings. I will remember Master's words forever:

“Disciples, be diligent! Everything that's the most magnificent and the most wonderful is developed in the process of your validating Dafa. Your vows will become testaments of your future.” (“Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples” in Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Thank you, great and respected Master, for your compassionate salvation and for giving me the opportunity of the ages to be part of Master's Fa-rectification period today.

I bow to Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

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Minghui Fahui | Cooperation Among Practitioners Strengthens Our Truth Clarification Efforts

December 30, 2012 |   By a practitioner in Shandong Province, China

(Minghui.org) I returned to group Fa study and doing the exercises in 2008. At that time, although every practitioner in our group was actively telling people the facts about Falun Dafa and persuading them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, we hadn't formed one body and our energy was scattered. Moreover, we were not independent in producing truth-clarification materials, and relied heavily on support from other practitioners. If we wanted to do well in clarifying the truth, the foremost thing needed was to solve this problem and set up our own truth-clarification materials production site. Only through doing this could we form an independent mechanism. I later heard from a practitioner that some villages were serious lacking truth-clarification materials, so I thought of setting up my own truth-clarification materials production site.

– from the author

My Truth-clarification Materials Production Site

I had a strong attachment to fear because the conditions in my family were volatile, and prevented me from setting up such a production site. I encountered many difficulties during the process. I was not sure if I could make it. I thought, “Since Teacher arranged for me to hear of this, it is not accidental. No matter how difficult it is, I must make it happen.” A fellow practitioner suggested that I not force myself. I said to him, “I will definitely set up a truth-clarification materials production site even if I have to dig up a corner under the ground.”

I first persuaded my family to purchase a computer, then I borrowed a printer from my elder sister, and finally persuaded my family to purchase a car. An independent production site was thus set up. It is easy to describe it, but every step forward was filled with difficulties.

My family didn't understand me at the time, and my wife objected strongly. I was holding down a job and was very busy. At the beginning, I had to make time to print materials with no one else knowing about it. One afternoon, my wife returned home while I was printing materials. She was furious and said, “Are you operating a printing factory? We can't go on like this. Let's get divorced. If you disagree, return the printer; otherwise, I will talk to your parents about this!” She quarreled like this for four days.

I felt much pressure and no one could sense my inner pain. For the first time in my life I understood what it means by “sitting on pins and needles” and “burning with impatience.” I had no choice, and cried constantly. I knelt down in front of my wife and said, “I kneel down in front of you as a Falun Dafa practitioner. I beg you. Please stop preventing me from doing this. It's the Fa-ending period and sentient beings are in danger! There is gold under a man's knees. Nothing can stop me from doing this. My last choice is to rent a house, but it's more dangerous.” My wife was astonished at my behavior. Her lips trembled and she couldn't speak for a long time. I didn't know if I was conforming with the Fa by acting this way, but since then my wife was not opposed to my producing the truth-clarification materials.

I downloaded all of the truth-clarification materials from the Minghui website. At the beginning, I combined one flyer with the pamphlet. Later a practitioner said that one flyer was not enough. I then included a letter to people with predestined relationships and combined it with the flyer. Due to limited time, this brought me many difficulties. I finally solved the problem by reducing the quantity of pamphlets and increasing the quantity of flyers.

Cooperating with Each Other Silently and Spreading the Truth Widely

We distributed 400 fliers per week. I bought a local map and chose the areas for distribution, which were not located in one district and never the same area. I studied the map carefully each time, on the previous night, and decided which villages to visit. We distributed the materials very quickly after I told practitioners what to look out for. Sometimes I left for a while and came back shortly before pick-up time. Usually two practitioners covered one village. By doing this, the target was small and not easy to locate. Moreover, they worked efficiently because they were clear about what needed to be done, and what had already been done, so as not to duplicate practitioners efforts.

Many miracles happened. I felt that Teacher was beside us, watching and protecting us. One day in winter, due to a slippery road, my car got stuck at the bottom of a slope in a village. As we were looking for a way out, a drunkard came by. A fellow practitioner asked him for directions. He said, “I was in charge of constructing this road. If you hadn't met me, you would not have any way out of here today. I am going to do a good deed today and take you all the way to the big road.” After saying this he got into our car. We drove back through the village and along a very narrow mountain path. The road was winding and covered with snow. Fellow practitioners told him the facts about Falun Dafa and gave him several copies of truth-clarification materials.

One hot summer day, fellow practitioners went out to distribute materials in different villages, and were unable to get back to meet on time. I asked Teacher for help and sent forth righteous thoughts silently. After a while the weather changed and it started raining. The fellow practitioners arrived quickly and once everyone was in the car, the rain stopped.

Encountering Danger

We also encountered many dangerous situations, where only righteous thoughts could help us. I think that we should try to avoid danger by using our wisdom. If we can't avoid it, we should keep in mind that we are practitioners, not everyday people.

One time, a man on duty in a village was suspicious of us and chased us. There was still one practitioner in the village. Suddenly a thought surfaced in my mind, “A practitioner is being chased by an ordinary person! It's so unreasonable! ” I jumped out of the car and shouted loudly at him, “Why are you chasing my car?” He was frightened and said, “I am not a bad person. I am here looking for someone.” He walked around my car. I asked him, “Is the person you are looking for in my car?” He was very frightened and said, “So-and-so said he was in your car.” The person that he mentioned is a well-known local teacher. It's possible that he was on duty at the time. I suddenly had an idea and said, “So-and-so was my teacher. I graduated many years ago and thought of visiting him. Please forward my greetings to him. I will go to see him when I have time.” He said, “OK. OK. OK.” At that moment the fellow practitioner caught up with us.

During the last Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather was very windy. A young practitioner was stopped by a strong man. She told him the facts about Falun Dafa while we sent forth righteous thoughts. Suddenly I felt that something was wrong, “I am a practitioner. Why am I afraid of an ordinary person? How could we be stopped by an ordinary person?” I got out of the car, walked over to them and pulled the fellow practitioner towards the car. That man drove his motorcycle in front of my car. He took out his cell phone and was going to make a call. Practitioners were sending forth righteous thoughts. I said, “Brother, are you working for the local government?” He said, “I am in charge of this area.” I said, “Don't make a call in haste. Listen to what I am telling you.” He said, “OK. Go ahead.” I said, “Brother, we don't know each other. Maybe we will meet each other in the future when you are in trouble, and I will help you out then.” As soon as he heard of this, he apologized to me immediately, “I'm sorry. I drank a lot today; otherwise I would not have done this. I'll keep in mind what you said. Just leave immediately.”

I thought, “In ancient China, Zhang Fei (a military general from the Three Kingdoms periods) defeated millions of soldiers. Guan Yu (a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China) fought independently to break through numerous warriors while looking for Liu Bei. Today, Teacher endowed practitioners with supernatural abilities. We have been waiting for Dafa for eons. What's to be afraid of, even if millions of demons are right in front of us?” We later shared our understandings with each and identified many human attachments, such as fear, competitiveness, the attachment to doing things, affection between man and woman, and so on.

Cooperating Well Breeds Success

There are seven practitioners in our group. During the past three years, we have cooperated with each other and distributed tens of thousands of copies of truth-clarification materials in about six hundred villages. One day I asked myself, “None of us in the group thinks that he or she has cultivated well. Every practitioner has many shortcomings and looks ordinary. None of us has done any great thing, but together we have accomplished great things. How did we do this?” We found that the key was cooperating well with each other.

We seven practitioners are all very ordinary, however each of us has his or her own obvious strengths. We combined these strengths and formed an indestructible one body. For instance, Practitioner A was not afraid of failure. He never gave up until he met with success. Practitioner B always kept in mind the one body, and he played it safe. He was calm and very considerate, and paid much attention to safety. He always raised good suggestions at the right time. Practitioner C and D held barely any fear, and always helped us add righteous thoughts when we were hesitant. Practitioner E was very straightforward. She always pointed out other practitioners' problems with compassion. This played a great role in improving us as one body. Practitioner F provided us with a steady environment for group Fa study. Practitioner G was very kind and never looked down upon anyone. He always offered encouragement in predicaments or when someone felt depressed.

We found that no problem would occur when we cooperated well with each other. One time, practitioner E brought up the issue of safety problems with cell phones. Though some practitioners said she was making a fuss, we still adopted her suggestion. Several days later, we heard the news that one practitioner was taken advantage of by the evil due to safety problem issues with a cell phone. I thought, “Teacher told us to cooperate with each other well. If we didn't do so, we would not be following what Teacher said, nor would we align with the Fa.”

We must listen to others' suggestions and make changes when needed. If we don't have a certain problem that is discussed, we may take the suggestion as a warning. We must not take anything for granted and ignore it. This is not an issue of any practitioner's suggestion being right or wrong. It's an issue of having loopholes in our cultivation if we don't follow the advice of others or look inside of ourselves. Even wise ancient emperors listened to advice that was harsh to their ears, so why couldn't we practitioners do well in this respect? I thought, “Teacher has arranged everything well for us in remote ages, including who would be part of a group. It's not accidental at all. As long as we cooperate well with each other, we will do everything perfectly and leave no loopholes for the evil. Teacher emphasized again and again the importance of cooperating well with each other.”

Teacher said,

“In practicing cultivation, you are not making real, solid progress on your own, which would effect great, fundamental changes internally. Instead, you rely on my power and take advantage of powerful external factors. This can never transform your human nature into Buddha-nature. If every one of you can understand the Fa from the depths of your mind, that will truly be the manifestation of the Fa whose power knows no boundary – the reappearance of the mighty Buddha Fa in the human world!” (“Cautionary Advice” from “Essentials for Further Advancement”)

The above is my personal sharing. If you find anything inappropriate, please point it out compassionately.

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Minghui Fahui | Fulfilling the Divine Pledge and Walking the Path of Fa Validation

December 30, 2012 |   By Ciyi, a Falun Gong practitioner in China

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

I began practicing Falun Gong in June 1996. Sixteen years of Dafa cultivation practice has brought me profound enlightenment that is unattainable except for a cultivator. To obtain the Fa, we descended through the levels of heavens to this mundane world, where we had countless reincarnations before encountering Dafa in this life. In his eagerness to save us, Master was at our side taking care of us all through the whole process, despite all the hardship and bitterness that he endures. Dafa purifies my mind and body, and my gratitude toward Master defies description. To meet his expectations I will do well the three things with consolidated faith in Dafa and Master. I have suppressed much interference to write this article about my cultivation in the Fa rectification era. By sharing my experience with the readers of Minghui, I hope I can do better in validating the Fa, with more diligence and courage. Please kindly point out anything improper.

Meeting with Dafa and Cultivating Diligently

I had been casually aware of some pre-destination since I was a young girl, which perhaps was the manifestation of random memories left from my past lives. My subconsciousness kept reminding me that I was not supposed to be an ordinary human being in this mundane world, but that I was here to look for someone and wait for some event to happen. I once mentioned my perception to my father but he simply thought I was crazy and warned me to stay level-headed.

To find the answer to the enigma, I sought my way for 42 years until I was suffering from cancer in June 1996. Death was imminent, but my wish to find the answer of my enigma was unfulfilled. I lamented that I had come to this world and attained nothing. Extremely frustrated, I asked a friend to support me in going to a river bank, where I sobbed to the firmament and earth in grief. When I passed by the home of a friend of mine who was a Falun Gong practitioner, I suddenly found myself unable to move on when I was about ten meters away from her door. I was reminded by a voice from my mind at the time, telling me to stop there and visit her when I resumed my ability to move. I am pretty sure it was a hint from Master to bring me to Dafa. In this way, I met with Dafa and began my cultivation.

At my friend's home, I listened to Master's Fa lectures in Jinan City, Shandong Province. When I heard “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” it was like a thunderbolt striking my ears. When it came to the issue of “wanting to get things,” I found that what Master was teaching was all directed at me, as if he was right in front of me. His voice sounded so amiable and familiar to me. My memory was unlocked and I sprung to my feet yelling “I finally found it! This is exactly what I have sought for so many years!” I was like a long-lost child who found his parents. Forty-two years was a long wait! A warm energy flow circulated in my every cell and my tears flowed. My excitement defied description. Dafa broke through the blocks in my mind, aroused my memory that was left from my past lives, and revealed to me the true meaning of my life. In front of my friend, I pledged to Master, “I will stick to Falun Gong until I obtain the Dao and return to my genuine home with Master.”

I read Zhuan Falun like a thirsty person, free from any distractions, and the truth embedded in Dafa unfolded in front of my eyes layer by layer. When I read the Fa or listened to the audio Fa lectures, I sat in the lotus position with my hands conjoined like I was doing the meditation exercise, and I could sense that my body was encircled by an energy field, so compassionate that I could not hold back my tears. My body was so light, while being unable to move, like I was in another world that was free from any disturbances. Master's Fa unfolded a new world before me and brought me there. It was so tangible and enlightening. The mighty power of Dafa brought my xinxing up so quickly and Master purified my body. I never expected that I would survive the cancer, but I now find myself in perfect health, free from disease. It is splendid!

Four months after I began practicing Falun Gong, I developed gong energy and had a Cultivated Infant six months later. As I went further in Dafa cultivation, more and more supernormal phenomenon surfaced in me. So magnificent and significant is cultivation in Dafa! It is very real, and Master is right at my side!

No long after I began practicing Falun Gong, I received a hint from Master, “Only three years for diligent personal cultivation,” although I did not know what it actually meant. Knowing that the time for cultivation is limited, I had no idea what would happen next, but I was sure that there must be something ahead for me to do. I thought it to be a pre-destination, and also a reminder of my responsibility. I had a dream one night in which the gate to the heavens was opened. I saw many divine guards in golden armor safeguarding the gate with their weapons in hand. One of them with a golden body flew to me with his weapon in his right hand and a large bag on his left shoulder. The bag was filled with Dafa books and was radiating golden rays. He flew to me and spoke out from above, “Ciyi, Ciyi! Is that Ciyi?” I responded, “It is me!” Upon hearing my voice, the guard cast the bag upon me and the bag went directly into my abdomen. It hit me so heavily that I woke up and sprung up, so abruptly that my husband beside me woke up. Without thinking further, I thought it was a hint from Master about the importance of Fa study. I realized that with my mind filled with Dafa, the cultivation path will be set straight ahead of me and I will be endowed with great compassion. I mentioned the dream and my understanding about it to a fellow practitioner. After some discussion, we decided to set up the first Fa study group in our locality. From then on, our group Fa study has been continuous, and has become a precious environment where we are all tempered, and improve together in the Fa.

When tribulations fall upon me, I can uphold my xinxing with the conviction that I could certainly go through them given that I have firm belief in Dafa and Master. I did not hit back when my husband beat me for no reason. When I was maltreated by others, I tried to look into myself to see if I had done anything improper. My employer twice considered me for retirement based on health issues but I rejected his offer. When my husband received keys for a new apartment that his employer had assigned to him, I asked him to return it to his employer so that the house could be given to those in most need of it. Soon I became accustomed to melting in the Fa and measuring myself against the Fa when I was in trouble with others. All these set a solid base for my validating Dafa and saving sentient beings in the later resistance of persecution of Falun Gong.

Fulfilling My Prehistoric Pledge on the Path of Validating the Fa and Saving Sentient Beings

Three years after I began practicing Falun Gong, the persecution of Falun Gong began in China. I suddenly perceived the meaning of “only three years for diligent personal cultivation” although I had no idea what to do. No fellow practitioners in my locality had access to the Internet, and we were completely cut off from any Falun Gong information. It seemed that I could not do anything for help. As a practitioner of Falun Gong, I knew that Falun Gong was the best and I had the right to speak up for Falun Gong. I then wrote many letters to various levels of government to tell them what Falun Gong actually was, using my own experience as examples. Hoping that they could withdraw their negative conclusion about Falun Gong, I told them that they could send medical experts to exam me to validate what I said.

I wondered what I should do, anxiously seeing the escalating persecution and people being misled by the slanderous propaganda against Falun Gong. In December 1999, I read an article by a fellow practitioner which reminded me of a hint that I had received from Master before. I realized what I was supposed to do. I could not bear this any longer, so I went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong with full determination.

My appeal for Falun Gong stirred up quite a sensation in my locality and I was considered the top “troublemaker” by local authorities. Using all means, they tried to extinguish my faith in Falun Gong in the following years in various ways, including extorting money from me, ransacking my home, arrest, detention, brainwashing, and imprisonment. Yet, I never wavered despite all the suppression. I believed in what Master said,

“Dafa can rectify the universe, so it certainly has the Fa’s power to repress evil, eliminate disorder, harmonize everything, and remain invincible.” ("Definitive Conclusion," from Essentials for Further Advancement)

I refused to bend to the oppressors. Their ruthless strikes on me did not blow me down, but fortified my steadfastness, rationality, and conscience in resisting the persecution.

I was often visited by governmental officers, the local police, and officers from the local residential area. They attempted to make me relinquish Falun Gong but I made use of such occasions. Each time they came to me, I clarified the facts about Falun Gong to them no matter who they were. Frustrated to see that they could not change my mind, they later simply left me alone. With my righteous thoughts that I acquired from Dafa, I created an environment that was relatively favorable to my cultivation.

Amidst mundane plight, Dafa practitioners march forward in cultivation. By studying the Fa well we understand the teachings and keep up with the progress of Fa rectification with the Fa as our guide, so as not to lose hold of ourselves in tribulations. Master said,

“A Dafa disciple's wisdom comes from righteous thoughts--divine thoughts...” ("Teaching the Fa at the Meeting with Asia-Pacific Students")

Dafa would reveal itself to us on our cultivation paths that are arranged by Master, as long as we walk the path. As divine beings in mortal shapes, we will not let lose our sense of responsibility to sentient beings, and will certainly rectify all that has run astray.

When I was in prison, I was not allowed to do the Falun Gong exercises but I did them regardless. At that time, I was unaware of sending forth righteous thoughts. One day, the chief of the prison saw me doing the exercises. He started yelling at me furiously, with wild eyes. He ordered an inmate to beat me with a baton, “Give her a severe beating!” I didn't bother to open my eyes but said to him, “You will not beat me. If you do, you will suffer the pain.” The person was shocked by what I said and retreated.

One day at 11:00 a.m., a prison guard came to a fellow practitioner to shackle her feet and hands. When he was about to do that, I said with my eyes fixed upon him, “You will not shackle her. If you do, your wife and children will suffer the pain in their legs.” He was shocked by what I said and stood up without shackling her. He asked her, “Would you like to be shackled?” I said to her, “You will not be shackled!” But she said, “I do not fear being shackled.” He then shackled her. I admired her firm faith in Dafa but was anxious about her failure to negate the old forces' arrangement. I sent forth a thought in silence, “In three days you will remove her shackles. Otherwise, you will suffer the pain in your hands.” At 2:50 p.m., the prison guard went to her and removed the shackles. She soon realized that she was not conforming with the Fa by acknowledging the shackling. We then began to recite the Fa together every day.

In the detention center, we were fed diseased, gray, and black rotten pork and rotten rice mixed with feces. The food in the bowl was covered with a layer of black rotten feces and there was sand in the bottom with a pesticide smell. I thought we had done nothing wrong being Dafa practitioners and should not be subjected to any persecution. All the mistreatment that was inflicted on us was the persecution of Dafa, and it was a foul crime. We must not merely suffer the mistreatment without doing anything. We reached a consensus and began to go on huger strikes to protest. We knocked on the door of the detention cell and spoke loudly to the prison guards. We clarified the facts of Falun Gong to them and requested to see the mayor, the prison chief, and the chief of the police department to appeal the mistreatment. We refused to eat anything until the rice and meat in our food were officially tested for quality. Many asked us to give up but nothing could change our minds.

The next morning, the prison chief asked me and another practitioner to go to the storage house where two inmates separated the feces from the rice under our watch. From then on, the prison never fed us rotten meat or rice again. With the help of Master and our righteous thoughts and actions, we cleared the evil elements, deterred the perpetrators, and rectified the environment around us. The inmates from our neighboring cells who also benefited often chanted loudly in gratitude, “Long live Falun Gong!”

All inmates in the prison were forced to make paper boxes, including Falun Gong practitioners. Some practitioners succumbed to the coercion saying that we should do well so that the inmates in our cells would escape punishment. But I insisted that we should never succumb to the prison, and spent all my time reciting the Fa, and writing appeal letters and truth-clarification notes.

One day, the deputy chief of the prison, who was notorious for his treachery and cruelty, came to look around the workshop. When he saw me not working and instead clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to some inmates, he went into a rage and yelled at me, “You! How dare you put aside your work and talk about the most sensitive Falun Gong issues here in the prison!” I turned to him, “You are not in a position to charge me. I have done nothing illegal. You get out of my way!” He was agitated by my words. He stared and said, “I will not leave. I will stay here.” I pointed at him with my right hand and said with high authority, “Then you just stay there for a whole day. Don't move!” I then went on with my truth clarification while he simply stood there still. After a while the inmates began to murmur, “Look, what is happening to him?” I casually looked back and saw him leaning against the corridor rail with his head sticking forward and his mouth wide open. His tongue was rigid and his gaze was fixed downward and motionless. I thought, “He must have been stupefied by me.” I said to him, “You look really bad there. Just get out of the way!” Upon hearing my words, he was able to move and hastened downstairs in frustration saying, “Great power she possesses. Never stand in her way.” From then on, he never dared to come inspect the cell where I was held and would run away wherever he saw me.

Creating an Environment for Validating the Fa and Saving More People

How can I publicize the beauty of Dafa to the world's people? The mundane world is created for Fa rectification and all sentient beings have come to this world for Dafa. Everything in human society revolves around Dafa, and it is entirely reasonable for us to make use of it to publicize Dafa, validate the Fa, and suppress the evil. It is our obligation to bring the facts of Falun Gong to more people so that more people can be saved. I embarked on an exploration to create an honorable way of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings.

My fellow practitioners and I bought some paint pens and made many sheets containing Falun Gong facts. We bought some yellow cloth and painted the words in red, “Falun Dafa is Good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is Good! Falun Dafa is a righteous way! The world need 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance'! Heaven rules with karmic laws! Bring Jiang Zemin to justice on a global scale! Restore my Master's reputation! Restore Falun Gong's reputation!” We attached wooden sticks to these small banners and distributed them along with other truth-clarification materials in the countryside. Before we set out, we asked for Master's help, “Let the truth-clarification material be our powerful implements to suppress the evil! Let each place that we go be blessed and harmonized by the light of Dafa! Let all evil be eliminated! Let us be invisible to people with malicious thoughts and enlighten the goodness of people of good character.” We sent forth righteous thought while walking along. In every accessible place, including bridges, trees on the side roads, and utility poles, we posted our banners. We distributed the truth-clarification materials to every resident that we passed. Often, the police chased us and police cars patrolled around us, but we always safely returned home, thanks to Master's compassionate protection.

Waving in the wind, the yellow banners flashed in the air like a golden spectacle, manifesting Dafa's majesty, clearing out the evil and arousing people's long-lost conscience. Some banners have been there on the trees for more than six months. Many fellow practitioners overcame their fear and regained their courage to step out. Through Fa study, we realized that to make more people understand the facts of Falun Gong, we must do more, eliminate the evil elements in other dimensions, and cooperate as a whole body. One night, in two hours, truth-clarification messages were placed almost everywhere in our city, including utility poles, neighboring police stations, schools, factories, and hotels.

The next morning, people were shocked to see the spectacle and it became a hot topic among them. The Chinese Communist Party authorities, overtly frightened, gave orders that all the walls and utility poles that were painted with Falun Gong messages were to be repainted to cover the messages. In his talk in a meeting of the municipal government, the mayor openly announced, “If you had the spirit of the Falun Gong practitioners, the economy in our city would certainly boom.”

Cooperating together, all Dafa practitioners from our city remained active. We made the information sheets all day and all night, and distributed the truth-clarification materials in all villages, towns, and districts of our city, and other neighboring counties. We worked so diligently, only to validate the Fa and save the people. How can we truly save the people? By studying the Fa, I came to understand that our validating the Fa should conform with the progress of Master's Fa rectification. Amidst the overwhelming persecution of Falun Gong, we have no way to let our voices be heard. We are left with only this way to validate the Fa, suppress the evil, and arouse people's conscience. All that we do is paving the way to save people. As obstacles were cleared along the way, our environment became more favorable. We now need to continue to truly save the people by clarifying the truth to them face to face.

My face-to-face truth clarification began with people around me. Wherever I went, I brought the true story of Falun Gong to all kinds of people, including my relatives, friends, classmates, colleagues, pedestrians I met on the street, officers from the local residential area, shop owners, and the police who were involved in persecuting practitioners. In our talks, I used different methods to unlock people's hearts. Most people came to understand, and withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations after only a short talk. I was happy for their right choice. Some people refused to do the three withdrawals, but I at least left them goodwill: “You will certainly understand in the future. I hope you will be given another chance soon.”

Dafa unlocked my wisdom. With Master's compassionate help and my own righteous thoughts, I have created my way of validating the Fa along with fellow practitioners as a whole body. It is an ever-broadening way of fulfilling my sacred prehistoric pledges.

Thank you, Master, for your compassionate salvation and protection. Heshi.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Mum, I Feel Very Fortunate

December 30, 2012 |   By Huilian, a practitioner from China

(Minghui.org)

After I set my basic viewpoint right, I felt the magnificence and beauty of dignity. If I didn't have human attachment, Fa power would show up when I did everything. I set the requirements for my daughter: first she had to put Fa study as the first priority and had to find time to study the Fa every day. Second, she had to do the study well and measure her behavior according to the Fa principles and take every opportunity to validate the Fa and save sentient beings.

If my daughter put forward unreasonable requirements, I would refuse them in a dignified way. If she did something wrong, I would criticize her seriously. Before in order to avoid any conflict, I didn't dare to discipline her. Now she was ready to accept my instructions and knew how to look within. She was improving. One day I looked within and said to her: “You dad is a new practitioner and you are a little practitioner. If you two don't do well, it is all right. But for me as a veteran Dafa disciple, if I don't keep up my xinxing, it will not be forgivable.” My daughter corrected me immediately: “No, it is my fault. I am a veteran practitioner, too.”

– By the author

Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I have been practicing Falun Dafa for more than ten years. Compared with diligent practitioners who have been doing the three things well, I still have a long way to catch up. Some veteran practitioners encouraged me to write an experience sharing article. I realized that the process of writing a sharing article was a process of finding out my attachments and getting rid of them. It would be a process for cultivation. I take this opportunity of the 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org to share with practitioners cultivation stories about me and my daughter. Please point out anything inappropriate.

My Predestined Relationship with My Daughter

I obtained the Fa in 1996 when my daughter was only eight months old. She has loved to smile from the time she was born. Especially in her sleep, she smiled and laughed until she woke up. I wondered what made her so happy.

When she was five or six years old, she woke up crying one morning. She said she saw in a dream I was dead. In her dream she was a maid in a wealthy family, and she was forced to tend fires, fetch water, and chop wood. She was beaten and her clothes were ragged. She asked me to rescue her, but I couldn't and was beaten to death.

While in primary school, she had a dream in which we lived on a mountain and I was her mother. She was 16 or 17 then. We lived in a shabby, thatched cottage and were very poor and dressed in rags. She said I was very sick, and she had to go up the mountain to chop and collect firewood. She slipped and fell into a great pit, and a group of monkeys surrounded her and tore at her. She waved her arms to drive them away and woke up.

I had a dream when my daughter was in high school. In my dream I was a girl of seven or eight playing with my neighbor's girls in a big house. I saw a black leopard running towards us. There was a hole in the wall and I was afraid that the leopard would come in through the hole. I saw a spade near the wall just as the leopard got to the hole. I picked up the spade and shoved it hard against the hole. The scene changed to my daughter in a black T-shirt falling down in a pool of blood with both arms broken at the shoulders. She said to me crying, “I just want to come see you.” I pressed her arms against her shoulders and was heartbroken. I cried and said to her, “I will do cultivation because of you. I will diligently cultivate for you.”

My Little Fellow Practitioner

I started to teach my daughter to do the exercises when she was only one year old. She could hardly talk. When I taught her to rotate the Falun four times, I asked her to count. She said, “One, one, one; one, one, one.” When she did the sitting meditation for the first time, she sat on a sofa for 45 minutes. She didn't enter into tranquility. She only conjoined her hands. When she finished the meditation, her legs were numb and painful, and she cried her heart out.

When Hong Yin was published, I taught her to recite Master's poems. She couldn't read at the time, so I read and she followed. After reading after me for three or five times, she could remember it. When we had almost finished the whole book, she dreamed that Master took her little hand and called her nickname and both of them flew to a vast place. Master gave her fruit from the heavens.

We couldn't practice the exercises outside after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong. In 2000, five practitioners from our Fa study group went to see our local officials and clarified the truth to them. We demanded the right to practice the exercises in public. But they turned us down. We decided that we would do the exercises in the pavilion in our residential compound. My husband was at the hospital looking after his brother who had been hurt in a car accident, so I had to take my daughter with me to do the exercises. The night before I said to her, “Bad people cursed Master and Dafa. We are going to rectify the Fa and go to the pavilion to do the exercises. Tomorrow morning I have to get up early. Would you like to go with me?” She nodded. “Then you have to get up as soon as I call you.” She nodded again. The next day it was still dark when I got up. I called my daughter and she opened up her eyes (it was usually impossible that she would wake up at that time.) Hand in hand we went to the pavilion. Only three adults appeared. Soon the security guards came and tried to drive us away and pull down our arms. My daughter was frightened and pulled on my clothes. She told me later that Master took her to the heavens again that night.

At the end of 1999, I decided to go to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong by myself. My husband didn't practice Falun Gong, but he was not against me. He was afraid of the persecution and didn't agree that I should go. He knew that I was upset. He said that he would bring the computer from his workplace home and let me play games. At that time very few companies had computers. I told my daughter that I planned to go to Beijing. She was very attached to me because I had brought her up all by myself. She always followed me. Four years old at the time, she nodded her head, but tears ran down her cheeks. She pushed me outside and said to me, crying, “Mummy, you go quickly.” I didn't know what would be waiting for me if I went to Beijing. I didn't plan to come back right away, yet I was a bit concerned about my daughter. If she cried and didn't let me go, I might not have gone. When she pushed me outside, she gave me great courage. I felt that I had to be worthy of my daughter's encouragement. On the way to Beijing, I realized that it is a citizen's right to petition for Falun Gong. Several police officers stopped me at the Taoranting in Beijing. I cried and wrote down what I wanted to say on a piece of paper. They said they would give the paper to the petition office. So, with Master's help, I returned home safely.

A cultivator has to let go of attachments to fame, self-interest, and emotions. It was very painful when going through tests. We didn't have the environment of group Fa study or the exercises. Fellow practitioners were arrested and persecuted. I felt huge pressure. Due to the CCP's implication policy, my husband had to put up with great stress at work and was unable to get a promotion. He was not happy at home and lost his temper with me for no reason. When I was unable to bear this, I would talk to my daughter and cried while hugging her tightly. She often put my head on her chest and patted me, comforting me. She wiped away my tears and enlightened me with Fa principles. Every time, she would say something straight to the point. She was totally a little Dafa disciple. Looking back, I realized that our compassionate Master was trying to give hints to me through my daughter. Master is looking after me and guiding me every step of my cultivation way.

“If I Knew, I Would Not Have Come to Your Home.”

When my daughter was in high school and going through puberty, I was going through menopause. All of a sudden fights broke out any moment in the family. My now stubborn daughter seemed a changed person. She refused to accept any of my advice. She became rebellious, hot tempered, and jealous. She always had conflicts with her classmates. She was not satisfied with her teachers. She swore and ate at roadside food stalls. She was overly aware of her clothing. And she did worse and worse in her schoolwork. She started dating in middle school. At home she was never happy and broke this and that. I could hardly believe that she used to be a kind fellow practitioner who looked at everything from the perspective of the Fa. She was not a practitioner at all and she was sometimes worse than an everyday person. I was in despair and even didn't want to live after several clashes with her. She didn't give in at all. She said more than once that she would commit suicide by jumping off the building and then started to think of how to end her life in a less painful way. One day she was very upset and said to me in despair, “If I knew, I would not have come into this family.” She meant she would rather not be my daughter.

Fellow practitioners said that the problem was with me. I felt I was wronged. Why was I wrong to discipline her? In any case, I would not be worse than an everyday person. Many times I complained to Master: “I will not care for her anymore, and if she doesn't want to cultivate, let her be.” Every time I said this, in my dreams I would lose her when I went out. I knew that Master didn't agree that I should do this. I knelt down in front of Master's photo and asked why things were they way they were. I complained that Master had arranged for such a child to be in my family. She didn't listen to me. But Master didn't let me leave her. I bargained with Master and said in tears, “I didn't know the black leopard was a good thing. I didn't understand the animal because we spoke different languages. How can I be blamed when she was hurt? How can I be her mother?”

“Mum, I Am So Lucky to Be in This Family”

My husband knows that Falun Dafa is good but didn't believe in gods or Buddhas. He got very sick twice in 2010 and started to practice Falun Gong. Master purified him and took out a living spirit from his body. Master kept giving me hints and showed me my predestined relationships with my husband life after life. I felt that Master was right beside me. During that period, I didn't have time to do the exercises or send forth righteous thoughts. I didn't study the Fa much either. I did find the time to read Master's articles “Be More Diligent” and “Fa Teaching Given at the 2010 New York Fa Conference” and to read Minghui Weekly beside his hospital bed. Whenever anything came up, poems from Hong Yin would appear in my mind. The little monk Master mentioned in Zhuan Falun who “always works hard and tirelessly. It is quicker for him to repay his karma and become enlightened.” would appear and stay in my mind. I could only sleep two or three hours each day and this situation lasted for nearly two months. My colleagues praised me as “remarkable and great” after my husband was discharged from the hospital. In fact Master had done everything for me but gave mighty virtue to me instead. I knew it was the best reward Master could have given me. I had been in a slack state for ten years. How worried our compassionate Master must have been, waiting for me!

My husband and I diligently studied the Fa and practiced the exercises after he came home. With our minds full of the Fa, we understood the inner meaning of the Fa more and more. We felt that the meaning of every sentence of the Fa was different from when we had read it before. Master has repeatedly emphasized that we should study the Fa well, clarify the truth, and save sentient beings. (I didn't think I had much to do with these three things before. I was numb.) When I did the exercises, I could clearly feel something rotating above my head. The mechanism Master placed in my body must have been rotating in vain for a long time. I felt my gong increasing quickly. My third eye could see more and more clearly. Whenever there was a conflict, I looked inward instantly. I would look at my daughter's problems from a different perspective now.

Two incidents happened later that woke my daughter up. One day she had terrible menstrual cramps. Her feet and hands were cold, and she broke out in a cold sweat. It was so painful that she couldn't hold still. My heart wasn't moved, and I reminded her to look inward and to ask Master for help. Yet the pain got so bad that she couldn't speak. I sat down and sent forth righteous thoughts but the results were minimal. I read articles from Essentials for Further Advancement to her. I was very tired and couldn't keep my eyes open. She asked me helplessly, “Mum, will I die?” I replied instantly, “Are you afraid? Do not be afraid. Even if you die, Master will still look after you and arrange a good place for you to go. But not being afraid of death doesn't mean you will die.” After lunch I put her to bed. After she woke up from the nap she was just fine. She said, “I wanted you to read the Fa to me. But you were sound asleep and I didn't have the strength to call you. How could you possibly sleep in such a situation!” I enlightened that on the one hand, I let the evil keep me from helping a fellow practitioner. On the other hand, cultivation is serious. As a cultivator, she had to face the tribulation herself and to cultivate herself and to enlighten herself. She shouldn't rely on anybody. Her xinxing had to be meet the standard.

One day she came home from school and asked me in tears, “Mum, can I get back on track?” She felt she was not normal because her classmate sitting beside her was a lesbian. She knew that homosexuality was wrong and would be eliminated first. I talked with her from the perspective of the Fa. First, she didn't study the Fa as often and was not strict with herself at school. She was competitive, jealous, and had a show-off mentality. She was polluted and had loopholes. Second, the old forces interfered with and persecuted her. That was a hard lesson. I saw the intent of the old forces and the rotten demons. When they see any practitioner with any attachments, they reinforce them and enlarge them until the loopholes in practitioners' dimension become larger and larger. Then they have the “excuses” they need to push practitioners to the brink of elimination. After that she listened to Master's Fa every night and to Shen Yun chorus CDs before she went to sleep. She became better and better in cultivation. One interesting thing was that when she was in a good cultivation state, in my dream I would be with her going to the university or while traveling but she did not appear with me when she didn't do well. When I asked her, she said she didn't study the Fa because of exams. I know Master doesn't want any practitioner to be left behind.

I came to the enlightenment that Master had arranged that my daughter and I have a predestined relationship again and again, and in this lifetime we are mother and daughter. It was not important that we resented each other or did great favors for each other in history. The important thing was that we made vows before Master before we reincarnated. We had promised each other that if one fell asleep, the other had to wake her up. Master would not show up as a Buddha and tell my daughter where she didn't do well. Master arranged for me to take good care of the little disciple. It is also a social norm that a child has to listen to her parents. If we didn't do well, “Buddha's Fa is boundless,” and Master would have his way to wake this being up. But if I didn't do well, did I deny Master's expectation and arrangement? I knelt down in front of Master's photo and said to Master in tears, “Master, I will try my best.”

I also enlightened that Dafa disciples are a special group of people that Master created, and in the long process of history, Master has led us and protected us so that we would help Master to rectify the Fa and save sentient beings in the last moment.

The so-called “puberty” and “menopause” were a demonstration of demonic behaviors of deviated people. Cultivators have not cultivated themselves well if they have negative behavior associated with these changes. My daughter's behavior was a reflection of my cultivation state and my attachments that I would not let go of. Over the past ten years, I didn't cultivate diligently and didn't do well. I hadn't let go of many attachments and I had the attachment of fear. I had especially strong qing and lived an everyday person's life. I didn't do the exercises much after 1999. Though I studied the Fa, I rarely saw the inner meaning of the Fa principles. I didn't dare talk too much when clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings. If I summoned up my courage to talk, then the other party still didn't want to withdraw from the CCP. My cultivation state was reflected in my daughter. She was the same as me. We didn't look like practitioners.

Anything that happens to a cultivator is not accidental. My daughter did wrong in many things. Her bad behaviors were for me to look within and find out what I didn't do well and cultivate them away. Any attachment we have will hinder us from completing our cultivation.

I worried that she could not return to her own heavenly kingdom if she didn't cultivate well. I required her to behave strictly according to the Fa criteria and study the Fa more and look within during conflicts. But I forgot that we cultivate in ordinary society and in a complicated environment. Children have to cultivate in such an environment as well. I required her to accomplish this, while I myself didn't achieve it. Isn't it the old forces' way of changing others while not changing themselves?

I myself had the attachments of showing off, competitiveness, complacency, vanity, and hatred towards the evil people who persecute practitioners. I required my daughter to do well in her studies, behave well, play the piano well, and get into a famous university so that she could validate the Fa in this way. I had such black substances. How could she bear it? We were born to this world not for fame, self-interest, or qing.

I had hoped that my daughter could accomplish what I hadn't and put my ambition onto her. I said to her that it was for her benefit. I had the heart of her paying me back. I had sacrificed so much for her so she should pay me back, respect me, and always be thankful. But Master requires us to do everything for others and to save sentient beings without any pre-conditions or rewards.

In Zhuan Falun Master said:

“You are unable to interfere with the lives of others, and neither can you control others’ fates, including those of your wife, sons, daughters, parents, or brothers. Can you decide those things?”

My daughter had her own fate, and I couldn't control it. Let alone that since she started to practice Falun Dafa, Master had re-arranged her life. Although she didn't do well at a certain time and in a certain situation, I couldn't say she couldn't cultivate. As long as she wanted to cultivate, Master would look after her. She was Master's little disciple and Master would not give up on her. I was not qualified to say that she was no longer able to cultivate, was I?

All along I had not been doing well. Master showed me my predestined relationship with my daughter. For some time I was attached to paying back my karma with my daughter. I shouldn't go on like that. I studied the Fa, memorized the Fa, and hand copied the Fa. My xinxing improved and my mindset was fundamentally changed. I sent forth righteous thoughts to get rid of the interference of qing. I studied the Fa with her and guided her from the perspective of the Fa. I showed her the way to handle things. I didn't scold her when we had conflicts. I was not moved by her behavior. I believed in Master and the Fa. Master is looking after everything and everything will be resolved in a benevolent way.

After I corrected my basic viewpoint, I felt the magnificence and beauty of dignity. If I didn't have human attachments, the power of the Fa would show up in everything I did. I set the requirements for my daughter: First, she had to put Fa study as the top priority and had to find time to study the Fa every day. Second, she had to study well and measure her behavior according to the Fa principles and take every opportunity to validate the Fa and save sentient beings.

If my daughter made unreasonable demands, I would refuse them in a dignified way. If she did something wrong, I would bring it to her attention with compassion. Before, in order to avoid any conflict, I didn't dare to discipline her. Now she was ready to accept my instructions and knew how to look within. She was improving. One day I looked within and said to her, “Your dad is a new practitioner and you are a little practitioner. If you two don't do well, it is all right. But for me as a veteran Dafa disciple, if I don't keep up my xinxing, it will be unforgivable.” My daughter corrected me immediately: “No, it is my fault. I am a veteran practitioner as well.”

During school holidays, my daughter and I went out to clarify the truth together. The first person we came across didn't listen. My daughter was very upset. I comforted her and said that it didn't matter. Master said that we should not be too attached to the result. On the surface we do things with compassion. It is Master who saves people. We give every being a chance but it is their own choice whether they accept it or not. In the process of clarifying the truth, we should look within, as well and cultivate ourselves. On another occasion when we were visiting relatives, she started to clarify the truth by herself while I was still busy with work. One day I sent messages with my mobile phone while my daughter was sending forth righteous thoughts all the way. We cooperated well, and the messages went out without a hitch.

One day after Fa study, my daughter stood next to me and said, “Mum, I feel very fortunate to have come into our family.” I was surprised and asked, “Can you tell me why?”

She smiled and said, “I don't want to tell you.” I smiled as she walked away.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Sixteen Years Cultivating in Dafa

December 31, 2012 |   By a Dafa disciple from Mainland China

(Minghui.org)

Greetings Master!

Greetings fellow practitioners!

My life is a happy one owing to Master Li, who is the greatest and most compassionate Master. I’ve not had the fortune to see Master Li in person, yet all the same I became a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period. I can help Master to rectify the Fa and help save sentient beings in the universe. When I reach consummation I can say that I have fulfilled my vow as a Dafa practitioner during the Fa-rectification period. It is such a glorious honor. No matter how many tribulations I go through, I will never have any regret.

Fortunate to Find the Fa

I’ve always worked in the financial industry. I started practicing in 1996 and soon experienced the miracles of Dafa. I used to get tired after walking. After I started practicing, my body was light and I did not feel tired anymore no matter how far I walked. My rheumatism and gynecological disease disappeared. The color spots on my face also disappeared and I looked very healthy. My parents and many of my relatives started to cultivate Falun Gong, as they saw how healthy I’d become. My child also studied the Fa with me.

My home became a place for group Fa-study. I also became a coordinator at a practice site. The practitioners at our practice site all experienced dramatic changes in their bodies. My neighbor’s diabetes disappeared. Some practitioners' hair turned from white to black. My mother, who did not go to school and was illiterate, can now read Zhuan Falun. My father, who had smoked for decades, quit smoking so easily. Soon the word spread in my town that Falun Dafa was miraculous.

Every day I was full of energy. Although my husband was not a practitioner, he fully supported me when he saw the miracles of Dafa. Our entire family had a happy life.

Letting Go of Life and Death to Validate Dafa

When the persecution began, local practitioners went to the city appeal bureau to appeal for Dafa on July 22. I was selected as their representative and talked with the head of the appeal bureau and the police department. Because of this, I was listed as a “key person” by the CCP. I was called in for interrogation twice during the night and I was not allowed to go home. I was not allowed to eat or work during the daytime. I was ordered to write a guarantee statement to give up Falun Gong. I had to be picked up every day by my workplace leader and taken to the police station to work under monitoring. So every day I was forced to stay at the police department to report my actions. At night I had to go to the office to work. Facing this great pressure, I continuously clarified the truth to the police and told them that the central government did not know the truth and misunderstood us. I told them that Dafa teaches us to be a good person and that Dafa was miraculous for strengthening the body and eliminating illness. We did not participate in politics. We just wanted to tell the government that Dafa is innocent. However, the police would not listen to me at all. They told me that they were following orders from upper level authorities and that it was useless to talk to them.

At that point, my husband had gone out for a business trip. I was alone at home during the night and I was somewhat afraid. I thought that since the order came from higher-level authorities, I should go and appeal in Beijing, but I knew that the police at the bus station and road intersections stopped practitioners from going to Beijing. I got on the bus without buying a ticket. On the train, the conductor asked me to show my ID while and then they notified the police department. My name was already on the blacklist as the authorities already collaborated with the police department. The police arrested and detained me at a hotel in my city and began monitoring my every day life. I was not allowed to go back home until my husband got back home from the trip.

Later, the situation deteriorated and many practitioners were illegally arrested and put into the detention center. Their parents or relatives were also arrested and detained. I not only needed to work every day, but also was required to report to the police department. My workplace also sent people to monitor me, which created a lot of pressure on me. Only then did I start to realize the severity of the situation.

I wanted to go to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and for our Master, who was unjustly slandered. At that time, my child was still little and my husband did not understand what I wanted to do. I told him that if I affected his future career, we could get a divorce. I made sure he understood that there was absolutely nothing wrong with cultivating Dafa. I will cultivate until the end of my life. He knew that Falun Dafa was good and that I was right. He did not want to get divorced. At the same time, he also understood the evil of the CCP. In his eyes, I was a timid woman, but he also knew how perseverance, endurance, and justice were part of my character. I understood that the Fa I studied is the law of the universe, the fundamental nature of human beings and the hope of all sentient beings. If people went against Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, where would they go? I benefited from Dafa, and I could not just sit by as Dafa is persecuted.

In order to keep the police from stopping me, I took a private car to another place outside the city. Then I took the train to Beijing. When I finally got on the train to Beijing, I was very happy and it seemed like the pressure that had been building for many days was finally released. It did not matter what I would face in the future. When a practitioner can truly let go fame, self-interest, human emotion, and truly let go of life and death, nothing can stop him or her anymore. This is the power of belief and the truth of the universe.

Master said,

“The cultivation is up to you, gong is up to the master.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)

I understood that Master got rid of my bad things such as fear.

At the office in Beijing, I was arrested right away, even before I had a chance to appeal. Then I was sent back to my local area by the Beijing Office and detained. My company would not let me work unless I wrote the guarantee letter to give up Falun Dafa. I went to Beijing to appeal again and led many practitioners in our local area to validate the Fa. We went to Tiananmen Square to do the exercises and display banners, and the police beat us.

On July 19, 2000, I went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa a third time. At that time, the detention centers in Beijing were full of practitioners from all over the country. We were driven out of Beijing and transferred to the suburbs and countryside. Some were even transferred to a detention center in Hebei Province. We were not afraid or depressed when faced with illegal detention, forced labor and imprisonment. Instead, we were calm and recited the Fa loudly inside the vehicles. Practitioners from all over the country gathered together and shared their cultivation experiences. We’d forgotten all the things we suffered in the prison and detention centers. I was put in the vehicle with over 20 practitioners, and we clarified the facts about Dafa to the driver. The police who watched us knew that Falun Dafa was good and they did not interrupt us.

When we were sent back to the local detention center. I took the lead to do the exercises in the detention center. The police incited a prisoner in charge to beat me and to put handcuffs and shackles on me. Many practitioners who were detained were highly educated, but they were beaten by the murderers and drug addicts. The food in the prison was very bad, but we did not complain. We kindly told the prisoners and police that Falun Dafa is good. Although the prisoners and police frequently beat us, we followed Dafa's requirements and did not hate them.

In August 2000, I was illegally sentenced to forced labor. The conditions at the forced labor camp were really bad, and they had already imprisoned the first group of “key practitioners,” referring to practice site coordinators. Each practitioner had two prisoners assigned to monitor them 24 hours a day. They were not allowed to do the exercises, talk, or even look at each other. Later, in order to prevent the practitioners from talking to each other, the prison rooms were isolated, and the practitioners were separated even while having lunch. The environment was full of the evil CCP's pressure. Every day I would hear the collaborators beating and scolding the practitioners in others rooms. Every day I saw practitioners faint due to torture. The prisoners who were sent to watch us used the curtains to block our view. But we could still hear the practitioners being dragged out for torture. Once the environment outside became intense and the police looked very nervous. Later we heard that a practitioner was tortured to death. After that first time when police tortured practitioners to death, they no longer cared. Facing this great test, we did not compromise. We did the exercises at 4 a.m. in the morning. The police hung us from the bed or trees outside to freeze us. They would bring us in before breakfast.

Facing the evil's persecution, the prisoners beating us, the police's electric batons and other weapons, we only used hunger striking, practicing the exercises and reciting the Fa to protest the persecution. We also displayed a banner that read “Falun Dafa is good” at the auditorium and used the chance to go to the restroom or morning exercise to do our exercises, which greatly shocked the policemen. When two practitioners displayed the banner, the police tried to rip the banner away, but the practitioners held on and did not let go. All of the practitioners nearby protected the banner. The police came over to beat them, and the prisoners who watched the practitioners aided the policemen in taking the banner. Nearly 100 practitioners participated in protecting this Dafa banner. The police took the practitioners who displayed the banner and commenced to torture them brutally. Then all of the practitioners stood there and did not leave. Our practitioners were one body. In the end, the police saw hundreds of practitioners standing up to protect Dafa. They had to let us go. At that time, I was on a hunger strike and my body was very weak. Every time the prisoners force-fed me, it was like torture. The prisoners pushed me down to the ground, held down my head, arms and legs, and forcibly inserted a tube into my mouth. Many times I almost suffocated to death. After they finished, I would vomit it all up including bile. I firmly believed that I must take the hunger strike until the end.

Later the environment became so bad that many practitioners could not bear the brutal torture. I was hung outside to freeze because I used the hunger strike to protest the persecution and took the lead to do the exercises. I did not eat and drink anything for over 40 days. I did not know hunger anymore and my mind was blank. I only had one thought that I am a Dafa practitioner and I will never be transformed. At that time I did not realize that we could deny and negate the old forces' arrangements, so I just endured the torture passively. At one point, the police could not forcibly feed me any food and the prison doctor could not find my blood vessel when he tried to inject drugs into my body. Later the prison doctor had the idea of sending me to the mental hospital. I knew that there were a dozen practitioners who’d been sent to a mental hospital and subjected to nerve damaging drugs and electric needles. I thought that I could never go there. So I clarified the truth to the prison doctor, and perhaps my kindness impressed him. He saw that my life was in great danger and I still told him that Falun Dafa is good. Actually, how could he not know that Falun Dafa is good? He was just driven by personal gain, and persecuted Dafa practitioners in a numb state. I told him the principle that good will be rewarded with good and evil will receive retribution. In the end, he said that he would send me to the hospital instead of the mental hospital. Another two practitioners were also sent to the hospital together with me. The doctor in the hospital told the prison doctor that my situation was very severe and my life was in grave danger. I asked Master for help in my heart, “Master, I cannot die. I need to validate Dafa.” When I had that thought, I felt a strong power supporting me. I knew that Master was strengthening me.

When I was sent back to the forced labor camp, the police tried to make me eat something, but I did not cooperate with them. I knew that a few days prior, when practitioners' lives were in great danger while on hunger strike, the police sent them back from the hospital to the forced labor camp just because they drank a little water. Master's words sounded in my ear,

“If you face death today—regardless of what form of death—and are completely fearless, if you aren’t concerned about it whatsoever and think, “Perhaps I’ll go to Heaven after I die,” then death will truly no longer take place. The key is a person’s mind. Our Dafa cultivation aims exactly at one’s mind—to cultivate is to cultivate the human mind.” (Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Europe)

I was very calm. I thought that even if I died on that day, it was worth it since I safeguarded Dafa. Then the prison doctor notified me that my husband was waiting outside the forced labor camp to pick me up. After I went back home, my parents cried when they saw how my life was in danger. I told them that I was fine. I immediately practiced the exercises after getting back home. The second day, I could walk and started to validate the Fa. By doing this, it also validated the magnificence of Dafa.

However, the police did not give up. They saw that I had recovered after going back home, so they wanted to arrest me again to send me to the brainwashing center. They also followed and monitored me. My family was under great pressure. My husband could not focus on his work and my child could not focus on his studies.

At that time, I felt like I could be arrested any time. At the end of 2001, I was arrested again while clarifying the truth. I was sent to the forced labor camp directly. The police sent over 100 collaborators detained at the same place to “transform” me day and night in turn. At that time, a few hundred people in the forced labor camp had deviated from Dafa and became collaborators. Just a few practitioners who were not “transformed” were detained at the top floor separately. I used hunger strikes to protest the persecution and they force-fed me.

When I saw the former practitioners who had become collaborators and were helping the evil, I was very worried for them. The police saw that I was on hunger strike and they did not dare to torture me further, but they did not allow me to sleep for 18 days and nights. They sent the collaborators to try and transform me 24 hours a day. I recited Master's articles to them. Some of them woke up. When the police saw that this was not working for them, and they brought a collaborator from outside to transform me. She talked about her evil enlightenment and quoted Master's words out of context. It was a lot of absurd arguments. This person was illegally detained at the same time as me and suffered from many forms of torture. At that time she was very firm in Dafa, and I could hardly believe that she was transformed and had fallen like this. In the end, she could not refute my words and had to leave. Then they sent a former coordinator who used to be close to me to transform me. I told them, “No matter who you send, it will not work. Look at how these collaborators changed after 'transforming', they verbally abuse and assault people, nothing like the kindness that they displayed back when they were practitioners.” Master said,

“How could those petty buffoons who go to labor camps and act mysterious deceive Dafa disciples? Although they have found several dozen deceivers—dregs of humanity—to put on this disgraceful act, just by having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s)”, Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Master opened my celestial eye. I found that all the collaborators had turned into skeletons, and it was very scary. The head of the forced labor camp interrogated me and pretended to be nice to me. He put a bowl of rice in front of me and said, “Please do me a favor and just eat a little.” I told him, “I am innocent. You are from the judicial system and know the laws. It is legal to have a spiritual belief and it is illegal to torture people. I do not want to give you a hard time from being on a hunger strike. It is just that Dafa is persecuted and I should not be imprisoned.” He saw that I had made up my mind. I also clarified the truth to him. In the end, he asked me to go back to the holding room. The team leader was very angry, and I could see the hatred in her eyes. The collaborators also got very angry when they could not transform me. Some started to scold me and said that I was selfish, as they could not go to sleep. They started to push me and would not let me sleep. In the end, the labor camp authorities asked around 100 collaborators from another team to transform me day and night. A few collaborators saw that they could not transform me. They knelt down in front of my bed and begged me to eat. They also started rambling nonsense and really acted like buffoons. Their false doctrines could not get into my head at all. After I was on hunger strike for a month, with Master's strengthening, I walked out of the forced labor camp and started to validate the Fa again.

I knew that without benevolent Master's mercy and great endurance, I could never walk out of such an evil place. Thank you Master! Thank you Master! Whenever I recall those difficult days, my eyes fill up with tears.

Validating Dafa and Saving Sentient Beings

After I walked out of the forced labor camp, my body recovered rapidly without medical intervention, which again validated the magnificence of Dafa. At the same time, my parents (also practitioners) were very encouraged when they saw the miracles of Dafa. While I was imprisoned at the forced labor camp, they also went through a lot. My mother cried every day and wished that I was home. After I came home, my child also started to cultivate Dafa again. My husband also supported Dafa, but my former employer still sent people to monitor me even though they’d already fired me. When it was the CCP's so-called sensitive dates, they sent people to watch me outside in front of my home.

I started to look inward and found many shortcomings: fear, the attachment of wanting to do things, not being able to study the Fa with a calm mind, sending forth righteous thoughts as a formality, and so on. After I found my shortcomings, I studied the Fa diligently and often. I studied all of the Dafa books. My fear abated, and I truly understood, based on the Fa, the importance of clarifying the truth.

After I walked out of the forced labor camp, I first asked the police for the money that they had taken from me. Then I clarified the truth to the leaders of my former workplace. I told them that Falun Dafa is good and that the Tiananmen Square self-immolations were directed by the CCP. I told them that it was illegal for them to fire me for being a Falun Gong practitioner. I also told them about the torture that I had suffered at the forced labor camp and hoped that they would not cooperate with the police to persecute me. Some of them were sympathetic to me, and some said that they would never do it if it had not been ordered by higher-level authorities. I told them that whatever people do, they are held accountable. It is a heavenly principle that good will be rewarded with good and evil will receive retribution. Later, some of them really did stop persecuting Falun Gong.

Once I met the head of the bank that I worked with before. I basically had not made any contact with him before, as he was already retired by then. I told him that Falun Dafa is good. He did not listen and asked me to leave as soon as I started talking about Falun Gong. I was not discouraged and told him that he did not need to do anything for me, and that I just wanted to tell him the facts. But he was still afraid to listen and walked away after just a few words from me. Later I met him on the street again. He was on the way to the hospital for treatment, and his face looked pale and sickly. I told him that it was due to a predestined relationship that we met again, and I talked to him about Falun Dafa again. He listened this time, and did not reject me like before. I told him to recite “Falun Dafa is good,” which will benefit him.

A few days ago, I ran into him again. He greeted me from far away and told me that I looked very good. He said that I looked healthy and as young as before, although I’d been persecuted and lost my job. I told him that Falun Dafa gave me an open mind and taught me compassion and tolerance. I had a peaceful mind and did not hate anyone. Otherwise I could never achieve this. He acknowledged this, and I saw his face was now very healthy looking and guessed he must have already accepted the truth. I was truly happy for him.

In order to deal with the police's monitoring, I clarified the truth to the police whenever they came to my home to harass me.

Master said,

“If you want a being to clearly understand this point, you should go and clarify the truth to him. It is a master key, the key that can unlock that thing all beings have had sealed off for a long time and been awaiting for ages.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference,” Teaching the Fa at the Conference IV)

A local policeman withdrew from the CCP and its related organizations after knowing the truth. Later he also told the chief of the police station that they should not come to my home to harass me anymore, since the Dafa practitioners won't cause trouble during the Beijing Olympic Games. I also clarified the truth to the residential committee director many times. As this process went on, my compassion and tolerance increased. My selfishness and fear were reduced. It was really like Master said,

“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)

When I was no longer afraid, the surrounding environment got better and I felt more comfortable in clarifying the truth openly. I was not afraid of clarifying the truth to strangers face to face anymore.

During the truth clarifying, many amazing things have happened. In the beginning of 2004, my mother-in-law, who is in her 70's, had pulmonary heart disease again. My husband’s second elder brother really believed that Falun Dafa is good. He saw that I was almost persecuted to death, but I soon recovered by just practicing the exercises. He believed that Dafa was really miraculous, so he called me to come back home. We drove over 100 kilometers and arrived at my mother-in-law's home. As soon as we entered the room, my mother-in-law could not stop crying. My two sister-in-laws also sat on the bed crying. The grave clothes were laid out on the cabinet. My mother-in-law was so thin that she looked disfigured. She’d had this illness since her 30's, and her body had never recovered. I knew that her illness was severe. I told them first, “Many people's illnesses disappeared by reciting Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. But some people did not see that much change. What is the difference? It is because they truly believed that Dafa is good. This situation is complicated. In addition, if my mother-in-law's illness disappeared after she recites Falun Dafa is good, you cannot be afraid of telling others that Dafa saved her. You should abide by your conscience.” The hospital had given up trying to save her. All the relatives promised that as soon as my mother-in-law was healthy again, they would tell the entire village that Falun Dafa is good. I stayed at my mother-in-law's room with my husband. I told my mother-in-law, “The hospital could not cure you. Only Dafa can save you. Please recite Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good sincerely.” My mother-in-law knew how dire her situation was. She shouted with all her strength, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

My mother-in-law's health got better really fast. Soon she no longer needed the oxygen mask and the IV. She could sit up and lay down. I was so excited that I cried and thanked Master. The message spread around the village and caused an uproar. People were amazed that Dafa was able to save her life.

Before when I was illegally sentenced to forced labor, the villagers did not understand me. Now they looked at me with respect. They came over to listen to the truth of Falun Dafa and accepted the truth-clarifying materials that I gave to them. All the prior misunderstandings were dissolved. My two sister-in-laws' attitude toward Falun Gong also changed. They said, “Falun Gong is really good and miraculous. Now I understand why the practitioners would rather lose their jobs and be arrested instead of giving up Falun Gong.”

Continuously Improving Myself in the Home Environment

The path of cultivation is not even. I had many tribulations created by family and friends. Going through the extremely painful process of getting rid of the attachments to fame, self-interest and human emotion was really no easier than the forced labor camp. After I regained my freedom, besides doing the Dafa-related work well under huge pressure, I tried my best to do everything well at home.

Besides taking care of my mother-in-law, I also needed to help my parents' and my mother-in-law's relatives. But in the end, no one praised me and some even resented me. Later we bought a new house and we planned to leave the three-bedroom old house to my child. Since my child was still too young, a relative of my mother-in-law who was not married yet temporarily stayed there. My brother, his child and my parents stayed at a two-bedroom house. I discussed with my husband that we can let my mother-in-law's relative temporarily stay at my parents' house (two bedrooms) so that he would not need to rent a place when he got married. Then we let my parents stay at our old house until we would need the house. So we solved the difficulties of both sets of relatives.

Then one of my mother-in-law's distant relatives took the chance to move into my parents' home too. Later my mother-in-law's relative got married and moved away, but the distant relative got married and had a child at my parents' house. He also had a new house, but no one lived there. He also borrowed 20,000 yuan from us when he purchased the house. But since it was farther away from his work, he always stayed at my parents' house. A few years passed, and he never mentioned returning the house or repaying our loan. Soon my child was to go to college and we needed the money. As soon as I mentioned the house to my father, he got upset and so did my brother. The distant relative of my mother-in-law did not want to move or repay the loan. I did not have an income at the time, and my husband borrowed the money for my child's college fund. I was very puzzled, especially since my brother is also a practitioner. He used my parents' money and assets, stayed at my house, and also left taking care of the parents all to me. Sometimes I had to be on night shift to take care of my parents. If I went there less frequently, my brother got very unhappy and shouted at me. My father was also a practitioner, and he asked me and my brother to look after him all the time. I always brought good food for him, but he was not satisfied. I proposed to find a caretaker, but my brother did not agree. My husband always stayed out late. I knew that he had another woman, and she was my good friend. They would meet when I was taking care of my parents. In addition, I also needed to go a long way to take care of my mother-in-law, who was sick. I was under a lot of pressure.

This series of tribulations felt unbearable. How can a practitioner (my brother) be like this? The relative that I took care of the most treated me like an enemy, and got angry and shouted at me as soon as I spoke. My husband betrayed me. How can people be so selfish? I cried. Under the very difficult environment in the forced labor camp, I did not cry. I was in a different state at that time. I basically did not have any attachments to fame, self-interest or human emotions. Thus I experienced the difficulty of cultivation, and it was so painful. I knew that I had a strong attachment of emotion to my family. A practitioner's mind should not be affected by anything. Why did I not have compassion and tolerance for other practitioners? I did not look inward, but used Dafa to measure others. I understood that these problems may be related to predestined relationships because anything that happens during cultivation is not by accident.

I thought of Master's compassionate salvation and made up my mind to cultivate myself all the way to the end. I must not give up half way. I wiped away my tears and started to study the Fa with a calm mind. Every word of Master's Fa encouraged me to improve. The more tribulations I had, the more I needed to advance diligently.

Master said,

“Cherish it. Cherish it! You must cherish the part of the journey that you've already completed, and you have to do well with what's left ahead, too.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference,” Teaching the Fa at the Conference V)

If I did not cultivate in Dafa, I would have divorced my husband. But I am a practitioner and my goal is to return to my true self. A true practitioner should not be attached to gain and loss in the human world. I should handle all the challenges well according to the Fa and cultivate myself well. Only then can I save the sentient beings better and walk the path of the future well.

Master's Fa cleared my mind like a pure spring. It was time for me to let go of the fundamental attachment of emotions. When I looked inward with a calm mind, I found many of my shortcomings. All these things were to test my attachments. First were my emotions, which were taken advantage of by the old forces. The second was personal gain. I always thought that my attachment to personal gain was light and I was willing to spend money for Dafa. But when it really touched my interests, my heart was still affected. The third is fame. I liked to hear good words about me. I thought I had already helped my relatives a lot. They did not thank me, but instead resented me. So my heart was moved. Actually although I cultivated for over ten years, I still had a strong mentality of fighting, resentment, jealousy and anger. I still had a strong sense of self and selfishness. I was still lingering around the human world and did not conduct myself in a divine way. The fame, self-interest and emotions affected me so that I could not advance diligently. I used human principles to deal with the problems I encountered during cultivation. I wanted to cultivate in joy and did not want to lose any human things. How could that be cultivation? Only letting go of human attachments is true cultivation.

After my xinxing elevated, I talked to my relatives with a calm mind. They all understood me and appreciated my help over the past many years They all decided to move out. My husband already knew that Dafa practitioners are very good people, and he regretted his mistakes. In order to remedy his mistakes, he promised to study Dafa books sincerely and to be a righteous person even if he did not cultivate Dafa. Now I am cooperating well with the practitioners on my parents' side. We truly became one body. Now we have less attachments and more compassion. The relatives on my mother-in-law's side were also very touched. They lent money to my child and said that we could return it whenever we want. When I truly let go of all the attachments, I became very relaxed. Currently my entire family actively helps save sentient beings. My child has also cultivated diligently. My husband has started to read Dafa books and tells people that Falun Dafa is good. He also helps distribute software that gets around the Internet blockade. Many of his friends have withdrawn from the CCP and its related organizations.

Thank you Master! Thank you Dafa! Master and Dafa have helped me dissolve my resentment, and helped me emerge from the human world and get onto a divine path. We can follow Master to rectify the Fa and save sentient beings. What else can be more important than this? Fellow practitioners, let us advanced diligently and save more sentient beings. Let us not have Master worry about us!

Thank you Master for your compassionate salvation! Thank you fellow practitioners.

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org

Minghui Fahui | Validating Falun Gong via Stage Art Through Wisdom Bestowed from Teacher

December 31, 2012 |   By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Teacher said,

"The Buddha Fa can save mankind, but it is not for the salvation of human beings that the Buddha Fa came into existence. The Buddha Fa can unravel the mysteries of the universe, life, and science. It enables mankind to resume the correct path in science, but it is not for the guidance of mankind’s science that the Buddha Fa has been brought forth... In the future there will then be many experts and scholars whose wisdom will be broadened through the Buddha Fa. They will become the new mankind’s pioneers in different fields of learning. Yet it is not for you to become a pioneer that the Buddha Fa has given you wisdom. You have attained it because you are a cultivator. That is, you are first a cultivator and then an expert." ("Validation" from Essentials for Further Advancement)

I can relate to the above passage of the Fa as a Falun Gong practitioner who works in the field of stage art professionally. There are so many things I would like to share after 18 years of practicing Falun Gong. In each stage of my cultivation practice, Teacher has bestowed infinite wisdom upon me every year, month and day as long as I make the slightest progress. The gift of wisdom has enabled me to validate the Fa and create a better environment to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. I would like to share my personal experiences and understandings by using different examples.

1. The Mighty Power of Righteous Thoughts and Compassion

I once realized the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts, and I knew I should send them beyond the four set times daily. When I went out, I would send forth righteous thoughts along the way towards everyone I met when I was not listening to Teacher's Fa lectures. When I went to school to work, I would focus on the school and all the people in it when I sent forth righteous thoughts. I would not stop sending forth righteous thoughts when I taught classes.

Regardless of where I taught, few students would be tardy or skip my class although these problems might be prevalent in other teachers' classes. When students needed to be absent, they would inform me in advance and would not be absent unless they had my permission. I didn't know my class was anything special until the dean commented, "How curious. Your class has the highest attendance rate. Whichever class you taught, it has always ended up having the best attendance rating. I have asked some students, but they all told me that they didn't know why they dared not skip your class. You do not come across as an intimidating person, and you are actually quite feminine. It is rather curious." It is a common notion in China that one has to be intimidating to manage other people. I may appear to be amiable because I follow Falun Gong's cultivation principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, but my students find me respectful and solemn. Their knowing sides must be aware that I am sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the elements that do not conform to the Fa. Naturally they are happy to come to my class. After all, who would give up such a good opportunity?

One day a parent approached me before I was about to teach a group of children at a performing arts class. She asked, "What on earth did you teach in class?" I thought the parent just wanted to understand my curriculum, so I gave her a brief description. "I tell them a story and then ask them to act the story out." She asked with a confused look, "Is that it?" "Yes." Next she said, "I am particularly curious about your class because my two sons become very obedient after each class with you. They read quietly or do their own things. But on the days they do not have your class, they fight with each other, especially when I leave them under the care of a nanny. After two classes with you, if I go out and leave them with my nanny, when I return home, she tells me they were very good and did not fight. I thought it was a coincidence at first, but it kept happening. This is why I was eager to know what you have taught them in school."

I choked up. I knew it was because Teacher instructed me to send forth righteous thoughts. Teacher said, "As you continually practice and follow our xinxing requirements in cultivation practice, your energy will gradually become more powerful." (Zhuan Falun)

2. Teacher's Fa Guides My Teaching at All Times

My students often ask, "Miss, have you studied psychology or are you a divine being? Why do you always know what is on our minds or what has happened to us?" I have observed that my students' performance reveals their attachments, especially when their performance did not give the audience a good feeling. It is when they have a peaceful mind or show their kind nature that they perform well.

When an ordinary teacher sees problems in a performance, they try to solve them with a certain technique. But these superficial solutions do not solve the problems from their root. I know from my cultivation practice that the problems are the result of human attachments.

If students fail to speak out loud when they read lines, I know they are blocking the world because they must have encountered something that bothered them. If their voices float, their bodies show excitement or they have confidence in their eyes, I know they are showing off because their desire for fame must have been satisfied. If a student performs well, but does not have interactions with others, he/she is likely to be a recluse and can rarely relate to other people's feelings.

Whenever I saw their attachments, which were the root cause of their performance problems, I would kindly point them out. They are often shocked to find that the root cause came from within. I would tell them, "My teacher says that a person's face is a reflection of his mind. They would listen with their innocent, sparkling eyes. In their next performance, they would manifest purity, power and tolerance. When they faced problems in their performance again, they would ask themselves, "What is wrong with my state of mind?" The fewer attachments they had, the purer their thoughts were, and the more they thought of others first, the faster they were able to master the techniques of performing arts.

Teacher keeps teaching us to search inward. Teacher said, "For a cultivator, looking within is a magical tool." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference")

Looking inward is the source of my wisdom when I teach. One day a student tried a monologue. He tried a few times, but he was just rigid, and I tried many different ways to help him, but nothing worked. Finally I lost my patience and told him that he did not have the talent for performing arts. His performance turned out to be even worse. He was actually a very kindhearted student, and he even tried harder regardless of my harsh comments. However, the more he tried, the worse he became. I knew what his problem was and I had pointed it out to him, but why did it not help? He performed again in the class before the exam, and I felt terrible that he never hated me for my harsh comments. Teacher has sent me to save people, but why couldn't I treat him with pure kindness? Why did I teach him with the approach taught by the communist regime? What am I validating? Am I really validating Falun Gong's principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance? Who is in the wrong? Why didn't I look within? How is it not my fault? I suddenly realized the problem with my approach. I have been criticizing him, but what if I encourage him instead?

I immediately thought of a solution. I told him, "Very well. You have made progress. We now will take a more relaxed approach. Let's play a game of impersonation. I will call out the name of one of your classmates, then you will play this role as him or her. Act the way you think your classmate will interpret this role. Ha ha ha. It is not just one person you have to impersonate. It is a test how well you know your classmates. Okay, let's begin!"

I was happy yet felt like crying throughout the process. I thanked Teacher with my heart because he did an excellent job. One of the performances was particularly touching and very true to the character. When I asked how he did that, he explained that the classmate he imitated once played the role of an elderly father and it touched him deeply. That's how he got his inspiration.

When I looked inward, Teacher gave me wisdom to find a solution. What was the secret? He tried very hard. It might appear that he was very receptive to feedback from his classmates, but he was so eager to perform well that he could not let go of himself. I asked him to impersonate others so that he could imagine how others might interpret a role. He had to let go of himself in order to do that. That's how he immediately opened up his mind and thought from others' perspectives. He freed his body and mind. He even learned from the wisdom of his classmates. Of course, I had to let go of myself first before I could come up with this solution. Looking inward really is a magic tool.

Teacher has taught us to coordinate and cooperate with each other. I have learned from trials and errors that selfishness is the root cause of the lack of cooperation. Am I able to help my students to cooperate? The education in China has caused today's youth to be highly competitive, jealous, and wanting to show off. I tried to design a performing exercise to show how selfish they had become so as to disintegrate the influence of the CCP. I designed a game where the team that reaches the destination first wins. I placed various sizes of blocks for different stages in the class. I divided the class into four groups of four students. One person from each team was blindfolded and would walk through the obstacle course. He would be guided verbally by his teammates. This is a variation of an existing exercise. Instead of having only one person as a guide, my variation required three guides. Therefore, the three guides had to cooperate with each other. Each time the result was good. Those teams with guides fighting to talk always took the longest to finish. They disagreed with each other's instructions and sometimes even blamed each other and bickered. Those teams that finished the obstacle course first always had only one person speak and the other two added instructions only when necessary. They would whisper and discuss a better way to guide the blindfolded teammate.

The one thing that was interesting was that there was no exception. The losing team always consisted of those who liked to show off. The winning team always consisted of those who did not usually stand out and did not have a strong competitive spirit in the class exercises. They tended to care more about the safety of their blindfolded teammate. Each time we ran this exercise, the students would exchange their thoughts and analyze the reasons behind winning and losing. Those who were eager to win and usually stood out in class, became unusually quiet. Something seemed to register in their mind.

There was a young girl in class that used to enjoy professing her ideas. After that game, she would listen quietly to others' ideas when the class discussed a project. She would add her opinion only if necessary. I was surprised by her transformation. I asked her one day about it. She said, "You told us not to always try to express ourselves first, and to listen to other people's ideas more." I felt very gratified, and was very happy for her. She has become all the more popular among her peers. More importantly, I have been influencing people around me and disintegrating notions and behaviors that do not conform to the characteristics of the universe as I upgrade my cultivation level. The Fa is profound, and Teacher is compassionate. We have been transforming our environment and people in it while we cultivate in ordinary society.

When I upgrade my cultivation level, I have helped fellow practitioners as well.

A Falun Gong practitioner was studying vocal arts. She had excellent technique, but she lacked confidence. Her vocal teacher commented that she lacked energy and expression. We helped each other, and she gave me feedback on vocal arts and I gave her feedback on performing arts.

For a period of time I had been contemplating such subjects as: "What is personal cultivation?" and "What is cultivation in the Fa-rectification period?" She was about to perform a part from a famous opera in a small concert. When she rehearsed before me, she still lacked confidence. There was no sparkle in her eyes and her body was too relaxed. She told me that she was not nervous, but she did not know how to express herself because she lacked the desire to show off. I said, "But we must act like Falun Gong practitioners because we are practitioners in the Fa-rectification period. We are not cultivating in the personal cultivation stage. We are not showing ourselves off on stage, but exhibiting the elevated realm of music and art as a result of our elevated minds."

I shared my experiences of teaching performing arts with her. I quoted Teacher. Teacher said,

"Heaven serves as curtain,
with Earth as the stage
The Cosmos moves,
Heaven and Earth open
Everything through the ages,
came about for the Fa
The Falun turns,
renewing the Three Domains" 
("Just a Play" in Hong Yin II)

I asked her to visualize herself standing on the giant stage of the universe where all lives can hear her singing. I asked her to visualize using her supernormal capabilities to direct all of her, from the microscopic to macroscopic level, to manifest her understanding of high realms. I asked her to validate the Fa to all the lives that can hear her singing. She sang one more time. A power of righteousness was suddenly released. Her eyes and her body began to speak. Yet I knew she could do better. I told her, "Your universe is not big enough. There are not enough lives to hear you sing. Your faith in the Fa has not been manifested to everyone. Can you do better?" She tried again, and each time she reached further. She started as a timid singer, and in the end, she became a Falun Gong practitioner singing from her heart and carrying faith in her eyes. She sang beautifully. In less than 30 minutes, we solved the problem that a renowned professor could not solve for a long time. Zhuan Falun has brought us and non-practitioners infinite wisdom. One day I clarified the truth about Falun Gong to a friend in the art world. She had a positive view of Falun Gong and was interested in reading Zhuan Falun, so I gave her a copy. When we met the next time, she told me excitedly, "This is a wonderful book! It inspired me in performing and teaching." She used the inspiration in her class and her students performed unexpectedly well. Even her students were very touched and felt something very different.

Even a person who has not finished reading Zhuan Falun has benefited so much from it. How can you say that it is not a book from heaven? A few months ago I read an article on Minghui.org where a fellow practitioner said that he was inspired by Zhuan Falun when farming and attending to his paddies. Indeed, Teacher has inspired people in drama, painting, business management, etc. Everything you need to conduct yourself in life is written in Zhuan Falun. A non-practitioner might borrow a copy of Zhuan Falun in order to run a successful business. You will never find business principles or farming secrets in Zhuan Falun literally, yet Teacher has included everything in it. As long as we cultivate solidly and improve our xinxing, we will find what we need in the book. As we continue to improve, we will see more.

3. Teacher Showed Miracles to Help Me Save People

One day I suddenly had a migraine headache before class. I knew it was interference. I said in my heart, "No one has the right to interfere. I must not have a headache. Teaching class is a form of validating Falun Gong. I must save these lives." The migraine disappeared right away. I was as good as new. The classes that afternoon went very well. I even had an opportunity to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. My students were all ears and I did not have any fear. All of sudden, a student exclaimed, "Miss!" "What is wrong?" She said, "There is a Bodhisattva behind you! Oh, my! Now there is Maitreya Buddha behind you too! He is very tiny. The Bodhisattva is right behind you, but Maitreya Buddha is high up." I was touched. I knew Teacher was right beside me and watching over me, but an ordinary person could see these divine beings sent by Teacher. Other students could not see them, but the vision has helped them accept the truth about Falun Gong.

One day we were selecting a drama script for a show. Each time I would select a script that would help me clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Finally I selected two scripts as my final choice: One script was about World War II and the other about ancient Europeans persevering in their faith. I knew about the second script, but I had never really read it. I decided to study the Fa first. All of a sudden I felt something blinking beside me. I thought it was an illusion. Shortly afterwards I saw it again. I saw a throbbing light above the second script. I knew Teacher was hinting at me to choose this one. Indeed, this script gave me many opportunities to clarify the truth about Falun Gong during rehearsals. By the time the show was completed, everyone understood and accepted the truth about Falun Gong.

4. Inspired in Art Creation

I may be living in China and cannot join Shen Yun Performing Arts or the Divine Land Marching Band, but I think I can make a difference in China. I kept thinking of a way to create a similar effect as Shen Yun and the band.

Once I made up my mind, I made sure to send forth powerful righteous thoughts before each performance. I would sit on the side of the stage to send forth righteous thoughts and would not waste time chitchatting with actors. There were so many people in the audience every day. I would make the best of the opportunity. Because of Teacher's compassion, my shows always sold well. When my thoughts were pure, the state of mind of the actors was very good, their performances were purer, and the audience's reaction was good. However, when I was overcome with fame, the performance would not go well. The actors would alienate themselves from the roles they played on stage and would tell off-color jokes backstage, and the audience would jeer. It proved that pure righteous thoughts do have power over this realm. For each performance I would try my best to keep powerful righteous thoughts and prevent myself from being interfered with. If I failed to do well, I would hurry to rectify myself by looking inward.

Secondly, I would tell myself that teaching and creating arts was my way of saving people. In each performance I would remind myself that each look, motion, voice, and thought carried the power of Falun Gong. Many audience members would tell me after watching my performances, "You have a powerful qi field!" They knew only of the energy field, but they did not know I also carried the energy field of the Fa and powerful righteous thoughts. Many would tell me, "I feel like sleeping when other actors are performing on stage, but I don't feel like sleeping at all when you come out. No matter how many actors there are on stage, we cannot help following you." Or, "Your voice is not the loudest, but it is the clearest. How curious!" Indeed. Teacher said, "[...] this field can rectify all abnormal conditions." and “Different Levels Have Different Fa” (Zhuan Falun). Teacher also said, "Do not get attached to any dimension in your cultivation." ("An Explicit Reminder" from Essentials for Further Advancement)

One day I discovered that I could do better. Sending forth righteous thoughts can eliminate evil elements from other realms, but the audience will not have any respect for you if you do not perform well. A bad performance will affect the result of my truth-clarification work.

The projector was broken before the show that day. The backstage technicians were panicking. Although it had nothing to do with me directly, I suddenly remembered that Teacher has taught us that nothing happens coincidentally. There was one minute left until the show would begin. The lights were out. I told myself in the darkness, "I shall use my supernormal capabilities to perform on stage. I shall assist Teacher in the Fa-rectification." Then a miracle happened. I was driven by a powerful energy to act on stage. It felt effortless and precise. During the performance I would even think: How did I deliver this line so beautifully? How did I control the tempo so precisely? How did I express this dance so elegantly? After the show, two strangers came to my dressing room and praised me in excitement, "You are the best! You have acted perfectly!" My friends also told me I was spectacular that day. It was then I realized that we can use our supernormal capabilities for acting as long as our goal is pure.

There are too many experiences to share.

Teacher has given me wisdom to help me clarify the truth in the art world in China. Because of my excellent performances, many people respect and trust me, and have accepted the truth about Falun Gong. Many people have quit the CCP and/or its two affiliated student leagues. Once they have accepted the truth about Falun Gong, they have tried to secretly protect practitioners. I have also run into children who used to practice Falun Gong with their parents, but gave up the practice since the CCP banned Falun Gong. I am trying to bring them back. So far I have persuaded them to quit the CCP's student leagues. I will keep trying until I bring them back.

I decided to write this article because I realized that fellow practitioners in the art world rarely share their experiences of clarifying the truth about Falun Gong in the art arena. Every time I tried to write, I became very busy with work. I would like to implore fellow practitioners in the art world to share their stories too. Teacher said,

"I will tell you: Cherish the path that you have traveled and what you’ve done, cherish all of the time you’ve spent validating the Fa. What has passed shall never return." ("20th Anniversary Fa Teaching")

I would like to thank Teacher for His compassionate protection! I spent three days recalling my 18 years of cultivation and writing this article. Teacher has given me so much. If I do not cultivate well, as soon as I upgrade my xinxing a little, Teacher gives me enormous wisdom to save people. These are but a few stories in my 18 years of cultivation. I shall write more in the future and share them with fellow practitioners.

Thank you, Teacher!

Thank you, fellow practitioners!

Category: 9th China Fahui on Minghui.org