Fellow practitioner Z and I both started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. As we continuously delved deeper into the Fa, our understandings of the Fa reached higher levels, and our energy fields became stronger.
We also spread the Fa to our relatives. We taught our children, who are 17-18 years old, the deeper meaning of "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance." We wanted to guide them on how to be good people, and hoped that someday they would become Dafa practitioners. Our children were well behaved because they were influenced by righteous elements. They helped us in clarifying the truth and together we utilized every opportunity to save sentient beings, who are being deceived by the lies fabricated by the Chinese regime. I know this result came from the mighty power of Dafa as well as the righteous field from our cultivation. Without the righteous field, it is easy for people to be polluted by the poison in today's environment. Later, this proved to be true.
After we were arrested, having endured persecution for a long time, Z and I were unable to sustain our righteous minds. When we returned to our children after being released, their mental states were not as good as before. I tried to coach my son with everyday people's methods without achieving any effect. Z and I had regressed, and the outcome was just as Teacher had said:
"Then perhaps many beings won't be saved because you didn't cultivate well--it's because you haven't cultivated well that they can't become good. Your not getting rid of a lot of attachments interferes with them, and they, in turn, are also interfering with you."
(From Touring North America to Teach the Fa, March 2002)
With the help of fellow practitioners, we again picked up our cultivation with firm righteous minds, and tried to clarify the truth to people around us. Especially for Z, in order to make up for the losses she had caused Dafa, she unrelentingly clarified the truth to people around her. She spoke of her encounters in the forced labor camp and exposed the deceit and lies to all her relatives, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Her personal experiences swept away the misunderstandings of many people, and cleaned up the evil elements of her own personal space.
Her righteous thoughts and actions strengthened the energy field around her. I found that her daughter has changed a great deal recently. She's almost like another person. A few days ago, her daughter told me that she now understands that those who had tried to destroy Dafa were going to meet with retribution. Both Z and I were happy because another being was awakening. The daughter told me tearfully yesterday about a dream she had several days earlier. In her dream, she clearly saw two celestial maidens coming down to greet Dafa practitioners. She was so excited that she awoke. She right away woke up her mother to share her happiness. Z told me in the end: "I believe it. Now I truly believe it." The righteous field created by righteous thoughts and actions had reversed her daughter's thought patterns and allowed her to assimilate to Dafa.
From this experience, I realized that only when we follow Teacher closely during the Fa-rectification period, walk and act righteously, and save sentient beings with righteous thoughts and actions, can the most stubborn and deeply confused beings be given the chance to assimilate to the Fa and be saved.
Just like Teacher says:
"The Buddha light illuminates everywhere and rectifies all abnormalities." (Zhuan Falun, 2000)
Many things that shouldn't have happened did happen because we hadn't done well. During this special historical period, Dafa practitioners shoulder tremendous responsibilities. Our every thought influences whether sentient beings will be saved. Righteous thoughts and righteous action are not just talk; they are to be genuinely put into practice. If we as a whole can maintain righteous thoughts and actions at all times, then won't that mighty righteous field be enough to eliminate the dark minions, the rotten ghosts, and the evil specter of the Communist Party? While we are assisting Teacher in Fa-rectification, we shouldn't forget to cultivate ourselves well in order to achieve effective results.
My son has obtained a new life because of my renewed cultivation, especially after he finished reading the Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party. His worldview has changed totally, and he announced his withdrawal from all organizations that are controlled by the Communist Party.