(Clearwisdom.net) I began practicing Falun Gong in 1999. On the first day, Master purified my body, and I felt it strongly. After reading the nine lectures of Zhuan Falun, my body became very light. No words could express how wonderfully I felt.
Since then, I have built a solid foundation for my faith in Master and the Fa. In the last nine years, I have maintained this faith. In my mind, I know that Master will protect me no matter what tribulation may come. I have no fear when handing out truth-clarification materials, explaining the persecution facts to others, and persuading them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party. I tell people that Falun Dafa is being persecuted, Falun Dafa is upright, and they should remember that and will benefit from that. They all treat me with admiration, politeness and gratitude. I know their true side has awakened and understood. I am happy for them. At that moment, I know Master is helping me. Actually, no matter what we do, we are validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. We are sure to succeed.
The attachment to fear is the greatest obstacle for a cultivator. During the Beijing Olympics Games in August 2008, the persecution was severe in our area. Many practitioners were arrested. Some practitioners stopped truth-clarification efforts and put away their books. They only used MP3 players to study the Fa, while stopping all other work. This was a result of their attachment to fear and a lack of faith in Master and the Fa. We are dignified Dafa disciples and cultivators on a divine path. What we are doing is the most righteous. Who can touch us? Who dares to touch us? Master and Dafa are behind us and supporting us. What are we afraid of? Usually bad things happen when our attachment to fear is too strong, our xinxing does not meet the standard, or our faith in Master and the Fa is lacking. The old forces will take advantage of our loopholes in this case.
In "Expounding on the Fa," (Essentials for Further Advancement) Master said,
"When a tribulation arrives, if you, a disciple, can truly maintain an unshakable calm or be determined to meet different requirements at different levels, this should be sufficient for you to pass the test. If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary human. So why doesn't the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?"
During the Olympics, I had no fear and did everything I was supposed to. I clarified the facts face to face to others, and explained to them why they should withdraw from the CCP. A practitioner told me, "You should put away all the materials in your home. Don't think you should have no fear just because you have strong righteous thoughts. A few practitioners were arrested just yesterday." Although he meant well, I felt his state was not right. This should not have been the state of mind of a cultivator. Why should I be afraid when Master and Dafa were there to guide me? My heart was not moved at all. A couple of days later, two other practitioners who were in frequent contact with me were also arrested. Then I became fearful. I put away all my Dafa books overnight, only leaving out Zhuan Falun. I thought I would feel better, but my mind was not calm. The next day when I was studying the Fa, I could feel a lot of interference. I was sleepy and could not focus on sending forth righteous thoughts. My mind was racing. I usually never feel sleepy when studying the Fa. Why did this happen? It was because I had no righteous thoughts. The evil was taking advantage of me. My actions were wrong. I shouldn't have put away Dafa books and materials, as they would protect me, not harm me. I was validating the Fa and saving sentient beings. I was doing the most righteous thing in the universe and it met the requirement of the Fa. Master was there to protect me. The old forces had no excuse to persecute me. If our thoughts were righteous, we would pass the test, and our fear would be eliminated.
After I enlightened to the Fa principles, I retrieved all of my Dafa items and felt relieved. I felt no fear at all. I have consistently done what a Dafa disciple should do. The small material center at my house has served its function in saving sentient beings. Even now, some material centers in our region are still not functioning, because some practitioners have viewed things from an improper perspective. The persecution is due to our xinxing not meeting the standard, allowing the evil to take advantage of our fear and other attachments by controlling people who don't know the facts. We are at the last leg of the journey. The old forces don't want to give up, so they put up tests and interference for every practitioner. We must study the Fa more, cultivate ourselves well, let go of all human attachments, use righteous thoughts and righteous actions, and watch every thought and every action, so as to not give the evil any gap to exploit. When we encounter a tribulation, we have to treat ourselves as cultivators, look inward, and cultivate ourselves. We can only pass tests when we have faith in Master and the Fa. Our best way to thank Master is to cultivate well and do well the three things as practitioners.