(Clearwisdom.net) I learned Falun Dafa in 1997, however when it came to clarify the facts of Falun Dafa, I couldn't open my mouth for some reason.
A few months ago I had a dream. I saw a large cave with a lot of stone Buddha statues inside. Many of them had lost an arm or a leg, or had only half a face, and they looked like they were in pain. The scene was intimidating. As I walked, I tripped over something. I saw that it was a large stone Buddha statue half buried in the ground with only one arm and half of its face exposed. I felt sorry for the Buddha and tried to pull it out. It came out effortlessly, and I straightened it up. Then I saw that there were more broken statues. Some had no faces and others were missing their wings. I fixed one Bodhisattva's face and an angel's broken wings. The angel then started flying, and suddenly there was a bright light shining down from the sky. I was shocked and woke up.
I thought about the dream over and over, and believe that Teacher was using it to encourage me. Teacher was telling me that I must validate the Fa and save sentient beings, and that it may look hard, but as long as I want to do it, it will be easy. From then on, whenever I saw an opportunity, I pushed myself to tell people about Falun Dafa. Whenever someone didn't believe me or said hurtful things, I tried to maintain my composure and continued doing what I was supposed to do. I became more confident and more experienced, and the outcome began to improve.
My supervisor was a loyal Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member. He always wore a Mao [Mao Zedong] pin on his shirt and had a CCP national flag on his desk. He also believed in fengshui and fortune telling. One day he asked me to help him redecorate his office for good fortune. I told him that he needed to get rid of the Mao pin, the flag and all the communist propaganda first, and that heaven was eliminating the CCP and he should quit the Party to ensure his safety. I also told him to remember "Falun Dafa is good," and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." He listened very carefully and expressed his will to quit the CCP.
I once told an official from the Procuratorate about the persecution of Falun Gong. He said that he knew the "self-immolation incident" was staged, but he still believed that Falun Gong was anti-government, and was not a good practice. I told him that Falun Gong was not illegal in China, and asked him why expressing one's opinions to the government should be considered being anti-government. I said, "One must have one's own opinion on important issues. The corrupt officials are transferring money overseas because they know that the CCP is bound to collapse. We need to protect ourselves by quitting the CCP." He agreed to quit the Party because he wanted to "have a way out."
After some time, I came to understand that Teacher is doing everything in the Fa-rectification. As long as we are determined to help with the Fa-rectification, Teacher will help us and give us the wisdom we need. Also, saving sentient beings is part of our path toward consummation, and we must honor our prehistoric vows. If too many of the sentient beings in our world are eliminated in the Fa-rectification process, it will manifest as the parts of our bodies being fractured or missing. We could even lose our fruit status (the missing part of the face), and the opportunity that we have been awaiting for millions of years would be gone.
Teacher has spoken about the importance of saving people on many occasions. We need to be patient and view this process as a great opportunity to eliminate our human notions and to improve. The first time we clarify the truth, it can be intimidating. The second time it is easier, and by the third time it becomes natural. Gradually we begin to have so many righteous thoughts and so much wisdom that the approach we use is always appropriate. Now, before I clarify the facts of the persecution, I use my righteous thoughts to bring up the right topic, and use that to tell people to quit the CCP. My confidence strengthens day by day.
