(Clearwisdom.net) The Minghui/Clearwisdom website has called for experience sharing articles many times, but I have never submitted anything. I felt my experiences were too ordinary and not worthy of sharing. Besides, Master gave us everything.
“Cultivation depends upon the individual himself while the transformation of Gong is up to the master.” Zhuan Falun
However, with Clearwisdom's call for articles on “Divine Occurrences in the Human World,” I recognized that I should share the amazing incidents that have happened to me and use them to show Master's great compassion and the extraordinary power of Dafa. Because I cannot write, a fellow practitioner has assisted me.
I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996 and from the beginning of the persecution have been clarifying the truth with fellow practitioners. Dedicated to helping Master with Fa rectification and to saving sentient beings, we have almost never interrupted our work over the years. We take thousands of copies of Dafa materials with us every day, delivering them from door to door even in rural mountain areas, enduring countless obstacles. We have even reached out to neighboring counties and cities. During the first few years, we rode our bicycles throughout the hot summers and cold winters, wearing out more bicycles than we can count. Since we had to travel long distances, with fellow practitioners help, we eventually bought motorcycles. Several of these also wore out over the years. On the path of saving sentient beings during the past ten years, we have encountered countless hardships and dangers, yet we have remained safe with Master's protection and support. Witnessing the beauty of Dafa along the way, we have established a good cultivation environment for ourselves and laid a foundation for practitioners to tell sentient beings the truth about Falun Gong face to face. I will share a few examples of what we have experienced.
The Power of a Single Righteous Thought
One time, with a big bag filled with booklets, banners, and DVDs in my hands, I was about to leave my home and join my fellow practitioners to give out materials. Just then, our local 610 Office chairman and about ten police officers broke in through my front door. I quickly backed into an inner room, covered the bag with a coat, and went to them. Once they got in, they went straight to the inner room and lifted the coat. The 610 Office chairman said, “What are you going to say this time?” I watched them and begged Master in my heart, “Master, I cannot let them take me away, I still have sentient beings to save!” Therefore, without much thought, I said, “All of you stand there, I need to leave.”
As soon as I spoke, everyone in the room stood up at once. They stood there, motionless, as I left. I then said to my son, “Stay home and be good. Listen to your mother.” A policeman guarding the door asked me, “Where are you going?” I said, “I am leaving, don't bother me.” He said, “You can go, I won't bother you.” What I was thinking at the time was that I needed to stop my fellow practitioner from going to my home. I met her as she was making the last turn on her way to my home. Together, we went to another practitioner's home, where I told them what had happened.
I went home that night to find that the local 610 Office chairman had called the village clerk, threatening to arrest me if I did not show up at his office the next day before 8 a.m. From sharing with fellow practitioners, I understood that I might be forced to leave my home and become homeless if I did not clarify the truth about Falun Gong to them. The situation was later resolved through truth clarification. I knew in my heart that such benevolent solutions were all the result of Master's help.
Looking Inward, Evil Will Destroy Itself
While studying the Fa at home one day, I heard a noise at the front door. After getting up to check it out, the local 610 Office chairman walked in and said, “The city is organizing a brainwashing session, and you need to go.” I told him that I would not go and mentioned to him the beauty of Dafa. He would not listen and said, “I will take you there today. I'll tie you up if I have to!” At that moment, I had the thought that I must leave. I said, “Have a seat, and I will go wash up.” He replied, “Wear something nice.” So I washed my face and left through the back door.
After that, the police went to my home often, keeping me away for a while. However, I did not stop saving sentient beings. I studied the Fa in a cornfield during the day and fellow practitioners would bring food for me. At night, I joined them to distribute flyers. This routine lasted for a week. Once other practitioners learned of my situation, they insisted on renting a place for me.
During the day, I stayed in town to study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts. At night, I would go back to my home village and distribute Dafa flyers. This continued for several months. During the entire time, I always sent forth righteous thoughts to destroy the evil force that was trying to hurt me. However, I did not see any result—I was unable to return home. Because saving sentient beings is the most righteous thing to do in the whole universe, the evil is nothing to test me.
I started to look inward and found impatience and hatred. I had hatred toward the individual who wanted to arrest me, so I sent forth righteous thoughts at him, but failed to destroy the evil behind him. So I adjusted my thoughts, and sent strong righteous thoughts again. I saw two evil spirits leave this person, with one burned to a crisp by gong and the other melted into a puddle of water. I knew it was time for me to go home. Sure enough, the next day, my relative sent me a message that the 610 Office chairman wanted to talk to me. I said, “He is not worth talking to.” The day after I got home, the local 610 Office chairman was terminated without any reason. However, Dafa practitioners understood that it was because he had become useless to the evil beings in other dimensions. I remembered what Master said in his lecture:
“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.”
“Righteous Thoughts, October 13th, 2002”
Divine Power Shook the Evil
One night, my fellow practitioners and I went to a rural area 10 kilometers away to hand out flyers. We were by a police station as we finished about half an hour past midnight. As we were going back, the police spotted us. A police car followed us closely, and as an officer was about to roll down the window, I realized that they must want to stop us. I immediately told my fellow practitioners to send forth righteous thoughts. I sent out the thought: “He cannot roll down the window.” The officer stopped rolling down the window right away, but kept following us. They followed us for about 5 kilometers. I thought, “We cannot let them follow us like this!” so I said to them in my heart, “Go back!” An empty field appeared ahead of us and the police car turned around there and went back. This incident validated Master's article titled “Dafa Disciples’ Righteous Thoughts are Powerful.”
As a practitioner, I know that without Master's support and protection, I could not have gotten to where I am today. No words can express my thanks to Master. I can only improve myself to repay Master's kindness.
Selected from “Call for Articles about Divine Occurrences in the Human World”