(Clearwisdom.net) The Chinese New Year is a traditional festival. It lasts for a long time and is a time when people frequently visit their relatives and friends. If we don’t handle our cultivation well during this period, it can cause us heavy losses and may affect our doing the three things well.
In order to avoid being interfered with, we need to prepare things for saving sentient beings before the festival. The following is what I did before and during the Chinese New Year. I made many truth-clarifying materials such as posters and flyers in advance. Then, around 5 a.m. the morning right before the Chinese New Year, I put posters on each residential building gate. Because people visit their relatives and friends, and sanitation workers are usually not working during the festival, the posters will stay up for a long time and will be seen by a lot more people.
On Chinese New Year’s Eve, when ordinary people watched the communist regime’s broadcast, I first read articles on the Minghui website and then did two hours of exercises. I sent forth righteous thoughts as usual at midnight and then made New Year's greetings calls to my relatives and friends. The next morning I sent forth righteous thoughts and then called people whom I hadn’t yet helped quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I helped a man who was powerful and influential quit the CCP, and also clarified the facts about Falun Dafa to several elderly relatives. Then I recited the Fa and read articles on Minghui in the afternoon. During the festival, I kept reciting the Fa in the morning, doing things to validate Dafa in the afternoon and doing the exercises in the evening.
My doing the three things well was not affected by the festival at all. If I was too busy one day, I caught up on my work the following day. When visiting relatives, I always took flyers with me. I first exchanged New Year's greetings with relatives and then told them the facts about Falun Dafa. After they understood the truth, I gave them a flyer. The effect of doing this was pretty good. I was able to hand out dozens of truth-clarifying materials each time.
In addition, I prepared money with truth-clarification phrases on them. When I went out, I often bought something intentionally so that the store owners could get the money. Each of them was very happy to see the phrases. When giving money to children as a New Year gift, I gave the money I made and asked them to read and learn the phrases. When visiting big families, I presented calendars with the facts about Falun Dafa on them. They usually put the calendars in conspicuous places, and then more people could see the facts.
Festivals are social entertainment for ordinary people. As Dafa disciples, we should not follow them to enjoy the entertainment. We are cultivators; we are here to assist Master with Fa-rectification and to save sentient beings. The festival is a good opportunity for us to save sentient beings. We should make good use of it to save more sentient beings and meanwhile, to cultivate ourselves well. We must not forget who we are.