(Minghui.org) September 1, 2013, is the most unforgettable day of my life – the day I was so fortunate to begin practicing Falun Dafa.
I was born in a big city in the 1990s. Because I grew up in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) culture and was poisoned by its lies, I didn’t have a good opinion of Falun Dafa. The Tiananmen Square Self-immolation hoax was the biggest obstacle that hindered me from learning the truth.
After I began working, I received the Freegate software and was able to browse those overseas websites blocked by the CCP. As soon as I got on the websites, I couldn’t stop reading them. One of my friends (who became a practitioner a year earlier than me) kept recommending Falun Dafa to me. My curiosity was aroused and I checked it out. I'd had a severe heart problem since I was young--premature atrial contractions (PACs), which made me always feel tired and depressed.
After reading some truth-clarifying materials, including the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and “False Fire” about the Tiananmen Square Self-immolation, I started watching the video of Master’s lectures in Guangzhou last September. Master teaches people to be good, and the principles in the His lectures were things I'd not heard before. I felt it opened up another way for me to understand the world.
Next, I got rid of my attachments to smoking and alcohol, which I had for several years. When others asked how I did it, I said there was no scientific explanation to it. My body naturally repelled the tobacco and alcohol after I started to practice Falun Dafa. I had tried to quit smoking and drinking before but always failed.
I experienced enormous positive changes after watching the lecture video series just one time. For the first several days after I attained the Fa, I felt my body had never been so comfortable, and all my disease symptoms disappeared. My outlook on life and the world changed, and I had a new goal in my life.
I put most of my effort into cultivation after I attained the Fa. I eagerly studied Master’s lectures, because I knew I must be diligent in Fa cultivation and I wanted to become “a wise person.”
I often consider whether or not my behavior meets the requirement of the Fa principles. Whenever I feel something is bothering me or does not feel right, I will look inward to find the reason, which Master teaches us to do. I spend almost all my spare time on the Fa. Things that I used to be strongly attached to became light, and I was able to put them down.
Master said, “What we lose is actually something bad. What is it? It is karma, and it goes hand in hand with different human attachments.” (Lecture Four in Zhuan Falun)
When my attachments were truly eliminated, I found my way of viewing things had changed. I no longer obsessed over things. I do not worry that I will lose anything when the bad things are eliminated. When I view things from the outside, I feel happy after losing the bad things.
After reading Zhuan Falun several times, the practitioner who introduced me to cultivation told me Master had given other lectures and suggested I read them. I found all the lectures on the Minghui website and understood more about what Master has been doing. I wanted to assist Master in Fa-rectification! I cannot wait and do nothing when people are being poisoned by the CCP.
I started by clarifying the truth to my family and friends. I took every opportunity to explain the facts and advised them to withdraw from the CCP and its organizations. Whenever I encountered obstacles, I would look inward to see whether I wasn't compassionate enough when clarifying the truth and whether I was showing off instead of validating Dafa. After adjusting myself for a few days, I would try again. The results would be much better than before.
A few months ago, I accompanied my family on a trip to Japan. Although I was not much interested in sightseeing, I thought there might be an opportunity to save predestined people. One of us had to share a room with a stranger, and I thought it was a good opportunity.
I clarified the truth to the person I shared the room with during the first couple of days. However, he did not agree to withdraw from the CCP. On the fourth day, I saw some practitioners at the tourist site clarifying the truth. I had been looking forward to seeing them. They stood in the hot sun to distribute informational fliers. I felt the confidence again to persuade and save my roommate.
The tour guide advised those of us in our group not to take the fliers. I stood up and said, “I want to read them. Please give me one of each.” My father, who knew the truth, also took one. After watching us, other tourists came up and took some as well.
Due to my previous efforts in clarifying the truth, the fliers, and the energy field of the practitioners present, the factors in other dimensions that prevented people from knowing the truth were dissolved. I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master to help me. My roommate finally agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its organizations. My thanks to the practitioners in Japan. Your presence enforced the Fa field and encouraged my confidence.
Before we left the tour group in the domestic airport, I thought of the tour guide who had tried to stop us from taking the truth-clarifying materials in Japan. I encouraged myself and tried to clarify the truth to her. However, there wasn't enough time to explain things, and she didn’t get it. I invited her to join me the next day to talk more.
This time I showed her many truth-clarifying materials. She finally understood and agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its organizations. She told me that her manager required them to advise the tourists not to take the truth-clarifying materials. She was also afraid they might have trouble going through customs.
We chatted a lot, and I learned she'd had a dream in which she and many others were detained in a place similar to a concentration camp. They knew that death awaited them. Those who tried to escape had all their fingers cut off. She wanted to escape but was afraid to try. She wished someone would save them. At last, there was indeed a hero who came and led them out. Tears came to my eyes as I listened to her.
Before we left, I asked her not to stop others from learning the truth. I told her she would be committing a crime if she did. However, if she helped others to learn the truth, she would be rewarded. She promised me not to do such things anymore.
Since I hadn’t practiced Falun Dafa very long, I was often influenced by human notions, and the people I spoke to about Falun Dafa were mostly those whom I knew. I had difficulty speaking to strangers like the other practitioners did. I felt anxious. At that time, Master gave me the opportunity to clarify the truth through a cell phone.
I often read stories about fellow practitioners making truth-clarifying calls in experience sharing articles. I also received such a call twice. I realized it was Master’s hint for me to clarify the truth to save sentient beings via a cell phone.
But I didn’t know how to do it. I didn’t know anyone who could teach me. Master said,
“I want every Dafa disciple to become a king. Each person is to blaze his own trail, and each person is to validate and reach his own Attainment Status.” (“Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005”)
I thought I should be able to walk my path even though I'm a new practitioner. I firmly believed I could do it, because Master paved the path for me and the rest was for me to do it.
I started to learn the necessary techniques on how to make truth-clarifying calls. Several weeks later, I knew how to purchase a cell phone, how to use the software, and the security related issues. Another practitioner nearby supported me, and we decided to do it together.
In the beginning, I was very fearful. I purchased a cell phone that wasn't very good quality, but I was afraid to bargain for a better price. I bought a SIM card and found out later that I had to register it first. Finally I got a SIM card that didn't need to be registered. But after I sent just a few truth-clarifying messages, it was blocked. I knew the old forces were trying to stop us. We sent righteous thoughts to eliminate them and tried to learn more about the cell phone technology.
After several trials, we finally bought a satisfactory cell phone and became familiar with purchasing SIM cards. After I modified the cell phone to disable the microphone, we were even able to make calls instead of sending text messages, which was our original plan. We became less and less fearful as we made more truth-clarifying calls.
During the process of cooperating with the fellow practitioner, I also found an attachment. I complained that the fellow practitioner was hindering my progress. After I realized it was my human notions, I apologized to the practitioner.
Now I’m quite familiar with the call procedure and often go out to make calls to awaken sentient beings. I know the more time I put into the calls, the more chances sentient beings have to be awakened.
As a new Dafa practitioner, I’m filled with the gratitude for Master, who has given me so much that I cannot describe it in words. I know I still have many things to improve on, and I must advance diligently.
Because of my limited cultivation level, please point out anything improper.