(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997 and I’m now 72 years old. I have experienced and witnessed the miracles of Dafa as well as Master’s compassion and protection during my cultivation. I’d like to share with you some of my experiences in clarifying the truth to people in person.
Beginning to Practice Falun Dafa
I’m from the countryside and never attended school. I have worked in the fields all my life. I used to suffer from stomach disease and hepatitis B, so I always felt exhausted. Yet I had to work no matter how bad I felt. I was worried and sad. In 1997 one of my neighbors said, “You look so unhappy and tired. Why don’t you try practicing Falun Dafa?” So my husband and I went to the practice site to learn the exercises.
Not long after I started to practice Falun Dafa, my stomach disease and hepatitis B disappeared. I no longer felt uncomfortable. Instead I was full of energy. I was so happy. I went to the practice site and was happy every day.
Master not only purified my body but also saved my life. There was a gas leak in our home several months after I started practicing. The hospital couldn’t save my husband, and he passed away. I was in a coma for 24 hours and then I regained consciousness. I realized that Master had extended my life. Thank you Master for saving me. I knew that my life was extended so that I could cultivate. I’ve treasured every day since then. I did the exercises and studied the Fa every day.
Master requires us to clarify the truth to people and save more sentient beings. I go out almost every day to talk to people, despite the rain, snow or wind, day in and day out, year in and year out. I don’t feel right if I miss a day.
Clarifying the Truth and Saving Sentient Beings Is a Must-Do Task for Me
After the persecution started in July 1999, clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings is a must-do task for me every day. At first, I distributed truth-clarification materials. Other practitioners and I went to various places to distribute the materials. We put fliers in bicycle baskets and on car windshields, and hung bags of materials on door handles.
Later on we clarified the truth to people in person. I couldn’t ride a bicycle or write down names. I had to go with other practitioners. They helped me write down the names of those who agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
The other practitioners who went out to clarify the truth with me were persecuted in 2011. I left home to avoid arrest. After I returned home, I couldn’t find the other practitioners. What should I do? I became anxious. Master told us that Falun Dafa practitioners are the only hope for people to be saved. I couldn’t sit idle. Why did I rely on others? I realized that Master must have taken this opportunity to get rid of my reliance on other people. I should go out by myself. I then went out on foot. If no one was there to help me write down the names, I must remember them and then ask other people to write them down for me. Wasn’t it only a matter of spending more time? What should I be afraid of when I had Master and the Fa? My righteous thoughts were thus reinforced.
I met a practitioner that I knew from years ago. We compared our experiences. She said that she went to her son’s home to look after her grandson and that she clarified the truth to people on the bus and at bus stops. Inspired by her experiences, I started to clarify the truth to people at bus stops. It was easier to meet people on rainy and snowy days.
One day I saw a couple waiting for the bus and the wife was carrying a bag of medicine. I greeted them and we chatted. The wife told me that she had all kinds of diseases and had to take different medicines. She complained that it was costly and she suffered a lot. I told her that we had a predestined relationship since we met and that if she repeatedly said, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” she would get better. Falun Dafa is the Buddha law and divine beings bless whoever believes in them. I also told her that despite my age, I’m in good health because I practice Falun Dafa. She said that the CCP doesn’t allow people to practice. Then I clarified the truth to them in detail. I told her that over 400 million people already withdrew from the CCP. They agreed to quit the Youth League. I urged them to repeat the two phrases every day. They thanked me, got on the bus and waved goodbye.
Sometimes I didn’t answer people’s questions well. I talked with other practitioners about this or listened to the articles on Minghui’s podcast. Master strengthened me and gave me wisdom. I now feel I can clarify the truth to people better. I know that if I want to save more sentient beings, I must study the Fa more and study the Fa well and cultivate myself better. I must cultivate myself so that I have compassion.
My schedule is full every day. If I want to study the Fa more or spend more time clarifying the truth to people, I have to sleep less. I sometimes sleep less than 4 hours, but I don’t feel tired. I walk to different places, be it villages, bus stops or on pedestrian paths. I’m in high spirits and feel energetic every day. The more people I talk to, the more fluently I speak. I used to help 7 or 8 people withdraw from the CCP each day. Now I can help 20 people, sometimes even 29 people withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations in one day.
It rained hard one day and I didn’t want to go out. I thought, if Master arranged people for me to save and I didn’t go out, wasn’t Master’s arrangement in vain?
Master said,
“Everything has been prepared, and all that’s missing is for you to carry it out. Yet you won’t take that step” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa”, Collected Teachings Given Around the World, Volume XI)
I picked up my umbrella and walked to the bus stop. I clarified the truth to people there and my umbrella helped shield them from the rain. Unexpectedly the umbrella played a major role. I helped six people quit the CCP that day. I saw a big Chinese character meaning happiness before my eyes when I was sending forth righteous thoughts after I came home. I knew Master was encouraging me. A warm current spread throughout my body. I went out to clarify the truth every day, rain or shine, since then.
The most difficult thing for me is to remember people’s names. I can’t write, but I have to remember their names. Initially I could only remember 2 or 3 names and then asked people to help write them down for me. Then I went back to clarify the truth again. It wasted a lot of time. Later on I could remember about 5 names. Then I worked out a way. I gave people an alias. This way I could remember more names at a time. I asked Master to reinforce my memory. Thanks to Master’s strengthening, I can remember 10 names at a time now.
Some people ask me if I get tired after walking around for hours. When I look at the paper full of names and remember their happy faces, how can I feel tired? I’m doing what Master asked. I don’t have any reason not to go out to tell people the facts. I didn’t do the truth-clarification well. Sometimes I asked Master why I was not smart and only could say a few words. I heard a voice say, “Just do what you are doing.” I was very touched. I knew Master was encouraging me.
One day while I distributed truth-clarification DVDs, I noticed the sky was filled with heavenly fairies. I was very touched and I knew Master was encouraging me. I knew I had to cultivate diligently and not let Master down. Another night I walked to the road outside the city and put up big poster with the words “Heaven Eliminates the CCP.” On my way home, I saw Master’s law body sitting on a lotus flower. I heard a voice say: “Remarkable!” I joined my hands to express my thanks to Master. Thank you Master!
Dissolving Interference by Believing in Master and the Fa
I was reported and arrested by the police a few times. Due to Master’s compassionate protection, the ordeals were dissolved. I’d like to share three examples.
I went to a town to distribute truth-clarification materials in May 2010. One plain clothes policeman discovered me around 10 a.m., arrested me and brought me to the police station. They asked me where I got the materials. I didn’t tell them. They handcuffed me and sent several guards to watch me. They locked the gate. I thought to myself that I shouldn’t be there. I must leave because I had to go out to save people. I asked Master to help and strengthen me, and put a cover around me so that no one could see me.
At noon I sent forth righteous thoughts to let the guards fall asleep. Sure enough, they did. I knew that Master helped me. I asked Master to open the handcuffs. I slowly drew one hand out of the handcuffs and went to the gate quietly and quickly with the handcuffs in my hands. The reception area was empty. I saw the keys on the desk. I picked up the keys and tried one of them to unlock the door. It opened. I walked out of the gate and ran into a wheat field.
The wheat was as high as half of my height. I lay down and didn’t move. Soon I heard shouting and cursing from the direction of the police station. The noise kept getting closer. I heard one policeman say that if he caught me, he would lock me up for years. I said in my heart that he didn’t have the final say, and my fate was in Master’s hands and they couldn’t find me. After 40 minutes I no longer heard them. I lay in the field for almost 4 hours. I felt hot, thirsty and was afraid to move. I wanted to leave. I then recited,
“A Great Enlightened One fears no hardshipHaving forged an adamantine willFree of attachment to living or dyingHe walks the path of Fa-rectificationconfident and poised”(“Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions,” Hong Yin II)
I recited this poem many times until 5 p.m., I then sent forth righteous thoughts so that the policemen couldn’t see me. I took off my jacket and put it over my head. I walked out of the field and took a taxi to a practitioner’s home.
After that, I left home for three months. I stayed with a practitioner whose home was a group Fa-study site. I did the three things with them.
I went to a village to distribute truth-clarification materials with other practitioners one day in 2011. When we were ready to go home, we were reported to the police, but we didn’t know. I went back to the car and waited for the other practitioners. They came, but didn’t get in the car. The policemen questioned me, and I was taken to the police station.
I stayed in the police station for half an hour, but no one came to ask me anything. I told them that I was going to the toilet. I walked out of the room and said to Master in my mind: “Master, I am sorry that I didn’t do well and caused you trouble. I shouldn’t be here. I must go home. I have to save sentient beings. Master, please strengthen me and don’t let them see me.” I walked directly to the gate. It was not locked. Tears rolled down my face. Master helped me again. I slowly walked out of the gate and took a taxi home.
Once I went to the town, I went with four other practitioners to distribute truth-clarification materials. On the way there, we were reported to the police. The police arrested us on our way back. One policeman viciously slapped my face and said, “I almost lost my job because you ran away last time. Let's see where you will run this time.” I thought I might not be so lucky this time. My unrighteous human notion was taken advantage of by the old forces. I was detained for four months. They demanded that I betray Dafa and sell out practitioners. I refused to tell them anything.
I didn’t waste my time in the detention center. I thought of saving sentient beings all the time. I asked Master to give me wisdom. I clarified the truth to whoever I came across. I behaved according to Dafa’s principles. I did most of the chores in the cell and took care of the inmates. I enlightened them with Dafa principles. They asked me why I was there. I said that I practiced Falun Dafa. Then I clarified the truth to them. I told them to say, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and they would be blessed by divine beings. They all believed me and knew that I wanted the best for them. I was released three months later with a list of dozens of inmates who agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
My son worried about my safety and asked me to live with him in another city. Although the environment was different, my heart to cultivate shouldn’t change and my responsibility for saving people did not change. It was not convenient for me to read Dafa books. So I listened to Master’s audio lectures. Because I couldn’t speak the local dialect, I distributed truth-clarification materials.
I couldn’t find local practitioners and couldn’t get more materials. I went back to my home to get the materials. I went there at night and waited for practitioners to make the materials for me and then came back the same night. I went back every 20 days. I traveled hundreds of miles and it cost me hundreds of yuan each time. I lived on rental income. I stayed with my son for over six months before I returned home.
Master Always Protects Me
I had several car accidents when I went out to talk to people. I was never injured thanks to Master’s protection.
One incident took place last year. A couple hit me with their car. They got out of the car and helped me up. They kept apologizing and asked if I was okay. They wanted to take me to the hospital. My only thought was that this was an opportunity to clarify the truth to them. I said, “ I’m fine because I practice Falun Dafa and I’m protected by our Master. Our Master told us to think of others first. I don’t blame you. You didn’t hit me on purpose.” They were so happy. I then clarified the truth to them and also explained that millions of Chinese had already quit the CCP. They agreed and withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations with their real names.
Closing Remarks
I’m just a simple housewife and I’m naturally shy. In order to save sentient beings, I slowly learned from fellow practitioners. I always remember what Master said,
“If you ask what I want, I want only to see that heart of yours—the heart to cultivate and the heart that longs for goodness.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Founding Ceremony of the Singaporean Falun Dafa Association,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume I)
I listen to Master and do whatever Master requires us to do. I only do what I should do. Master sees it and has encouraged me greatly and protected me. I am the happiest person in the world. I will study the Fa more, cultivate myself more diligently and save more people in order to repay Master’s saving grace.
I narrated this, and another practitioner wrote this article for me. Please kindly point out anything that is not in line with the Fa.
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