Climbing Mountains and Crossing Rivers to Clarify the Truth: Delivering Materials to Every Corner of China
Narrated by a practitioner in China
9/27/2003 (Clearwisdom.net) A practitioner told me a story that she had experienced
while distributing truth-clarifying materials in a village with a fellow
practitioner. Though she said many times that she had not done well, and that
the things she did were not worthy of mentioning in comparison with other
practitioners' remarkable righteous thoughts and righteous deeds she had read
reported on Minghui Net, in the process of writing down their truth clarifying
experiences, my heart was touched at every moment. I felt like I was with them, climbing mountains, crossing rivers, risking
their lives to deliver truth-clarifying materials to the most remote and
isolated villages where people have not heard the truth about Falun Gong. Here
is their story. * * * * * Some time ago, Zhenzhen (pseudonym) came back from her college for the summer
break. She came to find me, and asked me to go with her to distribute
truth-clarifying materials to a very remote village where nobody had learned the
truth of Dafa. I hesitated, since I had just been to several outlying villages
to distribute materials with some other practitioners a few days before. It would take the whole night, and I still had to go to work the next day.
Also, my husband would have to take care of our two grandsons by himself. I also
felt I needed to reserve time to study the Fa, send forth righteous thoughts and
practice the five sets of exercises, so there would not be much time left. I am in my fifties, and though I often went to villages to distribute
truth-clarifying materials, I felt that the remote village Zhenzhen was planning
to visit was really too far away. Would I be able to handle it at my age?
However, I thought it over. Clarifying the truth was not just some kind of job
which could be partly done today with a rest done tomorrow. As Dafa
practitioners, we truly need to clarify the truth with compassion from our
hearts. This is our duty. Even though we were well prepared, it was much more difficult that we had
imagined. At 8:00 p.m. the next day, we rented a small truck and set off. After
riding for some time, the driver didn't want to go any further. We offloaded our
bicycles from the truck, and rode on them from there. It was a long and narrow valley, with mountains on one side and a river on
the other. The road was so rugged that it was difficult to travel in the
darkness. We didn't see any households until we had ridden in the dark for a
very long time. Zhenzhen and I put our bicycles in a cornfield, and started
walking. After we walked for a while, we could see the village. We crossed a bridge
and went in. I learned from Zhenzhen that there was only one road in this
village, and it was a dead end. We would have to return the same way we had
come. Based on my experiences from many trips of distributing materials to
villages, the risk was very high if one started to randomly distribute the
materials right after entering the village without knowing the landscape.
Further, we had brought a lot of materials this time and planned to distribute
them all in this village; therefore we must use wisdom. I suggested that we walk
to the other end of the village, and distribute the material door to door. Upon
completion, we would have reached the entrance to the village. We walked into the village. People were all asleep after working for the day,
and everything was quiet. They could not imagine that late in the night, an old
lady and a young girl would pass by their front doors, risking their lives to
clarify the truth to them, to tell them "Falun Dafa is good," to drive away the
dark and dense haze of the evil lies that were poisoning their hearts. On such a calm night, the sound of our footsteps went out very far. Although
I'd experienced this many times, the footsteps were just like loud and clear
sounds of a bell constantly hitting my heart. I couldn't help being touched, and
a compassionate warmth came to my heart. Truly, as long as people could be saved
by having a righteous mind towards Dafa, I wouldn't regret my efforts no matter
how much I had to sacrifice, even if I had to sacrifice my life! We walked to the end of the village and started to distribute materials. As
we walked towards the entrance to the village, we distributed the material door
to door. We posted stickers in clear and noticeable places. This village was in
a valley and was made up of blocks, each of which was composed of three, five or
about a dozen households. The households were not very closely located, but
spread over a long distance. It would take more time and effort than
distributing materials in ordinary towns. And it was easy to go in, but
difficult to get out, so the risk was high. Therefore this time we wanted to
make sure we did it thoroughly and well, to let these people who didn't have the
opportunity to learn the truth fully understand the grandness of Dafa spreading
widely in the human world, and to expose the deceiving lies that the evil relied
on to survive. We distributed flyers as we walked along. We did it very successfully along
the way, until we reached the entrance of the elementary school. At this moment,
the roaring sound of a motorcycle came from a far distance. We looked up, and
saw around three motorcycles. I immediately took Zhenzhen to the back of the
school. Soon the motorcycles passed by, and after a while they came back. The
man on the motorcycle said, "It is impossible for them to walk so fast, there is
only one road." They were the policemen from the local police station. Probably some villagers who did not know the truth had reported us. A few
policemen were there guessing and talking, and we heard them very clearly. There
was only one road in. If the police stayed in town, it would be hard to think
about what might happen after daybreak. At the critical moment, should we be
steadfast with righteous thoughts or allow fear to control us? I was firm in my belief in Dafa and steadfast in my belief that Teacher would
safeguard us. We came to clarify the truth, not to suffer persecution. When
facing interference and persecution in truth clarification from the old evil
forces, our righteous thoughts must be strong. Zhenzhen and I walked towards the back of the school, and behind the school
was wormwood taller than a person. We sat down in the wormwood field, and people
from the outside could not see us. I said to Zhenzhen, "Let's send forth
righteous thoughts." Zhenzhen nodded her head, "Sure." I looked at my watch
carefully; it was five minutes to twelve o'clock, exactly the time for
practitioners worldwide to send forth righteous thoughts together. Once we put
our palms up, gradually, their voices disappeared, the sound of motorcycles also
disappeared, and everything turned quiet. After sending forth righteous thoughts, we returned to the road. The
policemen could no longer be seen. We continued to walk and distribute the
truth-clarifying materials. When we had finished, we were already outside the
village. At this moment, a fog started to form, and it was very dense. In order
to avoid the police who might be waiting at the intersections, we decided not to
cross the bridge but to wade through the river. Fortunately the water level here
was very low, so we waded through the river, crossed the cornfield, and found
our bicycles. We returned along the way that we had come. The road was narrow and difficult
to travel. The river was beside the road; the further we went, the deeper the
river was. With a little lack of caution, our lives would be in danger. This was
the only way out, along the main road. If the police were hiding and waiting at
the entrance to the main road, we would have nowhere to turn. As Dafa disciples, not only should we have righteous thoughts, but also we
need to have wisdom and be rational, and treat this lightly. Therefore, we had
to reach the main road as soon as possible, before daybreak. The road in the
dark became unusually long. We did not have any sleep or a single drop of water
all night. When we climbed the mountain in front of us, I felt exhausted. I kept
myself up, and thought that Dafa practitioners should be able to endure any
suffering. This was really nothing, and I could make it. I said to Zhenzhen,
"When we go down the hill, you follow me. Follow me wherever I ride." She said,
"Sure." I held the bicycle brake, and gradually loosened it as I rode down the
hill, while Zhenzhen followed closely behind me. Nothing could be seen clearly during the night. The road was bumpy, and
stones were all over the place. It would be very dangerous if one couldn't
control the brake well, and one could easily fall while riding downhill.
However, if we walked with the bicycle, it would be impossible for us to reach
the main road by daybreak. I pretty much depended on my intuition to ride down.
When the wheels hit a rock, I was suddenly thrown off the bicycle, and the
chain also fell off. Zhenzhen asked me, "Aunt, are you alright?" I said I was
fine. I got back up and rode the bicycle. The trust of my fellow practitioner
gave me a lot of courage, and Teacher's safeguarding me at every moment gave me
strong righteous thoughts to face all difficulties. In this night of truth
clarification, Zhenzhen and I melted as a solid and indestructible one body. I fell off four times riding down the mountain, but as soon as I fell, I
immediately got up and continued on the bicycle. If I were an ordinary person,
my bones might have broken. However, I am a Dafa disciple. I have Teacher, the
Fa, and a fellow practitioner. The wind blew over my face and I broke through
the heavy fog. The mind of "with an air of supremacy and of destroying all evil
in the cosmos" ("Righteous thoughts") arose from my heart. My righteous thoughts
were strong enough to destroy all the evil beings in the other dimensions in the
dark. In the heavy fog, we finally overcame all difficulties and arrived at the
entrance of the main road. There were no police hiding there. There were only
the two of us, one old and one young. Welcoming us from the fog was the breaking
day. I took a look at my watch. It was 4:30 a.m. I felt really tired. I said to
Zhenzhen, "You are young, you go first, you don't have to wait for me." Zhenzhen
said, "I still have some truth-clarifying materials, I'll find a place to finish
distributing them." Then she went away. I was left alone and rode the bicycle
slowly. I was so thirsty that I felt my throat almost burning. I clenched my
teeth and continued cycling towards home. Shortly thereafter, I finally got home. When I got to my house, I looked at
myself in the mirror. My whole body was covered with mud. My head and face were
all dirty. Both of my legs were swollen and thick. I looked at my watch: it was
6:00 a.m. the time for practitioners all over the world to send forth righteous
thoughts together again. In the process of doing this, I felt tired and
suffering, and sometimes the pressure was heavy, but when I truly completed it
from the bottom of my heart, I felt very light in my heart and felt a true
upgrading of my Xinxing. Compared to those practitioners who are righteous in their thoughts and
deeds, I know I am very far behind. I always ask myself: What is the meaning of
the existence of a Dafa disciple? What should a Dafa disciple do? When I
understand this, I strictly discipline myself according to the standards of the
Fa, behave according to, "With righteous thoughts and righteous actions, he is
diligent without letting up." ("A Righteous God") and not let down
Teacher's compassionate salvation.
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