Clarifying the Truth with Our Hearts

By Xinming ¨C Falun Dafa Practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net) I came across an article by a practitioner over the Internet, which described what she saw with her Celestial Eye at her level of cultivation. She saw Teacher carving off his own flesh to pay back the debts that Falun Dafa practitioners owed. I couldn't help thinking, why it is still like this, even when Fa-rectification has progressed to this point. It has to be that we haven't done well in some aspects, primarily in the area of clarifying the truth.

What Teacher pays on our behalf is the debt we have accumulated throughout our lives. Teacher could have resolved all these karmic relationships favorably by paying off what we owe with the accomplishment of our cultivation. The creditors will join the practitioner as sentient beings in the world that he or she has cultivated, thus escaping the fate of being destroyed as the old universe disintegrates. However, because we haven't done a good enough job clarifying the truth to these creditors, they don't have confidence in our future and demand that we pay them back right away. When we tell the public facts about the persecution of Falun Gong, all sentient beings at various levels of the universe are listening, including our creditors. We simply can't see them with human eyes. To clarify the truth is to eliminate the evil at the most fundamental level. It can't be carried out simply as a formality, but has to be accomplished with the goal of rectifying people's thoughts instead.

When we state the facts with righteous thoughts in mind, we can awaken the listener. If we put all our hearts in our speech, the other party will be moved. The deeper we understand the Fa, the finer the granularity of the energy we emit and the greater the power when it reaches other people's hearts. In order to improve our efforts in this regard, we have to carry out all the three things Teacher has asked us to do, study the Fa, send righteous thoughts and clarify the truth. None can be overlooked.

In order to better present the facts to the public, we may borrow from what has turned out to be effective for other practitioners. We can do so by reading as many articles as we can on Clearwisdom.net to keep up with the pace of Fa-rectification. At the same time, let us improve the way we select and present the contents.

While communicating to the listener, we should follow the topic he or she has brought up. For someone who has lost his or her job, we may share the reason why so many people in China are out of a job because they exposed Jiang, his sons and corrupt officials who have taken possession of state-owned assets. When talking to elderly people, we can discuss Falun Gong's effectiveness in improving health and keeping fit by giving examples of the positive changes in one's physical condition. To those who stay abreast of news events, we can tell them how the "Tiananmen self-immolation incident" was staged. By judging from the listener's understanding of Falun Dafa, we can have our choice of topics and words.

The goal of truth-clarifying is to convince others by presenting facts. So we have to hold righteous thoughts in mind and remain calm by avoiding the desire to explain everything in one conversation. We also need to remain objective, reasonable, and present only the facts through sound reasoning.

It is easier to reach consensus if we go talk to those who have some common ground with us. For example, when an elderly woman practitioner was asking directions from another lady about the same age, she came to know that the lady suffered from diabetes. She then told her that her next door neighbor also had illnesses, but they all went away after she started practicing Qigong. The elderly lady asked, "Which Qigong is so effective?" Falun Gong was naturally brought up. The practitioner then explained that all the propaganda programs on TV are fabricated lies. In the end, the conversation turned out to be very fruitful. To clarify the truth with our hearts is part of our cultivation, and is also a necessary part of transforming our bodies as well as establishing our mighty virtue.

Some practitioners may hesitate and wonder if they are good at communicating with others. But no baby has been born knowing how to walk. As long as we apply ourselves, we will be able to communicate effectively.

January 7, 2003

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/7/64263.html

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