Saving People through Truth Clarification Is Our Duty
By a Falun Gong practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently Teacher has mentioned the importance of truth
clarification on a number of occasions. "Dafa disciples, don't forsake the magnificent responsibility that has
been bestowed upon you in Fa-rectification, and even less should you
disappoint those beings, as you are now their only hope for entering the
future. For this reason, all Dafa disciples, students both new and veteran,
should get to work and begin comprehensively clarifying the truth." ("Let Go
of Human Attachments and Save the World's People") Truth clarification is the only way to save those who can be saved. I remember when, in 2001, the Chinese Education Ministry made a rule stating
that those that practiced Falun Gong must write a statement renouncing the
practice or they would be fired. Therefore, my boss came and asked me whether I
was still practicing Falun Gong. Instead of answering his question directly, I
explained to him that Falun Gong is a practice that teaches people to be good
and to avoid involvement in politics or in doing bad deeds. I added that if he
treated practitioners well, he would have a good future, but that firing those
who practiced Falun Gong would lead to bad fortune for himself and his family.
Hearing this, my boss reconsidered his ideas. As soon as my family found out what I did, they tried to have me write a
so-called "guarantee" statement. Many relatives, friends and colleagues came to
persuade me as well, but I knew that they could not influence the decision to
fire me and that what Teacher said was true. It was a good opportunity to clarify the truth to them. So I told them about
the principles in Falun Dafa of not killing, about the staged self-immolation
incident in Tiananmen Square, about the spread of Falun Gong all over the world,
and about the benefits of the practice to physical and mental health. As a
result, they all agreed that Falun Gong is good and gave up their initial
intentions and just left, even though they still felt it would be sad if I got
fired. I told them, "Don't worry, I won't be fired even if I refuse to write the
statement." Several days later, I went to visit a fellow practitioner's home, where I
read what Teacher said, "Let me tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and
Dafa disciples are due to our students themselves. Students who haven't
taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil in the dimensions
that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been
eliminated. That's the cause." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida,
U.S.A") I suddenly realized that my inadequate "righteous thoughts" were the reason
that those evil factors had tried to force me to write the "guarantee" for a
number of days. So a fellow practitioner and I sent forth righteous thoughts
together to eliminate the evil factors influencing my boss and family.
Ultimately the school gave me an employment contract without having to write the
"statement." As I only kept in touch with one fellow practitioner for security reasons, I
had few truth clarification materials. Teacher said, "As long as something is
good for Dafa, you should take the initiative to do it, take the initiative to
work on it." ("To All Students at the Nordic Fa Conference") So I decided to write truth clarification materials on my own. Since I knew
that persevering with this could save many people, I have kept writing every
day. Due to limited time, for the last two years I have been distributing
materials in local streets on my way to work. Apart from my local area I have
also handed out materials on other streets, trying not to leave out any
families. When I write the materials, I think in my heart, "All beings, please
cherish this and read it carefully. Please be sure to remember that 'Falun Dafa
is good.'" And before leaving, I send forth righteous thoughts. While riding on
my bicycle, I recite, "With righteous thoughts and righteous actions He is diligent without letting up Eliminating demons that damage the Fa He is good to all beings" ("A Righteous God") Therefore, I can always distribute the materials without problems. Fellow practitioners, let's advance together to validate the Fa, to clarify
the truth and to save the world's people.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/9/29/85333.html
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