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Sharing My New York Truth-Clarification Experience
By a practitioner from California
(Clearwisdom.net) This past week I went to New York. Together with
fellow practitioners, I clarified the truth about Falun Dafa and the persecution
and sent righteous thought in the financial district of Manhattan. Below are
some of my personal understandings of clarifying the truth. 1. Most New Yorkers and tourists are very sympathetic toward Falun Dafa
practitioners' situation in China. Many passers-by stopped at our anti-torture
exhibition site and asked us why such a brutal persecution is happening. In
order to explain to them Jiang Zemin's brutality, madness and irrationality, I
explained about the Chinese government's giving awards to Falun Dafa before the
persecution and the wide-spread, large-scale suppression that later began in
1999. 2. Some tourists asked, "Is this kind of effort you are making here
going to help end the persecution that is happening in China? How can I help
you?" I told them, "The evil is just afraid of being exposed. If you
can help us spread the truth about this persecution against Falun Dafa to your
family, friends and congressmen, then you are helping us." 3. Two German tourists said they knew that Falun Dafa is good and that they
heard that Falun Dafa was a religion. I explained to them that Falun Dafa is a
meditation and physical exercise practice. I also asked them, "Do you think
yoga is a religion?" The tourists replied, "Yoga is of course not a
religion." They seemed to come to understand it. Then, they said with a
smile, "So, yours is meditation and exercise." 4. Two tourists from Mainland China asked us if we were involved in politics.
I explained to them that our Teacher Li has never allowed students to get
involved in politics. I said, "In China, practitioners have no place to
turn to after so many of our fellow practitioners have died, therefore, we have
no choice but to go out into the street to clarify the truth. We are not able to
clarify the truth in Beijing. What do you think we should do?" After
hearing that, they could not think of any other good solution. They comforted me
and said, "Jiang has stepped down; things will get better for you
now." 5. I took the subway from Jersey City to New York. Upon entering the subway
station, I saw the Mayor of Jersey City and other people distributing flyers for
the mayoral election campaign. I told him that I came from California. He smiled
and wished me a good visit; he then turned to ask others to support his
re-election. As I walked down the platform, I thought that I ought to have given
him truth-clarification material and told him about the persecution against
Falun Dafa. I turned around and thought, the Mayor is still there, why let this
opportunity pass by and instead why not turn back and fix it. So I quickly
walked back to subway station's entrance and said hello to the Mayor. I also
told him that I was there to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa, and gave him
some truth-clarification material. He said he had heard about what is happening
to Falun Dafa and that he would definitely read the material I gave him. We
wished each other good luck and said good-bye. 6. Aspects that fellow practitioners can improve in: On some streets there
were a lot of fellow practitioners gathered around. On these streets there were
seven or eight practitioners within less than one hundred meters. Such a high
concentration of practitioners handing out flyers very easily desensitized
passers-by, and then they tend to reject our flyers. Also, we should not just
put our flyers into people's hands; we should have kind thoughts and show our
goodness. We should not be forceful if a passer-by does not show interest. I've run into many very remarkable fellow practitioners during my trip to New
York. Some of them have cultivated very well and the field around them is very
righteous; they were not necessarily highly educated but their conduct displayed
the demeanor of a Falun Dafa practitioner. Yet, examining myself, I noticed that
when I meditated I felt unbearable pain, when I practiced the exercises I fought
with all sorts of distracting thoughts and when I studied the Fa I did not
completely put my mind into it. Teacher wants us to rectify ourselves. Indeed,
there are a lot of areas where I need to cultivate. We Falun Dafa practitioners are here to save sentient beings, oppose the old
forces' arrangements and resolve many things benevolently. This matter is not
over yet. If I have a chance, I hope to come back to New York again. The above is just a small portion of my personal experiences. Please correct
me if there's anything improper.
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