My Experience Clarifying the Truth During a Business Trip to Beijing
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Taiwan
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. Before traveling When I heard news about me being assigned to lead a tourist group to Beijing,
all sorts of feeling welled up in my heart. On one hand, Beijing was one of the
locations where the remaining evils were entrenched. I needed to keep righteous
thoughts and be cautious all the time. On the other hand, I knew that it was a
rare chance because there was less of a possibility for overseas practitioners
to easily step on the soil of Mainland China, and I should take advantage of
this chance. I have never been to Mainland China. This was my first visit there and I was
very nervous. I hadn't lived in that environment of suppression and lies. I
didn't know how to go about it as a Falun Dafa practitioner. Therefore, I missed
many chances to clarify the truth and distribute Falun Dafa materials. My work is to lead a tourist group. I realized I probably couldn't distribute
truth clarification materials to people in China as easily and freely as I can
in Taiwan and abroad. I had only voiced in my heart, "Falun Dafa is
good" over and over, and hoped that my mind-intent can touch the awaken
side of those around me. On September 1, 2004, Teacher said in "Let Go of Human Attachments
and Save the World's People": "Once the current time period is over, the first large-scale process
of weeding out sentient beings will begin. For a Fa-rectification period Dafa
disciple, personal liberation is not the goal of cultivation: when you came,
saving sentient beings was your great aspiration, and that is the
responsibility and mission history has bestowed upon you in Fa-rectification.
Thus great numbers of beings are to be saved by you. 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." I knew if I missed this special historic period, all regrets would become
void. At that time I had one thought, if I had one more chance to go to China, I
will do better. As result, benevolent Teacher gave me another chance. Before my departure, some bad thoughts frequently came in my mind to create
fear. Right away, I denied these negative thoughts. I deeply understood that
going to China again was my aspiration. Wasn't this the arrangement of Teacher
for me? 2. Traveling to Beijing's Tiananmen Square In preparation for my first visit, I had some pictures about Falun Dafa
practitioners' parades and anti-torture exhibitions abroad developed. I had
typed up some literature to explain the pictures. I put those pictures into a
photo album and took them to China. Everyone I showed the pictures to was
shocked. They read the truth clarification materials carefully. Since those
pictures were very effective, I developed more pictures about the parades and
anti-torture exhibitions for my second trip. I also had some pictures analyzing
and clarifying the truth about the Tiananmen self-immolation prepared, and some
about the activities of bringing Jiang to justice. It was near Mid-Autumn
Festival so I had downloaded many greeting cards from Minghui Net especially
made for the occassion. I put them into envelopes with truth-clarifying
brochures inside, and I also prepared many truth-clarifying VCDs. With all these
Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials, I started my second trip to Beijing. While I was waiting for the flight and onwards, I kept sending forth
righteous thoughts to eliminate my attachment of fear. I was going to clarify
the truth and destroy the evil's den. I was able to pass through the airport
customs smoothly. Xiao Wang, our kindhearted local guide, picked us up. The first scheduled tour was Tiananmen Square where Falun Dafa practitioners
went to voice their support for Falun Dafa. It was one of the main battlefields
of righteousness against evil in the universe. What can I do among the huge
crowd of people? The police cars of Beijing Public Security stood in the
periphery. I stepped forward to go with our tourist group. When they stopped in
a spot to take group pictures, I took the chance to present a Mid Autumn
greeting card to a fellow who was taking pictures for our tourist group. I told
him about the information abroad. He accepted it with a nod and smile to thank
me. Then, I continued our tour with the crowd. We came to the famous Purple Palace. One tourist inspector was sitting at a
corner in the back garden, he was middle-aged and looked very nice. I smiled at
him to start our conversation. He was happy and started to speak with me when he
learned I came from Taiwan. When I was ready to leave, I presented the greeting
card and VCD to him. He shook my hand and thanked me delightedly. 3. Clarifying the truth to the tourist guide While eating our first lunch in Beijing, I asked Xiao Wang about two major
events that had occurred in recent history on Tiananmen Square, the "June
4" Massacre and the "Self-Immolation." Xiao Wang said that
"self-immolation" on Tiananmen Square was true. I asked him, "Are
you afraid if I tell you that I am a Falun Gong practitioner from Taiwan? Xiao
Wang said that it didn't matter and he was not afraid. I took out two
truth-clarifying brochures and gave them to him. He looked around cautiously and
took a quick glimpse at the brochures. I told him about the fabrication of the
Tiananmen self-immolation, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in
Mainland China and the anti-torture exhibitions abroad. He put the
truth-clarifying brochures into his bag and said to me in a low voice, "Is
it the same thing that you distributed in Tiananmen Square? You must be careful.
There are many plainclothes police. Don't distribute it again and don't speak to
others." I didn't reply to him but was thinking that I should find a chance
to clarify the truth to him. One night we returned to the hotel early, Xiao Wang asked me if I had some
books for him to read. He had noticed that I always read the same book. I told
him the book was Zhuan Falun (1). He asked me again, "Do
you have any novels?" I took out all my
materials to show him including "Witness to History" and the
investigation by the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun
Gong about the Tiananmen self-immolation. Xiao Wang said, "I feel confused.
You didn't personally see these events, and I also didn't see them. I don't know
whose words are true. Ninety percent of people in Beijing have the same
questions. They don't know which is true. I thought Xiao Wang was a reasonable college graduate. He was unable to
accept the truth at the time being because the truth was overwhelming to him.
For the past 5 years, the spread of news fabrication from TV to newspaper made
the Chinese people unable to believe that the government was shamelessly
utilizing all media to deceive them. For some people in China, they became
clearminded upon hearing the truth, but were confused again a few days later
submerged in the environment corrupted with lies. That is why Teacher had us
clarify the truth in detail. I also noticed that perhaps being busy with their
livelihoods, many people could no longer stay at home as much or had time to
browse the Internet. This was an avenue for oversea practitioners to clarify the
truth to those who cannot be reached through telephone calls. Therefore, local
practitioners are needed to clarify the truth. There are many sentient beings in
China, and their hearts have become very complicated for being in such a
complicated environment. Given such tough situations, fellow practitioners in
Mainland China are really extraordinary. 4. Clarifying the truth to the diver One evening, I bought something in the supermarket. When I returned to the
tour bus, two drivers were there. Driver A was with our bus and driver B was
with another bus. They started to speak with me initially. I gradually directed
the topic from the recent increased appeals in Beijing to the "June 4"
Massacre. Then, I changed the topic to Falun Gong, and asked if they would like
to look at some pictures. They let me show them the pictures but asked me in
doubt, "Why did you bring these here? I
explained to them, "National news was
blockaded and you don't know the news abroad. I bring these materials for you.
Driver B said like a simpleton, "I really
didn't know about these things. I hastened to say, "I
think many are not aware of these things. This is because the Jiang regime is
preventing people from knowing the terrible things they have done. They were very nervous while looking at those pictures, and also frequently
looked around for any suspicious person nearby. I said to them, "Today,
it is your good fortune to see this. Driver B said, "I
will take this back to study." He put away the truth brochures and VCD that
I gave him. Driver A said, "Don't distribute this everywhere. Plainclothes
police are everywhere. Also, don't speak about these things to other
people." This was the second time that I had heard these words. Being
called, Driver B wrapped the truth materials with newspaper and put them inside
his bag and then went off. 5. Find chances to clarify the truth to other people On the third day, I was sitting in a rest area outside of the Great Wall. I
was not in a mood to enjoy the scenery. I had been thinking of how to distribute
my materials to the flocks of Chinese people passing by me. It seemed unsuitable
to distribute the materials to anybody passing by. Finally, I thought that it
would be better to present the truth materials while talking with people or
buying something. Then, I gave the truth materials to the peddlers while I made
a purchase. I gave the truth materials to waiters or waitresses while eating in
the restaurant. I gave the truth materials to parents while talking about their
lovely children. Nobody would refuse a blessing, and all of them accepted it
with thanks. There is an underground city in Beijing that was dug by 100,000 people to
make an underground air-raid shelter. The years have gone by and air-raid
shelters no longer serve that purpose. Part of this one is now a a marketplace
where tourists visit. When I was waiting for the others from our tourist group
at the entrance, two young people were whispering to each other at the door.
They started to speak with me first, they were brothers. After a while, I asked
them, "Do you know about Falun Gong? The elder brother said at once, "Falun
Gong is a ..." I looked into his big pure eyes, and knew that their pure
hearts were harmed by the evil's lies. I told them about Falun Dafa spreading to
over 60 countries, the Tiananmen self-immolation, and the lawsuit against Jiang
Zemin. At that time, I didn't consider whether they were plainclothes police.
When the tourist guide called me to leave, I quickly gave them brochures and a
VCD. One evening, the driver saw me giving materials to the waiter at the gate.
When all our tourist group got off, the driver said to me, "You doing it
like this is very dangerous. If somebody reports you, the public security will
trace and investigate you, and you may affect the others. There are many police
and plainclothes police around here." I thought that I still had many
materials to distribute. I said to the driver tactfully, "Sorry, I am used
to the freedom in Taiwan. I don't know the environment here; why are there so
many plainclothes police? I am unable to imagine it. Persecuting Falun Gong is a
big injustice. I hope many people know about it. The driver mumbled for some
while. I gave him one more VCD and hope that he takes the truth material to more
people and leave a good future for himself. 6. Clarifying the truth to the tourist group from Taiwan We had finished our tour to Beijing and were in the air returning to Taiwan.
I was thinking of distributing materials to my tourist group from Taiwan while
changing planes in Hong Kong. While waiting for the flight in Hong Kong, Mr. C
from the group said to me, "Mr. D felt unhappy about your distributing the
materials, and thought it would affect them. He is afraid he would be arrested
because of you, and is planning to lodge a grievance against you when back in
Taiwan. I thought I should further clarify the truth in case other members of
the group had misunderstood me. I was sending forth righteous thoughts and told
them that Falun Gong had helped many people to become healthy which they were
speaking about. In addition, I opened the truth-clarifying materials to show
them the hidden side of Beijing. Most of them were listening and looking at it
seriously. At this moment, Mr. D came over to ask me to take back these things.
I told him that this was legal in Hong Kong. He didn't care. He put away the
materials and was prepared to argue and abuse me verbally. I was unable to
continue to clarify the truth in that situation. I felt sorry. The people who
were not living in Mainland China were also harmed by the lies. They stopped
others from learning the truth because they were afraid that their own interests
would be damaged. If authorities under Jiang's regime arrest or detain an
innocent group of tourists, the international society would know its evil
nature. The Taiwanese would be further disgusted by it. After sharing experience with other practitioners, I found out my omissions.
As soon as we had arrived in the Hong Kong airport, I felt relaxed. I thought it
was safe enough here, and also hastened to go home. My heart was not pure while
sending forth righteous thoughts, thus, causing the loss. Master said, "
The cultivation paths for everyone are different. The truth-clarification activities are also different in various areas. In this great time, all Falun Dafa practitioners are doing things they should do. I hope everyone makes diligent progress and take steady steps.
(1) "Zhuan Falun" is the core comprehensive book about Falun Gong
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/10/4/85682.html
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