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Only by Studying the Fa Well Can We Do Better in Clarifying the Truth
By a Chinese Dafa Practitioner (Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. After July 20,
1999, I was locked up in police stations and detention centers several times for
going to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa and for distributing
truth-clarifying materials. I was sentenced to two years of forced labor in
2001. Later I managed to come out of the labor camp with righteous thoughts and
rejoined the Fa-rectification activities. I had only one thought at the time, "I will do anything as long as it is good
for Dafa." I followed Master's teachings to do the three things well. In the
past two years, I have become more clear-headed, rational and mature; I felt
that I had improved rapidly in the process of clarifying the truth, and had
become more and more righteous on my cultivation path. The following are some of
my personal experiences to share with fellow practitioners. In "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference, 2002" Master told
us, "This is why each Dafa disciple needs to realize the importance of
clarifying the truth. This, more than anything, is what you should do with
all your effort, and it's the most magnificent. The salvation of sentient
beings and the Consummation of cosmic bodies that correspond to you
are all part of this. Every single Dafa disciple needs to do this. Don't
miss a single opportunity." When I first came out of the labor camp, I still had some fear, so I only
clarified the truth to friends, relatives, coworkers, former classmates and
people that I knew well, and the number of people to whom I clarified the truth
was rather limited. At the beginning of 2002, I decided to go out in society and
clarify the facts to people face to face. I tried not to miss any opportunity to
clarify the truth. Here I have several stories to share. Whenever it came to a so-called "sensitive date," I would be sent to a
brainwashing class. At the brainwashing class, I continued to study the Fa and
send forth righteous thoughts. Every morning I got up at 3 am to do the
exercises. I took every opportunity to clarify the truth to anyone who came in
contact with me. Within a week I clarified the truth to more than 20 people, and
the effect was very good. Some staff members of the class even asked me for Dafa
books to read. One of them told me, "It seems to me that all the stories
(slandering Dafa) were made up by Jiang's group. I will never try to transform
any Falun Gong practitioners any more; in fact no one can transform them." Once, a fellow practitioner and I shared a taxi. We started telling the taxi
driver the truth about Dafa as soon as we got into the car. The driver was very
happy to listen to us, and he refused to charge us for the ride. He said, "It
must be very hard for you to do this. Moreover, you have already given me a VCD." One day, I went to the local police station. There were about a dozen people
in the office. I immediately started looking for opportunities to clarify the
truth to them. I saw a young man reading a newspaper, so I looked at the
newspaper over his shoulder and said to him that these days a lot of reports in
the newspaper were untrue. The young man agreed, and I went on to say, "Reports
slandering Falun Gong are not true either." This gave me a starting point to
clarify the truth; at least half of the people in the room were happy to listen
to me. A police officer pretended to stop me, "Stop, they will not believe what
you say." I said, "You have listened to what I said as well, and it will bring
you benefits." He did not say anything any more. Everyone listened to me, and a
young man even said he would tell others what he learned. Whenever I encountered difficulties and interruptions, I would remind myself
what Master said in Zhuan Falun, "Wandering about is pretty hard--he goes from place to place, begging for
food and running into all kinds of people who laugh at him, and insult him,
or take advantage of him. He runs into all kinds of things." Whenever I lost confidence, I would remember Master's "Teaching the Fa at the
2003 Washington D.C. Fa Conference," "While they're clarifying the facts some students often run into people
who don't want to listen, don't accept things, or are even antagonistic. You
shouldn't let one person's opposition be a mental setback for you or make
you lose the courage to save sentient beings. ... You'll run into this kind
of person when you clarify the facts. You should be clear and rational:
we're saving those who can be saved. But as Dafa disciples, you cultivate
kindness, so you should be compassionate." From Master's Fa, I found courage and confidence again. There is a lot more that I experienced while clarifying the facts. I deeply
appreciate that our righteous thoughts and righteous deeds all come from the Fa,
and only by studying the Fa well can we do better in clarifying the truth. In
the process of clarifying the truth, I also realized a lot of shortcomings that
I needed to improve. I will continue to study the Fa well and improve myself in
order to do well the three things all Dafa disciples should do. |