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Recalling the First Time I Stepped Forward On My Own By a Dafa practitioner from Fengcheng, Liaoning Province (Clearwisdom.net) I am 62 years old now. On February 17, 1999, I came across
Falun Dafa and started my cultivation joyfully. I can still clearly remember
the first time I distributed some materials containing the true facts about
Falun Dafa on my own. At around 8:30 p.m. on the night of July 2, 2003 of the Chinese lunar
calendar, I went by myself to a mountainous area to distribute some Falun Gong
materials. The moon was high in the sky, and I walked for over a mile before I
could see a few houses scattered around. On my way, there was a narrow valley
entrance, where a landlord had been beaten to death a few dozen years ago.
Everyone from our village was scared when they passed by it, and no one lives
around that area. I am a pretty timid person, but I thought about those
practitioners who went to Tiananmen Square to peacefully appeal for Falun Dafa:
they are not even afraid of death, so what can I still be afraid of? I began to
send forth righteous thoughts, and my mind immediately calmed down. At that time it was the rainy season, so the dirt road was pretty muddy. I
struggled along, while distributing Falun Gong materials. I finally reached the
valley, where there were about twenty houses. I distributed all of the
materials that I had on me, and I also posted all the truth-clarifying labels I
had. In the valley, every house has dogs, yet none of the dogs barked when I
approached the houses. When I almost reached the other end of the small valley,
I saw a house with some lights on from far away. When I reached the house, the
light suddenly turned off for a while. I took the opportunity to post my last
labels on the electric post nearby. After I finished, the light in the house
was turned back on. At around eleven at night, I safely returned home. I think
that only practitioners who distribute leaflets know how I felt at that time. On the next day, someone from the valley where I had been came to see me (I
am a doctor). The patient said, "Last night, every single house in the valley I
live in received Falun Gong leaflets. Two people must have distributed the
leaflets on a motorcycle during the night..." I laughed to myself, and I told
the patient to read the materials carefully. Although it's only a small incident, to me, this was the first step forward
that I took on my own. I came to understand through this experience that as
long as we have righteous thoughts and are without fear, Teacher is always
standing by us and protecting us. Posting date: 7/13/2004
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