My Experience of Clarifying the Truth to Students
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) As an elementary school teacher, like many other practitioners who are teachers, I would like to share my experience
in clarifying the truth to students. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate. In "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People," Master said, "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." Because of my
truth-clarification efforts with my righteous thoughts and righteous actions,
my family has changed. In particular, my mother started to pick up the Dafa
books again. She had given up her practice because of fear after the widespread
persecution began. My father switched from misunderstanding and opposing Dafa
to reciting, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is
good." Now he wants to read the books of Falun Dafa. My older brother used to
refuse to learn Dafa. Now he has begun to read the books and do the Falun Gong
exercises. This has had a very positive effect on his once-poor health. To those who have a
predestined relationship, I am able to clarify the truth with wisdom and
persuade them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, afraid of
losing the stable job I have, I dared not clarify the truth to my students at my
workplace. I did not realize my problem until a fellow practitioner shared her
experience with me regarding the incident of her daughter's joining the Young
Pioneers (of the Communist Party). I realized that my fear was the result of my
human notions, and that clarifying the truth is the most righteous action of a
Dafa practitioner. I was determined to deny the arrangements of the old forces,
to overcome the fear of losing my job, and to be clearheaded and rational in
clarifying the truth to the students to help them erase the mark of the CCP . I understood that my students all have a predestined
relationship and deserve to be saved. I must not miss the opportunity to save
them. As a Chinese language teacher and also the homeroom teacher,
I have a lot of opportunities to clarify the truth. Always watching my speech
and conduct, I try to be a good
role model for the children. Before clarifying the truth, I always send forth
righteous thoughts and eliminate the dark minions and rotten demons in other
dimensions. Then I tell the students, "Don't believe the CCP's propaganda on TV. Falun Gong teaches people to be good
people and it teaches Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." I asked the
students not to blindly slander Falun Gong, but to protect the
truth-clarification brochures. "The red
scarf (symbolizing their loyalty to the CCP) is stained with the blood of the CCP's killings. We must erase
the mark of the CCP," I said. The children are all innocent. When I asked if
anybody wanted to quit the Young
Pioneers, they all raised their hands. Some of them took off their red scarves right
away. I found out that my earlier fears actually came from the arrangements of
the old forces, which made me afraid in order to stop me from saving sentient
beings. In terms of handling the class, I try to apply Master's
teachings at the lowest level, namely, to teach the students how to become a
good person. Since oftentimes there are small conflicts between students, I
take the opportunity to teach them the theory of "Gain and Loss." "Beating up and
bullying other people will cause you to lose the precious white matter in one's
body and give it to the other person," I told them. When they were careless and
got hurt, I told them, "A good or bad outcome comes from one thought." Also I
taught them not to take lives of any being, including plants. Trying my best to adapt to the status of everyday people, I tried to do my job well
without fighting for the top spot or having thoughts of fame and gain. The grades
of my class are always the highest among the same grade. I know this comes from
the power of Dafa, as the teachings of Dafa are far more effective than using
physical ways to motivate the students. In addition, I found that when I was
not diligently advancing in my cultivation, students tended not to listen to
me. Only after I corrected myself, could I teach the students well. As Master
taught us, "You don't even have to think, and
since this field is a purely kind and compassionate one--it's a field of
righteous thoughts--people aren't apt to think about bad things or do bad
things. It will have this kind of effect." "The other day I said that 'Buddha's
light shines everywhere, propriety and righteousness harmonize everything.' It
means that the energy emitted from our bodies can rectify all wrong states."
(Zhuan Falun) Another understanding of mine is that since I was arranged
to be a teacher, my mission is to save the students. My next step will be to
use my wisdom to clarify the truth to the principal, my colleagues, and more
children, and to save them. At the final stage of the Fa-rectification, time flies as
the process of Fa-rectification progresses rapidly. Through constantly reading
the books, Master's teachings will always enlighten us. Although I am not able
to see things in other dimensions, I have been personally experiencing that
Dafa is broad and profound. As we clarify the truth more and more, we will gain
more and more wisdom. I sincerely hope that every practitioner can take the
opportunity to walk the final steps and fulfill our promises. Due to my limited level of cultivation, I am just sharing my
shallow understanding of the Fa. Again, please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/10/31/113435.html
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