|
Treasure This Special Predestined Relationship
Written by a Dafa practitioner from Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province
(Clearwisdom.net) I have been imprisoned and subjected to brainwashing in
forced labor camps many times. Having experienced repeated difficulties these
last several years, I really want to create a good environment together with my
fellow practitioners for studying the Fa together so that no fellow
practitioners will be left behind. We should treasure this special predestined
relationship. The following are small stories of how I helped several fellow
practitioners to keep studying the Fa, to firmly keep righteous thoughts and to
go forward in clarifying the truth. A fellow practitioner who sells vegetables did not step forward after July
20, 1999. One day in 2000, I met her and she was moved after I told her the
experience my daughter and I had when we went to Beijing to validate Dafa. Soon,
she broke through all kinds of resistance from her family and plunged into the
mighty current of validating Dafa. I am really happy for her. She was
illiterate, so it was very difficult for her to study the Fa. At home, she could
only listen to tapes of the lectures. One time, her husband smashed the tape
player and snatched the tapes and did not let her study, so she came to my home
to study the Fa. I went to her home to clarify the truth to her husband and her
son. All of them understood. Now, this practitioner studies the Fa at home and
they do not interfere with her. When I invited this practitioner to come to
group Fa study, her family members supported her very much. There is another fellow practitioner who was my neighbor before. After July
20, 1999, she was frightened and did not dare to practice. She experienced all
kinds of interference, and her health became worse and worse. During the time
when I was imprisoned, I always kept thinking about her. After I was released, I
learned that she had already moved away. I then inquired as to where she lived.
When I was anxiously looking for her, someone told me her address and told me
that she had possibly died. I quickly went to her home and pressed the doorbell.
Quite a while after I pressed the doorbell, a weak voice cried out, "Who is
it?" I was happy to tell her that it was me visiting her. At last, the
security gate was opened. I quickly went upstairs. I saw that she was thin and
placed her hand on the wall, and she couldn't stand straight up. Obviously she
made a big effort just to open the door. I saw that she was still alive, so I
was very pleasantly surprised in my heart. It was Master who gave me such an
opportunity to help her return to Fa-rectification cultivation again. I asked
her about her recent situation. She told me that she had gotten very sick. I
helped her to the bed. I told her the situation of the advancement of Fa-rectification,
and how fellow practitioners resisted the persecution and validated Dafa. I
suggested that she practice again. She said, "My daughter took the books
away. Let me think about whether I will practice or not." The next day, I brought fruit, Master's new articles, and truth-clarification
material for her. She was very happy. Every several days, I went to her place.
Finally, she decided to practice again. I knew that her attachment to fear was
very serious, so I took her with me to deliver truth-clarification materials and
we talked to people face to face. When I distributed materials, I let her see
how to do it. When I clarified the truth to people, I let her listen to how I
talked to people. When she met people she knew, they asked her whether she was
still practicing Falun Gong, and she dared not say yes. I then said to her,
"You just tell people boldly, 'It is Dafa and Master who has given me a new
life!' This is validating Dafa." Later, she could distribute a few materials herself. Sometimes, she did more.
Her husband also helped her. Later I went out of town to work, so I suggested
she go to a nearby group Fa study site. During this period, I came back several
times to visit her, and I found she was more and more diligent. I also felt
relieved. I always remembered Master's teaching, "The next person's things
are your things, and your things are his things." ("Teaching the Fa at
the Washington, DC Fa Conference 2002") Dafa practitioners are one body. As
long as it is good for other people's cultivation, it is good for our larger
body, and we should do it on our own initiative. I frequently went to a disabled practitioner's home. She is not literate and
only listens to the Fa and practices a little. Even though she was disabled, she
did a lot of truth-clarification work. I distributed materials with her once and
helped her to tidy up her room and so on. I also told her the main points of
sending forth righteous thoughts and asked her to study with the group and to
follow the progress of Master's Fa-rectification. Every time when I read
Master's scriptures to her, she cried. April 25, 2005 |