My Personal Experiences During the Fa-Rectification Period
By a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) I started to learn Falun Dafa before July 20, 1999 when
the persecution began. With firm faith in Teacher and Falun Dafa, I have passed
through nearly six years of the brutal reign of terror. After much reflection, I
would like to write down my personal cultivation experiences in the Fa-rectification
period over the past several years, to share with fellow practitioners. The Choice of My Life Since childhood, I have been full of questions about human life, wondering
where human life originates and where it goes. I looked for the answer in books
and on my life's path. My colleagues who practiced Falun Gong read and chatted
about the book, Zhuan Falun at lunchtime every day. After I
listened for a long time, I could tell that this book was unusual. A fellow
practitioner recommended his Falun Gong practice site to me. I did not have the
book, so I borrowed one and attended group study every day. I felt that this
book was truly very profound, and it explained many principles of being an
upright person. Since then, my philosophy and human concepts have been changed
and my life was altered. It was an important choice in my life. Through repeatedly reading the book and learning the five sets of exercises,
after more than two months, I was able to go from sitting in the half-lotus
position to sitting in the full lotus position with both legs crossed in the
tranquil meditation. At one point, I developed symptoms of "illness
karma," and my fever nearly reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit. I did not
undergo acupuncture or take medicine, but the fever left and I became normal in
about four days. I felt my body was much more relaxed, and so I passed the first
test of eliminating karma. Keeping the Faith Falun Dafa has changed my path in life. My surrounding environment and family
life all became harmonious. I not only obtained a healthy body, but also
improved the manner in which I dealt with others. I told my relatives and
friends about my personal experience and benefits. My mother and younger sister
also joined me in practicing Falun Dafa. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, in order to ask for justice for
Falun Gong, many practitioners went to the relevant city and provincial
departments to conduct peaceful appeals, but it was no use; we found that we had
no place to speak out. The fully armed police drove away the peaceful
practitioners, beat some of them and arrested others. Suddenly, dark clouds
arose, and the situation became extremely terrible. We were arrested and taken
by car to the local sports arena. We practitioners were not frightened by the
aggressive arrogance of the police and tried to talk reasonably to them and
recited Lunyu. Later, the police took us to a school in the Ling
District. Practitioners practiced the exercises together in front of the police
without a bit of fear. All day until nightfall, police officers from each
district registered and took us back to our former work units and neighborhood
centers. On the second day, the work units began to confiscate our Falun Gong
books, and thus we could no longer study the books and practicing the exercises
together. I was blacklisted at my workplace and became an object of surveillance and
was looked upon as a key participant in our peaceful appeal. The cadres at my
workplace often spoke with me, and the area police frequently came to my home
and harassed me. People around me also tried to convince me, "Are you still
practicing? Are you against the government?" They would advise, "The
forearm can't overcome the thigh," or "Don't use an egg to bump the
stone," [these are well-known Chinese expressions] and "In the
end, you will suffer losses, even implicate your family, affect your child's
going to school," and so on. I told them, "The television and
newspapers are all propaganda tools in the service of the government. They
fabricate lies and frame cases against Falun Gong, call white black, and confuse
people about the reality what they see and hear. If Falun Gong were not good,
would so many people learn it? The law should respect human rights. Freedom of
belief is a citizen's right. The real reason for the persecution is that the
government fears that Falun Gong practitioners are outnumbering Communist Party
members, and so they are afraid of losing their personal power. Falun Dafa is
welcomed in every country around the world and has received much recognition in
China. Don't those facts explain the problem?" I did not give up Falun Dafa,
but persisted in studying the book and practicing the exercises, and never
stopped. I can give up everything else in the world, but not Dafa. As long as I
don't lose my faith, I am able to get through the toughest moments in life. Clarifying the Truth, Saving Sentient Beings While I was in the confusion brought about by the persecution, I obtained
Teacher's new articles, which directed me on my cultivation path. I deeply felt
Teacher's great mercy and Dafa practitioners' important responsibilities. We
have entered cultivation in the Fa-rectification period. We not only need to
complete our personal cultivation but also we need to clarify the
truth and save sentient beings. Because we are Dafa disciples in the Fa-rectification
period, we shoulder great historical missions. We must wash away the injustice
suffered by Dafa and let people who are deceived by the lies understand the
truth. Only by experiencing the ordeals of the persecution did I realize that
the group study and practice in the old days were so precious. I contacted
fellow practitioners from former days. Although we no longer have the big
practice site, we have resumed our small study group. There are many ways to clarify the truth, such as distributing
truth-clarification flyers and VCD's, hanging small banners, and posting
notices. Big streets and small lanes all can exhibit practitioners' footprints
in validating the Fa, letting poisoned people know the true
situation and alarming the evildoers. The truth-clarification materials are
placed everywhere: in people's mailboxes, in building corridors, and in
bicycle baskets. While handing out materials, I got rid of my fear. I regularly
clarified the truth in public areas including departmental buildings, hospitals
and schools. I delivered truth-clarification materials to people with
predestined relationships. After a long period of tempering myself, I have
become braver. Mighty Virtue Dafa never leaves the body, (Hong Yin, subject to further improvement) At work, I clarify the truth to people around me. By speaking to them face to
face, I have cleared away the evil factors around them and caused some people to
change their attitudes towards Dafa and to recognize the evil essence of Jiang
Zemin's regime. The awakened people are silently supporting us in their hearts. Cooperate With Each Other, Advance as One Entity A great way has no form but exists as a whole entity. Dafa practitioners in
the Fa-rectification period need to cooperate together even more, so that we can
do the three things well, form a powerful energy field, and
accomplish the objective of the main body. The old forces' interferences have created gaps among practitioners. Some
practitioners study the Fa and practice the exercises at home and are unable to
step forward to validate Dafa. They thus remain in the state of individual
cultivation, as things were prior to 1999. Practitioners who lose contact with
each other improve very slowly and find it difficult to follow the process of Fa-rectification. It is extremely important to maintain the cultivation environment that
Teacher left for Dafa practitioners: group study, sharing together, and frequent
communication. Although we may have different understandings and points of view
when we discuss things, it is all normal and provides good opportunities for us
to improve our xinxing. But we can achieve mutual understandings.
Because some elderly practitioners are illiterate, they have difficulties in
learning the Fa. They can read through Zhuan Falun, but it is a great
effort for them to read Teacher's new articles and lectures outside of China. I
often read Teacher's new articles with the elderly practitioners, and read
articles from Minghui Weekly [a selection of articles from the Clearwisdom
website] to them. I treat fellow practitioner's affairs as my own affairs,
so differences in age and social situations can be removed. I have kept in contact with fellow practitioners for several years. I have
delivered Teacher's articles, weekly news and some truth-clarification materials
them. More than five years of repeated difficulties have enabled me to mature.
Now I am able to look inward, strive forward with other practitioners,
assimilate to Dafa, and continuously advance the Fa. I do not use human notions
when looking at issues, and do not leave any excuse for the evil to distance me
from the whole body. I work hard to help my fellow practitioners keep up and not
fall behind. Negate the Old Forces, Eliminate the Communist Evil Spirit From primary school to high school, I experienced the "Cultural
Revolution" and grew up under the education of the "Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) culture." The absolute ideological education of atheism was
instilled into every aspect of our lives and became part of each of our
perspectives. The Party culture is an evil lie with beautiful clothes. No matter
how beautiful and elevated it sounds, no matter how pleasant its songs of
praise, they are all feigned. It causes me great anguish to know that all those
years I was deceived by the sweet words of the Communist evil spirit. Now I
completely negate the old forces, eradicate the Communist evil spirit, purify
myself, quit all organizations with any relation to the CCP, sweep away its
baneful influence, make a clear distinction, and recall my true self that has
been lost in a maze. The publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party has
made quite a stir in the world. Practitioners and awakened people throughout the
world have been moved to quit the CCP. This phenomenon is a warning to people,
and to practitioners; it is a very serious matter. Teacher told us in "Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World," "Dafa disciples do not want to leave behind any blemishes; their
making a renunciation is not 'getting political,' and even less is it going
through a formality. Rather, it is an attachment that needs to be removed in
cultivation. No one can reach Consummation if they remain marked by, or if
they acknowledge, the most evil thing in the entire cosmos. In addition, only
when Dafa disciples are able to clearly recognize it for what it is, purge it
from their minds and no longer let it interfere with their thinking, can they
have stronger righteous thoughts and do well what Dafa disciples should do; it
is a step in cultivation that you have to take." This displays practitioners' righteous faith towards Dafa and Teacher. The above is only my personal enlightenment at a very limited level. Please
kindly correct any mistakes.
Heart contains Zhen-Shan-Ren;
A great Arhat in the world,
Spirits and ghosts fear the most.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/4/7/99105.html
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