By a practitioner from China

(Clearwisdom.net) In the past several years, under the guidance of Master, Dafa has continuously endowed me with wisdom. Last year, I saw an art exhibition by overseas practitioners on the Internet. I was deeply touched by their work in which they used their special talent to praise Master and Dafa. I also want to create a work to praise Master and Dafa. My work will be named "Master's Infinite Grace."

When NTDTV just started broadcasting to China, a fellow practitioner asked me to install and debug a receiving system. After I got the data from the satellite, I asked Master to help me. Then I made measurements according to the specifications. Although I had confidence, for I had read the installation instructions several times, the actual operation was a different matter. I worked for a whole day without any success. The fellow practitioner's husband began to doubt whether we could really receive the signals.

In the afternoon the next day, I continued to adjust the devices. Like the day before, the TV screen showed no images till the evening. Right before sunset, I put my hands on the satellite dish and looked at the Southwest sky where the satellite was located and appealed silently, "Master, your disciple is asking for your help!"

A few seconds later, I heard the fellow practitioner's husband surprising cry, "Yes! Here comes the image. It must be NTDTV!"

I cried.

In January 2000, I was arrested at home and sent to a detention center. Intense police interrogation couldn't change my belief. Many times, they tried to force me to give up Falun Gong, but they failed miserably every time. Once a frustrated policeman yelled, "You must promise not to practice any more; otherwise you will be sent to a forced labor camp and won't be able to see your wife and kids anymore." Calmly I told him, "The only thing I can promise is that no matter where I am, I will be a dignified and righteous Dafa disciple!" After that exchange, the environment around me changed. Before long, I was released.

Since then, I have not returned home again. Soon, I got in touch with fellow practitioners and started to work on delivering truth-clarifying materials. Every day my schedule was packed. For a long time, I could read Dafa books only on the roadside, or by a riverbank, because I had to wait for the materials at a location near the supply site. I had to adjust my study time. I never skipped Fa study.

For the needs of Dafa work, the material supply sites needed some personnel adjustment. Fellow practitioners asked me if I could be responsible for copier/scanner/printer machine maintenance. I said, "Yes." It is Dafa's requirement. I also had hoped to do something like this.

Material supply sites are in secret locations. For safety, we minimized the access to the sites. I felt lonely there, but I knew that I must do a good job. Gradually, I got used to it. The machines broke down frequently, and I was quite tired trying to fix the problems.

For the safety of the material sites, we kept the operation secret from the neighbors. Every time we moved a machine that was out for service, we had to go to extra lengths to ensure safety. Sometimes I clearly knew that the repair shop was fleecing us, but I couldn't do anything, because I knew nothing about the machine. I knew that every penny was hard-earned, but because of my ignorance, we had to waste money and time on the repairs. This caused a lot of interference. At that time, our material supply sites were scarce.

Later, when a machine broke down, I tried to repair it by myself. When I had to send it to the shop, I kept asking questions so I could learn. Once, I purchased a used Ricoh 2100 machine. Since I had no experience, I bought it based on its low price. Consequently, the machine had problems almost every day. Fellow practitioners on the site had a hard time with it. Seeing the situation, I felt very bad. Silently, I asked Master for help.

To solve the problem, I started the impossible task of servicing the machine. One day passed, two days passed. Slowly, I took the machine apart. Soon, the room was full of components. I focused my attention on the machine. No matter how busy I was, I made sure to spend enough time studying the Fa. Deep into the night when everyone was asleep, I would finish my reading of Dafa books then resume my repair work. On the third day, I started to re-assemble the machine. I silently asked Master for help while doing the assembly. After a half day, I completed the work. After plugging it in, everything was normal.

From then on, Master endowed me with new wisdom. In just one night, I fixed all the problems on the machine. In a very short time, I became an expert on copier/scanner/printer machines and went on fixing machines of all brands. Gradually I became focused on this new task: machine maintenance. One after another, machine troubles were being fixed and material sites came back into operation. I knew that it was Master's boundless benevolence that made this possible.

Later, many out of town material sites also asked me for help. To save time, I always traveled by motorcycle. Sometimes, the round trip was as far as 300 km. Once I went to a mountain site 60 km away. When I got the phone call, it was almost dark. In order to help the material site resume work as soon as possible, I left immediately. Despite the severe winter weather, I arrived at the site and fixed the machine in the same night. I left the site at 5:00 a.m. the next morning to take care our local material sites. On the way back, I encountered a snowstorm; the temperature was minus 10⁰ C to minus 20⁰ C and the strong wind made it feel much colder. The freezing weather made my arms and legs numb. I called on to Master for help and recited Master's poem, "A Great Enlightened Being does not fear hardship/Having forged an adamantine will" ("Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions") Soon, a flow of warm energy filled my whole body. I couldn't hold back my tears. I was riding at 50 km per hour on a bumpy and slippery mountain road. At one place with a thick snow accumulation, I lost control of my motorcycle and was thrown to the ground. Right before I fell to the ground, I called out to Master for help. Miraculously, neither my motorcycle nor I suffered any damage.

In the process of maintaining copy machines, I constantly passed my knowledge to fellow practitioners. My skills also became better and better. Sometimes, even professional repair technicians from dealers called me for trouble-shooting tips. Dafa has continuously endowed me with wisdom. I am validating the Fa and "clarifying the facts" in my own way.

Because more and more fellow practitioners left home and went into hiding, the practitioners working at the material sites were changing constantly. I stopped doing the printing work. In addition to maintenance, I began a new work purchasing supplies and transporting truth-clarifying materials. In order to reduce traffic into the material sites, I stayed in the warehouse as much as I could. I even slept in the warehouse. When the weather was warm, I would sleep on cardboard. To save time and trouble, I drank tap water.

During my work, I often came across people waiting for salvation. When I was first doing purchasing, I normally paid money and left right away for safety reasons. Once I went to buy a copier/scanner/printer machine. After comparing several quotations, I chose a dealer whose price was reasonable. After we said hello to each other, we naturally came to the topic of Falun Gong. When I calmly told him the truth about Dafa, he was very surprised. He had no idea about the truth. Since then, he has provided a lot of help to us. [Editors note: For the sake of safety, when purchasing equipment for the materials sites, it is inappropriate to directly clarify the truth about Dafa. Of course, there are some exceptional cases. But we must pay attention to safety. Please don't blindly follow this practitioner's example.]

Because I became more and more familiar with the dealer, I became somewhat careless and seldom opened the package to check the contents. Once when I was buying a machine I didn't bother to verify the goods. I paid the money and took the box back. At the material site when I opened the box, I was stunned: a roller worth 7,000 yuan was missing. I felt so ashamed that I couldn't think straight for the whole night.

The next day, I realized that I was too attached to myself. Feeling sorry couldn't help anything, I had to calm down. I kept asking Master for help. After reading the Fa in the morning, I calmed down and knew what to do. On the third day, I went to the dealer. I told him how wonderful Dafa is, how great our Master is. I explained to him what had happened to the goods and how difficult it is for us to get the money. I could tell that he listened. I put no attachment on the result. I asked Master for help to let him and his employees understand the truth. He told me that he would try his best and would give me an answer the next day.

During the lunch hour the next day, I got a call from the dealer telling me to pick up the roller in a couple of days. I knew that Master had helped me again. Later the dealer told me that the manufacturer asked him if we opened the package to check it at the store. He said no. The manufacturer then asked him how he could prove that the buyer was not lying in order to get extra parts. The dealer said, "I guarantee it with my reputation. If there is only one person in the world who would tell the truth, it would be him." After the dealer told me this, I cried. I had no words to praise Master's boundless benevolence.

No matter what kind of Dafa work I do, validating Dafa and saving people are always my first priority. Through our truth clarification, people get to know Dafa and Dafa practitioners. Their goodness also shows. Every time we buy the supplies, the shop owner knows that Dafa practitioners are frugal and that we don't want to eat lunch in a restaurant. He buys some bread and simple dishes and insists that I accept them. He has always asked me what he can do for us. Deeply moved, I tell him that I hope he can tell the truth about Falun Gong to his relatives, friends and other people. Several times when he saw how busy I was, he offered me his car to transport supplies to save time and energy. I always said "No, thanks." After our long-term business dealings, he knows more about Dafa and Dafa disciples.

Once, a material site was in urgent need of supplies, but they were short of money. I went to the dealer and told him that our person in charge of money was not in but we needed 20,000 yuan. I asked for his help. He immediately asked his accountant to get 20,000 yuan from the bank. He then asked me if it was enough. I told him that I would return his money as soon as possible. He said that he had complete trust in Dafa practitioners. Through practitioners' daily activities, people are learning about the wonder of Dafa and the greatness of our Master.

In addition to repairing copy machines, I was also responsible for transporting Dafa materials. Once when a fellow practitioner and I were driving a car to transport materials to another site, we noticed a black police car following us. When I made a U turn, the black car did the same and closely followed us. The traffic on the street was busy. I drove fast; they followed close behind. Whenever we were about to escape, the road became jammed with vehicles. I felt the evil field was coming toward us. The other practitioner then called fellow practitioners. All informed practitioners stopped their work and started to send forth righteous thoughts to support us.

I drove into a village; the car also followed. Since I was not familiar with the area, I drove into a dead end street. I tightly held on to the steering wheel, becoming anxious. I told myself that I must not panic. I rely on Master for everything and don't accept the old forces' arrangements. The two of us encouraged each other while sending forth righteous thoughts, continuously asking Master for help. I backed out and changed to another road. The police found us again and approached us. Suddenly, the black police car got stuck in the mud and we drove away safely. The 20 minute period felt so long. Later, whenever I recalled this incident, I couldn't hold back my tears. My gratitude to Master is beyond expression.

As Fa-rectification progressed, breaking through the Internet blockade became an important factor in ensuring that material sites sprung up everywhere. Many practitioners had difficulty learning how to use the computer. For a long time, I had been hoping to learn the computer. In fact I knew quite a few practitioners who were good at computers, but every time I brought up the subject, there was no follow up. I refused to give up. I silently looked at myself and asked, "Am I validating the Fa or proving myself? This is for saving people, not just to learn some human skills. I must purify my heart." I asked Master to give me a chance. Once I learned, I would teach many other practitioners to break through the barrier.

A few days later, I went to another place to repair a copy machine. It was rainy. For my own safety, fellow practitioners insisted that I stay for a couple of days. I agreed and stayed at this material site that had a computer. A few days later, a fellow practitioner taught me in two hours how to use the computer. It was the first time I learned the computer. I had no idea about CPU, hard drive, memory, C drive and D drive. I also couldn't tell the difference between "My Computer" and "My Documents" either.

After the fellow practitioner left, I tried to connect to the Internet step by step following my notes. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get on the Internet. I became impatient and disappointed. I found that my attachment to reputation was so strong. I was not calm in difficult situations and forgot to look for loopholes inside myself. This was not good. I decided to sit down and study the Fa. Gradually I became calm again. The next day, I called the fellow practitioner and told him the problem. A few days later, he came and spent one hour with me. I didn't keep him longer, because he was too busy.

He solved the problem for me. But what about the future? Can I always rely on others when having problems? Why couldn't I learn about computers and help more practitioners? Haven't I solved all the problems with copiers? In difficult situation, why didn't I ask Master for help right away? I strengthened my righteous thoughts. I knew I could do it. Master endowed his disciples with wisdom that can do everything. Thus, I started to take the initiative to study computers. In the daytime, I completed other Dafa work as before. In the evening after I studied the Fa, I concentrated on the computer. I often studied until 3 or 4 a.m., sometimes even until sunrise. I knew no matter how busy I was, I mustn't compromise my Fa study. In order to assure I had enough time to study the Fa, I had to squeeze time from sleep to study the computer.

Later, I met a practitioner from out of town who was a computer expert. He gave me a lot of help. My skills started to improve rapidly. In less than one month, I could install computers and some software; I could also deal with simple problems. Every time I went shopping for supplies, I would visit computer shops to learn how to solve my latest problems.

Since I studied hard, in three months, I became quite familiar with computer installation and operation. I began to teach other practitioners on computers and troubleshooting some computer problems. Learning computers is different form learning copiers. Broader knowledge is required. I knew it was not easy. I didn't want fellow practitioners to repeat my mistakes so I shared with fellow practitioners everything I knew. Gradually, I met many more practitioners from out of town, and I went to more places to teach computer usage. Master arranged many opportunities for me. As long as there is a need for the Fa rectification, I will not hesitate to help more practitioners.

As a result of my teaching efforts, many practitioners learned how to operate computers independently. When reading articles on the Minghui website, I often felt so moved that I cried. These articles are saving more people. I am proud to be our great Master's disciple. I clearly know that my skills are not mine alone. Master and Dafa gave them to me. Without Master and the Fa, I could accomplish nothing.

Master's grace is beyond expression. I can only do better in my cultivation. I shared my experience with many fellow practitioners. I have tried my best to teach fellow practitioners all that I have learned in cultivation and validating the Fa and to learn from them. I actively make an effort to create new environments. As long as we have the pure thought of saving people, Master will endow us with everything.

Posting date: 5/3/2005
Original article date: 5/2/2005
Category: Cultivation in Persecution
Translated on 4/5/2005
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/4/1/98559.html

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