(Clearwisdom.net) I recently met a new co-worker. After he learned that I practice Falun Gong, he told me that he came from the countryside, and all his family members including his parents, four brothers and their wives all practice Falun Gong. He and his wife are the only two in his family who do not practice. Many of his relatives also practice, and more than half of the farmers in his village practice.
Through our conversation, I got to see a perception of Falun Gong from an ordinary person's standpoint. He had read Dafa books and practiced the exercises for ten days. But later he gave up practicing because of the negative behavior of some practitioners. Yet he recognizes the benefits that Falun Gong has brought to his family. His mother used to be a heavy smoker and was not very healthy. After practicing Falun Gong, she became very healthy and looks like she is in her fifties when she is actually in her seventies. His two sisters-in-law used to be very selfish, but now they care about and look out for others. His family became so harmonious that even the neighborhood recognized the change, and he was also very happy about it. His eldest brother was arrested a year ago for distributing truth clarifying materials. Because his brother was very firm in the practice, he did not suffer severe persecution. Instead, he clarified the truth to everyone in the prison. The prison police even updated his family about his brother's situation. The police also said that they knew Falun Gong is good, but they could not change the instructions given to them from higher authorities. My co-worker recognized the power of Dafa through his family members.
He pays close attention to Falun Gong. He's even read Master's every single new article, and all the truth clarification materials he's come across. When other co-workers have made negative comments about Dafa, he has clarified the facts to them. For example, he would explain what really happened on "April 25", 1999. Falun Gong practitioners were not besieging Zhongnanhai, but trying to appeal to the State Council Appeals Office, to tell the government that they were being treated unfairly.
This co-worker often reminds his family members, "You still have lots of attachments, that even I, a non-practitioner, can see. You should not stop at your current level, though I have seen you make lots of progress. I know the requirements of Dafa are very strict, and I hope you all do well."
When explaining why he gave up practicing, my co-worker said he did not read Zhuan Falun a lot, and could not forget the wrong path his family members experienced early on in their practice. He said he understood the truth in Zhuan Falun, and he kept all of Master's articles.
I took the opportunity to tell him that he has a great base for cultivation, as he could clearly see the truth even when his practicing family members enlightened along a wrong path. He agrees with everything Master said and with what Dafa practitioners have told him. I remind him to not miss the precious opportunity to come back to Dafa.
He often reminds his family members to pay attention to security issues when clarifying the truth, and also reminds them about how they must perform their responsibilities well in ordinary life, including paying attention to family responsibilities. He once had to talk to a practitioner's spouse to gain the spouse's support and to help this practitioner pass a certain xinxing test.
A non-practitioner has done so much for Dafa. This made me realize the power of Dafa, the compassion of Master and the importance of doing well as a practitioner. We practitioners, including me and this co-worker's family members, should all do even better than him, to truly be worthy of Master's benevolent salvation.
