Clarifying the Truth to Radio Stations in Taichung, Taiwan

By a Falun Gong practitioner in Taiwan

(Clearwisdom.net) Inspired by fellow Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners clarifying the truth to radio stations in their areas, I became motivated to clarify the truth to the radio stations in Taichung, the largest city in central Taiwan. I wanted to find at least one partner to help me, but I couldn't think of anyone who might have the time to do it. I thought, "I will not use the lack of a partner as an excuse not to do this. As the coordinator of media outreach in Taichung, I have the obligation to clarify the truth to the local radio station." After listening to fellow practitioners' experiences of clarifying the truth to radio stations in their areas a few times, I finally made up my mind. Okay, I will take on the task! I tried to contact the local radio stations in Taichung and meet with them in person to inform them of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) sordid crimes of removing internal organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profits.

At the beginning, I tried to make an appointment with a radio station by phone and I got one immediately without any difficulty. The appointment was scheduled for a week later. On the day of the appointment, I did not confirm before I went to the station. When I got there, I found to my dismay that the person I had an appointment with had gone out. My first appointment was thus aborted. I told myself right away, "There is nothing wrong. It is because I failed to confirm the appointment in advance. I should be impervious. Don't make any negative assumptions. Keep calm."

Afterwards, I picked up the phone and contacted him again to schedule another appointment for the next day. I arrived at the radio station on time and met with him. I didn't clarify the truth well. One reason may have been that it was the first time I had ever tried to clarify the truth to the manager of a radio station. The meeting ended in about 20 minutes. The good news was that I had clarified the truth about the CCP removing internal organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and the manager had responded with a positive attitude. It was a boost for my morale. Encouraged by the positive result, I resolved to visit all the radio stations in Taichung at least once to tell them the truth about the CCP's crime of organ harvesting.

On the evening of the same day, there was a meeting with coordinators from other areas about how to reach the media. They shared their experiences of having teams of two practitioners visit the radio stations. Once they had their righteous thoughts, they visited about a dozen radio stations in one day and met with the managers of the majority of them. Several radio stations did interviews and reported about the CCP's sordid crime of organ harvesting. When I heard their experiences, I felt I needed to strive harder. Encouraged by their experiences, I decided that I should be able to do the same. I was determined to visit all the radio stations in Taichung and decided I would be able to do it alone. Later, fellow practitioners suggested that I team up with another practitioner for a better result. The next day I explained my plan to fellow practitioners at a group Fa study. Sure enough, a practitioner volunteered to join the cause right away.

The following day, I telephoned radio stations to make more appointments but to no avail. I felt a pang of defeat. I kept thinking, "Why couldn't I get even one appointment?" Human thoughts and negative ideas overwhelmed me. I wanted to give up. After a while, I realized I shouldn't give up. I should persevere and be impervious to obstacles. Perhaps it was because I rectified my mentality. I made an appointment with two stations right away. Actually, I thought of visiting the stations without any prior appointment, but I rather feared the potential rejection might frustrate my partner. I decided that we should visit four radio stations, two of which I had an appointment with, but I had explained to her (my partner) about the situation in advance. It turned out everything went well and all four radio stations responded to our visit positively.

Looking back at the process, I realized that, because of all my human notions, I had procrastinated for about two weeks after fellow practitioners first suggested that we clarify the truth to the radio stations. I thought, "What will I tell the radio station personnel when I meet with them? What do I do if they refuse to meet with me?" I couldn't overcome my shyness to dial the numbers every time I tried to call. Then I shared my thoughts with fellow practitioners. They reminded me that our purpose is to clarify the truth and save sentient beings and that it is not our purpose to expect them to do something in return. There shouldn't be any strings attached to our good intentions. Once we clarify the truth to sentient beings, it is entirely up to them to position themselves correctly. A load was lifted off my mind after the discussion. I began to make big strides. I really felt the importance of exchanging cultivation experiences with fellow practitioners more frequently and studying the Fa more, because they do reinforce my righteous thoughts and rectify my foundation to save sentient beings. The sharing facilitates righteous thoughts and righteous actions and helps eliminate interfering thoughts. As a result, our tasks of truth-clarification will be completed smoothly.

Later we visited nearly 20 radio stations without difficulty. We met with a senior manger of one station. He told us that he was an atheist, but that he identifies with the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. He has also seen Falun Gong practitioners' truth-clarification posters in Hong Kong. After we explained to him the truth about the CCP removing internal organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and many other facts of the persecution, he asked to produce five episodes of a program featuring Falun Gong spreading all over the world, the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, the CCP's sordid organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners, the democratic movements in China, the popular trend of withdrawing from the CCP, and the current situation of Falun Gong in different countries around the world. I rejoiced in his good decision. Unfortunately, zealotry and vanity overtook me. I thought, "Things proceeded just as I had expected." I started to call fellow practitioners, asking them to help supply materials for the program. However, my intention was not pure. I had the exact same mentality of "If I don't tell people, how will they know" that Teacher describes in the article entitled, "Mature." Despite my flaws, many fellow practitioners rose to the occasion right away and unconditionally. Fellow practitioners coordinating the news production and Falun Gong volunteer assistants held meetings to explain the direction of the program and what should be done to help the radio station production.

However, the feature program was aborted because the station owner had second thoughts. I blame the failure on me. I felt a remorse for asking fellow practitioners for help before the radio station had made a final decision. On the other hand, I have identified a notion because of this incident. I used to believe I was incapable of completing a large task alone. But the truth is that fellow practitioners will always rise to the occasion unconditionally if I am unable to finish it alone.

This was a journey of cultivation growth, transforming an inarticulate speaker into an eloquent one. I talked about the CCP's crime of organ harvesting, the facts of its persecution of Falun Gong, as well as the magnificence of Falun Gong. During these appointments, I presented myself as a volunteer with the Sound of Hope (SOH) Radio Station and informed the radio stations of SOH's mission statement and its direction. I believe that Falun Gong practitioners' media will set a good example for everyday people. In conclusion, I have learned from the journey that we will clarify the truth well and save sentient beings as long as we can overcome our notions, eliminate all the assumptions, break the fetters of our weaknesses, and purify our hearts.

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