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Cherish the Times Practitioners Are Together
(Clearwisdom.net) After July 20, 1999, practitioners actively joined the
current of validating Falun Dafa, clarifying the truth to people in
all kinds of ways, and saving sentient beings with benevolent compassion.
Several practitioners in our area gathered together, found a place, combined our
savings, bought equipment, and established our first Falun Dafa truth
clarification materials production site. We reprinted many truth-clarifying
articles published on Minghui.net (Clearwisdom.net) and Master's recent articles
and lectures. The materials we printed were sent to many areas in our province,
and this shook the evil very powerfully in our region. In the recent "Minghui Weekly" there were several articles
that mentioned how practitioners have had conflicts, a lack of coordination and
harmony, and related problems. When I read these articles, I cannot help but
recall the precious time we spent together at the material site. The center was located in an empty house that belonged to one of the
practitioners. None of us had experience [in making truth-clarification
materials], so we just tried our best to do the job. Some practitioners were
responsible for downloading materials, some took care of the installation and
maintenance of equipment, and all of us participated with the final organizing
and packaging. We formed a production line, cooperating very well whenever we
had problems. We all tried to give suggestions without picking on others, and we
respected and cared for each other with no jealousy or showing off. We all
arrived at the site one by one, doing our work quietly. I remember one time when I arrived at the site, I noticed that the ink on the
upper half of the page of some copies of "Teaching the Fa at the Conference
in New Zealand (1999)" was lighter. I asked a practitioner if he knew the
reason for this. He said it was because of the master copy. If the master copy
is not good enough, it needs to be redone. So I discussed this with him,
suggesting that we redo the whole book, because this was Master's Fa,
and we wanted to give practitioners the best quality for reading. The
practitioner said happily, "You are right. Let's reprint it," We
quickly re-produced the master copy. The first batch of truth-clarification materials we printed contained lots of
content, was very condensed, and the font sizes were small. Later I suggested to
the column designer to consider the overall quality of the pages. They needed to
be clear, clean, and attractive, so as to make the reader really want to finish
reading. This practitioner responded, "Your suggestion is very good, and we
will follow it from now on." I recall that at that time there were no leaders or followers in our group.
We just cooperated very harmoniously, and we all had a sincere wish to do our
jobs well. We treasured our time together. There were no conflicts nor any
unhappiness. We printed a lot of materials. Sometimes practitioners drove a
truck to the site with supplies and left carrying the printed materials away. We
would all help unloading and loading everything onto the truck. I remember we
recited Master's poem ,"Tempering the Will" in Hong
Yin: "...... Let joy be found in hardship." Although we had lots to do, everything was orderly due to our harmonious
cooperation. We talked with humor, making the atmosphere pleasant and at ease.
The evil was very rampant at that time, but as soon as we arrived at the
materials production site, it felt like coming to a village outside this dusty
world, with no pressure or fear. Something amazing happened at the site. A practitioner was printing flyers,
but towards the end of the day the ink indicator showed that the ink cartridge
was empty. We all thought that it was too bad, since we would have to buy more
ink the next day and the present batch would not be finished on time unless we
had a little ink to refill the machine. In that instant, the printer's ink
indicator showed "full," as if it had been replaced with a new
cartridge. We were very happy, and finished our batch quickly. We merged with Master's great mercy and the miracles of Falun Dafa during
those days at our materials production site. Master was protecting us every
moment, solving problems for us, and eliminating the obstacles in our path.
Falun Dafa strengthened our righteous thoughts, enabling us to solidly believe
in Master and Dafa and to save sentient beings with compassion. Practitioners
that worked at the site did not think of themselves and did not have fear. We
were very frank with each other, and we formed a sincere one body. Later we went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa one by one, and we were
separated afterwards. Some of us were sentenced to forced labor or prison, and
some among them are still detained today. Those who have been able to gather
here recently often recall those unforgettable days. We miss our practitioners
who are still detained. Imagine them having lost their freedom and enduring
inhuman torture, without the means for regular Fa study and doing the exercises,
and not able to read Master's new scriptures. How painful! I hope that
practitioners who are able to get out of detention treasure our times together
and become more diligent in the Fa-rectification. How sacred it is that we can
validate the Fa together! There are so many sentient beings waiting for us to
save them and too many tasks for us to have conflicts. Let us treasure every day
together! The above are my personal understandings. Please point out any part that is
not correct!
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