(Clearwisdom.net) While following Teacher during the Fa-rectification period, I came to clearly realize how important it is to use our compassion when trying to awaken people's consciousness.

From the beginning, I've been clarifying the truth, studying the Fa, and sending forth righteous thoughts to validate the Fa. My attachment of fear would always be a factor in making me protect my interests. Therefore, I lost many opportunities to clarify the truth and save sentient beings. Initially, I was hardly able to convince any people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates. When I saw how well those fellow practitioners who closely followed Teacher to rectify the Fa were doing, I was worried since I didn't think I was on the right track.

I started to study the lectures and articles that Teacher wrote during the Fa-rectification period. Teacher said,

"The entire Three Realms, including all beings in human society, were constructed, formed, came about, were born, and were created so that sentient beings could be rescued and saved amidst the Fa-rectification at the cosmos’s final time. In other words, the Three Realms were constructed for this purpose, for the purpose of saving the beings in the cosmos."(Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York)

Teacher also said in this lecture,

"If a person can’t cultivate in the Fa, then he isn’t able to truly understand the Fa. Only when a person has truly grasped the Fa can he walk the path righteously and can his being be assured a good outcome."

I calmed down to think about what I was doing. I realized the mission of the Falun Dafa practitioners and the urgency of saving sentient beings. Recollecting the brutal tortures that fellow practitioners are suffering in prison, my tears ran down my face since I felt I had let Teacher down. One thought came to my mind, "I must walk the righteous path and save sentient beings and awaken people's consciousness even if I lose my life."

From then on, I got rid of all my burdens during my Fa-rectification cultivation. I let go of a lot of my fear and my wisdom came forth. I suddenly knew how to clarify the truth. Now, most people that I talk to agree with what I say. I have helped more people quit the evil Party and its affiliates this month than I did in the entire year.

Clarifying the truth and helping people quit the evil Party and its affiliates is also a process of self-improvement and self-rectification. I came to realize I had one attachment when explaining the facts of Falun Dafa to people. I would talk to people with whom I was able to get along and who seemed nice. I wasn't willing to talk to those people who previously had a conflict with me. I didn't really clarify the truth to really try and save sentient beings. Teacher said,

"I told you a long time ago that a Falun Dafa disciple, or a cultivator, has no enemies. The only thing you have a role in is saving people, and you have nothing to do with using human means and human principles to punish or pronounce judgment on people. This is a fundamental issue."(From "Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago")

I realized that I was being selfish and with this selfishness, I wouldn't be able to be compassionate. All the people that we meet have predestined relationships with us. Therefore, we need to maintain a compassionate heart to save people. After that, I would clarify the truth to anybody that I met, even those who had not got along with me before.

I had held grudges against my neighbor when we fought on house construction issues. Later, thieves broke in my neighbor's house. My neighbor thought my son did it. Therefore, they called the police to my home to investigate, which worsened the relationships between me and my neighbor. Later on, the police found out it wasn't my son. This happened more than twenty years ago. When I summoned my courage to clarify the truth to my previous "enemy," they didn't report on me for clarifying the truth of Falun Dafa. Instead, they became nice to me. They would say hello to me after that and they also recognized that Falun Dafa is good. The conflicts between us were resolved.

I had another similar experience. Our family didn't get along with some other family for generations. We had been very defensive against each other. Keeping the experience with my neighbor in mind, I decided I should explain the facts of Falun Dafa to them as well. On my way to their home, I sent forth righteous thoughts. They were surprised by my visit. Because of the history between my family and their family, I took that visit very seriously. I spent a great deal of effort talking to them. They listened to me very carefully as well. When I just finished talking, they said, "Now we know why we need to quit the evil Party and its affiliates, please tell us how we can quit it." I said, "As long as you agree and give me your alias, I can help you quit the evil Party." Their entire family of four quit the CCP and its affiliates right away.

During the process of clarifying the truth and helping people quit the CCP and its affiliates, I came to deeply understand that it is critical for us to maintain pure compassionate thoughts in order to awaken people's consciousness and save sentient beings.

The above is my personal understanding. Please correct me if I have said anything inappropriate.