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Promoting the NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular Is A Way of Clarifying the Truth Presented at the 2007 New York Fa Conference By a practitioner in New Jersey
(Clearwisdom.net) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners! I am a Falun Dafa disciple working in a large U.S. corporation. Today I would
like to share with everyone how I negated the old forces' arrangements and
removed my mental obstacles to clarify the truth and promote the
NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular and Christmas Holiday Wonders in a U.S.
corporation so more people with predestined relationships might see the
performances. I obtained the Fa in 1998 and have ever since followed the
requirements expected of a practitioner at my place of work. When I heard that
the Asian Association, an employee organization, was looking for help, I
volunteered. I did not then realize that it would become a platform for later
truth clarification. When NTDTV had its first Chinese New Year Gala in 2004, I introduced the Gala
to my colleagues in the Asian Association. Some of them went to see the Gala.
But there were not many Asian employees in the company. How could I let all the
employees in our company's New Jersey branch know about the Gala? This was a
tough issue I always wanted to solve but didn't know where to start. Master
explained in one of His lectures how the old forces came to the Three Realms and
created countless barriers to interfere with the Fa-rectification. I realized
that big corporations in the U.S. were like these barriers, claiming their own
territories and operating on their own systems. They each were like a small,
independent kingdom with its own rules and regulations, hard for outsiders to
come in. For example, our company has a rule that solicitation of non-company
business and unauthorized selling of non-company products are prohibited. I once
requested to share the Gala information with all employees through company
emails, but was turned down. One day last summer a colleague from the Asian Association told me that our
company had asked the African American Association, Hispanic Association and
Asian Association to co-sponsor an International Culture Festival in October.
She was coordinating the event for the Asian Association. She told me that the other two associations had invited outside performing
arts groups to the festival, but the Asian Association had not found anyone yet.
To make things worse, she only had a few hundred dollars of her budget left. It
would be almost impossible to invite any group, considering such a limited
budget. When I heard this, I told her I would find a way to help. I approached a
practitioner in the dance group and asked if they could come to our company and
present a pro bono performance. The practitioner immediately agreed. My
colleague was quite happy at this good news. To show her appreciation she said
that NTDTV could have a booth to sell its products during the festival. I asked
if we could sell Chinese New Year Spectacular tickets. She said, "Of
course." The practitioners' performance was a huge success. Two executives watched the
performance. NTDTV was planning a reception for the Spectacular. The
practitioner in charge of public relations took the opportunity and invited an
executive of our company to the reception. He gladly accepted. Following the
performance, the colleague who was in charge of the Culture Festival held at our
company told me she thought NTDTV's performance was great! I asked her if the
Spectacular posters could be displayed in the reception area of our company, and
she happily agreed. She even told me that I could display the poster in the
reception area at another building as well. With practitioners' joint efforts,
our company finally opened its door to NTDTV. I went to the theater the day of the Spectacular reception, to help greet the
executive from my company. Since I arrived early I watched the dress rehearsal.
When I saw the program segments with Falun Gong and eliminating the evil CCP, I
was nervous. I worried that the executive might have a problem with these
programs. If he did, would this impact the Gala promotion in my company? The
more I thought about it, the more worried I got and suddenly realized that I had
not had any righteous thoughts at all. I had been completely lost in everyday
people's notions. If I had no confidence in our own Spectacular programs, the common people in
the audience would most likely be impacted. I should have full confidence that
our programs would move the audience. If some individuals had questions about
our programs, wouldn't that be an opportunity for us to clarify the truth? When
I thought about this, I calmed down. The performance for the reception began in the evening. The executive and his
wife were deeply moved by the excellent performance. They clapped
enthusiastically after each program. When the dance, "To the Rightful
Place" was over, they gave the same enthusiastic applause. After the last
program, "Nine Swords," they joined the rest of the audience and
clapped loudly. The executive told later me that the Spectacular was excellent
and that he would bring his children as well next time. As we were exiting the
theater he suddenly asked me, "Was that red dragon representing the CCP?"
I said, "Yes." He gave me a knowing smile. The practitioner from NTDTV's Public Relations department exchanged emails
with the executive. When asked about the Spectacular, he said it was very good.
Then this practitioner asked him if he had plans to buy some group tickets for
our company. He did not reply for a while. When I heard this, I began to worry
again. So many practitioners came to our company to perform gratis. If
our company did not buy any group tickets, how could we show our appreciation
for the practitioners' efforts? I asked that practitioner if I needed to give
the executive a push. To my surprise this practitioner told me, "You
should use your divine side instead of your human side." I was dumbfounded
when I heard this. Seeing I was lost she added, "You don't need to push
him. Just ask your company to share the Spectacular information with employees
via email." It wasn't until then that I realized I had been too attached to results.
Although all Dafa projects have as their goal to rescue people, shouldn't we
also obtain without pursuit? When I realized this, my attachment was instantly
gone. The next day I sent an email to the executive, asking him if we could
share the Spectacular information with the employees. He replied shortly, saying
that he was planning to buy some group tickets for the employees and asked if I
could coordinate this. I was really surprised and happy. Once again I realized
what "obtain without pursuit" really meant. Later I learned that the
executive had actually been planning for a while to buy the group tickets; the
delay was caused by someone else's interference. Thanks to my fellow
practitioner who reminded me to let go of everyday people's attachments, the
obstacle was removed. Now the question was how the tickets should be distributed. I asked my
colleagues in the Asian Association for their opinions. Most of them thought we
should hold a raffle drawing. I thought that was a good idea too, since every
employee would then have a chance to know about the Spectacular. The company
management also supported the idea. We held a raffle for the NTDTV Holiday
Wonders tickets at the company. The employees' response was very positive. Those
who won the raffle bought additional ticket(s) so they could take their family
members with them. Some of those who did not win also bought tickets so they
wouldn't miss the show. Although the company had asked me to coordinate this
event, I could not handle it all by myself. So, I handled this as an Asian
Association event. My colleagues from the Association all extended their warm
help. When I looked back I thought a lot about what had happened. I truly realized
that as a Dafa disciple, although we each as individuals have limited wisdom and
capabilities, as long as we can dismiss everyday people's attachments when we do
Dafa projects, Master will strengthen us and miracles will happen. I asked those colleagues who had attended the Holiday Wonders for their
opinions. Almost all of them said the show was great. It was the second year for
one Chinese colleague to see the show. She said this year's performance was much
better than last year's. Another Chinese colleague went with her mother. She
told me that the segment of the program that stunned her mother the most was
"To the Rightful Place," marveling that we were courageous enough to
take such a "controversial issue" on stage. I told her that the reason
so many people still think Falun Gong is "controversial" was because
they were still being deceived by lies. I told her about the persecution of
Falun Gong and gave her some materials to take to her mother. From clarifying the truth to promoting the NTDTV Spectacular, we followed
Master in the Fa-rectification process and walked our path, step by step, on the
company's "platform." Master does not want to leave out any area
during Fa-rectification, so he has arranged for some Dafa disciples to work at
large corporations. However, due to the old forces' rampant interference, not
that many practitioners can work for big corporations. Many companies with
thousands of employees have only one or two practitioners. We fully understand and will not shirk our sacred responsibilities. Let us
live up to Master and sentient beings' expectations, clarify the truth better to
the U.S. corporations and fulfill our prehistoric vows. Please kindly point out any mistakes. Thank you, Master! Thank you, everyone! Posting date: 4/30/2007 |