by Jin Chen

(Clearwisdom.net) We, as Dafa disciples during the Fa-rectification period, have to carry out well the three things required by Teacher. Our task is to save sentient beings while validating Dafa.

To fulfill our goal and save more sentient beings, we must first study the Fa well. We must also improve our mind nature, completely assimilate to the Fa and eliminate all attachments among ordinary people. We need to harmonize our roles at work and with our families in order to save more sentient beings.

I learned Dafa in 1997 and I have gotten up early every morning since then to do the exercises. I participated in group exercises before the persecution began on July 20, 1999. The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa made group exercise too dangerous, but I continued to get up early and do the exercises at home. I never missed a single day, and I never watch TV. Every day I also go to work and do the housework. I study the Fa and do the sitting meditation at night, while my family watches TV.

In the beginning, I was absentminded while studying the Fa, and I could not overcome it, so I started copying the book. I copied down the book Zhuan Falun four times. When I read the book again, I was no longer absentminded. However, sometimes my mind would still not calm down. In November 2005, I read on the Clearwisdom website that some practitioners had started memorizing the Fa. I was deeply moved. Yes, it is such a great Fa, why don't I try to memorize it! I too wanted to memorize and recite it.

I started to memorize the Fa paragraph by paragraph. After memorizing one paragraph, I started to work on the next paragraph. I worked two months on memorizing Zhuan Falun. Then it became faster and faster. After I finished memorizing and reciting the book for the sixth time, some practitioners said that this method of study is not as fast as reading, so I started to read Zhuan Falun again. After a while, I felt that my mind was still not calm while reading the book, so I started to recite Dafa again. Even if I had only a little time and could only recite a short paragraph, it still felt very good. My mind was extremely calm and it felt really good to recite the Fa. Now I am working on the seventh time.

This solid Fa study helps me clarify the truth and persuade people to quit the CCP. I started with my friends and family. I did it from one family to another family and the results were very good. Then, I started to talk to my co-workers about quitting the CCP. As long as I could approach them, I was always able to persuade them and the results were good. I actively approach strangers and look for opportunities to clarify truth to them and talk about quitting the CCP.

I have encountered all kinds of people during this process. Some people were cold and did not answer me. Some tried to fool me by saying they had not joined any party. We must treat them all with compassion and righteous thoughts. We should not hurry them or lose patience with them. We should only have one thought in our hearts and that is to save them. For example, I clarified the truth to a middle-aged woman in a grocery market and she accepted what I said. However, she did not want to talk about quitting the CCP and said that she is simply a farmer and does not care about it. She said she was not a member of the CCP or the Communist Youth League, and said that this had nothing to do with her. I asked her whether she had worn the "red scarf." (note: Members of the CCP organization, the Young Pioneers, are required to wear the special "red scarf.") She said she did. I said, "Then, you were a member and you are marked by it. If you quit it, the mark will be gone and you will be safe." She was still hesitating and did not speak. So, I said, "I am trying to help you. Just quit! What is your nickname? Tell me, because I feel we have a predestined relationship. I will help you to quit. It is like free insurance. Isn't that good!" She finally smiled and told me her name.

When I found human notions in myself while clarifying the truth and asking people to quit CCP, I would immediately eliminate them. For example, yesterday afternoon I met two people from my old workplace. I did not tell them about quitting the CCP at that time, as I thought that I had not had enough contact with them. After returning home, I regretted not fulfilling my responsibility of clarifying the truth to them. Whether they accept the truth or not, it was my responsibility to tell them about quitting the CCP. It was their choice for the future whether to listen or not. From this experience, I found that my human notions have not yet been cultivated away.

Teacher mentioned,

"People with predestined relationships and those who can be saved can be made to--made to by Master's Law Bodies, righteous gods, or the immense field that Dafa has formed in the world--appear right before you in any of a range of settings, providing them with a chance to learn the truth. But you have to carry it out, and it doesn't work if you're not out there doing things." ("Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital")

Teacher wants to save all sentient beings and as Dafa disciples, we should harmonize everything Teacher wants.

I continue to send forth righteous thoughts every hour. Sometimes, my spouse or daughter reminds me, when I am busy with housework. I always have a problem with the global time for sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight. I have a hard time doing it for more than a few minutes, especially during July or August.

I experienced interference because of my daughter's college entrance exam. I stopped sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight. During this period of time, I started to lose my hair. There was a bald patch about the size of a pea on my head. I did not pay attention to it and it became larger and larger. One day, I suddenly realized that this meant I have a loophole. I did not send forth righteous thoughts at midnight -- what a big loophole this is! I realized it was a form of interference, so I sent forth righteous thoughts to get rid of this. Even if I have attachments, I should not allow the old forces to interfere with or persecute me. My Teacher will take care of me and I will close the loophole. The hair loss stopped and the bald spot started to grow new hair.

Here I want to remind other fellow practitioners that we must send forth righteous thoughts well. Sending forth righteous thoughts is also validating Dafa. Specifically, the four set times for sending forth righteous thoughts must be done well to quickly get rid of the evil. I have not done well on my path of cultivation. I often don't feel worthy of Teacher's compassionate salvation. I need to improve myself in many respects. I know very well the historic responsibility I am carrying. It does not allow for relaxation, delay or especially numbness or indifference.

The purpose of our current lives is to help Teacher to rectify the Fa. We came for the salvation of sentient beings. It is our greatest wish.

Fellow practitioners, please compassionately point out any problems in my limited understanding.

Posting date: 6/11/2007
Original article date: 6/11/2007
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 5/27/2007
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/5/24/155513.html

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