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Lessons Learned in Clarifying the Facts and Saving People
By a practitioner in Heilongjiang Province, China
(Clearwisdom.net) Greetings, revered Teacher and fellow practitioners. Teacher has said, "The old forces dare not oppose our clarifying the truth or saving
sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in
your state of mind when you do things"("Teaching the Fa at the 2002
Fa Conference in Boston"). I often go out to clarify the facts and distribute Dafa materials with fellow
practitioners. Once I clarified the facts to a director of the neighborhood
association, who had been badly poisoned by the evil Communist Party. She
shouted angrily, "You are truly bold, daring to come to my turf to do this.
Go away before I call the 610 Office." I was not affected by her speech,
however, and answered calmly, "I am here to save you. You must not have
read any Dafa books. Dafa teaches people to be good, and no matter how you look
at it, Dafa is beneficial to the country and its people. Please be sure to treat
Dafa practitioners with kindness. That will be a great deed, and you will be
rewarded with a good future." I was very calm at the time, with no fear in
my mind. By now a large crowd had gathered around us. As I spoke, I gradually
forgot my surroundings, as though people, trees, houses, and everything else had
disappeared. I alone was left there telling people the facts about Dafa. Without knowing exactly how much time had passed, I saw the director leave in
frustration, and the crowd dispersed. I bent over to pick up the Dafa pamphlet
that the director had torn up. A man gave me a thumbs-up and said, "Ma'am,
you are remarkable!" In 2005, a fellow practitioner and I were arrested and taken to a police
station while we were distributing Dafa materials. I was cuffed to an iron
chair, and two policemen were watching me. I told them the facts about Dafa.
"You must remember that Falun Dafa is good and that you will be rewarded if
you treat practitioners well." Deep into the night, I sent forth righteous
thoughts to make them fall asleep, and soon they both did. I sent forth
righteous thoughts again while I said silently to the handcuffs, "You are
supposed to be used on criminals. I am a kind Dafa practitioner, a good person.
You should not restrain me. Open up and let me go." As soon as I generated
these thoughts, the handcuffs opened with a "pop." I got up and left
the police station with dignity. It was 4:00 a.m. I continued to tell people the
facts about Dafa and save people after I got home. An evil man once sent his German shepherd to attack me when he saw me
distributing Dafa materials. The dog charged toward me, but I was neither moved
nor afraid. Teacher said, "Just by staying unaffected you will be able to
handle all situations" ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in the
Midwest-U.S."). I thought to myself, "I am doing the most righteous
thing. The dog will not bite me." The German shepherd turned around before
he reached me. The man was upset, but there was nothing he could do. I walked
away unharmed. Another time, a drunk came up to me while I was distributing materials in the
corridor of a building and asked, "What are you doing?" I had no fear
and replied without hesitation, "I am distributing Dafa materials to save
people." He grabbed me by my collar and was about to drag me to the police
station. I said, "You are truly unwise. If you take the person trying to
save you to the police station, you will be punished by heaven." He let go
of me and left, taking a copy of the Dafa pamphlet with him. In spite of the ups and downs I have experienced during the past few years, I
never stopped going out to clarify the facts and distribute Dafa materials,
whether day or night, summer or winter. I met many people in the process. Some
approved of me, and we became good friends. They even asked me for Dafa
materials every so often. Others held a different opinion and either asked me to
leave or threatened to call the police. It was like a spice rack with many
different flavors, and it helped me get rid of many of my attachments. I truly
appreciated Teacher's words, "Human society is one big practice site for
the cultivation of my Dafa disciples" ("Fa Teaching at the 2007 New
York Fa Conference"). I truly understand the deeper meaning of this
sentence now. So I have indeed enlightened to the following: If our minds are focused
exclusively on saving people and we have no thought of ourselves, we will emerge
from the old cosmos. All threats will become harmless: the German shepherd
charging toward you will turn around, the person grabbing your collar to drag
you to the police station will let go, and the handcuffs binding you to a chair
will open by themselves. Teacher is indeed watching over us all the time. Fellow practitioners, clarifying the facts and distributing Dafa materials
may appear to be risky on the surface, but if one can truly let go of one's
human attachments and think only of sentient beings, they become the safest
things we can do. Let us all step forward and clarify the facts and distribute
Dafa materials. Let us save more sentient beings. |