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Becoming Mature in the Process of Truth Clarification By a practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong after July 20, 1999,
the date the persecution began. In the process of truth clarification, saving
sentient beings and in validating the Fa, I have taken the Fa as teacher and
have been cultivating myself, trying to eliminate my attachments. I have been
striving to do the things I should do. With Master's protection I have grown and
matured in cultivation. Today I'd like to share with you my experiences in
clarifying the truth during these years. Please kindly point out
anything inappropriate. 1. Eliminating Selfishness, Breaking Through My Personal Notions, Clarifying
the Truth It is the mission of Dafa practitioners during the Fa-rectification period to
step out to clarify the truth and save sentient beings. It is also a process to
break through old limitations and rid oneself of selfishness. The first person
that I clarified the truth to was a shop owner. After I bought something in his
shop, I started chatting with the owner. While he took his time to tell me about
his business, I was thinking hard, trying to find an opportunity to clarify the
truth to him. I thought I had fully prepared myself. But I still felt a bit
scared when actually clarifying the truth to him and encouraging him to withdraw
from the CCP. But I knew I shouldn't lose the chance again and again, though the
first step is the hardest. I talked to him briefly and quickly changed the topic to "Heaven will
eliminate the CCP and you will be safe once you quit the CCP." As soon as I
mentioned the three withdrawals, he cheerfully said to me, "I quit the CCP
quite some time ago. A few people have told me about this. I often see it
written on paper currency. I withdrew from the CCP a long time ago!" I
found it difficult to clarify the truth and encourage people to withdraw from
the CCP for the first time. But our fellow practitioners had already delivered
the message to him and he had already withdrawn. At that moment I was a bit
shocked, but I felt happy for the owner. Fellow practitioners' diligence in
cultivation clearly reflected my selfishness and made me realize that I didn't
do enough and didn't do well. At the same time, I was more determined to cherish
future opportunities to save sentient beings. Having eliminated my heart of fear, I didn't slack off at all and started to
clarify the truth to people. The staged self-immolation incident was one of the
topics that was always included in my truth clarification. I thought the truth
of the self immolation had been known to everyone and didn't need to be
mentioned every time, but from experience, I realized that it was still an
important part of my truth clarification efforts. It still played an important
and practical role in persuading people to withdraw from the CCP and in opening
up their upright thoughts. 2. Clarifying the Truth to People Around Me, Starting with Small Things During the truth clarification process, our fellow practitioners have
demonstrated each person's unique abilities and characteristics. They harmonize
the whole body rationally and with wisdom. Some practitioners produce "Minghui
Weekly" and small pamphlets in color with assorted articles and
pictures, and package them nicely. The materials look beautiful and solemn and
everyone loves them. Some practitioners make full use of their own environments
to make and distribute truth clarification DVDs and CDs. I have learned that
many people around me want to continue to read the most recent truth
clarification materials after they have read the previous ones. Through all
sorts of means, I learned how to provide them with the Internet software to
break through the blockade, so that they can learn the truth in the process.
More and more people around me can now obtain the latest news on the Internet.
The CCP's media has less and less control of the market. More and more people know the truth, and the environment has changed greatly
and rapidly. Some people say: "I know why the CCP blocks those websites.
Many facts and positive news widen people's minds and make people no longer
blindly follow or believe the CCP. After I read the Nine Commentaries
on the Communist Party on the website, I came to recognize the evil
nature of the CCP and to know the real meaning of the existence of life.
Quitting the CCP was a very natural thing for me to do. I began recommending the
website for breaking through the Internet blockade to more and more
people." Some other people said to me, "I often visit your Dafa website and found
it very good and righteous. Your Master is so compassionate. We can get all of
the Falun Gong books from the Internet. I keep an eye on articles exposing the
persecution of Dafa by the evil CCP, especially the local ones. Falun Gong
practitioners clarify the truth and save sentient beings. The things you are
doing are not small things. You are marvelous and I admire your selflessness and
courage. I acknowledge Falun Dafa is good, and that Truthfulness, Compassion,
Forbearance is good." Hearing this, I am often moved to tears for their lives being saved. 3. Becoming Rational and Mature in the Process of Truth Clarification One day I met an old classmate who I hadn't seen for many years. After
greeting each other, I asked him directly, "Have you heard about the three
withdrawals to protect your life?" He said, "I have read some truth
clarification materials. Somebody seems to have mentioned this to me. Isn't it a
bit mystical?" I said to him calmly, "There is a miracle stone in
Guizhou Province on which is engraved "Chinese Communist Party will
perish." It is naturally formed and world renowned. Wouldn't you say it is
mystical? This is a strong warning to the world's people that heaven will
eliminate the CCP. You and I are not unfamiliar with the CCP's history of
killing and its evil nature. The sound of the gunshots during the June 4th
Massacre together with the bloody scene are still in people's minds. The CCP is
coming to a dead end. In its persecution of Falun Gong, it harvests organs from
living practitioners and kills innocent people. The international community
condemns the CCP for its crimes. People who have rationality understood this
have withdrawn as quickly as possible. Who wants to be buried with the CCP? Hearing these words, he didn't say anything but he hesitated. I thought that
he may still have fear and some deep concerns to be cleared away. If I pushed
him to withdraw, I may get the opposite result. I had come across similar
situations before. In order to persuade people to quit the CCP, I had sometimes
argued with the other party and led them to have a rebellious mentality as a
result. I pushed them in the opposite direction. Thinking of this, I didn't go
to extremes to push him. I said, "You can also go to the website to make a
statement of withdrawing from the CCP yourself when you are ready." His
eyes opened up and he asked: "How? Which website? How can I open it?"
I replied, "Open the Dongtai website. There are many ways to break through
the blockade. The "Minghui Weekly" and other materials provide
the latest address of the Dongtai website. You put the address in and hit enter,
then you can browse with the site encrypted. He found the truth and knew where the bright future was. Not long after that
day, he happily told me that he had withdrawn from the CCP. In the limited time remaining, I will cultivate in the Fa diligently and try
to do the three things well. I will remember my mission, fulfill my
vows, try to live up to the immense grace of Master's mercy, and live up to the
expectations of sentient beings. I will strive forward wholeheartedly and try my
best to do what a Fa-rectification Dafa disciple should do. Posting date: 5/2/2008 |