(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong in 2004. At that time I
was reading the books to my mother, who couldn't read.
1. Respect Master and Dafa
At the very beginning, I did not know that I should wash my hands and have
good posture before studying Dafa books, or that I shouldn't eat anything while
studying the Fa. After I realized this, when I sometimes
accidentally folded a page of a Dafa book or I saw that my fellow practitioners
didn't take care of their Dafa books very well, my heart really ached. When I
exchanged cultivation experiences with my fellow practitioners, I heard that
some of them washed their hands and faces before they started practicing the
exercises. That really moved me, and I thought that this was also an important
aspect of respecting Dafa. After that, I also insisted on washing my face and
hands before starting to do the exercises, and I have continued to do so.
2. Believe in Master and Dafa
From before the time I obtained Dafa, I have been a simple and innocent
person, and I have never doubted the Fa that Master teaches us. A short time
after I obtained Dafa, my fellow practitioners told me that they would go to
Beijing and appeal peacefully. I said that I would like to go with them.
However, my mother said that I didn't have enough gong potency as I'd only
obtained Dafa for a very short period of time. I said, "I have Master
protecting me, and Master has almighty power." Later on, benevolent Master
protected my daughter and me and we returned home peacefully from Beijing.
Today, when I review all the tribulations and hardships I have been through,
I feel that they are much more insignificant to me now than they were at that
time. However, when they happened to me, my heart was so bitter, and sometimes I
complained a lot, "Ooh, Master! Why have they set such high standards for
me, and I am only a new practitioner?" Actually, all those thoughts came
from my personal attachments.
Falun Dafa is good! What is my intention practicing Falun Dafa? Falun Dafa
can protect me from all bad things. However, I cannot get rid of my attachments;
I want my health back and wish to be young and nice looking. Falun Dafa can help
me achieve my goal, but the prerequisite is that I should give up all
attachments. Once another practitioner asked me, "If Master was holding a
big wine jar and asked you to jump inside it, would you do as you were
told?" I said, "Yes, definitely. Since what Master says must be
true." I have so many attachments and bad thoughts; however, Master
cherishes my sincere and steadfast heart toward Dafa. Master is most precious,
thus helps me through all my tribulations.
3. Clarify the truth of Falun Dafa
Since I began saving sentient beings by persuading them to quit the Communist
Party and its affiliated organizations, sometimes I have had the attachment of
fear and was afraid of hardships when I was clarifying the truth. I
met with a senior CCP member. He didn't quit the Party until I had consistently
encouraged him for almost half a year. There was something negative in the air
that kept telling me, "Don't go there and approach him. Aren't you
annoyed?" I negated all these thoughts and sent forth righteous thoughts to
save him. Maybe because my heart was full of benevolent compassion the last time
I tried to persuade him, tears came to my eyes. As a result, suddenly he agreed
to quit the CCP.
Another time I went to visit a former classmate who didn't want to quit the
CCP. She said, "All this is hearsay. Blah, blah...I don't believe in any of
it. If a person doesn't have any money on him, how can he carry on?" Upon
hearing this, I looked inward to see if I had any selfish notions that I hadn't
realized, and then I pondered why she would say something like this. What I
thought at the time was that I wasn't doing this for myself but really for her
benefit and future. Then, three people from her family all decided to quit the
CCP. There were also some moments when I couldn't handle things well. Once I met
with a teacher who had a Bachelor's Degree. He had read Zhuan Falun,
a lot of truth-clarification materials, and even the Nine Commentaries
on the Communist Party. However, no matter what I said to him, he
insisted that he would not quit the CCP. At that time, I also focused on looking
inward to see if I had any attachments that affected him and made him
misunderstand the truth. I had read cultivation experiences sharing articles
from the Clearwisdom website, and in those articles, many practitioners said
that we should cut off the sources of evil when we are clarifying the truth to
students. I have a similar opinion on the issue. Every year, many elementary
school pupils and middle school students join the CCP in groups. Even if a child
quits the CCP in elementary school, he has to re-enter the CCP in middle school.
Therefore, it's important for the school principals and teachers to know the
truth. Since I couldn't clarify the truth to them face to face, I decided to
write letters. I was told by a child that their Chinese teacher told them that
the Kuomintang wasn't as bad as the CCP described. Actually, the Kuomintang
treated people much better than the CCP. If teachers know much more of the truth
of Falun Gong and the news about quitting the CCP, their students will be less
poisoned.
Just as I was planning to write letters to teachers, I dreamed that my body
was tied up by a giant wire, and an elementary schoolteacher was watching me
over there; he intended to have me removed from there, but he couldn't find
anyone to do it. I had another, similar dream, in which someone just gave me a
pen as a gift. I thought that the meaning of that dream was that I should not
only clarify the truth to teachers, but also to all other educational
departments and that nothing should should stop me.
4. The persecution of Falun Dafa cannot shake us
Something happened today that caused pressure on my fellow practitioners due
to my mistake. I will certainly correct it. However, I think that veteran
practitioners should always set down their experiences as instructions, always
mentioning how an accident happened. I am not saying that we should not be
cautious with our safety. Dafa is perfectly harmonized, and we will definitely
cultivate ourselves in Dafa and thus become enlightened beings. When we meet
with any conflicts or affairs, we shouldn't impose any negative factors on our
dear fellow practitioners. Instead, we should send forth our righteous thoughts
and thereby add more positive energy to them. We shouldn't regard ourselves as
being persecuted all the time, since by doing so, our righteous thoughts as
enlightened beings will be hindered by our ordinary people's attachments and
human notions. The CCP police force targets criminals. However, we are the best
people. Our only pursuit is cultivating ourselves by following the teachings of
"Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance." Since we are cultivators,
we have certainly human notions and ordinary people's attachments. Only Master
has the right to take care of us, not anyone else.
Master said:
"The beings at different levels each have their own perspectives on
this persecution. Some see it as a path that must be traveled that is full of
tests, while others consider it the result of old elements from across the
entire cosmos being stirred up. Still others regard it as laying out a path
for Dafa disciples. And beings at lower levels think that, as the righteous
emerges, the evil is bound to do harm. Regardless of the perspectives of
beings at different levels, I am intent on doing my things well, and Dafa
disciples must walk their paths." (Fa Teaching at the U.S. Capital)
When I read the Fa above, I have an understanding at my current level that
the persecution of the old forces cannot touch us or shake us and thus has
nothing to do with our Dafa disciples. We come here with our almighty oaths to
validate Dafa instead of being persecuted by the old forces. We should totally
overcome those beings at low levels, and we should walk our own paths that were
arranged by Master.
May 04, 2008
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