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Experiences and Enlightenment in Clarifying the Truth in Flushing By a practitioner outside of China
(Clearwisdom.net) I came to Flushing with other practitioners by bus to
clarify the truth to local people. As soon as we arrived, we saw the
separation fences put up by the police. A few persons hired by the CCP were at
the other end inciting hatred among people towards Falun Gong. The sky was
heavily clouded, with occasional thunder. Soon it rained. We were sending forth
righteous thoughts in the rain and felt a sudden silence around us. Our bodies
were enveloped by energy and we didn't feel the cold. In our mind was our
determination in the Fa and our resolution to eliminate the evil. We
as practitioners have benefited from Master's immense mercy. We were reinforcing
our diamond-like will in the harsh environment. The scene on July 20, 1999, when the evil ran rampant in China, came to my
mind. Some practitioners were scared and stayed at home. But more practitioners
stepped forward with determination. Their pure righteous thoughts shook heaven
and earth. There was no police protection, and the whole nation turned into an
evil propaganda machine. When we walked on the street, even tree branches hit
our faces. Many practitioners without a clear understanding of the Fa or strong
belief in Master fell straight to the bottom. I saw the cruelty of the old
forces' weeding-out. Though the extent of the evilness in Flushing was not comparable to that in
Mainland China, the pressure on every practitioner was the same, especially for
the local practitioners. In China before the persecution, ordinary people had
already known about Falun Gong. I still remember that when I got onto the bus
wearing a Falun badge, the driver would say that Falun Gong practitioners were
honest people. Some companies would put a clause in their recruitment ad that
Falun Gong practitioners were preferable. Many people in China knew what Falun
Gong was. Dafa practitioners' strict requirements for themselves during their
personal cultivation period laid a good foundation for ordinary people to
recognize Dafa. When practitioners clarified the truth to people after the persecution
started, many people already understood about Falun Gong and some even had read
Dafa books. They resented the CCP, though some of them were deceived by the
CCP's lies. But the situation overseas was totally different. Most practitioners
obtained the "Fa" after the persecution started. Some were from
Mainland China and didn't obtain the Fa until they came overseas. Practitioners
overseas were busy every day with all sorts of projects. There were so many
activities . They were weak in clarifying the truth to people face-to-face. They
have relatively fewer opportunities to demonstrate the Dafa exercises in public
and to show Dafa to people. These weaknesses are now gradually being revealed.
Many overseas Chinese first heard about Falun Gong through the CCP's lies, not
like Chinese people in China who had a good impression of Dafa in the first
place. And the CCP's propagandized "nationalism" made them more blind,
making it possible for the CCP Many people don't want to listen to the truth or
don't believe the truth. On the streets in Flushing, we heard the CCP agents instigate people to curse
us. What they said were all lies. I felt sorry for them. They actually didn't
know Falun Gong at all. Many people didn't show their ignorance, but once they
were stirred up, they quickly became the accomplice of the CCP. Those who
besieged us were dispersed by the police. Among them were the CCP agents and
ignorant people as well. Those ignorant people were most pitiful. I know that everything that happened was not accidental. Master has said that
everything in ordinary society is the result of Dafa disciples' thoughts. I,
too, helped to fuel it. When I was in China, I never forgot to clarify the truth
wherever I went. I would go to different markets to buy vegetables so that I
could clarify the truth to different people. If I missed one person, I would
regret so much that day. But after I came overseas, in a free environment, I lost the sense of urgency
to save sentient beings. I was busy with projects and forgot that the third
thing that Master requires us to do is to clarify the truth. To do a project is
also a job, and we cultivate ourselves when we do a job, but it can't replace
direct truth clarification. After I realized this omission, I said to Master in
my heart that I would not miss any person that Master arranged for me to clarify
the truth to. Since then, I have always carried copies of the Nine
Commentaries and flyers with me. Three weeks later I realized the
importance of a Dafa disciple's thoughts. Whether I was on the bus or on the
street in Chinatown, people would come up and talk to me. Everything was
arranged so naturally. I wear Dafa clothes as often as I can and let people know
that there are many young Dafa practitioners. In China when the persecution was severe in one place, practitioners would
realize that their truth-clarification work was not up to standard and that we
hadn't met the requirements set by Master. We would send forth righteous
thoughts for that place, share experiences, and encourage more people to step
out. Then the situation would change. Practitioners in China have gone through
so much and become mature. If we look inward, then the evil will be eliminated. The main stage for the battle between the evil and the righteous is in
Mainland China. In other places, people are audience members as well as actors.
Practitioners overseas also play a huge role in exposing the evil. Posting date: 7/13/2008 |