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Clarifying the Facts with Ease
(Clearwisdom.net) Many practitioners who haven't gone out to
clarify the facts have always thought that it was something very
difficult and tiring to do. In fact, it's not difficult at all. As long as you
get out of your home and give it a try, you will find that it is not a difficult
task. Only when you do this, can you eliminate many attachments. Master said, "If that attachment is relinquished, that material itself does not
have any effect. What really interferes with a person is the attachment."
(Zhuan Falun) So what attachment is that? Isn't it the attachment of fear? But what are we
here for? Aren't we assisting Master with the Fa-rectification and fulfilling
our prehistoric vows? Thus we must do it and do it well. Actually, when I first started clarifying the facts, I too considered it a
most difficult task. I have cultivated in Falun Dafa for fourteen years, and I
was an assistant before the persecution. I gave myself whole-heartedly to Dafa
work. I contacted people in everyday society. I didn't want to listen to what
non-practitioners said, and when I began clarifying the facts face to face, I
always spoke at too high a level and had a strong attachment of fear. As a result, non-practitioners found it hard to accept what I said, and I
suffered as well. I heard that some practitioners could clarify the facts to
twenty to thirty people per day, and this made me even more anxious. I needed to
abandone my competitive mentality. Actually we just need to do what we should do without pursuit and save
sentient beings with compassion. Some practitioners who clarify the facts well
shared with me their experiences and took me with them to clarify the facts
face-to-face. With their help, I learned to do it with ease. That's why I would like to suggest that those practitioners who haven't
stepped out their doors yet, to find some practitioners who clarify the facts
well, and go with them, even just once, and you will know what to say in the
future. To put it frankly, what's required from us is the desire to clarify the
facts, and the rest is done by our Master. As long as we go, Master will bring
to us those who are predestined, and Master will give us the wisdom we need. Due to being persecuted in the past, I had developed a strong attachment of
fear, but I tried my best to overcome it. I maintain one firm righteous thought:
I am a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple. I came to help Master with the Fa-rectification,
so I must act according to Master's requirements. I can't let the attachment of
fear destroy my will. The more I am afraid, the more necessary it is that I eliminate that
attachment. I used to do things with only courage instead of wisdom, and I
realized that it was because I was not clear on the Fa. Master asked us to "Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom,
spread the Fa and save people with mercy" ("Rationality"from Essentials
for Further Advancement II) Now I am able to do it with wisdom as well. When I still had the strong attachment of fear at the beginning, I looked for
someone who would be easy to talk to. For instance, the elderly or someone who
looked kind. I would talk about how the older generations had fought for
Communism all their lives. I would point out that it ended up strengthening the CCP, not the public
good, and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has killed 80 million Chinese
since it seized power in China. Often after I explain this to them, they would
agree to quit the CCP. I also found that we should tell them about the goodness
of Dafa after they quit the CCP. It is much easier to clarify the facts these days, because the Fa-rectification
is approaching the end, and there are not many evil elements left. As long as we
clarify the facts to people in accordance with their attachments, many will
agree to quit the evil party. Actually it is Master who is doing all of this. For instance, everyday before
I stepped out the door, I asked Master to bring predestined people to me and
sent righteous thoughts to cleanse my own dimensional field. As a result, I
could persuade 8-10 people to quit the CCP during my lunch break. I work in the sparsely populated city outskirts, but I told myself to
persuade at least ten people per day to quit the CCP. So I take detours going
home and talk to every person that I meet, the more the better. Master told us, "You must be strict with yourself. In cultivation of the Buddha Fa,
you should strive forward vigorously." (Zhuan Falun) Therefore we must be strict with ourselves. My experience of clarifying the facts involves finding different starting
points for different people. We shouldn't underestimate the process of finding
the starting point, as it can also help eliminate many of our attachments. For
example, the attachment of saving face, the showing off mentality, the
attachment of jealousy, looking down upon others, and the attachment of fear,
etc. The attachment must be removed once it emerges. Through clarifying the
facts, I have eliminated many attachments which I had neglected in the past. Take clarifying the facts to young people as an example. I usually express
concern about them, especially those who are not local. I tell them to call
their families more often so they don't worry about them. I would ask them if
they have joined the Chinese Communist Party or its Youth League or Young
Pioneers, and go on from there. Sometimes, my words resonated with those who
were reluctant to listen to me at first because I spoke to them with compassion.
Their clear side knew and could listen to what I was saying. It is better to clarify the facts in one go and speak quickly. By doing that,
the person's thoughts follow my thoughts, and no evil can interfere. When I send
righteous thoughts at the set times, I always add one thought to eliminate the
CCP evil spirits' interference and its control over the sentient beings, and to
send the words "Falun Dafa is good" to the dimensional fields of
sentient beings. These are the things that I have come to realize through clarifying the facts
every day. There are now many people who would like to hear the facts about
Falun Gong. I tell them to ask their relatives to quit the CCP, as well. There are many things that I didn't do enough of and didn't do well in. For
example, recently I have found it difficult to read Dafa books with a tranquil
mind, and my hands still keep dropping when sending righteous thoughts. These
are the things I must break through and work on. I am still falling behind
compared with those practitioners who have always been diligent. I feel recently
that I have made some rapid improvements in clarifying the facts. But seeing
some practitioners still unwilling to step out of their doors, I am worried for
them, just like some practitioners who used to worry for me. That is why I have
written the above for fellow practitioners' reference. Please compassinately
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