(Clearwisdom.net) Since practitioners in our area began using cell phones to call people and tell them about the persecution of Falun Gong, the practitioners in our small Fa-study group have treated this as one of our major ways to validate the Fa and save sentient beings. Now every week at a fixed time, we group together teams of two or three people to send text messages and make phone calls. It has been very effective so far.

One of the major changes is that in the past, when we told people about the persecution face-to-face, we had human notions that held us back and made us uncomfortable. Therefore, we tended to do it only with our close friends or relatives. Because we could not make any breakthroughs in telling strangers about quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the number of people that we persuaded to quit the CCP was very small. However, since we began using cell phones to make calls and tell people about the persecution of Falun Gong, the number of people we have persuaded to quit the CCP has constantly increased. Now, every time we coordinate these teams to clarify the truth, we are usually able to bring back a list of 10-20 names of people who agreed to quit the CCP.

We usually send forth righteous thoughts first, and then find an appropriate place that is far away from residential areas. We first send text messages, and then make phone calls to those who read the messages we sent. Those practitioners who have busy work schedules and don't have time to send texts, leave voice messages instead, and then call those who have listened to the voice messages. The elderly practitioners who have a hard time sending texts also leave voice messages.

During the calling process, the practitioner needs to be very focused. Thus the best way is to take turns, with one practitioner making calls, and the other practitioner sending righteous thoughts and observing the nearby situation. This way a one-body is formed, and it is safe and rational.

The process of making phone calls is also a process in which we improve as a whole. The cultivation state of practitioners directly affects the outcome of our truth clarification efforts. Due to various reasons, everyone has encountered different types of interference, especially during the two times when the CCP tried to interfere with our project. During those periods, most of our text messages could not be sent and we could not make any phone calls. It felt as though there was no way out, but we continued firmly and made it through. This was a result of Master's care for us as well as our well-established cultivation environment. After our regular small-group Fa-study, we discuss the Fa principles as well as technical issues, and our experiences with sending text messages and making phone calls. This way each of us finds the shortcomings in ourselves and we learn from each other. This has helped us a lot.

For our group, clarifying the facts about the persecution using cell phones has become a very effective way of assisting Master with Fa-rectification. We are now getting more and more comfortable with this tool that Dafa has provided for us.

There was one practitioner who used to have difficulty dealing with people. Even when he faced his acquaintances he had trouble talking to them about the persecution. It was hard for him to start the conversation, so he was not able to persuade many people to quit the CCP. He felt troubled, but could not make a breakthrough. However, since we started using cell phones, it has been easier for him to talk to people about the persecution. In the beginning, he wrote down what he was going to say and then memorized it. Every time we went to make phone calls he just recited the words. He insisted on doing this, regardless of whether the people agreed to quit the CCP or not. At first, he was able to persuade only a very few people, but he continued trying hard and shared with everyone in order to improve his manner of speaking. Finally, one time, he persuaded eight people to quit the CCP. He was very glad and everyone felt happy for him. Now every time we form teams to make phone calls, he easily helps about six or seven people to quit the CCP. Other practitioners could feel his compassionate mind as a result of his cultivation. This compassionate mind enables him to speak better and better, and he also feels more and more willing to speak.

Using cell phones to tell people about the persecution has also helped us to enlarge the range of area and people that we are able to reach.

For example, there are many rural areas where there are few Falun Gong practitioners. Those areas have become our focus. Also, in the cities these days there are more and more residential districts where there is security and monitoring. This makes distributing flyers and other materials difficult. For us, sending text messages and making phone calls have become a way of truth clarification that is convenient, reliable, safe, and effective.

We encounter all kinds of people in the process of making phone calls. If we meet some of these people in person, we may get held back by our own notions. But after making these breakthroughs in eliminating the attachment of fear, no matter who picks up the phone, we can talk to them calmly. For instance, sometimes the people who pick up the phone are high-level officials or police officers, but fellow practitioners are able to talk to them rationally and persuade them to quit the CCP.

Looking back on this path that we have walked for a year in clarifying the truth with the cell phones, our determination has helped us a lot. Whatever interference there was, our hearts would not be moved. Despite the existence of persecution, we are firmly determined to walk the path. We have come to this point today and have walked toward maturity.

Master said, "Always cultivating as if you were just starting will surely result in achieving your ultimate rank." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference")

I would like to remind fellow practitioners, however, that there are some security-related issues with using cell phones to clarify the facts. The cell phones could be utilized by the CCP to determine your location. Therefore, to be safe, the basic rule is that the cell phones we use to clarify the truth must be used only for that purpose. When we are in or around our homes, we remove the batteries from these cell phones. Please refer to the articles on the Minghui website that specifically discuss the safety issues related to cell phones.