(Clearwisdom.net) As a young Dafa practitioner, I have been deeply ingrained with Party culture since my youth. In my everyday life, I developed a double personality. At the same time, I had strong personal opinions about myself. I'd easily put myself in the center whenever I thought about problems and issues. Over the past ten-plus years of cultivation, my heart has been looking forward to that selfless, fearless realm of a cultivator.
After 2004 I began to slowly overcome my fear, selfishness and attachments to comfort. I began to learn from other practitioners who have done the three things well. I began clarifying the truth to predestined people from different walks of society, saving sentient beings. Now, even though I still fare much worse than diligent practitioners, in the process of improving my xinxing through clarifying the truth and helping others withdraw from the Party, I have also become more mature and gradually accumulated some experience. To sum it up, it is to "clarify the truth with ease, and help others happily withdraw from the party". Let me share my experiences below:
I have heard numerous experiences on how to clarify the truth and various methods used to persuade people to withdraw from the Party. For instance, how to overcome personal fear or how to break the ice with a stranger. What has really impressed me is that many practitioners who are introverts or who are not good with words have been able to overcome their shortcomings through studying the Fa and cooperating with fellow practitioners. Unfortunately however, some of them, when they do dare to speak up, due to nervousness or looking too solemn, sometimes exert unnecessary psychological pressure on their listeners. How can we change this?
My personal experience is that, first of all, when we clarify the truth, our mind should be relaxed and calm. We should not be moved by the myriad of mentalities of an ordinary person. Master told us in "Fa Teaching at the 2008 New York Conference" that:
"There's talk of how ordinary people have certain opinions on this, but what about that? Ordinary people have all kinds of opinions. You are the ones saving them, so you need to be clear on what you are doing and working toward."
Of course, its prerequisite is to study the Fa well, and to send forth righteous thoughts in the process of clarifying the truth.
On a deeper level, in ordinary human society all of us would like to be with someone who is relaxed, joyous and humorous. That's why I feel that even though Dafa disciples are saving sentient beings and are doing the most righteous and the most magnificent thing in the universe, we need to look natural and peaceful. As much as possible, we should smile, we should be upbeat and not too serious, we should learn to use calm, natural tones, and we should vividly explain the truth of the persecution and expose the evil Party's lies. It's best not to put too solemn a face in front of someone else. When we speak, we must not be too edgy or dull. Even though we are serious in our hearts, our expressions are relaxed, and the other party will also feel more relaxed and calm. In this way, a Dafa disciples' energy field will be able to influence and change even more people's hearts, and we'll be able to "clarify the truth with ease".
Secondly, we need to learn to think from the perspective of the other person, and learn to talk about other things of interest, as well. If all Dafa disciples talk about is "Truth of the Tiananmen Immolation Incident", or "The Heavens Destroy The Communist Party", people around us will misunderstand and even develop negative feelings, thinking that Dafa disciples are "abnormal".
Recently I found that many practitioners have ignored clarifying the truth to their family members, colleagues and friends, possibly because they spend too much time in Dafa work and doing the three things. Some people always feel that there's not enough time, and do not want to talk to people close to them, creating a mentality that separates the practitioner from them, sometimes even a mentality that thinks that he or she is higher than those around him or her.
We can spend time talking about non-Dafa things. Through casual conversation we can understand and communicate with them better. When a suitable time or opportunity comes, we can share with them things that we have learned from the Fa about life, about society and the world. It helps to create a closeness between everyday people and cultivators, leading to respect and empathy. This respect and empathy is a very important basis for clarifying the truth and persuading them to withdraw from the Party. I don't know if fellow practitioners can see this, but such heart-to-heart communication is a process for Dafa disciples to build his own personal charisma based on Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I believe a charismatic Dafa disciple will be able to use an open, warm-hearted and sincere attitude to change every person around him or her. He or she will be able to use wisdom obtained from the Fa, and sentient beings will be willing to listen while they clarify the truth, and thus "happily withdraw from the Party".
Clarifying the truth to strangers and helping them withdraw from the Party has become a part of my daily life. I can say that, anytime someone with a predestined relationship comes to me, I am able to talk to them. It is my most relaxed and happy time.
I hope every practitioner will be more diligent in our Fa-Rectification cultivation path and fulfill our prehistoric vows.
These are just my thoughts. Please feel free to point out any inadequacies.
