(Clearwisdom.net) It was pretty late one evening when I returned from Fa study. I casually clicked to join a chat room on the Internet, wondering if I would be able to clarify the truth to people.
In the chat room, I first chatted with everyone as usual. Immediately some people showed interest in talking with me. As I was thinking about how to lead the discussion into clarifying the truth, another practitioner started posting truth-clarifying messages. Considering this approach didn't conform to the rules of the chat room, and some people might not accept it, I tried to tell the practitioner to change his method. However, he didn't respond. As I expected, a lot of people started cursing him. I quickly signaled the person who cursed the most to have a private chat with me online.
At first I just wanted to briefly tell her my view on Falun Gong. However, she had very strong preconceived opinions, and stated that she was against the Party but also against us. She thought that we had political ambitions. When I told her that we did not, she asked for proof. Since she wanted to know more about us, I directly told her that I had not only read the Teacher's books, but also met him in person. Hearing this, she said that she had read Teacher's works even before I did, and that she had supernormal abilities since childhood. She kept saying that I was too na ve. I almost wanted to give up, but because she was responding to everything I said, I felt that I couldn't give up on a life so easily. I didn't have the intention of changing her. The rest of the night, I controlled the topic of our discussion. At 3 a.m., I no longer wanted to give up and was using my True thoughts instead. I decided to stay on, as long as she listened to me.
At about 3:30, something amazing happened. She suddenly changed the topic and asked, "Should I call you an older sister or younger sister?" When I saw the dramatic change in her attitude towards me, I asked her to promise not to curse at people anymore in the future. To my surprise, she agreed. I felt that I should go and told her that it was very late in my area. She also asked me to go to bed, but it seemed that she still wanted to talk with me. We exchanged email addresses, and she gave me her phone number. I promised that I'd call her within two days. She was an instructor at a good university, but said she felt bored all the time. I told her my life was very full and meaningful.
The next morning, I got up early, did the exercises, studied the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts. Then, I called her as promised. This time talking on the phone, I felt that her arrogance was gone. She explained to me the reasons why she didn't like Dafa before. She said that she once asked an American person visiting China why Falun Gong is permitted in America, and the American person said that there was a lot of freedom in America. I told her that actually Falun Gong was becoming more and more respected in America. One reason was certainly because of the degree of freedom in the country. The more important reason was that the American government and people welcomed and admired Falun Gong. There were more and more Western practitioners, and Dafa was being introduced on university campuses all over America. In fact, the world has recognized and praised Dafa. She then asked some questions about her supernormal abilities, which were easy to answer for practitioners. I told her about the various supernormal abilities many Dafa practitioners developed after starting cultivation.
Later, I sincerely told her about how I obtained the Fa and how Dafa has dispelled the depression in my heart. When she heard that, she forgot that she disagreed with Dafa a few minutes earlier, and said that the book must be worth reading. The more she listened, the more interested she became. I finally understood that she had always been searching for the Tao. I gave her the website for Zhuan Falun. She told me she couldn't access it and became very anxious.
I happened to have just received a CD-ROM with all the information contained on the main Dafa website. I told her that I could send her a CD-ROM. She was very excited and gave me her mailing address. That afternoon, I sent her the CD-ROM with the Dafa information, a truth-clarifying CD-ROM, a holiday card, and a short letter.
Though I've only been using Internet chat rooms for a couple of weeks, I've met several "sisters" with predestined relationships. I also made a friend who was so kind that he wanted to do something to help out. I don't know how many other "relatives" and "friends" are anxiously waiting for me in the chat rooms.
I remember the first time I joined an online chat, I was nervous about being involved in the circle of lives of ordinary people. After two weeks, I no longer feel that way. By contrast, I feel like I am purifying that environment. Every time, I am able to appropriately lead the discussion to the truth about Falun Gong. One day, when I talked about Dafa, six or seven people started attacking me (at the time more than 70 people were in the chat room watching what I was saying). I was compassionate and calm. One person said that I caused public outrage. I replied that I was just telling the truth, and he later expressed admiration for me. I went on to answer their offensive questions, during which I realized that they were willing to objectively analyze this matter. They just had been deceived for too long.
I asked a person who had been talking to me online whether he was really against Falun Gong. He said, "If you are just practicing, why should I be against it?" I suddenly understood why Chinese people are said to be precious. I saw the innate nature of beings originating in higher dimensions. They need our sincere, compassionate and patient illumination.
I think chatting online is a serious matter because we need to be responsible to them. I made sure that I only visit chat rooms after studying the Fa and doing the exercises. If we were not pure ourselves, it would be very difficult to move people. Also, to clarify the truth to them, we must use ways they could accept--the best way is to make friends with them. Let us all work together, and use our sincerity based on compassion to make precious Chinese friends.
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