Shared at the 2002 Washington DC Fa Conference

(Clearwisdom.net)

Master said, "I've said that no country in this world exists by chance--they all exist with a meaning and a purpose. Actually, people are all waiting for the Fa." (Guiding the Voyage, Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference).

When the persecution began on July 20 of 1999, I had only obtained the Fa a few months previously. I went to the embassies of the different countries with practitioners from out of state. After practitioners went back to their home states, we continued the work with these embassies. Because of lack of a deeper understanding from the Fa's point of view, the truth-clarification work to the embassies was delayed, as I became busy with other work. Often times it was other practitioners who reminded me that I should contact this or that embassy. Not until recently did I start to seriously think about this issue. This time as we prepared the activities of July 20, we contacted the staff of these embassies, clarified the truth to them and invited them to attend our activities.

At the beginning, when I worked on Dafa projects, most of the time I did it only because I had a superficial level understanding of the importance of that Dafa work. Yet, as to how they are important, I didn't have a clear understanding of it in my heart.

Master said in Touring North America to Teach the Fa, "If the vast majority of the people in this world today have really come from high levels to obtain the Fa, think about it--they aren't just some simple beings, then. Even a Tathagata represents a gigantic group of beings. But they aren't limited to Tathagatas--those who've come to the human world all have great abilities. Many cosmic bodies' Kings and Lords have come here, and they represent gigantic cosmic bodies." [Draft version]

I understood from the bottom of my heart the importance of clarifying the truth to each country's government. Several billion people on earth today have formed the nearly 200 countries. Each government of these countries represents the people of that country, especially in democratic countries. The embassy of each country represents the government of that country. As I looked at the unfamiliar faces of those staff members, what I thought of were the citizens and sentient beings behind them, in their country who have put infinite hope in them. It's just that the surface of these officials have not realized the important responsibility of being a government official during this special period. However, as Fa-rectification proceeds, people are all awakening today, their knowing side clearly understands what Dafa's great spread on earth means to them. Icelandic citizens' attitude toward Dafa was such an example.

Therefore, doing government work is not a simple matter of clarifying the truth to certain officials in the government. Every time when we talk to a government official face to face, we are actually saving the people in that country, saving the numerous sentient beings in the universe behind the people in that country. When you have such great compassion, many issues and difficulties become easier to solve.

The number of practitioners overseas is much fewer than the number of practitioners inside China. The significant responsibility of saving those few billions of people outside China is on our shoulders. It is impossible for us to clarify the truth to them one by one. Then, clarifying the truth to the government officials, letting them know about the greatness of Dafa and the viciousness of the persecution is, in reality, saving the people in that country.

Every opportunity of talking to government officials in person is hard to come by. If we do well and let them know the truth, then it is making the best use of the opportunity. If we don't do well, it is equivalent to losing a chance. It is hard to create an opportunity. Therefore, every time before I go to clarify the truth to embassy officials, I will sort out my thoughts. What points will I cover? Which materials should I bring? I also pay attention to other small aspects such as my appearance, clothing, etc..

An especially important thing is to, before the appointments, send forth strong righteous thoughts with purest state of mind. My experience was that the effects of the meetings were very good after sending forth righteous thoughts. It was easy for officials to understand Dafa and the persecution without obstacles.

Now when I clarify the truth to embassy officials, I usually talk about the following: Introduction of what Dafa is; Talk about the facts of the persecution of Dafa and Dafa practitioners, especially numbers and different tortures Dafa disciples have experienced; Harassment Dafa practitioners outside of China have experienced and the fact that the evil exported its persecution outside of China; Great compassion and tolerance manifested by Dafa practitioners when facing the persecution; How Dafa is recognized and supported by the world due to Dafa practitioners' truth clarification in the past three years; Falun Dafa has all types of benefits for countries in the world, the key is to show the meaning of Falun Dafa to humankind. Otherwise, some officials think that Falun Dafa and the persecution have nothing to do with their countries.

Therefore, we should immediately break through the officials deviated notions. This is truly for their good. Since the understanding of many government officials remain on the level of human rights, officials tend to treat the persecution of Falun Gong in the same way as human rights violations. Many government officials do not clearly see the true nature of the evil, because it is disguised by China's superficial prosperity. They cannot see that Jiang Zemin is destroying all of humankind.

Many countries have business relationships with China. Fearing loss of their business interests, they hesitate in speaking out for justice against the persecution. Think about it, if a regime persecutes its own citizens who merely want to be good people, how can such a regime be responsible for other countries' interests? The officials under Jiang's regime, which follow dishonesty, evilness, and violence, are corrupted, compete for self profit, and used up the treasury of China. They do not give the people the right to speak freely. That it is doing oneself harm to trade with a dictator who persecutes its own people and tramples on freedom. Huge volumes of foreign investment have flowed into corrupted official's pockets.

When a country is trading its own democratic principles for business interests. How can such a country have a good future? The recent Iceland issue illustrates that if a democratic country bows down to a dictator, and gives up its principles under foreign pressure, the people will strongly not agree.

In order to state this clearly, we need to have clear understanding from the Fa. Recently I find that it is not sufficient to have comprehensive content in truth clarification alone. The depth of truth clarification is also important. For example, we need to tell people why the persecution of Falun Gong is different than any other persecution in the world. Why all the methods employed by the evil political gang of scoundrels are the most despicable, the most evil.

My last point is that truth clarification work to government is not isolated. It does not necessarily follow that not talking to government officials is not government work. One time when I spoke to an embassy official, he mentioned that he saw practitioners standing still in front of the State Department during the U.S. - China human rights dialogue in October 2001. He happened to pass by and this scene shocked him. It was very powerful. Every move of ours, gods in heaven and people on the earth are all watching. It's only that we don't sense it sometimes. Our every move in American society, every activity, even though sometimes there are not too many participants, tells the society and government what Falun Gong is and who Falun Gong practitioners are. Therefore, we have to do it well.

Recently, practitioners in DC have had improvements in understanding the importance of government work. Many who haven't done government work before or who don't speak English well are now participating. They have had great experience upon doing it. I think that all Fa-rectification work is solemn. Every disciple can do it well, as long as we have a clear understanding based on the Fa.

Master said, "Cherish the present time and make the best use of it--this time is meant for the disciples." (Guiding the Voyage, Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference).