(Clearwisdom.net)
In "Teaching the Fa at the Meeting with Asia-Pacific Students," Master said, "As your Master, I can't leave behind a single disciple, and I'll tell you that as a coordinator, you can't leave behind a single one of my disciples."
Thinking of Master's reminder again and again, my eyes fill with tears. Again, I was deeply touched by Master's boundless benevolence.
After July 20, 1999, when the persecution of Falun Dafa began, Dafa practitioners in my city formed a whole body, particularly in taking the initiative to do things to validate Dafa. Later on, when some practitioners slacked off in studying the Fa and others developed a mentality of fear or of having to get things done, problems arose. The sites where we produced truth-clarifying materials were destroyed. Several contact persons and diligent practitioners were arrested. As a result, the work of validating Dafa reached a very low point. The truth-clarifying materials became scarce, and the contact among practitioners was lost. Most Dafa practitioners had to study the Fa and practice the exercises at home, having no access to Master's new articles or to articles from the Falun Dafa website. We did not know about the great situation created by Dafa practitioners at home and abroad in validating the Fa. Gradually, a few practitioners developed some misunderstandings toward Fa-rectification cultivation. Some wondered if sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil was not compassionate; some wondered if we should practice secretly since the persecution was so severe; some thought that, since cultivation at higher levels should be in the state of wuwei (non-action), we did not need to practice the exercises, since the mechanism installed by Master was automatic. However, most Dafa practitioners knew that the situation in our area was not right and felt worried and helpless. I myself focused only on personal cultivation.
Early one morning this February, I had a very clear dream. Several people had locked me in a room. I thought, "They cannot keep me here. I have to get out." As soon as I had this thought, I jumped out of the window. I thought about this dream after I woke up. I went to the homes of fellow practitioners to discuss it. All of us agreed that it was the old forces that wanted to surround us and prevent us from validating Dafa.
My family members became concerned when I again began to visit fellow practitioners at their homes and to distribute truth-clarifying materials at night. They began to interfere. No matter how I explained the truth to them, they were still concerned about my safety and afraid of being fined since the family could not afford it. So I increased the number of times I sent forth righteous thoughts, and clarified the truth to them with more compassion and rationality. After contacting fellow practitioners one by one, we gathered together and gradually reestablished an environment conducive to studying the Fa and practicing the exercises in groups, as Master instructed. In recent months, people in different areas who request Master's new articles and copies of the Minghui Weekly News have been rapidly increasing. Taking the Fa as teacher, we study the Fa and share our understandings together. We have consequently resolved various misunderstandings on our cultivation, and we now more clearly understand our mission. More and more practitioners have become proactive in coordinating and cooperating to do the work of exposing the local bad people, clarifying the truth, and saving sentient beings. By studying the Fa with a calm mind, we gradually let go of the mentalities of fear and suspicion, and are able to do the three things bestowed on us by Master in an open and dignified manner, walking the path of validating the Fa with increasingly clear minds.
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