(Clearwisdom.net) When I first began to clarify the truth and would come across someone who looked unkind, I would think that this type of person was hard to approach. Because I was constrained by this notion, I was afraid that these people would not accept the Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials, and I therefore missed some opportunities. In this immense human world, it would be very difficult to come across these people again. Thinking about this matter today makes me very sad.
Under Teacher's guidance, I became more mature. By handing out flyers and clarifying the truth face-to-face, I conquered a lot of my human notions. However, taking the first steps in this new direction was difficult for me. I was so nervous the first few times I put a flyer in a stranger's hand; my face was stiff and heated, and I only managed to say, "Please take a look at this truth-clarifying material about Falun Gong." Then I would quickly ride away on my bike. I was proud of my first steps in clarifying the truth, which at first seemed so hard, but also I regretted my poor behavior. Gradually, I became very calm and mature when doing the face-to-face truth-clarification, handing out truth-clarifying VCDs, or other materials.
The process of clarifying the truth is actually a process of getting rid of our human notions and it is also a battle between righteousness and evil. When I would see someone approaching who looked unapproachable or when talking to a notable person, some bad thoughts would enter my mind, such as, "What should I do if she does not want the materials?" Or, "What should I do if he throws the materials away?" At that moment, I would send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate those bad thoughts and I would enhance my righteous thoughts by thinking something like this: "I am Teacher's disciple and I am capable of doing anything and cannot be constrained by these false surface images. If I miss today's opportunity, then I do not know when I will have another opportunity to meet him or her in this limited Fa-rectification period and this human being would be regretful for his or her life and so would I. Missing this chance would cause more hardship than the step that I'm facing right now." When I had strong righteous thoughts like this to get rid of this old force-arranged human constraint and when I was really thinking of a good future for this human being, then people usually said "thank you" for the materials from the bottom of their hearts.
In some of our experience sharing, some practitioners think that clarifying the truth should be initiated from a neutral or inconsequential starting point. For example, if we say, "I am a Dafa practitioner," it might sound like we are validating ourselves and not the Fa. I do not agree with this viewpoint.
We should position ourselves righteously and in our heart always think about saving sentient beings. Of course, I am not saying that we should not clarify the truth indirectly -- sometimes this approach creates good results. But if we say that we are a Dafa practitioner, rather than validating ourselves, I think this is equivalent to validating Dafa because we are, after all, Dafa practitioners, and it is natural and easy to say that. It should not matter which approach we use to clarify the truth. What we are showing to sentient beings is our goodness, kindness, and compassion. This is because we are Dafa particles and Dafa practitioners. We are created by Dafa, and we should therefore openly and righteously validate Dafa.
The above is my personal understanding. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate