(Clearwisdom.net) As an elementary school teacher, like many other practitioners who are teachers, I would like to share my experience in clarifying the truth to students. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
In "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People," Master said,
"When you came, saving sentient beings was your great aspiration, and that is the responsibility and mission history has bestowed upon you in Fa-rectification."
Because of my truth-clarification efforts with my righteous thoughts and righteous actions, my family has changed. In particular, my mother started to pick up the Dafa books again. She had given up her practice because of fear after the widespread persecution began. My father switched from misunderstanding and opposing Dafa to reciting, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." Now he wants to read the books of Falun Dafa. My older brother used to refuse to learn Dafa. Now he has begun to read the books and do the Falun Gong exercises. This has had a very positive effect on his once-poor health.
To those who have a predestined relationship, I am able to clarify the truth with wisdom and persuade them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, afraid of losing the stable job I have, I dared not clarify the truth to my students at my workplace. I did not realize my problem until a fellow practitioner shared her experience with me regarding the incident of her daughter's joining the Young Pioneers (of the Communist Party). I realized that my fear was the result of my human notions, and that clarifying the truth is the most righteous action of a Dafa practitioner. I was determined to deny the arrangements of the old forces, to overcome the fear of losing my job, and to be clearheaded and rational in clarifying the truth to the students to help them erase the mark of the CCP . I understood that my students all have a predestined relationship and deserve to be saved. I must not miss the opportunity to save them.
As a Chinese language teacher and also the homeroom teacher, I have a lot of opportunities to clarify the truth. Always watching my speech and conduct, I try to be a good role model for the children. Before clarifying the truth, I always send forth righteous thoughts and eliminate the dark minions and rotten demons in other dimensions. Then I tell the students, "Don't believe the CCP's propaganda on TV. Falun Gong teaches people to be good people and it teaches Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." I asked the students not to blindly slander Falun Gong, but to protect the truth-clarification brochures. "The red scarf (symbolizing their loyalty to the CCP) is stained with the blood of the CCP's killings. We must erase the mark of the CCP," I said. The children are all innocent. When I asked if anybody wanted to quit the Young Pioneers, they all raised their hands. Some of them took off their red scarves right away. I found out that my earlier fears actually came from the arrangements of the old forces, which made me afraid in order to stop me from saving sentient beings.
In terms of handling the class, I try to apply Master's teachings at the lowest level, namely, to teach the students how to become a good person. Since oftentimes there are small conflicts between students, I take the opportunity to teach them the theory of "Gain and Loss." "Beating up and bullying other people will cause you to lose the precious white matter in one's body and give it to the other person," I told them. When they were careless and got hurt, I told them, "A good or bad outcome comes from one thought." Also I taught them not to take lives of any being, including plants.
Trying my best to adapt to the status of everyday people, I tried to do my job well without fighting for the top spot or having thoughts of fame and gain. The grades of my class are always the highest among the same grade. I know this comes from the power of Dafa, as the teachings of Dafa are far more effective than using physical ways to motivate the students. In addition, I found that when I was not diligently advancing in my cultivation, students tended not to listen to me. Only after I corrected myself, could I teach the students well. As Master taught us,
"You don't even have to think, and since this field is a purely kind and compassionate one--it's a field of righteous thoughts--people aren't apt to think about bad things or do bad things. It will have this kind of effect." "The other day I said that 'Buddha's light shines everywhere, propriety and righteousness harmonize everything.' It means that the energy emitted from our bodies can rectify all wrong states." (Zhuan Falun)
Another understanding of mine is that since I was arranged to be a teacher, my mission is to save the students. My next step will be to use my wisdom to clarify the truth to the principal, my colleagues, and more children, and to save them.
At the final stage of the Fa-rectification, time flies as the process of Fa-rectification progresses rapidly. Through constantly reading the books, Master's teachings will always enlighten us. Although I am not able to see things in other dimensions, I have been personally experiencing that Dafa is broad and profound. As we clarify the truth more and more, we will gain more and more wisdom. I sincerely hope that every practitioner can take the opportunity to walk the final steps and fulfill our promises.
Due to my limited level of cultivation, I am just sharing my shallow understanding of the Fa. Again, please kindly point out anything inappropriate.