(Clearwisdom.net) After Teacher's article "Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World" and the book The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party were published, practitioners gained a deep understanding of the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The evil spirit that still held sway over the souls of practitioners from China was finally eliminated. At the same time, we must continue to tell the worlds' people not to let this rare opportunity pass them by and withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Communist Youth League (CYL), and the Yong Pioneer Team (YPT) (the "three withdrawals"). They must do so because, "It's necessary to remove the mark left by the evil." ("Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference")
I gained valuable experience during the process of clarifying the truth and requesting that they withdraw from communist organizations. I want to share some of my experiences with my fellow practitioners.
1. Practitioner A obtained the Fa before the persecution started on July 20, 1999. After the persecution started, she was afraid to step outside her door and validate the Fa. After some time, she matured with the help of other practitioners, group study, sharing and especially reading Teacher's lecture, "Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference,"
"Of course, some of you just keep tripping over yourselves as you go forward, stumbling and falling one time after another. Some have proceeded pretty well and steadily."
She realized that Teacher was also talking about her shortcomings. She found her deficiency, eliminated her fear, and improved her xinxing. She understood that a practitioner's responsibility is heavy and determined to do well the three things Teacher asked of us and catch up with the progress of Teacher's Fa rectification.
She began by clarifying the truth to her family, then to her relatives and friends, and finally she took the opportunity while shopping at the market. She told people about the "three withdrawals." One time she decided to visit a relative's home to clarify the truth. Her husband strongly protested. She didn't give up, because she knew that it was interference. She immediately sent righteous thoughts and then informed her husband that she was leaving. Her husband said, "OK with me! If you believe you need more time, take a few extra days." As of now, eight of her relatives have withdrawn from the Party's organizations. Clarifying the truth helped her understand the power of righteous thoughts, and she gained ever-greater determination to walk the cultivation path Teacher had arranged for her. That is a path that just gets wider.
2. Practitioner B went to Beijing to validate the Fa twice. The police have arrested her and confiscated her personal belongings four times over the past six years. Her heart to practice the Fa was as firm as stone. Her thoughts and acts were righteous. When the police attempted to force her to give up the practice, she told them firmly, "I will steadfastly practice Dafa. My heart is not moved by your demands. I will shout 'Falun Dafa is good' three times even if that means you have to shoot me!"
Being a teacher, she took the opportunity to clarify the truth to teachers and students at her school and in the classroom. She also distributed the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. The principal tried to "transform" her but she clarified the truth to the principal instead. The principal eventually said, "I didn't transform you. You transformed me."
After The Nine Commentaries and Teacher's article "Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World" were published and the wave of "three withdrawals" began earnestly, practitioner B withdrew immediately from the evil party organization and persuaded her neighbors, relatives and friends to withdraw too. She didn't miss any opportunity and was very persistent, patiently doing truth clarifying activities. Before going out on truth clarifying activities, she would send righteous thoughts to eliminate all evil interference. She then used her compassion to tell everyone about the evil nature of the CCP. After people recognized the evil nature of the CCP, they were willing to withdraw from the CCP to ensure their safety and future well-being. Her diligence helped all the people in her village withdraw from the evil organizations.
One Sunday she invited several students to her home, where she clarified the truth and told them the importance of the "three withdrawals." All of the students withdrew from the CYL and CPT and helped a class of over 30 students to withdraw from the CYL and CPT.
Her husband was a party member and had been poisoned by the CCP's lies, and he was against her practicing Falun Dafa. During the past six years, he often beat and scolded her. One time she told him how corrupt the CCP was and about the numerous crimes the CCP had committed during the years of its existence. She also told him that the CCP was certainly going to be eliminated by gods and only withdrawing from it would keep him safe. She compassionately helped him understand, and he withdrew from the CCP without any further disagreement.
Practitioner B spoke of her cultivation experiences of the past several years saying, "Only when we follow Teacher closely and walk the path Teacher arranged for us will we hold no fear. When we act and think righteously, we will pass any test."
3. Practitioner C spoke at one of the experience sharing meetings, "I obtained the Fa in 1998, but I didn't thoroughly study the Fa at the time. I thought of myself as a a practitioner because I did the exercises with everyone else. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, my fear surfaced and I gradually gave up the practice. In May 2002, I appeared to have an illness. I had an abnormal bone growth on my spine near my waist and it was extremely painful. I took medicine, shots, acupuncture, electrotherapy and they even tried to burn the growth. My skin fell off, layer after layer. Nothing worked. In August 2004, I began to practice again because practitioners helped me understand the truth. Our compassionate Teacher again purified my body and I felt light once I was free of the illness.
After I studied Teacher's "Teaching the Fa at the 2005 Canada Fa Conference," I couldn't stop crying even after reading it four times that same morning:
"But once the persecution began on July 20, 1999, their thinking changed. Great numbers of beings in diverse realms assumed a resigned, passive attitude and just watched things; they did nothing upon seeing the rotten demons do evil and carry out the persecution, as if they were watching to see if [I] would make it through. They thought, 'If you can make it, then wow, that's simply extraordinary and I will support you.' But, owing to the obstacles that arose after the old forces and old beings were roused, and upon seeing the world be filled with an evil, overpowering force, the beings each had selfish thoughts. The majority thought, 'It will be really hard for this to succeed. If it doesn't work I will be affected.' So they didn't declare a stance. Almost all beings in the multitudinous realms were like that. What the Law of the cosmos intends to save is precisely the beings in the multitudinous realms. The requirements for the beings can't be too high, though. If everyone were so upright the cosmos wouldn't have needed Fa-rectification. Exactly because beings have become like this, where they are no longer good, they have acted as they have. And that is how the gods acted towards this Fa-rectification and Dafa disciples." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2005 Canada Fa Conference")
I felt Teacher's immense compassion every time I read this paragraph. I felt that I failed Teacher, but Teacher still continued to give me opportunities. I decided to be very diligent and catch up with the progress of the Fa rectification.
I decided to use all my time spreading the truth and giving out truth clarifying materials and CDs, and never stop. One time Teacher hinted that I should go to a township to deliver truth clarifying materials. At dawn, I had everything ready and rode on my bike to that township. As I rode across a pontoon bridge, I stopped and pasted a banner on the bridge. There were three students on the bridge and I gave each of them a Falun Dafa information card. They were very excited after receiving the cards. On the roadside, I saw a farmer drying things in the sun. I pasted a banner there for him to see. Several students passed by and asked me what I was pasting. I told them the truth about Falun Dafa and gave each a card. They went to school happily and brought dozens of students who asked for the cards. I was moved, "The sentient beings are longing to be saved!" I gave cards to all of them. Then, a teacher walked over to me to see my cards. This teacher told the students, "You can't have this. Leave!" I immediately sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors behind the teacher and told him the true facts. After he listened, he didn't try to stop me and slowly walked away.
I rode my bike to the front yard of the town hall and saw a police station next to it. I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and walked straight into the town hall confident that no one would be watching me. As I reached the minister's office, I put all the remaining Nine Commentaries and the truth clarifying CDs into his mailbox and went back home, safe and sound.