(Clearwisdom.net) I am sixty-one years old. Before I started practicing Falun Gong, I suffered both physically and mentally. I had to take a lot of medication and was under a lot of mental pressure. After getting married, I encountered many family conflicts for many years. My parents-in-law, and my husband's brothers and sisters incited conflicts all the time. My husband was addicted to alcohol, and we fought frequently. As more and more conflicts arose, my family was on the verge of collapse.
At the end of 1996, I started practicing Falun Gong. Although I had many human notions in the beginning and my understanding of the Fa was very shallow, many aspects of my life changed for the better. My body was purified, the conflicts within my family were resolved, and my family life became harmonious. Seeing the huge changes in me and hearing me describe the magnificence of Dafa, some of my colleagues, relatives, and their families started practicing Falun Gong.
Rectifying Myself in Fa-rectification and Walking the Path Arranged by Teacher
On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the brutal persecution. Because I had many human attachments at the beginning of my cultivation, I was afraid and could not look at things from the Fa's perspective in facing this sudden tribulation. As a result, I wrote a guarantee statement, and I felt that I had reached rock bottom. In addition, all of my illnesses recurred. I regretted that I had done such a foolish thing. I was ashamed that I let down Teacher and Dafa.
When I started cultivating again, I studied the Fa systematically and examined myself for any problems. I had many attachments, desires, and human notions, especially the attachment of fear. It filled my world, trying to move me and stop me from cultivating.
After I realized this, I decided to take action. First, I declared to the instructors and policemen from the security office that my guarantee statement was invalid. I then clarified the truth to them. In mid-November of 2001, I went to validate the Fa in Beijing. After going to Tiananmen Square to unfurl a Dafa banner, I was arrested and brought back to my hometown. On the way, I asked for help from Teacher, and I was able to remove the handcuffs and escaped. I couldn't return home, so I moved from place to place.
Walking the Path Arranged by Teacher Righteously and Making Breakthroughs in Cultivation
I left home and went from place to place for over a year. During that period of time, I studied the Fa and realized that such a state was also a form of persecution arranged by the old forces. I should completely negate it. There is nothing wrong with practicing Falun Gong and validating Dafa. Why should I hide? I decided to go home with dignity and make breakthroughs in my cultivation. Master said in "Suggestion" from Essentials for Further Advancement II,
"As Dafa disciples, what you should do in the current situation is clarify the truth to the world's people and expose the evil, thereby safeguarding Dafa."
In the process of clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings, we can improve the cultivation environment.
After I returned home, I faced the complaints of my family, cold stares from my neighbors, misunderstanding from other relatives, questions from my colleagues, and harassment from the local police. Still, I clarified the truth with compassion and a calm heart.
My environment was rectified through clarifying the truth. My family no longer restricted me, and the neighbors who used to follow and monitor me stopped doing so. Several elderly people, who were assigned to monitor me, no longer questioned me. The police harassed me less frequently. The head of my work unit no longer asked me for "updates in my situation." I deeply understood that as long as we had the pure thought of "saving sentient beings" in Fa-rectification, our starting point was solely for others and we let go of self, and as we constantly rectify ourselves, our righteous thoughts will get stronger and more powerful in saving sentient beings. Consequently, our environment will improve.
Follow Teacher's Words - Be Diligent in Clarifying Truth, Asking People to Withdraw from the CCP, and Saving Sentient Beings
As I became more diligent in studying the Fa and constantly rectifying myself with righteous thoughts, I also intensified clarifying truth and asking people to withdraw from the CCP.
I asked every member of my family to withdraw from the CCP, seized every opportunity and tried my best to reach out to everyone that I knew or came cross. Even when I am at a party or gathering, I find an opportunity to ask people to withdraw from the CCP. The effect has been good. This March, I went to a wedding and helped about 12 people withdraw from the CCP after telling them the facts about Dafa.
I reached out to people that I didn't know, including vegetable sellers, business people, people on the street, workers who pull carts, drivers, cleaners, people who collected garbage, staff in shopping malls, retired workers, unemployed people, beggars, etc. I sometimes offered my help or initiated a conversation. Under all circumstances, I grasped the opportunity to clarify the truth and asked them to withdraw from the CCP.
Everything is done by Teacher. We are simply constantly rectifying and purifying ourselves and getting rid of all human attachments while assisting Teacher to validate the Fa and fulfilling our prehistoric mission.
When saving sentient beings, if we have a pure, sincere heart and compassion for others, the effect will be very good. This can be achieved by truly cultivating and constantly rectifying ourselves. Meanwhile, we should meet Teacher's requirements and reach the realm of enlightened beings in the new universe.
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