(Clearwisdom.net) Yesterday afternoon, I went out to clarify the truth with a fellow practitioner. This practitioner clarified the truth well and effectively. Not only did she explain the truth about Dafa clearly to predestined people, she also tried her best to get them to renounce their membership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. She urged those who understood the facts to clarify the truth to their family and friends, so that those people could also be saved. She also gave these people calendars with information about Falun Dafa and posted truth-clarifying materials in public places. At night, this practitioner continued to clarify the truth diligently.
In comparison, my situation was very different from hers. I didn't save many people. Moreover, I encountered several difficult situations. One day, as I was clarifying the truth to a janitor after 4:00 p.m., this person suddenly said, "I will report you to the police." My heart was unmoved at that time, as I was not afraid. I continued to tell him the facts about Dafa. The fellow practitioner appeared at that time and told him that the Tiananmen Square self-immolation was staged by the Communist regime. I stood beside them, sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil elements controlling this man. In the end, he left quietly and we quickly walked away.
I also met a man whose leg was broken two years prior, and has had still not recovered. He was on crutches, and I walked along with him, telling him the facts about Dafa. I persuaded him to renounce his membership in the CCP. He agreed and said he wanted to try and recite, "Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!" Finally he thanked me sincerely again and again. As I was leaving, his wife (a tax officer) came up from behind and shouted nasty words at me. I tried to clarify the facts to her, but she refused to listen. I smiled and quickly walked away. The other practitioner and I continued to clarify the truth in another area.
That night, after studying the Fa, I quickly reflected on what happened during the day. I realized that the two incidents I had encountered did not happen by chance. It was caused by my human attachments.
I had recently felt that my cultivation state was not good and decided to stay at home to study the Fa for the whole day. While studying at around 9:00 a.m., this fellow practitioner called and asked me to go out to clarify the truth with her. When we met, I asked her if we should give out the calendars with information about Dafa that another practitioner had brought over several days ago. She replied, "Yes." When she saw the box of calendars, she asked, "Why are there so many calendars?" I complained, "This practitioner could not get rid of them and had to bring them over." I made excuses, so that I would not be blamed for this. The practitioner listened to me and said, "Let's not blame others. Since we have these calendars, let's give them out!" She was calm and not at all affected by my complaints.
When we got onto a bus, this practitioner started to send truth-clarifying text messages using her cell phone. I forgot to bring my cell phone and could only work together with her by sending forth righteous thoughts. Up until then, I had not rectified the negative thoughts in my mind regarding the calendars, and the evil took the opportunity to create interference. I wanted to clarify the truth to the person who was sitting next to me, but as I was not in a good mood, I was hesitant to do so. Yet I felt that I should do it and started to do so mechanically. This person listened to what I said quietly, and subsequently got up and sat in another seat. Obviously, as I was not in a righteous state of mind, this sentient being was affected by it and lost this opportunity to be saved.
Through these incidents, I gained a deeper understanding of the Fa principles. During this extremely crucial time of saving sentient beings, everything encountered by Dafa disciples doesn't come by chance. Whenever problems appear, we have to harmonize the situation and cooperate as one body. When bad thoughts appear, we must send righteous forth thoughts and rectify them quickly. We should look within ourselves unconditionally and not miss any opportunities to improve ourselves. We have to treat seriously everything that we encounter. This is the correct state that a Dafa practitioner should have. Through this process, we improve our cultivation levels and assimilate to the principles of the Fa. If we truly understand the mission and responsibility bestowed upon Dafa disciples, then we will not slack off in saving sentient beings. We will save sentient beings wholeheartedly and not just be going through the motions. We cannot save people with human notions!
That night, I studied Master's article "Righteous Thoughts" repeatedly. From now on, whenever I discover any bad thoughts in my mind that deviate from Dafa, I will eliminate them immediately with righteous thoughts. I won't be indifferent to them. Otherwise, it will bring great interference to my responsibility of saving sentient beings, and that would be letting down Master and Dafa. If sentient beings cannot be saved due to our strong human attachments when clarifying the truth, it is not simply a matter of making a mistake!
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