(Minghui.org) I would like to share some observations of a few practitioners clarifying the truth.
New practitioner is not “new”
Practitioner A obtained the Fa less than two years ago. Under the guidance of veteran practitioners, she eagerly studies the Fa and practices the exercises. In less than six months after beginning to practice, she started to distribute truth clarifying materials, clarify the truth face-to-face, and save people with the veteran practitioners. Even if it's raining, she goes to construction sites, supermarkets, community streets, and remote rural areas to clarify the truth face-to-face with fellow practitioners. She has had very good results, and each time, more than ten people did the three withdrawals.
Last year Practitioner A moved. She chose to clarify the truth face-to-face to passengers from across the country at the train station waiting room.
Before clarifying the truth each time, she conscientiously studies one lecture from Zhuan Falun and sends forth righteous thoughts for 15 minutes to eliminate the evil spirits, all interference from the evil factors, and all dark minions and rotten demons that prevent people from listening to the truth and be saved and let people with predestined relationships understand the truth. Then she goes to the station waiting room searching for people with predestined relationships so she can talk to them about the beauty of Dafa and expose the persecution.
Due to the large number of people always on the move in the train station, she can talk to people of different ages, from different parts of the country, with different cultural levels and needs. This brings both opportunities and challenges to clarifying the truth. Due to language barriers, coupled with the presence of the police and police car and security personnel patrolling from time to time, there is some interference to getting to talk to people. This setting requires Dafa disciples to be strict with themselves, have righteous thoughts and righteous actions, be rational, and use wisdom to clarify the truth and persuade people to do the three withdrawals.
To be able to do all this, Practitioner A lengthened her Fa study and sending forth righteous thoughts time. She uses a cultivator's xinxing standard to get rid of human attachments and have righteous thoughts and righteous actions to clarify the truth and save people in different situations.
She adopted different approaches and methods to start up conversations with people, such as pointing out directions, leading the way for passengers, helping passengers that are having difficulties, and greeting people. She always puts herself in the other person's shoes and thinks about their problems from the standpoint of helping them.
Initially, she used the local dialect to talk to people but felt that the effect was not good. In order to clarify the truth better, she is determined to learn Mandarin. She used the dictionary to learn those words that she had difficulty pronouncing and practiced until she was familiar with them before clarifying the truth, and the effect was very good.
She now uses Mandarin to clarify the truth, and the passengers from other areas are able to understand her. This makes clarifying the truth go more smoothly.
Practitioner A also pays attention to her own image. She dresses appropriately and is clean and tidy. Because she is properly dressed, she does not stand out in the crowd.
She often brings her own bottle of water and food to save time. When she goes out to talk to people, she speaks to everyone that she can.
This shows that whether one obtained the Fa early or later, as long as one follows Master's requirements and cultivates oneself, one will definitely elevate. New practitioners are not “new.”
Old practitioners are not “old”
Practitioner B is 75 years old, but she goes out with young practitioners to clarify the truth face-to-face and save people. She dresses according to her age and is always neat and clean. She walks energetically and does not look like an old person in her 70s. She clarifies the truth clearly and logically and is easy to understand with her vivid descriptions. Thus, she is able to untie the knots in other people's hearts so that they can understand the truth and make the right choice. Practitioner B has cultivated for less than three years but has persuaded more than 5,000 people to quit the CCP.
“You are so young and you also practice Falun Gong”
There are two male and one female practitioners about 35 years old. They work in business or in administrative departments. Although they are very busy at work, they do not forget that they are cultivators and do not forget they have a responsibility and a mission. They take advantage of every opportunity and fully utilize their strengths and expertise to do the three things well. For example, they are adept at using the Internet to find names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. and provide them to practitioners so they can make phone calls or send text messages to clarify the truth and tell people what is best for them. They print the latest Minghui articles for practitioners and type practitioners' articles and send them to Minghui. Thus they play an active role in validating the Fa and saving sentient beings.
They pay attention to their demeanor and grooming and clarify the truth whenever there is an opportunity in their personal and working life.
After the female practitioner clarified the truth to one person, he was shocked and said, “You are so young and pretty, and you also practice Falun Gong?” She did not hide it and answered proudly, “Yes, I practice Falun Gong. Falun Gong is the Buddha Fa and guides people to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person. In more than one hundred countries and regions across the world, people practice Falun Gong, except Mainland China where the CCP will not allow it. The regime is afraid that people will want to become good, afraid that there will be more good people. How can this party not be condemned by Heaven? Thus, 'Heaven is going to eliminate the CCP' is inevitable and only by quitting all its organizations and making a clean break can one be out of danger.” The person understood at once and immediately said, “I quit! I quit!” and thanked the practitioner for her kind words.
Calmly distributing materials in a suit and tie
One middle-aged male practitioner often wears a suit and tie, carries a handsome briefcase, and stands at the pedestrian crosswalk to distribute truth clarifying materials. Each time, he can distribute from ten to hundreds of copies, and generally, the people accept it and also comment, “Look, people who practice Falun Gong are very handsome and stylish. They wear suits to distribute materials. One look and you know that this is not an ordinary person. He has a high position and can influence people.” The practitioner's demeanor leaves a good impression and has a positive effect in saving people. Thus, we as Dafa disciples must not ignore every aspect in cultivation and must be confident and openly do what we are supposed to do well.
“People in the police department also practice Falun Gong”
There is an elderly practitioner who had previously worked in the police system for many years. He has cultivated for more than ten years. No matter what mistreatment, persecution and interference he encountered, he firmly believes in Master and Dafa and fulfills his responsibilities well. This played a very good leading role in saving sentient beings. This practitioner is tall, burly, and knowledgeable. He places great importance in studying the Fa and cultivating his mind and often goes out to clarify the truth and save people with fellow practitioners.
When he saw a few students walking by near a school, he approached them and asked for directions to start a conversation so that he could clarify the truth to them. He pointed to the red scarves around their necks and told them that the CCP red scarf is stained with blood from the dead and that it was not auspicious to hang dead people's blood around one's neck and one can prevent disaster only by quitting the regime. The students understood immediately and agreed to quit the evil Party and its related organizations.
A Party secretary overheard the practitioner's conversation with the students, tailed him, and threatened to report him. He said, “You practice Falun Gong? Which work unit are you from?” The practitioner said he practiced Falun Gong and worked in the police department. The Party secretary said, “People in the police department also practice Falun Gong?” The practitioner said, “Many in the police department practice Falun Gong. What is wrong with Falun Gong teaching people to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person? It is Jiang Zemin and his gang who are irrational and persecute good people.” The practitioner pointed out that the secretary did not differentiate between good and bad and was threatening an innocent person. The practitioner said that he would report and expose him. This terrified the secretary, who quickly said, “You can handle your own things. I will leave now” and fled.
The practitioner uses the solemnity and dignity he has cultivated to stop the evil with righteous thoughts and eliminate interference. Even if someone who has been poisoned by the CCP wants to do bad things, they cannot. This is the power of Buddha Law and the compassion, solemness, and dignity of a cultivator.
“Your back must be straight”
Once, two practitioners were clarifying the truth to a middle aged woman. They talked about society's failure under the regime to the abnormal weather, about the Party brutally persecuting good people and the deaths of 80 million innocent people and about how Heaven is going to eliminate the CCP and the necessity of quitting the Party and its youth organizations. The woman listened very attentively and nodded in agreement. Finally, she understood and quit the her Youth League membership. Before parting, she said, “You spoke well and are very polite. However, I would like to make a suggestion. The effect would be better if your backs were straight when you walked, as it shows that you are full of energy.”
Through this, practitioners understood that people pay attention to our every word and action, and that our demeanor affects their ability to accept the truth. We should not underestimate any detail and must always follow high standards for ourselves and demonstrate the beauty of Dafa and a cultivator’s noble demeanor.
Another time, a practitioner was telling a guest from Beijing about the “Hidden word stone” in Zhangbu Township in Pingtang, Guizhou Province, and other facts. Suddenly, this guest looked at the practitioner from head to toe and said, “I know who you are. You practice Falun Gong.” When the practitioner asked how he knew, he said, “I traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau and saw Falun Gong practitioners clarifying the truth and distributing material everywhere.” The practitioner told him that he practiced Falun Gong and said, “What a predestined relationship we have for us to meet. Have you joined the CCP and its organizations? Have you quit yet?” The person readily said, “I am a Party member and have not quit.” Finally, the practitioner gave him a pseudonym to quit the CCP and its organizations. The man accepted it gladly.
As Dafa disciples, our every word, action, and thought is very crucial as it concerns the survival of sentient beings. No matter is inconsequential on our cultivation path, and we must walk our path well. Therefore, we must truly examine ourselves and listen to Master, “full of great aspirations while minding minor details.” (“Sage” in Essentials for Further Advancement) and cultivate ourselves well and save more sentient beings.
Master told us,
“As for you, disciples of Dafa, the closer it gets to the end the better you should walk your paths, seizing the day to cultivate yourselves well.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa - Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa”)
We must live up to the xinxing level of a cultivator with determination and use Dafa's requirements to examine our every word, action, and thought to make sure it is that of a cultivator. We must seriously, steadily, and surely do the three things well that Dafa disciples should do, be a Fa-rectification Dafa disciple that is worthy of the name, and live up to our mission.
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