(Minghui.org) Based on my cultivation environment and abilities, I have been making phone calls to tell Chinese people about the persecution of Falun Gong since 2013.
I encountered a lot of difficulties at the beginning. I couldn't react quickly enough, felt I was being wronged, felt sad, and was full of complaints. Many recipients hung up on me, swore at or threatened me, were difficult to talk to, or asked me for money.
With Teacher's strengthening and practitioners' help, I overcame many difficulties during the process. Now I can do it much more easily.
Clarifying the facts to people is part of our cultivation. It's also a process of eliminating one's human attachments and transcending humanness. During the first couple of days, very few people listened, and many hung up on me. I did not give up, although I still complained. However, I just kept my mind on Teacher's Fa, which enlightened me to just how difficult it is to save any human, not to mention me: “Lu Dongbin once made a statement: 'I’d rather save an animal than a human being.'” (Zhuan Falun)
Thinking about how difficult it is for Teacher to save us, I stopped complaining. By looking inward, I found my arrogance, agitation, pursuit of immediate success, lack of patience, and unkindness. I also noticed the gap between my cultivation and that of other practitioners.
One time I heard another practitioner’s phone recordings. I realized that I spoke too quickly and was not very calm when I spoke. This was a manifestation of my heart. Afterward, in my day-to-day life, I began to slow down and lower my voice; only then did I have the feeling of being calm and peaceful.
I realized that, by slowing down when I talked, it added weight to my words. I understood that, in addition to the power of being a practitioner, wisdom can appear in such a state.
Teacher said:
“While working, your tone of voice, your kindheartedness, and your reasoning can change a person’s heart.” (“Clearheadedness” from Essentials for Further Advancement I)
I had never thought about this point before and never realized that this Fa principle had anything to do with me.
Teacher also said:
“You should always maintain a heart of compassion and kindness. Then, when you run into a problem, you will be able to do well because it gives you room to buffer the confrontation.” (Zhuan Falun)
After some time, the number of people who were willing to listen to me increased.
Nevertheless, the number of people I helped withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations hovered at around a dozen. I started wondering whether I should change my script a bit.
My original script only covered the fact that the CCP is evil, why heaven will eliminate the Party, and why one needs to withdraw from the CCP. I seldom touched upon the facts of Falun Gong.
I thought that talking about Falun Gong could have a negative effect and might prevent people from quitting the CCP. Through studying the Fa, I came to realize that this was my attachment.
As a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple, how could I clarify the facts without talking about Falun Gong? Before that, I always thought that I had only a few notions. Actually, this came down to one of the biggest human notions that I needed to get rid of.
I changed my opening and said that one can escape calamities by repeating “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” That evening, I helped 26 people quit the CCP. That shocked me.
In the following days, I came across a few more of my other human notions that had been hindering me. For instance, the phone numbers I was given were of those who had already listened to our pre-recorded information. And at the beginning, I noticed that people who were less likely to quit the Party were from either the army or the police. I did not call them right away, but left them for the end. As a result, I had saved up a long list of those numbers.
After that, I thought, “If these people were willing to listen to the recordings, will they also listen to me?” After thinking about that, I changed my mind and began to make phone calls to them without hesitation.
If they didn't pick up the phone or were not willing to listen, I still kept calling them. After a while, and over time, I noticed that the ones who listened to me the most were people from the army, followed by the police. This fact corrected my notion about people from these sectors of society.
One time, I made quite a few phone calls to a certain area. It turned out that very few in that area people listened to me, so I was a little discouraged. I thought that the people in that area were deeply poisoned by the Party and that it was very hard for them to accept the truth.
Another time, the list of names I received happened to contain five people from that area. I ended up talking for more than 30 minutes with each of them, and I was able to tell them of the true nature of the Party.
The people who did listen agreed with me. During one of the calls, an entire family withdrew from the Party. I came to realize that, when I have an impression or a feeling, that sense is a human notion.
Teacher said:
“Saving people is just that, saving people, and to pick and choose would not be merciful.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference” from Teaching the Fa at the Conference IX)
At the beginning, I used my computer to make phone calls. Some practitioners thought that this was not very safe. However, I thought that, if I were to use my computer outside the house, it would be neither safe nor convenient.
Teacher said:
“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston” from Teaching the Fa at the Conference II)
Later I began to use a cell phone instead. When I made phone calls, I felt calm because I was doing the most righteous thing and no one dared to persecute me.
I wholeheartedly devoted myself to making phone calls, and I listened carefully to the other party's responses. I answered their questions with wisdom. As a result, more and more people agreed to quit the Party.
I never thought about whether there was a security issue while I clarified the facts, so I thought I didn't have any fear. Then one day I noticed that the phone numbers sent to me were for the police and army in my city, and I was a bit hesitant. I thought that, if I talked to people in my city, they could easily identify me. I could feel my fear emerging.
I started sending forth righteous thoughts and just made phone calls. I called all the numbers, and the results were good. I enlightened from the Fa that the reason evil beings can persecute someone is not necessarily because of what that someone did.
We are messengers of the divine, and we are doing the most righteous thing in the cosmos. Who dares to persecute us? We should look at the matter of saving sentient beings using higher-level principles. What we do are things above ordinary human levels, so we should also use high-level principles to measure ourselves. We should have a correct state of mind when doing things. Only by being on the Fa will we be safe.
I often look within for shortcomings in everyday life. In addition, I use my righteous thoughts to eliminate all kinds of human attachments, such as zealotry, showing off, resentment, protecting myself, attachments to doing things, doing things carelessly, impatience, thinking highly of myself, not being able to receive criticism, and so on.
As long as one thought of mine is human, I eliminate it right away as soon as I discover it. As to all the factors that interfere with my saving sentient beings, such as physical pain, feeling uncomfortable, being hungry, cold or hot, interference from my relatives, friends, or other practitioners, as well as evil factors that interfere with my clarifying the facts, I eliminate them with righteous thoughts.
Ever since the 2016 Chinese New Year, I have been clarifying the facts to people for two and a half hours every night. One night, I helped 61 people withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I can help at least 24 people every night.
I feel that clarifying the facts is like wandering around in human society, where every day I run into all kinds of people: a police chief said he would offer me whatever I needed; some wanted to come and see me; some asked to pass on their greetings to Teacher; some wanted to learn the exercises—there are all kinds of positive responses mixed in with negative ones.
After a while, making phone calls started to seem as if I were talking to these people face to face. Many times when I picked up the phone, it was even as if I were talking to old friends.
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