(Minghui.org) The suddenness of the coronavirus outbreak surprised everyone. No matter what happens, however, we practitioners should continue doing the three things.
People in my area can only leave their homes once every two days. After I asked Master for help I obtained two passes, one for even number days and the other for odd number days. With these two passes, I can go out every day and clarify the truth. I begin each day by doing the exercises. I then study the Fa for four hours, and send righteous thoughts for three hours. Afterward, I go out and talk to people for three hours every day.
Our district is barricaded, but one day I found a side door that was unlocked. Three practitioners came to my home and we sent forth righteous thoughts for one hour and talked about our cultivation experiences. We understood that we'll be able to fulfill our responsibilities as long as our thoughts are righteous.
Adjusting To Our New Circumstances
Before the coronavirus outbreak, I could smile at people and talk to them. Now one must wear a face mask and only one's eyes are visible. People are nervous and avoid standing close to each other. Currently, the best place to meet people is in supermarkets. Other good places are bus stops. People are waiting to hear the truth. As long as we go out we can find people to talk to.
The Importance of Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts
I recently experienced some interference. My cultivation state is usually very good, but one day I was so sleepy that I couldn't focus when I read the Fa and sent righteous thoughts. After I asked Master for help I was able to focus while sending righteous thoughts. When I became sleepy, I opened my eyes and looked at Master's picture.
Because people's movements are restricted public transportation was reduced to one bus every 40 or 50 minutes. In order to catch the bus, I hurried and did not send righteous thoughts well before heading out. When I reached the bus stop, a young couple was there. I was excited and tried to tell them about Dafa.
The young man took out his cell phone and said, “I'll have you arrested.” I said, “Please don't. I need to tell you something that will help you.”
He hesitated, looked at me and put the phone back. When I continued talking he took his phone out again and said, “I'm still considering reporting you.”
I left. I knew I did not cultivate well and the old forces took advantage of my loophole. When similar incidents happened several times I looked inward to see what I hadn't done well. But, I also thought: It didn't matter how good or bad my cultivation state was. I'm a practitioner and I'll correct myself. The old forces have no right to interfere with our saving people or persecuting us practitioners.
From my experience, it's extremely important to send righteous thoughts. We should always send righteous thoughts well before we go out to talk to people. That way, we'll clean up any negative elements surrounding them, as well as ourselves.
Every Life Is Important
When I heard that many people in Wuhan died of the virus, I wasn't sad. Instead, I felt like a bystander watching the event unfolding. I thought everything that should happen will happen.
One day while I was watching NTDTV I noticed that the host almost wept when she reported on the coronavirus outbreak. I was shocked. I looked inward and I wondered whether my thoughts were aligned with the Fa.
Because I'm 52 years old my entire life has been influenced by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) ideology. The CCP disregards human lives. But I'm now a Falun Dafa practitioner. Wasn't I supposed to practice compassion? Whether people lived or died as a result of this outbreak was extremely important! How could I say that anyone's fate was not my business?
As a Falun Dafa practitioner, wasn't I supposed to be cultivating compassion? I should always consider others first. When I heard hundreds of people were dying, I didn't feel any urgent need to help them. I forgot that my mission is to save people. Is this a correct state for a Dafa practitioner?
Master said,
“every person in the entire world was at one point part of my family,”“What's held in Master's heart are all the people there are.”(“Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference”)
Every person on this earth went through enormous hardships in history to earn the right to be here. They believed that Dafa would save them. And they are waiting for us to help them. Master saved us so that we could save more sentient beings. Wasn't I failing Master?
Every person in the world is Master's family member, so they are our family members. We need to hurry up and save them!
No matter how human society changes, we practitioners must follow Master, do the three things well and save more people!
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