(Minghui.org) Master said:
“….you must make Fa-study a priority, and that no matter how busy you are you have to study the Fa.” (Teachings From a Tour of North America)
“This is especially true with Fa-study: you really need to study the Fa with utter seriousness.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XI )
“If you don’t study the Fa well, there are many things you will not be able to do well.” (“Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XI)
“The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts.” (“Drive Out Interference,” Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Persevering in Cultivation
I am an 85-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner who began cultivating Falun Dafa in 1996. Over the past 20 years, I have never stopped studying the Fa teachings and practicing the exercises.
Three years before the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, I participated for one hour in the standing exercises on the school grounds in the morning and then two hours of group Fa study and the sitting meditation every day. Everyone improved quickly as we studied the Fa together and shared cultivation experiences. At that time, the cultivation environment was just as Master said,
“ Study the Fa and gain the Fa,Focus on how you study and cultivate,Let each and every thingbe measured against the Fa.Only then, with that,is it actually cultivation.”(“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin, Translation Version A)
I will never forget that period of time.
After July 20, 1999, the Fa study group was held at my home. From Monday to Saturday, we study the Fa in the morning and I study more of the Fa in addition to the group Fa study. To help me understand the Fa better, I also transcribe the Fa. I have transcribed Zhuan Falun four times. I also transcribed all of the Hong Yin books, Essentials for Further Advancement, Essentials for Further Advancement II, and Zhuan Falun Volume II.
In addition to studying the Fa and transcribing the Fa, I do the exercises every morning. If I miss a morning, I do it at a later time. I used to do the exercises for two hours but now I do them for two-and-a-half hours and sometimes even more than that.
From studying the Fa, I have eliminated many human attachments, such as jealousy, showing off, and zealotry. I often look inward, remove any bad thoughts, and dig further to remove the root of the attachment, which is selfishness. I tend to develop attachments, such as fear and a desire for comfort and sometimes, having been indoctrinated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ideologies, I rectify myself with the Fa.
Because I am a cultivator, I have plenty of energy and am free of illness. I look very young and some people think that I am only 60 or 70 years old.
Clarifying the Truth
Master said,
“ You need to know that clarifying the truth is extremely important for Dafa disciples. You aren’t just doing personal cultivation—your own cultivation is saving the beings in the gigantic cosmic bodies that you represent. When you clarify the truth you are saving even more and even larger additional cosmic bodies and the beings in those cosmic bodies, because this is the responsibility Dafa and history have bestowed upon you.” (Teachings From a Tour of North America)
I follow Master’s requirement to fulfill my historic mission as a Dafa practitioner of the Fa-rectification period. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, I went everywhere to put up my handwritten posters that read, “Falun Dafa Is Good” “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Good,” Falun Dafa Is Righteous,” and “Heaven Will Eliminate the CCP.” Later, I was provided with truth clarification fliers, booklets, and posters—I distribute the fliers and put up the posters.
I want to make sure that sentient beings are not deceived by the CCP’s lies and understand that Falun Dafa is good. We have set up two material production sites in our community to lessen the burden on the large material production site. One of the two sites is in my home. With the help of other practitioners, I quickly learned to get online, download, and print. Since then, we’ve provided Dafa materials to our community and surrounding area and even to surrounding towns and villages at times.
We have joined the mobile phone team in the hope of awakening people’s consciences. I started with one mobile phone, moved on to two and three and am now using four mobile phones to call people. I make single manual calls and automated calls. We usually help between 20 and 30 people quit the CCP every day. To call safely and avoid being located by the police, we’ve overcome bad weather and traveled in groups over mountain roads and along urban streets. We have basically covered the entire province and a portion of other provinces with our phone calls.
I have been clarifying the truth to help people quit the CCP face to face. I usually talk about the beauty of Falun Dafa and how effective it is for healing and fitness. I tell them that practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be good people and that Falun Dafa has been embraced in more than 100 countries. I tell them many basic Dafa truths, that the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners is brutal, and that practitioners are not against China.
I have helped over 10,000 people quit the CCP over the past 20 years. Many people thank me, and some tell me to be safe and at peace. Some have even shown an interest in learning how to practice Falun Dafa.
Clarifying the Truth Face-to-face
Based on my experience, there are three key points to better clarify the truth face-to-face.
First, we should remember at all times that it is Dafa practitioner’s responsibility and mission to clarify the truth. We should feel responsible and understand that we are establishing our mighty virtue.
Second, we should pay attention to sending righteous thoughts. We should immediately eliminate any unrighteous thoughts, such as fear, being afraid of losing face, being rejected, and so on. We should keep a mindset of being responsible and kind.
Third, we should pay attention to how we clarify the truth and also to our safety—we should not be carried away. First, we need to find out the person’s age and occupation, so it will be easy to initiate a conversation.
We should start a topic naturally and take the opportunity to help people understand that they need to quit the CCP. We need to be flexible in different situations
Interesting Issues I Encountered When Clarifying The Truth
In 2005, I met a mid-level manager of a large company and helped him quit the CCP. He was very surprised when he heard that I was also a director and a Falun Dafa practitioner. He believed that Dafa was exceptional after noticing how young I looked and that I was in such good health. In fact, he asked me to teach him how to practice Falun Dafa and became a cultivator.
He faced many obstacles when he started practicing, because he had many bad habits, suffered from severe heart disease and diabetes, and did not get along with his wife because she didn’t want him to practice Dafa. However, he has been very determined in his belief in Master and the Fa. Over the past 15 years, he has been attending group Fa study at my home. He also helped me assemble truth-clarification booklets and clarified the Dafa truth to his relatives, co-workers, and friends and helped them quit the CCP.
My in-laws and my eldest daughter also became practitioners. They spread the Fa to my daughter’s three classmates and friends. Now they are all cultivating in Dafa.
An old man sat next to me on a bus. He was already over 90, had joined the Party, and was a Chinese medicine doctor. I talked to him about Dafa and he agreed to quit the CCP. When I gave him the pseudonym “Li Heping,” he showed me his senior ID and I saw that his name really was Li Heping. What a coincidence!
While I was waiting for a bus, I noticed an old man who looked very worried. I spoke to him and learned that someone in his family was going to be hospitalized and he was in a hurry to take money to the hospital. I clarified the truth to him and persuaded him to quit the CCP. He agreed and told me that his last name was Zhang, so I gave him the pseudonym “Zhang Youfu,” which, amazingly, was his name.
I came to understand from the Fa that the so-called “bad things” are also good things. They target my human attachments and help me improve my xinxing. From the viewpoint of human notions, it is difficult to overcome tribulations. If we believe that we have Master and the Fa and are not ordinary people, that we are Dafa practitioners, then we can overcome the tribulation without any danger.
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