(Minghui.org) One morning around the beginning of May, I had a clear and vivid dream. It started with my clarifying the truth to a Chinese woman in a bright place. She agreed to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations after learning the facts about Falun Dafa. When she was signing her name on a petition, another person behind me shouted that he also wanted to quit the CCP.
This dream was still vivid when I woke up. I realized that it was a hint from Master, urging me to talk about Falun Dafa with people face-to-face. I work full-time on a media project and didn’t talk to people in person. I wanted to but had no idea how to go about it and what I could do to help.
Some practitioners did the exercises downstairs because our office is in the downtown area, and many people pass by. Many of them watch the practitioners do the exercise movements, and some want to learn more about Falun Dafa. One day, a practitioner asked me if I could hand out brochures, while the other practitioners did the exercises. I refused because I would have to prepare the materials myself, and I felt I was too busy to do the job right then.
In mid-July, I attended a candlelight memorial outside the Chinese Consulate. I desperately felt I needed to do more to call for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) in China.
Holding that thought, I met a practitioner I had not seen for a long time. She had just collected signatures on a petition to end the CCP. She offered to give me some brochures if I would collect signatures.
I soon got the materials from her and started getting people’s signatures.
I only had time to talk with people and collect signatures during my lunch break or after work. However, I collected over 2,000 signatures in just a few months.
A few months later, I decided to prepare the materials myself instead of relying on other practitioners to make them. So I ordered the pamphlets and small lotus flowers and paid for them out of my own pocket.
My colleagues encouraged me a lot. Some helped me get the right brochures and move the heavy boxes they came in. Some offered to share some of the cost, but I didn’t accept any money from them. Other practitioners insisted on demonstrating the exercises when I collected signatures from people. The exercise demonstration was itself a great thing for people to see as many people witnessed Falun Dafa’s peacefulness and beauty and wanted to learn more about it.
Just two days ago at noon, the dream I had in May came true.
When a woman signed the petition, someone else shouted, “I also want to sign it!” It is rare to see Westerners running and shouting in public. I turned around and saw a middle-aged man running toward me. He told me that his two daughters had just signed the petition, and he wanted to sign it too when they told him about it. He said he knew that what I said was true. He seemed happy to sign it.
Master Li told us that everyone in this world came here for Dafa, so I never judge people by their appearance. I clarify the truth to people passing by. I sometimes developed an attachment of zealotry when people signed the petition. I reminded myself to remain rational and calm, because the persecution hasn’t ended yet, and many people are still poisoned by the CCP’s lies.
One day, a tall Westerner approached me and said, “I have been following news about Falun Dafa for many years. How can I donate to Falun Dafa? Do you have a website that accepts donations?” I told him that Falun Dafa does not accept money from people. Then he asked me why some of his Chinese friends were indifferent to the persecution of Falun Gong. I told him that the CCP has warped the thinking of many Chinese since it seized power. He said he was so sad to hear that that he wanted to cry. He turned his head and walked away while wiping the tears from his face.
One day I spoke to a fast food restaurant manager about Falun Dafa and the persecution. He signed the petition and gave me his business card. He knew a lot about the destructive nature of the CCP. He said he hoped that one day the CCP would fall just as the Soviet Union had.
A young man named Kenneth signed the petition after I told him the facts. He said he had some Chinese friends and knew that the CCP has done many evil things. After seizing power, the CCP persecuted his friend’s parents, so the family fled to the US many years ago. He thanked me repeatedly for telling him about the persecution of Falun Gong.
A few days later, I ran into him again. He chatted with me about the current chaos in China. He had given the Falun Dafa information brochure to his friends and said he was glad there were still people like us in the world. I told him about the movie Eternal Spring, and he said he would watch it with his friends.
It will be more challenging for me to collect signatures outdoors when winter comes. I will cherish the opportunities Master has given us to cultivate diligently and save more people.
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