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Master said during the New York Fa conference in May 2019:
“There are actually a lot of practitioners who have worked quietly on Dafa disciple projects or other things, and all of them are truly extraordinary. Divine beings really have great respect for you. And I, too, have a lot of respect for people like that.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2019 New York Fa Conference”)
I was shocked and thought this would be hard to do—but Master’s words changed my thinking. I was no longer attached to being part of a certain project or in a given position. I just wanted to do things quietly. No matter how much I sacrificed, I decided to keep it to myself. I felt doing things quietly was truly cultivating.
Due to the pandemic outbreak we could no longer clarify the truth at tourist attractions. I realized that there were fewer and fewer opportunities to talk to people.
Master said,
“Clarifying the facts and saving sentient beings are what you need to accomplish. There is nothing else for you to accomplish. There is nothing else in this world that you need to accomplish.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2015 New York Fa Conference”)
I attended the training to learn how to clarify the truth by phone. I learned how to make good phone calls through actual practice. I persevered no matter how much people refused to listen to me, laughed at me, cursed at me, despised me, or threatened me.
Clarifying the Truth via Social Media
Other practitioners have asked me how long I spend making phone calls each day. I tell them eight hours, but it’s actually about nine. When they ask if I still have time to study the Fa, I tell them that I read Master teachings for five hours every day. When they ask what motivates me, I don’t know what to say. I don’t know why I felt the urgency to phone Chinese people, but every day I look forward to making phone calls to people in China to help them quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is my greatest joy.
I even dream about making phone calls. Sometimes in my dreams, I talk and talk but am suddenly at a loss for words. Then I get worried. I don’t alwaysnknow why the other party hangs up. When the other party picks up the phone and I say hello, I try to guess their age, their mood, how to address them, and so on, so that I can dispel their doubts and they will listen to the truth.
When I first began making phone calls, I would quickly ask, “Are you CCP member?” And many people immediately hung up on me. Some asked, “What are you doing?” “Are you asking me to be anti-CCP?” or “Are you truly Chinese?” Every time people hung up on me, I felt discouraged. This happened many times, and I couldn’t break through it. I felt suffocated. Was clarifying the truth so difficult? No matter how difficult it was, this thought always came into my mind: “It was not hard and I was only chatting with people. Maybe I should try another method to clarify the truth.” The more difficult it became, the more I put my heart into it. I had a sense of urgency.
I joined the group to read and memorize the Fa on the platform every day. The more I memorized the Fa, the more I recognized my responsibility. I felt very focused and pure. I realized that making phone calls to save people was my only mission. I must break through the bottleneck and listen to Master. The Fa would guide me. I shouldn’t focus on the result.
I started to make phone calls on a social media platform last July. When I logged onto the platform, the phone calls came in one right after the other. This was just what I wanted. I could talk to people with a focused mind and get twice the results. The first day I managed to persuade 15 people to quit the CCP. It seemed that predestined people came to me, and they had time to listen. This gave me confidence and encouragement.
In the following days, I talked to more people. I helped dozens withdraw from the CCP each day. This encouraged me to save more people and not slack off. My confidence soared. I spent eight hours a day on the platform and helped 50 or 60 people withdraw from the CCP and its youth organizations. I could persuade 1200 people to quit the CCP in one month. I knew Master arranged it. Master arranged for so many people to listen to the truth and withdraw from the CCP. Thank you, Master, for your strengthening. It was indeed a cosmic change. People are awakening.
Clarifying the Truth Based on People’s Understandings
After I talked with a practitioner one day, I realized that only by adhering to Falun Dafa’s principles could I awaken people.
The difficult part of clarifying the truth is that different people have different understandings and I have to face different situations and solve different problems. The first step is always difficult. It’s very important to pick good talking points to start the conversation. The pandemic and vaccines are good starting points.
I usually say, “Hello, how are you? I am calling to wish you good luck in the year of the Tiger. The pandemic doesn’t affect your area much. Right? (People usually say no). That is great. You are lucky. To be safe is a blessing. Not every region is so lucky. The experts say that people should be prepared because the cases might increase tenfold. We are not worried about the increased cases—we are worried about the eruption of virus variances. The vaccine might not work once a new variant appears. So we’d better protect ourselves. How about I help you quit the CCP so that you can stay safe. Are you a CCP member?”
When I mention quitting the CCP organizations, I say, “I will help you quit the CCP so that you can stay safe and gods will look after you.” Some people ask, “What gods are you referring to? I don’t believe in God. I only believe in myself.” I realized that most Chinese people are atheists. Some people hung up on me. One lady who was a Christian agreed to quit her CCP membership. When I said, “May gods and Buddha bless you,” she said, “Jesus blesses me. I don’t need your god or Buddha to bless me.”
I finally realized that I should avoid mentioning gods or Buddha so that people wouldn’t misunderstand. Now I say, “I want to help you withdraw from the CCP. I wish you health and safety. Is that okay?” Amazingly, people no longer argue with me.
When I clarify the truth to Chinese people, they usually say, “The CCP is good. The head of the CCP is good. He lets us have a good life.” They can’t separate the CCP from China.
Normally I reply, “I understand what you say. The leader did some good things such as ending the forced labor camp system and punishing corrupt officials. But he himself is a victim of the CCP. His father was publicly denounced during the Cultural Revolution.” Then I talk about the Cultural Revolution, the June 4th massacre, and the true nature of the CCP. Some people say that the CCP pays their salaries. I explain, “I understand you. But isn’t the money you earn yours? If you don’t work, would they give you money? You actually earn the money through hard work. The CCP didn’t just give you money. The CCP does give money and power to corrupt officials, who then use their power to do all sorts of dishonest things.”
One day I talked to someone in the military about withdrawing from the CCP. He said he’d vowed to sacrifice his life for the Party so it was impossible for him to withdraw from it. I then touched on the corruption in China. He said that he didn’t have money to start a business and asked me to send him money and then he would withdraw from the CCP. I laughed and said, “You’re joking. Right? Everybody knows that Chinese have money. They buy luxury houses and cars overseas.” He immediately said that those were corrupt officials. I said, “I believe it is true that you don’t have money. It seems you are a good person because you are not corrupt. I’ve talked to some officials over the phone. They said they had too much money and wanted to donate their money to Falun Gong because the CCP should investigate them.” I then gave him examples. He felt what I said was true and no longer argued with me. Finally he agreed to quit his CCP membership.
Thank you, Master, for strengthening me. The reason I can help people withdraw from the CCP is that it complies with the Fa. More and more people now listen to me and I’ve become increasingly confident. Thank you, Master, and thank you, fellow practitioners, who cooperated with me.
Cooperating with Practitioners and Making More Phone Calls
When I worked alone I began to slack off. I became discouraged when people refused to listen to me or hung up. As a veteran practitioner who had cultivated for more than 20 years, I didn’t treasure time. I liked to watch the news. I felt guilty. Wasn’t this an omission? Wasn’t I acting like an everyday person?
After I started to make phone calls on the platform, I didn’t have time to play on my mobile phone. I spent all my time doing the three things. I became more confident clarifying the truth to people, and I felt I was doing something sacred.
Saving people is my mission and Master arranges everything. I’m only doing what I should do. I remember what Master told us and regard myself as a practitioner. Improving xinxing should be my first priority.
I ran into some xinxing tests when I worked with practitioners from other areas. I was worried that language might be a problem for me. Luckily, I met a practitioner who spoke Chinese and we worked together well. He’d had experience in another project and sent me some recordings of how to help people withdraw from the CCP. I thanked Master for sending him to help me. When I clarified the truth to people, I went straight to the point, and they would usually agree to quit the CCP. That practitioner always sent a text message reminding me to tell this particular story first. I told him that there were many ways to clarify the truth. I felt a bit awkward to start with this story in some instances. But he was not convinced. I felt uncomfortable and didn’t realize that he was actually helping me improve.
This issue was always in my mind. I looked within. I realized that I must have attachments that were being exposed by this conflict. I didn’t like it when people told me what to do. That’s why I felt uncomfortable. Why did I want to be recognized? Actually, I wanted to hear praise. The root cause was that I complained in my heart.
Through Fa study I realized that I should negate those negative thoughts and not acknowledge them. I said to Master, “I am your disciple. I only walk the path that you arranged for me. I don’t acknowledge any other arrangements. Complaining is not part of me. Being unable to take criticism is not me. Master, please help me remove these attachments.”
Later on we worked together to talk to a new group of people. He still sent me text messages to remind me, but it no longer bothered me. I realized from this incident that when I felt uncomfortable and had negative feelings, it was the time for me to improve and I must understand it from the Fa’s perspective and negate those attachments that were not part of me. Finally Master removed it for me. Thank you, Master, for strengthening me!
One day a lady told me that she had “finally found us.” Her WeChat account was blocked many times. She asked us to set up more groups so that people could hear the truth.
Thank you, Master, for strengthening me. Thank you, fellow practitioners, for training me, sharing with me on the platform, and encouraging me. I made progress bit by bit. Thanks for this opportunity to share with you.
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