(Minghui.org) I only started practicing Falun Dafa a little over three years ago. I cultivate alone most of the time and felt I didn’t do the three things well enough. As a new practitioner, I’d like to share my experience in clarifying the facts with people face-to-face.
Through learning Master Li Hongzhi’s Fa, I came to understand the importance of clarifying the facts and helping people quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations. Initially, I talked to my family members and good friends. During the process, I encountered all kinds of xinxing tests. Sometimes, people would be open to listening and agreed to quit the Party, which made me feel pleased. But, at other times, I was criticized, sneered at, and even incurred the wrath of their resentment.
Tribulations with Friends and Family
I clarified the facts to a good friend who accused me of trying to harm her. She said I fought against the government, and came to lobby her for the purpose of getting her into trouble as well. Her attitude caught me off guard. Even though I repeatedly explained things with compassion, she had no patience and took off in a rage. As a result, we cut off contact with each other.
I spoke to another two friends, who decided to quit the CCP. Since they showed an interest in Dafa, I gave them copies of “On Dafa” (Lunyu). After their husbands saw the copies, however, they became upset and threatened to report me to the police. I sent forth righteous thoughts and asked Master Li to strengthen me. Since their husbands were strongly against Dafa, we didn’t contact each other afterward.
My brother-in-law worked in an agency under the provincial CCP committee. After I clarified the facts to him, he became enraged and said disrespectful things about Dafa to my brother. When my mother mentioned this, I felt very bitter, as my good intentions were misunderstood. I felt depressed for a while and even started losing confidence in truth-clarification. But through continuous Fa study, I further understood the importance of talking to people about the persecution. In addition, after reading some senior practitioners’ sharing articles, I gradually snapped out of that state of mind.
Compared to those senior practitioners who tried their utmost to awaken people’s consciences and were subjected to cruel persecution, I was only wronged a bit. What did that count for? Things never went smoothly, especially in my cultivation, as trying to offer salvation to people is the most difficult thing to do. Being in an environment of horrifying evil, which was painstakingly created by the CCP, could it really be so easy to help those who were brainwashed by atheism and the Party’s culture? So by my enduring hardship during this process, won’t I temper myself, accumulate wisdom, and establish mighty virtue?
I talked to my younger brother about Dafa. He was also willing to quit the Party. However, when I further explained some criminal acts of the former CCP leader, Jiang Zemin, it seemed to be hard for him to accept this. Maybe I was a bit overzealous, and my approach turned out to be too intense. My brother said that Jiang didn’t do any harm to me, so why would I harbor hatred toward a man in his 90s? I replied that even though he didn’t cause harm to me, he had committed numerous terrible deeds to other people. When I condemned Jiang, it was out of my sense of justice, as opposed to simply venting any personal grievances.
My brother didn’t say anything, but he still wasn’t happy with me afterward. Since I am someone who is walking on the path of Buddha Law cultivation, I reflected on his resentment. I knew I must change myself so that he could truly accept the truth. From then on, when he became emotional and spoke harshly, I always tried to share my understandings with him in a peaceful manner. When he ran into difficulties, I always tried to give him a hand. After a while, his resentment slowly went away. I then took the opportunity to talk to him about the information I accessed on the Internet by circumventing the CCP’s Internet blockade.
A Bittersweet Experience
I got to know a new friend in late 2018. I had just started practicing Falun Dafa and wanted to try to clarify the truth to him. So I invited him to my office and told him about the CCP’s persecution of Dafa practitioners. He was in disbelief at first, but after a while, he was willing to quit the Youth League and Young Pioneers (the CCP’s youth organizations).
We were preparing to have a few friends over for a party. He brought his father, and I began to clarify the facts to him as soon as we were introduced. His father used to be a CCP cadre and was very stubborn. He said he believed in Buddha and divine beings, but didn’t believe the CCP had committed all manner of evil since it had taken power. He actually considered its totalitarian rule as benefiting the Chinese people.
So he wasn’t willing to quit the CCP and even forbade his son to interact with me. Facing this situation, I was at a loss. Then only a few months later, I regretfully heard that his father had passed away from a heart attack.
Helping People Quit the CCP
Soon after I began practicing Falun Dafa, I tried to clarify the facts to my relatives and friends. So far, I have helped over 100 people quit the Party. Compared to other practitioners, I felt I did very poorly. Due to my fear and attachment to comfort, I didn’t always manage to get the truth across to people in a righteous manner.
Even though I was introverted and not used to interacting with people, I was still able to help quite a few people quit the CCP. Every time I helped one more person quit the Party, it was Master empowering me in other dimensions. When one person is saved, it represents numerous sentient beings being saved.
Only through practicing Dafa did I come to realize my great responsibility and mission in passing on the truth. A few friends whom I helped quit the CCP either later studied the Fa, or recited “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” Some other people also brought their relatives and friends to me, so I could help them to quit as well.
I’m grateful for Master’s saving grace so that I could embark on the path of Dafa cultivation and have the opportunity to return to my true home.
Due to my limited level, please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
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