(Minghui.org) Due to the pandemic, my city was locked down between March 11 and March 20, 2022. Every household was only allowed to go out once every other day using an access card, and residents had to register each time they left. Access was even prohibited in some communities. The restrictions brought additional difficulties for Falun Dafa practitioners to clarify the facts to people in order to save them. However, many practitioners continued to do what they should do without delay.
Master Li Hongzhi said,
“ ...Disciples’ righteous thoughts are strongMaster has the power to turn the tide”(“Master-Disciple Grace”, Hong Yin II)
On March 11, a practitioner received a list of 70 people who withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. It was unclear when the community would begin the lockdown, so she immediately took a taxi and brought the list to another practitioner to upload. Then she went to a hospital to deliver daily necessities and deposit money for a persecuted practitioner. Our city was placed under lockdown at 5 p.m.
That same day, another practitioner bought a large number of daily necessities for her family and two other households, including sick and disabled relatives. Considering it would be more difficult to meet people during the lockdown, she sent righteous thoughts at noon and hurried out to clarify the facts to people on the street. By evening, she had helped 29 people withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. It was her best result in years. Master Li (Dafa’s founder) must have seen her heart for saving others, so he led many predestined people to her.
Fulfilling Our Responsibilities
Two practitioners found a hole in the iron fence, so they went out to clarify the facts to people every day. Another practitioner was able to go out for five days. There were very few people on the street, so it was hours before she saw anyone. She was not discouraged, however, and delivered a lot of pamphlets and helped more than 20 people withdraw from the CCP, including a doctor who specializes in infectious disease.
On the days when the practitioners were not allowed to leave, some looked for opportunities to clarify the facts and distribute materials within their communities. While others used the time to study the Fa, or read other practitioners’ sharing articles. The Fa group study continued regardless of how many people came. The group that met in my home studied the Fa and did the exercises every day as usual.
In another Fa study group, the host practitioner thought no one would come, so she started to study by herself when she suddenly heard a knocking on the door. A 67-year-old practitioner had walked for more than two hours because bus and taxi services were canceled. Along the way, she either memorized the Fa or clarified the facts when she met people. She helped 20 people withdraw from the CCP, which was really remarkable since hardly anyone was on the street.
Some practitioners took advantage of having to stay home and wrote about their cultivation experiences. In 10 days, a 77-year-old practitioner wrote six articles about her experiences in addition to studying the Fa, doing the exercises, sending forth righteous thoughts, and uploading a list of more than 200 people who had withdrawn from CCP. She thought she would only be allowed to go to the supermarket, but once she realized she could go other places, she used every opportunity to save people. She then went back out to the streets the day after the lockdown was lifted.
Practitioners who cultivate diligently are very busy. They study the Fa, do the exercises, send righteous thoughts, and save people every day. They take no breaks and even eat very simple meals. Especially those practitioners who live alone. One practitioner’s New Year meal consisted of a cucumber and a bowl of porridge. It’s not that the practitioner couldn’t afford to buy food, he just didn’t want to waste time cooking.
On a day when a group of practitioners agreed to meet, five brought over their lists of people who withdrew from the CCP, while others brought memory cards and USB drives that stored solemn statements from practitioners returning to Dafa or Master’s teachings.
A few days later, one practitioner exclaimed, “As soon as the lockdown was over, many practitioners came to my house to upload their lists of people who withdrew from CCP. One list contained 59 names, another had 23 names, one had six people, and another had 12. It’s obvious that practitioners were not idle during the lockdown!”
The day after the lockdown was lifted, I met eight practitioners who also were clarifying the truth to people. I have encountered this situation many times and each time I was very happy to see this. Master can rest assured. This ordeal has given practitioners opportunities to mature. Society is in chaos, but practitioners have not changed their original intentions; they cultivate themselves and assist Master by saving people compassionately.
On March 23, a fellow practitioner and I met a 76-year-old woman who was picking up trash. She asked me, “Are you a Falun Dafa practitioner? Is your Master still in America?” When I said yes, she asked, “Is your Master doing fine?” I was a little moved. (I wept several times while I wrote this). I was happy that a non-practitioner really cared about Master.
I told her, “Our Master is doing well. Dafa is now practiced all over the world. He is widely respected and loved. Not only do practitioners send greetings to him on holidays and his birthday, but politicians from the United States and many other countries also express their gratitude for Master introducing Dafa to the world.” The woman said that she knew the practice is good and teaches people to do good deeds; it was the former CCP leader Jiang Zemin who was to blame for the persecution. She readily agreed to withdraw from the CCP’s organizations. She then grabbed the collar of my coat and told me to be careful.
Looking at the elderly woman’s disheveled hair and trembling body, my heart was pained because Chinese people are so precious and pitiful. If practitioners don’t save them, who else cares? Fellow practitioners, be diligent! Save as many people as you can, and save them quickly!
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