(Minghui.org) I started to practice Falun Dafa in early 2019, at the age of 29.
Clarifying the Truth to Chinese People
When I first began practicing Dafa, I only knew to read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, and do the Falun Dafa exercises. I didn’t know that as a practitioner, I should also be doing all of the three things well. Through studying Master’s other lectures and sharing with fellow practitioners, I realized that a Dafa practitioner should do the three things as required by Master, such as clarifying the truth to Chinese people.
How could I find Chinese people and tell them the facts? At first, I looked for places where Chinese people frequented. However, as a new practitioner with no experience in clarifying the truth, I didn’t know how to start or how to explain things. I got so nervous when I approached them that my legs would tremble and my heart would pump faster.
I once went to a supermarket and saw four or five Chinese people shopping. I thought I should give them some truth-clarification materials, but my feet wouldn’t listen to me and I couldn’t move forward. Just when I was looking for an excuse for myself, they were finished and were getting ready to leave in their car. I begged Master in my heart, “Master, can you please prevent that car from starting?” Sure enough, the driver couldn’t start the car. But I still couldn’t overcome my fear and didn’t dare to approach them and hand them the truth-clarifying materials. After I hesitated for two minutes, the car started and they drove away. I felt so bad. I blamed myself, and apologized to Master. I was determined that next time I would do well.
Master saw my wish to clarify the truth and arranged for two fellow practitioners to work with me. One of them had strong righteous thoughts, but she couldn’t speak Chinese. The other practitioners were relatively new practitioners. We both spoke some Chinese, but had no experience in clarifying the truth. The three of us formed a group, and every weekend we went to Chinatown to distribute truth-clarifying materials to Chinese people. At the beginning, I still had many human attachments, such as wanting to save face, fearing that others would not accept the materials, judging people based on their looks, and so on. Also, if I encountered a person with a bad attitude, it affected my attitude when I met the next person. I would be wondering if I should give the materials to him, even though I knew it was wrong to think this way.
Through studying the Fa, I realized that the only way to do the three things better was to study the Fa well and cultivate myself according to the Fa. Only in this way could I do better in clarifying the truth, as the words I spoke would have more energy.
Memorizing the Fa
I thus decided to memorize Zhuan Falun. It was very difficult at first. On my first attempt, I started from the first paragraph of Lecture One. I thought, “Why is this so difficult? How will I ever finish the whole book?” I then gave up. My second attempt ended the same way. On my third attempt, I wanted to try to memorize Lunyu. I set a goal to be able to memorize one paragraph in one night. However, to my surprise, I memorized two paragraphs that night. By the second night, I had memorized the entire chapter.
I felt extremely comfortable after I memorized Lunyu. My mind was blank, and I felt as if I was flying while sitting on top of a balloon. This experience really helped me, and I felt that memorizing the Fa was not as difficult as I thought.
From then on, I memorized one page every night. Sometimes it took me three or four hours to memorize one paragraph, and it truly required patience, persistence, and determination to continue. After I memorized one paragraph, I always made sure I had not made an error before moving on to the next section. With Master’s help, I finished memorizing Zhuan Falun once a year. During this process, Master helped purify my body and mind many times, and strengthened my righteous thoughts.
After memorizing the Fa, the effect of distributing materials improved. I took the initiative to greet people with a smile. On holidays, I wished them a happy holiday, and then said I had a gift for them, and the wish that everyone be safe. It was easier this way for people to accept the materials.
Distributing Falun Dafa Informational Materials
One day I was standing not far from a Chinese restaurant, waiting for the Chinese people to come out, to give them truth-clarifying materials. A few people came out, but their car was parked very close to the restaurant, and they did not walk to where I was. I begged Master in my mind: Please have these people come this way to get truth-clarification materials so they can be saved. Just when they were getting into the car, one of them said he wanted to take a walk and see the scenery. So then they all walked towards me. I gave each of them a Dafa booklet. The last person asked me, is it Falun Dafa? I said yes. He happily asked me a few questions and then said he would read the booklet. I was very touched and I was so grateful to Master for his help.
In the process of distributing the materials, I felt that some people had been deeply poisoned. Some people were afraid to accept the materials, and some people gave us strange looks. But no matter what people’s attitudes towards us were, we always kept a smile on our faces and remained unmoved. I realize that when we distributed materials and clarified the truth, regardless of whether people accepted them or not, we should treat them with compassion, as everything we say or do will leave a deep impression in their minds.
It was raining lightly one day, and a Chinese man was in his car and getting ready to leave. I walked over to say hello and gave him some materials with both of my hands. He said, “I’m not interested in this.” I thanked him anyways and walked back where I was. When he drove past me, I nodded with a smile and said goodbye to him. After he drove a short distance he stopped, then slowly backed the car towards me, rolled down the window, and said to me, “Give me some materials.” I was moved to tears and thanked Master.
Making Truth-clarifying Phone Calls
After a year of distributing materials in Chinatown, almost everyone knew us and knew that we practiced Falun Dafa. It was at that time that the global pandemic became more and more serious. There were all kinds of lockdowns, and the roads were almost empty. There were very few people around. Even when we did encounter people, they were too afraid to talk to us or take materials from us. So we decided to switch to clarifying the truth to Chinese people on the phone. This was definitely more challenging for me. Even though I learned a lot from attending the RTC training class and from listening to the recordings of fellow practitioners clarifying the truth to people in Mainland China, I still had very little confidence in making truth-clarification phone calls.
I was a bit nervous when I made the phone calls for the first time. But after persisting for two hours, a miracle happened. One person listened quietly to the recording, and when I asked him to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations, he immediately agreed. The next person also agreed to withdraw from the CCP. I was very excited and very grateful to Master for his encouragement.
During the initial periods of making phone calls, I often felt anxious and worried that the other party would hang up, so I ended up speaking very fast. With this worrying mentality, the calls frequently ended quickly. By studying the Fa more, listening to recordings of fellow practitioners, and sharing with fellow practitioners in our group I gradually adjusted my talking speed. I tried to always study the Fa before making phone calls, and I felt that after studying the Fa, my voice sounded better, the sentient beings wanted to listen to me more, and the rate of people withdrawing from the CCP was higher. Even those who did not agree to withdraw were at least willing to finish listening to me clarify the truth to them.
Making truth-clarification calls has been a process of cultivating my xinxing and cultivating forbearance. The lists we were given usually had 100 to 120 contacts per list, but normally only about 30 calls would be answered. Sometimes only one or two would agree to withdraw from the CCP, and sometimes none agreed. But I didn’t get discouraged. Instead I aimed to be more diligent and worked harder, because I knew that it was just a test to see if I would waver. Master had given me a hint that cultivation is like sailing against the current; one would go backward if one did not advance. So no matter what difficulties I encountered, I knew I must overcome it and keep improving.
This was the path I wanted to take and I knew the predestined people were all waiting for me. I continued to keep this in mind to encourage myself. One day I made a lot of calls, but either the call did not get connected, or no one picked it up. I didn’t know why this was happening, so I looked within myself to see if there was something I hadn’t done well that affected the call effectiveness. I felt that my voice was fine and my Fa studying had been going well, too. So, I thought maybe it was not my issue, and might be interference from other dimensions to test my forbearance. I reminded myself not to be moved, to be patient, and not focus on the outcome. Indeed, later it turned out that when I strengthened my righteous thoughts and let go of my attachments, my efforts showed improvement.
I find that when I speak to people with a peaceful and pure mind, the effect is better, and people are more willing to withdraw from the CCP organizations.
I have had a better understanding of what Master said:
“Mercy can melt heaven and earth into springRighteous thought can save people of the world”(“Fa Rectifies the Cosmos,” Hong Yin II)
If for one day I didn’t study the Fa well, or if I was attached to something, it would show when I made phone calls. My voice would be unpleasant and it would also be hard for me to focus. One time, on three separate phone calls, I was asked the same question, “What you said sounded good, but we only believe in reality. Can you prove it with your actions?” I thought I must have some attachment that was causing people to have this attitude. I looked inside, and Master also gave me hints. I found that I still didn’t know how to solidly cultivate myself. I only cared about studying the Fa a lot, but forgot to care for my family, and I rarely talked with them. I was afraid that talking to them would take away too much of my time from doing the three things. After realizing this, I gradually changed my mentality and reminded myself to pay more attention to solidly cultivating.
I sometimes encountered challenges and interference when making phone calls. One day, I was really tired. I couldn’t open my eyes and just wanted to sleep. I thought maybe I would take a day off from making phone calls. If I wasn’t in a good state, maybe it would prevent sentient beings from being saved. But I immediately stopped this thought. Master had arranged for predestined people to come and hear the truth today. If I didn’t make phone calls, these sentient beings might lose the chance to be saved. As soon as I could maintain righteous thoughts, I felt a strong energy field around me and I was no longer sleepy. That day, asking sentient beings to withdraw from the CCP went very smoothly.
I still have a lot of human attachments I need to let go of, and I haven’t reached the state of being able to clarify the truth to anyone I encounter. I will gradually overcome these shortcomings.
Fortunate to Be a Dafa Practitioner
I feel so fortunate to have entered Dafa cultivation during the final period of Fa-rectification. I am truly honored to be a Dafa practitioner and be one of Master’s practitioners. Master is always by our side to protect us and arrange everything for us. I can’t express my gratitude to Master in words. I can only be more diligent, do better and better, let go of all my attachments, and do the three things well.
I would like to thank the people on the Minghui website for providing us this great platform. We can meet fellow practitioners around the world to share their experiences. I have learned so much. From reading fellow practitioners’ sharing articles, I was able to identify my own attachments and shortcomings, and know how to truly cultivate.
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