(Minghui.org) I used to think that making truth-clarifying phone calls to China on the RTC platform was a good project I would like to participate in, but worries, the fear of failure, the fear of being scolded, seeking comfort, and other attachments held me back. In the end, I just looked on from afar and was hesitant to get on board.
I would like to share with fellow practitioners how making truth-clarifying phone calls to China is a good environment that can help one to get rid of attachments and do the three things well.
I hope that fellow practitioners can cherish this time at the end of the Fa-rectification period which is “... precious beyond measure.” (“Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume VII)
I still remember clearly that when I first joined the project, I could not wait to register for the training class. My motive was to learn from others' experiences so I could persuade sentient beings to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations as soon as possible.
After I completed the training, the team leader of my training group suggested that I join the 101 direct broadcast room to make phone calls so that I could improve even faster. However, I was so anxious that I cried, because when I was clarifying the truth face-to-face, all the fears that were hidden in my heart were exposed. I turned down the team leader's suggestion.
The team leader spoke to me again, reminding me that the main idea was that there is not much time left in the Fa-rectification, but there are still so many sentient beings who have yet to be saved. Master is watching us so anxiously! Can we bring these attachments to the heavens?
I knew that what the team leader said was correct. However, fear and anxiety were just like demons that kept stopping me. I was so scared that my chest ached and my hands kept shaking. Just then, I seemed to hear a voice say, “Lord! Quickly go and make phone calls! We are waiting for you to save us!” I suddenly woke up and recalled that a week or two before the training class began, Master Li (Dafa’s founder) enlightened me in my dream: “How come you do not even dare to make phone calls?”
Since I did not want to worry Master and also did not want to let down sentient beings’ hopes, I told myself resolutely that the fear was not me. I have Master and the Fa, so I am not afraid! I calmed down and sent forth strong righteous thoughts to disintegrate all that disturbed me from opening my mouth to clarify the truth, including the stubborn and thick fear, the anxiety, the attachment to reputation, etc.
That was how I forced myself to start making phone calls. Things did not start well! Apart from using strong righteous thoughts to curb my nervous heart, in the face of sentient beings who cannot differentiate between the CCP and China, I often could not come up with suitable ways to answer them quickly and correctly. The stress was enormous. However, I still tried my best to memorize a script and get familiar with all the truth-clarifying content. I categorized and organized it on the table so I could use it to answer their questions during the phone calls. I also listened to the other practitioners’ phone call recordings that they uploaded.
Apart from this, I also made it a requirement for myself to study the Fa with full concentration. I could not go through the motions, as what truly saves people is Master’s Fa. We just assimilate to the Fa and use righteous thoughts to assist Master in Fa-rectification and saving sentient beings.
As I strengthened my Fa study and sending righteous thoughts, with Master’s encouragement and the team leader’s patient guidance, I started to make breakthroughs! I went from being able to persuade one person to quit the CCP and its youth organizations per day to two or three per day. I was very encouraged and reminded myself that no matter how hard it was, I had to persist and not quit halfway! Master is waiting and the sentient beings are also waiting for us to do well in this last phase.
I remember that when I first started making phone calls, oftentimes the other party would start to berate me. Initially, I felt dejected, but over time, I was able to be unmoved by such calls. I remember one night when several people scolded me over the phone. I maintained my xinxing, sent forth righteous thoughts, and clarified the truth according to the circumstances. Although none of them quit in the end, I dreamt of Master bringing me to see another realm that night! I just remained unmoved and Master encouraged me so much! There was also one time when my tooth ached just as I was about to make phone calls on the platform. After I finished making the calls, the toothache went away.
Another time when my cultivation state was not good, I thought that making calls that night was not going to go well, so I was not going to get on the platform! Then I realized that this thought was not correct. Didn’t I say that I would persist no matter what difficulties I faced? The one who did not feel like making phone calls was not the true me. It was karma and I could not let it control me! Sentient beings were waiting! I joined the platform and made phone calls wholeheartedly. After completing the shift, my head no longer ached and my whole body felt relaxed. The energy field when practitioners are together is really very strong.
Sometimes my spoken Chinese wasn’t good enough, and the people I called criticized me; I often felt humiliated and felt like giving up. But other practitioners’ steadfast righteous thoughts encouraged me to try my best to overcome my shortcomings, not be afraid to be laughed at, and not to give up easily. Through their sharing of precious experiences and with Master’s benevolent empowerment, everyone is improving unknowingly. My fear and anxiety disappeared, and I felt much more relaxed. In the face of all sorts of situations such as being yelled at, rejected, people hanging up the phone, etc., I am no longer fazed and I also started to have more compassion.
However, if I am not able to persuade a person to quit the CCP and its youth organizations for a prolonged period of time, I will start to slack off. During such times, Master will arrange for people to appear and encourage me. Once, I met a Party branch secretary who'd been a CCP member for more than 40 years and was also in the army. There was also a Youth League secretary, too. While clarifying the truth to them, the interaction was rather relaxed and happy. They all understood the truth and agreed to quit the CCP and its youth organizations. They said, “Thank you, thank you!” from the bottom of their hearts. I know that sentient beings’ knowing sides are thanking Master for Dafa’s salvation! However, at the same time, it is also Master sending people with predestined relationships to me so that I have the chance to fulfill my vows and overcome my long-term attachments such as fear, not daring to open my mouth, feeling inferior, etc.
On the path of cultivation, there are breakthroughs and disturbances. Not long ago, my computer and mobile phone were hacked. Once again, I learned the seriousness of cultivation. By looking within solemnly and sending forth righteous thoughts seriously, I discovered that I had unknowingly displayed an attachment to joy and showing off my success in clarifying the truth and persuading people to quit the CCP over the past few days. I also found that I had other loopholes, such as complaints and hatred, impatience, selfishness, having a weak main consciousness, etc. I begged Master to strengthen my righteous thoughts to get rid of these shortcomings at their core. I also learned that the way to ensure that I am the safest is to be free of loopholes. That was how I thoroughly got rid of the fear and carried on!
As long as we persevere, we will reap rewards. Although it is just making phone calls for two hours every day, I feel that I am wandering like a Buddhist monk, because there are all sorts of cultivation elements on this platform. If we can remain unmoved by them, we will be able to overcome the layers of tests. Every phone call that we make has better and better results and is a Fa implement and ability that can disintegrate the evil and save sentient beings. There is also a lot of Master’s benevolent empowerment involved!
Not long ago, I managed to overcome my fear of calling lawyers. When I made the first phone call that went through and I greeted that lawyer, I felt that he was relatively kind. But as I was encouraging him to quit the CCP, he was silent and hung up the phone. When I followed up the next day, I tried to persuade him to quit from another perspective. He still didn't answer. On the third day, I called him again. This time, he finally spoke and asked me why I kept calling to disturb him.
Just like the past two days, I explained to him very calmly, “Sir, I sincerely wish for you to be a good person who can attain peace and safety for the rest of your life! I hope that you can get rid of that inauspicious deadly vow to the CCP during this critical period and quit that atheist organization. This does not affect your job or your life. In the future, if you attain peace and safety, I will be happy for you. Will that be okay?” Then I gave him a pseudonym. He then said, “My life is very safe and peaceful now!” I said, “As the saying goes: 'Life is unpredictable.' You will be blessed by Heaven." He finally said, "Okay, okay" and kept thanking me.
However, when I was telling him about the auspicious phrases “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” he said, “Aren’t you all Falun Gong that did the self-immolation at Tiananmen Square?” I said, “Brother, you are considered to be a learned person. Think about it: If they really wanted to self-immolate, why didn’t they go to somewhere with nice scenery? Why hasn’t it happened since considering there are Falun Dafa practitioners in more than a hundred countries all over the world?” He was speechless. I asked him to remember the two phrases and told him that Falun Dafa is rooted in the Buddhist tradition and teaches people to cultivate their hearts to become better people! Then he hung up.
Another time I accidentally called a lawyer, thinking that it was a regular person’s number. However, I successfully helped him to quit the Youth League and the Young Pioneers. I also managed to clarify the truth to him.
I feel that the RTC platform is like a big family. The trainer practitioners who have been making phone calls on the platform for a very long time, equipping them with very rich experiences to persuade people to quit the CCP and its youth organizations; they treat others like their own family. There are also large groups of fellow practitioners who are not afraid of hardship and are courageous enough to keep improving themselves by participating. There are also technical practitioners who are contributing silently in the background without sparing any effort. Don’t you feel that this is already a place that is equipped with everything you need and what is lacking is just your willingness to give it a try?
As my cultivation level is limited, kindly correct me if there is any room for improvement based on the Fa.
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