(Minghui.org) I wish to share some of my recent cultivation experiences of making phone calls to China to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa, promoting Shen Yun, and at work.
Cultivating when Making Phone Calls to China
I started making phone calls to people in China to clarify the truth in 2014. During the phone calls I came across all kinds of people, and encountered all kinds of tests.
I remember one call I made to Beijing. After the call went through, the person on the other end immediately started cursing at me, and I didn’t have a chance to speak. He kept cursing. I silently sent forth righteous thoughts. After swearing at me for a while, he asked, “Why don’t you hang up?” I said with compassion, “Are you okay? Tell me about it, and maybe I can help.” He said with sadness, “You know what? I got fired, and now I have no job, nothing. What should I do?” I then reassured him that if he worked hard and became a good person, he should be able to find a job soon.
Then I told him about Falun Dafa. After hearing the facts about Falun Dafa, he said sincerely, “Thank you. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have sworn at you just now. Not only did you not blame me, but you also patiently told me what I should do. Thank you very much indeed!” I said, “You don’t have to thank me, Master Li Hongzhi asks me to tell people the facts. Please thank him.” The phone call lasted a total of 14 minutes and 44 seconds.
I realized that if I gave up when he cursed at me, he would have lost that opportunity to hear the truth. When a person is having difficulties, he needs someone to be patient and help as much as possible. As practitioners, our mission is to save all sentient beings. So no matter what kind of people we encounter, we must remain compassionate and use the wisdom given by Dafa to clarify the truth and save those sentient beings who can be saved.
Another call I made was to a police station in Nong’an City, Jilin province. I said, “Hello, officer! Do you know anything about Falun Dafa?” He immediately interrupted me and said, “I didn’t understand what you said. Get someone who speaks Mandarin to talk to me.” It just so happened that another practitioner who speaks Mandarin was at my home, so I asked her to clarify the truth to the police officer on the phone.
However, the practitioner didn’t say a word. I got anxious and said, “Speak up!” The practitioner said, “He has been swearing at me.”
I immediately adjusted my mindset and asked for Master’s help. I also sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil communist specter and all evil elements behind him. I then picked up the phone and talked to him. Sure enough, he stopped cursing and quietly listened to me. I spoke for about seven minutes and explained how Dafa has spread throughout the world, the staged Tiananmen Square self-immolation, the destructive nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the CCP’s state-sanctioned live organ harvesting atrocities. I also told him that good would be rewarded with blessings, and evil will meet with evil. I also advised him to quit the CCP. In the end, he said, “Thank you, I understand.”
On another occasion, I called a doctor involved in the live organ harvesting. I said, “Falun Dafa has spread to and is welcomed in more than 100 countries worldwide. It is only in mainland China that it has been persecuted. Is it wrong for Falun Dafa practitioners to be good people and follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance? The CCP has persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners and even harvested their organs while they were still alive.”
Upon hearing me mention the live organ harvesting, he became angry and said, “What do you mean by live organ harvesting? This is just a rumor.” I couldn’t help myself and interrupted him very sternly, saying, “More than 890 hospitals and over 9,000 medical personnel in China have participated in organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. The names of these doctors and nurses have been published on the Internet.” Then I named him and told him how many kidney transplants he had done in which year. He immediately hung up. I called again, but he no longer answered.
Afterwards, I realized that I failed to remain compassionate. Hadn't I called to save him? Instead of being compassionate, I got angry. How could I save people when I was angry? I failed to awaken his kindness and failed to help him stop doing evil things.
I learned some lessons from that call. When I called transplant doctors again, I always tried my best to awaken their kindness. I didn’t directly identify their involvement in the live organ harvesting. Instead, I told them about cases done by famous transplant doctors in China who committed suicide, including Leishi Li in Nanjing, Baochun Li in Shanghai, and Yunjin Zang in Qingdao. I then told them about the evil nature of the CCP. I said that those who followed the CCP could have ended up better. I told them to think about whether they should continue to do transplants of unknown origin.
In making these phone calls to China, my character has improved, and my realm has been gradually ascending. I didn’t realize that I have been calling China for eight years. During the eight years, I have called high-ranking officials, farmers, students, judges, prosecutors, heads of police departments, police officers, professors, doctors, and doctors who were involved in the live organ harvesting. I went from not knowing what to say, to reading scripts, to speaking directly to people. It was all with Master’s encouragement and practitioners’ help that I could make phone calls that helped to save people.
Cultivating when Promoting Shen Yun
We were told that Shen Yun would give six performances in our city, from late January to early February 2023 at the end of August 2022. I was so happy to hear this because it had been two years since Shen Yun had performed in our city. My first thought was to do my best to promote Shen Yun.
We began to put up Shen Yun posters and distribute Shen Yun fliers on September 30. To have more time to promote Shen Yun, I asked my boss if I could work only three days a week. He agreed.
I first participated in putting up Shen Yun posters. Most store owners accepted our posters and were excited to see Shen Yun come to our city. Some of them had watched the show in the past. Some even helped us put up the posters.
We started distributing brochures door to door at the end of October. At first, other practitioners drove me to distribute the brochures. I hadn’t walked that far for a long time, and my feet hurt. I only distributed 120 copies on the first day, but I felt exhausted. I was not even sure if I could make it the next day.
The following day I got up at four a.m. and did the five Dafa exercises. I made up my mind to finish what was marked on the map. My feet didn’t hurt. I walked longer than the day before and distributed more materials, but I didn’t feel tired. I knew it was because Master had endured it for me.
There are less than 20 practitioners in my city, and only less than 10 are involved in promoting Shen Yun. Those who could drive had to also do other tasks when they drove us to distribute materials.
I once heard two practitioners share their experiences of distributing fliers by taking buses. Their experiences touched me greatly. Then I thought, “If they can do it, why can’t I? Then those practitioners who can drive will have more time to do other things.
I asked a practitioner to print out maps for me, and I told her I wanted to distribute the fliers by myself. In the afternoon, she gave me two maps and a box with 400 brochures. She also told me how to take the bus to that area.
The next day, I took the bus using the map and materials. It was freezing, but I didn’t feel it. It was the first time I went to distribute the materials all by myself. I broke through my long-standing dependence, fear, and attachment to comfort.
Although there were fewer than 10 practitioners who could promote Shen Yun, we had sold 90.4 percent of the tickets by the end of December 2022, and 98.7 percent by the time I was writing this article. It is because our local practitioners cooperated as one body. I also learned that as long as we have the heart to save people, Master will help us achieve our wishes! It was really just like what Master said,
“Because cultivation depends on one’s own efforts while the transformation of gong is done by the master,.” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)
For example, there were two occasions when only one practitioner was at the ticket booth, and she asked me if I could come and help. I didn’t think much about it and said, “Yes.” Although I couldn’t speak English, I could send righteous thoughts, hand out brochures, and talk to Chinese people. That day a young man approached me. I asked him if he was Chinese, and he said yes. He said he was from Beijing. I introduced Shen Yun to him and told him about quitting the CCP.
Cultivating Myself at Work
I have worked full-time in an international hotel since October 2021.
My colleague there was a veteran employee, and even the boss and supervisor had to listen to him sometimes. The supervisor printed out our workload for the day every morning, and the colleague was always the first to select the easy things for himself. I couldn’t stand his selfishness. I always complained about him, and I quit the job because of this after a year.
However, I then had to quit my new job one week later because it had long hours and was very stressful. So I went back to the hotel to work. I looked inward and asked myself why I quit in the first place. I found that I didn’t want to endure hardship. I also complained too much and had an attachment to comfort. I didn’t want to work with that colleague, and felt he always picked on me.
I measured myself against the Fa and realized that I quit because I didn’t want to face conflicts, and didn’t want to face tests. As a practitioner, how could I improve my xinxing if I always looked outward?
I felt ashamed and said to Master, “I’m sorry, Master, I was wrong. I’ll never avoid conflict anymore. I will improve in the environment you arranged and cultivate myself well.”
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