(Minghui.org) My husband, a Falun Dafa practitioner, and I began cultivating at a practice site on a university campus. For the past 24 years, protected by benevolent Master, my husband and I have supported and encouraged each other. Together we have experienced ups and downs, and tribulations during Fa-rectification cultivation.
Being Fortunate to Obtain the Fa
Both my husband and I were freshman in 1998. In the second half of 1998, I checked out every Falun Dafa book available in a library. Even though I didn’t start practicing, I could understand and accept high-level principles, such as: celestial worlds, Buddhas and Gods, Buddha-Fa cultivation, and so on. Every sentence in Dafa flowed into my soul like a newly developed spring. I felt more relaxed and wonderful than I had ever felt before. After I finished reading Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, in Spring 1999, I thought, “I made up my mind to start practicing Dafa. I must cultivate to be a Buddha!”
A few days after I made such a wish. Master’s law-body miraculously arranged for me to find the practice site in the university. Since then, I began practicing Falun Dafa. I studied the Fa intensively every day. A month later, my husband, who was already a practitioner, came to the same practice site to do the exercises.
In the first few years of the persecution, some practitioners left after graduating, some were so scared that they stopped practicing, some were illegally detained, and some were dismissed from the school. In the end, my husband and I were the only practitioners left on that campus. At that time, we were only fellow practitioners and classmates. I had a vivid dream in which we were handing out Dafa informational materials from household to household to save people, and then, in my dream, we were picking gold out of a pile of sand.
After I woke up, I recalled what Master said, “Great waves shift the sand, and that is what cultivation is all about.” (Lecture Six, Zhuan Falun)
The first few years after the persecution started, we lost our group cultivation environment. We had only just started practicing. Even though we had faith in the practice, our lack of in-depth understanding of the Fa, and not knowing how to perform solid cultivation, meant that we always failed to maintain our xinxing during trials and tribulations. We didn’t always cultivate very well and have stumbled from time to time. Strengthened by benevolent Master, through trials and tribulations, we gradually matured.
Saving Sentient Beings: Studying the Fa Well, Clarifying the Facts to People Face-to-Face
Since the breakout of the pandemic, my husband and I have clarified the facts to people more intensively. It took us almost a year to cover each household in the neighborhood, about a 30-mile radius, with tens of thousands of copies of Dafa informational materials. After that, we began to clarify the facts to people face-to-face and help them quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations.
Every morning, we calmed our minds so we could study the Fa well, before heading out to talk to people face-to-face in the afternoon. We sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate evil from interfering with people and keeping them from being saved. I also asked Master to help bring people with predestined relationships to me. We emphasized clarifying the truth about Dafa. Then we moved on to help people quit the CCP, and distribute Dafa materials. Most people who learned the truth quit the CCP. Only then did we record their names and advise them that quitting once would suffice. We would not pursue how many people we helped quit the CCP, nor compete with other practitioners on who did better. Neither did we just go through the motions, but were truly responsible for saving people.
In the countryside, many senior people received very little education. Therefore, they are illiterate and can’t read Dafa materials. My husband and I talked to them about the beauty of Dafa in the most plain language, patiently and in great detail, just so we could make ourselves understood. Most of them believe in God, and they are very honest and kind. They became supportive of Dafa as soon as we talked to them.
When we ran into people who couldn’t speak or were deaf, we’d give them a copy of the informational material first, and have them take it home to check out. After that, we’d put the content around “quitting the CCP” down on a piece of paper to show them, before patiently communicating with them in writing. Even though it was rather difficult and tiring, as long as people were open to us, we’d feel rather happy to take the time to explain the facts to them.
Two Things of Importance During the Most Recent Years
One time, in a small square, my husband and I were talking to a group of people. We clarified the truth about Dafa in great detail, then moved onto the evilness of the CCP, which launched multiple political movements to persecute the Chinese people. The evilness of the CCP caused natural and man-made calamities and the spread of the pandemic. Heaven will eliminate the CCP. Only by quitting the CCP, can one ensure one’s safety. After we finished talking, a few of them agreed to quit. One person said, “We sit around every day. A few of your practitioners have talked to us already a few times.”
Actually, I thought that they had already learned the truth from other practitioners.
This person then continued, “They only talked about quitting the CCP to ensure one’s safety, without touching on anything else.”
I thought that it was because other practitioners had laid a foundation before that our conversation today went so smoothly. I truly appreciated their painstaking efforts.
The reason I brought this up has nothing to do with showing myself off, but only as a kind reminder that in the persecutory environment in China, it isn’t easy for practitioners to step forward to help people quit the CCP. However, if time permits, and people are willing to listen, it will achieve a better result if we can clarify the basic truth about Dafa in a more comprehensive and detailed way. After that, we can give them a copy of the informational material. Since we have stepped forward to talk to people, we should put our heart into what we do. Won’t it achieve a better effect in saving sentient beings?
There was another issue that impressed me greatly. One day close to sunset last year, when my husband and I were about to head home after talking to people, we saw an elderly man sitting on a three-wheel vehicle by the curb. So we decided to walk over to talk to him. When he saw us, it was as if he had seen his saviors and begged, “Please help me, my tricycle is dead, I can’t go home, and it’s dark, I’ll pay you some money.” We comforted him by saying, “Don’t worry. We’ll try our best to help you. We don’t want any money, we practice Falun Dafa. It’s our Master who taught us to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and to be good people.”
My husband found a rope and used our electric bicycle to help the elderly man tow the tricycle. Before we had gone very far, there was a “bang” sound, and our electric bicycle lost power. What should we do? There was no one living nearby, it was completely dark, the nearest repair shop was several miles away, and this large electric tricycle was very heavy.
Finally, my husband gritted his teeth and helped the elderly man push the heavy tricycle. He pushed it for several miles with sweat dripping down his back, and finally found a repair shop to charge it. On our way, we talked to the elderly man about Dafa. He was very touched, and kept thanking Dafa, Master, and us.
He was a lonely old man, childless, a veteran and a CCP member. He told us that he’d met practitioners before who had tried to help him quit the CCP to ensure his safety. But, as he was deeply poisoned by the evil Party, he didn’t want to quit. After we went to such great lengths to help him, he was very touched. On the way, he also learned the truth. Therefore, he wanted to use his real name to quit the CCP. He told the owner of the repair shop, “The fact that they are such good people truly helped me.”
We arrived home very late that night. We were so tired and had spent 80 yuan to get the bicycle fixed. However, with arrangements made by benevolent Master, a stubborn Party member was finally moved by Dafa, and used his real name to quit the evil Party. His life, and the sentient beings behind him that he represents in his cosmos were all blessed by Dafa’s compassion. I felt truly happy for him.
Having Righteous Thoughts and Actions, Negating and Dismantling the Persecution of Being Arrested
My husband and I were talking to people one evening in the Spring, when a secretary of the village CCP committee in the nearby village saw us. He looked a bit vicious and didn’t want to listen to the truth. He called a group of villagers over to have us forcefully arrested and took us to the office of the village committee, and then called the police. At that time, our righteous thoughts were very strong and we were also very calm.
We first remembered what Master said,
“... good or bad comes from a person’s initial thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences.” (Lecture Four, Zhuan Falun)
Now thinking back, we felt at that moment we truly had full faith in Master and Dafa. We were not moved by the illusion, nor passively endured or acknowledged the persecution. I attributed this to the fact that we paid attention to Fa-study in our day-to-day life, so that when it came to the critical moment, first of all, we thought about Master’s Fa. We also held ourselves to the standard of the Fa so that we could have righteous thoughts and actions to negate the persecution.
Soon enough, a few police officers rushed in with a menacing look on their faces. The plainclothes officer in the lead shouted fiercely, “I am summoning you verbally now. Follow us to the police station. The informational materials in your bag are evidence.” My husband and I sat firmly on the couch, unmoved. At that moment, empowered by Master, both of us were surprisingly calm, without any fear or thought of being persecuted.
While sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate evil, we clarified the facts to those police officers, warning them that they were breaking the law, and that police who fabricated false cases would be held accountable. We also asked them to produce the CCP’s legal documents on the persecution of Falun Dafa, and to explain clearly which law we had violated by persuading people to be kind and keep safe. We also advised them to be kind, and told them that once Falun Dafa was vindicated, those who participated in the persecution would face reckoning and divine punishment, and we advised them to “raise the muzzle of the gun one centimeter higher” (referring to what Nazi guards were later told they should have done to avoid complying with evil orders) and choose peace and a future for themselves and their families.
They listened quietly and thoughtfully, and one of the younger ones asked curiously, “Is everything you’re saying true? We’ve never heard of it.”
At that moment, the village secretary who had reported us came over and urged the police to take us away quickly. The plainclothes police officer in charge kicked away the coffee table and commanded several police officers to forcefully drag my husband toward the police car, but my husband resisted and was determined not to get into the police car. I said, “You are violating the law, exercising violent law enforcement, we will call the Ministry of Public Security to report you.” A police officer said, “With my uniform and the police car outside, don’t I have the power to summon you?” I said firmly, “You do not!” He immediately, as if deflated, stood speechless, not daring to move me a bit.
Protected and empowered by benevolent Master, a few of them tried their best, but still could not force my husband into the police car. My husband sat on the door step of the police car, while reciting deep down,
“I am rooted in the universe. If anyone could harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
He had one firm thought deep down: I will never let you arrest me, completely negate the persecution of the old forces. He shouted to the passersby loudly, “Police officers are arresting good people!” A few of them were shocked, they were dumbfounded and didn’t dare to move. Right then, the plainclothes officer in charge no longer had the arrogance he had previously shown. He walked over and said helplessly to my husband, “Go back inside. I’ll remove your handcuffs in a moment.”
When my husband shouted with righteous thoughts, it eliminated the evil factors behind the police officers. Their attitude changed immediately. They tried to save face by saying to us, “So it was the village committee that wronged you? Why didn’t you tell us earlier?” The police uncuffed my husband and drove away, not caring about anything else. A violent arrest was disintegrated in an instant. We realized that because we denied the persecution with righteous thoughts and actions and were in accordance with the Fa, Master helped us eliminate the evil and resolved a seemingly dangerous tribulation. We felt extremely grateful for Master’s compassionate protection!
When he saw that those police didn’t care, the village secretary who reported us had to let it go. He was deflated, and only blustered and cursed, and would not listen to any kind words. Seeing that he was really hopeless, we picked up the bag he had snatched from the table and walked out of the village committee office. The evil party secretary didn’t dare to chase us anymore, and only yelled and cursed at the village committee door.
After leaving the village, we walked on a country road. Seeing that I was tired of walking, my husband said, “It’s still a long way from home, so it would be good if we could catch a cab.” I looked up at the dark night sky and the remote countryside and said helplessly, “It’s so late and on this remote country road, how could there be a cab?”
I said in a joking way, “The cab for rescuing practitioners in these tribulations only exists in the sharing articles on the Minghui website.”
Before I finished talking, a beam of light shone over us. We looked back and saw that a cab was actually driving toward us. We were both surprised and delighted. We waved and got in the cab. The driver said he was going to a village to deliver something to someone. He didn’t expect that he would come by us in the middle of the night. The driver cursed the evil CCP all the way as he drove us home. We thanked Master for His compassionate protection and careful arrangements.
After I returned home, I thought: We should find the village secretary who reported us to clarify the facts, so as to give him another chance of being saved. He appeared to be evil, even if we couldn’t save him for now, we needed to give him a lesson, so that he wouldn’t dare to persecute other practitioners later on. Moreover, on that day, I had quickly hidden the three USB drives loaded with truth clarification materials under the couch of the village committee, but forgot to take them with me when I left. I shouldn’t waste Dafa resources, so I needed to get them back in an upright manner. My husband was supportive of my decision. Then while sending forth righteous thoughts all the way, we went to the office of that village committee. The door was wide open, with no one inside. My husband found the three USB drives under the couch.
I was looking for the village secretary’s personal information on his desk, and unexpectedly, I found photocopies of two A4 papers. One was a copy of the village secretary’s ID card, and the other paper contained nearly a hundred phone numbers of people from more than a dozen village committees in the entire township, including the village secretary’s phone number. It was truly Master’s miraculous arrangement.
A few days later, an article was published on the Minghui website exposing that village secretary for persecuting practitioners, with a few dozen phone numbers of people from more than a dozen village committees in the entire township. My husband and I handed out the fliers exposing that secretary in his village as well as the neighborhood villages, which has caused a huge stir. The villagers rushed to pass the copy around and discuss the issue. Many kindhearted villagers spoke out and accused the evil party secretary of persecuting good people. Several villagers said, “If I were there, I would definitely go forward to rescue practitioners.” Later, I heard that a member of that village committee complained, “It’s all our secretary’s fault. He has nothing better to do than arrest practitioners. We now have to answer 100 phone calls from abroad every day.”
We came to realize that the way we exposed the evil people on a large scale and the righteous words of the local villagers have formed a righteous field in other dimensions. It has eliminated evil and saved sentient beings in this area. Meanwhile, it also shocked that evil person.
After this matter was over, we calmed our minds so that we could study the Fa more intensively. We also looked inward to see what attachments or loopholes we had that were taken advantage of by the evil to persecute us. I found my attachment to complaint, attachment to my own ego, and looking outward to blame others. All these attachments got me into this tribulation. My husband also found his attachment to his own ego. For instance, I wanted to go to a place nearby to talk to people, but he insisted on taking me to a closer place. When I couldn’t maintain my xinxing, I’d hold onto my own opinion and complain about my husband on the way. Sometimes when my husband took me on a bumpy road, I also complained and criticized him. I lacked endurance and tolerance, I didn’t do as Master said and harmonize and work well as one-body. After we realized our loopholes, both my husband and I were determined to eliminate these attachments. To effectively do the three things in the future, I need to cultivate to be altruistic, so as to work well with my husband as a team.
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