(Continued from Part 1)
Clarifying the Truth to Relatives and Friends
I used to have a hot temper. I scolded other people loudly whenever there were problems with anything. I didn’t fear anyone. My family members and relatives were afraid of me. I later developed health issues. I became anxious and lost my temper more regularly. My siblings and cousins would stop joking around when they saw me coming if they thought their jokes might not fit with my notions. They would say, “Stop. Stop. Big sister is coming,” or “Don’t let big sister know.”
My character improved after practicing Falun Dafa. I discipline myself according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I smile instead of losing my temper. The elderly security guard at my company said that I have a good temperament and always talk with a smile. I became healthy and in good spirits after I practiced Falun Dafa. My family members and relatives have witnessed my changes. I decided to let them know how wonderful Falun Dafa is.
My third auntie had health problems and underwent surgery. She was weak and very skinny. I went to see her with nutritional supplements. I chatted with her and told her that Falun Dafa is a good practice and enables one’s body to recover quickly. She is illiterate and couldn’t get onto her feet due to her poor health. She was not able to practice the Falun Dafa exercises. I told her to repeat “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” She asked her husband to write the phrases down, and she would recite them. But her husband was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member. He said, “This is superstitious. The CCP doesn’t allow people to practice Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa). I won’t write them down.” She said, “My eldest niece says it is good; then it must be good, and it must be effective.”
It was the right time for me to clarify the truth to him to break through his atheist notions. I said to him, “You know what my health and character were like before. I didn’t believe that there were gods and Buddhas before. I visited many doctors and hospitals in the hope that my illnesses could be cured. You are a doctor and know that there is no cure for my illnesses. But my illnesses disappeared after I practiced Falun Dafa for two weeks. Please explain this using your modern medical science.”
He said that he couldn’t explain it. I told him that Falun Dafa is an advanced practice of the Buddha School and the CCP persecutes Falun Dafa and its practitioners. As he was listening to me, he took out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
I saw Mao Zedong’s photo on the wall. I said, “Mao died many years ago. His photo is not a good thing. Why put up a dead person’s photo? It’s dreadful. No wonder auntie suffers from illnesses and is in pain.”
He said, “People say that Mao can protect people.” I said, “Uncle and auntie, you have been cheated. Mao didn’t let people believe in gods and Buddhas. He was an atheist. How could he bless you? Since ancient times, people have said that gods and Buddhas protect people. I have never heard that a dead atheist person can bless people.”
My auntie said to my uncle, “Please take it down quickly. We don’t want it.” I gave each of them a Falun Dafa amulet before I left.
My auntie became better and better. When she saw me again, she held my hand and said, “My niece saved me!” I corrected her immediately, “Master saved you!” She said, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
My grandfather lived with us and died in my home. His youngest grandson (the son of his eldest son) told him that he would renovate their houses and let our grandfather live in the new home. The grandson connected his grandfather’s house and his own house together and made it a house with more than 10 rooms. When the new home’s renovations were complete, he didn’t let our grandfather live with him. My grandfather had no other choice but to live with my father, who lived in an apartment in a tall building. My grandfather was in his 80s and was not used to living in an apartment. He said that he couldn’t see the sky and felt lonely, and he cried secretly. When I learned about the situation, I cleaned up my house, which I used to live in, and let him live there. He was very happy. My parents were happy too. My house was near my father’s apartment. My parents prepared three meals a day for my grandfather and delivered them to him every day.
If I hadn’t practiced Falun Dafa, I would not have let my grandpa live in my house. He didn’t cherish girls and didn’t treat my parents well. He loved his eldest son who had two sons. The wife of his eldest son often bullied my mother. I fought for my mother. The eldest son’s wife cursed at me and hit me. My grandpa once dragged me by my collar and threw me out of his house.
We moved to the city because my father changed jobs. My mother and I didn’t have any contact with the eldest uncle’s wife after that. If I hadn’t practiced Falun Dafa, I wouldn’t have let my grandfather live in my house. I would have argued with my cousin, who had cheated our grandfather and made my grandfather remember how his most favored son and his family had treated him. The hatred between our two families would have deepened.
After I practiced Falun Dafa, I talked to my mother from the Fa’s perspective. My mother is a person of reason. Our two families shook hands during a funeral in our hometown. Falun Dafa dissolved our hatred.
My grandfather liked to play Chinese chess. He often went out with his folding stool to find chess friends. He said to them, “I used to like boys and despise girls. This was not right. My grandson occupied my house. As an old man, I didn’t have anywhere to live. My granddaughter was skinny as a child, and I didn’t like her. Unexpectedly, she is the one who has helped and supported me.”
I told him that Falun Dafa is wonderful. He had a hearing problem. I let him listen to Master’s audio lectures with earphones.
He died peacefully at the age of 92, as if he had slept away. We went back to his hometown to have a funeral for him. Because Falun Dafa had resolved the hatred between the relatives, we went back and stayed with the whole big family harmoniously. I hadn’t had time to meet them previously. I decided to take this opportunity to clarify the truth to them thoroughly.
It was a long way from home to the tomb. They held ceremonies after moving short distances. If I didn’t attend the ceremonies, many people would not understand it, and I would have difficulty clarifying the truth to them later on. The funeral lasted three days. I had a lot of time to talk to them. I clarified the truth to groups of three, five, or seven at a time. I told them why Falun Dafa is an advanced cultivation practice of the Buddha school, how to become a good person according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, how the CCP persecutes Falun Dafa, how the CCP staged the self-immolation incident in Tiananmen Square, and why people need to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
I was very calm when clarifying the truth to them. My parents supported me. The two sons of my eldest uncle learned the truth and then clarified the truth to other relatives. Within three days, all of the family members and relatives listened to me attentively. All of them, except the wife of my eldest uncle, agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
I then came to my hometown again with other practitioners and installed a satellite receiver for each family. They love NTD programs. On one occasion, my cousin said to me, “Sister, please bring more materials to me next time. My wife and I went to the market. People there like to read your materials. I gave them the pamphlets I had. They said they wanted to read more.” I now take a box of materials to him every time I visit our hometown. He accepts them happily.
Treating Patients With Kindness
My mother was hospitalized and had an operation one winter. I looked after her in the hospital. I treated the patients and their companions kindly and clarified the truth to them when opportunities arose.
An elderly man in his 60s was from the countryside. He had three sons. The eldest son and the third son came and stayed for a while on the day he was undergoing surgery. His wife took care of him the rest of the time, day and night. She was very tired and her legs and feet became swollen. I helped her get water and watched the IV drip for her so that she could have a little nap.
The doctor requested that her husband change into loose pajamas the night before the operation. No one came to see them or brought anything to them. She said to me, “Can you please watch the IV drip for me after the nurse comes? I will go out to buy pajamas for him.” I knew that the shop in the hospital sold pajamas. The outside market was far away from the hospital. I asked her, “Where are you going to buy it? Not in the hospital? You can call your son and ask him to buy one. You might get lost. The market is far from here.” She said, “The ones in the hospital shop are too expensive. My son won’t come until tomorrow. The doctor asked us to buy one today. I will go out to see where I can buy one.”
I was not sure whether she would be able to find the market. She wouldn’t take a taxi and didn’t have a bicycle. It would be too hard for her. I said, “You’d better stay here and look after your husband. You won’t find the market. I will go to the market by bicycle and buy one for you. Things there are not expensive. This way, your husband can have the pajamas today.” She shed tears. She took out 100 yuan from her pocket and gave it to me. I said, “Don’t give it to me until I come back.”
I asked my father to watch over my mother after she had her IV drip. I went to the market by bicycle. I bought a set of good-quality pajamas and went home. I washed and dried them before I went back to the hospital. The lady was very moved and said, “You are so good, better than my three sons.” I said, “I practice Falun Dafa. Dafa teaches me to consider others first. Falun Dafa is the Buddha Fa and protects the people who believe in it. Please repeat ‘Falun Dafa is good’ and ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ in your heart. Buddhas will protect you.”
They asked me to teach them the phrases. I told them character by character. I didn’t take the pajama money from her because they were poor. The lady was very simple and honest. She said that we would visit each other like friends in the future. I asked for their phone number because I wanted to visit them and clarify the truth to them in the future.
My mother stayed in the hospital for more than a month. The patients and their caregivers in her ward came and left. I talked to all of them and got their phone numbers. After my mother was discharged from the hospital, I bought gifts and went to every patient’s home. I gave them truth clarification pamphlets and Falun Dafa amulets, and clarified the truth to them and their family members. I knew they came to hear the truth. Each family talked to me happily and learned the truth joyfully.
Driver: “I Almost Fell Into a Trap Set By the CCP”
I clarified the truth to my colleagues and family members, and friends. I also clarified the truth to people when I went shopping, met with friends, and took a bus etc. I go shopping in the shopping mall and the market. When I go shopping in the shopping mall, I change big notes into smaller ones so that I can print truth-clarification messages on the smaller ones. I buy a lot of things in the market, often on behalf of friends, relatives, and colleagues. I can then approach more people and clarify the truth to them.
I mainly use the notes with truth messages when making payments. I seize any opportunity to clarify the truth in the market. Wherever I am, I always safeguard Falun Dafa.
One day I took a taxi after I finished shopping. The driver was a retired veteran. I had some hesitation about clarifying the truth to him, so I sent forth righteous thoughts for a while to clear out the interference that prevented him from knowing the truth. I took out a five yuan bill, and said to him with a smile, “You see I got this change with messages when shopping. The message is about Falun Gong.” The driver turned his face and asked with no expression on his face, “What is the message?” I read it out, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. It can save your life in the face of danger.” He didn’t say anything.
I asked him if he believed it. He said no. I asked why. He asked if I believed it. I said, “The words Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good. Society lacks Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance nowadays.”
He looked at me and said, “What use is there in believing it? The CCP doesn’t allow us to believe it. If you believe it, you will be punished by the CCP.” I looked at him with a smile and said, “Simply because the CCP doesn’t allow people to believe, society has become so messy. There is no trust among people. There are so many natural and man-made disasters.”
He interrupted me before I finished, “You practice Falun Gong, right?” I asked him, still with a smile, “Why do you think that?” He said, “The tone and expression when you talk are just like my sister. She was detained for three years because of practicing Falun Gong. She suffered a lot, but she still practiced Falun Gong after she was released from prison. She doesn’t listen to anyone. One day during lunch time, her husband called me and asked me to come to lift her. I went over and saw that no one was eating, but there was a whole table of dishes. She sat with her legs crossed in her room like this.”
While his left hand was still on the steering wheel, he erected his right hand. I knew his sister had been sending forth righteous thoughts at 12 p.m. He continued, “You see, the whole family was waiting for her while she did Falun Gong in her room. Is it normal? Her husband and I went over. Each of us lifted her legs and moved her to another room. We put her down, but she was still doing Falun Gong. She didn’t even open her eyes. Wouldn’t that make you angry?”
I laughed and asked, “Who washed the whole table of dishes?’ He said that it was his sister. I asked him if she did the household chores. He said, “Yes, she does all the household chores and looks after her grandsons. She looks after the old ones and the young ones. She cooks for the elderly and young ones.”
I asked him if she was healthy enough to do all those things. He said, “Thanks for asking. She used to be a very sick person. She spent all their family savings on medication. Her husband had to cook and do the washing. After practicing Falun Gong, she can do anything and is always energetic.”
I said, “That’s great! She doesn’t need to take any medicine after practicing Falun Gong. Her husband no longer needs to cook and do the washing. She takes care of their grandsons. How blessed her family is!” He kept quiet.
I asked him, smiling, “I feel it’s a little strange. She had already cooked for you. She only went to her room and practiced meditation for 15 minutes. After meditation, she then ate and cleaned up. If you wanted to wait, then you could just wait. If you wanted to eat, then you could just eat first. Why did you want to drag her from one room to another?” He didn’t know what to say.
I continued, “Your sister is indeed a good person and behaves according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Think about it. She makes her home clean and tidy, looks after her husband, and her grandsons. They don’t need to worry about anything. She can do all these things because she practices Falun Gong and has good health. What else do you want her to do? If she didn’t practice Falun Gong and became as sick as before, what benefit would you get?”
He became serious. After a good while, he said, “I will talk to her husband about this after I get home. We shouldn’t behave so foolishly. I almost fell into a trap that the CCP set for us. Please tell me what benefit I will get if I quit the CCP. My sister has asked me to quit the CCP several times. In the military, I spent money and used connections to join the Party. You ask me to quit, then I quit?”
I said, “Of course, you should quit. You see how bad the CCP is. Heaven will eliminate it sooner or later. If you don’t quit it, aren’t you a part of it? We are all kind people and worth more than being eliminated along with the CCP, right?” He said immediately, “Yes, I want to quit the CCP. Please use my real name to quit the CCP. Please help me quit.”
I said, “Good. If you have time, please ask your sister to give you a Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party booklet to read. You will understand more.” He smiled, “She gave it to me a long time ago. I haven’t read it. I will read it after I get home.” He waved goodbye to me after I got out of his taxi.
Final Remarks
My cultivation path has not been smooth. I have had ups and downs. But I always remember that a Falun Dafa practitioner must do the three things. I clarify the truth to people and assist Master in rectifying the Fa with the wisdom that Falun Dafa gives me. Thank you, Master, for your protection. Thank you, fellow practitioners, for your trust, encouragement, and reminders.
In the remaining limited time, I will remember Master’s instructions, cultivate myself diligently and solidly, do the three things well, fulfill my prehistoric mission, and follow Master to return to my original home!
(Selected submission for the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)
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