(Minghui.org) I’m a Falun Dafa practitioner, and I handle bookkeeping and cashier duties at the company where I work. Part of my job includes looking after management’s hidden reserves. Some income from external sources went through me for the sake of convenience, which avoided the hassle of dealing with the main finance department. It was all recorded as IOUs.
To avoid any possible suspicion, I asked the general manager to find another cashier so I could just be the bookkeeper. However, an executive who knew me well commented, “There is no need. Let her keep doing both. Not even a penny will be missing!”
Because it was a hidden reserve, management did not want others to know about it, so they decided to keep me in charge. People tend to be sensitive where money is involved. Since I’m a Falun Dafa practitioner, I knew how to handle everything honestly.
An executive named Alai behaved differently from the other managers. He would not write an IOU; he just took cash from the reserves and left. Everyone knew the rule about writing an IOU when borrowing money. But he put me in a difficult position. I had no choice but to hassle him about it later. However, he would not write up all the missing IOUs. I understood his motive, but how could I abandon my principles to placate this manager?
Alai often asked who spent the most from the reserves. In fact, he was the one who spent the most of all the executives. One day, our company was reported to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection for possible misconduct.
I realized that, if the general manager was the target, then this was a deliberate attempt to create chaos. If I was the target, then there was no need to make such a big fuss. Regardless, I had to face this ordeal.
The general manager and Alai, along with two people from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, came to my office. They told me they wanted to audit my accounts. Facing this sudden tribulation, I reminded myself that I must maintain my xinxing and pass this test. I treated this as a chance to elevate my character. I stayed calm and took out the ledgers plus some receipts that had not yet been entered.
I said to the auditors, “Please do not lose these receipts. Every receipt is numbered, and you can find the corresponding entry in the ledgers.”
Alai watched me closely, and my intuition told me he was the one who had reported our company to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. The general manager was concerned I would panic and said in front of everyone, “Don’t worry. I will take the responsibility if something is not right.”
I was deeply touched by his strong sense of responsibility in the face of adversity. Nowadays, most people are cold and calculating, yet people like him still exist. He deserved to be saved, but I hadn’t yet had a chance to talk to him about Falun Dafa.
The next day, I went to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection to submit my accounts for audit. At first, they looked stern while dealing with me. However, I remained calm and answered their questions in a composed and dignified manner, because I knew my accounts had been done properly. Furthermore, I’m a Falun Dafa practitioner and hold myself to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
The auditors checked every entry and receipt. Around lunchtime, a supervisor came and asked a staff member to buy me something to eat, saying, “Please hurry and get lunch for her. If you go late, the steamed buns will be gone. People from Shandong Province (referring to me) like steamed buns!”
I was there to be audited, but now I was being treated like a guest. Meanwhile, another person under audit was suffering from a heart issue; she looked pale and stressed, lying across a row of chairs. They had been auditing her for three days, but no one seemed to care.
The head of the Commission for Discipline Inspection came over and asked what I thought about my general manager. I replied, “Our general manager is kind-hearted and honest. Most of the reserve funds were spent on staff meals during emergency equipment repairs and overtime. The general manager himself seldom uses this money.” I didn’t say much during the audit because I wanted the facts to speak for themselves.
The commission staff were very courteous. However, in a place like that, it was hard to find an opportunity to clarify the facts about Dafa, as the persecution was still very severe in 2006. Before I left, I approached a person still in the office and asked, “Do you believe in the existence of the divine?” He stammered, “Yes, yes, I do.”
I continued, “The human world is very dangerous. Heaven is watching our every move. Please believe that kindness will be rewarded and evil will be punished.”
The audit was over three days later. The head of the Commission for Discipline Inspection called my general manager and said, “Your employee speaks highly of you. All the accounts are clear. Your company is the first in our city to pass the audit without a fine.” The facts spoke for themselves, and management was delighted.
Hearing this news, I was very calm. Someone said, “She conducted herself with integrity and propriety.” Others also applauded my tolerance and sincerity. I remained unmoved because I knew I was just conducting myself as a cultivator should.
Alai’s attempt to get the general manager in trouble had failed. Instead, the city leadership recognized the general manager’s upright character and conduct throughout the audit, and he was later promoted to chairman of a large conglomerate.
Alai remained difficult and refused to admit he’d most recently borrowed 1,500 yuan. As a practitioner, I knew he would ultimately have to repay this debt with virtue. No matter what I said, he still refused to admit he borrowed the money, so, to close this account, I put in 1,500 yuan myself. Perhaps I owed him from a past life and was repaying him in this one.
This auditing process was a test for me as a practitioner. I know that when facing people like Alai, all I can do is not fight back when I’m being taken advantage of and strive to meet the standard of a practitioner. I never felt any resentment and just thought that Alai was very pitiful.
Shortly afterwards, I heard that Alai was suddenly struck with spondylolisthesis of the seventh lumbar vertebra. He was paralyzed and had to be hospitalized. I was shocked, because I did not expect the retribution to happen so soon. Once again, I’m amazed at the justice of Heaven. Please do not do anything against your conscience! If mankind doesn’t inflict punishment, Heaven will.
Category: Cultivation Insights
