(Clearwisdom.net)
Teacher said: "There are standards for Dafa disciples, and the Fa also has standards. It's not like everyone can just muddle around together and pass muster. Every person's soul is being hit upon, every person is genuinely cultivating himself, and every person is thinking about how to be responsible to his own life!" ("Lecturing on and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference"). While cultivating and melting into Dafa, assisting Teacher in the Fa-rectification, eliminating evil, and saving sentient beings, a group of Dafa disciples in our area has become tempered. They have been steadfastly fulfilling their missions and responsibilities by following the Fa-rectification path arranged by Teacher. They are walking toward maturity and toward the future. They are shining with Dafa particles' radiance.
Harmony in Cooperation and Understanding, Advancing Forward Steadily
In May of 2000, Teacher's article "The Knowing Heart" was published. Dafa practitioners were very inspired and excited. They asked how they could clarify the truth and save sentient beings more effectively. Everyone wanted to carry out the sacred mission of clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings. The number of practitioners in the beginning was less, maybe only several dozen people. We shortly grew to several hundred people. In 2001 and the first half of 2002 the evil suppression was severe and the effort of truth-clarification was intense. At that time Teacher's article, "A Suggestion," and a series of new articles were published. Practitioners gathered together, shared experiences of spreading the Fa and clarifying the truth, and learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses. We also exchanged ideas with practitioners who had strong attachments of fear, who failed to step forward for Dafa, and who walked a deviated path. Practitioners stepped forward hand in hand.
Everyone who stepped forward realized that they should study the Fa more, improve their character, and ensure that their mentality is righteous and stable while doing Fa-rectification work, so as not to interfere with the whole body. There were and still are numerous ways to clarify the truth. In addition to the printed copies of truth-clarification material with rich content, CD's, banners, and stickers, their are also signature cards, new-year's greeting cards, spring festival cards, red envelopes [it is a Chinese custom to wrap small gifts in a red envelope to symbolize blessings and joy] with truth-clarification material inside, and small crafts. We used the wisdom Dafa endowed us with to explain the truth and to validate the Fa.
These practitioners have achieved harmony in their understandings and ability to cooperate, and have validated the Fa steadily (over the past three years, only a few Dafa practitioners were arrested in the process of clarifying the truth, moreover, their performance was very good). Practitioners who are true cultivators have all been clarifying the truth and exposing the evil in the ordinary people's environment. They have peeled off many layers of the human shell through stumbling and getting back up. They have washed away a lot of bad things. They have continuously rectified themselves in order to catch up with Teacher's Fa-rectification progress.
Two Elderly Dafa Practitioners' Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions
Our area is a black spot that Jiang's regime has touched. The evil's persecution of Dafa practitioners is notorious. Throughout the past three years, misguided officials have attacked truth-clarification materials sites in other areas causing sources for Dafa materials to be hampered. However, in our area that has not affected us. Our Dafa materials site has never been disrupted. Despite the fact that our truth-clarification-materials site has been endangered seven times, Teacher's ingenious arrangements have allowed us to operate our site continuously. This has guaranteed a supply of truth-clarification material and helped us firm up our confidence in the Fa-rectification because we know that we are always by Teacher's side; what then is there to be scared of?
There are two elderly, female practitioners who devoted themselves wholeheartedly and selflessly, with righteous thoughts and righteous actions. They have inspired and led a group of people to form a Dafa-particle group that is solid and indestructible. Even though they've reached an advanced age, they are not inferior to younger practitioners. Under the evil's severe suppression, they endured the pressure and shouldered heavy burdens calmly and peacefully. Not only were they responsible for the supply of various materials that Dafa practitioners in our area needed, they also traveled the streets and alleys to distribute truth clarification materials quietly and consistently. Three years have passed and they have never stopped. They persevered even during the sensitive times when the situation was tense and everyone else stopped going out. The two elderly practitioners simply distributed more materials during those times. They were never affected by the situation. They thought in their minds: "Teacher has endured so much for us and has given us so many capabilities; everyone should help him save sentient beings. We should be compassionate to sentient beings." This way, year after year, they kept improving themselves along the path of validating Dafa and assimilating to Dafa conscientiously.
During the past few years, under the cruel persecution of the lawless people, the path of validating Dafa has been very tough. Along the path of the Fa-rectification they have encountered many dangers and obstacles. Take the truth-clarification-materials site for example. Because the situation has been harsh over the past three years, with Teacher's constant hints and protection the site has successfully relocated about a dozen times across five big districts. For the safety of a truth-clarification-materials site, they prevailed through danger, tribulation, and hardships, making sure that the supply of truth clarification material remained uninterrupted. They relied on righteous thoughts and righteous actions. With Teacher's compassionate protection and caring, they turned danger into safety. Over the past three years, they have distributed over two hundred thousand copies of truth clarification materials.
Dafa is the path that cultivates and melts Dafa practitioners into the Fa, and guides Dafa practitioners toward higher realms. Walking every step well is a must for Dafa practitioners, and is a journey towards consummation. We know perfectly well that everything we have been able accomplish is due to the compassion of our Teacher. With Dafa's light shining everywhere, let's strive forward diligently, and welcome the Fa's rectification of the human world.
