(Clearwisdom.net)
The repression of Falun Gong stirred up my suspicions, so I decided to read Zhuan Falun.
When the movement to persecute Falun Gong began on July, 20, 1999, I was puzzled. The Falun Dafa practitioners I knew were all good people! Why would the TV propaganda say otherwise?
Bewildered, I began reading Zhuan Falun in 2001. When I finished reading the first chapter, it became clear to me that Falun Dafa practitioners were good people who conducted their daily lives according to the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." I felt deep respect for them.
Reading lectures about the Fa and materials about truth-clarification, I began to clarify the facts.
Later, I watched a film which was about the true story of the self-immolation in Tiananmen Square. When I saw how the Falun Dafa practitioners bravely stepped onto Tiananmen Square in order to tell the facts to the world and shouted "Falun Dafa is Good," I was again deeply disturbed.
Afterwards, I read many of Teacher's lectures on the Fa and read Minghui Weekly at various times. Although I didn't become a practitioner, the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" were deeply fixed in my mind. They became the guiding principles of my words and actions. I also began to clarify the facts to acquaintances, friends, former classmates, and relatives.
When my family learned that I was going to practice Falun Dafa, they traveled from our native province to advise me against it. I smiled at them while they tried to change my mind. I said to them: "Do you know what Zhuan Falun is? It is a great book about Universal Law. Do you know what kind of people Falun Dafa practitioners are? They are good people who conduct themselves according to the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.'"
After my friends, former classmates, and acquaintances learned that I was going to practice Falun Dafa, they could not understand it. I told them that I knew the Falun Dafa practitioners the Chinese government was persecuting were very good people in our society, and I could no longer ignore my conscience, and had to speak out loudly for justice.
I began practicing Falun Dafa in March 2003.
After I started practicing Falun Dafa, I began to demand of myself that my words and actions be consistent with "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." People at my workplace noticed these changes in me.
Clarifying the truth so that more people in the world can be saved.
I clarified the facts to acquaintances whenever I had free time. Fortunately, I was also able to frequently clarify the facts in my work environment.
Clarifying the truth is also a cultivation process. I was a quiet, introverted, not sociable person, but after cultivating Falun Dafa, I became a different person. I greeted every acquaintance with a smile, and I tried various means to create opportunities to clarify the facts. I recall that about a month after I started cultivating, I visited a good friend of mine to clarify the facts. She urged me to go home while I was clarifying the facts to her. I was embarrassed but kept smiling. I thought to myself that I'd go back again after I had a deeper understanding of the Fa. The next time when I went to clarify the facts to her, the atmosphere was very harmonious, which helped boost my confidence in the truth-clarification process.
I clarified the facts to people close to me, relatives, former classmates, friends and colleagues, other departments, laborers, foreign laborers, and other divisions. They were all candidates for truth-clarification. Later on, I talked about the facts while riding on the bus when there were many people around. In the beginning, I was timid and reserved, but gradually I became more open and straightforward. Initially, I continued talking without considering how others perceived me. I'd be happy when people agreed with me and frustrated when others could not comprehend, or disagreed. Then I learned through further Fa study where Teacher said:
" Actually, with a lot of things if you calmly and gently talk to people and handle those things rationally, you'll find that your wisdom will flow forth like a spring, and every sentence of yours will get right to the point, and every sentence will speak the truth ." ("Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference")
From then on, I tried to keep a calm and gentle heart when conveying the facts to people. I truly felt the effect was just like what our Teacher had described, that every sentence was right to the point and more people could comprehend the facts. I revisited the people whom I had met or talked to previously because I wanted to show them the kindness of Falun Dafa practitioners and the beauty of Falun Dafa.
There was an eighty-year old woman who wanted to learn the exercises after listening to the facts. She asked for additional truth-clarifying material for her daughter, and she hoped that her daughter would want to learn the exercises too. Although she couldn't read, she asked me to write Teacher's name on a card so she could always remember it. Her sincerity towards our Teacher really touched my heart, and I realized that there were so many people still waiting to learn the facts, and waiting to be saved.
I have been a practitioner for over one and a half years. With Teacher's kind support and fellow practitioners' assistance, I passed many tribulations one after another, and I become a steadfast practitioner. Tears often fill my eyes when I recite the scripture "True Cultivation." Teacher endured so much for us and the beings of the cosmos, that letting go of my attachments seems such a small thing. Beings who assimilate to "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" are the finest. When I put my heart into Dafa, no matter what I do, whether it's putting a cover over a book, modifying characters, or just listening to the Dafa music "Pu-Du" and "Ji-Shi," happy tears flow onto my face, for I sense how lucky I am to be a Dafa disciple in this great historic moment. When I immerse myself in the Fa while studying the Fa and doing the exercises, I feel so pure and happy that words cannot describe my gratitude towards Master. To show my gratitude I strive to do well the three things that Dafa disciples should do. When I send strong righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil forces that disrupt the Fa, I feel like a dignified divine being helping Master in this Fa-rectification period. When I tell the facts to people with a compassionate, harmonious heart, I am a Dafa particle in the human world. I'd like to remind people to remember that "Falun Dafa is Good." When the truth about Falun Dafa is clear to you, you have found the gateway to happiness.
