(Clearwisdom.net)
Greetings Respected Master!
Greetings Fellow Practitioners!
Looking back at my obtaining the Fa, and my self cultivation before participating in Fa-rectification, clarifying the truth and assisting Master in Fa-rectification, the most honorable and meaningful event in my life is becoming a Fa-rectification Dafa disciple. I am willing to let go of all attachments, to safeguard Dafa with my life, remain steadfast in Dafa and to follow Master back home by reaching Consummation.
Master says in "Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference":
"You need to be clear that a Dafa disciple's cultivation is about stepping out of humanness; it is to step out of the old colossal firmament that is restrained by all kinds of factors that result from endless, countless, innumerable beings in this old cosmos; it is to gain a new life, emerging from an environment that is at the last of the last stage of the formation-stasis-degeneration-destruction process of the colossal firmament. Who can step out of all of this? To escape everything and be able to truly enter the future is indeed very hard. As a matter of fact, the difficulties you've run into cultivating amidst the persecution are manifestations here among humans. But in reality, in other dimensions that the world's people can't see and that are beyond this environment of ordinary people, things are even more intense. It is the shocking and soul-stirring process of immense disintegration and reintegration. The entire cosmos's beings are watching this affair, and countless, measureless gods are also watching. Encompassed in all of these changes are the factors of Dafa disciples validating the Fa. What are displayed in the human world are the Three Things that you're doing at this time. As for the behavior of the evil, that's it [acting] in an irrational, crazed state before its disintegration, and it provides Dafa disciples with the conditions to reach Consummation."
Being purified by the Fa, I have clearly realized the honor of being a Dafa disciple in the Fa-rectification period. Shouldn't we be more diligent? Shouldn't we be stricter and more responsible to ourselves and Dafa? I enlightened that to do well with the Three Things, I have to make my best effort in studying the Fa, reading Master's new articles, and listening to Master's lectures so that we can completely understand the Fa. We also need to take action, as part of a genuine cultivation practice. With my family, my work, and in clarifying the truth, I have met with different types of people. When xinxing conflicts occur, I know that I have to search within and temper myself, improve my xinxing, get rid of all attachments, and break through all interference. We need to walk out of humanness to transcend beyond, fulfill our historical vows, and accomplish our sacred mission.
Below is my understanding from the Fa during my activities in clarifying the truth to Chinese tourists:
In Malaysia, there is a well-known tourist site called Batu Caves, where most tourists visit. It is not far from my home. There are several restaurants there where tourists from China often stop for lunch. A few of us practitioners take turns going there to clarify the truth, distributing fliers, and give out copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Chinese tourists who have lunch in the restaurants are of various backgrounds, including high ranking officials, ordinary cadres, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members, police, doctors, teachers, students, workers and so on. Every day we clarify the truth and distribute fliers to them. Many secret agents closely monitor everything that is happening. Under the scorching sun, it is a good opportunity to test one's xinxing. Simply having a heart of compassion is not enough to allow a person to persist in that environment; one needs to maintain strong righteous thoughts. A person could not make it unless he or she cultivates the universal Fa of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
A few years ago the evil was quite rampant, and only a few people dared to approach us to take fliers. Everyone walked away from us once they got off the bus. Some people quickly ran into the restaurant and were afraid to look back. We practitioners were anxiously worried about them. We were only able to send forth righteous thoughts while looking at their backs, eliminating the evil interference within them, and hoping Master's compassion would save them. We stood there and sent forth righteous thoughts quietly. After a period of time, some people would come out to smoke or walk around after finishing lunch, but some people left in a hurry. However, some would immediately read the fliers as soon as they got it from us. While reading the fliers, they would ask us questions. Every now and then, one whose mind was polluted by the lies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would ask me, "How much do you get paid a day?" He would slander Master and Dafa. Immediately, I would firmly say, "That is absolutely not so! Our Master is very righteous. We cultivate in Dafa, and all practitioners around the world put theirs hearts into saving people. It is the CCP that pays thugs to kill!" He would quietly go away. I also knew this was Master's compassion,
"Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one's master." (Zhuan Falun)
In fact, I still have a lot of human notions and habits, attachments to complacency, fear of standing under the scorching sun and so on. These attachments cause my moods to swing up and down. Sometimes I encountered those who were indifferent, who refused to take fliers or who didn't care enough to ask any questions. My deeply concealed human thoughts would surface: "Under the scorching sun, we clarify the truth and distribute fliers in order to save you. Yet you don't appreciate all this!" I turned from anxious to angry, and my xinxing was out of control: "I want to go home and take a good rest!" However, on second thought, if I did that, wouldn't the evil be very happy? Wouldn't those people lose the chance to understand the truth and be saved? No! I am a Dafa practitioner, and I cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Where is my Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance? Thinking of this, I would not give up. Those people, under the CCP's propaganda and control, did not have clear minds. If I didn't give them the opportunity to understand the truth, they would be weeded out in the Fa-rectification. Looking at the busy Chinese tourists walking to and fro, my compassion once again took charge. I then persisted in clarifying the truth and distributing the fliers to save sentient beings. With my righteous thoughts strengthened through constant study of the Fa, I am confident that I will fulfill my historical vows.
With Master's articles and guidance, and with practitioners around the world frequently sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth, I can sense that the evil is getting weaker.
It was just like what Master wrote in "Sweep Away" (Hong Yin II):
Dark clouds pass, winds remain strong
Red Dragon is beheaded, humans remain lost
Where there is vicious evil, there is dark dense haze
Dafa disciples, one palm upright
Purge remaining evil, righteous thoughts arise
Speak the truth, rescue all beings
Extinguish evil completely, sweep the entire cosmos
The evil cannot control sentient beings anymore, as their clear sides are eager to learn the truth. On one occasion, four teachers from China lead a group of young students sightseeing. I know that the CCP forces students in China to slander Dafa in their examinations; if they don't slander Dafa, the students fail the test and they are then denied opportunities for further education. The CCP wants to drag more people to hell and get weeded out. I know I should help them learn the truth, and only then will they know the different between justice and evil. After finishing sending forth righteous thoughts, I went in front of those teachers and said, "Are you teachers? Please learn about Falun Gong." My righteous thoughts were strong without human thoughts and I gave the fliers to one of the teachers. She quickly walked to the front door of the restaurant and eagerly flipped through the fliers while waiting for the bus. When the students saw that their teacher took my fliers, they also took fliers from me when they walked passed me. Some students walked over and asked me, "May I take these?" I replied, "Sure, no problem." I gave them the fliers. They eagerly read the fliers once they boarded the bus. Some students waved to me with respect. Looking at the sentient beings that are anxious to be saved, I clearly understood the urgency of clarifying the truth. The more people who know the truth, the fewer places the evil has for hiding, and the faster the evil gets eliminated.
In addition to Chinese tourists polluted by the CCP's propaganda, many local tour guides have also deeply misunderstood Dafa after reading local newspapers that slander Dafa. The old forces make use of these tour guides to prevent Chinese tourists from learning the truth. When these tour guides spot us, they always look fierce. Some would make jokes about me. However, some Chinese tour guides are even worse. As soon as the tourists get off the bus, the Chinese tour guides stare at them to stop them from taking any fliers. I send forth righteous thoughts while handing out fliers. I greet the tourists with a smile when I meet them. I often say to them, "Falun Dafa is good!" Master said Dafa disciples have supernormal abilities, and we would first put these words into their minds and sow the seeds of compassion.
In these years, I have always kindly clarified the truth, and the power of compassion has influenced them little by little. Some tour guides began to greet me and would say, "Falun Dafa!" and I added "..is good!" Some also began to accept my fliers, CDs and they would even ask for the latest materials. Some even joked with me, saying "I want to practice too!" They told the Chinese tourists that it is fine to read the fliers here but don't bring any back to China. Even though the environment has improved a little, some evil still exists, which is my responsibility to eliminate.
Master says in "Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital":
"So it's exactly because right now there are many things that need to be done and many people are still not aware [of what's really going on] that we have the situation we are seeing today and there is a need for you to do things. And the changes to this state are in turn inseparable from everything that Dafa disciples are contributing as they clarify the truth and save sentient beings. Of course, the effect of the Fa-rectification's situation is part of it too, but if the Dafa disciples don't all clarify the truth to individual people, or clarify the truth to society, then as for the process of ordinary people's minds being transformed at the surface level, that's not something gods will do for them on an individual basis. So things that involve the surface level of human beings have to be done by Dafa disciples."
Master also says,
"As a Dafa disciple in this society, no matter what kind of setting or corner of society you find yourself in, you are playing a positive role. Regardless of whether you are clarifying the truth and validating the Fa or doing things not so directly connected to Dafa, you are nonetheless saving sentient beings and are playing huge roles (applause), and that is because your righteous thoughts and compassionate field are having a positive effect."
It was just like what Master said,
"I hope that you will do even better in the time ahead"
Fellow practitioners, let us be more diligent and do better in carrying out the Three Things. Countless sentient beings are expecting us to save them, and sentient beings in our world are also expecting us to return home upon reaching Consummation.
The above are my personal understandings; please kindly point out anything that's inappropriate.
Thank you!
