(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. For the last few years, in the process of verifying Dafa, I've seen lots of fellow practitioners doing plenty of truth clarifying activities conscientiously and actively, which has inspired me a lot. In particular, I learned a great deal from reading the articles on "Minghui Weekly," in terms of fulfilling and solidifying the content along with new styles for truth clarification.
To share with fellow practitioners, I have written down my experiences in truth clarification over the past few years. Please kindly correct me if I say anything wrong.
1. Use what's in front of us to clarify the truth.
One time, I met a repairman in our office. At break time, I offered him a glass of water and then started chitchatting with him about quitting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) to save his life. I asked him if he'd read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. He nodded, "I've hear about this thing. Isn't it about quitting the CCP, the Youth League, and the Young Pioneers? Yes, I have read the book. What it described I hadn't heard of or read about before, and I thought it was all very truthful, very meaningful--it was well-written, without a doubt." I asked if he had withdrawn from any of his Communist Party affiliations. He said, "I'm far too old." So I told him about the ancient stone carved with the Chinese characters that said, "Dissolving the Chinese Communist Party" and how important it was to distance himself from the Party.
I also told him about using a fictitious name to withdraw from the Party for his safety, adding, "It's truly a matter of life and death!" He agreed to quit after he heard what I said. He also regretted that when he received a yuan note covered with the signatures of people who had quit the CCP that he hadn't signed it, too. He thought that he was automatically withdrawn from the CCP. I told him that it would be just great if he did it now. Before we finished our conversation, a few colleagues joined us.
For anyone of us, a chance to tell the truth is hard to come by--it will easily slip away if you aren't paying attention.
2. Find where the problem is and use plain language when explaining the facts
In clarifying the truth, I have come across some people who are not willing to listen. For instance, some people still think that the CCP is China, that the CCP is the same as the people of China, and that without the CCP, China and the people of China would not exist. Of course, this notion is the result propaganda, perverted ideology, and the CCP educational system, all of which are designed to protect the CCP and its sovereignty.
In dealing with these kinds of vague, mixed-up concepts, I tell people about the CCP history of killing people, that its nature is like an evil religion, and how it has destroyed China's traditional culture, enabling them to get rid of their deep-rooted doubts. Most of them are able to break out of that "shell." Some of them ask how to get a copy of the Nine Commentaries and how to withdraw from the CCP. So I tell them about the website saying, "It's a comprehensive website containing lots of valuable information; and it's safe to access."
Some individuals I came across refused to accept anything I said, showed cold faces, and shook their heads. For the sake of saving lives, I didn't want to give up on them, because through difficult reincarnations, and from one generation to another, lives have suffered so much waiting for this life and the opportunity to hear the truth and be saved. To clarify the truth we should find a way to identify where the person's resistance lies. We should do this with all our hearts and with great patience to break through the person's barriers and enable him or her to understand the truth and be saved. This is our mission as well as our greatest wish. Oftentimes we worry that we won't have sufficient ability, and sometimes we cry when we cannot save certain lives.
Different people, in the process of growing up in society, have different environments, different concepts and thoughts, different ideals, and different attachments. They have different attitudes in dealing with their affairs and problems. So when we clarify truth to different people, it is best not to use only one method, but to adopt different strategies to find where the problem lies for each individual--even going as far as taking advantage of people's attachments and utilizing plain language suitable for an ordinary person, so as to break the person's barriers in order to clearly clarify the truth.
I'm not afraid of the difficulties on the road of Teacher's Fa-rectification; the safety of sentient beings is my main concern. In the process of Fa-verification for the last few years, many practitioners, despite the torturous persecution and suppression, have been walking the streets and alleys in villages, towns, counties, and cities to clarify the truth, expose the lies, and save sentient beings. I realize that I still lag behind my fellow practitioners, but during the final stage of Fa-rectification, I shall, together with fellow practitioners, closely follow Teacher to save more people, so that I won't be ashamed of being called a "Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple."
Fellow practitioners, please kindly correct any errors in my experience sharing.
