(Clearwisdom.net)
Master has told us,
"At present, the most important thing is to save sentient beings, save more people! That is the most important thing." ("Fa Teaching at the 2007 New York Fa Conference")
In this last period of Fa-rectification, we should follow Master's requirement to save more sentient beings.
My husband came from a big village in Jiaodong, Shandong Province. Many villagers live there, but only a few Dafa disciples. After the Chinese New Year, we had a chance to go back to his hometown to clarify the truth and offer salvation to people. We also decided to take this as an opportunity to help more people to obtain the Fa.
When other practitioners heard that my husband and I were going back to his hometown, we decided that we should coordinate with each other well, study the Fa more frequently, and send more righteous thoughts. Everyone helped us to prepare the materials. After we left, they kept sending forth righteous thoughts for us. When we came back, we went to the group study and shared our experiences with them. Through this opportunity, we realized that to clarify the truth and save more sentient beings is what Master asks us to do, and it's the most righteous thing. As long as the whole group keeps righteous thoughts in mind as one body, the old forces can't do anything to affect us.
When we left, we took many Dafa books and several sets of Fa lecture video CDs with us, as well as truth-clarification materials and CDs. Protected by Master and supported by fellow practitioners' powerful righteous thoughts, and with a peaceful and compassionate heart to save people, we passed the security inspection without a hitch and got to the village where people were waiting for us to save them.
My brother-in-law, who lives in the village, used to be in poor health. I had clarified the truth to him many times, but he didn't listen. Last summer, he became so sick that he had edema all over, and his feet were so swollen that he could not even stand up. He went to the hospital several times and spent a lot of money, but to little effect. After my husband told him about all the physical improvements he experienced after he started the practice, my brother-in-law started to practice Dafa. After six months, his legs recovered, and the asthma that had bothered him for many years also disappeared.
The first thing we did after we got to the village was to form a study group with my brother-in-law. Since he went to elementary school for only two years and didn't know many characters, he was only able to listen to the older Fa lectures. This time, we brought him Dafa books. He was delighted. Every time he wanted to read the book, he washed his hands first, and after he finished studying, he wrapped the book up. The three of us studied one lecture every morning and then discussed things for a while afterwards to enhance our understandings of the Fa. In the afternoon and evening, we went out to clarify the truth. Although we had just formed the study group, it helped us significantly. When we first arrived, there were several fresh scars on his face. As it turned out, several large blisters had appeared before the New Year, and a trip to the hospital didn't help.
After several discussions, he came to understand that nothing a practitioner encounters is by chance, and it was time for him to improve in some regard. We also discussed the importance of believing in Master and Dafa. After a few days of Fa study, the blisters on his face disappeared. He became more confident in Dafa. He told me that he would help more people to obtain the Fa and do the exercises on a regular basis.
After we got to my husband's grandmother's house, we heard that one of our cousins had been hit by a car on the way to work. He suffered a fractured skull and was in a coma. When we went to visit him, we repeatedly called his name and told him, "Only our Master can save you. Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Did you hear that?" Meanwhile, his family was also calling his name and telling him that his elder cousin and wife had come to visit him.
A miracle happened. Tears flowed from his closed eyes. Everyone present got very excited, "He heard it! He must have heard it!" In order to help him listen to the Fa lectures, we bought him a DVD player and asked his wife to play the Fa lectures every day. His wife decided to study the Fa along with him.
We saw another cousin from our family. In the past, my cousin was deceived by the CCP, so he held a negative opinion of Dafa. He was also influenced by the fact that my husband was compelled to leave our home out of safety concerns during the worst days of the persecution. Upon witnessing the amazing changes that happened to my brother-in-law, he quit the CCP, as did his immediate family. His wife even asked to learn the exercises. We then gave them a DVD, several Dafa books, and all kinds of truth-clarification materials, and taught her all of the exercises in one day. Because she is relatively old and her physical condition was not very good, she was afraid it would be too difficult. To help her, we discussed these issues with her from the Fa perspective, which strengthened her determination in continuing the practice. Meanwhile, another sister-in-law and her son and her daughter-in-law also started the practice.
My husband's aunt is almost 80-years-old, and she had to walk using a crutch. Despite her advanced age, she was very accepting of Dafa. When she saw us, she held our hands for a long time. She told us, "My vision is poor, but I can listen. I want to study Dafa." After that, she repeated word by word with us, "Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!"
We were touched by her sincerity. We also brought her Master's lecture videos, and she couldn't wait to listen to them. When she didn't understand something, she asked us immediately. When we went to see her a couple of days later, she told us, "My legs are much better than yesterday. Thank you for giving me such a precious gift." After seeing this, her daughters and sons all quit the CCP and wanted to learn, too. Her fourth daughter came to our place and did the exercises with us.
There was a couple whose niece, a Dafa practitioner, was persecuted by the CCP. They thought that if one is persecuted by the CCP, one should stand up for him or herself. They didn't understand the depth of the persecution. After we talked at length about Dafa and the persecution, they wanted to become practitioners. We gave them Dafa books, Fa lecture video CDs, and truth-clarification materials. That night, they began to learn the exercises.
There were also some people who refused to quit the CCP, but we didn't give up easily. There was a Chinese medicine doctor who went to elementary school with my husband. He was very angry after we told him the facts and said to us, "This village is very stable and quiet; you shouldn't go around and tell people all this nonsense." We knew that the evil was controlling him, so we didn't get upset. Instead, we kept sending righteous thoughts and said to him, "There is another way to save you. Whenever you want to quit the CCP in the future, you can write your name on a piece of paper and post it outside." He paused momentarily and then said to us quietly, "Thank you."
Another cousin is the village treasurer. When we asked him to quit the CCP, he became worried because he was in a position where he could make a lot of money, and he didn't want to let that go. We stayed in his house for a few days, and we talked to him every night and showed him all the truth-clarification materials. During those two weeks, we kept Master's teachings in mind all the time,
"When you go to clarify the truth, only when your mind has stored up ample Fa will you be able to save people. That is when your words will have the power to move them." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference")
We studied one lecture of Zhuan Falun every day, sent righteous thoughts at regular intervals, and handed out truth-clarification materials to neighboring villages when we had time. Among our relatives, 40 of them quit the CCP, and 16 of them started to practice Falun Gong. We know that it was all because of the mighty virtue of Dafa, and we were just following Master's requirements and doing what Dafa disciples should do.
Through this experience, we realized that it's extremely urgent to save people, and we couldn't delay or let fear get in the way. We should make use of everything at hand and seize every opportunity to clarify the truth and save as many people as we can. Otherwise, it will be too late for regret once the truth is revealed to all.
Reviewing the experience, we learned from the problems we had, and we deeply understood that compassion and righteous thoughts are two magical weapons for us to save people. Without them, we can't save anyone. It is the power of Dafa that is saving people. If we study the Fa well and keep powerful righteous thoughts, we can then save sentient beings.
The process of truth-clarification is also a process of improving our xinxing. The trip was long and costly. It's a human attachment to want to horde money, and the money that we used to save people was well spent. Besides, our xinxing won't improve if we don't get rid of the attachment of caring about personal gain. When we clarified the truth, we encountered all kinds of people. Some were grateful, some were cold and indifferent, and some even cursed at or threatened us. All of these reactions from ordinary people are good things for us as practitioners, and there are always areas where we need to improve. It depends on whether we manage to remember that we are Dafa practitioners and if we can maintain our xinxing. If we can, then we can indeed save people.
