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Greetings, revered Master. Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I would like to share with you my experience of making truth clarification phone calls to mainland China over the past year.
Improving through truth clarification calls
I have been making calls on the global RTC platform for more than a year. During this period of time, many of my attachments have disappeared without my realizing it: for example, being depressed after being scolded; being frustrated after someone hung up the phone on me; the competitiveness caused by tedious arguments; the sense of failure when the other party refused to quit the CCP, etc. Today, whatever attitude I encounter, I am able to remain calm and ignore irrational words or behavior to make calls without pursuit. I no longer pay attention to the number of people quitting; I only hope to tell people the truth as much as I can. As attachments were relinquished and my capacity expanded, my manner of speech gradually changed. I remember when I just started making these calls, I spoke very fast. I wished I could tell them everything I had to say all in one breath, often overlooking people's feelings. Now I can communicate in a peaceful, friendly manner, answering questions in an easygoing tone. Sometimes, sentient beings can feel that I really care about them from the bottom of my heart. They tend to listen attentively to the truth and quit the CCP. Some even praised the sound of my voice, which I regard as a kind of encouragement.
Predestined beings are waiting to be saved
As long as we do things with our hearts, Master will arrange for the predestined beings to answer our calls. In the process of making calls, there have been many touching stories. Here are a few examples.
1. One phone call helped 12 people quit the CCP
Once I rang through to a gentleman who had already learned the facts and renounced the CCP. During our conversation, he mentioned he had three children. I said, "You are safe, but you should also help your family to be safe. Can you please also pass information on quitting the CCP to your children? I will call you back another day.” He agreed. When I called back the next day, he told me that he had talked to the kids and some of their friends and they had all agreed. I asked how many of them there were. He said 12. I thought I heard wrong and asked again. He repeated that there were 12 people. This took me by surprise. I asked in passing and did not expect that he had actually earnestly passed the message on to so many people.
In order to be prudent and certain, I asked again whether each person agreed to quit the CCP. He confirmed that they all agreed, so I gave pseudonyms for each. The gentleman wrote them all down on a piece of paper and read them back to me for fear of missing one. Finally, I asked him to tell them the pseudonyms and ask them to remember them.
After hanging up, I was still in a state of a shock. For over a year on the platform, I had never experienced anything as easy. Usually, during an easy call people would quit in more than a minute. Sometimes I would talk for over 10 minutes, 40 minutes, or even longer without having people understand.
2. A new CCP member agreed to quit after learning the truth
Once a man from Shandong Province answered the phone. As usual, I first informed him: “Currently more than 100 million Chinese people have quit the Party and its affiliated organizations.” The man used foul language and said, “I just joined the Party and you ask me to quit?” I told him to take it easy, that it was a predestined relationship that he answered the call. I asked whether he had received similar calls before. He said he had and asked me to hurry and hang up. I was not moved and continued to urge him that it was good for him to listen. He said again that he was a new member. I replied, “I understand. In mainland China, people join the Party for a chance to get a better position at work. However, the quitting I am talking about does not require you to quit your job. It does not affect your promotion or your wages. On the contrary, it will bring blessings and peace for your future.”
He asked how to get a promotion without joining the Party. I said, “I understand your thinking. You think not joining the Party will ruin your chances, but you know the CCP has done a lot of bad things. Heaven cannot put up with it now. Good people like us will not benefit from joining the Party. Instead, we will suffer by association.” Then I told him about the stone with hidden writing in Zhangbu Township, Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, from 270 million years ago, which had even been covered up by the domestic media. “This is the will of Heaven. Chinese people believe that Heaven's will can not be violated. Right now 60,000 to 80,000 people are quitting the CCP each day, and not only ordinary citizens, many officials are quitting too.”
I continued, “Getting promotions is your blessing, not something given by the Party. If you are lucky enough, no one can hold you back.” I then gave him a pseudonym "Wen Xing,” in hopes of a prosperous future. He said, “OK” and stopped insisting that only Party members can be officials. His tone of voice also took a turn for the better. I told him the truth about Falun Gong, too.
3. Having learned the truth, a son helped his mother quit the CCP
One day, a fellow practitioner forwarded me a phone number, hoping I could help a young man break through the Internet blockade. I taught him step by step. First, I sent him an e-mail address, but because the user name and password he entered were wrong, he could not access it after a few tries. I then told him about a website, which he finally accessed. He said he wanted to study the suspicious points of the fabricated “Tiananmen Square self-immolation.” He repeatedly asked me to thank the practitioner who had forwarded me his number. The young man said he lived with his mother. I said, “You and your mother depend on each other to survive. You should let your mother know the truth, too, to guarantee her safety! I will call back another day. Ask your mother what organization she joined and whether she agrees to quit.” A couple of days later I called back and helped his mother quit the Young Pioneers. Convinced, he told me, "I saw those suspicious points. I understand now—it is really a setup!"
Using the experience of calling in daily truth clarification
Because I cannot see people’s faces when making calls on the platform, at the point the call is answered I must use the most concise language to get people’s attention. If the conversation becomes too long-winded, the other party may hang up before the subject is broached. Sometimes within a minute or two on the platform, people can be persuaded to quit the CCP and be informed of the truth about Falun Gong.
I found this way of truth clarification very helpful in clarifying the truth in face-to-face situations. In the past, when clarifying the truth face to face, I often gave up when I saw unfriendly or reluctant expressions. Occasionally, out of fear of misunderstanding, I did not dare to talk about Falun Gong when I mentioned quitting the CCP. When asked whether I was a Falun Gong practitioner, I was at times evasive.
Through making calls on the platform, however, I got rid of all these attachments. Plus, I was tempered by the experience of being fussed at many times. When clarifying the truth in person, I am no longer easily moved by the other party. I let go of the attachments of being afraid and being misunderstood. Every so often I even take the initiative to tell them that I am a Falun Gong practitioner.
I always clarify the truth with a smile. It is critical to have a cordial tone to break the ice. After a few pleasant words, I will get to the point. Usually I talk directly about the truth of Falun Gong to clear the negative perceptions in their minds and then urge them to quit the CCP. Some quit within two or three minutes. For those who love to listen, I expand on the key points and introduce the NTDTV and other media websites, encouraging them to learn more. For those who will not listen to me, I tell them that the Tiananmen Square self-immolation was a hoax and that Falun Gong was framed so that these words stick in their mind.
In addition, I made a big breakthrough in clarifying the truth to my ordinary friends. A couple had been harboring negative thoughts about Dafa without talking to me face to face. For a period of time, they asked me to look after their child before and after school, but because I helped my own child to study the Fa and do the exercises, they were worried that I would influence their child and stopped having me look after him . (They did not tell me directly. I found out from the child.) After that, I also held negative thoughts towards them, finding it extremely hard to tell them the truth openly.
In January 2012, I ran into the father when our children were playing badminton together. When he saw that I was recommending Shen Yun to other parents, he gave me a strange smile. I felt a bit awkward, but gathered my courage to walk over to him. I greeted him and chatted on the topic of Shen Yun. After about half an hour, he promised to quit the Youth League, which for me was a big breakthrough. Recently, a friend from mainland China called me from another city in England. She came here with her child for a holiday during the summer. I invited her to my house, but in the end she could not make it because of a tight time schedule. I didn't know what I should do. I had planned to clarify the truth thoroughly when she visited me. How should I do it if she did not come? One day when she called me, I took the opportunity to tell her about quitting the CCP over the phone and helped her to quit the Youth League.
Be considerate of others
I work in a shop and make phone calls when the shop is open. Sometimes clients walk into the shop in the middle of the call. For fear of people hanging up, I ignore the customers and continue talking on the phone. At first I felt that I was doing this to save people, as it was more important than losing a few customers. After a while I felt that something was wrong: would the customers ever come back after being ignored like that? Moreover, the shop’s business had started to decline.
Even though these thoughts have been on my mind, I did not take too much notice. A few days earlier when I was on a call, a customer came and stood in front of the counter. I was still talking on the phone and waved for him to wait, but it so happened that the person on the other end had many questions so I could not hang up. After about 4 minutes, the customer said to me loudly, “It is very impolite to treat a customer like this. I’ve been here a few times and every time you are on the phone. I parked on the yellow line and could be fined.”
I quickly apologized to him, promising that this would never happen again. He left without a word. Through his complaint I realized the seriousness of the problem. Master asked us to always think of others, but I ignored my customers time and time again without taking into account that they need my help as well. I used doing Dafa work as an excuse and neglected cultivation. This is, in fact, a kind of selfish behavior, going to extremes. Realizing that, I let go of the fear of being hung up on. When clients come into the shop, I tell the person on the phone that I have to take care of something and will call them back a bit later, and after the customers have left, I call back to explain. Often the other person understands. Some even thanked me for my sacrifice.
From the above, I enlightened that there is no small matter on the path of cultivation. We should be “full of great aspirations while minding minor details.” (“Sage” in Essentials for Further Advancement). Things that seem insignificant are precisely good opportunities to expose those attachments that are usually difficult to detect. Looking inward immediately and getting rid of them is real improvement.
Thank you, Master. Thank you, fellow practitioners.
(2012 United Kingdom Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference)
