(Minghui.org) I worked at a government facility located in an isolated mountain area of China. Before July 20, 1999, by chance, one of my former classmates, who worked far away from me, introduced Dafa to me. Since there were no other practitioners near me, I basically just cultivated by myself. Because of the isolation and a lack of Dafa books, I did not have chance to read all of Master's Fa lectures. I only had Zhuan Falun and two other Dafa books. I did not know Dafa was spreading across the country. I also only had superficial understandings of Dafa and only used my spare time to study the Fa. After July 20, 1999, I started to realize the seriousness of cultivation.
Validate the Fa and Save the Sentient Beings at Work
I can still recall when the television stations started to slander Dafa at 3 p.m. in the afternoon. My employer organized everyone to watch TV in the office. I saw it was slandering Dafa and I left.
Before I acquired the Fa, I had some understanding of the CCP's true nature and I always liked to see the things opposite from what the CCP claimed. Although I did not truly understand the nature of this persecution, I immediately made up my mind that Falun Dafa was absolutely the most righteous Fa since, if Dafa was not righteous, the CCP wouldn't slander it. Only the principles for everyday people will be welcomed by everyday people. After that, I made up my mind to cultivate the Fa firmly. Afterward, my colleagues gathered together after lunch and discussed Falun Gong. Since there were so many people and it was not appropriate to clarify the truth, I told them half-jokingly, “The CCP's way of criticizing Liu Shaoqi during the Great Revolution comes to mind. It is not about what Falun Gong did. It is because someone is fighting for power and trying to move up.” I did not expect that all the leaders would then agree with what I said. They all said my vision and knowledge were great and I could point out the true nature of things in just a few words. I immediately did not have any fear. I realized that Master probably used my colleagues' mouths to enlighten me and encourage me to validate the Fa.
Afterward, I finally got in contact with another practitioner. I borrowed the new articles I did not have from him and transcribed all of them at night. I started to study the Fa, recite the Fa, and transcribe the Fa for large amounts of time each. I also did the exercises regularly and sent forth righteous thoughts at the set times. Master said,
“Study Fa, obtain Fa,
Compare in studying, compare in cultivating,
Examine each and every deed,
Accomplishing is cultivating.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)
I understood that, in order to validate the Fa, I must truly cultivate myself and reach a practitioner's xinxing standard at work. I needed to set a good example in order to validate the Fa at work. On the job, I always treated the work assigned by the leaders seriously and finished it well. I never got involved in cliques at work. I always tried my best to help my colleagues when they needed me and I never argued with them over personal interests. I had a good relationship with them. I did not send gifts to the leaders during holidays, but I treated the them with respect and talked to them politely. Although the leaders changed again and again, they all gave me very high evaluations. I always received the outstanding worker award at the end of the year. Other workers tried really hard to get the award and sent gifts to the leaders, but they still could not get it. Certainly I did not consider it seriously and I did not have any attachments to fame and self-interest.
When I clarified the truth to the leaders where I worked, since I worked at a government facility where everyone was sensitive to the topic of Falun Gong and were afraid of being implicated and negatively affecting their future career, I did not tell them things in a very direct way. I even clarified the truth to one of the leaders indirectly. But I worried that he still had a misunderstanding about Falun Dafa. Once he got drunk and started to point to everyone and berate them. But when he pointed at me, he immediately stopped and said loudly, “You are a Falun Gong practitioner. You are great.” Others were all shocked when they heard this. It was “telling the truth after becoming drunk.” I knew he really knew the truth. Probably it was the fact that my words and actions gave the leader a good impression that built a good foundation for saving him.
Clarifying the Truth in the Countryside
At work, I basically did not reveal that I was a Falun Gong practitioner. My main focus was still passing out truth-clarifying materials after work. Later I got to know a few practitioners and we went to the countryside farther away to distribute materials. Sometimes I also rode a motorcycle at night to distribute materials in the countryside. Once I rode over 30 miles at night and covered many villages in the area. I brought a lot of materials and did not finish it until almost sunrise. Since it was in the fall, there was fog in the morning. I was very tired and was half asleep as I rode home. Suddenly I saw a big truck stopped in front of me. I was going about 25 miles per hour and it was already too late for me to stop. It looked like I would hit the truck and cause an accident. Suddenly, the motorcycle automatically turned off and stopped. It was like magic. I really felt Master's protection and I broke into tears of gratitude.
In the winter of 2002, once I rode the motorcycle with another practitioner at night to give out materials. When we were halfway through, it started to snow. We said toward the sky, “Please do not snow tonight before we finish distributing the truth-clarifying materials. After we finish, snow as you wish.” Within just 2 minutes, the snow stopped and a hazy moon even came out. That night, we rode over 25 miles and distributed all the materials. After we arrived at home, the heavy snow started again. The next morning when I got up, I saw the snow was over two inches. I greatly appreciated Master's help in my heart.
Once I rode the motorcycle and passed a place where I had distributed materials before. I thought since the people there had already seen the materials, I would go on, since this place was kind of isolated. Just then, a woman beside the road waved to me. I stopped and asked how I could help. She asked for a ride to her mother-in-law's home nearby. I agreed. She then said that her parents' home was close and invited me to rest in her home while she picked up some stuff. I then followed her to a house nearby. Her father came out to welcome me and then asked his family to cook something for me. I said I was not hungry. Then he talked to me mysteriously, “I have a question I want to ask. I am wondering if you can help me.” I said, “What question? If I can help, I definitely will.” He said, “Do you know anything about Falun Gong?” Then I suddenly remembered that I had put some truth-clarifying booklets at the shop near his home. I asked, “Have you ever read Falun Gong's truth-clarifying booklet?” He said he got one from his brother. He said that, since the propaganda on TV all said Falun Gong was bad but the booklet he read said Falun Gong was good, he did not know which was right. Then I clarified the truth to him in detail. I told him Dafa had been persecuted and about the greatness of Falun Dafa. He was very grateful and he insisted I eat before I left. In the end I had to eat with them at his home. Magical things like this happened very often to me and other fellow practitioners.
I was in charge of picking up the materials at that time. Every time I had to go over 60 miles outside the city to pick them up. In order to be safe and convenient, every time I rode the motorcycle, it took me eight to nine hours. It was very hard. Later with the truth-clarifying materials being distributed more and more widely, the quantity needed also kept increasing. Later I heard from a fellow practitioner that he mainly printed the truth-clarifying materials in a copy store his friend (not a practitioner) owned. Since it was not convenient to print in the daytime, he printed at night. Certainly the shop charged a higher price. Even so, the shop did not want to produce the materials since they felt it was dangerous and they did not want to be implicated. In addition, they printed only a limited quantity that did not meet our needs. So I talked with the practitioners nearby about purchasing a copy machine and making copies at my home. Although my parents did not cultivate Dafa, they were not against me either. Sometimes when they saw I was too busy to finish, they also helped me to organize the materials.
Gradually I got to know more practitioners and the number of practitioners who came to my home to get materials also increased. Since I was located in a rural mountainous area, it was not convenient to transport large amounts of materials. So we talked and then bought an agricultural vehicle. It was not only convenient for the practitioners but also safe. We could also use the vehicle to take the materials to very far places. After that I was busy with three jobs every day. In the day time, I needed to do well at work and I also needed to take care of our child and the housework, because my wife ran a business outside the home. At night I needed to do Dafa-related things as well as find time to study the Fa and practice the exercises. At night I slept very little. So how to arrange our time wisely is very important. Master said,
“I know that you’ve all worked so hard. You have to work and you have to study, you have your family life and social activities, and at the same time you have to take care of your family, do a good job at work, and you have to study the Fa well and do the exercises well, and what’s more, you have to clarify the truth. It is hard! It’s pretty hard both time-wise and financially. It’s hard, so your mighty virtue is displayed; it’s hard, and so it’s a good opportunity to establish your mighty virtue. Remarkable! Since you are cultivators, even though it’s hard you should do even better.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference,” Guiding the Voyage)
So as a Dafa practitioner, we need to do everything well and cannot go extremes. This is how we reach the standard Master requires. So although it was hard during that period of time, I also felt steady in my heart and felt I improved very fast. Sometimes at night, I dreamed that I rode a motorcycle all the way up. When I walked, I felt very light. My skin also became very smooth and I became handsome. Many people admired me when they saw me.
Protesting the Persecution and Validating the Fa at a Detention Center
In 2004, a practitioner who worked with me did not pay attention, and his home was searched by the police. The police found my telephone number and workplace from his cellphone and notepad. So I was exposed, and the police searched my home. At the same time, seven to eight practitioners were also arrested and taken to the detention center. Their homes were searched, too. The police found the copy machine in my home. They said I was the leader and claimed that they would sentence me to over ten years in prison. My family members were very anxious and they went around seeking help, but they could not change anything.
In prison, I was beaten, kicked, handcuffed, and forcibly injected with unknown drugs. Other prisoners sat on my head and urinated on me. They also mixed cold water into my food and used other ways to torture me. The CCP officials illegally interrogated me twice every day. Each interrogation lasted three to four hours. I was interrogated over 60 times within two months. But every time before the interrogation, I recited the Fa Rectification verses repeatedly in my heart and I did not cooperate with them at all, so they never got anything from me. A few times, the officer who interrogated me kept saying he had a headache and his hands kept shaking and he could not hold his cigarette. Then the police left. Another time a guard saw me reciting something and he asked, “What are you reciting?” I did not answer him. Then he said, “What did I ask you a moment ago?” I saw my righteous thoughts clearly cut the evil's thinking and he could not remember what he had said a few seconds before. So I had great confidence in sending forth righteous thoughts and I increased the time to send forth righteous thoughts in the morning.
Sending forth righteous thoughts when protesting the persecution is very important. In order to release me from the tribulations, Master evolved illusions on my body. I became blind in my left eye, and I had anemia and stomach problems. I became crippled and very thin. I could not digest food and I vomited whatever I ate. The detention center was afraid of taking responsibility and they wanted to send me to the hospital. I refused since I knew Dafa practitioners should not have any illness and this was just an illusion. They dragged me to the hospital for an examination. The detention center spent a lot of money that they could not afford, so they called my family to ask for money. My family asked to see me first, otherwise they would not pay a penny. The detention center did not want my family to see me. I told the guards who interrogated me, “I started to practice Falun Gong because I had illnesses before. I did not commit any crime. You can talk to my supervisors at work for details. Now you see that I am very sick, and you cannot afford to have me treated. So please release me, and I will take care of myself and treat the illnesses at home. If you continue to detain me, you will have to pay my medical expenses.” The police said they would think about it. So I increased the time and strength with which I sent forth righteous thoughts. One day after four months, the chief of the detention center said he would figure out a way to get the police department to let me go, since there was no one to pay my medical expenses and my family refused to pay. If they did not treat me and I died, he would be responsible for that. So I was released to “monitoring at home” after four months.
After I was released, I studied the Fa and practiced the exercises at home. Half a month later I fully recovered. I was the only one who was released. The other practitioners were still held in the detention center, waiting for sentencing. Later the police heard I had recovered and they wanted to arrest and detain me again and sentence me with the other practitioners. A practitioner who heard the news told me. So I left my home and my job. After I left, I heard from my family that the CCP personnel searched for information about me like crazy. They even climbed over the wall and jumped into the yard of my home eight times in the night with black cloth covering their heads to search for me. They also tried to get information about me from my relatives and friends.
So I became homeless and destitute. I did not have my family or a job, and I hid everywhere without a fixed place. I studied the Fa less and became lazy. Human notions started to take control. After a while, with practitioners' help, I became diligent again. I knew I could not be depressed anymore. I had acquired such a precious Fa for which I had waited for millions of years. What couldn't I give up? Master said,
“Actually, if you think about it, the cultivators of the past didn't dare to slack off for even a second, and that was when it took an entire lifetime to complete the journey. So how can Dafa disciples--who are to achieve the Attainment Status of a being who is saved by Dafa and who have the most convenient cultivation way--not be even more diligent when they are given this most glorious honor of Fa-validating cultivation in a brief cultivation period that passes in the blink of an eye? You already know that the form of a Dafa disciple's cultivation has one cultivate here, in the world, among ordinary people, and that the cultivation directly targets one's mind. All human attachments and notions that interfere with validating the Fa and saving sentient beings must be removed. For cultivators traveling a divine path, is it really that hard to get rid of those attachments that arise from human thinking and to change those notions? If a cultivator doesn't want to get rid of even those things, well, how is he to show that he's a cultivator?” (“The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be”)
So I looked inward and adjusted my mind to meet the Fa's requirements.
Validate the Fa and Save the Sentient Beings at the Material Sites
Later I walked to quite a few places and contacted practitioners from other areas who truly cultivated themselves well. They gave me great help in my life and cultivation, which allowed me to calm down to do the three things well. Since I knew some techniques for producing truth-clarifying materials, I discussed it with them and figured out a way to rent a place. So I launched a new material production site in the local area where I stayed. Every week I downloaded articles from Minghui website, submitted the list of people who withdrew from the CCP and its related affiliated organizations, produced copies of Minghui Weekly, printed brochures, burned truth-clarifying DVDs, produced the Dafa amulets (1), printed Master's new articles, and made copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. For safety reasons, except for contacting the coordinator, most of the time I stayed alone. Every week I went to the shopping center to purchase paper and supplies. The rest of the time I stayed at the material site with the computers and copiers. I never shopped around. Occasionally I went to a practitioner's home to repair a computer, which was organized by the coordinator.
Although home-based material sites in Mainland China have spread like blooming flowers, many sites have encountered problems due to the lack of technology and interference from family members. Some home-based sites were not as stable and pure as the specialized material sites. Since 2006, I have always stayed at the material site. Below I wanted to share my observations of materials sites under the special environment created by the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China.
In Mainland China the evil CCP focuses on seeking out and destroying material production sites. When the CCP finds such a site, not only are the practitioners involved severely persecuted, but also there are countless losses to validating the Fa and saving the sentient beings in the local area. It also greatly affects the local practitioners' cultivation status. The sites have a lot of equipment and accessories, and usually only one or two practitioners are involved for safety reasons. In case of an emergency, there are only a few people to help and it would be extremely hard to move the equipment away. So I was well aware of our responsibilities at the site. In order to guarantee absolute safety and smooth running, I paid a lot of attention to the things listed below:
First, I basically did not use a cell phone or telephone to contact others. If I did I need to contact someone, I grabbed a taxi and went in person instead of calling. The Minghui website reported that, almost daily, practitioners in Mainland China are followed and persecuted after they used cellphones to contact others. We must learn the lessons from such serious losses.
Second, I basically did not explore the everyday people’s websites to preserve network safety. I especially did not go to any website in Mainland China at all for the past few years. I also did not go to everyday people's websites or democracy advocates' websites overseas. I felt there was nothing to see and it was all everyday people's things. I basically only explore the Minghui website and the Zhengjian website. I did not even go to the Epoch Times website often. Even when I explored the Minghui website, I usually downloaded the articles and materials I needed quickly and then unplugged the network cable. Then I read the articles offline. For the past few years, I only installed the software Deep Freeze to protect the C drive of the computer. I did not even install any anti-virus software. But my computer has performed normally all the time.
Third, I did not let my family members know where I lived and I did not contact them by telephone. I went back home only two or three times per year. When family members asked me for details, I did not tell. I also controlled my emotions completely. I mainly needed to prevent the evil CCP from finding me through my family members and bringing loss to Dafa and practitioners. Several times, I had the chance to go home and visit my child, but for fellow practitioners' safety and saving the sentient beings, I did not go. I thought of the historical story about when Dayu controlled the flood, he passed his home three times without entering. Right now we are doing more important things than Dayu. We are urgently saving people and rescuing them, which is just as Master said. We cannot be perfunctory. In addition, we should not contact other practitioners if not necessary. It is also very important to cultivate speech among practitioners.
Fourth, when I entered or left the material site, especially when I purchased supplies, I always chose a time when the guard and other people were not paying attention in order not to be suspected or followed. This is very important and I hope fellow practitioners will all pay attention to it.
Certainly, I persisted in studying the Fa and reciting the Fa. When I sent forth righteous thoughts, I massively eliminated the evils beings' interference to the material site which was arranged by the old forces.
By following the points mentioned above, I was able to maintain the safe and smooth running of the material site over the past few years.
Certainly during the long time I have spent working at the production site, the most difficult test to pass is the loneliness, as well as the technical difficulties and the machines' maintenance and usage. Master said,
“They are not the hardest thing; after all, however trying hardship may be, it's over after you get through it, and at that point things are clear to you. Rather, to quietly cultivate in bleak loneliness, unable to see hope, is the hardest of all. Doing any form of cultivation entails undergoing a trial such as this and a path with such features. Only if one can persevere and continually forge ahead does it amount to true diligence. It's easy to talk about, but putting it into action is tremendously difficult. That is why it's said that always cultivating as if you were just starting will surely result in achieving your ultimate rank.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference”)
I understand that loneliness itself is a human notion and attachment. The way that the modern science created by aliens views the concepts of organic and inorganic is totally wrong. Actually, as a practitioner, we see that the world is full of beings and spirits. A place that has lives is very lively. It has mountains, seas, cities and buildings. It is just that it cannot be seen by human's eyes. There is no such concept such as “death” in the universe. This is just a human concept that deceives people. “Death” is just another form of life. Master said,
“In this universe all things, and this includes even all the matter that permeates the whole universe, they’re all living entities, they all have thinking, and they’re all forms that the Law of the universe exists in at different levels.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)
We need to constantly break through our shortcomings, look inward all the time, and persist in studying the Fa and reciting the Fa. We can break through them only if we use the Fa to measure everything.
The few practitioners who cooperated with me are all senior practitioners. They all have pure hearts and great endurance, the ability to overcome hardship, and tolerance for others. They cultivate very well and often touched me deeply. But due to the limitations of their knowledge level, they do not know how to use copy machines and computers, and they could not help me with the technical work. I have had to struggle to learn, use, and maintain the machines. During the process, I have encountered many interferences and tribulations, and I had to solve them by myself. No matter what the difficulties were, I always tried to figure out a solution, since there was no other practitioner who knew the techniques and could help me. Sometimes I really did not have any ideas at all. So I asked for Master's help and usually I then got a very good result.
Above are just a few of my Fa-Rectification Period cultivation experiences. Since 2005 when I lost my regular job, I have basically been a full time worker for Dafa. Since I have not been living the life of an everyday person, all I have done is Dafa-related work, cooperating with practitioners. There were many things that happened during passing these tests. It is not possible to write about them all. I only picked the things I handled relatively well to write about and did not write about many things I did not do well. The time is limited and we must achieve Dafa's requirements to be a true practitioner. I wrote my experience mainly to share it with fellow practitioners and improve us as a whole to fulfill our prehistoric vows.
Thank you, Master!
Thank you, fellow practitioners!
