(Minghui.org) When I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996, I learned about the meaning of life and why I should become a good person. I was no longer ill and became a happy person.
I retired in 2004, returned to my hometown, and established a Fa-study group. Before that, I used to study the Fa by myself and thought that I had cultivated quite well.
From my association with fellow Falun Dafa practitioners, I discovered that I was selfish, prone to trying to protect myself, and cold and aloof, while fellow practitioners were kind, compassionate, and always smiled. This group of practitioners was a pure land and lacked any of the selfishness, dishonesty, wickedness, and hypocritical attitudes found in ordinary society.
I knew that Master had arranged this so that I could improve in a true cultivation environment.
There were times when I could not understand what they were talking about. They mentioned that practitioners were tortured in detention when they were persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) but were still determined to cultivate. They spoke of so many things, such as when they went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa.
Their stories were like fairy tales to me. I realized that I had to catch up and become a Dafa disciple of the Fa-rectification period.
A practitioner asked me to buy a small photocopier in 2005. After I set it up, I printed a colorful copy of the Minghui Weekly.
I wondered why I had not helped people obtain the Fa. Why did I not have the enthusiasm? I looked within and found that I was selfish and lacked compassion. Master's words touched my heart and helped me understand better what was expected of me.
Master said:
“Everyone comes completely of their own accord, and everyone wants to study this Fa and to enable more people to benefit from it. That’s why you do this work out of your own enthusiasm.” (“Talk in Guangzhou to Some Assistance Center Heads From Around the Country”)
I produced Dafa materials and shared them with fellow practitioners. It seemed that my computer and printer knew what they should do. One day I cleaned the magnetic head in my printer, and from that time onwards the printer did this function automatically. I experienced similar incidents several times, and I thought that they were miraculous.
Some practitioners had computers but did not know how to operate them. I taught them how, and I bought or asked them to buy printers for those who lacked funds to buy one. I taught them everything that was needed to produce Dafa materials.
Gradually, more and more practitioners set up sites to make materials about Falun Dafa and the persecution. I helped a practitioner who feared trouble with her family. After we talked, she bought everything she needed to make Dafa materials. We helped and encouraged each other. She overcame many difficulties and was able to let go of fear.
This practitioner used to rely on fellow practitioners to provide her with Dafa materials to distribute. When she distributed them it was as if she was simply completing a task instead of truly wanting people to hear about Dafa. By getting involved in producing the materials herself, she learned that it was not easy to make these pamphlets and flyers and that some practitioners had to scrounge to buy the supplies to produce Dafa materials. She realized how much practitioners had sacrificed to provide her with Dafa materials.
Master said:
“All Dafa disciples, students both new and veteran, should get to work and begin comprehensively clarifying the truth. This is especially so for the Dafa disciples in Mainland China: each must come out and clarify the truth, bringing it to every field and valley, mountain and hill, not omitting a single area where there are people.” (“Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World’s People”)
Master's words sank into my heart, and I realized how important it was for practitioners to tell people about Falun Dafa and the persecution. This is something that practitioners must do. Yet, I was afraid to talk to strangers about Dafa, so I read articles on the Minghui website and memorized the paragraphs that I thought could be helpful.
Sometimes people still refused to listen when I talked to them about Dafa, and I did not know what to do. I attended an experience sharing conference where I learned the fundamentals of talking to people.
It was not that I did not know how to talk to people, but I did not have a pure heart and I lacked the intention to save people. Therefore, I started to clarify the truth about Dafa to strangers. This helped me get rid of fear.
In order to help each other, we practitioners worked together. We decided to pair up, with one of us talking about Dafa, while the other sent righteous thoughts. We cooperated with each other. This helped, as we were able to go out on our own after a while.
An elderly practitioner told me that people refused to listen to her when she clarified the truth about Dafa. Nobody that she talked to had withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party and some were frightened to listen. She did not know how to improve.
I was ready to help, but I realized that I had a show-off mentality and thought I cultivated better than her. This had to be removed before I could help her, so I calmed down and then shared with her. She listened and then helped many people withdraw from the CCP.
I began to clarify the truth about Dafa using mobile phones in 2010. I sent text messages, voice messages, and photos to people. I also bought mobile phones for other practitioners and taught them how to use them. It was not always easy, and some practitioners needed lots of help before they could use the mobile phones.
One snowy night, a practitioner and I used our mobile phones to tell people about Dafa. The first person agreed to withdraw from the CCP. The practitioner thanked Master for that. The second person also withdrew from the CCP without a problem. She thanked Master again.
This was when I realized that there was a difference between us. She knew that it was Master who gives us the ability to do our task well. From the third person on, I thanked Master sincerely from my heart. We helped eight people withdraw from the CCP that night.
I gained the most during that task because I learned that everything is done by Master.