(Minghui.org) Our local Falun Gong practitioners made a major breakthrough with saving people within one year. We are no longer fearful when we hand out informational materials about Falun Gong in public. Whenever we hand someone a brochure, we say, “You’d better not miss it! It is good for whoever reads it.”
In the past when another practitioner and I distributed materials in a countryside market, I hid the pamphlets and DVDs in my purse. I nervously asked passersby if they wanted one. When someone said yes, I took one copy out and gave it to the person. I gave up on anyone who said no. In one market, I couldn’t give out anything for three days.
I came to realize that, when I am afraid, the people I approach will be even more afraid. I thus overcame my fear and began to hold the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and other materials in my arms so that people could see them.
I also said in a louder voice, “You’d better not miss it! These items are good for everybody who reads them!” When people saw that we openly gave out materials, they came to us and asked for them. At one farmers market we were able to distribute several hundred copies.
Many people went to the farmers markets as the Chinese New Year was approaching. We distributed over a thousand copies of the Nine Commentaries and other materials. Occasionally, one or two people threatened to report us to the police, but with Master’s protection we always managed to get through it.
One young man recognized that we were handing out materials about Falun Gong. He frowned and said, “You have some nerve to dare to give out Falun Gong things publicly! Aren’t you afraid that I’ll report you to the authorities?”
The other practitioner told him the truth about Falun Gong while I sent forth righteous thoughts. I also asked Master to strengthen us and not allow an everyday person to commit crimes against Dafa.
“You look kind,” I told him. “I don’t think you would dare to do bad things on purpose. What we do is for your sake. Please, take these items home. Practitioners of Falun Gong are all healthy and good. Don’t believe the lies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”
He smiled, accepted what I handed him, and left. I have had many similar experiences, but each time, with Master’s protection, I've managed to pull through.
In another farmers market, a middle-aged man accepted the Nine Commentaries. “I’m so glad I finally found you,” he said. “I read a few pages of this at my friend’s house and thought it was written well. My friend told me he got it at the market, so I came here to look for you.”
Some people, however, threw what we gave them away after they saw that they were about Falun Gong. So we looked within to find out what we had not done well for them to do that. We discovered that it was our attachment of zealotry, which arose after many people had accepted them willingly. We sent forth righteous thoughts to remove this attachment, and we recovered the discarded materials to give to others.
We've made sure to tell the people at the market that we practice Falun Gong and want to be good people, living in accordance with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. We add that Jiang Zemin has persecuted and smeared Falun Gong and that they will understand the truth after they've read the information.
An elderly woman asked around where she could get our flyers and was directed our way. She quickly walked up to us and took some materials. This made us realize more fully just how huge our responsibility is.