Breaking Through My Notions of Fear

(Minghui.org) I recently overcame notions about fear of surveillance cameras and knocks at my door. I became afraid of surveillance cameras after reading how police officers arrested Falun Dafa practitioners through camera recordings. I also feared being harassed by police or local administrators who follow the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution policy.

Eliminating My Fear of Surveillance Cameras

I seldom left my neighborhood to clarify the truth after surveillance cameras were installed, as I feared being spotted and arrested.

I recently noticed that many buildings in our neighborhood were being renovated and the entrances were wide open. A practitioner named Weiwei and I chatted about this change. We enlightened that Master arranged the opportunity for us to save sentient beings by distributing truth-clarification flyers.

Another practitioner asked if I wanted to distribute truth-clarification materials a couple days later. That practitioner said that he had a complete set of materials and could provide us with as many as we wanted. In order to avoid being arrested, Weiwei and I put on face masks and hats, held umbrellas, and changed our outer clothing upon exiting the neighborhood after distributing the truth-clarification materials. We later realized that no one paid attention to us. We then entered other neighborhoods with a calm mind and did things rationally. We put on outer clothing that we didn’t wear often at locations where no surveillance cameras were present before distributing the materials and removed it afterwards.

These actions were taken out of an abundance of caution. As practitioners, we should cultivate ourselves well and have strong righteous thoughts, so our supernormal capabilities can be more effective. For example, we sent righteous thoughts to disable the surveillance cameras and eliminate evil factors in other dimensions. If a district had a lot of surveillance cameras, we used umbrellas regardless of whether it was rainy or sunny.

I am no longer afraid of going to neighborhoods with a lot of surveillance cameras and now do things with more rationality and caution.

How can we call ourselves cultivators if we are constantly afraid? I find it quite embarrassing to be scared of the cameras.

Breaking Through My Fear of Knocks at the Door

I became afraid when someone knocked on my door after I heard about how a practitioner was harassed by police and local officials in charge of the persecution. I subsequently went to extremes and refused to open the door for anyone.

While studying the Fa with another practitioner one day, I heard someone knocking on the door. I was unable to make out the noise outside the door, so I ignored the knocks. However, the knocks sounded more frantic and heavy a little later, but I refused to open the door. I still refused to open the door when the knocks began a third time.

After my husband got off work, our neighbor told him that the he heard our water pipe leaking for over two hours. Our neighbor said that he knocked on our door, but no one answered. He therefore asked the building maintenance personnel to turn off the water supply to our apartment.

My misjudgment had caused trouble for others. I felt remorseful and embarrassed. Upon inspection, the toilet in my bathroom was leaking. I enlightened that I had a big “leak” in my cultivation!

I am no longer afraid of people knocking on the door. If someone comes knocking, I ask who it is and open the door accordingly.