Master Helped Me Remove My Attachment Of Fear

(Minghui.org) I’m in my 70s and have been living with my daughter to help take care of her child. We went out to dinner, and a friend of my son-in-law was astounded to see that I was in such good health. She asked how it was possible, so I told her about the benefits of practicing Falun Dafa. She expressed an interest in learning the exercises, so I sent her Master Li’s (Falun Dafa’s founder) lectures, exercise music, videos, and some brochures.

Eliminating My Fear of Persecution

My son-in-law’s friend studied the materials and wanted me to teach her the Falun Dafa exercises. I was hesitant when she asked me to go to her workplace. She worked in a bank with many surveillance cameras. I was somewhat afraid and wanted to suggest to have another practitioner teach her, but she insisted that I do it.

I had filed a lawsuit using my real name against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who initiated the persecution of Falun Dafa. Therefore, the authorities often harassed me. I was also responsible for making truth-clarification materials. The more I thought about it, the more scared I became and wanted another practitioner to teach her. What should I do?

Master said in “What’s There to Fear,”

“If you have fear, they will grab youOnce your thought is righteous, evil will collapsePeople practicing cultivation, filled with FaSending righteous thoughts, exploding rotten ghostsGods are in the world, validating Fa” (Hong Yin II)

I thought “I’m a Dafa practitioner and strive to do good things.” My daughter also encouraged me not to be afraid and that Master would help me. So I agreed to teach her at her workplace.

I sent forth righteous thoughts when I entered the bank. The clerk asked me to register my name. I said I was the relative of an employee and was only going to stay for a moment. I passed by several surveillance cameras and arrived at her office.

Her office was made of glass panels, so everyone could see what was going on. It was around midday and people kept coming in and out of the office. How was I supposed to teach her?

As soon as someone left, she told me to show her the movements. I said, “Can we use something to cover the glass so people can’t see what we’re doing?”

“No worries! We’ll stop as soon as someone walks in,” she replied.

I asked if it was better to show her at her house. She said her place was no good because it was full of people―young and old. I showed her the exercises as soon as everyone left, and we stopped when people walked in. It took her several days to learn all five exercises.

I believe Master shielded us from the surveillance cameras. I was glad and nervous at the same time. I’m grateful that Master helped me remove a portion of my fear!

Covering a Display Board that Slandered Dafa

There are many display boards on the streets near my house. I sometimes stopped and looked at them. I then happened to see a board with messages defaming Falun Dafa and Master.

I was angry and sad to see a wonderful practice being attacked. Whoever put up the message was clearly deceived by the CCP’s propaganda. I wanted to rip it off right away, but it was more than six feet tall and three feet wide, with a security camera facing it.

I asked practitioners for suggestions. I wanted to remove the message as soon as possible because it could mislead more people. My daughter and I decided to buy a can of black spray paint. I planned to spray paint the board after sending forth righteous thoughts at midnight.

Once the decision was made, I sent forth righteous thoughts all day. After midnight, I put on a mask, covered my hair, took the spray paint, and headed out while sending righteous thoughts.

Some stores next to the board were still open and people were outside socializing. A police vehicle was parked six feet from the board. I started to panic and became scared. I then sent righteous thoughts and headed home. I felt awful and asked Master for help. I needed to get rid of the defamatory message, and thought it would be great if it rained. I could then use an umbrella to shield myself from the camera and the stores.

A thunderstorm came at 11 o’clock the next evening. I knew Master was helping me, so I headed out with the spray paint and an umbrella. I aimed the can at the display board and kept spraying it until the container was empty. I got some paint on my hands because I was so nervous. The rain stopped when I got home.

I checked the display board the next day. Although it was covered with black paint, I could still faintly see the message. I thought it should be thoroughly covered, so I bought a can of white spray paint.

This time, the authorities sent a man to guard the board. He was there every day, and I got scared again. I asked Master for help and kept sending righteous thoughts. It then rained at 9 o’clock one evening. Although it was a bit early, I went out with the spray paint and an umbrella.

The rain stopped when I got there, and I became nervous. Should I go home? No! I’m not afraid! I shook the can and sprayed the board.

I ran away when I heard someone approaching and resumed my task when they left. I couldn’t care less about the security camera by then. I felt Master was next to me, and I wasn’t afraid. I finally covered the slanderous message on the board.

I walked passed the board the next day, and I was glad to see that the paint had covered everything. A few days later, however, new defaming messages were put on display again.

I studied the Fa and searched inward to see where I was lacking in my cultivation. I shared with practitioners after Fa study, and we thought that covering the messages was not the best solution, since it was easy to replace them. It was more important that we clarify the truth to the people in charge.

We wrote a letter to clear any misconceptions about Falun Dafa, explaining why the persecution started, and the possible consequences of defaming Dafa. We distributed many copies of the letter in the area and sent Dafa truth-clarification materials to the office in charge of the display boards. The defaming messages were taken down a few days later.

I now have a deeper understanding of “You put in the effort and your teacher will handle the rest.” (The First Talk, Zhuan Falun)

Master is doing everything and watching over us, or I would not have been able to accomplish such a risky task in front of a security camera with so many people around. Master also helped me eliminate my attachment of fear.