(Clearwisdom.net)
1. Married Couples and "Friends of the Opposite Sex"
Although I never participate in such conversations, colleagues often discuss intimacy at work. One day, however, they involved me in their conversation. They asked me, "Did you sleep with your husband before you got married?" If I had not started practicing Falun Gong, I would have been angered, taking it as an insult to my character. However I wasn't angry, but simply replied calmly, "In China people of my age or older are not allowed to do this." They continued, "We have seen some Chinese who do anything they want, including things that are even worse than what some Westerners do." I replied, "Yes, it's a chaotic world now. Yet we can't say this is the right thing to do, just because many people are doing it irresponsibly. God created humankind. As a man, God gives you a wife, and as a woman, God gives you a husband. This is perfectly alright. But other than this is not right." They laughed at me and could not disagree more, "You're kidding. Who is as foolish as you are? You don't know a thing. What's wrong with having boy friends and girl friends...?" I still told them quietly, "I know, but that's wrong, and it shouldn't be like that. Think about it. Why do people get married in a church? Marriage is granted by God and is serious. If you don't fulfill your promise, you're not just cheating on your wife or husband. What's more serious is that you have betrayed God...."
The discussion didn't go on since we were all busy working. Usually when they talk about these issues there is never an end. Today it seemed quite the opposite. The most "unrestrained" among them was in deep thought and wasn't saying anything.
Before we left work, he told me, "What you said is right. The Bible says so as well, but we have ignored our own Bible. We are all wrong." After a pause, he asked me, "Surely you feel that we are not nice people and therefore you do not want to be friends with us?"
I told him sincerely, "I don't have such thoughts. I just want to pass along some principles Teacher Li Hongzhi has said. You are all kindhearted and supportive of Falun Gong, and have been a great help to me. You are all my friends."
He smiled, and pressed his palms in front of his chest with sincerity.
He smiled for a long time. Today is the first time I have ever seen him smile so sincerely and so purely.
Teacher, your brilliance shines on people's hearts!
2. "Uniqueness"
Colleagues asked me, "Do Falun Gong practitioners believe in Buddha?"
"Yes."
"Then do you believe in God? In Jesus?"
"I do. Jesus is a great God."
Then they started making comments, "Jesus is God and there is only one God." "How can you believe in both Buddha and God?"
I replied with smile, "You are right that Jesus is unique in his heavenly kingdom. You see Bill Clinton is president of the United States (this was in 1999). In the US, he is the only president. Yet he is not the president of Jamaica (colleagues A & B are Jamaican). Jamaica has its president, who is the one and only president. If you look into the nightly skies, how may stars are out there? How many more that we can't even see? Deep in the universe, there are many beautiful heavenly paradises...."
Colleague A understood what I said, while colleague B did not hear anything, as he was busy talking about his "uniqueness."
A said to B, "Be quiet. Listen to her. What she says makes sense."
B asked, "Really? What did she say?"
I told A, "You speak better English. Please go ahead and tell him."
So A, B, and the other lady started a conversation, about God, presidents, the heaven, and paradises.
B finally understood and turned around to me, "Smart lady."
I walked over to them, "My English isn't good enough to make it all clear, but all of these principles are in the Falun Gong books."
They replied, "But Falun Gong books are in Chinese; we can't understand what they say."
I told them, "Falun Gong books have been translated into over a dozen languages, including English."
"Great! Bring one to us so we can read it for ourselves. Can you bring one tomorrow?"
"Sure, tomorrow."
November 26, 2001
