(Clearwisdom.net) Many practitioners who haven't gone out to clarify the facts have always thought that it was something very difficult and tiring to do. In fact, it's not difficult at all. As long as you get out of your home and give it a try, you will find that it is not a difficult task.
Only when you do this, can you eliminate many attachments. Master said,
"If that attachment is relinquished, that material itself does not have any effect. What really interferes with a person is the attachment." (Zhuan Falun)
So what attachment is that? Isn't it the attachment of fear? But what are we here for? Aren't we assisting Master with the Fa-rectification and fulfilling our prehistoric vows? Thus we must do it and do it well.
Actually, when I first started clarifying the facts, I too considered it a most difficult task. I have cultivated in Falun Dafa for fourteen years, and I was an assistant before the persecution. I gave myself whole-heartedly to Dafa work. I contacted people in everyday society. I didn't want to listen to what non-practitioners said, and when I began clarifying the facts face to face, I always spoke at too high a level and had a strong attachment of fear.
As a result, non-practitioners found it hard to accept what I said, and I suffered as well. I heard that some practitioners could clarify the facts to twenty to thirty people per day, and this made me even more anxious. I needed to abandone my competitive mentality.
Actually we just need to do what we should do without pursuit and save sentient beings with compassion. Some practitioners who clarify the facts well shared with me their experiences and took me with them to clarify the facts face-to-face. With their help, I learned to do it with ease.
That's why I would like to suggest that those practitioners who haven't stepped out their doors yet, to find some practitioners who clarify the facts well, and go with them, even just once, and you will know what to say in the future.
To put it frankly, what's required from us is the desire to clarify the facts, and the rest is done by our Master. As long as we go, Master will bring to us those who are predestined, and Master will give us the wisdom we need.
Due to being persecuted in the past, I had developed a strong attachment of fear, but I tried my best to overcome it. I maintain one firm righteous thought: I am a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple. I came to help Master with the Fa-rectification, so I must act according to Master's requirements. I can't let the attachment of fear destroy my will.
The more I am afraid, the more necessary it is that I eliminate that attachment. I used to do things with only courage instead of wisdom, and I realized that it was because I was not clear on the Fa. Master asked us to
"Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and save people with mercy" ("Rationality"from Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Now I am able to do it with wisdom as well.
When I still had the strong attachment of fear at the beginning, I looked for someone who would be easy to talk to. For instance, the elderly or someone who looked kind. I would talk about how the older generations had fought for Communism all their lives.
I would point out that it ended up strengthening the CCP, not the public good, and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has killed 80 million Chinese since it seized power in China. Often after I explain this to them, they would agree to quit the CCP. I also found that we should tell them about the goodness of Dafa after they quit the CCP.
It is much easier to clarify the facts these days, because the Fa-rectification is approaching the end, and there are not many evil elements left. As long as we clarify the facts to people in accordance with their attachments, many will agree to quit the evil party.
Actually it is Master who is doing all of this. For instance, everyday before I stepped out the door, I asked Master to bring predestined people to me and sent righteous thoughts to cleanse my own dimensional field. As a result, I could persuade 8-10 people to quit the CCP during my lunch break.
I work in the sparsely populated city outskirts, but I told myself to persuade at least ten people per day to quit the CCP. So I take detours going home and talk to every person that I meet, the more the better. Master told us,
"You must be strict with yourself. In cultivation of the Buddha Fa, you should strive forward vigorously." (Zhuan Falun)
Therefore we must be strict with ourselves.
My experience of clarifying the facts involves finding different starting points for different people. We shouldn't underestimate the process of finding the starting point, as it can also help eliminate many of our attachments. For example, the attachment of saving face, the showing off mentality, the attachment of jealousy, looking down upon others, and the attachment of fear, etc. The attachment must be removed once it emerges. Through clarifying the facts, I have eliminated many attachments which I had neglected in the past.
Take clarifying the facts to young people as an example. I usually express concern about them, especially those who are not local. I tell them to call their families more often so they don't worry about them. I would ask them if they have joined the Chinese Communist Party or its Youth League or Young Pioneers, and go on from there. Sometimes, my words resonated with those who were reluctant to listen to me at first because I spoke to them with compassion. Their clear side knew and could listen to what I was saying.
It is better to clarify the facts in one go and speak quickly. By doing that, the person's thoughts follow my thoughts, and no evil can interfere. When I send righteous thoughts at the set times, I always add one thought to eliminate the CCP evil spirits' interference and its control over the sentient beings, and to send the words "Falun Dafa is good" to the dimensional fields of sentient beings.
These are the things that I have come to realize through clarifying the facts every day. There are now many people who would like to hear the facts about Falun Gong. I tell them to ask their relatives to quit the CCP, as well.
There are many things that I didn't do enough of and didn't do well in. For example, recently I have found it difficult to read Dafa books with a tranquil mind, and my hands still keep dropping when sending righteous thoughts. These are the things I must break through and work on. I am still falling behind compared with those practitioners who have always been diligent. I feel recently that I have made some rapid improvements in clarifying the facts. But seeing some practitioners still unwilling to step out of their doors, I am worried for them, just like some practitioners who used to worry for me. That is why I have written the above for fellow practitioners' reference. Please compassinately point out anything inappropriate.
