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Harmonizing the Family Is Essential for a Home-based Truth Clarification Materials Production Site

April 24, 2009 |  

(Clearwisdom.net) It has been three years since I started a home-based Dafa materials production site. With Master's protection and my perseverance in cultivation, I have been able to maintain righteous thoughts, always consider others first, and do things according to Dafa. As a result, I have harmonized my family and the production site has been running very smoothly.

1. A firm desire

Arranged by the regional coordinator, I am responsible for downloading and printing Master's new articles, including other truth-clarification materials, such as the production of booklets of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. I am also responsible for making CD and DVDs. For almost a year, I was in charge of downloading "Minghui Weekly" each Friday. I would go to another production site to make flyers and booklets or go shopping for production materials. For three years, we have made countless booklets of the Nine Commentaries. During a period of high demand, one person with two printers can make 80 Nine Commentaries booklets per day. I also delivered truth-clarification materials to nearby counties and cities, and each of us makes 450 CD and/or DVDs per day.

Our family was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, so I only got a fourth grade education. I became a machinery worker at an early age. Now I am in my 50s. I was a stranger to high tech equipment such as computers and printers, and I had a hard time outlining and creating a Dafa flyer due to my lack of education. I thought for a long time about seeking additional help from my wife to create a materials production site in my home, but was worried that she would not support me and I was worried about the issue of safety. Nevertheless, I had a strong desire to have a production site at home. As a practitioner, explaining the wonders of Falun Gong and exposing the evilness of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to people is my responsibility, and truth clarification materials are necessary components. It is risky, but someone has to do it.

I discussed my thoughts with my wife. Our children were already grown up and worked out of town. Only my wife and I were at home. In general, my wife and I would do things according to Dafa, and she had already benefited in addition to being very supportive of my cultivation. As a natural reaction, she was worried about my safety and asked me to think twice. I told her that I had been thinking about it for a long time, and I had made up my mind. She said, "If you have already made up your mind, just do it but you should be careful."

Thus, in 2005 I bought a computer, printer, and other supplies. With help from other practitioners, another home-based Dafa materials production site was created. Although lack of education created difficulties, as long as I held firm to this strong desire, I gained wisdom from Master and Dafa and was able to overcome these difficulties. The most difficult problem in the past was to repair the computer or printer when they broke. I had to take the item to a repair shop, which is often owned by ordinary people and sometimes it was not safe. It was also costly. However, I paid close attention and watched them fix the broken parts so I could try to fix them by myself later should the problem arise again. Now I can handle most repair jobs, which saves me money and also alleviates the issue of security. I would not have had this ability if I had not practiced Falun Gong.

2. Under Master's protection all the time

One night, I delivered a hundred booklets. On my way home, I stopped by an office supply shop to get a box of printer paper. I was very familiar with the roads since I had lived in the city for more than a dozen years, however, that night I got lost. I could not find the right path until I reached the bank of a river and realized that I had gone in the totally opposite direction. Twenty minutes later, I was back on the road that I was familiar with. When I approached the office supply shop, I saw a police car in the parking lot and saw that they were looking for someone. I suddenly realized that Master was there to protect me to avoid possible arrest.

3. Cultivating myself well and harmonizing the family

During the years of running the production site, my wife has supported me in all areas, which has been very beneficial. She still works as a teacher at a school. She takes care of all the household chores when she returns from work on Fridays so that I have more time to devote to Dafa projects. Sometimes she helps me in the production of Dafa flyers and booklets, and she never complains.

Actually, there was a period of time for her to truly understand Dafa. She discovered that after I cultivated Dafa, my former bad habits were diminishing. I learned how to look inward when a problem occurred, considered others first, and took care of her from the bottom of my heart. She realized the beauty of Dafa. With righteous thoughts, her health has improved. After the persecution in July 1999, I asked her to read Zhuan Falun. She read it in several days and told me later, "The TV propaganda is totally different from what is written in the book. Although I could not understand the entire book, it teaches one to be a better person." I hoped that she would study the book more. Whenever we were together, we listened to Master's lectures or I read the Dafa books out loud when she was doing her chores. I asked her to bring the book with her when she went back to school. From years of practice, her body has changed, and she looks younger, which her friends and colleagues have commented on. She had already been through menopause and stopped menstruating for a couple of years, but her period returned after practicing Dafa. She has experienced the beauty and power of Dafa.

4. Harmonizing the family is essential for a home-based materials production site

My mother-in-law is in her 80s and lives in the same city where we live. We often go to her place and do chores for her. She has suffered from chronic asthma for more than twenty years, and when the symptoms occur, she suffers unbearably. She is not able to read, so we asked her to repeat "Falun Dafa is good! Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good." We also read Dafa books to her when we are there. For two years, she has not had any asthma attacks and seldom comes down with cold or flu. Her health has improved, and she can easily climb seven floors several times a day without feeling tired.

Personally witnessing the wonders of Dafa, my mother-in-law has changed her notions. In the past she was afraid when I explained Dafa to her relatives and friends at her home. She would always stop me. After I explained Dafa to her and she experienced the miracles of Dafa herself, she would tell her own story to people. She tells people to repeat "Falun Dafa is good! Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good" to eliminate illnesses. She also asked that I bring many Dafa amulets (1) to give to her relatives and friends in her hometown.

My brother-in-law and his wife run a business and have a busy schedule. I have helped them with their business many times when there is a need, all the while explaining the beauty of Dafa. They wanted to compensate me for the work I did for them, but I refused. Their business got much better once they understood the truth of Dafa. My wife and I do everything according to Dafa, which has gradually changed their notions and allowed them to accept Dafa.

This healthy cultivation environment greatly benefits my materials production site. I arrange time to study the Fa and practice the exercises and also allocate enough time for household chores. Relatives are also supportive of my cultivation. In early 2007, a coordinator I have contact with on a one-on-one basis was arrested when he was distributing the booklets. Immediately, I relocated the material production equipment to the home of one of my relatives. I also maintain good relationships with my neighbors and people in our residential area. They all know that I am a good person. For years, because of the production site, I have had large amounts of material coming in and going out of my home, but I never encounter any problem. I realize that it is very important to not only cultivate myself well, but also create a healthy environment in my family, with neighbors, and in my surrounding residential area.

Note:

(1) Amulets - In China, practitioners sometimes clarify the truth by giving people something small to wear or cherish, bearing a few words reminding them of the goodness of Dafa.