(Clearwisdom.net) In 1994 I attended the nine lecture series by Teacher, and now after more than ten years of practice I have a more solid understanding of how sacred and glorious it is to be a disciple during the Fa-rectification period. Only by continuing to save more people can we repay Teacher's infinite grace.
1. Explaining the facts to family and friends
I told family members about the need to perform the three withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its associated organizations. Most of them agreed to quit. Then, I went to my colleagues' homes and talked to them about the withdrawals and they too agreed to quit.
Some situations seemed fated to happen. I went to visit a few friends, but could not find them at their home. Fortunately, I ran into them on the streets. I explained to them why it was important to withdraw from the CCP. Again, most of them quit. I knew that Teacher had guided them to me so that I could save them.
When I met someone who did not want to withdraw, I exercised patience and compassion. For example, the chief at my agency did not want to hear me out, and told me to just practice at home. But I didn't give up on him. Whenever I had the opportunity, I would try to remind him about quitting. I kept thinking of a saying that patience eventually pays off. One time after reminding him to withdraw again, he asked me, "Is what you've been telling me actually true?" I replied, "I have been working with you for years. You can tell what type of person I am. Do I seem like a liar?" He was happy to hear what I wanted to say, and told me to perform the withdrawals for him.
One day while walking in an open area, someone patted me on my shoulder. As I turned to look I saw the chief of my tax collection agency, who had not come to the office that day because of illness. As we talked, I asked him whether he had withdrawn from the CCP. He said that the CCP was giving me money, and yet I still went against it. I asked him whether it was true that all tax dollars came from the public and are given to the CCP ? He said yes. I then asked him whether our salary comes from this tax money. He admitted that I had a point. I told him that our salary is really paid by the public, not the CCP, and he laughed in agreement. Then, I asked him to perform the withdrawals before calamity struck and he agreed.
2. Explain the facts to strangers
I now go every day with fellow practitioners to explain the facts about Falun Dafa to the public. At first, I only talked to people my own age and felt that it was difficult to speak to middle-aged men. On one occasion, a fellow practitioner pointed at a man standing on the other side of the street, and asked me to save the middle-aged man. As I walked towards him I felt very uneasy. However, it went quite well and he did the withdrawals. I think this is an incident arranged by Teacher to eliminate my bias about middle-aged men.
We can save anybody as long as we have a pure heart and righteous thoughts. From that day forward, I spoke to all age groups and people from all walks of life, including students, workers, and people in small businesses. Anywhere people can be found, we are there trying to save them.
Day after day and year after year regardless of the weather conditions, the location or the type of people we meet, we have been telling people that, "Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. For your own safety perform the three withdrawals.". We are completing our mission to save people and what we promised Teacher we would do. There have been some tough times, frustrations, and setbacks, but we always have support and encouragement from Teacher. For example, one time when we were returning home after explaining the facts to people, rain started to fall. There was no rain shelter in the neighborhood. As we arrived back home we looked at each other and we all laughed, "How come our clothes are dry!" Tears came to our eyes as we realized that Teacher was protecting us and had always been with us.
Thank you Teacher! As your disciples we have no reason not to do our best. We won't stop telling people the facts as long as Fa-rectification is still in progress.
