(Clearwisdom.net) Saving people through truth-clarification is the most sacred thing we can do, and it is also a process of cultivating compassion. I have met people with all kinds of attitudes and have thereby matured as a Dafa practitioner through looking inward. I'd like to share a few experiences with you. Please point out anything improper.

In the early stages of truth-clarification, I only had the courage to clarify the facts to my acquaintances. One day, a classmate, Zhang, came to visit me. When I gave him a brochure, he said his vision wasn't good and he couldn't read it. I knew it was just an excuse because he didn't want to read it. As he left, he maliciously grabbed my breast. I was very angry and scolded him for being dirty. Later on, he tried to talk to me when we ran into each other several times, but I ignored him. I despised him because I felt I had been humiliated.

Looking back, I now realize I had treated another person with disrespect and a bad attitude. Dafa disciples cultivate Compassion, so where was my Compassion? Master has said,

"Shan is the manifestation of the nature of the universe at different levels and in different dimensions. It is also the fundamental nature of Great Enlightened Beings. Therefore, a cultivator must cultivate Shan and assimilate to the nature of the universe, Zhen-Shan-Ren." (“A Brief Explanation of Shan” in Essentials for Further Advancement)

I decided that, if I ran into him again, I would point out his bad behavior with compassion, correct his thoughts and behavior, and let him know the beauty of Dafa. If I didn't save him, he would probably lose this chance forever--what a shame that would be!

One day, I clarified the facts to another classmate and gave him some materials, but he threw them away after reading them. I felt very sad and left his home. On my way home I cried. I felt saving people was so difficult and that they were so lost. I felt sad because they had lost this opportunity that they had waited thousands of years for, and that I had failed in saving them.

A few years have passed, but I have recalled these two incidents on many occasions. One day, I dreamed of classmate Zeng standing in line with many others. He himself had on an overcoat that only left part of his face uncovered. At the time, I thought the dream was telling me not to be attached to saving people that were too difficult to be saved. However, through repeated Fa study, I came to understand that Master has been giving sentient beings opportunities by repeatedly giving them extensions of time. I decided that I should continue clarifying the facts to classmate Zeng if I ran into him again so he could make the right choice. Master said,

"Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring
Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world " ("The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos,” Hong Yin Vol. II)

If I ran into him again, I should not miss that opportunity.

Cultivate Compassion and Save People

Because I had accumulated some experiences clarifying the truth, I started to talk to strangers about Falun Gong and encourage them to quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations.

In 2008, when I was clarifying the facts outside a supermarket, a woman in her 40s came over and sat next to me. I wasn't alarmed because I thought she was there to listen to the truth. However, she stopped me in the middle of a sentence and accused me of going against the Olympics and spreading lies. Then she took out her cell phone. It was pretty crowded and there were many security guards nearby, so I did not move or argue with her. She said, "Do you have any idea how much suffering you will experience in jail?" I said, "Thank you for caring about me." She was speechless. I left calmly and she didn't stop me or make any phone calls. Later on I asked myself, "How come I was able to escape from danger so easily?" The answer was, first, Master was protecting me, secondly, my "thank you" inspired her compassion and disintegrated the evil in other dimensions.

I kept looking inward for my loopholes and realized that I chose a faraway place to clarify the facts because I thought it would be safer. Therefore, I could only talk to two or three people a day. In fact it was because of my attachment to fear. Master had used another fellow practitioner to tell me, "Others can clarify the facts to dozens of people a day, and for you only a few per day." Indeed, I felt that I was not up to par.

Why should I hide if I was doing such a good deed as saving people? So I intentionally went to the crowded streets and markets to clarify the facts. In fact, hiding would have been difficult, because I always ran into that woman as if she had been sent to watch me. As soon as I passed her, she would tell others loudly that I was a Falun Gong practitioner. When I was buying groceries in the market, she would tell the vendor that I practiced Falun Gong and not to listen to me, trying to provoke their hatred of me and Dafa. I was very upset about her and added a thought in my sending forth righteous thoughts, "This women is so vicious. I want her to lose the ability to talk, eat, and walk so she cannot persecute me or slander Dafa." But this was repaying evil with evil and lacking in compassion. No wonder I always saw her around even after I sent forth righteous thoughts. Master said Dafa disciples' righteous thoughts are powerful, but my thoughts were not righteous! I had forgotten Master's words:

"When we deal with the specific problem we should try our best to be calm and kind to those people who are at the surface."

"As for the interference by evil in other dimensions, we must seriously eradicate it with righteous thoughts."

(“Fa-Rectification and Cultivation” in Essentials for Further Advancement II)

Through repeated Fa study, I realized I was wrong and that I must be calm and kind. Besides, the evildoers had been pitifully deceived by the evil Party even though they had persecuted Dafa disciples. Without knowing the truth, where will they end up? Seeing that woman carrying her child in such hot weather as she bought groceries, I felt sorry for her. Moreover, she has participated in persecuting Dafa disciples, so what will her future be? I have to try to save people like that.

First, I regularly sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the elements in other dimensions that were controlling her and to stop the evildoers from committing crimes against Dafa and Dafa disciples. Second, I added a thought to prevent the evildoers from seeing Dafa disciples clarifying the facts and saving people, so they would not create more karma and ruin themselves. That thought indeed worked. I haven't run into that woman for a long time. Even if I did, she would behave as if she did not see me at all. When I passed the security guards and the police, they would not see me even if I was clarifying the facts to people right next to them—they would turn a blind eye. I realized that this was truly the power of compassion.

Looking within and cultivating myself

I met a man in his 80s and clarified the facts to him. He held my hand and touched my arm and admired me for having a healthy body. I said, "You will become as healthy as me if you practice cultivation in Dafa." He said he had a strong attachment to lust and asked me what to do. I did not feel humiliated or upset like I did in the past, I just removed his hand and told him calmly and rationally that he would have to get rid of those dirty thoughts before practicing cultivation. I said I hoped he would practice cultivation in Dafa, but he did not answer. I believe my compassion moved and rectified him.

Another old man tried to get me to stay longer after I clarified the facts to him. Why do I always run into people with such strong lust? Master said,

"Whenever there is interference of one kind or another in qigong practice, you should look for reasons within yourself and determine what you still have not let go." (Lecture Six, Zhuan Falun)

I didn't believe I had an attachment to lust, so what was the loophole that the evil was using against me?

While writing this, I suddenly realized that it was my sense of complacency and self-satisfaction that created the loophole. I thought I had reached the standard on the issue of lust and desire, and I judged others that made mistakes in this regard as having poor enlightenment quality. I was obviously opinionated. Therefore, the evil took advantage of this loophole of mine to repeatedly interfere with me. I immediately sent forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate the evil interference and remove all kinds of attachments, including complacency, self-satisfaction, and lust and desire. I told myself, “I am Master Li's disciple, I am a Dafa disciple walking on the path of godhood, and I will never be swayed by human thoughts. I will bring the wonderfulness of Dafa to people and be diligent about clarifying the truth and saving people.”