(Clearwisdom.net) Before the 2010 New Year's holiday, a fellow practitioner told me that another practitioner, Changsong (alias), exchanged 30,000 yuan worth of one-yuan bills at a bank, and printed Falun Dafa informational slogans on all of them. The practitioner printed so many without consulting others about it, and I had no idea when we could use it all. I harbored some complaints against that practitioner's actions, though I didn't say anything.
After I came home, I searched within and found that I tended to complain about others and I also had the pursuit of comfort. From time to time, I took no action even when I ran out of bills with truth clarifying words printed on them. By making truth-clarifying bills on his own initiative, Changsong did a good deed that would benefit many sentient beings. Master repeatedly taught us to cooperate.
“The key is how to cooperate better and coordinate better with one another.” ("Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference")
Master said on another occasion,
“...if there's something lacking in it they'll unconditionally and quietly supplement it to make things more complete and perfect." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.")
I made up my mind to cooperate with Changsong and deliver the truth-clarifying bills to sentient beings as quickly as possible.
I told practitioners nearby about the bills. Some already knew and had exchanged for them. Others exchanged 200, 300 or 400 yuan. I exchanged all my cash, 1000 yuan. Changsong still had the majority of the bills that were left. I told him not to worry and that we would figure out that part.
It was not likely that I would spend 1000 yuan before the New Year. I prayed that Master would strengthen me to safely and quickly deliver the bills to sentient beings.
I went to the market carrying a stack of the bills. I had never spent that much of the truth-clarifying bills at once and I was not sure what would happen. I first went to a beef stand and asked the owner if he wanted to exchange his bills. I told him that my bills were special and they had words on them. He asked me what the words were. I said they were words which would bring blessings to those who read them. He immediately understood, “It's Falun Gong. It is okay. I will do it.” Obviously, fellow practitioners had discussed the facts about Falun Dafa with him. I was able to exchange all the bills that I had with me. It was about 30 yuan. He said that he wanted to exchange another 300 or 400 yuan. I went home to get more bills to exchange with him. The owner of a nearby stand saw the one-yuan bills and asked if we could spare some for him. I said I would do it for him. He also wanted 300 or 400 yuan. I went home again to get the bills and returned and exchanged them. Just like that, I changed 1000 yuan in half a day.
I talked with a nearby practitioner, and working together, in two days we exchanged all of Changsong's remaining bills. It went so well, and I am sure that we were strengthened by Master and we did it right. It was holiday shopping season and it was a good time to circulate the bills. We decided to do more. I exchanged 20,000 yuan at the bank, and she exchanged 15,000 yuan. Who would print the truth-clarifying statements on the bills? Master had already arranged it. In the afternoon, a practitioner came and told us there was a spare printer that I could use.
This was a miracle. When I went to get the printer, the practitioner told me that the printer was out of green ink. I said, “Can you fix it? A lot of green ink is used when printing the statements on bills.” She agreed to give it a try and told me to come back the next day. When I went there the next day, she said that the printer had worked perfectly when she had tried it again that night. She didn't have to do anything to fix it. There had been several attempts to repair it before, but it was never fixed. We thanked Master for his mercy.
We printed bills at night and exchanged the bills with vendors during the daytime. We went to the markets one by one. The vendors began to recognize our faces. Sometimes, they asked us to exchange their bills when they saw us. We put 100 one-yuan bills in a bunch. At the beginning, we wanted to exchange bills quickly, and preferred to work with the ones who wanted to exchange multiple bunches. When we went home and searched within, we realized that we had been performing the task like a job. On the surface, vendors did it for the exchanges, but beings had their knowing sides. They were helping to share the facts about Falun Dafa with the public. This was the best choice that could be made in a lifetime. We gave them the opportunity to be blessed. We no longer sought out the most convenient way to work. We began going to vendors one by one and exchanging only two bunches of bills with each vendor. We also told them the facts about Falun Dafa and encouraged them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. Most of them agreed with what we said and withdrew from the CCP.
In a fruit wholesale store, the owner said, half-jokingly, “You are fearless, exchanging bills in bunches. Aren't you afraid of being arrested?” We replied, “We are doing this for you. You get the bills and withdraw from the CCP. In addition, you accumulate virtue by being involved with helping to save sentient beings. You get blessings when you have virtue, and things will go your way.” He said, “Thanks for your lucky words. I exchanged 200 yuan.”
In another store, we saw no customers, just the owners, a couple, with worried expressions on their faces. Once they heard us mention Falun Gong, they just wanted us to leave. I said, “I know why you have no business. We can tell you how to get business.” They became interested in our words. We told them the facts about Falun Dafa, helped them to withdraw from the CCP, and exchanged dozens of truth-clarifying bills with them. They thanked us on our way out and we were happy for them, too.
Other practitioners heard our story of exchanging bills in bunches and did the same thing. A practitioner did a quick count and found that we had exchanged more than 100,000 yuan before New Year's Day.
