(Clearwisdom.net)
Greetings, benevolent Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
Ten years of cultivation has brought me to a deep understanding that only when we strictly follow Master's requirements to study the Fa and cultivate our xinxing well can we help Master to rectify the Fa with righteous thoughts and actions. Below are my understandings. If there is anything inappropriate, please kindly it point out.
1. Getting Rid Of Attachments and Saving Sentient Beings
Being homeless and destitute in September 2009, I was arrested when there was a security problem with my ID card. I calmed down and started to recite the Fa and look inward. I found that I was too busy relocating and did not spend enough time studying the Fa. I also was sending forth righteous thoughts as a formality. I had been homeless and destitute for nearly a year and by living a relatively tough life, my desire for comfort and wanting to live like an everyday person was strong. I was aware of my problem and had hoped to solve it, but I did not place enough importance on this gap. At that moment, I understood why some practitioners that produced the truth-clarifying materials and solved technical problems had been arrested. When we are not diligent, it becomes easy for the old forces to interfere and keep practitioners from studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts. After some time goes by, all of sudden there are so many problems. As soon as I figured this out, I realized that I must rectify things righteously. No matter where we are, we must safeguard Dafa and validate Dafa so that we can face anything with a practitioner's righteousness.
The old forces also made thorough arrangements to persecute me. When I ended a month-long hunger strike to protest the persecution, I was sent to a notorious brainwashing center. The police officers said I would be there for six months and then my term would be extended. The officials from the center were arranged to watch me, for two months each, in turn. Deceived by the CCP's lies, they also actively participated in the brainwashing. Still, I believed that everything was up to Master to decide.
During those few days, I had a dream where I went to a cave. The cave was very big and bright, just like an exhibition room. On the walls of the cave were many stone murals. Each mural was alone and the color changed with the angle and strength of the light. (I could not see where the light was coming from. I soon understood it was Buddha’s light). Since the content of the murals kept changing, I could not remember what they were. I just remembered it was very beautiful. After I woke up, I understood that since the murals on the cave wall could change with the light of Buddha, there was nothing else that could not be changed.
Master said,
“But I think that the Fa is immense and that this is the Great Law of the cosmos, after all, so it can resolve anything. As long as you can open up your heart and be tolerant, I think anything can change.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference”)
I was taken to the brainwashing center and realized that, since I was here, I should change this place. Dafa practitioners are in the main roles of the drama. Since I was detained alone and was tied to a bed frame, I sent forth righteous thoughts and recited the Fa continuously. Since I had a strong determination to get rid of the desire for comfort, Master helped me all the time. Although I was fixed to the bed all day and most of the time, I had my eyes closed when there was no one in the room, and my brain was very clear. I slept one to two hours every day, but I was not tired at all. It was really like Master said in Zhuan Falun, “The cultivation is up to you, gong is up to the master.” I kept this righteous status until I returned home safely.
The third night in the brainwashing center, the police tried to force-feed me, but they failed. Officer A brutally slapped me in the face. I sent forth righteous thoughts to him peacefully but firmly. I had a relatively clear understanding of the Fa on how to negate the effects of hurting Falun Gong practitioners. Within a few seconds, he stopped hitting me. But then they poured rice soup on my head, face, and neck. I did not have any complaint in my heart; I just kept sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil using them.
The next morning, the head of the brainwashing center came to see me. I told him about the beauty of Dafa and what the officers had done to me the night before. He did not say a word. After a while, he said I should go abroad. I understood what he meant, but I told him that Master said,
“The main body of Dafa disciples is in China” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference,” Teaching the Fa at the Conference IV)
I said, “My Master asks us to save the Chinese people. I need to save the sentient beings and the Chinese people here.” He said with a gesture of helplessness, “What should I do?” I said, “You should let me return to wherever I came from.” He said, “You should talk to the person who sent you here.” I said I had already talked to them. In the end, they still decided to use nose tubes to force feed me.
I was not moved by the appearance of things. I still recited the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts. When someone came into the room, I just clarified the truth to him, no matter who it was—the police, a guard, or the assistants. Under Master's arrangement, I soon met all of the practitioners who were detained there. They had been imprisoned from a few months to two or three years. I briefly told them about the situation outside and recited Master's Fa lectures to them. At the same time, I saw that they had a kind of numbness from being imprisoned for so long. I expressed my concern. After a few days, things suddenly changed. Blood tests showed that my health was not good, so they transferred me to the hospital and I was completely separated from the practitioners.
In the hospital, the police changed guards in turn. I used the opportunity to clarify the truth to them. But after a few days, nobody had agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I was not concerned about the result and just kept clarifying the truth at every opportunity. Once when I was clarifying the facts to a medical worker, Officer A came from outside because he had heard me talking about Falun Gong. He started to yell at me. I just watched him quietly and sent forth righteous thoughts. Soon, he stopped. Officer A kept chatting with Officer B. I did not have a chance to talk to them, so I just kept sending forth righteous thoughts. Later Officer A went out for lunch. I clarified the truth to B, and he did not say much. After two days, B came back and told me that I was right. I asked him what had happened. He said, “We had a meeting (the police themselves were brainwashed every week and had to criticize articles from Minghui and other websites). What you said was also mentioned in the meeting, but in an opposite way. So I believed what you said.” Then I clarified the truth to him specifically according to his understandings. He was looking for a wife. I told him that the relationship between a husband and wife must be pure to enter the future. Later he was convinced and withdrew from the CCP and its youth organizations.
During that period of time, Master arranged everything. I clarified the truth to all the police officers except for one driver. On the night when I knew I was about to leave, I told myself that I could not waste time, as I needed to use the time to clarify the truth before I went.
The next morning, Officer A was temporarily dispatched to the hospital. I saw he was a little bit confused. I thought I should not only look at the surface. There must be some reason. Then I started to send forth righteous thoughts. Soon he started to talk, “You talked to the others but not to me. I am a soldier and a CCP member. My name is xx. Why didn't you tell me the facts, too?” I understood that Master had arranged me to save him. I said, “You wouldn’t allow me to talk, and when I tried to, you got angry.” He said, “I won't be angry this time. Please talk. When you leave, we will never meet again in this life.” So I told him about the beauty of Falun Dafa, how it has been embraced around the world, how Dafa practitioners have been persecuted and how they have peacefully resisted the persecution, and how the heavens reward good people and evil receives retribution. He listened for a while, and then started to yawn non-stop. He stood up and walked around as I talked. When I had almost finished telling him the facts, he went downstairs for a break. Soon another officer replaced him. I still followed what Master said,
“Lose no time and save them, hurry up and tell them.” (“Hurry Up And Tell Them” from Hong Yin II)
The next day when I was ready to leave, Officer A and others took me to the train station. When we arrived at the train station, so did officials from the provincial 610 Office. Finally they all got off the train and chatted. Only Officer A was with me on the train. I knew Master was giving him one last chance. Although the door of the cabin was open and the police and 610 Office agents were standing nearby, I thought I must use the opportunity to save him. I told him, “You know the truth now. You should withdraw from the CCP. You only need to nod to let me know.” He looked at me, then turned his head and looked ahead with a serious expression. Then he sincerely nodded. At that moment, I cried in my heart. Great Master had given hope to a being that had been listed as an evil person on Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) for many years. Thank you, compassionate Master.
On the train, I kept clarifying the truth to the Party Secretary and others who had come to escort me. The secretary said, “We were to 'transform' you, but you came to 'transform' us.” I said, “You are wrong. It is not 'transforming.' I’ve thawed out your hearts.” They all laughed.
Sixteen days after I was arrested, I returned home safely. From this experience, I understood that the old forces use our human notions to persecute us and Master uses their arrangements to help us get rid of attachments, establish mighty virtue, and save sentient beings.
2. Using Every Opportunity to Clarify The Truth
This year I was told that I needed to look for the city leader, C, to solve a certain problem. I took this opportunity to clarify the truth to him. When I went to visit him, a few guards came over and told me that C was in a meeting and could not see me. They sent me to a lower level department. I looked for the leader of the department and asked him to arrange for me to meet C. He also tried to send me on. Then I sent forth the strong righteous thought: “I came to save you and you should not miss the opportunity.” At the same time, I completely eliminated the evil beings and factors that prevented them from being saved. I waited for about an hour. The lower level leader contacted C. Leader C came with a few department leaders to hear me describe the problem. Soon we changed the topic to Falun Gong. C said, “We are preparing to help you to 'transform.'” I understood then why I was told to look for C.
Then I started to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Some started to frown and others curled their lips, but I was not affected by their reactions. I briefly talked about cultivating Falun Gong from the legal perspective, the great compassion and tolerance of Falun Gong, and the great contribution of Falun Gong to stabilizing society. I talked about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and the CCP's fears of even mentioning the book. I talked about the evil spirit of the CCP from Marx's tomb and the Communist Manifesto. They were all shocked and realized that I had come to clarify the truth. They wanted to stop me, but I’d already finished. Before I went, I studied the Fa. When I clarified the truth, Master gave me greater wisdom in what to talk about and what to expand on, and it all happened naturally and clearly. Later, C told me, “Let us arrange for a management position for you.” I smiled slightly. C said again that he had gone to Europe many times, but it looked like he did not know the truth. In the end he said, “Falun Gong practitioners are not like what they show on TV.”
I was surprised that they did not know the facts after ten years. I realized that I had not fulfilled my responsibility well. Later I paid more attention to this and tried hard to do it no matter how great the interference. Master said in Zhuan Falun:
“If you can actually do it, you will indeed find: 'After passing the shady willow trees, there will be bright flowers and another village ahead!'”
I still clarify the facts wherever I go today.
3. Cultivating Oneself Well to Help Master Rectify the Fa
One day I was out walking and began to recite the Fa that I had just learned that day. But I could not remember a complete sentence. How come I could not remember the Fa? I had not melted into the Fa, so I looked inward and remembered the Fa Master taught us, and realized that I did not have a calm mind while studying the Fa. My mind was not within the Fa. If I did not respect the Fa, I would be the same as the old forces, which is a fundamental problem that was being rectified. I knew I could not be careless about this., so I started to look inward very seriously and found that I looked like I was busy doing Dafa related work, but actually I did not. I calmed down and started to eliminate the elements that did not respect Master and the Fa. Things changed quickly. The rotten elements were eliminated after I sent forth righteous thoughts for a long time. When I could not focus my mind to send forth righteous thoughts, I started to study the Fa and recite the Fa. Two days later, I could feel that the rotten elements had clearly been reduced, and I could remember some of the Fa I recited. But sometimes it happened again. So I will keep doing this and completely meet Master's requirements.
I was deeply touched by Practitioner A, who told me that she was often followed. I told her that it was the attachment of fear and she needed to get rid of it. At the same time, I also wondered if I also had the attachment of fear, but I did not look inward deeply. I just thought that since I'd already broken through prison and a brainwashing session, there should be nothing to be afraid of. This was until one day the evil suddenly erupted, and I felt unwell. I felt nervous, and I seemed to be very afraid of everything. Then the police started harassing me. For a while, I could not be strict with myself. I did not enlighten to Master's path for me—I just pushed it away and thought it was other people’s things. I missed the opportunity again and again, until I’d accumulated a big test for myself to pass. Then I was very nervous, as there were police outside the building.
After I went back to my room, I kept staring at the door. It seemed like the police would break through the door at any time. What was I afraid of? I was afraid that Master's photo and Dafa books would be taken away. (Master's photo and Dafa books were taken away twice before, and I hadn’t got them back yet). Because I did not have strong righteous thoughts, fear took hold of me. Because I did not truly cultivate myself diligently and did not melt into Master's Fa, I was taken advantage of by the old forces and I went through such big interference. Why could I not remember the Fa? Actually, it was because I did not believe in Master and I did not have righteous thoughts. I must study the Fa and cultivate myself diligently with a truly calm mind. Master already clearly pointed out the path for us. If we do not study the Fa well, how can we know what to do and how can we help Master to rectify the Fa? We must meet Master's requirements. There is no way around it. First, I sent righteous thoughts for a long time to eliminate the accumulated rotten elements. Then I studied the Fa with a calm mind to rectify myself. I also paid attention to my thoughts and did not generate any fear. Soon, everything returned to normal. After I studied the Fa, I had a new understanding about practicing the exercises. (Before I always found excuses to practice the exercises less, especially the ones that required movement.) I started to do the five exercises together. When I did all five exercises, the situation changed again (my Celestial Eye is open). The power of the righteous thoughts I sent forth recovered to the good status I’d had before. I knew Master was encouraging me, and I came to this understanding that only when we follow what Master taught us, can we then truly help Master rectify the Fa.
Recently, by studying the Fa, I also understood that as Dafa practitioners in Mainland China, we have important responsibilities. Master said,
“... for they knew that once a human being gains salvation, it will lead to the countless sentient beings behind him gaining salvation in turn, and so too would it mean salvation for all of those sentient beings and earthly peoples of the ethnic group for whom he once upon a time served as king. Thus, a Chinese person’s gaining salvation would result in the sentient beings of many ethnicities in this world gaining salvation.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the Epoch Times Meeting”) verified
Whether the people in Mainland China can be saved affects many ethnicities in the world. We have the advantage of being in many locations and having a huge population, so we can contact many Chinese people. If we practitioners in Mainland China can cultivate ourselves well according to Master's requirements, we won't have any problems. Meanwhile, the truth-clarifying projects run by overseas practitioners will be more effective and efficient. More people here will be saved. Then more sentient beings of other ethnicities can also be saved.
After cultivating myself for over ten years, I still had many problems and human notions. If I did not get rid of the human notions and did not purify myself, how could I help Master to rectify the Fa? So we must follow Master's requirements and not cut any corners.
Thank you, great Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
