(Minghui.org) People began learning the seriousness of the coronavirus during the Chinese New Year. My city was not hit the hardest but was partially closed due to its proximity to Beijing. Public transportation to the outside was completely shut down; factories were closed as well as schools and shops except for supermarkets. Instead of celebrating the Chinese New Year, the streets were quiet and empty.
Only one entrance to our community remains open, and police and neighborhood committees guard it around the clock. Seven people are always on duty. Each household was issued one pass, and only one person is allowed to go out to purchase food every other day. No one is allowed to go out after 7:30 p.m.
This sudden change hit me like a hammer! I realized that this was an opportunity for those of us who hadn't done much to save people to hurry up and fulfill our responsibilities. I had to stop slacking off!
My home has been the workshop to produce Dafa materials for other practitioners for more than ten years. During Chinese New Year, I prepared a lot of materials as usual, and I planned to bring them to fellow practitioners after the holiday. This sudden lockdown disrupted our arrangements for saving sentient beings. Most of the practitioners I supply are elderly ladies in their 70s and 80s.
One of them visited her daughter during the New Year but didn’t return. She didn’t get her materials at the agreed time and place. Without her phone number, I could not contact her. Another practitioner is a businessman, but he doesn't live in the area and I don’t know his address. He occasionally came to my place to get materials. However, besides me, he has another supply source. Only one practitioner regularly communicates with me. My 85-year-old mother lives with me and can only distribute materials in our neighborhood.
One very diligent practitioner usually distributes materials elsewhere. Because of this epidemic, he came to me to collect them. Due to the sudden epidemic, the materials I'd already printed needed to be updated. As soon as Minghui.org published new information I edited the brochure and printed several copies.
Breaking Through Attachment to Family
When my daughter was a teenager I was abducted and imprisoned for six months by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). She was greatly impacted psychologically. Although she's listened to the recordings of Master Li's Fa teachings, she doesn't really practice. She's very supportive of my cultivation and often delivers materials for me. But every time I went out to distribute materials and talk to people, she trembled with fear that something would happen to me.
When this epidemic appeared and I planned to go out to clarify the truth, she tried to stop me. She wasn’t worried that I'd get sick but that I'd be imprisoned again. There are few pedestrians but many plainclothes policemen. She asked me to stay home and study the Fa before I went out.
I knew that I shouldn't just sit home and read the teachings. Going out and talking to people is a great cultivation opportunity. But, I understood her concern so I didn’t argue with her. I sent forth righteous thoughts to disintegrate all the evil factors that prevent me from saving people. My daughter decided to let me go out shopping so I could distribute materials while I shopped.
Notions About The Surveillance Cameras
One big issue I had was the surveillance cameras. The local police installed a camera that was pointed at my door. Several cameras were installed on the road and around the community. At first, I avoided them whenever I distributed materials.
As the virus turned into an epidemic the few people on the streets walk quickly and everyone wears masks. Afraid of being infected, they dare not stop and talk to strangers. There are cameras everywhere, one every twenty or thirty meters. In some places the cameras face both directions.
The roads are lined with parked cars, so I decided to put the materials on them. I place booklets about the epidemic on the car windshields. They are beautifully designed and have information about the epidemic, so everyone should be interested.
Master said the following about surveillance cameras,
“But that said, I’m also thinking about how everyone around the world regards Chinese products as the worst, don’t they? I’ve heard that out of every thousand cameras they install, five hundred don’t work (laughter and applause), and that as soon as they fix one, some other one is broken. So, there is the poor quality of the products they’re churning out, on top of the careless attitude people have when they do things… Anyway, whatever the CCP does turns into a scandal, in the end.” (Fa Teaching at the 2019 New York Fa Conference, Team Yellow Translation )
“If you are not afraid, the factor that would make you afraid will cease to exist.” (“Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s), ”from Essentials for Further Advancement II )
From another perspective, these cameras are composed of molecules in the human world; the molecular components of practitioners have been replaced by high-energy matter. So how can human things affect us? Master talked about this so clearly, if I'm still worried about the cameras it means that I don’t believe in Master or the Fa.
Even though I was clear on the Fa principles, thought karma still popped up from time to time when I handed out materials in areas where there were several cameras. I kept sending out righteous thoughts to eliminate that negative thought. I frequently had this experience: I planned to hand out Dafa materials. When fear arose, I was reluctant. But as soon as I walked out the door I became filled with righteous thoughts; I remained calm even if anyone passed by or saw me. But this was not always the case.
One day while I distributed materials I suddenly became nervous. I was enveloped by such a deep fear like I never experienced before. In the past I would have immediately stopped and returned home to send righteous thoughts. But this time I wasn't moved. I refused to acknowledge the old forces' arrangement! I immediately sent forth righteous thoughts, but I did not slow down. I recited Master’s Fa.
Master said,
“Should you have fear,it will seize upon youIf thoughts are righteous,evil will collapseThe cultivator’s mindis loaded with FaSend righteous thoughts,and rotten demons explodeGods walk the earth,validating the Fa”February 29, 2004 (Hong Yin Volume II, Translation Version A)
“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston,” from Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. II)
I reminded myself: Dafa disciples are saving sentient beings. I am doing the most righteous thing! Nothing is allowed to interfere. I kept sending righteous thoughts and I smoothly handed out all the materials.
Because there are few opportunities to go out, I cherish every one. I usually refrained from distributing materials on the way to delivering them to fellow practitioners.
I deliver materials to an elderly practitioner. In addition to the package I prepared for her, I also prepared some for me to hand out on my way back.
When I arrived at her community gate I called out three times, asking her to come out, but no one answered. (I didn’t make an appointment with her since I usually just deliver them directly to her home.) I wondered if I should hand out so many materials. I hesitated, but my righteous thoughts rose and I was able to distribute all of them.
Remembering to Have Compassion for Police and Neighborhood Committee Members
Another issue I had was towards the police and neighborhood committee members. These people helped the CCP persecute us for more than twenty years. I could not help it – I had many negative thoughts about them. I forgot that by helping commit these crimes, they were also being persecuted.
The first day our neighborhood was closed my daughter and I went out together. When we came back, I saw a young man wearing a police jacket shouting at a resident. The security guard at the entrance had similar clothes, but I didn’t recognize him. I later always saw him whenever I went out.
My daughter said that each of them signed an agreement, so they took their responsibilities very seriously. I sent righteous thoughts to let me avoid seeing him every time I went out. But I still kept seeing him.
Since this bothered me, I examined my thoughts. I found that I had our relationship wrong. We are not the persecutor and the persecuted. Instead, he was waiting to be saved, and it was my job to save him. Although it was challenging to clarify the truth under the circumstances, I still had to have compassionate thoughts about him and treat him kindly.
Another time a property company staff checked my pass. The rude police officer was facing the other way. I smiled and greeted the person at the gate, “You have to protect yourself. It’s dangerous to have contact with so many people every day.” When the policemen heard this, he turned around and looked at me. I smiled at him.
The next time I went out, I didn’t see him. The neighborhood committee member checked my pass. I smiled and said, “You work hard.” She was deeply moved and said, “Thank you for being understanding! All this will soon be over.” I smiled and said, “We're all looking forward to that day!” As soon as I stepped out, I saw the police officer attentively watching me. I was on their watch list of Falun Dafa practitioners. I didn’t know if he recognized me or not, but every time he saw me, he paid great attention to me.
The next time I met him I smiled and said, “You work so hard! You should wear protective clothing. This epidemic is too dangerous.” He smiled with bitterness, “We have no choice. We don't want to do this. We all look forward to this ending soon.”
My Cultivation
I've recently made some breakthroughs in my Fa-study. I've been practicing for more than 20 years, and I'm ashamed to admit that I only intermittently memorized Zhuan Falun. I always wanted to memorize the Fa.
I've begun memorizing each paragraph. I separate the long paragraphs into sections to memorize. After I memorize each paragraph, I write it down. In this way I feel that I'm taking the Fa into my heart.
These are my recent cultivation experiences. If my understanding is not correct please compassionately point it out.
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