New Practitioner: Sentient Beings Are Waiting to Hear the Truth

(Minghui.org) I was lucky to be able to start practicing Falun Dafa in the second half of 2020. Because of my obsessions and confusion about ordinary society, I missed several opportunities to start earlier. But Master Li Hongzhi (Dafa’s founder) did not give up on me. Thank you Master!

I listened to Master Li’s Fa teaching video series for the first time in the summer of 2020. The temperature was 38 degrees Celsius [about 100°F], and when I listened to the first lecture, my body gradually became chilly. All my joints were aching, and the cold air was dissipating. I was still cold despite wearing layers of clothes. The next day, my fatigue and heart irregularities disappeared. I felt a sense of lightness that I hadn’t experienced for a long time. A practitioner told me I was so lucky to have Master starting to take care of me so early on in cultivation.

I actually didn’t know what being taken care of by Master meant, but I realized that this must be a good thing. As I began to study the Fa, I felt it was so precious, and I was really lucky to learn it. I studied every day and used the teaching video to do the exercises. Although I didn’t do them regularly, I always felt there was a thread pulling me towards what I needed to do.

Finding Support To Persevere

Because the practitioner who introduced Dafa to me didn’t live nearby, there was no one to talk to about cultivation issues. I knew that Master and Dafa are near to my heart, so I was not alone in my journey. Fortunately, I accessed the Minghui website. Reading the experience-sharing articles of other practitioners became my best companion.

I would visit the Minghui website almost every day and read many articles. Some of them talked about miraculous experiences, while others shared precious cultivation memories. For me, who just started to practice, the articles made me see that as long as I could cultivate diligently, I would reach a higher realm one day.

Some of the articles were about dealing with tribulations and xinxing improvement, and so on. They allowed me to see how practitioners improved by assimilating to the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.” These experiences were really precious to me. Even though I am cultivating alone right now, I know I’m not alone.

Merciful Master is also watching over me. Once during my sitting meditation, I could clearly see a huge abyss in the sky. Countless people were mindlessly marching toward the abyss after giving into the evil’s temptation. They didn’t realize that they were going to die. At that moment, I understood the importance and urgency for Dafa practitioners to clarify the truth and help save these people. I was reminded that Dafa practitioners need to do the three things well, so I started sending forth righteous thoughts and going out to tell people the truth about the persecution.

Finding and Eliminating Attachments

After studying the Fa, I found that I had many shortcomings. I used to think I was doing fine and seldom realized that I had problems. I looked inwards and realized that I had many shortcomings – I started to dislike myself for behaving so badly.

Some problems were easy to see, although it was difficult to get rid of them. But eventually, they could be eliminated. For example,  jealousy was the first attachment I discovered. I felt irritated when I overheard the boasting of a coworker in another cubicle who was liked by her boss. I muttered in my mind: “What is there to show off? She is the loudest, most irritating person in the whole office. I then realized that I was jealous, and I needed to eliminate it.

I also found other attachments I had underestimated, such as the attachment to fame and personal interest. I felt that a certain practitioner should not invest in stocks, so I sold my share of stock. But a share of the stock in my husband’s account still existed, and I couldn’t help but pay attention to the ups and downs of his account. What was the difference between this and investing in my own stocks?

Another example was showing off. When I first started clarifying the truth, I especially liked to quote the high-level Fa teachings in Zhuan Falun, which may be difficult for people to accept. The more people didn’t want to listen, the more I wanted to convince them; I thought how could you not listen to something that was so good. Then one day, a sentence came to my mind: Are you validating the Fa or validating yourself? I realized what I was doing was ridiculous.

Sentient Beings Are Waiting to Learn the Truth

For a practitioner who started late, I struggled with being diligent enough in studying the Fa well. So the process of my clarifying the truth reflected my state of Fa-study – the result fluctuated. I usually spoke to people face-to-face after I studied the Fa well. Although I didn’t say much, people were usually willing to listen.

I was able to convince some people about the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP), but when it came to doing the three withdrawals, they would hesitate. This had to do with how the CCP has indoctrinated people with atheism for more than 70 years. They didn’t believe in the existence of gods and were just more interested in living a stable life. Some people even regarded me as a person involved in an outlawed practice and advised me not to “play with fire,” because the CCP could really bring harm to me. All kinds of strange remarks would be made. If I didn’t study the Fa well, then I couldn’t clarify the truth well and help these people really understand the truth.

Seeing that many practitioners on the Minghui website could persuade a dozen or even dozens of people to do the three withdrawals a day, I was impressed. At the same time, I felt bad if I didn’t do well. Sometimes, I could only help one or two people to quit the CCP organizations. And on other occasions, two or three people would refuse to do the three withdrawals. I regretted not meeting Master’s requirements and would get a little discouraged. But when I opened the Minghui website and read about how many diligent practitioners had done well, I thought: “Why can I not fulfill my prehistoric vow and save sentient beings?”

Master Encourages Me

I was once rejected by two people in a row. I felt a little depressed, and I was wondering if I needed to stop first and study the Fa before going out to clarify the truth again. But I already made an appointment at noon, so I decided to go as scheduled.

I went to see two ex-colleagues, one of them was a tech guy. When we worked together, we didn’t communicate much. When I was thinking about how to start a conversation, the young colleague spoke: “In the past year, I didn’t read any domestic news because it is all fake, so I surfed the web by breaking through the Internet firewall.”

I thought this was Master’s arrangement, so I naturally talked about Falun Dafa, and the two of them listened attentively. The young colleague finally added, “I believe in Falun Dafa because I often read the materials published by practitioners. I think they are righteous and speak very well."

After I explained the reason for the three withdrawals, the younger one asked where he could do it. When I explained he could do it on the Epoch Times website, he said he knew how to find it and logged in more proficiently than I could. He said he was going to discuss the issue with his wife and wanted to help her to do the three withdrawals with him. The other colleague was from a family of government officials. She didn’t talk much, but understood the truth and did the three withdrawals right away. She said that she would tell her family the truth about Falun Dafa when she got home.

Clarifying the Truth to Lay Buddhists

In the process of clarifying the truth, I met some lay Buddhists or Buddhism believers. But, because of the CCP’s lies and their lack of understanding of Falun Dafa, it was harder for them to understand the truth. Some of the Buddhists I knew thought the god they believed in could protect them, so there was no need to do the three withdrawals. They would also try to persuade me to practice their belief instead.

A colleague in the company where I work is a devout Buddhist, and various Buddhist terms often come out of his mouth. Because of my previous unsuccessful experiences with Buddhists, I was not confident enough to clarify the truth to him. But I remembered that Master told us that Dafa practitioners should do the three things well. How could I be selective when clarifying the truth. So after we discussed our work, I naturally talked about Buddhism and Falun Dafa.

He said that he read Zhuan Falun at a teacher’s home a long time ago. Although he did not study teachings, he did not reject them either. He also did not agree with the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa. He said that he was not a member of the CCP, but he joined the Communist Youth League and the Youth Pioneers and said it would be great if I could help him quit. At the same time, he would go home and ask his wife to do the three withdrawals. I realized this opportunity was also arranged by Master, and that sentient beings have been waiting for Dafa practitioners to clarify the truth to them.

When I haven’t been diligent in my cultivation, I don’t do well in clarifying the truth. I sometimes got stuck or was too selective about who I talked to instead of just being confident and getting straight to the point. But Master was always encouraging and supporting me. From now on, I will believe in Master and the Fa, do the three things well and live up to His teachings. Thank you again Master!

I started on my cultivation path late. Although my understanding of the Fa is shallow and I have many deficiencies, I know this is for the purpose of exposing my attachments and improving my xinxing. I will do my best!