(Minghui.org) I’m an 80-year-old Dafa practitioner who began to cultivate before the persecution started on July 20, 1999. I would like to report on some of my cultivation experiences to Master Li Hongzhi and share with fellow practitioners for mutual encouragement.
There was a Fa-study site at the home of a fellow practitioner, Jia, which was not far from me. It had been running smoothly for many years and many experience-sharing meetings were held there. One day, over 10 practitioners, including me, went to Jia’s home to study as usual. We knocked on the door for quite a while, but nobody answered. Then I said, “We can’t delay our Fa-study. Let’s go to my home to study today.” We later heard that Jia was in a traffic accident and in the hospital. I thought it would take at least two months for him to recuperate, so I asked his son for the key, opened his door, and moved all the Dafa materials to my home.
After Jia was discharged from the hospital, the coordinator told me I couldn’t disband the Fa-study group at my home, even if only four or five practitioners attended. I didn’t reply at first. I thought, “My home is on the first floor of a building next to the street. If the authorities found out, the consequences would be dreadful.”
That evening, I recalled that it was Master Li who saved me, a person full of illness karma. Although I felt some pressure, running the Fa-study group at my home was something practitioners in our area needed, and I should not flinch. I must undertake the mission; how could I otherwise repay Master for his benevolence?
My Fa-study group has been running steadily for three years now and is having its due effect in this Fa-rectification period. We have been collaborating to distribute truth-clarification materials to help persuade people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates. Almost every week, fellow practitioners have handed in dozens or even more than 100 names of people who quit the CCP.
When I distributed materials with fellow practitioners, I always told them, “When there is a dire situation, you just tell them it is me, the old lady, who gave you the materials. You know nothing.” I knew that the righteous guardian gods would help us only when we had righteous thoughts and behaviors.
I once went out to clarify the truth with another elderly practitioner. Someone who didn’t understand the truth reported us. Five police officers in two cars blocked our way. I was not scared. I boldly clarified the truth and encouraged them not to engage in evil acts. As I was talking, two officers slipped their hands under my arms and were about to drag me into their car.
I tried my best to resist. I lay down on the ground and warned them, “I’m telling you, old people have fragile bones. If you break any of mine, you will have to take full responsibility!” I shouted, “Master, the police want to take me away, but I won’t go! Please protect your disciple.” At the same time, I sent forth righteous thoughts.
The officers then backed off. I continued to clarify the truth to them, telling them how I benefited from practicing Falun Dafa and the truth about the staged Tiananmen Square self-immolation. As I was talking, I heard them calling for backup to carry us to the police station.
A moment later, two more officers came. One went over to my fellow practitioner, while the other approached me. An officer already in front of me said, “Let me take you home.” I replied, “I don’t need you to take me home. Who knows where you will take me? You might take me to the police station.” They didn’t know how to react.
They loosened their hold on me, and I slowly stood up. I originally planned to run, but then I reconsidered—I knew I couldn’t run fast. I turned around to face them while holding onto the fence next to me. I then suddenly leaned back as if I were about to fall. That got their attention and they hurried over to hold me up. I did this twice, although it was actually Master that did it. They were so scared! When I stood up straight, I saw that they and their cars had left.
I briskly walked over to the fellow practitioner, and we smiled at each other. She said, “Fortunately, you lay on the ground. If not, we would have been arrested. My family then wouldn’t let me go out to clarify the truth anymore.”
I said, “We can’t let them take us to the police station. Even if we are detained for one night, our fellow practitioners would have to spend time and energy to notify each other to send forth righteous thoughts for us and try to rescue us.” I knew that when we come across problems, we must first think of the entire body of practitioners and display our righteous thoughts and behavior.
In recent years, I have insisted on going out every day to clarify the truth and encourage people to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. When fellow practitioners ask about my experiences, I reply, “We should have a compassionate heart to save people and clarify the truth to repay Master’s benevolence. Our mouths should be diligent in speaking the truth to people; our hands should be diligent in sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil that interferes with saving people; and our feet should be diligent in walking far distances to spread the truth. Even at home, we should be diligent in studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and sending righteous thoughts.”
Master has told us:
“Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and save people with compassion—this is establishing the mighty virtue of an Enlightened Being.” (“Rationality,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress)
I will do the three things better and let go of all my attachments. However much time remains for the Fa-rectification, I will use all my time to assist Master in saving more people and repay him for his benevolence in saving me!
Thank you, Master!