(Minghui.org) I am the eldest of four children, with one younger sister and two younger brothers. Among the four of us, only my youngest brother and I practice Falun Dafa, and we began the practice in Japan.
After the persecution of Falun Dafa started, I tried to clarify the facts in many different ways to my family members back in China. Most of my extended family eventually quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Looking back, among the dozens of them I spoke to, the most difficult person to approach about Dafa was my younger brother Cai.
When I first called Cai to clarify the truth and encourage him to quit the CCP, he reacted with harsh words and strong resistance. To stop him from speaking further against Dafa and creating karma, I ended the conversation quickly. That attempt felt like a complete failure, and I was left feeling indignant at how deeply so many people had been brainwashed and poisoned by the CCP’s lies and propaganda.
Since then, whenever I mentioned Falun Dafa, Cai grew impatient, refused to listen, and immediately hung up the phone. He, too, had been deeply poisoned by those lies.
Because of this, I worried about him more. I often thought: “My brother was born in China, and as a family member of a Dafa practitioner in this life, he must have a purpose to fulfill. Perhaps the world he represents is vast, and the burden he carries is heavy. It sometimes feels as if he has pinned his hopes on me.”
In 2018, I decided to invite my parents, younger brother, sister-in-law, and their child to Japan to watch Shen Yun. I prepared months in advance for their entry visas and plane tickets. When everything was ready, only a week before the trip, my father suddenly suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. His life was hanging by a thread.
Since my parents had previously seen Shen Yun in Japan and were very supportive of Dafa, I believed that my father’s sudden illness was interference from another dimension and was actually targeting my younger brother. We told my father to recite: “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” while at the same time sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the interference directed at Cai.
Three days later, my father pulled through the crisis, and the doctors said he no longer needed bypass surgery. In the evening before our planned departure date, the doctor confirmed that he could be discharged. Because my father was still too weak to travel by plane, and I didn’t want my brother to miss the opportunity to watch Shen Yun. I told him, “Leave Mom and Dad at home, and the three of you come.” With my encouragement, my brother, his wife, and their child finally set out for Japan.
As planned, I took Cai, his wife, their child, and my mother-in-law on a journey of several hundred kilometers to reach the Shen Yun venue in Fukuoka City. Just before the performance began, my brother said, “I don’t want to go in. I’ll wait outside while you all watch.” I immediately sent forth righteous thoughts, and in the end, he went inside.
On the way back home after the show, I asked Cai: “How was the show?”The moment I finished speaking, he snapped angrily: “We travelled such a long way, and the tickets weren’t cheap. We even brought our child here, what could he possibly understand?”
In that moment, I simply regarded my brother as a sentient being and calmly replied, “You can’t watch this in China. It’s worth it.” He then acted as if nothing had happened and began chatting with us cheerfully.
A few days later, when we brought up the topic of Shen Yun once more, my brother was no longer resistant. During his short stay in Japan, I chose not to press Cai any further, as I didn’t want to upset him.
One day in December 2022, I suddenly got the shocking news that my younger brother had been put on a ventilator, and his life was in danger. After finishing work, I immediately called my family to find out what had happened. I learned that nearly the entire country was overwhelmed by COVID-19. Cases of people collapsing from severe pneumonia were frequent, and patients in hospitals were dying one after another.
My family all developed a fever, cough, and other symptoms. Fortunately, they recovered within a few days. Only Cai’s condition became critical. He was struggling to breathe, suffering from severe tachycardia, and the doctors seemed helpless. They even spoke to my family about preparing for the worst.
I thought: “This time, no matter what, I must clarify the truth to him.” I told my family that reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” would surely keep them safe. Then I looked for the right chance when my younger brother was willing to listen, and gently opened the conversation bit by bit.
Because he didn’t have the strength to listen for long, I called him just once a day, speaking only a few minutes each time. In this way, while encouraging Cai, I gradually shared everything I knew about Dafa with him.
One day, during a call, I said, “Look, everyone in our family has already quit the CCP, and they are doing fine; only you haven’t done so yet.”
My brother immediately replied: “I agree to quit, I agree.” After hearing those words, I felt a big relief.
Because his condition was severe, Cai remained bedridden for about six months. He was unable to lift anything. Just as recovery appeared imminent, he became infected a second time. Cai suffered from severe diarrhea, which lasted for many days without any improvement. During that time, he experienced unprecedented suffering.
My understanding is that this was a process of being saved and purified by Master. He fully recovered in about 18 months. Of course, from the perspective of ordinary people, his recovery was simply the result of taking medicine.
The phrase, “Quitting the CCP ensures one’s safety”, is absolutely true and extremely precious.
No matter how stubborn a person may seem, they are here in this world to be saved, and Master cherishes every life.
Every effort a Dafa practitioner makes to save sentient beings is never in vain. Before the CCP virus, if I hadn’t taken my brother to see Shen Yun, the outcome would have been disastrous.
I realized that whether our family members can be saved is related to our own realm of cultivation. When clarifying the truth, we should not let any personal feelings, such as attachment to family, human notions, anger, or any other emotions, interfere. If the heart is not pure, no matter how well or how much we say, it will not be effective. Only through our inner selves being genuinely improved can we truly save others.