(Minghui.org) More than 90 articles were published during the 22nd China Fahui on Minghui.org, and many practitioners outside of China said they were moved when they read them. They said that practitioners in China demonstrate their pure hearts to follow the Fa and how they appreciate Master for his compassionate salvation.
Ms. Liu began practicing Falun Dafa in May 1996 in China and immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 2008. She said she was especially touched by the article “Coordinating With Other Practitioners to Tell People About the Persecution.”
Ms. Liu said the following paragraph helped her recall her own cultivation journey: “I feel I have a deep predestined relationship with practitioners around me. Perhaps during our reincarnations in history, we were parents, siblings, best friends, or relatives. We study the Fa together, do the exercises, tell people about Dafa, and hold experience-sharing conferences. When the persecution was severe, whoever stumbled was lifted up; whoever was lost, practitioners don’t leave or give up on them. They use Master’s Fa to awaken him or her repeatedly, whoever was persecuted. Everyone formed one body, sent righteous thoughts, and used the law to resist the persecution.”
Ms. Liu said, “I had a good relationship with an elderly practitioner. She lived some distance from the other practitioners, so I brought her Master’s new lectures or newly published Dafa books, and I contacted her whenever there was an event.
“She later moved, and we did not see each other for a while. One day, she called and asked me to visit her. When I saw her, I was stunned. She had difficulty standing up. She looked deformed.
“I asked, ‘What happened? Why didn’t you contact me? How many sets of exercises do you practice every day?’ She was upset by my questions and asked me to leave. I wept as I headed home. She said I had a poor attitude, and she asked me not to visit her again. She was angry and said I didn’t need to worry about her anymore.”
Ms. Liu calmly reflected on what happened and said, “Master’s teaching resounded in my ear. She was in a tribulation, so how could she accept my harsh words? I did not think from her perspective or sincerely wish to help her—instead, I blamed her.”
She did not sleep well that night. The following morning, she visited the practitioner, “I sincerely apologized to her. The grievance was dissolved. I’ve benefited a lot from reading the sharing articles written by practitioners in China, and I realized that I have to cultivate myself well and help other practitioners in need.”
Ms. Yuan, who has practiced Dafa for 28 years, said she was touched by the article, “Faithfully and Courageously Assisting Master and Walking the Path of Fa Rectification.”
She said, “Practitioners in Master’s hometown study the Fa diligently, persevere in righteous thoughts and actions, assist Master in Fa-rectification loyally, and are the mainstay of us Dafa practitioners.
“The author made lots of informational materials and distributed them widely despite the brutal environment of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution. He also seized opportunities to offer salvation to the CCP officials. While driving the deputy director of the county health bureau and several section chiefs to a meeting, he first gave a booklet containing information about Falun Dafa and the persecution to the director. After the director read it, he told the section chiefs in the back to take a look. The practitioner’s righteous thoughts and courage are admirable,” she said.
“In a free and democratic environment outside of China, I was selective in distributing flyers and raising awareness about the persecution,” she said. “Since the CCP escalates transnational repression, some suspicious Chinese people started coming to our group practice site at a park. One weekend this summer, a middle-aged man with a face mask stood right in front of us and looked at us. I asked him in English, “Would you like to learn Falun Gong?” He shook his head and did not speak. He stood there until we finished doing the exercises. When I stepped forward, he left.
“The following weekend, a middle-aged couple came and sat on the chair right in front of our site. The woman held up her cell phone. I thought she was taking photos and might be a spy. I thought if they were still there after we finished doing the exercises, I would talk to them. But they sat for half an hour and left. I regretted missing the opportunity to talk to them. I did not listen to Master’s teaching, remember they are people to be saved, and clarify the truth to them.
“I saw the difference between myself and practitioners in China. I have to study the Fa diligently, reinforce my righteous thoughts and actions, and focus on helping Master save sentient beings.”
Mr. Liang in Toronto was impressed by the article, “Even the Police Station Is Our Cultivation Environment.” He said emotionally, “Compared to practitioners in China, I am ashamed. As a practitioner who has been cultivating for nearly 30 years and lives outside of China, there’s a big gap between me and practitioners in China. I feel embarrassed to face Master.
“Practitioners in China are undeterred by difficulty or danger; they persevere year after year and continue clarifying the truth about the persecution. They even go to police stations to talk with the director and the head of the Domestic Security Division. This is tantamount to walking into the lion’s den, but they genuinely don’t take it seriously; their minds are clear and focused on only one thought: The police are also victims and should be saved.
“It is precisely this sincerity and courage from fellow practitioners in China that is changing the evil environment there. Among 455 million people who quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations, many are CCP officials, police, judges, and prosecutors. If practitioners in China hadn’t continuously improved their cultivation and had a pure intention to save others, this would not be possible.
“I left China over ten years ago, and I’ve participated in media and other projects. I originally thought that because I was able to handle several things at once, and I was busy and diligent, I practiced quite well. I thought I kept studying the Fa and doing the exercises, realized the principles well, managed my time smoothly, and my attachment to fame and self-interest lessened. From this perspective, it seemed I had no major problems. I realized recently that thinking I was ‘good enough’ was actually lowering my own standards and has a big gap from Master’s requirements for us.”
At the end, he mentioned, “In my personal understanding, no matter whether in China or outside of it, Dafa practitioners have their own missions. Practitioners outside of China should be more wary of developing attachments to comfort and doing projects, and they should focus on cultivating themselves. Only in this way can we live up to Master’s painstaking efforts in arranging for us to save people outside of China, and only then can we form a unified whole body with practitioners in China to disintegrate the CCP’s attacks and persecution of Dafa.”