Overcoming Tribulations in Rural China

(Minghui.org) I’m a female Falun Dafa practitioner from the countryside. I only went to school for a short time, so I was illiterate. After practicing Falun Dafa, I can now read Zhuan Falun. I’d like to tell you about some of my cultivation experiences.

The Power of Righteous Thoughts

People in the countryside usually leave their doors open. On the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) sensitive dates, officers from the police station frequently went to practitioners’ homes and harassed them. This happened many times every year. The CCP even issued quotas for the number of practitioners to be arrested. The officers were told that arresting one Falun Dafa practitioner was counted as arresting five criminals. So the police who did not know the truth about Dafa participated in the persecution and committed crimes.

I usually avoided the persecution by maintaining righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth about the persecution to the police. Sometimes, they didn’t want to listen. My husband is not a practitioner, but he always stands by me when they come to our home. One winter, when the police came to harass me again, my husband confronted them with a shovel and they left. He even chased them away on occasion.

When the police tried to detain me, Master Li saved me. The officers dragged me into a police vehicle without an explanation and illegally searched my home. But Master protected all my Dafa items, and the police didn’t find any. I’m deeply grateful for his protection.

When they took me to the detention center, I did not cooperate and clarified the truth to them. I occasionally raised my voice. When I look back, I realize I should have had more compassion. My thought at the time was to show them I had no fear and to proclaim there is nothing wrong with practicing Falun Dafa.

News usually spreads quickly in our village. Everyone knew I was arrested and assumed the worst. Some thought I would be imprisoned. My husband was also very anxious. I usually cared for the dozens of pigs we raised, and now no one was there to help him. He even considered offering bribes to get me released. But to his surprise, I returned home the very next morning. He hugged me and asked how I got out. I told him Master had helped me again. Thank you, Master!

I understand the reason Master could help me is because I cultivate diligently. Although I do not know many Chinese characters, I can read all of Zhuan Falun. I study the Fa and do the exercises every day. I then talk to people about Dafa at the open market and help them quit CCP and its affiliated organizations. Although I can’t write, I’ve never let that stop me from telling people about Falun Dafa. If someone agrees to withdraw from CCP, I either ask another practitioner to write down the name or ask the person to write it themselves.

Due to the harsh environment under CCP rule, my home is no longer a Fa study site. This reminded me to be even more diligent and to study the Fa well. Although conditions in the countryside are not ideal, I still use every spare moment to study the Fa. This is the fundamental guarantee for me to maintain my cultivation state. I will be more diligent going forward.

Overcoming Illness Karma to Distribute Truth-Clarification Materials

Although there aren’t many practitioners in my village, we encourage each other to improve. Whenever someone’s cultivation state isn’t good, the others kindly remind them. Everyone cooperates to validate the Fa and offer people salvation. We used to distribute many beautifully-made truth-clarification booklets and calendars. But over time, we no longer did as much.

After Master’s new article “How Humankind Came To Be” was published, local practitioners met and discussed our understandings. We were deeply inspired by how other practitioners diligently distributed the 938th issue of Minghui Weekly, which included Master’s article.

With the help of practitioners from other areas, we began to deliver Minghui Weekly to the neighboring villages. Our county is quite large, so we divided the area into sections and cooperated with each other to distribute them quickly and efficiently. We also improved our cultivation through the process.

I was eliminating karma at the time. An everyday person would have been bedridden, but I knew I could not miss this extraordinary mission and believed Master would strengthen me. I pushed myself through the tribulation and never missed an opportunity.

There were many forms of interference along the way. In order to distribute at night, I stayed at a practitioner’s home in a neighboring village. We studied the Fa and sent righteous thoughts during the day and distributed materials at night.

But my husband was worried about me and called me home one morning. I went home and worked with him all day. I told him about the significance of my cultivation, as well as the importance of what we were doing. I said it was an extraordinary opportunity for me to clarify the truth with the help of practitioners from other areas, and I could not be left behind.

After a long day of work, I ignored how tired I was and went out with the other practitioners at night to distribute Minghui Weekly. We tried not to miss a single household in the entire area and sincerely wanted everyone to read Master Li’s remarkable article.

A Fellow Practitioner Is Arrested

When we were nearly done, a practitioner was arrested and his home was ransacked. This put intense pressure on my husband, as he was afraid that I would be implicated. He did not let me practice and kept a close eye on me. I did not argue with him, as I understood his fear and the pressure he was under. But in my heart, I was very firm. I’d practiced Falun Dafa for many years with Master’s compassionate protection. I would never give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No interference could shake my determination.

A few days later, I started to pack my things and told my husband calmly, “I’m going to look for another place to live since I must continue practicing Falun Dafa. No one can stop me.” My husband saw I was serious and quickly apologized for keeping me from practicing. I forgave him, as I knew he was a very good person and had a positive view of Falun Dafa. The CCP’s persecution of Dafa is so brutal that it terrifies the Chinese people.

He got over his fear and returned to his usual self. Whenever fellow practitioners come to visit me, he welcomes them warmly. If I’m not home, he finds me. I truly feel it’s not easy to be a family member of a Dafa practitioner, because they are ordinary people who endure a lot of pressure. If we do not cultivate well, we’ll let them down.

I’ve now resumed clarifying the truth at the market again. I will continue to practice Falun Dafa diligently and follow Master home.