PureInsight | July 1, 2002
Dear Master Li,
Dear Fellow Practitioners:
Let me take this opportunity to talk about my cultivation experience since attaining Dafa. I attained Dafa in 1996 while with my grandmother in China. Since then, my body has been transformed, my mind has been purified. By following Truth, Compassion, Tolerance--the highest law of the universe, I have been making unceasing progress. The benefits I got from Dafa are beyond description. Back in 1996, Falun Gong could be seen everywhere in China, just like blossoming flowers, so many people were practicing and learning it. Wherever there is Falun Gong, there you will find peace and compassion.
After July 20, 1999, China started the persecution against Falun Gong by disseminating lies and slandering Master Li. Because of my lack of righteous thinking, I almost believed their lies.
After coming to the USA, many people told me the truth about Falun Gong, helping me to change my ossified thinking. Through their effort and the overwhelming evidence they provided me, I finally distinguished between good and evil. I made a solemn declaration on the Minghui web site to indicate I’d resume my cultivation and take part in the Fa rectification process.
I’ll try my best to catch up with the Fa rectification process to make up for the loss I’ve incurred. The mentality of “fear” has been one thing blocking my way. At the beginning, when we were going to the Chinese consulate, sending out flyers, or making phone calls to China, the “fear” was with me, making me feel uneasy when doing Fa spreading work, as though some bad guys were looking at me or something bad were going to happen. But after thinking about it sincerely, I know I am doing the most righteous thing in telling the truth about Falun Gong to people so they can understand it. It’s the best thing I could possibly do, so what I am scared of? As long as I maintain righteous thoughts, nothing will happen to me.
Once in my sociology class, we learned the word “persecution”. I was asked by my teacher what this word meant. I immediately thought, “Maybe it’s Master Li who reminds me to tell people what Falun Gong is.” Isn’t the persecution of Falun Gong in China a good example? I answered the teacher’s question and said that a huge group of innocent people are been persecuted in China; then I talked about Falun Gong and told the whole class about what’s happening in China. Both the teacher and my classmates listened to me carefully. Just as the class was wrapping up, the teacher said he would give me half of a class period to introduce Falun Gong on that Friday. I was very happy because I had gotten a good chance to clarify the truth of Falun Gong to people. But at the same time I was a little bit scared because my English was not that good. I was afraid I couldn’t make it clear. Facing the same old “fear” mentality, I told myself: if you can not break through the constraint of fear, you’ll always be at this level. A true practitioner should be able to do this task because Dafa is supernormal. That evening, I prepared the Dafa truth materials, transparencies for projecting, and also the words I was going to say. The next day I went to school with full confidence. As a result everything went smoothly, and I handed out the Dafa truth materials to everybody. I was really happy for this opportunity because these people will not be convinced by the evil lies anymore.
