PureInsight | January 27, 2008
[PureInsight.org] At noon on an
October day last year, I was distributing truth-clarifying materials on
the streets of a small town. Right after I placed one flier in the
basket of a motorcycle, a store owner spotted me from inside the
building. He stormed out, flipped the flier open with one hand, waved
it above his head and shouted "Falun Gong flier." At the same time, he
tried to call the police with his cell phone in the other hand. People
started to gather around us. I was startled, but not afraid, and
immediately sent forth a righteous thought to disintegrate the evil
element that was controlling him. I took a few steps forward, snatched
the flier back and spoke to him sternly: "What are you yelling at? Get
inside if you have anything to say." My righteous thoughts were strong
and actions so swift that he was shocked and his boisterousness and
arrogance were subdued. He went back inside the store as told. I said
to the crowd, "There is really nothing wrong. Please get back to your
own business."
After the crowd dispersed, I went inside the store and asked him, "Do
you know anything about Falun Gong? What did Falun Gong do to you to
make you report innocent people?" He tried to find excuses for himself,
"I heard about it on TV a few years ago. I received a flier before but
did not want to read it. The police have told every store to watch out
and report on you guys. There are bonuses for doing that."
"That propaganda is made of lies, don't you know?" I tried to reason
with him, "Even if a noble man loves money, he obtains it through
proper ways. If you report on us, you will receive bad retribution. Can
money bring you health? Can it bring you happiness?" I stared at him
while talking. In the beginning, his eyes glared evilly but, later, he
dared not look at me squarely. I told him about the truth behind the
"self-immolation," the Nine Commentaries,
the fact that heaven will extinguish the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
and the massive withdrawal from the CCP. I kept talking until he
lowered his head in remorse and embarrassment. In the end, I asked if
he had joined the Communist Party. He answered yes and said he had once
been selected as an "exceptional party member." I convinced him to quit
the CCP immediately to avoid being buried together with it. He said he
would think about it. I knew that by this point he had learned the
truth and changed his mind. So I reemphasized a few more words, then
stepped out to continue my truth clarifying work in a noble and open
way.
I thought this incident over again in the evening after I returned
home. I realized that, as a Dafa disciple, when an unexpected incident
happens, the first thing to do is to maintain a calm heart, get rid of
all fears, use strong righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and face
the bad person up front. We need to take control. Remember, we are Fa
disciples who assist Master to save people. We do not allow any evil
persecution to happen. Secondly, when a problem arises, we need to use
righteous thought to resolve it in order to effectively stop the
persecution. Master has told us: "Wherever there's a problem, that
is where you need to clarify the truth and save people. Don't take a
detour when you run into difficulties." ("Teaching the Fa at the
Washington, D.C. Fa Conference in 2002") Every tribulation has to be
passed in cultivation. When we break through one tribulation, improve
our level and meet the Fa's requirement, the persecution is diminished
immediately. What's more, we are doing the most righteous things. The
old forces manipulate ordinary people to commit sins against Dafa. They
are actually weeding out these human beings. When we stop an ordinary
person from committing a sin, we are taking him away from the old
forces and saving him from danger. This is the most benevolent thing
for him. Thirdly, we have to search within ourselves when negating the
old force. We must locate where we fall short and search deeper to find
the insufficiencies within the group and correct it during cultivation.
That will leave no chance for evil. We can also build a better
environment for salvation and cultivation.
A few days later, I shared my experience with other practitioners at
group Fa study. We all felt this incident reflected the following
insufficiencies within our group regarding truth clarification and
convincing people to quit the CCP organizations:
1. Attachment to fear. Practitioners paid more attention to
distributing truth clarifying materials behind the scenes and dared not
meet people face to face. We realized that it is important to spread
the materials on a large scale, because people with a pure heart and
kind nature will enlighten to the truth if they read the flier.
However, those who have obtained advantages and have been lost while
pursuing fame and profit will need practitioners to clarify the truth
to them in depth and repeatedly. Only then can they wake up.
2. Some practitioners did not want to go through hardships. Throughout
the whole year, they only distributed a few truth-clarifying materials
close to where they lived and never went to a different town or
village, especially where there were no Dafa practitioners. Few people
in those areas had heard about the truth.
3. There is a lack of group cooperation. There are not many Dafa
disciples in our area. Those who can step out are even fewer, leaving
only a few active practitioners who are doing things on their own. A
senior practitioner couple was persecuted year before last. They never
went out again once they returned home. Illness came back after they
fell behind in cultivation for a long time. We did not offer enough
caring and did not take them along to clarify the truth. As a result,
they remained in a despondent state for a long time.
After searching within ourselves, many attachments and insufficiencies
were found. We came to realize that one should cultivate oneself well
during this precious period of Fa-rectification. At the same time, we
should seize any chance to save sentient beings, leaving no cause for
regret for ourselves.
Translated from:
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/1/15/170288.html
