PureInsight | June 16, 2008
[PureInsight.org] When the
magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan province, my
city strongly felt it. People could not stand still and all felt very
dizzy. Almost everybody ran outside to open areas and were too afraid
to go inside for the entire afternoon. Many people were even too scared
to go home at night. So, at the time I am writing this article (May
22nd), they have continually stayed outside for several days.
At the time of the earthquake, I was being persecuted by the evil and
my body suffered from very bad "sickness karma." I could not walk very
well. My family wanted to help me go down the stairs. I told them,
"Don't worry about me. Master's Fashen is protecting me, so I will be
safe. Go ahead and get out, and tell people that sincerely reciting
"Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are
good" can save their lives. I then sat in front of the telephone and
called each of my relatives and friends individually. I told them, "In
times of crisis, sincerely reciting 'Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness,
Compassion, and Forbearance are good' can save your life! Be sure to
remember this!" All of those who received my phone calls accepted this
right away. They all felt Dafa disciples' kindness and compassion. Even
people who never believed the truth during ordinary times accepted it
now and said, "Thank you," again and again.
When I saw the sad scenes from Sichuan on TV and when we talked about
Sichuan's situation, especially when we talked about how many schools
collapsed and that lots of students were buried in them, I was so sad
that I could not help crying. Although I live thousands of miles away
from there, I felt I was very close to them and totally had the
responsibility of saving them but missed the chance. I regretted not
telling them Dafa is good and telling them to quit the evil Chinese
Communist Party (CCP). Master said that every person in the world today
has been in his family before. However, in our nation, right around us,
there are now so many dead people buried in the ruins. As someone
Master has saved from hell and who became his disciple and as a one of
the Dafa practitioners, how could we say that we do not bear
responsibility (I am not criticizing fellow practitioners here - this
was how I truly felt)? All those people have been Master's relatives! I
regretted so much. The day before the earthquake, 5 or 6 people came to
see me. For safety reasons, I only told them only about the wave of
withdrawals from the CCP and the importance of quitting the CCP, but
did not tell them that in emergency situations, sincerely reciting
"Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are
good" can save them from danger. During the earthquake, a verse from a
Dafa song appeared in my mind, "Clarify the truth; saving people is
very urgent." I then just realized the compassion and urgency behind
"saving people." I really wanted to cry out in front of the ruins,
"Hurry and yell out 'Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Forbearance are good!'"
We cannot always regret after disasters. We really need to have a sense
of urgency as if saving people from drowning in water or burning in
fire. We must save the people from the disasters created by the Old
Forces. There are not many opportunities given by Divine Beings that
are left for humans. Dafa practitioners' opportunities to save people
are decreasing everyday, every minute, and every second. As a Dafa
practitioner, each one of us must have a sense of urgency of "rescuing
the people from the hands of the Old Forces" and must put it into
action. We must treat every opportunity to clarify the truth and save
sentient beings as if it is the last moment or the last second before
the big disaster arranged by the Old Forces to eliminate people. If
every Dafa practitioner can fight for and save one more person, then
there will be tens of millions of sentient beings saved. Master saved
us so that we could save more people. If we can not achieve this, we
will have failed our mission. Then, we will be ashamed in front of
Master's effort of saving us and we will also be very sorry for
ourselves.
Translated from:
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2008/5/31/53111.html
