(Clearwisdom.net)
Teacher told us, "A Dafa disciple completely opposes everything arranged by the evil old forces. Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts, save all beings, and safeguard the Fa with determination, because you are a part of Dafa, indestructible; rectify all that is not righteous." ("Dafa is Indestructible")
Several practitioners and I enlightened to something after we studied the Fa together and exchanged experiences: most of the population in our city is in small towns and townships. Many people are still deceived by the false propaganda. In order to let more people there understand the facts, we decided to go to the countryside to distribute truth-clarification materials more frequently, so as to break the malicious arrangements of the old forces. At the same time we considered that the government leaders and police of the towns and townships were not just the executers controlled by evil, but they were also the direct victims. If they knew the truth, and realized in their hearts that Falun Dafa is good, not only could they set up a base for their own good future, but also develop a better environment for Fa-rectification for us. Therefore, we started the activities by first clarifying the truth to the leaders of the towns and townships.
On August 8th, I sent the truth-clarifying VCD with a letter to advise kind behavior to a suburban township of our city. After I gave three letters (addressed to the secretary of the party committee, the mayor, and the director of the police station, respectively) to the officials on duty, I walked towards another town. The official and another person chased me with a motorcycle. After they intercepted me, they said, "Come back with us. How dare you send Falun Gong materials to the township government in broad daylight?" At that moment my righteous thoughts were very strong; I thought what I did was the most holy thing. So I said with a smile, "I won't go back with you. What I did is the most righteous thing. I want you to know Falun Gong is good and this is purely for your benefit." One of them said, "What's the benefit of practicing Falun Gong?" I told them of the beauty of Falun Dafa and they replied, "You said Falun Gong is good, but only two of us have heard it. Many other people in the town government still don't know. Don't you want to come back and talk to them too?" Then I thought, since it is so, I could use this opportunity well to clarify the truth to the township government officials. On our way back, we met the people from police substation who had also been chasing me.
After we returned to the township government, many people came to me and surrounded me. Several people asked, "What did you send here?" I looked at their hope-filled eyes, and said, "I sent the Falun Gong truth-clarification VCD. After you watch it, you'll know that the so-called "Self-Immolation Incident" is staged by Jiang to frame Falun Gong and deceive people. Rather than catching the bad people in our society, Jiang's regime maintains a dictatorship, suppressing kind people. Please don't be deceived by them!" At that time I completely put all fear aside and melted into the Fa. All evil disappeared in the face of my strong righteous thoughts. The people surrounding us started discussion amongst themselves. Several immediately agreed, "What she said is right! Only Falun Gong dares to speak the truth."
When I clarified truth to the township government officials, the director of the police substation came and said, "Get her over here for interrogation first, and find out where she got these materials." Three people took me to a room in the township government building. Before they began questioning, I calmly said, "If you want to know the truth of Falun Gong, by all means, ask me! If you want to ask something else, I will not answer at all." One righteous act can defeat one hundred evils. One of them quickly said, "OK, then talk about Falun Gong first." I explained, "Falun Gong guides people to be good; practitioners never fight back when beaten, never curse back when cursed; It teaches the importance of morality and kind behavior. Out of jealousy, Jiang insisted on persecuting Falun Gong against the people's will. He is digging a tomb for himself, but you could still have a good future if you can recognize his evil nature." The driver said, "What you said is the same as what my relative (also a Falun Gong practitioner) said. It seems that Falun Gong is really not like what's shown on TV." While I was talking, many other township government officials gradually came in. I directly answered their puzzled questions one by one. As Teacher said, "No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates. If everyone does this the environment won't be this way."("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful").
As I continued to clarify the truth, the director of the police substation came back. His angry look had vanished, and he said, "Practice well at home! But why do you people still send out material everywhere, use satellite TV to intercept TV programs and interfere with social stability?" I told him, "All Falun Dafa practitioners do is to clarify the truth to the people in the world and disclose this evil persecution. It's Jiang that uses the government to suppress Falun Dafa practitioners, while claiming that practitioners make trouble and get involved in politics. This is simply the "Logic of Bandits." It's Jiang who is damaging society and destabilizing it at will." Afterwards I told them the facts of the ten thousand people appeal in Zhongnanhai on April 25, 1999 and raised a question, "Now over 60 countries around the world are welcoming Falun Gong; why is it only China that says Falun Gong is not good?" I let him know that "All 7 members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau have read Zhuan Falun, and know Falun Dafa is good. But in order to keep their own fame and benefits, none of them dare to uphold the truth."
After the director of the police substation sent me back to the Political Security Section, I was still sending forth righteous thoughts in my mind and clarifying truth to them at every opportunity. They could see there were no omissions and all threats and terror simply wouldn't work. Just like this, after less than three hours, I walked out of the Political Security Section openly and with dignity.
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I would like to share my thoughts about this truth-clarification:
- We should keep a steady mind and strong righteous thoughts when facing persecution and interference by evil forces. We should not have attachments or fear in our minds. We should also actively eliminate evil in other dimensions and not be confused by the superficial rampant behavior of evil.
- We should clearly recognize that the persecution the evil imposes on individuals is the persecution towards Falun Dafa and the whole body of Dafa disciples. If any individual passively endures, giving evil free rein, he/she has already not followed the requirements of Fa-rectification, thereby causing unnecessary loss to the whole Fa-rectification. Teacher has given us hints about these principles many times.
- The Dafa that Teacher taught us is guiding our cultivation path at all times. In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said, "If you are a true practitioner, our Falun will safeguard you. I am rooted in the universe. If anyone can harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe." Master said in "Touring North America to Teach the Fa", "There are two circumstances in which they can't touch a Dafa disciple. One is that he is rock-solid. They don't dare touch him, because they know at that time that if this disciple has taken a righteous path and conducted himself well and someone still dares to persecute him, it doesn't matter that they're the old forces or what the old principles are--I absolutely won't spare them." "If your righteous thoughts are truly strong, if you're able to put aside the thought of life and death, and if you're solid and unshakable like diamond, then those evil beings won't dare to touch you." When we suffer persecution, sometimes we cannot clearly recognize the evil nature from the perspective of the Fa and blame everyone and everything but ourselves; some even blame Master and doubt Falun Dafa. At that time we should really examine our conscience and ask: "Have we reached the standard of a cultivator? Are we really rock solid and unshakable like diamond, with no attachments to life or death?"
"Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one's master." Teacher is protecting every disciple carefully at every moment; Teacher is compassionate to all sentient beings at every moment.
September 21, 2002
