(Clearwisdom.net) I have never seen Master, not even with my third eye, but I feel that Master is always with me, protecting me. I would like to share some experiences during my eleven years of Dafa cultivation.
Beginning My Cultivation Practice
I had a copy of the book Zhuan Falun for a long time and read it like a hobby, with the mindset of an ordinary person. I knew it was a good book, but did not become aware of the implications of the teachings in this book until I read other Falun Gong books and teachings. I was touched from the bottom of my heart and realized that Master must have been cleansing my body, since I had experienced some discomfort. That led me to believe that I should cultivate in Dafa, that it was serious, and that I should really begin practicing Falun Gong.
Once I made up my mind, all my human attachments to lust and desire, emotions, recognition, and wealth surfaced one after the other. I tried to do everything according to Dafa. However, because of my limited "xinxing," I could not completely eliminate these attachments, and they surfaced repeatedly.
When I practiced the fifth exercise, I started with my legs in a position other than the full lotus. They hurt so much! Later I decided to gradually advance to the full lotus position by starting slowly, and I extended the time from one minute to several minutes. The longer I sat in the full lotus position, the less pain and more peaceful I felt.
I gradually improved my relationship with my wife after I started to cultivate. In the past, I was very bossy and argued with her all the time, no matter if I was right or wrong. After beginning the practice, my personality completely changed. My wife used to be kind and she always listened to me, but she started to accuse me constantly. I knew that I might have to pay my karmic debts, but sometimes I could not control myself and would argue with her. Then she would say, "How can you imagine you are Dafa practitioner? You have no compassion or tolerance." I knew that Master had spoken through her mouth to point out my weaknesses. It reminded me that I was a practitioner, and it was a hint for me to eliminate the attachment to competition, and to be a better person.
The old forces used my wife's belief in the CCP's atheistic culture to create tribulations. She would become very unreasonable when she was drunk, and would not let me into the house at night after I returned from Fa study. She even knelt on the floor and begged me to give up Falun Gong. All the relatives supported her, but I was not deterred. The more I studied the Fa, the more precious I realized it was. At this point I started memorizing Zhuan Falun and completed this once, which was beneficial for my later practice. I made up my mind that I would never give up Dafa and would go home with Master.
The Persecution
I went to Tienanmen Square in December 1999, appealed for Falun Gong, and was detained for a month. In detention I frequently talked to police about the goodness of Falun Gong. In December 2000, I went to Tienanmen Square again and unfurled a banner. I was arrested at the scene and detained at the Changping Police Department. I walked out of the police department with the power of righteous thoughts 48 hours after my arrest. I remembered that Master had told us that the purpose of stepping forward is to validate Dafa. No matter how many police there were, I never stopped talking about the facts of Falun Gong. With Dafa's protection I went back home without any trouble. Some of the detained practitioners were afraid that the police would recognize their voices, and they would be sent back to their hometown for persecution. Once they were back home they were arrested and sent to forced labor, which likely resulted from their thoughts of fear.
I eventually realized that doing Fa-rectification work was the best way to remain safe. Dafa can protect you. Trying to get protection from human thoughts won't work.
After studying Master's new articles I gradually figured out how to tell the facts to people. I started making truth clarification materials at a copy shop. Due to threats from the CCP, all the copy shops in town refused to accept any print job in connection with Falun Gong, so I decided to hand-write the flyers and banners. Sometimes we could get the flyers from Beijing. Some other practitioners then established an information materials site. I was involved in distributing truth-clarifying materials, and later I established my own materials production site.
Working on Fa-rectification, I learned how to search inward and how to improve myself. If there was a conflict, I would look inward according to the Fa, and the problem would resolve itself.
Master's Enormous Grace
I have been detained seven times, and held for a total of two months. Master kept me safe the whole time. I would like to share some of the things that have happened to me and around me.
I delivered Dafa materials once during a heavy rain with other practitioners and discovered that the front wheel of my bike would not move. I got off the bike with a raincoat on, checked for the problem, but could not find anything wrong. The other practitioners behind me asked what had happened. I told them I couldn't find anything wrong. I pushed the bike and walked in the rain to deliver the last batch of materials before I returned home.
The next day my wife discovered a lose bearing on the front wheel. It fell off when she touched it. She said, "You are very lucky you did not get hurt when you rode the bike." I knew that Master had protected me.
One day in the summer of 2000, I went to a residential apartment to post truth-clarifying flyers. I had just posted a few flyers when I saw a police car come toward me and block my way out of the complex. I had seven or eight posters left and two large banners in a plastic bag. I walked toward the police car and sent righteous thoughts. As soon as I walked close to the car, the car lights turned off. The police inside the vehicle became busy checking for the problem, which allowed me to disappear in the dark.
I felt very lucky when Master's article "Suffocate the Evil" was published. I later realized that Master had protected me again and again. The power of Dafa suffocated the evildoers, making it possible for me to get out of such potentially dangerous situations many times. On one occasion I visited another practitioner's home with truth clarification materials right after this practitioner was arrested, and another practitioner was arrested at the scene just after I left. Master helped me realize that nothing that happens is accidental. There was a reason behind it, and I should not be afraid because this hardship was not for me. As long as we can let go of human notions and attachments, Master will be always there for us and protect us.
Security guards arrested me at home and held me at a detention center during the Sixteenth Party's Congress in 2002. A few days after, the police questioned me and ordered me to sign a statement promising to give up Falun Gong. I refused. Instead, I told them the facts about Falun Gong in an attempt to save them, and I sent righteous thoughts. They kicked me, slapped me in the face, and poured cold water over me, among other things. I did not feel too much pain since Master carried some burden for me in the other dimension. I thus avoided more brutal persecution.
About three weeks later I was released but was assessed with a fine, indicating I had committed some kind of crime, although I had not. Later I felt that I had not handled this part of the situation correctly, and had focused too much on human thoughts regarding my release.
Master had another practitioner point out to me that I had cooperated with the evildoers and accepted the persecution. I did not understand it initially, but after studying the Fa more, I realized that as a Dafa practitioner during the Fa-rectification period, I should correct any wrong actions or thoughts, and I realized I had cooperated with the evildoers in this incident.
My daughter is a practitioner, and was previously a college student. With her teacher and classmates, they created a practice site at school and participated in Fa-rectification activities and Fa study. She looked inward when there was a problem, she had excellent grades, and she was listed as the number one student in her major, something that Master and the Fa helped make possible for her, and her wisdom was opened up for Fa rectification. After the persecution began in 1999, when the school authorities told my daughter to participate in brainwashing or "reforming" sessions, her teacher stood up and showed the school that she was best student in the class. The school security officials approached her and attempted to force her to "reform." They stopped her from attending regular school classes. She firmly refused and told them, "I am a regular student accepted by the school, and I pay tuition, just like the other students. Why do you want to take my privileges away?" The school security officials had no answer. Under Master's protection, she received her diploma without a problem. She then found a local job working for a foreign company.
Saving Sentient Beings
Following the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party we were in a new era of saving sentient beings. All practitioners made great effort to do well the three things.
When we began distributing the Nine Commentaries some practitioners did not understand and distributed fewer copies. Gradually we reached the same understanding about the Nine Commentaries, and everyone was able to catch up with the Fa rectification process. I first asked my family members to withdraw from the CCP, and then my relatives and friends, and my colleagues and neighbors. Eventually I extended this to anyone I met.
At the experience sharing gathering with practitioners from out of town I discovered that each of them had a truth clarification materials site, each played the role of coordinator and distributor, and each was involved in Fa rectification and asking people to withdraw from the CCP. I found myself behind their progress. I started acting right away, and did not miss any opportunity to save more people.
We now know that we should think about problems from the perspective of Fa rectification. Our major responsibility is to save more beings. We should study the Fa with calm minds, look inward when there is a conflict, let go of our attachments to self, melt into Dafa, improve as a group, and not give Master reason to worry.