(Clearwisdom.net) Many practitioners in China who have just started to clarify the truth in the severe persecution environment have a common situation. They can clarify the truth to family members and friends, but they don't know what to say to a stranger. I'd like to share my experience on how I broke through clarifying the truth to strangers and persuading them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates.
Right after the persecution began on July 20, 1999, I felt depressed for a very long time. After I read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, I suddenly woke up and made up my mind to break through this fear and step out. I first clarified the truth to my family, friends, classmates and colleagues, and persuaded them to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliates. Most of them understood the truth and quit, but I did not have the courage to clarify the truth to any strangers due to my attachment of fear and other acquired notions, so I stopped.
When thinking about so many sentient beings poisoned and deceived by lies and facing elimination, I was very worried. Through Fa study and sharing with fellow practitioners, I kept strengthening my righteous thoughts, and I made up my mind to break through this fear and step forward to clarify the truth to strangers. After careful observation, I chose the people doing morning exercises to start with.
On the first morning after meditation exercises, I began jogging along the Huai River dam. I looked around at the people doing exercises but I could not get the courage to speak to them. "Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while transformation of gong is done by one's master." (Zhuan Falun) I thought if I had the heart to save sentient beings, Master would lead the predestined people to me. So I sat on the dam and waited for the predestined people. In just a few minutes, a middle-aged woman walked with her dog towards me. The small dog sniffed around me and the lady could not pull it away. I immediately felt Master's benevolence. I knew Master brought her to me. So I praised her dog and we started chatting. We first talked about the natural disasters and prophecies, and then I told her about the persecution of Falun Gong and the practice spreading around the world. Then her neighbor came with her dog and she went off with her. I felt very regretful that I had too many worries and didn't get to the point right away. I knew that since I had passively clarified the truth and persuaded people to quit the CCP and its affiliates, along with having many human attachments, the old forces had excuses to block me.
On the second day, I made up my mind to actively do things. Although my mind was made up, I still couldn't speak. I jogged along the dam back and forth twice but still could not get the courage to speak. I thought, "I must do it today no matter what." So I walked to an old man sitting on the dam and directly clarified the truth to him and asked him to quit the CCP and its affiliates. He stood up and left without saying a word, and I felt really disappointed. When I stood up, I saw a middle-aged man beside me, so I started to ask him to quit the CCP and its affiliates. He smiled and said, "I understand what you said." I made up an alias for him and helped him quit the Youth League and Youth Pioneers. I looked at this man. He was wearing a pair of dress shoes. He was not here for morning exercise but came to listen to the truth. I enlightened that Master was encouraging me.
After this step, a lot of evil factors in my field were eliminated. Since then, I have often gone out in the morning to talk to people who are exercising. I have clarified the truth to them and asked them to quit the CCP and its affiliates. By striving forward to break through my fears and assist Master to validate the Fa, I have opened up the road for myself to save sentient beings.
This is my personal experience, please point out anything inappropriate.
