(Minghui.org) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner who faced a tribulation head-on and thus escaped brainwashing in 2003.
The management at my work advised me that I would be taken to a brainwashing center in July 2003. This gave me the impetus to contact company officials and managers, and tell them about Falun Dafa.
After drafting a letter in which I spoke about Dafa, I personally delivered it to the work unit’s Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary, who asked me to promise in writing that I would not go to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Dafa or distribute materials about the persecution. I politely refused in a roundabout way.
On my way home, I worried that I could lose my job. This thought was not right, because a practitioner should act and think based on the Fa.
As my righteous thoughts grew stronger, things began to change for the better. Upon my return from a business trip, the general manager changed his attitude. He was willing to listen to the facts about Dafa, the unprecedented persecution, and why he should quit the CCP. He ignored his superiors' demands and did not fire me.
Practitioners Are Protected
Fear took hold of me one day before I went out to distribute Dafa materials. That's when I saw through my celestial eye two mighty warriors at my door. I remembered that heavenly soldiers protect us. With that thought, I was no longer afraid and went out to distribute Dafa materials.
However, sometimes wrong thoughts enter my mind. When I put up posters with the phrases “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” I worried that they would be removed the next day and that it would be a waste of time and materials. Master encouraged me at that point: I saw the phrases turn golden, and the interfering thoughts went away.
Interference from Human Thoughts
My human thoughts sometimes prevent me from telling people about Dafa. For example, I did not give a young man on a bus a Shen Yun DVD when I gave them to others, because he did not seem interested in the performing arts.
When I was getting off the bus, he asked me why I had not given him a DVD. This made me realize that people truly do want to see the Shen Yun performances.
Before I give my customers a DVD, I send forth righteous thoughts and try not to miss anyone. I even searched an entire building for one of my good customers, so that I could hand him a DVD.
I ask Master to strengthen my righteous thoughts, so that I can break through the obstacles that the old forces created in people's minds.
Studying the Fa Well and Searching Within
It is easy to lack righteous thoughts when one does not study the Fa well. I once had a conflict with a customer, and thus missed the opportunity to tell him about Dafa.
I searched within and discovered that when I do not study the Fa well, I do not live by the Dafa principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” and thus cannot help people as effectively. I learned my lesson and began to study the Fa more diligently. I recite the Fa and search inside for loopholes and attachments so that I can eliminate them.
I used to clarify the facts to people by myself, but found that when I cooperate with fellow practitioners, I can find and let go of more attachments.
For example, I wanted to give a DVD to a pedestrian, but the practitioner did not stop the car. I grumbled in my mind that she stops only when she wants to give a DVD to someone, but not when I find a person.
A dark wall immediately arose between us in another dimension. I sent forth righteous thoughts, but did not search within to find my attachment.
When we went out together again, she sent forth righteous thoughts while I distributed the Dafa materials. I thought to myself, “Why do I have to climb the stairs?” On our way home, I fell. That's when I realized that because of my attachment, I had given the old forces a chance to persecute me.
Distributing Dafa materials and talking to people about Dafa helped me find many of my attachments and encouraged me to eliminate them. Whenever I had a breakthrough in my cultivation, I found that it became easier to tell people about Dafa.
Only by truly cultivating and getting rid of our notions can we experience the power of the Fa.
Category: Improving Oneself
