Walking Hand in Hand with Other Practitioners on Our Cultivation Path

(Minghui.org) An elderly female practitioner and I worked together on various projects to let more people know about Falun Dafa and the persecution. I have heavy human attachments and difficulty walking on my cultivation path. This practitioner, Liu, has strong righteous thoughts and has been cultivating solidly for many years. While working together, she did more of the work and was tolerant of me.

Facing my attachments of fear and negative thoughts, she didn’t blame me and instead, encouraged me with her understanding of the Fa principles and shared about other practitioners’ experiences that she read on Minghui.org. Her righteous thoughts helped to strengthen me so I could cultivate more diligently.

Cultivation Environment Improved

After I was released from prison for being incarcerated for my belief, a practitioner took me to Liu’s home for group Fa-study once a week. We were very careful about security and usually came and left one at a time to avoid disturbing the neighbors and being spotted by the police. I would always stay until everyone left. Liu would then offer me some fruit or snacks while I waited.

After a period of time, someone reported our Fa-study site, and the authorities paid Liu’s neighbors to monitor her apartment. Liu was not afraid for her safety, however, she worried more about her neighbors as they would be committing a crime by assisting in the persecution. Her neighbors know that Dafa is good and had quit the Communist Party, but what would their future be like if they assisted in the persecution?

Liu sent strong righteous thoughts to disintegrate the old force factors influencing her neighbors, so they can stop monitoring practitioners and choose a good future for themselves. Liu also found more opportunities to tell them about the persecution and the heavenly principle of “good is rewarded, and evil will meet with retribution.” Soon after, the neighbor in charge of monitoring her moved out of the area.

One day, Liu ran into this neighbor on the street. He looked thin and pallid, and his wife was scolding and beating him. Liu asked what happened and persuaded his wife to stop scolding him. His wife was very angry, saying his mind was not right; he couldn’t even remember the way back home. Liu was very sad to hear this.

An elderly woman lived opposite Liu’s apartment. She lived alone and was monitoring Liu’s activities. She would open her door to look at who was going to Liu’s place. Once, she ran into Liu on the stairway and found an excuse to search Liu’s backpack. Liu knew what she was up to and just smiled. She took the opportunity to clarify the truth to this woman.

There was a period of time when this neighbor couldn't cook at home due to renovation work being done on her side of the building. So Liu invited her for meals at her place. This woman was embarrassed to go, but Liu comforted her and said that it was no trouble, as eating out all the time wasn’t healthy. The woman then gladly accepted and ate at Liu’s place for a few days until the building work was complete. She was very touched, and when she met other practitioners going to Liu’s place for Fa-study, she would say, “Falun Dafa is good. I won’t report you!”

The Beauty of Having My Body Cleansed

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, many practitioners in our area increased their efforts to save people and went out on the street to clarify the truth and help them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, some elderly practitioners didn’t pay attention to safety when using their cell phones and didn’t cultivate their speech. They casually told their family members details about our projects and the location of our Fa-study site.

The authorities knew everything about us, such as who was making Dafa materials, and who were the coordinators. They started monitoring us and took pictures for so-called evidence.

During that time, I was obsessed with visiting overseas websites and reading prophecies, and following ordinary news in the world. When I went out to talk to people about Dafa, I would often buy a large amount of grain, rice, oil, salt, and other necessities to stock up for possible emergencies, as other people were doing.

With so many attachments that I hadn’t gotten rid of, such as showing off, the competitive mentality, resentment, jealousy, vanity, and attachments to food, the old forces took advantage of my loopholes. As a result, I developed symptoms similar to the virus: coughing, high fever, shortness of breath, aching bones, and apparent organ failure. I was worried that I might die, but soon became alert knowing that the thought was not mine; it was imposed on me by the old forces.

I asked Master Li (Dafa’s founder) for help and started listening to His lectures. I repeatedly recited, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” and strengthened my righteous thoughts.

Master said to say,

““I’m Li Hongzhi’s disciple, I don’t want other arrangements or acknowledge them”—then they won’t dare to do that. So it can all be resolved. When you can really do that, not just saying it but putting it into action, Master will definitely stand up for you.” (“Teachings Given on Lantern Festival Day, 2003”)

I felt a little better but still had a cough and fever and even spat out traces of blood when coughing. I didn’t pay it attention and sent righteous thoughts more intensively to clear up my dimensional field. My symptoms of hemoptysis ceased.

In a sharing article on Minghui.org, a Dafa practitioner developed symptoms similar to that of a stroke. He did the third set of Dafa exercises repeatedly and fully recovered. I did the second exercise (Falun Standing Stance) one more time after doing the exercises. A burst of energy then surged in my chest, knocking out the bad substances inside of my body. I no longer had tightness in my chest or shortness of breath. My fever subsided too, although I still had a little cough.

Many Practitioners Arrested

When I was planning to go out to talk to people, someone from the residential community called, telling me I was being monitored, and that I couldn’t leave my home. Otherwise, both of us would be in trouble.

The next morning, I opened the curtains while it was still dark and saw a few people exercising. I found out they were plainclothes officers from the police department and the residential community. They formed groups of four or five and took turns monitoring me and my family. My family was scared and told me not to go out, so I stayed in and sent righteous thoughts at home.

However, I decided to go out a few days later. Although I was a little afraid, I knew that as soon as I stepped out of my apartment, I would always meet a few predestined people. It was worth it to help save even one person! So I recited Master’s poem “What's to Fear?” and went out. As soon as they saw me, they followed me and took my picture. I had to be selective in talking to people, but could always find the opportunity to help people quit the CCP.

A practitioner came to my home and told me that coordinator Wang had been arrested. I asked her to tell another coordinator to notify others to send righteous thoughts. Wang is very capable and diligent in cultivation. When she found out about my situation, she risked her safety to come to my home and share her thoughts with me.

Under the current situation with the pandemic, many subdivisions were locked down and practitioners could not meet each other, so I decided to post the information about Wang's arrest on Minghui.org.

I also sent righteous thoughts for Wang to be released. Unexpectedly, other practitioners came to my house the next day and told me that more practitioners were also arrested. I realized how serious the situation was, as practitioners at the material production sites, coordinators, and others clarifying the truth were all taken into custody at the same time.

I knew we had to expose this immediately and ask the arrested practitioners’ family members to request their release.

But how could I find out more details? In the past, I would go to the home of the persecuted practitioner to learn more and post the information on Minghui.org. Sometimes, the police would arrive at the arrested practitioner’s home right after I left, but I never encountered any danger under Master’s protection.

However, this time, I was being monitored. Other practitioners told me that police were also monitoring Wang’s home. My mother had a dream where I was arrested and lost my life. She told me to be careful. I asked her not to worry, as everything would be fine because we have Master's protection.

But fear still kept creeping up on me. I was afraid CCP agents would find out that I exposed information about Wang’s arrest, so I dared not go to the other arrested practitioners’ homes to get more information. While I had no idea about what to do next, Liu came and agreed to work with me. She could go to the practitioners’ homes and ask their families to request their release. She also notified other practitioners to send righteous thoughts, while I was responsible for exposing the evil acts online. In this way, Liu overcame hardship traveling back and forth between practitioners’ homes.

However, CCP agents noticed her after the news was published on Minghui.org, and practitioners started to panic. A group of agents went to Liu’s home. Some were from the police station and others were staff from the community committee. Liu was not afraid. She didn’t allow them to enter her apartment as there were Dafa books and NTD television satellite receivers there. So she stood at the door and said, “Sorry I won’t be able to let you in because I need to go out and run some errands.” The agents did not try to pass and just asked Liu not to contact other practitioners.

Liu smiled and said, “Please rest assured. I won’t commit any bad deeds. I will follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person.” Upon hearing this, the officers left.

Since then, Liu became our local coordinator. She traveled to practitioners’ homes and tried her best to help others. Gradually, more and more practitioners went to her home for group Fa-study, and we helped more people quit the Party. Although CCP agents set up a few new monitoring sites around her apartment, practitioners kept going there with strong righteous thoughts.

Thank you Master! I will stride forward and walk on the path of Fa-rectification hand in hand with other practitioners.

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