(Minghui.org) During recent years, the cultivation environment in our area has been problematic. Falun Dafa practitioners were arrested and seriously harmed. Many have been harassed, detained, and sentenced. More than one practitioner, including the coordinator of our area, has been displaced and interfered with by sickness karma. We have been in a state of disarray, and at a loss for what to do.
Master Li taught us:
“The Fa can break all attachments; the Fa can destroy all evil; the Fa can shatter all lies; and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts.” (“Drive Out Interference,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress II )
We realized that to find a way out of this interference, we had to study the Fa regularly. In our Fa-study group, we study at least three lectures of Zhuan Falun every day. We continue to do the three things well, look inward when things go wrong, and keep improving our character. After discussions, we understood that this severe environment is only a test for us, but we cannot stop saving people. So we began to distribute Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials in the rural areas in the evening.
We held the hope to be able to continue to persuade people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations during the day. However, we found that the number of people who were willing to quit dropped significantly. Either they had already quit, or they didn’t want to quit. Each of us made a great effort, but could barely get 8 or 10 people to quit the CCP on a given day.
We then realized there were a lot of people visiting the big fairs in the countryside. We found this to be a good opportunity to talk to people and help them quit the CCP. So we looked for the days of the big fair in each township in advance.
We understood that we had to study the Fa well, send righteous thoughts, and make sure that no one used words or actions that were inconsistent with the Fa. We needed to correct our behavior in a timely manner. During the process, the participating practitioners gradually matured, and improved in every aspect. We went from persuading a dozen people per person per day to 20, 30, 40, or 50 people to quit the CCP organizations. By the time the fair ended in the afternoon, we were able to awaken the conscience of over 100 people and get them to quit the CCP. This was better than walking along the streets and trying to talk to people about Dafa.
We were also able to gradually bring onboard more practitioners who were not initially involved in the project. We now have two groups helping people quit the CCP at the fairs. We coordinate and cooperate with each other and always utilize only one group of practitioners at the same time at a given fair. So we are dispersed, well integrated with the crowd, and avoid duplicating our efforts.
Of course, not everything goes smoothly. For example, when one of us was trying to talk to someone about quitting the CCP, the guy assaulted him and grabbed him by the collar. However, the practitioner was very calm and asked for Master’s help, “Master, even if I can’t persuade him to quit, I can’t let him commit a crime against Dafa!” He then got away from the perpetrator. Those who go out often to talk to people face to face often may encounter such situations. But as long as your heart is righteous and your mind is calm, Master will strengthen you, and you will get unexpected results.
We continued to go to the fairs to talk to people for about two months and stopped on the 27th day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar. We were going to continue after the Chinese New Year but, unfortunately, the pandemic broke out in 2020, and the fairs were no longer held.
One day, when I was walking along the streets and talking to people, I noticed a young man sitting in a car across the street with the doors and windows open. I told him about withdrawing from the CCP and to remember to say “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!”
I then asked him if he had joined the CCP, and he answered sternly, “I am a police officer.” I said, “Even though you are a police officer, you have to protect your life, right? Law enforcement is only your profession. Life is precious. Quit the CCP and have peace!” With the blessing of Master, my words touched his heart and he said, “Okay, I’ll quit the CCP.” I was glad for his smart choice.
In recent years, especially as I’ve been memorizing Hong Yin, Master’s words always hit me hard and repeatedly reminded me.
Master said, “ … Saving people before the catastrophe, racing against the clock.” (“Fulfilling the Vow,” Hong Yin III)
Whereas other practitioners went to the fairs every other day, I went every day in the morning and studied the Fa in the afternoon. I was in a hurry to save more people.
Although the fairs have been suspended, we cannot stop our efforts to reach more people. The more serious the pandemic, the greater the danger to all sentient beings, and the more we should do to rescue them.
Even though many apartment complexes were under lockdown, we could still go to different buildings within the complexes. So we decided to distribute truth clarification materials within our own apartment complex after nine p.m. I alone spent five evenings distributing materials to every household in the complex where I live.
At the same time, I also took the initiative to go to the countryside to share my understandings with practitioners. As it is not convenient for city-based practitioners to go to the countryside, I encouraged the rural practitioners to take responsibility for their own areas. I provided them with the materials, which solved their main problem.
Occasionally, there were power outages in one of the buildings where one of us lived. We felt that this was a good opportunity. The gate was accessible, and there was no surveillance. We immediately coordinated with three other practitioners to distribute more than 1,000 copies of truth-clarification pamphlets in 11 high-rise buildings and 8 multi-story buildings. So whenever there is a power outage in a closed community, it is a good opportunity for us to distribute Dafa materials.
Some larger complexes have more than a dozen high-rise buildings and eight to nine multi-story buildings. Regardless of the size of the complexes, the task must be done within a given time.
75-Year-Old Practitioner
Each of us is different in our Fa-study group. Take practitioner Amei for example. For many years, she has been learning the Fa well, going to the market, and walks along the street almost every day to clarify the truth – she wants to save people. Even at the age of 75, she does not miss any group projects.
Whenever it is an important day for Dafa activities, she will cooperate with fellow practitioners, put up small posters with truth clarification messages, and hang banners on trees. When distributing Dafa materials in the countryside, she never was picky about who she was working with.
She had suffered a serious illness and had not fully recovered, but she kept going. Once, when she climbed up to the 17th floor to distribute pamphlets, she was having breathing difficulty, so she asked Master for strengthening. Her condition improved, and she was able to finish the task.
When she was busy getting things done, no one could tell that she was 75 years old. For many years, she and her husband set aside a large sum of money from their salaries for projects to validate Dafa. During the past few years, she spent large sums of money for buying CDs and making truth-clarification calendars.
Amei was also responsible for connecting with practitioners in the countryside to ensure all projects were in place in a timely manner. Whether it was Dafa materials or copies of Master’s new scriptures, they were delivered in a timely manner. And when issues came up in the rural areas, she would make a special trip to have a discussion with them in person. This has been a great help to the elevation of these practitioners.
As a result of being in the forefront of Fa-rectification, she encountered some tribulations. Once she was arrested when helping a policeman quit the CCP. When she was in custody, she tried to swallow the piece of paper with a list of 23 people who quit the CCP but was caught by the Domestic Security Chief, and he confiscated the list.
As she had blisters in her mouth, when she put the piece of the paper in her mouth, it became stained with blood. She demanded the list back, but the Chief refused. But on the second day, she miraculously found the list when she washed her mask. Tears covered her face. The blood stain was still there. She could not believe that Master had brought her precious list back to her.
70-Year-Old Practitioner
Practitioner Bai is 70 years old, but she prioritizes studying the Fa teachings and clarifying the facts about Falun Gong. She is now memorizing Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa.
When there is a shortage of funds for projects, she would ask her husband to contribute. Even when looking after their young granddaughter, they tried not to miss any opportunities to help save people.
Before the persecution started, her home was a group Fa study site. For many years, she could be seen in the forefront helping people learn the truth – be it passing out Shen Yun CDs, distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, delivering Dafa calendars, putting up self-adhesive posters, hanging posters on trees, going door to door, talking to people at the markets, and going to the countryside to distribute brochures. Because she walks fast, we nicknamed her “Speedy Legs.”
Bai often came up with good ideas to help people understand the truth. It was her idea to go to the fairs to talk to people. Her husband, who is also part of our group, is very diligent. He recites the Fa after sending righteous thoughts at midnight, and now he has recited Zhuan Falun more than once. When their financial situation improved, he quit his job to devote all his time to cultivation.
He was once hit by a car and suffered many fractures all over his body. But he didn’t take any medication, did not stay in the hospital, and didn’t ask for a cent from the driver.
When he suffered sickness karma in the form of a stroke, he still went out to talk to people even though he had trouble walking. On that day, he helped seven people quit the CCP, and by the time he got home, he was walking fine.
When his relatives found out what he was going through, they worried because he didn’t say anything to them or go to the hospital. He thought to himself: “I am fine due to Master’s care. If I go to the hospital, I’ll have to walk with a cane even if I don’t die there.” All these years, he has been involved in various projects to tell people about the persecution.
I would also like to talk about a practitioner who drives us around. When we were disorganized, he took the initiative to coordinate and take us to clarify the truth to people. He also organized sharing sessions for not only practitioners in the city, but also those in the countryside. This is easier said than done. He needed to find a suitable venue and be someone with strong righteous thoughts and organizational skills.
He delivered Dafa materials to the rural areas and encouraged these practitioners to do the three things well. He did not have a regular income. Every year, he worked a seasonal job to make some money. With support from his wife, who is also a practitioner, he was able to quit his job so he could devote all his time to truth-clarification projects.
We feel that the time that Master has given us to continue to save people is getting less and less, while the number of sentient beings waiting to be saved is big. Master has mentioned many times in several Hong Yin books that we have to compete with time to save more people. We will not slack off. We will coordinate with each other, rectify our deficiencies according to the Fa, walk the rest of the way under Master’s protection, and assist Him in rectifying the Fa.