China Fahui | From a High Official to a Compassionate Practitioner

(Minghui.org) Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996, and I’m now 85 years old. During the past 29 years I’ve been through ups and downs, difficulties and joys. For this 22nd China Fahui, I’d like to tell you about my and other practitioners’ experiences of how Master has helped us and guided us.

We are living this special period in history, one filled with Dafa’s miracles.

Producing and Distributing Materials

Shortly after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to suppress Falun Dafa in 1999, practitioners in my area established a large truth-clarifying material production site to provide materials for my city and nearby smaller cities. We produced so much every day that we needed a car to deliver everything. Although we come from different backgrounds and professions, we were all fulfilling our missions, and no one complained. With Master’s help, the material production site operated smoothly.

Because I didn’t know much about technology, I initially wasn’t much help, so I cooked, cleaned, and ran errands—I did whatever was needed. My position in everyday society was relatively high, which meant I seldom did menial tasks. But at the production site, I just did things just like the junior monk Master described in Zhuan Falun. I felt productive and happy, thinking, “The more materials we produce, the more people we help Master save.”

I not only helped to make the materials, I also to distribute them. In the process, I was able to let go of many attachments, including fear.

I later learned how to use computers and printers, do the layout for flyers, print pamphlets, and prepare DVDs. I also made copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, amulets, and Dafa books.

As more smaller material production sites were established, I also started one in my home. I produced materials for myself and other practitioners. I also helped other practitioners set up material production sites in their homes. The process helped me cultivate, and I went from being a high official to someone who produced materials. The improvement in my xinxing allowed me to be more compassionate. This also later helped me with other types of truth-clarification.

Clarifying the Truth with Cell Phones

In the spring of 2012, a practitioner from another city visited and told us how to clarify the truth with cell phones. He said the materials we’d distributed earlier were like planting seeds, and now it was time to harvest, that we needed to save people directly.

We liked the idea and began to clarify the truth by sending prerecorded audio files with cell phones. It went well. This practitioner encouraged me to talk to the people we called and ask them to quit the CCP organizations. He said that would produce better results and that I was suited to it. Because I’d worked as an official for many years, I was good at communicating. I took his advice and began to phone and talk with people.

I was pretty old at the time and I seldom used cell phones. Now I have two cell phones, one to automatically screen phone numbers and the other to make phone calls. I have a pronounced accent and don’t speak perfect Mandarin, so I started with my area.

I first greet people and wish them well, and say I’m calling because I want to give them some information about quitting the CCP organizations. Because of my dialect and tone, the my calls are well received. I then tell them what Falun Dafa is and answer any questions they have. I suggest a pseudonym they can use to quit. They often thank me after I help them quit the CCP. I encourage them to tell more people about this.

People in my hometown are kind and modest. I was able to help 800 people quit the CCP organizations within three months. My goal was to help 10,000 people, for which I asked Master for help.

This phone call project started on May 13, 2016, and I’ve called people every day since. Holidays are a great time to talk to people. During the 2017 Chinese New Year, I helped 450 people quit the CCP organizations in 10 days.

I need to be in a quiet and safe place to make phone calls, so I go into the woods or near the river. I sometimes ride a bike while I phone people. Other practitioners gave me the phone numbers of those who listened to the prerecorded messages through auto dialing. This increased the chance of those recipients quitting the CCP organizations.

Winter in northern China is cold. I often stood in a field for four or five hours, but I never felt cold. I knew Master was helping me.

At first, I was frustrated when some people refused to accept what I had to say and swore at me. One man listened but then said, “Can you repeat that?” I did and he said, “I can’t understand what you’re saying. Could you repeat it?” After I told him the third time, he told me to speak like a human being and then hung up. I felt bad. I’d been an an official for decades, and I had supervised thousands of people—no one dared to talk to me like that. When that person humiliated me, I realized that he gave me de (virtue). Looking at the list of dozens of people who’d quit the CCP organizations that day, I felt better.

When I read the Fa that evening and looked within, I knew my reaction was wrong. I knelt in front of Master’s portrait and said, “Master, I was wrong. I do not want their de. I just want them to be safe.” Miraculously, there were fewer incidents like that since then. From this experience I learned that everything we encounter is related to our human notions. When we rectify ourselves, the situation changes.

My feeling was like this:

With a small cell phone in my hand,I could travel hundreds of miles instantly;With compassion before speaking,I could help save people with righteous thoughts.There are all kinds of situations,all helping me to improve my cultivation;We Dafa disciples listen to Master,returning to our home in the heavens.

From May 13, 2016, to July 13, 2018 (790 days), I was able to help 10,000 people quit the CCP organizations. I knew Master was responsible for this miracle.

That evening, I had a vivid dream. I stood in a field of golden wheat that I’d planted. The wheat was as tall as a man and had foot-long ears. As a gentle breeze rippled through the wheat, one could imagine the abundant harvest. Master arrived. I said, “Master, I’m sorry I missed some places when I sowed the seeds.” “That is fine. It will not affect the harvest. I think it is good enough,” Master replied with a smile.

I still had a smile on my face when I woke up. I knew Master was encouraging me.

Talking to People Face to Face

The CCP began to control cell phone SIM cards tightly in 2018, closing this project down, so I started to tell people the facts in person.

I often visited the three urban areas and nearby villages on a bike. Each time I brought about a hundred items, including periodicals, pamphlets, Minghui calendars, amulets, and small cards with information on how to overcome the CCP’s Internet blockade. I distributed them and I helped people quit the CCP organizations. I visited these places again when the information was updated.

I often start by greeting people and wishing them well. I might give them something first and then clarify the truth or I clarify the truth first and then give them something. Many people quit the CCP organizations and thank me.

During the pandemic, I had tribulations due to illness karma. My family did not understand and took all my materials. Seeing I only had 240 amulets left, I said to Master, “Master, I will distribute all these amulets.

I usually left home at 8 or 9 in the morning and rode 30 kilometers (20 miles) to different villages. I was weak at first and sometimes I had to stop and drink hot water my wife had prepared fo rme. I talked to almost every person I met. I also helped people who were pushing wagons or lifting things on their vehicles. Sometimes I had to ride quickly to catch up with someone, and sometimes I had to slow down and wait. After we chatted, I told them about Falun Dafa. I was often moved to tears, because I wanted them to stay safe. I asked them to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” to stay out of danger.

When they saw I regained my strength, my family brought back all my equipment, and I continued printing materials.

I was also reported to the police. With Master’s help I escaped danger. One time I handed a Minghui calendar to a man in his 50s. He listened and accepted the calendar. As I continued talking, a car stopped in front me. I took out a calendar for the driver and began to talk to him. He stopped me and said someone had reported me.

I saw it was a police van. I continued talking in the van and silently begged Master for help. I was determined to do well. I realized I should not have returned the same way I'd come. If I hadn’t been lazy, I could have avoided this. We arrived at another place, and the man who reported me was there. After they confiscated my materials, the driver was going to take me away. but the police officer in charge waved and said, “No worries. We’ll take these materials, but you can go.”

I thanked the officer and left on my bike. The man who reported me was upset, saying I should have been sentenced to four years. I smiled and waved good bye. I said I hoped he heard the facts again later.

People like to pay attention to the news. During COVID, many people had symptoms after getting the poor quality Chinese vaccines. When people complained, I told them that reading Dafa materials and quitting the CCP organizations would help. They agreed.

A man asked me why the CCP would persecute Falun Dafa. I said the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance had attracted the general public, but the CCP could not tolerate those values because it promoted class struggle, hatred, brutality, and lies. That is why it started the persecution.
Every time I go to the countryside, I ride over 50 kilometers back and forth. I can help hundreds of people quit the CCP every month and give out about 1000 copies of materials. I know the people in the area will benefit.

At 85, I can still ride my bike to the countryside. This is my fifth bike. People my age are usually very weak, and many depend on their children to get around. Most of those who can walk need to take different medications. But I am healthy and don’t need any medicine. This is a because I am a Falun Dafa practitioner.

My pension is relatively high, but I do not need much. My wife and I live a simple life. Most of our clothes are cast-offs from our children. My wife supports me wholeheartedly and takes care of the family. This allows me to focus on doing the three things, and I am grateful.

When I feel like slacking off, I remind myself what Master said:

“You did not completely fulfill your vow, and you cannot even save those beings allotted to you, those you undertook to save, behind whom are countless sentient beings and gigantic groups of beings. What is that?! Is that simply just a matter of not cultivating diligently? That is an extremely serious crime! An unparalleled crime!” (“Fa Teaching at the 2016 New York Fa Conference,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XIV)

I have come to understand that the Fa-rectification has different stages and that we should always do what we are supposed to do. If we miss the opportunities, there is no way to go back. We have to cherish our opportunities, cultivate ourselves, and help Master save people.

Above are my experiences. Please point out anything inconsistent with Dafa’s teachings.