China Fahui | Cultivating to Become Selfless During the Process of Harmonizing One Body

(Minghui.org)

Greetings, revered Master!Greetings, fellow practitioners!

I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. One year later, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. I went to Tiananmen Square to seek justice for Falun Dafa. I unfolded a Dafa banner in the square. I filed a criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin (former head of the CCP) for his crimes during the persecution. Because I didn’t understand the Fa well enough and still had a lot of attachments at that time, the evil took advantage of my loopholes. I was detained, sentenced, and put in a brainwashing center. During my detention, I used the wisdom Falun Dafa had bestowed upon me to clarify the truth to people and help them withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations and save them. I helped more than 40 inmates quit the CCP in the hideous, intensive training camp in the prison.

I firmly believe in Falun Dafa and safeguarding Dafa. Falun Dafa has forged me and has changed me from a selfish person into a Dafa disciple who considers others first. I am very grateful to Master and Falun Dafa. I’d like to share my cultivation experiences with practitioners and report to Master.

Becoming Selfless While Working on a Project

A practitioner introduced me to a job at a private company one year after I was released from prison. I met another practitioner there. He had learned how to clarify the truth to people by sending text messages on his cell phone from a practitioner in another city. He asked me if I wanted to learn. Of course, I wanted to learn. I had heard of this project when I was in prison and wanted to join. Because I had this wish, Master arranged this opportunity for me to cultivate myself on this path.

In the beginning, we sent text messages by cell phone one number at a time. The practitioner taught me how to customize the cell phones we would use, including how to download telephone numbers and text messages from a computer and put them on cell phones. He also bought unregistered phone cards for me. It was an effective way to clarify the truth to people. This practitioner later went to another city, and I had to operate this project all by myself. I overcame my unwillingness to learn and bought a second-hand computer. I learned how to use the computer and how to log onto the Minghui technical forum to make inquiries and search for related articles.

With the development of the smartphone, I learned how to flash a new operating system onto a smartphone and customize it into a truth-clarification phone and how to use the smartphone to send SMS and MMS and to automatically make voice calls. I also clarified the truth to people over the phone. As I became more experienced in using the smartphone, with the help of technical instructions on the Minghui forum, our clarifying the truth via smartphones project became more and more sophisticated and user-friendly. During the process, I stayed up numerous nights and overcame countless hardships. But I knew that this was also my cultivation process. I didn’t slack off in studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts during this process. Falun Dafa gave me wisdom and enabled me to master the knowledge within a short period of time.

The local coordinator came to see me. She said, “Our practitioners want to join the project of clarifying the truth over smartphones. I have heard that you have technical knowledge in this regard. I suggest that we promote this project and let all the local practitioners join the project to save more sentient beings. This project can also allow practitioners who are not active in clarifying the truth to people face-to-face to become active in clarifying the truth.” I was very happy to hear her suggestion and agreed to become the local technical support.

I got almost 100 smartphones from practitioners. I spent all my spare time customizing and maintaining the phones. I downloaded new phone numbers and voice messages onto the phones and fixed various issues on the phones. The workload was huge, but I didn’t complain because this project had mobilized most of the local practitioners to clarify the truth and save sentient beings. I was very thankful to Master for his compassionate arrangement for us.

This project required practitioners to run the programs while away from their homes and in a constant moving mode. But I needed to stay in a certain place to work on the smartphones. The coordinator came to give me smartphones. I then downloaded new phone numbers and voice messages from the computer to the smartphones and fixed issues, if there were any. I admired the practitioners who were excited to show their lists of names of people who had quit the CCP. I wanted to do the same. But if I went out even for two hours, many practitioners would not be able to use their smartphones. The power of one person was far less than the power of the whole body. Though I still struggled in my heart, I decided to let go of myself and harmonize the whole body. I must cultivate myself to become selfless. My mind calmed down.

I heard that practitioners in another city didn’t know how to customize the settings. In order to save more sentient beings, I approached our local coordinator and asked her to contact the coordinator in the other city to organize a few practitioners to come to learn the skills. I taught them all I knew. Dafa practitioners are one body, no matter where we are. As long as they need my help, I will cooperate unconditionally. Our common goal is to save the precious Chinese people as quickly as possible.

Cultivating Away Selfishness While Doing Computer Work

I found that the technical forum on the Minghui website is a treasury where I can find technical instructions proven safe for use by practitioners. Security is guaranteed for anything you get from there. If a practitioner wants to learn, to research, and to put things into practice, he or she can find secure content there. You can also ask the practitioners there for online support.

Our local smartphone project was running smoothly. I had spare time to read other content. The technical practitioners on the forum started to promote the full-disk encryption (FDE) system. Our local technical practitioner was still using dual systems – two systems on one hard drive. One system was used to do truth-clarification work, while the other system was an open system. There were disadvantages to that system. Except for the system drives, all the other drives were shared. So truth-clarification content could only be stored in the encrypted system, not on the other system or drives where the public could enter. There was a security risk if we were not careful. But the FDE system didn’t allow anyone to enter without the password. With the system and network security settings, we can safely browse the Minghui website.

I studied the FDE system seriously. Master saw my wish and opened my wisdom. I quickly understood the technical aspects and remembered them. I could also put them into practice flexibly. I found my wisdom in this regard was opened up suddenly. I bought a new Acer computer and installed the FDE system according to the online instructions. I installed it successfully on the first try. The system was very secure, and I used it with ease. I felt that I should promote this system among local practitioners. I shared with the technical practitioners and found that they rarely browsed the forum. They might not have time. They didn’t know how to install the FDE system and were not keen on my suggestion.

Master said,

“Minghui.org provides Dafa disciples with a forum for sharing and exchanging ideas, while also offering non-practitioners a window into our world.” (“2018 Fa Teaching Given in Washington, D.C.,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XV)

Practitioners visit Minghui.org daily. I decided to promote the FDE system so that practitioners could browse the Minghui website safely. I should harmonize the one body quietly. I talked to the practitioners I could reach out to about this system and its security, and the future prospects of the system. The practitioners paid a lot of attention to security issues. They accepted my thoughts.

One year later, we learned that the local technical practitioner was seriously ill and could no longer work. He was an all-rounder and knew everything about computers and printers, from purchase to installation and maintenance. Everyone, including me, had relied on him. He fixed everything, big or small, for us. He was so busy that he didn’t have time to study the Fa and do the exercises. He was struck by illness as a result. I felt guilty because I didn’t learn computer system installation earlier to reduce his burden. Otherwise, he would have had more time to study the Fa and do the exercises. Though his life was not in danger, he was half-paralyzed. Bad news came not just once. Another technical practitioner passed away. Now there was no technical support in our area.

Many practitioners didn’t know what to do. They could take their printers to maintenance shops if there were problems. If they had problems with their computers, who could fix the issues for them? They couldn’t ask for help from everyday people. Gradually, they turned to me. I also felt that Master had arranged for me to take on this responsibility at that time. I cooperated with them unconditionally so that they could safely log onto the Minghui website and send their lists of names of people who had quit the CCP to the editors of the Quit CCP website. My engagement with computer maintenance work started from there.

Many practitioners had computers. I was busy visiting their homes to fix problems. But I made an iron rule for myself, so I wouldn’t repeat the error the previous technical practitioners had made: no matter how busy I was, I must guarantee time for Fa study, practicing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts. I didn’t do everything for the practitioners. I encouraged them to learn to maintain their own computers. If they wanted to learn how to install the system, I helped them unconditionally. I didn’t buy computers for them. I told them what kind of computers the Minghui forum had recommended and asked them to buy the computer themselves. Each practitioner bought their own computer in different shops to minimize risk. Practitioners didn’t rely on me, so I had more time to study the Fa and do the exercises.

I understand that the resources on the technical forum on the Minghui website are Dafa resources provided to the practitioners in China. Practitioners have researched and developed the techniques, practiced them in real situations, and then compiled them into texts to share with practitioners. I have utilized the experiences they gained through practice in my work to serve local practitioners. There were a lot of hardships and tempering during the process. But this is cultivation. I shouldn’t become arrogant due to my abilities in this regard. I should humbly serve every practitioner unconditionally and treat their affairs as my own things and cultivate myself to become selfless. When I set my mindset right, I could face the praise and criticism, and cultivate diligently on the path Master has arranged for me, and assist practitioners to save more sentient beings.

To promote the FDE system, I needed to update the computer systems for all local practitioners. This was a huge task. Some practitioners were watching to see how safe the new system was. I updated the system strictly according to the instructions on the forum step-by-step, and informed the practitioners of the online security issues and how to keep the system clean. As more and more practitioners joined in using the new system, they acknowledged me and my work. I felt that my responsibility was huge. I checked the forum every day and updated practitioners’ computers if there were new security measures on the forum. I didn’t feel any loss or gain for myself during the process. I felt that the only purpose of my existence at the time was to do this job.

The WIN8.1 system expired in 2023. All computers needed to be upgraded to the WIN10 system, which required 4G RAM and a Solid-State Drive (SSD). I needed to add more RAM sticks or replace the SSD for some computers. I didn’t have any knowledge of computer hardware. I tried to take the computer apart, and put the parts and screws in different places, hoping to remember where they all were in the computer so that I could put them back into their original places. Thanks to Master’s strengthening, I upgraded the computers successfully in one go. This greatly increased my confidence. When I upgraded the old computers, I first removed the back cover, and then removed the CPU heat sink and fan, cleaned them, replaced the silicone grease, added RAM sticks, and replaced the SSD so that the computer could run normally and rapidly.

The previous technical practitioner liked to use letters from Hong Yin as passwords, because they were easy to remember. Some practitioners suggested that it was not respectful to the Fa. I agreed with them. I didn’t like to use everyday people’s sentences as passwords, because the practitioners needed to recite the sentences once or several times when they entered the passwords, and I felt that they would be polluted by those sentences repeatedly. One day, a thought flashed through my mind that I could write a paragraph of my cultivation experience and use the first letter of each sentence, plus numbers and symbols as passwords. This way I avoided the disrespectful elements and the polluted factors. I could write some encouraging experiences to remind the practitioners to cultivate diligently.

The feedback from practitioners was extremely positive.

A practitioner shared a story with me. A practitioner had just been released from prison. She had been forced to write the Three Statements in prison and was traumatized by that. I installed the new computer system for her. When she read the contents of the password, she was moved to tears. I wrote that password paragraph to encourage her with my heart. She said that Master had used me to encourage her to cultivate diligently and she would do better. I was so happy to hear the story. It was my wish to help practitioners come out of their low points and become diligent in cultivation again. Thank you, Master, for your compassion and salvation!

Of course, there have been misunderstandings of me among some practitioners.

On one occasion, several practitioners wanted to learn how to install the computer system. When I taught them how to set up the password, I said, “You need to make up a password with no less than 20 digits composing capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Otherwise, the system won’t accept the password and you won’t be able to proceed with the installation.” One of the practitioners interrupted me, “That was the reason! We misunderstood you. A practitioner was once arrested for distributing pamphlets in the village and was forced to write the three statements. When she saw the contents of the password you set up for her, she was very angry and said that you didn’t need to ridicule her with the password because she wrote the three statements. The password was so complicated. It was so troublesome to log into the computer. She said that if you have a strong fear, you’d better not do Dafa work. We didn’t know the reason for the complicated password. We misunderstood you.”

I was shocked by the story. I forgot what that password had been. I didn’t expect it to hurt the practitioner. I was calm at that time. But after I got home, I felt upset. I didn’t have any intention to ridicule her. I had installed the system for her unconditionally. I asked her to set up a password herself, but she didn’t do it. I set one up for her, and she had badmouthed me behind my back. I felt angry, wronged, and unsettled. Fortunately, it was a habit for me to look within. I calmed down and reviewed the incident again. I found that it was my fault because I didn’t think of her situation and her mood at the time. I only thought from my own perspective, though I didn’t have any intention to hurt her.

I realized through this incident that it was not simple to become a selfless person, and that I must let go of all attachments and treat every person and everything with compassion before I could reach that realm.

Considering Others First while Doing Coordination Work

One day a coordinator took me to a Fa study group. I saw all the practitioners; there were local coordinators. I was asked to study the Fa and share with them. When I gradually became part of the group, I found this environment was too precious to me. Most of the topics they discussed were how to solve issues and how to harmonize the whole body. Their foundational thoughts were for the whole body and for other practitioners. I used to only consider the practitioners in my project as one body and only thought of the issues of smartphones and computer maintenance, and was not involved in any other projects.

The coordinators needed to consider issues from all local practitioners’ perspectives. My mind broadened. I learned to consider things from the perspective of the whole body. I felt that my realm had elevated, and I enjoyed it. It was indeed a joyful time for me. Thank you, Master, for your compassionate arrangement!

As I had more contact with practitioners, I learned more about what was happening among them. I gave feedback to the coordinators about the issues the practitioners had. The coordinators shared and decided to let the practitioners solve the issues themselves and walk their own paths. I realized that I had the heart to rely on coordinators. I’d like to ask them to fix issues and ask them to face the practitioners. I didn’t have confidence in myself and had the heart to protect myself, and didn’t want to get involved in risky things. After realizing my attachments, I took the initiative to coordinate among practitioners.

One day, the police came to harass a practitioner who had come from another city. The practitioner was not home at that time. The police then waited around her home. Other practitioners helped send forth righteous thoughts for her. After a period of time, we didn’t see her. No one knew what happened to her.

As a coordinator, I should go and have a look. I knocked on her door. She opened the door. I saw that she was not in good shape. Her third eye was open, and she must have seen something. She said that the evil had come to kill her. She had stayed in another practitioner’s home for several days and then came back home because the other practitioner had become afraid. Her husband had urged her to get a job and make some money. She had refused and stayed at home studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts to adjust herself. She said, “I feel sad in my heart. No practitioner has dared to come to see me. They all hide from me. Only you dare to see me.” She was almost in tears.

I knew that she needed to share with other practitioners and reinstate her righteous thoughts. I shared with her from the Fa perspective for a long time. She found many of her attachments. I asked her if she had hatred. She thought about it and said that she didn’t have hatred. After she calmed down, I left her home.

I went to see her several days later. She had been helping her neighbor at the time. Her husband went to get her. She was very happy to see me. She thanked me sincerely. I asked her why she had thanked me. She said, “After you left last time, I kept thinking why you had asked me if I had hatred. I thought about it for a while and realized that I did have hatred. More than 10 years ago, the police came to arrest me. My husband sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and didn’t move a bit with no expression on his face. I developed resentment. I heard that other practitioners’ husbands had stood up and opposed the police. But my husband did nothing. My hatred toward him deepened. It was hidden inside my heart deeply for more than 10 years. I didn’t realize it. Since I have found it, I will get rid of it. Amazingly, he started to become good to me. Indeed, I should thank you. You helped me find the root cause of the persecution. Now I am all good.”

I felt so happy for her. I said, “I hope that you will have become yourself again the next time I see you.” She said jokingly, “I have become myself, can’t you see?” I was amazed that kind actions can indeed help other practitioners.

Final Remarks

I have many more stories to share but I will stop here. I have so many insights from cultivation. The process of cultivation is a process of putting the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance into practice. Cultivating ourselves to become selfless is the realm the practitioners in the Fa-rectification period must reach, and it safeguards the new cosmos from being corrupted. Thank you, Master, for your compassion and salvation!

(Selected submission for the 22nd China Fa Conference on Minghui.org)