Greetings Master, and fellow practitioners!
My name is Li Cheng and I am 18. My parents and I started to practise Falun Gong in October of 1997. It wasn’t long before a group to study the Falun Gong teachings (Fa) was set up in my home. We were studying the Fa together with the other Falun Dafa practitioners who were living nearby. All of us were diligent in studying the Fa and in our cultivation.
After the persecution against Falun Gong started in China in July of 1999, I almost gave up cultivation because I was too fond of playing, and especially crazy about all kinds of computer games. As my parents refused to renounce the cultivation, they became the focus of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In order to resist the persecution, they had to give up their good jobs and decided to escape from China. Early in 2002 my parents and I arrived in Russia where I again tried to get back on track with my cultivation.
Because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) having extended the persecution overseas, incited by the Chinese Embassy, Russian police who didn’t know the facts about Falun Gong used to arrest my parents, taking them to the repatriation centre in an attempt to deport them back to China. Time and again, we clarified the truth of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong by using the opportunity of lodging an appeal. Although the Russian government all along refused our application for asylum with no reason but the force of pressure from the CCP, with the strengthening from Master and help from our fellow practitioners, we were finally rescued to Sweden from Russia by the UN Organisation of Human Rights in May last year.
Since we arrived Sweden, we have used the Internet as a tool to expose the persecution according to our circumstances, besides trying to attend activities where we expose the persecution held in some European countries and regions. Now I would like to share some of my own experiences with you.
Trying my best to give people a chance to find out about Falun Gong without being confined by the language and environment
We are now living in a small city with beautiful surroundings where there are almost no Chinese people. At the beginning, we couldn’t wait to move to big cities such as Stockholm and Gothenburg in order to clarify the truth to more Chinese. Later we realised that wherever practitioners are, we should do everything well. So we set our heart at rest and tried our best to do what we should do. We should bring the goodness of Falun Dafa to the people living in the small city and fulfil our historical mission. My parents often do Falun Gong exercises after class on the campus of a Swedish School, or near a small bridge in the City Centre park. While they are doing the exercises, the banner is always hung up and a small exhibition board is put there, together with other materials in all languages, which can be seen by passers-by. The principal of my school has often seen my parents practising Falun Gong on the campus when he goes and attends meetings at the adult school. The beautiful music of Falun Gong and its peaceful movements have left a deep impression on the people of the small city. They feel shocked when they come to know that Falun Gong practitioners are now being persecuted in China.
I also take every opportunity of clarifying the truth and to let more people know about Falun Dafa. On the 1st of December in 2005, a community exhibition was held for a day. The head teacher invited many people to visit the school.
Before the exhibition, the principal in charge of school affairs came to our class hoping that the students from different countries would each make a brief introduction of one’s own homeland. I told her that my family had come here because of the persecution of Falun Gong. At that time, I had only learnt Swedish for about three months and couldn’t explain more to her. So the next day, I gave a Swedish publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party1 to both my teacher and the principal. They said: “We’ve understood, and you can exhibit what you like.”
When I got home, I consulted with my parents. We all thought: it was indeed a good opportunity of clarifying the truth! It was the first time for me to tell the facts about Falun Gong in front of so many people. I felt sorry about my language because I couldn’t explain everything clearly in Swedish. Later, I thought: “That’s all right. I am sure that Master will help me with that.”
On the eve of the exhibition, my parents and I had materials ready and made many beautiful lotus flowers out of paper. Early next morning, I came to school where the principal and teacher were pleased with my preparations. We put some lotus flowers on the tables, which immediately made the whole hall looked very beautiful.
On that day, our school invited many guests. The principal, who knew the truth about Falun Gong, acted as a voluntary commentator. With a smile, she led guests to me, handed over materials introducing the practice and the persecution, lotus flowers to each guest and told them about my experience. A young lady earnestly read the materials on the spot without initially accepting the lotus flower and after that, she asked the principal many questions. While explaining, the principal did some Falun Gong exercises movements. I felt very happy on seeing so many people know and understand Falun Dafa.
Doing what Falun Dafa practitioners should do, Master has given me boundless wisdom
In order to clarify the truth more efficiently with the Internet, we bought a very good computer. Enjoying playing computer games used to be a great attachment of mine. My parents often reminded me of eliminating this interference. By studying the Fa, I gradually realised that it was my attachment that had prevented me from rectifying the Fa. I should do what Falun Dafa practitioners should do during this period of time. The time of Fa-rectification is limited and I should set my mind on rectifying the Fa and saving sentient beings.
At first, I only did the tasks recommended by fellow practitioners. Later I found other Internet tools, which could complement each other. In this way, two tools can run automatically through cooperating with each other. They can upload the Nine Commentaries and other materials around the clock without stopping. On seeing that, many people downloaded the Nine Commentaries and other Falun Dafa materials every day, I felt very happy because they had the opportunity of being saved. At the same time, I was also considering finding some other ways of clarifying the truth using the Internet. Later on, I found that some people who have been poisoned by the evil Party for a long time often raised many questions when my parents manually sent truth clarification information and the Nine Commentaries to friends on the Internet. I thought that the best way of answering their questions was to have them obtain Nine Commentaries which could liberate them from the lies told by the evil Party.
In order to let Chinese people know about the Nine Commentaries and the persecution, I often share experiences with fellow practitioners, which has helped me a lot. I have also tried to use the Internet as a way of broadcasting automatically like a radio station, which can broadcast the Nine Commentaries to friends on the Internet as well as news from the Sound of Hope radio. By doing this, I can work with my parents in clarifying the truth to friends on the Internet, sending the Nine Commentaries and using tools to break through the Internet blockade and helping people quit all organisations of the Chinese Communist Party as well as helping them to send their declarations of withdrawal . In order to make it convenient for fellow practitioners to clarify the truth using the Internet, I have compiled my experience as a course of study and shared it with them.
The Nine Commentaries are constantly cleaning up the contamination which the Communist evil spectre has used to poison the world people. People are now awakening. Those who have listened to the “Nine Commentaries” have felt that they are more courageous than before. Usually, more than 30 people log onto the Internet and listen to the broadcast at weekends. Sometimes 2 or 3 people are listening to it at the same time. A friend on the Internet listened to the broadcast for almost 7 hours at a stretch. Some listened to it four times within a day and some others withdrew from all organisations of the CCP while listening. A friend on the Internet from Dalian city felt very sad because a friend of his, a practitioner, had been arrested. He was very excited when he found us on Internet. He not only quitted the Young Pioneers organisation but expressed that he wanted to learn Falun Gong as well. I helped him log onto Clearwisdom Net and The Epoch Times website where he read through the Nine Commentaries that same night. He also consulted with us on how to persuade his family members to quit the Communist Party.
Cultivation is serious, the three things must be done simultaneously
Clarifying the truth via the Internet is highly efficient, simple and can cover large areas. I often offer some technical support to our fellow practitioners nearby, in Finland and Norway using long-distance teaching methods. As I had a strong work ethic, I neglected studying the Fa, doing the exercises and sending righteous thoughts, only taking clarifying the truth as the most important thing. I was not enlightened though Master pointed it out many times. I couldn’t accept even my parents' advice me, which made me feel unwell for some time, even so, I wasn’t enlightened. Later my Internet work was interfered with as well. Only by studying the Fa with my heart for a period of time did I realise the seriousness of cultivation. The more important the task I do, the more closely the evil stares at me. The three things must be done well at the same time or it will be easy for the evil to exploit a loophole.
During a short period of time, I have realised: Three things must done well at the same time, studying the Fa is the most important. Only by studying the Fa continually are we clear about what we are doing now. When you really want to a something well, Master will give us wisdom. For example, although I had never learnt how to use a computer, I am now very good at using it to clarify the truth, which I couldn’t have imagined, and I used to be a child who was just fond of playing computer games.
I also found that, using the Internet radio auto-broadcasting function combined with flexible manual approaches to clarify the facts did not affect other automatic programs used to expose the persecution, but increased the efficiency of the other programs instead. From this we can see that these truth-telling tools strive to play their respective roles during the Fa-rectification period. We really need to make good use of them.
I welcome more fellow practitioners to participate in clarifying the truth through the Internet.
Please correct me with compassion if I have made some mistakes in my sharing.
Thank you for your attention.
Note:
1. Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party: Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party is a series of essays published in late 2004 that reveal the true nature of the Communist Party. The Nine Commentaries have led millions of people to renounce their membership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and come to gain a clearer understanding about the wrongful persecution against Falun Gong. "A book that has shocked all Chinese around the world. A book that is disintegrating the Communist Party." http://ninecommentaries.com
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