Cherish This Precious Chance of All Eternity

During my seven-year cultivation path in Falun Gong, there have been difficulties, many frustrations, happy and mysterious stories, and painful lessons, all of which makes me look inward.

After the persecution against Falun Gong officially started in mainland China on July 20th, 1999, the Clearwisdom website published a photo of Teacher dated January 19th, 2000, where He was "quietly watching the world while sitting amidst the mountains." This photo on Clearwisdom reminds me to pay attention to Clearwisdom. Teacher is so thoughtful toward Falun Dafa practitioners. In the Fa-rectification period, Clearwisdom is the website that Falun Dafa practitioners can rely on, and its significance and functions are extremely profound. Teacher created this window to a "Pure Land" to help us improve as a whole. It is like a bright lamp to light the path for Falun Dafa practitioners and non-practitioners. The website helps practitioners to do great deeds to validate the Fa and save sentient beings.

I cherish every article on Clearwisdom, and I also read two to three articles from "Minghui Weekly" each week. After reading an article from Minghui Weekly, I feel as if I have joined an experience sharing conference. They help me a lot. Fellow practitioners' great experiences and overseas practitioners' support continuously inspire practitioners in China to strive forward diligently!

Help Fellow Practitioners Who Quit Practising to Return

Before the persecution began, we all studied the Falun Gong teachings, the Fa, and did the exercises together in groups. After July 20th, some people stopped practising due to fear, and some still secretly read at home, yet never ventured out to validate the Fa. We must help them to return to the Fa rectification.

One fellow practitioner attended Teacher's lectures in 1993, but stopped practising due to her human notions and attachments. I told her that she had received good fortune that arrives only once! I also said Teacher will not give us another chance to obtain the Fa. She had listened to Teacher's lectures in person; I reminded her how lucky she was and to cherish her good fortune! I told her I would wait for her reply, and that I wished to help her. Teacher told us there is still hope for any practitioner as long as the persecution has not ended. After a few days, she came to me and said she had decided to keep practising. I was very happy and gave her Teacher's books and new articles; she was very excited and is now diligently doing the three things.

I had a dream one night in 2004. I stood at a river bank and many people were saying, "Who dares to jump into the river?" Suddenly a man passed me, jumped into the river and shouted for help! I thought: why did I not pull him back? After I woke up, I realised Teacher gave me a hint to quickly save people. I suddenly remembered that the man who shouted for help used to go to the same practise site as I did. After July 20th, I encouraged him to be steadfast, but I had not seen him for a long time. Other practitioners said he stopped practising. Teacher gave me a hint in that dream to find him.

I looked for him everywhere, and finally found him two months later. When I met him, he had changed, which pained me, I told him how he had appeared in my dream. I said, "How difficult it is to save one person! I hope you cherish this good fortune and not take Teacher's merciful salvation for granted." He almost broke down in tears. I told him there was still time, Teacher is still waiting for us. I gave him all of Teacher's new books and lectures. He is now very diligent. He sent materials and VCDs about organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners to the surgery offices of two major hospitals. He said he wanted to make up for his lapses so as not to disappoint Teacher.

In those days, I went everywhere to look for other practitioners who had left, and I helped a few to return. I advised fellow practitioners to cherish the Fa and not to take Teacher's merciful salvation for granted. Those that returned all felt ashamed and said they would make good use of time and do the three things well. They formed study groups, sent forth righteous thoughts, practised the exercises, and read Clearwisdom among other activities. They are now striving forward in different environments.

Do Not Avoid the Problem

After the persecution began, some people came to my home almost every day to harass and follow me; I had no personal freedom or normal life.

In early 2003, the Party secretary of my workplace went to my home with a group of people, told me to "renounce" Falun Dafa and threatened me. One of my family members became sick because of fear. Also, my daughter happened to see the situation and was shocked. All of my family members were affected.

My neighbour told me to leave and hide for several days. We are all good people. Why should we hide? I decided to go to my workplace the next day and reason with my employers and the Party Secretary. On the afternoon of the following day, I sent forth righteous thoughts. I have Teacher and Falun Dafa: one righteous thought can suppress one hundred evil beings. I went to my office and they were having a meeting, as if they were waiting for my arrival. I took the opportunity to explain the truth. I said, "You always make time to 'show concern' for me at home, so today I am showing concern for you!"

I told them that people practised Falun Gong in over 60 countries around the world and that it was banned only in China. I also explained that our Teacher has received more than 1,000 awards and about how Jiang Zemin had been sued in international courts. When one person practises, his or her whole family will benefit. The practice has benefited many people all over the world without causing any harm. A corporate general manager once said to 10,000 people at a convention: Falun Gong strengthened the health and strength of the staff, thus saving the company money, and the practice made huge contributions to the spirituality of civilisation.

"We all practise 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance' and are good people," I told them, "Please tell me what's wrong with that, why do you want to transform me, and what do you want to transform me into? I am a staff member here, and the work unit I set up was commended for distinguished service. I believe you all have consciences, and you will certainly protect your staff and speak fairly. You do not know how brutally they persecuted me at the brainwashing centre - I nearly lost my life." They all listened, but said nothing. The secretary kept nodding and saying, "Okay! Okay! We did not understand the situation."

Since then, they have not harassed me. A young staff member took me downstairs. I clarified the truth to him, and asked him to recite "Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good," and wished him a wonderful future. Before I left, I stood there and watched him, and heard him gently saying "Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good!"

Sentient Beings Hoping for Me to Clarify the Truth

Teacher said in the article, "The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be,"

"Actually, if you think about it, the cultivators of the past didn't dare to slack off for even a second, and that was when it took an entire lifetime to complete the journey. So how can Dafa disciples--who are to achieve the Attainment Status of a being who is saved by Dafa and who have the most convenient cultivation way--not be even more diligent when they are given this most glorious honour of Fa-validating cultivation in a brief cultivation period that passes in the blink of an eye?"

For a few days once I was feeling restless. I had a wish long time ago. I have many relatives, friends, and colleagues in a place far away that wrote to me long ago and asked me to go there to save them! I decided I had to help them to see the truth and quit the evil party so they can be saved. I bought a train ticket and left the next day.

After arriving at the place far away, I sent forth righteous thoughts day and night and asked Teacher to strengthen me. On the first day, I exposed the persecution that is taking place to five families. Each family comprised of three generations of people who had all joined the evil party, the youth league, or the communist party's young pioneer group. I talked to them while I sent forth righteous thoughts, and gradually convinced them to agree to quit these three organisations. On the first day, over 30 people decided to quit. We are people on the path to divinity; our thoughts can correct evil, remove evil, and change human hearts as well as the environment.

Becoming More Mature from the Lessons We Encounter

After July 20th, I became even more firm, putting the "three things" as the first priority, putting all my energy and resources into exposing the persecution and spreading the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party , and advised people to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and it's related organisations. I always cherish this precious opportunity to be a Fa rectification period Falun Dafa disciple, and I profoundly realise: it is hard to obtain Falun Dafa today, especially for a person like me, who has experienced so many human tribulations and hardships. I feel even more that my responsibilities in the Fa-rectification are huge; therefore regardless of whether it is a windy day or a rainy day, I always carry truth-clarification materials with me. I go to every department, government organisation, junior college and school, hospital, police station, procuratorate office, military dormitory, and so on.

After experiencing nearly seven years of tribulations and hardship, through learning lessons and becoming more mature, I continue to cultivate myself in Falun Dafa by doing the three things well. I have gotten rid of many human notions and attachments, changed many twisted notions, removed much impurity and become selfless in the practice. All of this is due to Teacher's selfless giving. What else can't we let go of? I am determined to memorise Zhuan Falun from now on, melt into the Fa, and increase my efforts to send forth righteous thoughts, so that I can validate Dafa and save sentient beings in a way that is even more rational, clear, wise, and mature - walking well the last part of my journey.