Handling Family Issues with Righteous Thoughts and True Compassion

I obtained the Fa in 1997. Several years ago, I was arrested and imprisoned for four years
for having distributed DVDs on the persecution of Falun Dafa.

After I was released from prison, my sisters and brother took turns watching me to make sure I was not doing Dafa work anymore. My husband, although he had been a practitioner himself, did not allow me to communicate with fellow practitioners or keep Dafa materials at home, due to the pressure from family and society and the fear of losing me again. I was left with only a copy of Zhuan Falun and allowed to do the exercises at home while I was looking after my elderly aunt.

My husband complained to me that he had endured and sacrificed a lot for our belief in Dafa over these years, and demanded that I promise not to go out to clarify the truth to people. This did not sound like what a Dafa practitioner should say and do, but more like the old forces' arrangements. Therefore, I sent forth a righteous thought, "I am Li Hongzhi's disciple, and I do not acknowledge any arrangements other than Master's." I replied my husband, "I cannot promise that to you, as I am a Dafa practitioner. I can only promise to Master to save more sentient beings, walk the path that Master has arranged for me and do the three things well (clarify the truth, send forth righteous thoughts, study the teachings of Falun Gong)."

"If thoughts are righteous, evil will collapse" (Hong Yin Volume II, "What's to Fear?") My husband became quiet. Eventually, he resumed practicing Dafa.

My elderly aunt suffered from Alzheimer's disease. She stayed in bed all the time and had been taking medication for most of her life. I told her to recite "Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good." She said, "I do believe that, because you and your husband have both become healthier than before, and don't need to take medication anymore." After having listened to Master's lectures on audio tapes, my aunt said to me, "I don't need medication, either." Thus, she stopped taking medication. Now she is 92 years old. Not only has her mind become clear, but her grey hair also has turned black again and her complexion is rosy and fair.

My younger brother is a police chief for the railroad on which Dafa practitioners often travel with Dafa materials. Some practitioners were reported to my brother, but he told the policemen not to harass Dafa practitioners.

My sisters would also help me with housework and caring for our elderly aunt when I went to the villages to distribute truth clarification materials and talk to people about the persecution.

All of my family members have quit the CCP (Chinese communist party)organizations, and they also encouraged others to quit. Some have started cultivating, and others said they would cultivate after the CCP collapses.

Because I am not going to extremes like before in doing Dafa work and I help my family members with their business, my family does not restrict me in anything related to Dafa. Every day I study the Fa in the morning, and go out with fellow practitioners to clarify the truth to people in the afternoon.

People react differently based on their notions when I talk about the persecution of Falun Dafa and the CCP. I sought guidance from the Fa while asking myself, "Why didn't the people want to quit CCP organizations?" It was because I hadn't clarified the truth in the proper way so they could understand, or my heart of compassion wasn't sufficient, or my righteous thoughts weren't strong. Thus, I was not moved by ordinary people's negative reactions and would tell them with my compassion, "Maybe I am not eloquent, but if you encounter someone else telling you to quit the CCP organizations, maybe you will reconsider. It is really for your own good. We are strangers to each other and I don't have to talk to you about this. I just want you to have a good life and future." Many were touched upon hearing this and asked me to assist them in quitting the CCP organizations, and thanked me for doing so.

My understanding is that we do not pursue the quantity of people quitting the CCP
organizations; rather, we should move people with the kindness and forbearance that we obtain from cultivating Dafa, so that they can be saved. Let us cultivate ourselves diligently to be worthy of Master's salvation.