Things Change When a Practitioner's Thoughts Change

Recently something that happened to me deeply touched me. I fully realized that a practitioner's every thought is closely connected with sentient beings and relates to whether they can be saved. It is just like Teacher said,
"So, as Dafa disciples go about validating the Fa and saving sentient beings, their attitude, state of mind, and manner of doing things are all critical, for such things can determine what changes take place in this world." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference")

Below is what I experienced. I want to share it with fellow practitioners to help us improve together.

Rectifying My Base to Save Sentient Beings

A few days ago, one of my friends asked me to stay with her for a few nights while her husband was away. I agreed. She used to be a leader in a company. I had clarified the truth (about the persecution of Falun Gong in China) to her many times and tried to persuade her to withdraw from the CCP (Chinese communist party). Not only did she not not accept, but she also held this against me. Still, I always treated her with a tolerant heart and continued to clarify the truth to her whenever I found a chance. Later she finally agreed to withdraw from the CCP. Although she withdrew from the CCP, I knew she still had a lot of doubts in her mind. Taking this opportunity to visit her, I told her about Falun Dafa and asked her to recite "Falun Dafa is good" often. She finally understood and was very happy. She also asked me to teach her the exercises and said she wanted to practice Falun Gong in the future when she was not busy at home.

After a few days, I felt that I had told her everything I needed to tell her and her attitude had completely changed. I did not want to stay any more nights since I had some Dafa related work to do at night. But she really wanted me to stay with her at night. This made me very anxious. I thought that maybe I did something wrong and this was interference. When another practitioner came to my home that day, I told her about my dilemma. The practitioner said, "This is a good thing. No matter what our practitioners do, as long as our base point is to save sentient beings, the bad things will turn into good things. Continue to clarify the truth to her. When she understands, she can tell her relatives and friends, which will save them too. So you will still be saving sentient beings." The practitioner's words woke me up. I realized my big gap. The practitioner considered things on the standpoint of saving sentient beings, while I was considering things based on myself and how things should fit my thoughts.

When I looked at things based on the Fa, I also had compassion. That night, I went to see my friend again and told her, "You should help your relatives and friends by telling them that 'Falun Dafa is good' and 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.' You should persuade them to quit the CCP and its related organizations for their own safety." She agreed. The next day, she went to her relatives' and friends' homes and successfully persuaded over ten people to quit the CCP. She said she would continue to do that. She also told me that although she walked a lot during previous two days, she actually felt very energetic and not tired at all. I was very happy for her in my heart. I also deeply appreciated the fellow practitioner's help, which let me use this opportunity to save sentient beings.

From this situation, I also realized the problems with my xinxing and my gaps in cultivation. I need to cultivate more diligently and catch up with fellow practitioners. I need to continuously rectify myself while saving sentient beings and fulfil my prehistoric vows.