Compassion Can Resolve Everything

I began the practice of Falun Gong in 1997. When I read about Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance that revered Master expounded on in Zhuan Falun, I thought that it was what I had been looking for and that I should join the path of cultivation. As soon as I started my cultivation, my wife helped me improve my xinxing (heart and mind nature, character). I remember once when I was doing the exercises, she asked me to go out to do something. When I replied that I would go after the exercises, my wife began to quarrel with me and threatened to divorce me. She refused to listen to me, no matter how much I explained to her. As I did not study the Fa enough and did not know how to look within, I finally decided that if she wanted a divorce then so be it, but I must continue to practice Falun Gong. My wife and I headed out to court the next day to go through the procedure for divorce. On our way there, I suddenly felt pity for my wife and said to her, "Why do we have to divorce? Since I began the practice, I have quit smoking, and I have not asked you for money. You have been at ease. Do you remember when I was drunk, I would always pick a quarrel with you? You'd better read the book yourself later on, it is really good." Then my wife suggested, "Then let's return home, but you have to take care of our child and all the household chores." Six months had passed and suddenly a thought struck my mind, "Only Dafa can change her." I said to her, "Every day you have to walk a long distance from your mother's home, you must be tired (sometimes she spent the night at her mother's home). Why not stay at home and read the book. You don't need to worry about the household chores." She agreed and began to read the book. Within less than a month she said to me, "The book is great. I also want to learn Dafa." Thus, she began the practice. From this experience, I have come to understand the power of being compassionate.

When the persecution started in 1999, we went to the provincial government and travelled to Beijing to appeal. The local police took us back and held us in custody for over 20 days and another time for 45 days. We were forced to pay 10,000 yuan. After that, we started to distribute Falun Gong information flyers. Personnel from the township and village kept harassing us. Once, when we went out to distribute flyers in the middle of the night, a man followed and walked up to us, saying, "I'm the one that watches you Falun Gong practitioners; you tell me what I should do." I did not have fear and spoke to him patiently. I told him, "We are good people. Just because we want to practice Falun Gong to be better people, we were arrested and held in custody. Now the situation is critical and we still go out to distribute flyers. We only want to let everybody know that Falun Gong is righteous and is being wronged by the regime. We don't want people to be deceived by lies. You are a good person too, why do you earn money doing this job? Leave a way out for yourself." That man heard what I said and replied, "I'll just pretend that I saw nothing, I'll return home and go to sleep. Be careful when you go to other villages. There are people assigned to watch you in every village." I thanked him.

Since revered Master taught us about sending righteous thoughts, we sent forth righteous thoughts before we went out every time, eliminating the evil in the places we were going to go. One day my wife and I went to our neighbouring village to distribute flyers. Halfway through the village, suddenly, a man walked towards us. However, he walked past us, seemingly not seeing us. Later on, my wife said at that time she sent forth a thought to make the man unable to see us. On another occasion, I went to a village to distribute flyers. When I arrived at the village, I saw someone watching me. I sent forth righteous thought to make him stand further away from me and not come close to me. He stood there even after I finished distributing the flyers. I did not have any fear at all.
As I did not study the Fa enough, I still could not comprehend some Fa principles.

Revered Master had hinted to me to form a one body with fellow practitioners. I located fellow practitioners to discuss and exchange opinions with them. Many practitioners stepped forward to validate Dafa. I had set up a materials production site in 2003. I did not have a computer, so I could only print flyers and distribute them to every household. With the progress of Fa-rectification, later on, we set up several materials production sites. If we did not cultivate, some of us might not even touch computers in our entire lifetimes. But because we cultivate in Dafa, we have managed to break through obstacles and have mastered computer skills.

In terms of offering salvation to people, one point that I think is crucial is that when we encourage people to renounce the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations, our starting point should be righteous. We must think carefully about whether we are doing truth clarification out of selfish motives or for the good of others. Some practitioners do this from the mentality of being afraid of lagging behind and only want to establish mighty virtue to reach consummation. We are Dafa disciples, and we are duty-bound to save people and assist Master in Fa-rectification. These are our prehistoric vows. When everyone came to this understanding through sharing, we have not met with any interference in our truth clarification.

I have many deficiencies in my cultivation and in assisting Master in Fa-rectification over these past ten years, but I can feel revered Master's strengthening and protection at all times. I can also feel fellow practitioners' silent cooperation and compensating for my shortcomings, so that we can do things based on the Fa's standards. Countless sentient beings are waiting for us to save them. We will strive forward more diligently and do well the three things (study the Fa [the teachings of Falun Dafa], send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and about the persecution to the world's people).

Thanks to revered Master's salvation and fellow practitioners' help.