(Clearwisdom.net) Greetings, revered Teacher! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I am a 69-year-old female Falun Gong practitioner. I had only four years of education, so I am unable to write. A fellow practitioner wrote down what I dictated and polished it for me. This article contains a record of an abridged history of my clarifying the truth to save sentient beings. It also tells how fellow practitioners in my county have been clarifying the truth to people in the villages.
1. Sharing Insights
For the past several years, we often distributed Falun Gong truth-clarification materials in the county area. We did the same in some farming villages, but we neglected others. We distributed copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party mostly in the county area. We distributed a small number of them in the area where the township government is located but very few in farming villages.
In September 2006, a main coordinator in our county was illegally arrested. The arrest affected some of the practitioners in our county, and they became very passive. They thought that, since we had already distributed the Nine Commentaries once in almost every area in the county, there was no need to do it again. We also thought that farmers would have a hard time understanding the Nine Commentaries due to their lack of formal education. Since we had already distributed it in some farming villages, it would be a waste of time and money to do it again. I thought so too at the time.
Compassionate Teacher must have seen our situation, because a fellow practitioner from another area came to our county to share her insights with us. She said, "Even if there is no one in farming household that can read the Nine Commentaries, its very presence will disintegrate the wicked specter of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)." She also shared her experiences of giving out the book. A fellow practitioner from an undisclosed city once drove to a farming village to distribute the book. A farmer told her, "Everyone in our entire village has already received a copy. Why don't you take them to another village?" Because she shared her insights, we saw a discrepancy between practitioners in other areas and our area and we were able to expand our minds.
2. Sharing Insights Again and Traveling Around Farming Villages
After she left, practitioners in our county had another meeting to exchange our insights. We attained the following understandings: We must have had a strong attachment to fear (seven practitioners from our had been arrested for distributing materials in farming villages, two of them were tortured to death and another two had to flee from their homes to avoid further persecution after they were released), we must have had a strong attachment to comfort, and we lacked compassion. In short, we decided that we were far from what Teacher expects of us. Teacher said,
"This is especially so for the Dafa disciples in Mainland China: each must come out and clarify the truth, bringing it to every field and valley, mountain and hill, not omitting a single area where there are people." ("Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People")
Once we identified our problems and upgraded our understanding on the Fa, we reached the following consensus: We would distribute the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and other truth-clarification materials in every farming village, not omitting a single one.
3. Reaching Every Village by Dividing and Conquering
We decided not to omit or repeat any area. We also learned from fellow practitioners from other areas to "divide and conquer." We divided our county into five areas, each with three to four townships and towns based on distance. We checked the area map and found there were nearly 500 villages in our county. We wrote down the names of all the villages and divided them among us so that we could check on our progress. We made copies of the area map and distributed them to fellow practitioners, who began to check the roads first before they distributed the materials. The benefit of checking roads first is two-fold: first, it makes the trips safer; second, it makes it possible to not omit "a single area where there are people." ("Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People") All of sudden, many fellow practitioners in our area started to check the roads to their designated farming villages. Some went on their bicycles, some on motorbikes, and others took taxis. After they checked the roads during the day, they went with fellow practitioner partners at night or a few days later to distribute truth-clarification materials to the farming villages.
4. Keeping the One Thought to Save People
In the past, a fellow practitioner and I chose to go to the villages at night and stay up all night distributing the truth-clarification materials. The only drawback is that it is easy to get lost at night. But we told ourselves that we must not omit any village. Because I am unable to walk quickly, I was not able to check the roads first. I thought hard and long. Finally I talked to my partner about distributing the materials during the day instead of at night.
In November 2006, the other practitioner and I planned to travel to a village about 50 miles away from the county. We studied the Fa together and sent forth righteous thoughts to cleanse the field of the farming village before we left. (For 11 years I have been studying the Fa daily.) Next we packed the Nine Commentaries and other truth-clarification materials in our bags and left for the village on a bus. On the way there, we kept sending forth righteous thoughts. I thought to myself, "I have come to offer you Teacher's salvation. I will not be distracted by any thought or vision. I will keep the one thought to save people."
Once in the village, we distributed the materials door to door. A few people saw us, but we were not afraid of being reported. We continued to distribute calmly and they didn't seek any trouble. We returned home safely afterwards. We also asked for directions to the next village before we left. After we got back, we marked the village on our list. Then we made another two trips to other villages. After making three trips, I completely prevailed over the fear of distributing the Nine Commentaries during the day. After these three trips, I actually anticipated that villagers would come out of their homes so that I could clarify the truth to them and give them the materials in person. When I met a villager, I would ask if he or she had a DVD player or computer at home. If so, I would give the person a VCD. When fellow practitioners in our county knew that we had returned safely from our day trips, several of them started to do it during the day as well.
Very few villagers knew about the truth about Falun Gong or the CCP. One day a man took out his cell phone and tried to call the police station. At the time I had strong righteous thoughts. I humbly asked for Teacher's help before I approached him with a smile, "Your cell phone won't work if you are going to report us." One day a man called out to me from behind and asked me to stop. I couldn't tell if he had stopped me to learn the truth or to report me, but I was determined to save him. I stopped and asked him with a smile, "May I help you?" It turned out he wanted a copy of the truth-clarification material.
Distributing materials in farming villages is a risky business that entails hardship. After getting off the bus, we sometimes had to travel five or six miles on foot carrying a large, heavy bag before we reached the village. In fact, we had to carry a large, heavy bag full of truth-clarification materials on every trip to the villages. It can be a long distance between two villages. Each time, we traveled to several different villages, which was very time-consuming. In order to save space for the truth-clarification materials, we didn't carry any food or water with us. Winter in northern China is very cold. Despite gusty wind or snow, we managed to distribute the materials to every designated village. In the summertime, it sometimes rained on our trips. The ground would turn into mud, marking each and every footstep we took. Despite rain, we managed to distribute all the materials wrapped in plastic bags. We were soaking wet and our clothes were splattered with mud, but it was nothing when we thought of saving the the sentient beings from danger.
5. Anticipating Sentient Beings
We felt sentient beings were anxiously anticipating Teacher's salvation during these trips. There have been many touching stories, but I will cite only a few of them here.
Story 1: Two practitioners saw a few men standing on the road. They thought, "It's okay" and walked past them calmly. But the men said, "We didn't get any. Why don't you give us a copy?" When the practitioners gave them the materials, all the men thanked them politely. An elderly man among them added, "Don't forget us if another good thing like this comes up."
Story 2: Many practitioners have met welcoming villagers who invited them in for a drink of water.
At noon on a winter day, while I was distributing materials, a man came out of his home. I clarified the truth to him and gave him some materials, including VCDs. He said, "Thank you. Why don't you come in and have lunch with us? Warm up before you leave."
Just as soon as we finished distributing the materials and reached the bus stop, a bus came immediately. As soon as I got home, I started crying uncontrollably. I thanked Teacher for His protection. The sentient beings are truly anxious for Teacher's salvation.
Story 3: On our trips to the villages, we met two men who offered to give us a ride when they saw us two elderly women walking and looking exhausted.
Story 4: Many practitioners have met dogs in the villages that kept wagging their tails. One day a small white dog kept following us and saw us off to the edge of the village. It kept wagging its tail and looking straight at us, as though it didn't want to part with us. We told the small white dog to go home, but it continued to follow us. I said, "You have already been saved. Go home. If you keep following us, you might not find your way home." We kept telling the white dog to return home, but it saw us off until we had traveled a long way from the village.
6. Selected Stories about Elderly Practitioners in Our County
Practitioner A is 75 years old, but he spent nearly two months in the middle of a winter distributing truth-clarification materials, despite the snow. During the day he checked the road on his bicycle. At night he returned to the villages on his bicycle to distribute the materials. He traveled to over 20 villages and left no household behind.
Practitioner B is 76 years old. We told her not to try to distribute materials because of her age. We suggested that she hand out materials only in the county area. Because we thought she was too old to travel to the villages, she decided to do it without our blessing. One day she went alone to a township 50 miles away where the township government is located with a large, heavy bag on her back, containing 40 copies of the Nine Commentaries and 120 copies of other truth-clarification materials. She managed to distribute all the materials alone in one day. The next day she joined the Fa study group and told us what she had done. All the fellow practitioners were moved to tears. Later 69-year-old practitioner C often teamed up with B to distribute materials in the villages. They also clarified the truth to villagers in person and told them about the goodness of Falun Gong.
Nine practitioners over 60 years old have joined the effort. We have overcome our notions related to age. We don't see ourselves as old people, but as Falun Gong practitioners assisting Teacher in His Fa-rectification. Together we have brought Teacher's salvation to many villages and shattered the evil beings from other dimensions manipulating wicked people in the human realm. The Captain of the State Security Team in our county once commented, "This group of elderly women often travels to villages. There is nothing I can do about them."
7. Completing Our Mission Together
During the process, we have met some obstacles in some villages. In order to upgrade our cultivation levels as one-body, we hve aexchanged our insights in group Fa study three times to prompt each other to strive forward. When a fellow practitioner develops an attachment or enters a less diligent state, we notice that the dogs bark ferociously. At times like this, we stop to adjust our mentality, study the Fa calmly, search inward, and send forth righteous thoughts with a more focused mind. We are becoming increasingly mature. We are now able to walk stably on our cultivation path. We are able to meet the following of Teacher's expectations. Teacher said,
"Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and save people with mercy" ("Rationality" in Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Amidst danger and tribulations, we adhered to our steadfast faith in Teacher and encouraged each other. As of June 2006, we had distributed truth-clarification materials to nearly 900 villages in our county once. The materials we distributed are divided into the following categories:
Booklets: withdrawing from the CCP, blessings from Falun Gong, etc. Flyers: Awakening, News from overseas Falun Gong practitioners, etc. VCDs
In general, we gave one copy of the Nine Commentaries to every three village households and one copy of other truth-clarification material to every village household. At every household, we sent forth one thought: "Read and pass on these truth-clarification materials so that all of you in the village will be saved."
One thing we have taken from this experience is that only by having a steadfast faith in Teacher and the Fa will we be able to attain our prehistoric grand pledge.
8. Epilogue
Because we have studied the Fa well and sent forth righteous thoughts and because Teacher has watched over and protected us with compassion, all the practitioners in our county that joined the effort to distribute truth-clarification materials to the villages have returned home safely. We have truly met Teacher's expectation of "not omitting a single area where there are people." ("Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People")
This group effort took us eight months to finish, but our xinxing levels have been elevated. We overcame our attachments to fear, selfishness, and comfort. We traveled all over the countryside and did not omit any village. Nearly 900 villages in our county have received blessings from Falun Gong. A large number of villagers have learned the truth. However, few villagers have withdrawn from the CCP, the CCP's Youth League or the Young Pioneers. We shall bear Teacher's words in mind. Teacher said,
"Dafa disciples are the sole hope of salvation for the beings in each region and each nation." ("My Thanks to Sentient Beings Who Have Sent Greetings")
We plan to visit the villages again after the autumn harvest because we want to help them withdraw from the CCP and/or its two affiliated organizations so that they will be saved.
