(Clearwisdom.net) I am in my 70s. In the past few years, I have been going out for several hours every day to talk to people about Falun Gong and hand out informational pamphlets. I give brochures to those I talk to, and I pass out the rest whenever I can.
I have come across all kinds of people during this process. I have seen the worst attitudes, and now nothing can move me. All I focus on is using compassion to tell people the facts. Some people's attitudes changed completely, from initially driving me away, to gladly accepting my pamphlets.
From Rejecting the Truth to Accepting the Truth
Once I went with another practitioner to a cargo depot to talk to people. One man was belligerent and tried to drive us away. My companion was ready to leave and suggested that other practitioners go and talk to him while we sent forth righteous thoughts. I refused to give up. I thought it was not really the man himself that said those angry words. It was his notions and karma. One's life is touched by Dafa—how can a life reject the truth about Dafa?
While sending forth righteous thoughts, I continued to talk to him. I said, “Let me tell you something. It's very important.” When he found out that I was a Falun Gong practitioner, he said, “Why don't you do something else? Aren’t you afraid of being arrested?” I told him, “I am following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Falun Gong practitioners are good people and there are practitioners in over 100 countries. Why should they be arrested? Isn't that a terrible thing to do? When the government is against Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, it’s a big problem for everyone. As you can see lately, we have all been victims of tainted food that is popping up around the country. Please don’t believe the government's lies. The Tiananmen self-immolation incident was staged by Jiang’s regime. Please remember that Falun Dafa is good. Your life will be better for knowing it.”
As he calmed down, I asked if he had ever joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations, and further told him that, because of the evil that it had done, the CCP's days were numbered and that one should not remain part of it. If he could withdraw his membership, he would have a better future. At that point, he seemed to understand, so I offered to withdraw for him and gave him a pamphlet. He was hesitant to take it, for fear others would see him, so I told him to put it in his pocket and share it with others, since it is such a good thing to find out about the truth. As I started to leave, his two co-workers were hovering over him to read the pamphlet. I sent righteous thoughts, hoping that they would be saved, too.
Once I met a young man who said that he was just about to join the CCP. I told him that he should not do it and offered him a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. He looked at the cover and the table of contents and asked how much it cost. I told him that it was free. I went on to explain to him that we were not doing this for money and that we wanted people to know the truth. It turned out that he had read some of our pamphlets before. I told him that I didn't think he would want to join the Party after he has a chance to read the Nine Commentaries. In the end, he agreed to withdraw from the CCP and he even reminded me to be careful when talking with others.
Facing the Police with My True Thoughts
I was once arrested. When they took me to the police station, it was around noon, and the supervisor had gone out for lunch. Two male police officers were watching me. I sent forth righteous thoughts and then told them about the facts about Falun Gong. At first, they tried to stop me, but I continued to talk to them, so they closed the door and listened to me. In the end, they agreed to withdraw from the CCP. Then I reached for my bag and took out two copies of Falun Gong books, as well as CDs with programs from the Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) website. They were dumbfounded at first, but immediately put them in their pockets. In the afternoon, I was interrogated. I refused to tell them my name or address. I just told them the facts about Falun Gong. I talked to everyone who came in the office. I later found out that Jiang Zemin was in town that day. That's why they went on a rampage to arrest practitioners. However, all of the police officers I came across listened to the truth. A bad thing thus turned into a good thing. I was released in the evening.
Another time I was talking to people in the market when a strong young man grabbed me and yelled, “I am a police officer! How dare you say Falun Gong is good? What did Falun Gong give you?” I replied, “It gave me my life!” As I was shouting back at him, he let go of me and backed off, as if he had gotten an electric shock. He said to himself, “Her life... she said Falun Gong gave her life...”
I continued to tell everyone in the area how Falun Gong had given me a second life, how I had been very sick with a bone problem that the doctors could not do much about, and how I went for an operation that removed one of my ribs, but that I still wasn't cured until I began practicing Falun Gong. The police officer's cell phone rang and he left., so I continued to tell people more about Falun Gong.
Ripple Effect
Most of the time, people are willing to listen to me. Some even help spread the truth after they hear it. My experience is that if we save someone with our true thoughts, it will have a ripple effect.
When I went to a supermarket to talk to people, a 19-year-old agreed to withdraw from the Youth League and that Young Pioneers that he used to be a member of. I asked if he wanted to take my information package with a copy of the Nine Commentaries and other pamphlets. A few days later, I saw him again in the supermarket. He was very pleased to tell me that he had looked at all the materials and had persuaded eight of his friends and his parents to withdraw from the CCP. He handed me a list of names. Then he asked about Zhuan Falun, which he read about in the pamphlet. I promised to give him a copy, but told him that he must cherish it. The next time I saw him, he said that he was not watching TV any more and was enjoying reading Dafa books.
Let us save more people.
