Overcoming Every Obstacle and Cultivating Myself While Calling China

(Minghui.org) For years I clarified the truth at tourist attractions. After the pandemic broke out, I switched to making phone calls to clarify the truth to people in China.

Three months after I started phoning people in China, a practitioner asked me to join the international rescue platform team as they really needed help. I knew that practitioners on that platform phone the police, procuratorates, courts, and legal departments of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 610 Office, higher authorities, and mainstream society. Before he finished explaining, I said no. I explained that I was old, had a problem articulating, my mind not respond fast enough, and I was sometimes forgetful. I said I preferred to just make regular phone calls.

Even though I refused, I could not let go of the thought. I could not calm down when I meditated. I asked myself, “What is blocking me?”

A passage of Master’s Fa lingered in my mind:

“When someone is placed before you, there isn’t a choice—you’re wrong if you become selective in terms of saving people. As long as he is someone you run into, you should save him, regardless of his position or social status, or whether he be the president or a beggar. In the eyes of gods, beings are equal. Social status is just a distinction made in human society. ” (“What is a Dafa Disciple,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XI)

Our cultivation paths are arranged by Master. Being old or having difficulty hearing are all human notions and also excuses. Actually, the fundamental reason is that a lot of hardship is involved in making phone calls on the rescue platform—the chances of getting through to the other party are low and the likelihood of persuading them to quit the CCP organizations is even lower.

All these “reasons” stem from human attachments, such as selfishness, fear, saving face, comfort, relaxation, not willing to sacrifice more, being afraid of hardship, and fear of difficulties. All these human notions and attachments were stopping me. As a cultivator, I knew I needed to eliminate them.

After I thought it over, I knew that the practitioner’s suggestion was arranged by Master. As a Falun Dafa practitioner, saving sentient beings is my mission. I should go where Master directs me to without any conditions attached. Even the practitioners in China who face constant danger of being arrested, sentenced, and having their organs harvested while they are alive are stepping forward and talking to the police departments and police stations with compassion to do face-to-face truth clarification. I live in such a relaxed environment—how can I shirk my mission?

Joining the Battle

When I first went on the rescue platform I wanted to familiarize myself with the situation, read some materials, and prepare what I planned to say before I started making phone calls. However, the coordinating practitioner said, “You are lucky. We are starting our key project to make phone calls to Harbin City tomorrow.” I was happy and nervous. I was happy that Master let me join so quickly. Because I had no mental preparation I was not confident. Luckily, the coordinating practitioner briefed me about the requirements and things to take note of. I was excited.

That night I could not go to sleep. My lower back hurt and I could not turn over. I knew the evil was creating a disturbance to stop me from joining the effort to save people. I sent forth righteous thoughts to get rid of the interference. Saving people is my historic mission—no one can stop me. After sending righteous thoughts for 30 minutes, my back stopped hurting and I fell asleep.

The next morning, after sending righteous thoughts, I drew two lists of numbers. After I made the first two phone calls, the left side of my chest suddenly hurt. It was so painful that I had difficulty breathing. In my heart I said solemnly, “Old forces, I have Master, I have Dafa, I am not afraid of you!” As I made the phone calls, I kept reciting Master’s poem,

“Swift like lightning, soaring to cosmic heightsMighty like a thunderbolt, reaching beyond heavensSweeping across the cosmos, no place untouchedEliminating altogether all that’s decayed and deviant”(“Righteous Thoughts,” Hong Yin IV)

As I focused my attention on making the phone calls, the pain in my chest disappeared. Even though I’d only slept for less than three hours the night before, I felt good.

The second day the interference was more intense. People in Harbin were not answering their phones. When a call got through, it was immediately cut off. Or, after a number was dialed, there was a message saying that the line was busy. Sometimes a message said that the number was not valid.

Other times, after the other party picked up the phone, I was so nervous I did not know what to do. My mentality of complaint and being combative surfaced. The words “righteous thoughts” flashed in my mind and I was able to calm down. I knew that Master was enlightening me and reminding me to send righteous thoughts.

I reminded myself that I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. Master clearly told us,

“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in springRighteous thoughts can save the people in this world”(“The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos,” Hong Yin Volume II)

I believed that my compassion could communicate with the other person’s knowing side. Somewhere deep down, his soul will be able to feel it. I also told the entity that was causing the disturbance, “You cannot do this! What will happen to you if you interfere with my saving people?” I reminded myself that Master gave me supernormal powers to eliminate all the evil factors. I sent righteous thoughts and asked Master to strengthen me.

After sending righteous thoughts, I started making phone calls again. This time, things were different. Even though the message said the number was not answered, the other party picked u. A man in a low voice said, “I cannot hear you clearly, please send me the information.”

When I made the next call, the phone prompt said that the number was not valid, but the other party picked up anyway. He lowered his voice and said, “We have a rule that does not allow us to accept overseas calls. Can you send me the information?”

I was so excited that I wept. I knew that it was not that people were unwilling to accept the phone calls but that the CCP was threatening and forcing them not to accept them. People are eagerly waiting to be saved!

Overcoming Every Obstacle

Along with the CCP’s interference in this dimension, the interference arranged by the old forces was also great. One day while I was making calls, the device I used to help me stopped working. I had just joined this platform, so I only had this one device. What should I do? Just when I was feeling helpless, practitioner Lee quickly arranged for another phone-calling device. Because I did not have a credit card, he paid for it.

The others made calls with their speakers and microphones turned off. Since we could not hear each other, I wondered how they knew that my calling tool had stopped working. I realized Master must have sent them to help me. From this I knew that Master was right by my side. I was so emotional that tears streamed down my face and I put my palms together to thank Master. Thank you, Master!

Practitioners who participate on the platform encourage experience sharing after special projects. They talk about their experiences and lessons learned while putting the Fa principles into practice—their successes and what was effective. Everyone is able to contribute and share. This is an important element in helping the team to improve and elevate in cultivation as a whole. I feel that every experience sharing is like a training session for me, one from which I reaped many benefits.

During the process of making phone calls, practitioners also reminded us that we must be thorough in our explanations as the numbers did not come easily and we must cherish the chance to save these people. We must handle every phone call well. I understand that being down-to-earth means that there is no gap or loophole. We must meet the standard. There should be no human attachments and we should be saving people wholeheartedly. That way, there will be no loopholes for the evil to take advantage of.

The spirit of the practitioners helping one another out and contributing unselfishly created a good environment for saving sentient beings. This expanded my heart’s capacity and elevated the realm of my thoughts.

I deeply feel that, in order to make good truth-clarifying phone calls, I must study the Fa more, study the Fa well, and keep improving my xinxing. Only when my mind is steady will I be able to have righteous thoughts. Only when I have sufficient righteous thoughts can I overcome the interference. Only by cultivating myself well will the words I speak be filled with power. Only by improving our cultivation level continuously will the interference be eliminated. The process of saving sentient beings is actually the process of improving my own xinxing and cultivation level. With regard to the same number, why could some people get through but I was interfered with? Through this, I saw the gap between my cultivation and that of the other practitioners.

During this year on the platform, I eliminated my selfish habit of being cautious and fearing this or that. If I am not diligent in my cultivation, I cannot truly assist Master in rectifying the Fa or place saving sentient beings as my priority. This is not being responsible to people or to myself.

I must let go of my selfishness. I should not have desires and fears and I must get rid of my attachment to seeking comfort. If I do not eliminate my ego, I will not succeed in cultivation.