(Minghui.org) Seven of the eleven Falun Gong practitioners in our village are middle-aged. Their husbands work out of town because of the poor financial situation in their village. The practitioners are alone at home and must take care of their families and farmlands. Blessed by Dafa, they are healthy and energetic, and Dafa is always foremost in their minds, especially while they are speaking to people about Dafa and saving sentient beings.
The open cultivation environment for practicing Falun Gong was destroyed when Jiang Zemin banned the practice in 1999. Practitioners moved the practice sites into their homes. Later, people realized that studying the Fa in a group was the very form of cultivation that Master has given to practitioners and also the best format for improvement. One practitioner, who later became a coordinator, initially offered her home for the group study site.
The local practitioners overcame resistance from their families who were afraid that they would be persecuted in 2004, and joined the Fa study group. Since then, we have persistently studied the Fa and shared our experiences. We don't let the weather or farm work stop us. We have systematically done the three things to save sentient beings and shown others the beauty and goodness of Dafa.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intentionally created an atmosphere of terror to intimidate people during the 2008 Olympic Games. Checkpoints were set up at street entrances and manned around the clock. There were police cars patrolling the villages, but we were not intimidated. We continuously studied the “Fa” together and distributed Falun Gong materials as usual. When our friends and relatives suggested that we postpone our activities until after the Games were over, we clarified the truth to them instead.
We were very diligent in speaking to people about Falun Gong before the Games started. Unlike fellow practitioners in nearby villages, we were not required to turn in our identification cards and household registrations, or report to the Domestic Security Division office every day.
Of course, a practitioner can be tested at any time. One day when we were doing the second exercise, one of the practitioners' family members came in all flustered. There were policemen going to a practitioner's house to make an arrest. We were shocked and had no idea what to do. Our coordinator suggested that we discuss it after the practice. We calmly finished the exercises and then sent forth righteous thoughts to negate the old forces' interference.
We learned the next day that the policemen was actually visiting someone on business. We looked inward to see why we were afraid. As a result, our xinxing improved. We also experienced the power of sending righteous thoughts as a group. This gave us more confidence in group Fa study.
Master has told us to save people as quickly as possible. To comply, we started many projects such as setting up more material production sites to make truth-clarifying calendars and DVDs that included software to break through the Internet blockade, explaining how to clarify the truth with cellular phones, and promoting New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV). We collaborated to carry out the projects simultaneously, and matched each person's skills to the corresponding project.
Practitioner A has a good knowledge of format design and print operations, so she works on producing informational materials. With support and encouragement from her husband, she took over the responsibility of producing truth-clarifying calendars. She would work around the clock to ensure that the materials can be delivered to practitioners in time for distribution.
She has selflessly helped practitioners in nearby villages to set up and make the materials at production sites. She has also repaired their printers, often returning home after midnight, and she has never felt resentful. To fulfill her prehistoric vow, she has quietly harmonized with the group and cooperated with Fa-rectification projects. She has clearly been the driving force to keep the group in line with the progress of the Fa-rectification and in clarifying the truth.
Practitioner B is in charge of burning truth-clarifying DVDs. After she realized the cause of her fear, she took the DVD burner home and produced DVDs at home. She is constantly improving her skills. She inspects the quality of each DVD to ensure they clarify the truth to the greatest extent.
Every other day, she takes care of her mother, who is paralyzed, and she is unable to burn DVDs during that time. She takes her wheelchair bound mother out with her into the streets to distribute materials and speak to people about Falun Gong, and to help people renounce the CCP.
Practitioner C has persistently talked to her family about Falun Gong and the persecution, and has won their firm support. Her husband has donated 100 yuan monthly for many years now from his pension money to support the material production site. His contribution continued even when she was illegally detained in a detention center. He would give more on special occasions.
Her three sons drive her around to do Dafa-related things, and her daughters-in-law also go out with her to distribute Falun Gong materials. They don't ask her to watch their children, which leaves her with more time to do the “three things” and save people. She clarifies the truth to people everywhere she goes. Being well known in the village, people greet her on the street and say: “Don't forget to give me new informational materials!”
In “Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia” Master said, “...with one person practicing, the whole family benefits.” The entire family has benefited from her practicing Falun Gong. Her husband receives two pensions and each of her three sons owns a car and a house.
Practitioner D, our group coordinator, has such strong righteous thoughts that the evil would not dare to interfere with her. She has always known that Master was by her side and that there is nothing to be afraid of. She has stored the materials for Dafa in her house, which is also the group Fa study site. Never wavering in cultivation even in the most evil environment, she urges fellow practitioners to protest the persecution, save sentient beings, and do the “three things.”
She has clarified the truth to everyone she meets regardless of their social status. Whether in a marketplace, at highway rest areas, construction sites, on the streets, or elsewhere, she speaks to people about Falun Gong and always carries truth-clarifying materials with her. One day, she went to the county seat for business and saw a line of cars in front of the County Committee building. She gave each driver a Shen Yun Performing Arts DVD and software for breaking through the Internet blockade. One of the drivers could not wait and immediately started to watch the DVD on his laptop computer. People have repeatedly thanked and praised her.
On one occasion, she clarified the facts about Falun Gong to four government officials while they were at our village restaurant. They listened intently to what she said and then quit the CCP using an alias. In addition, she gave each of them a copy of the software to break through the Internet blockade.
Practitioner E has been a major player in promoting NTDTV. A satellite dish is needed to receive the NTDTV programs and he has installed many of them. He diligently improves his skills and learns new techniques to solve the complicated problems encountered during installation. To expand NTDTV county-wide, he trained a group of practitioners as technicians.
With patience and diligence he has taught practitioners from other cities the techniques. When his help was needed in other cities, he would put aside his own things and would go to help. Sometimes, he spent an entire week teaching practitioners in other counties.
He shared with the group a gripping story that he overheard in his travels. A person with gastric cancer watched the NTDTV programs daily and then went out to tell other villagers about the programs. Gradually, he became an NTDTV promoter. Within a short time, half of the village households could watch NTDTV. One day, he remembered that he had gastric cancer. He went to the hospital to have a check up and, surprisingly, the cancer had disappeared.
To promote NTDTV, he has traveled to every village in the county on his motorcycle. Many times he has had to climb up and down buildings to install the dishes. If he were an ordinary person at the age of 65, he might not have been able to do it. Indeed, cultivation has kept him healthy.
Practitioner F is capable of doing everything. She has always made herself available to work on any project that is in need of help. The list includes installing satellite dishes, helping people renounce the CCP online, clarifying the truth to people in person or with a cell phone, and installing software for people to break through the Internet blockade. She has also helped make Falun Gong materials and print truth-clarifying bills.
Practitioner G, in her 50's, experienced serious sickness karma a few years ago. Her family took her to the hospital. While there she looked inward and sent forth strong righteous thoughts to remove the human attachment of nutritional supplements and comfort. She left the hospital without having taken any injections or medicine. At home, she diligently studied the Fa, did the exercises, and sent righteous thoughts. Her health recovered quickly.
Her illusion of sickness karma reoccurred last spring. She realized that this was an arrangement made by the old forces. Master does not acknowledge the old forces' arrangements, nor did she. She sent forth this thought: “I am Master's disciple. I walk the cultivation path arranged by Master and I will not accept anything else.” Her sickness karma disintegrated quickly with her strong righteous thoughts.
We have walked the path of cultivation amidst adversities during the Fa-rectification period for many years now. No tribulation can stop us from practicing cultivation because we have a great omnipotent Master who is always protecting and helping us. He would send fellow practitioners to us when we encountered hardships, and every improvement we have made is a manifestation of his arrangements.
Of course, each of us still has individual shortcomings and some do not look inward during a hardship. Some people have a weak consciousness when sending righteous thoughts. Others do not study the Fa diligently, seek comfort, and do not practice the exercises on a regular basis. The Fa will rectify these problems as long as we continue to study it and remove our attachments. We must closely keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification and cultivate ourselves well to save more people.
With Master beside us, we must continue to improve ourselves to save the sentient beings that have long awaited salvation!