In one instance, I clarified the facts about the persecution to a man. He said, "If you give me the Communist Party's materials, I will not read them. If you give me Falun Gong's materials, I will read them." Another time, I went to the village fireworks factory. I saw the brigade committee secretary, the village head and the manager of the factory. They carefully listened to me as I expose the lies by the Party and explained to them the true principle behind Falun Dafa and the Falun Dafa emblem.

I haven't discarded my attachment to comfort, and I have been too lazy. I still have an attachment to taste, among other things. Although I've been studying the Fa², it isn't registered in my heart. My mind is not clear when sending forth righteous thoughts, I only do the exercises once in a while and I am becoming more and more fearful. When I occasionally go out to distribute Falun Dafa materials, I conduct it like a routine and I'm happy to get it over with. My mind is full of everyday people's things.

Some practitioners in Moscow persist in practicing in the park all year around. In winter, ice can reach a depth of over a foot. Some practitioners help set-up exhibition boards explaining Falun Gong; some help to find a place for Falun Dafa materials, such as newspapers and greeting cards; and some practitioners stamp the ice down on the ground to tread out a field for practicing. Then everyone practices together. In a world of pure white ice and snow, the fresh air is beyond comparison with any other indoor practice site.

I used to have frequent pain in my eyes, and it was particularly difficult for me to look at the computer screen. Since I had this dream I can now look at the computer screen with no problem. Sometimes I can read the Falun Gong lectures on the computer for four to five hours at a stretch without moving my eyes from the screen.

Usually, we are able to treat ourselves as Falun Dafa practitioners and act according to Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance in our cultivation practise. We are able to look within ourselves and maintain the righteous thought "What do I have to fear when there is Master¹ and the principles taught in Falun Gong?" However, at crucial moments, facing unexpected tests or tribulations, whether we are able to realise immediately that we are Master's practitioners and to be able to ask Master for help is very important.

By following the instructions I made informational materials. Basically I clarified the facts wherever I went. In the beginning I didn't know how to answer questions such as, "What is Falun Gong?" Gradually I was able to clarify the facts logically and reasonably. Some people would sincerely say, "Thank you" after they understood the facts. One cab driver shook my hand and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

So I started to sing Pudu quietly. The leader felt strange after I finished the prelude and asked, "Your song doesn't have words? Only notes?" I turned around and looked at practitioners. Everyone was surprised with joy and some of them even hummed a little with me. Realising that everyone had understood me, I ignored the leader's question and continued. Before long, the class leader became quiet, and the beautiful melody made the environment peaceful and calm.

Recalling when I first came across Falun Gong, what was my mentality? I didn't think I belonged to any of the people Master¹ mentioned. I thought the reason I could enter my cultivation in Falun Dafa was because I truly felt the boundlessness of the principles taught in Falun Gong and I felt fortunate that I was not one of those people Master mentioned and that I didn't have to get rid of any fundamental attachments. In the meantime, I felt smug and thought, "I have good enlightenment."

Both of us enjoyed discussing the interesting experiments described in the book. But later on, my colleague was careless and I did not get the book back. I felt rather disappointed. Meanwhile, though, I suddenly realised that if even water could form beautiful crystals because of kind thoughts from a human being, then what might happen if a person follows the teachings of Falun Gong - "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance?"

Falun Dafa was first imparted to Taiwan in April of 1995. Today, more than 10 years have passed, and there are now over 1,000 places where Falun Gong practitioners get together to practise the set of five exercises in Taiwan. Practitioners there range from university professors to doctors, lawyers, engineers, public servants, police, farmers, businessmen, students, and housewives. Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) is highly recognised by local Taiwan governments and societies.

When I was young, I was very smart and a bit self centred. During my school days I studied very hard and always got very good grades, winning praise from both the teachers and other students. I had therefore nurtured a notion that I was always right. I did not even notice that I brought this notion into my cultivation. Only when something happened recently did I begin to examine myself.

After communicating with each other, I realised the reason for his laziness was his strong attachment to time. Since he was attached to time, he often thought about when the persecution would end. However, when the persecution didn't end when he expected, he was disappointed and didn't have complete faith in Falun Dafa, which finally led to laziness.

Elderly individuals know all too well the many joys and sorrows from a life long lived. Many suffer from sickness and are disturbed by the sentimentality between their relatives. Their years of experience are written on their faces. The stories of these two elderly Falun Gong practitioners, however, demonstrate that this unique cultivation practice of mind and body can stop people's minds and bodies from ageing.

I learnt that the officials who supported me were the ones who changed their minds after I had spoken to them about Falun Gong and the persecution on many occasions. They learnt the truth and were blessed with promotions. With power in their hands, they sided with justice and spoke out for Falun Dafa practitioners on the issue of personnel transfers.

Around March, due to a change of environment, I stopped memorising the Fa for more than ten days. I thought this was not right, so I planned to memorise the Fa for two hours, from six to eight o'clock, every morning. I did not finish memorising Zhuan Falun until November. I then continued to memorise the book for the second time, when I memorised the book for the second time, I felt that I had improved and the words became easier to remember.

We printed materials and made banners. Some made the banners, while others hung the banners. Inspired by our efforts, other practitioners began to step forward. We began with one practice site, and there are now five practice sites. Now the general public can come and study the Fa and practise the exercises. With the situation of Fa-rectification moving forward, participation at our exercise sites has increased.

A female police woman who was originally rude to practitioners regretted what she did and cried after she heard the truth and saw practitioners' real demeanour of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The same night, after negotiating with the Thai practitioners, the police agreed to release everybody. Our shortcoming in this was that some practitioners were anxious to save fellow practitioners and paid fines.

Furthermore the fact that Falun Gong had spread to many countries all over the world was also withheld. It cannot be that so many Falun Gong practitioners all over the world have mental problems and ask to be deceived. This made me think more deeply. Because of this, I wanted to find out and learn more about Falun Gong.

Besides, other than typing, I knew nothing about using a computer, not even sending and receiving emails. I doubted my abilities since I knew so little, even though I wanted very much to get involved. Why not start learning, fellow practitioners encouraged me. That's right! I can learn! I thought that since Falun Dafa needs it, why not learn it.

Having recited Zhuan Falun four times, I couldn't understand why I never seemed to have many of the experiences described in the articles shared by fellow Falun Gong practitioners, such as "the feeling of being reborn" and "the manifestation of the boundless Fa principles." During the past three years, when I was reciting the Fa¹, similar tribulations occurred again and again, but every time I felt the same helplessness.

As a polisher, I feel we are all so close. Someone thousands of miles away understands something or experiences something and shares it with us, the translating team, shares it with me, the polisher. I am so grateful for this sharing which is like a gift to my cultivation. My job is to make the link between the practitioner who wrote these words thousands of miles away, the translator (who may also be very far away) and our readers.

I looked at the fellow practitioner who came with me; he stood there looking at me with his good-natured smile. I expressed my appreciation, "What an arduous job you've been doing!" He replied: "It is no big deal. It is a good thing for a practitioner to bear some hardship." His brief reply reflected his character and his level.

I have overheard that many practitioners would like to memorise Zhuan Falun, but often stop because they lack confidence in their ability to commit this book to memory. I want to share how I memorised the book in the hope that we can improve together.

We are not here to bear the persecution. Instead, we are here to assist Teacher in this world. We are the main characters and now is the time that we should show people how magnificent Falun Dafa practitioners are. How can we be affected or even controlled by the evil?

Lately, I was given hints that I had to strengthen my righteous thoughts. Although I regularly sent righteous thoughts, over time they somehow turned, without my recognition into something of a routine and formality. My righteous thoughts were not quite as powerful as they should have been and I was at a loss how to achieve the best results or how to focus my righteous thoughts.

Since I knew that it was not right to have these fears, I tried to pull myself together and get on with some things to expose the persecution despite them. However, I was doing Falun Dafa work with a human mentality, treating it as something that I had to do, and fearing that I might be left behind if I did not do it. When I first started posting flyers and distributing materials, I had a dry mouth, my heart raced, and I perspired a lot. I was scared to the core of my being.

Nobody dared to get in touch with this practitioner and nobody dared to help him. When I learnt this, I thought, "What is there to be afraid of? There is nothing wrong with being a good person. Falun Dafa teaches us to be good people and to be even better people. Everyone is practising kindness. No matter where I am, I dare to say that Falun Dafa is good."

After reading, I thought back and forth about what my fundamental attachment was. I had thought about this issue before but I always thought that when I started to practise Falun Gong, I did not have any particular reasons for wanting to practise Falun Gong. My sister told me that Falun Gong is very good and is beneficial for people. I then just naturally started to practise. I had not been able to discover my fundamental attachment.

At that time, a friend of mine introduced me to Falun Gong. One week after I began to practise Falun Gong, while I was "Holding the Wheel in front of the Abdomen," a stream of energy suddenly emitted from my palms. I was astonished by the feeling. This experience convinced me of the miracle of Falun Gong. Within one year, all my physical problems were completely gone. Falun Dafa rescued me from my pain and misery.

As Master says, "Everyone sits here because of a predestined relationship." That is the only explanation for why I kept returning, kept trying to study, kept trying to cultivate, kept trying to practise, kept trying to "Fanben Guizhen"--Return to my origin and true self. Just as my mastery of the physical exercises made slow, almost imperceptible progress, so did my ability to study the Falun Gong teachings. Only little by little did it dawn on me that study of Falun Dafa's principles itself was the key to the practice.

The changes in me were so noticeable that my friends started to ask me what I was doing. They could see and feel something really good, even if I was not yet aware of it personally. It was the power of Falun Dafa that they could feel, and I was happy to let them know about Falun Dafa.

The policeman could not understand what she wrote, so he held up the paper and asked her, "What did you write?" Practitioner A read each sentence loudly and clearly to him and several policemen who were outside rushed in to see what was going on. The policeman was enraged and told her, "If you are so stubborn, I will have to shock you with electric batons and send you to solitary confinement!" A was not afraid of them at all, and was sent home that afternoon.

No matter how good the technical skills, the security measures, or software that you have taught to the others are, can you guarantee that they will not run into problems? Isn't it a fact that many practitioners who know the technical aspects quite well are still persecuted? When fellow practitioners run into problems, we should first help them through sending forth righteous thoughts. We also need look within ourselves to see why we are meant to hear or see these problems. Do these problems still exist in us? With such mastery of technical aspects, why do they still encounter problems?

A conversation between Mama and the kindergarten teacher makes us realise that Little Huihui really is a practitioner. She is not only cultivating herself, but also using her actions to validate Falun Dafa. The teacher told Little Huihui's mother, "Huihui surprised me. I cannot express how a young child can do so well! She is smart, lovely, sensible and obedient. She is not only doing well, but also very tolerant. She can get along with all the children and she wishes to help others. Her behaviour is not like that of a child."

I continued, "If you feel pressured, then give me a few days. I will move out as soon as I find a new room." The officer unexpectedly said, "I quite admire you Falun Gong practitioners. You have guts, and a steadfast belief. You just continue to live there. If anyone comes to check, not necessarily to check on you, and even if they check your home, it will do if you simply don't open the door for them." I replied with a thank you, "Your kind heart will bring you good fortune."

From then on, together with other practitioners, we started to going to the Chinese Embassy to send forth righteous thoughts and do the exercises, come rain or shine. At the beginning the situation was very difficult. The Chinese Embassy staff reported us to the police and the police frequently came over. It rained quite often. Practitioners' had differing opinions, and I had tribulations of my own. It is a daily test of my character to see if I can keep up the activity in front of the Chinese Embassy.

From the afternoon of the 10th to the morning of the 12th, Falun Gong practitioners from nearly twenty different countries engaged in a petition near Hotel Adlon where Hu Jintao stayed, appealing for the termination of the persecution of Falun Gong. On the 11th of November, 2005, Hu Jintao paid a visit to such places as the Congress of Germany and the Premier's office. The following is my experience of that day...

When something happens, we may remain superficially peaceful, but in our minds we may have attachments that run rampant. In some cases, we know it is a test, but we still argue with others, while in our minds we say to ourselves, "I am not being attached. I just can not help arguing." But why do we argue if we are not attached? Doesn't the fact that we argue with others mean we are attached?

I did not learn Falun Dafa because I had illness or was unhappy with my life. When I practised other exercises for cultivating my body before, I did not know why I wanted to practise. However, when I first learnt about Falun Dafa, my heart felt so happy as if all my life I had been waiting for this. Thus, even after Master published the article "Towards Consummation," I didn't pay much attention to it. I believed that my intentions in learning Falun Dafa were pure.

I started to talk about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and told them the story about a young practitioner whose face was disfigured by electric shocks. I related the story where a fellow practitioner was sentenced to four years in prison just because she talked in a park about how she had recovered from illness through practising Falun Gong. After hearing these stories, the old woman changed her attitude and said to me, "You can go now."

For a while, the material production sites sprang up everywhere like bamboo shoots after the rain. People in rural areas learnt how to use computers in four days. A 70-year-old woman learnt how to use a computer in two weeks, and then an 80-year-old senior citizen and students learnt how to use computers. I also began from zero, same as the other practitioners, knowing nothing. But our hearts were being led by Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance and we simply wished to let others learn the truth about the practice and the persecution.

I read an article stating that a practitioner had given up cultivation because for a long time he could not see any supernatural things and thus he lost righteous faith in Falun Dafa. After reading this article, I felt it was such a pity that this practitioner gave up the predestined cultivation opportunity that happens only once in a thousand years, particularly when the Fa-rectification is near its end. With the many practitioners who cannot see things in other dimensions in mind, I would like to share my cultivation experiences.

It was Master's merciful arrangement that totally changed my state. During the summer break of 2004, I had a practitioner-colleague come over to my home for a gathering. I mentioned my situation to her, explaining, "My heart is just like a boat that is unable to reach the shore. I always wanted to get closer to Master, get closer to Falun Dafa, yet I am not able to make it." I felt such agony. I only wanted to cry.

What can we see from here? No matter if it was the bad environment that made the practitioners "transform" or the test of cultivating in a favourable environment that made the practitioners slacken in their resolve to be diligent, the key point is that we still have human attachments.

School started early this year, so I had to take a giant step forward and commit to memorising twenty pages a day. I didn't have time to watch TV. I had memorised Zhuan Falun in its entirety by the morning prior to the first day of school. It took me 42 days to memorise the whole book, from July 9th, 2005, until August 19th, 2005, done with Master's help and support.

Often, a person who speaks may not mean what he says, but the person who listens will take offence. When that happens, the environment will become tense, directly affecting one's emotions. This often happens when people start to joke. At first, the jokes are clean. But, when everyday people's corrupted notions creep in, the jokes begin to change flavor. They soon become cynical, infuriating, and ridiculing. The worst thing is when 'adult' jokes enter into the conversation, which greatly spoils a Falun Dafa practitioners' image.

Before I had a chance to react to her hug and her words, she had left. I suddenly understood. She was someone who had undergone much searching and refused to give up the search for the true meaning of life. Today, however, she found her answers and sense of belonging in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Not long after, to my surprise she came to our exhibit again. This time she brought two of her girlfriends with her. She gave me a big hug once again.

Soon, he had read all of them and learnt the exercises. He asked me to wake him up every morning to do the exercises. Before he was quite lazy, and never got up before 8:00 a.m. The most important thing is that he quit drinking and gambling as soon as he started reading the Fa. Through him I saw the supernormal power of Dafa and Master's benevolence. It was not coincidence that my husband started to practise as soon as I started the family-based materials production site.

Since I first enlightened that getting angry is an attachment, and determined myself to get rid of it, it's been over a month that I haven't argued with my wife. My relationship with my wife has been very good so far. No matter what happens, I look inside and try to dig out my shortcomings and attachments. Before, I would get caught up in the conflict, and instead of looking inside, I would blame my wife and find excuses for getting angry at her. Now I can see that I wasn't cultivating myself at all when that happened.

At first I met up with two practitioners. I gave them Teacher's articles. They told me that although they no longer did the exercises and studied the Fa they would not renounce Falun Dafa. Alas, they did not know what was happening elsewhere. "How great it would have been if you had come earlier. We would have not wasted an entire year." I was encouraged and decided to create an environment for group Fa study. At that time, the first Fa study group was established with the three of us. After that, I began to visit some of the elderly practitioners.