As I was arranging the medical records, I read through the medical records of every faculty member and leader. I was quite surprised to find that the records of those who had practiced Falun Gong were either blank or just a few short pages.

. One day a division head arrived and asked whether I understood the videos. I replied, "It's fabricated, and no one wants to listen to them! I pity the people who produced those videos, because they don't know what terrible crimes they are committing for a little bit of money! They will pay for everything in the future!" The division head turned around and left.

I realized that the bottom line was my being selfish and the attachment to myself. I always thought that I was good. I wasn't able to break away from that human notion and I failed to look at things with righteous thoughts. I failed to treat the things I encountered as a cultivator should.

They said, "Our auntie told us to remember that Dafa is good. You should not write such things. Go apologize to auntie."
After my truth clarification, all of the teachers and each of the over forty kids in the first training class understood the truth and they all quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

Nikolai saw many photos about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners at the Lucerne Falun Dafa information booth. He was shocked and could not believe this was happening. After he started the practice, like many other practitioners, Nikolai clarified the truth to many people.

Dig out the attachment of showing off, clear it layer by layer from the surface to deep inside, and be a true disciple of Master. Let's all use pure hearts to fulfil our responsibilities and not disappoint Master's great compassion.

We should pay attention to the tone of our speech; the expression in our eyes; the starting point of our thoughts, whether for others or for ourselves; and our attitude in doing the three things

My biggest handicap was the wish for comfort and being self-centred. I wasn't motivated enough to help others unless people specifically asked for help. I thought that, since Master emphasized Fa study, I interpreted that to mean that I could practice less or not even practice the exercises. Studying the Fa was much easier.

The doctor from the county hospital eventually called me to follow up with my father's status. He was astounded and could not believe that my father had fully recovered. My parents are now in their late 70s, are continuing cultivation, and are healthy.

I also finally understood why Clearwisdom.net (Minghui Net) has been operating to this day, despite all the stormy weather, and is well loved and praised by people all over the world. It is because the website is operated and harmonized by tens of thousands of selfless Dafa practitioners who care little for fame and personal gain!

When it came to Dafa matters, I usually regarded my mother's opinions as the most important instead of sharing my own understandings of the Fa with her. Actually, this was caused by my attachment of admiration for her knowledge of society.

I realized also that, as a practitioner, I shouldn't claim to "know myself well." This was probably a manifestation of complacency. With ongoing cultivation, there will always be new attachments to uncover and eliminate.

Every night I send righteous thoughts at midnight. I found the result was very good when I read Master's articles after memorizing Zhuan Falun. My mind was clear, without any interference. Truth-clarification activities take much time now, but I still wanted to memorize some of Master's articles written since the onset of the persecution.

She asked, "Is it wrong to teach people to be good? Is the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance wrong? Doesn't the government want to say that 'deceit, evil, strife' is good? I believe the Chinese Communist Party failed to offer any reason for the personal attacks on our Teacher.

As she looked at the cashier who understood the truth and heard words of support for Falun Dafa, the elderly practitioner was moved. Tears of joy ran down her face. She said, "Thank you, thank you! I will take this truth-clarification bill." The cashier smiled happily, too.

Although my forbearance was not everyday people's endurance with tears, it also was not without anger or grievance. I was avoiding problems and suppressing my feelings rather than "forbearing." I was like an ostrich that hid its head in the sand as soon as the wind picked up. When the storm passed, it lifts its head up and pretends that nothing is wrong.

After a long period of time I found that I didn't meet the requirements of the Fa-rectification, because no matter how well I did the work and how good my character was, people at most just thought that I was a person of good character. They didn't connect me with Dafa because I didn't tell them I was a Dafa practitioner. Whereas I previously thought that my efforts would allow my colleagues to understand Dafa's beauty, in fact it wasn't the case. I didn't validate the Fa and wasted a lot of time.

I didn't consider myself a cultivator during this whole affair. I only thought of my own interest and fought for it. I didn't have any consideration for others and I did not meet the requirements of the Fa. After realizing this, I told my wife over the phone: "It was retribution. I am a cultivator and I didn't act according to the Fa."

I thought that we Dafa disciples should validate Dafa wherever we are, so it was only right that I demonstrate Dafa's mighty power when I left the management position; that I should not curse or whine like other people when they are released from their positions. In every organization, in every industry, at every level, there is Dafa's existence and manifestation.

We should really concentrate when studying the Fa. In the past when I was studying the Fa, sometimes my thoughts would wander and then I would just pull myself back and continue reading. Now if I find that I have become distracted, I start all over again until my thoughts are fully concentrated on the Fa. I concentrate wholeheartedly and make sure I am single minded on Master's Fa.

"I heard that some tourists at Tiananmen raised their hands to shade themselves from the sun. Immediately, five police officers went over to arrest them. The tourists were angry and fought back. Then, another police officer came shouting, 'They are not Falun Gong practitioners. The real practitioners won't fight back.' " All the passengers on the van laughed.

While I was sharing my opinions and thought that I had a good understanding of this issue, I heard this different voice. I could not take it and responded sarcastically, "Even if I don't clarify the truth face to face, I still made more people withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party." Others were shocked to hear this. I was also surprised. How could I have said this?

As I remember, at the beginning of the persecution, a practitioner once asked himself, "If I were to lose my life in the persecution, would I give up cultivation?" The answer is, "Every life comes to an end. Even if I give up Dafa, I will not be able to overcome life and death, much less be a cultivator."

In my understanding, the root of the attachment to relying on others is selfishness, which is the fundamental characteristic of the old universe. If one fails to remove the attachment, one would fail to ascend from the old principles or fundamentally change one's conventional thinking.

It made me realized that I had not eliminated my attachment to personal gain, and that this attachment was strong. On the surface, I often wanted help from relatives who had easier lives. Actually I unconsciously felt that they should help me. Sometimes it upset me when they did not help me when I needed it. How filthy and selfish a mindset that is!

Ms. Ding said she didn't know to consider others first before practicing Falun Gong, and believed that everyone was out for themselves. She always fought for her own self-interest, whether she was right or wrong, and was very impatient. After she became a practitioner, she reminded herself all the time that she was a practitioner and must behave as a practitioner.

I found that since I started studying the Fa and sharing and doing things to validate the Fa together with fellow practitioners in the past few months, the speed of my xinxing improvement has been much faster than when I cultivated at home for the past few years.

As a cultivator, we should look inside and always consider others first. Whenever we do something, we should think: will this thing harm other people? When we have conflicts with others, we should check ourselves to see if there is anything that we did wrong. When we see other’s problems, we should check if we have similar problems.

Many things need to be done within a limited timeframe. This is a challenge. From another perspective, isn't it also an opportunity for us to establish our mighty virtue? Let us all cherish this period of time and save more people to fulfil our mission!

A very short time after I had the thought of establishing a family material production site, all the equipment was ready, and those with the technical know how provided their expertise and were willing to help at all times. Some had to travel a long way to come. This is something that ordinary people could never do. They touched me and inspired me so much that I have no choice but to do my best.

We all know that it is a great honour to be a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period. Why then do we not cultivate diligently and allow ourselves to be interfered with by the evil and cannot free ourselves? Looking deeper, I found I was interfered with by my own mindset, which was hidden deeply within me: my attachments to comfort, fame and gain, competitiveness, lust, and proving my self, etc.

Through studying the "Fa", I realized that no matter how good of a practitioner I was, on the surface I was still a human being. Now matter how smart I was as a man, it was still the lowest level of thinking and knowledge. Being smart isn't bad but as a practitioner I need to be rational and shouldn't be too proud of it.

After reading the book once, I found that it talked about not only qigong but also the meaning of human life, the goal of being human, and even about the world view. I realized that this was no ordinary book. It talked about something brand new, even beyond human knowledge.

Since the beginning of morning exercises, I have become more energetic, I sleep less, and I have more time to do the three things (study the Fa [the teachings of Falun Dafa], send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and about the persecution to the world's people) Also, the enthusiasm which diminished after I was released from prison has returned.

Though my desire to save more sentient beings and help fellow practitioners undergoing persecution never wavered, for a period of time, I could not come up with any better ideas, and my mind seemed to be empty. I had the feeling that I had exhausted my abilities. I realized that I needed a breakthrough to improve this situation.

Thinking back over the past ten years and the behaviour of the practitioner that was shown to me, wasn't this the arrangement of our compassionate Master to help me see my attachments? It was for me to get rid of this attachment.

After that I used the words and actions of my fellow practitioners as a mirror to reflect myself. In the process, I discovered that I had many attachments and a heart full of human emotions, for example, jealousy, pride, materialism and fear, etc.

Many times my xinxing is poor, and this makes it harder to get rid of attached thoughts when they come up, or to do Dafa work. Sometimes I worry that I’ve done poorly and that I won’t be able to finish cultivation due to my attachments and karma. Feeling bad and that I have used my time poorly, I try to read and re-read Master Li’s books and lectures as much as I can. I also make sure I am sending forth righteous thoughts as correctly as possible.

I think doing the exercises, especially doing the exercises in a group, is a major factor that determines the quality of our improvement and our ability to solve problems. The exercises enhance wisdom. With our wisdom enhanced, we will be able to solve
problems quickly.

At the end of 1994, when I was feeling empty and helpless, two friends who previously practiced qigong introduced me to Falun Dafa and loaned me Zhuan Falun. Since then I have followed the correct path, practiced the righteous law, and entered into a new world.

Just then, he suddenly stopped me from talking, saying, "I am a hoodlum, so you don't need to save me!" I replied, "Even if you are a hoodlum, I still want to save you!" He took out a sharp knife, with about a 5-inch-long blade, and said, "I am a hoodlum! I make a living by getting people to pay their debts, so I don't deserve to be saved! "

I decided to do the same thing for our city. Immediately, the policemen's words kept popping up in my mind. I started to think, "When the truth-clarification flyers and pamphlets come out, will the National Security Team think that I did it? If they ask me, how should I respond?" I knew that these were unrighteous thoughts. They were not from my own nature

I have sent forth righteous thoughts together with a fellow practitioner a few times, and I observed how she conducted herself. Every time we sent forth righteous thoughts, she spent almost fifteen minutes on the verge of falling asleep! After less than two months, this practitioner was arrested while she was out distributing fliers, and sentenced to two years of forced labour.

It is a rare opportunity to have access to the truth. We have gone through many re-incarnations to have this opportunity. However, the human world tends to generate illusions that mislead us and cause us to forget that we are practitioners. Can we imagine what will happen to us if we miss this opportunity?

I felt I was being pushed when going uphill. It didn't take long at all to ride five miles. I didn't feel hot in the summer or cold in the winter. But if I didn't have righteous thoughts, for example, if I didn't want to go or thought it was too far or I'd be too lonely, my bicycle would not move no matter how hard I peddled it. When I got off the bike to push it, I felt my legs weighed a thousand pounds.

During another meeting with several practitioners, three of them got into an argument. At this time I noticed that one practitioner next to me was sitting calmly, unmoved by what was happening. A saying by ordinary people came to mind, "A person with great wisdom appears innocent to others."

When I coordinate with other practitioners in projects, I also realize that every practitioner's attachments have negative impacts on the project, which can manifest as constant arguments, contempt, jealousy, and so on. All these are manifestations of selfishness.

In my view, it is important for cultivators within the same family to study the Fa together and share experiences with each other. Thus we can remind each other that we are cultivators and must deal with everything from the perspective of the Fa.

The school administrators wouldn't let me teach culture and literature from Chinese history because they did not know I could clarify the truth of the persecution from other subjects such as art, music and calligraphy. I had never told them that the wisdom of mankind in inventing everything came from Dafa. It is Dafa that gives wisdom to practitioners who study these subjects.

I have now realized that being attached to oneself is the root of jealousy. We should place ourselves on the same level as others, not above them. Each being is formed by the Fa and each one has different characteristics. That is to say, each being has strengths and weaknesses.