During truth clarification and persuading people to do the "three withdrawals" and saving sentient beings, I always tried to change others' notions. I was attached to what I wanted to say and what I was thinking. I did not consider others' attitudes and how much they could accept my words.

I persist in sending forth the righteous thoughts four times each day, regardless of what kind of work I have to do. I always put my work aside to do it. I understand that nothing is more important than to rectify the Fa and to save people, because all human beings have come for this Fa.

Some of the games are about killing, starting fires, alchemy cultivation, evil curses, levels of cultivation, or getting married and having children. To accept the things in the games is a way to gratify the desires they can't achieve in real life. They are not based on the Fa. To put it more seriously, haven't these practitioners already taken a side way and are on an evil path?

As a Dafa cultivator, the most important thing is to first solidly cultivate oneself. Without cultivating oneself well and without a high level xinxing coupled with mighty virtue, how could one rectify the Fa and save sentient beings? To tell it like it is, cultivation is for cultivating oneself, but not solely for the purpose of consummation.

The basic reason was that on my cultivation path, I didn't take the Fa as the Teacher. Instead, I took human thinking and matters as my Teacher. I was using a everyday people's conduct to measure the Fa and not using the Fa to measure human behavior. What kind of logic was this? It was simply absurd.

One day, I could not contain my anger, so much so that not only could I not memorize the Fa, but my feelings of hatred magnified and completely engulfed me. Bad thoughts kept churning up and swirling around in my mind, making my head heavy.

Sometimes I see an attachment of control revealing itself. Wanting to control is a form of aggression. Now whenever I feel a slight form of aggression coming up, I tell myself to surrender and let go. My life belongs to the Fa and I only wish to follow Master's plan, what he has planned for me, so what is there to worry about? What is there to control?

Now I have found that my "being serious about things" is, in fact, a stubborn attachment of mine. What is hidden inside this attachment is my pursuit of a good reputation--I want others to say that I am very fair, dare to admit mistakes, and am truthful.

From my understanding practitioners working in teams should think about the other person at all times. This will help us give up all of our notions and attachments, including attachments of liking, disliking, distrusting, etc., and reach the standard required to fulfil our vows and reach consummation.

I continued to search within and realized that my heart was not compassionate enough, so how could I possibly be tolerant of others. This is selfishness. As practitioners we have to eliminate selfishness, and completely free ourselves of various concepts that we formed in the old universe. We have to become particles of Dafa that becomes particles of the new universe.

People of today perceive money as a very important thing, and are willing to do anything for it, whereas Dafa practitioners, don't view it the same way. Even though money is also important to us, we don't make it for ourselves--we use it for saving the world's people.

I now understand that regardless of what problems appear, I must look inward and find out what changes I should make. This is the way to remove my attachments and advance rationally. To advance rationally and move up in levels of enlightenment does not depend on appearance or human judgment.

Fellow practitioner A's behaviour gave me the impression of harbouring a strong attachment to selfishness. Why would a veteran practitioner who has been cultivating for many years, who is mature and rational, behave like this in front of me? I realized that I had a strong attachment to myself and wouldn't let others point out my shortcomings.

In the past, I had severe hair loss because of chemotherapy. Lots of hair fell out whenever I combed my hair. Less than seven months after I started to practice, the hair loss stopped. New hair started to grow, and it became very dense. My hair went back to normal.

Yet we are cultivators, not everyday people. Master told us in Zhuan Falun, "To tell you the truth, the entire cultivation process for a practitioner is one of constantly giving up human attachments." Craving for "enjoyment," "comfort," and "cozyness" are attachments that we need to get rid of. Otherwise, they become hindrances on our cultivation path.

When we over-emphasize ourselves, even in a deeply hidden way, there is bound to be a strong "ego" sitting out there behind us. As practitioners we need to cultivate our hearts, that is, to sincerely look within and find those human attachments that are being exposed in the conflicts and let go of them.

For example, Master has the requirement for us that "I have often said that as a person cultivating in a righteous Fa, the first thing you must achieve is to not fight back when being punched or insulted." (Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia). However, some practitioners still cannot meet the requirement. Some are able to make it on the surface, but they cannot let it go in their hearts.

I hand-copied Zhuan Falun three times and the other lectures once. Since 2008, I have been memorizing the Fa. The book took four months to recite. Once I recited the Fa, I had a much greater understanding. But when I started reciting the Fa the second time, I was not able to continue after repeating just two or three paragraphs. What was the interference? I looked inside but I still could not find what it might be.

During this rescue effort, although practitioners were attached to relying on ordinary people, we later all realized it and eliminated the attachment. We completely believed in Teacher and the Fa, improved from studying the Fa and realized that the best way to rescue practitioners is to clarifying the truth.

I realize that only if I place myself below others and modestly look inwards to search for my flaws can I make progress. Only by doing this can I say that I am solidly cultivating; that I am walking on the path we are supposed to; and that I am doing things we ought to.

Since we already knew the root causes behind the incorrect cultivation states, why didn't we eliminate them? Thus, I sent forth a righteous thought to decimate all the rotten substances and evil elements around me which created these bad cultivation states. As soon as I sent forth the righteous thought, I suddenly felt that a shell around me was disintegrated.

If we only hold on to our own understanding and refuse to let go of our own way of doing things, everything will become increasingly more difficult. On the other hand, once we let go of the human heart, let go of self, open our hearts and look at everything from the perspective of the entire group, the problem may disappear and the situation may change.

. I am far from the realm of "the next person's things are your things, and your things are his things." I didn't even realize my selfishness until today. I wasn't compassionate toward fellow practitioners. I have been wondering these years, why I am not compassionate and why are my righteous thoughts not powerful?

It is not my intention to suggest that practitioners who are not doing enough to go to the extremes and put aside all everyday activities to do the three-things well, but to hope that human notions can be cast aside, and that they can treat themselves as true cultivators

When I had strong attachments and weak determination and felt low, I was usually moved by articles about how practitioners passed their tests. Compared to what they had gone through, my tribulations were nothing. When I could not find my own attachments even though I looked inward, I would read an article that was related to my situation, which helped me improve and find my own attachments.

He clarifies the truth to everyone he encounters, whether it is a police guard, inmate or visitor. He also asks everyone in his division, one by one, to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Most of the people he talks to have agreed. As time went on, more and more people have come to know the truth.

Why did it happen? Whatever a cultivator encounters is not accidental or without reason. Was it because I had attachments that I had not relinquished? It turned out that it was, because I was so attached to my children and grandchildren. Plus, I had the vanity of saving face, which is an attachment that I had not gotten rid of.

The hardest test to face is when a practitioner has to part with their fundamental attachments. But, at crucial moments, if we can remind ourselves that we are cultivators, we can elevate our Xinxing (heart and mind nature, character) and remain on a righteous path.

Upon returning home and studying the Fa, I calmed down and came to the conclusion that, as a practitioner, I had acted very poorly. How could these situations be mere coincidences? How could I quibble over such conflicts like an everyday person? Was my Xinxing that low?

During that afternoon, a group of the tourists from China arrived, and they were young people. Everyone took lots of photos of us. One Chinese tourist asked us if he could stand among our banners and have a photo taken together with us. We replied, "Sure!" After he took the photo, he told us happily, "Thank you! In China, we can no longer see this."

Lastly, the incident exposed my attachment to sentiment. When I saw how fearful my husband was, I was afraid to worry him. All of these human thoughts attracted the evil test, and my attachment was exploited by the evil forces.

We would encounter all kinds of call recipients: Some would quit the Party, some would remain silent, some would refuse to quit, some would simply start to curse, some would speak in a heavy accent and some would suggest that text messaging would be more convenient.

After reading many articles on the Clearwisdom.net website about practitioners who have been persecuted, I was heartbroken. However, in their articles, some practitioners never mentioned their righteous thoughts when they were tortured. Of course, shouting "Falun Dafa is good" is an act of righteous thought. However, I believe that true righteous thought is more than shouting this sentence, but rather eliminating the evil.

Another person then asked, "Can I have them, too?" A woman in her 60s said, "I don't want to buy anything, but I want the handouts you have." I gave her a Minghui Weekly printout. "Can I have that Nine Commentaries booklet, too?" I asked her, "You do not seem like a person who likes to read lengthy materials. Why do you want that?" She said, "I want it for my child to read."

We arrived at an elderly woman's home, told her about the beauty of Falun Dafa, and taught her to recite "Falun Dafa is good." She asked me to write down the words, so that she could have her son read them, since he was ill. She said repeatedly as she unexpectedly bowed to us, "You are the Bodhisattvas. No wonder I dreamed the Bodhisattvas came to my home."

When the persecution started on July 20, 1999, the television, radio stations, newspapers and all the media came out with redundant reports slandering Dafa and Dafa's Teacher. Although I was very young, I was in too much pain to express my feelings with words, while listening to or watching that news.

When the police ransacked our home, for example, my wife held a copy of Zhuan Falun to her chest, and with no fear, she reasoned unyieldingly with the police. I, on the other hand, because I felt my wife had been working too hard and I had not done my part in raising our son, spent all my time at home and in the factory making more money.

What I would like to emphasize here is that as practitioners we need to think clearly and rationally. Don't allow the old forces to persecute us financially. Practitioners know how and where to spend their money. Practitioners shouldn't stop doing their daily work because of financial difficulties.

As I was complaining to the accountant in my department, a fan on the window sill suddenly fell off and made a loud noise as it hit the floor. I looked up and found that there was a large crack in the window. I suddenly realized that I was wrong. It was so obvious that I had problems in my cultivation.

Everyone is confident about eating the things I sell--even you police buy my groceries because you know Falun Gong practitioners are truthful. Don't you know these facts? What was I like before? And what am I like today? Aren't you clear about this?" Later they wanted to take my fingerprints, but I didn't cooperate with them. After several head-on clashes with them, I knew that I had straightened up my life.

Unable to study the Fa during several years of imprisonment, I suffered from interference: I developed severe anxiety and fear when I got out of prison. How severe was my fear? I was even scared when I heard cars honking loudly, bicycle bells, doorbells, and the ringing of the phone.

When I think it over, I realize that I came here to obtain the Fa, and I have the responsibility to save sentient beings. Then I can settle down and study the Fa well and enter into a better state. I then believe in Master and the Fa, and have no or few distracting thoughts when validating the Fa. Wise words come out naturally like water from a faucet when I clarify the truth.

Today, Master's Fa resonates in my mind. Even though it doesn't appear Master is pointing out my shortcomings, my actions cannot be an exception to Master's Fa. I looked inside and discovered that I had unwittingly done something to damage the Fa.

From the bottom of my hearth, I hope that the Chinese people, all Chinese people, will cherish this opportunity to learn the truth about Dafa and the rich Chinese culture, and truly be proud to have been born in the wonderful country of China.

I would like to share my thoughts with young practitioners like me. We should become qualified young practitioners and not be misled by the fancy material things in the human world. We should always strive to follow Dafa's requirements so the old forces will not be able to take advantage of us. We should help our parents do well the three things and not let Master down.

I met my uncle-in-law, when my body and mind were totally assimilated into the Fa, all my human mentalities were gone, and my righteous thoughts were powerful. After only a few words, he agreed to renounce his membership from the CCP and its affiliated organizations without any hesitation.

The current society is full of chaos, flooded with articles offering all kinds of information. However, it lacks good quality articles. We must be clear: only if we have compassion and kindness in ourselves, and are down-to-earth and diligent in doing things, can our articles go beyond being plain, and become more valuable.

Once I planned to go out of town to a fellow practitioner's office to get materials. Before I went, I dreamed that I was arrested at his workplace. After I woke up, I immediately sent forth righteous thoughts to clear the interference inside and outside of myself.

. I have already noticed these attachments while looking inward, but when I mentioned them during sharing with fellow practitioners, I described them vaguely and even intentionally found excuses for these attachments. So I had not been able to face these things squarely with an unambiguous attitude.

When I hear people gossiping behind my back, I feel angry, and I unwittingly look for an excuse to defend myself. In the face of condemnation, I feel as though I will collapse. I get angry and grief-stricken when I can't convince people to quit the evil party, thinking that they are very difficult to save. When these things happen, where is my compassion?