On Writing Fa-Rectification Articles
By a Practitioner in Mainland China
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. The Great Significance of Writing Fa-Rectification Articles I would like to share my personal understanding of the significance of writing Fa-rectification
articles. - Essential for Eliminating the Evil The evil old forces, with their deviated notions and viciously jealous, have formed a complete
and thorough system to control the entire persecution process against Teacher, Dafa, Dafa disciples
and the sentient beings. They have used the media tools to spread their lies and defamations and
thus have been able to deceive and intimidate all living beings. This has brought all sentient
beings to the edge of great danger and put them in a tremendous tribulation. Most of the damage has
been done through the use of words. Dafa practitioners' writing Fa-rectification articles is a process of exposing the evil and
eliminating the evil. These articles expose the full manifestation of the evil forces. Fa-rectification
articles are written so that the sentient beings of the colossal firmament can completely,
systematically and deeply understand the manifestation of the old evil forces. They can then
understand the enormous damage that these forces have brought upon all sentient beings. - Necessary for Clarifying the Truth and Saving People When people read Fa-rectification articles, they are able to completely and genuinely understand
the truth of Fa-rectification. Accordingly, their thoughts are changed, and their xinxing standard [mind
or heart nature; moral character] is upgraded. Moreover, they are able to rationally recognize
the danger of their present situation, to distinguish right from wrong and good from bad. Their
righteous thoughts and compassion are awakened so they can be saved. - Vital for Validating and Displaying the Greatness of Dafa In the course of cultivation practice, one's understanding of the Fa will be different at
different levels and different realms. These insights and realizations gained through cultivation
are not personal property. Therefore, it is every practitioner's responsibility to put his own
personal experience of cultivation practice in Dafa into writing, in order to demonstrate, harmonize
and validate Dafa. - Necessary for Purifying and Rectifying One's Own Self The process of writing Fa-rectification articles is actually a process of "taking the Fa as
the teacher" and "cultivating your inner self." This is indeed a process of
"enduring physical hardship" when one becomes tired while writing as well as
"enduring mental hardship" when thinking hard. It's a method for wisely and rationally
understanding one's self and also rectifying one's own world. The development of the writing helps
one eliminate the bad elements in one's own world, break through to higher, deeper, wider, finer and
broader levels and ascend to one's own original and highest position. Teacher is constantly keeping an eye on Clearwisdom Net and other Dafa websites. Sentient beings
of heaven and earth are all watching Dafa websites every day. The effect of the articles that
clarify the truth, expose the evil and validate Dafa in the Fa-rectification is immeasurable. Their
power to shock and eliminate the evil is indeed very immense. I often experienced the following situations. Sometimes, even though I understand something in
the Fa, it might not always be quite clear to me and therefore I do not take it as seriously as I
should. However, when I read about the same issue in other practitioners' articles, all of a sudden
it becomes very clear to me -- often clarifying the same realization I had. Or, there were times
when I had attachments in my mind that were so difficult to let go of, to the point that I was
disappointed and depressed with myself. But when I read other practitioners' articles and found
similar experiences regarding eliminating attachments, I would be greatly inspired and supported --
so then I too could do a good job in that area! Sometimes when other practitioners exposed their
attachments and analyzed those attachments in detail, it seemed as if these same attachments in me
would become weaker after they were exposed; therefore they could no longer control me like they
used to. Through reading other practitioners' Fa-rectification articles, I have come to realize that when
a practitioner puts his pure insights into writing and publishes them on the web, these pure insight
becomes the property of more practitioners. This therefore once again injects a new righteous
element into Fa particles as a whole. When a practitioner exposes his deviated notions or
attachments on the web, the essence of the deviation becomes more clearly recognized by other
practitioners; thus it is no longer capable of controlling Dafa practitioners so rampantly like it
used to. That's why I think it doesn't matter what level your cultivation practice has reached; as
long as you are a genuine practitioner, your perception might be a helpful reference to others. - Necessary as Future Reference I personally think that the "reference" which Dafa practitioners are leaving for the
future is, to a great extent, preserved in Dafa practitioners' Fa-rectification articles. Although
references are also preserved in other forms, for example audio and visual media, written material is the foundation and main component for systematically, completely, and
sensitively preserving such references for not only the near but also the distant future. 2. How to Write Fa-Rectification Articles The writing of Fa-rectification articles is different from that of ordinary articles. First, one
has to stand on a righteous foundation or base -- from the point of complete selflessness and
offering salvation to people. Fa-rectification articles are to validate Dafa instead of validating
one's own understanding. If in an article, a practitioner unconsciously makes constant efforts to
quote Teacher's Fa to validate his own understanding, he is falling into the trap of explaining the
Fa with his own understanding. To put it seriously, this is the beginning of undermining Dafa. This
kind of writing, which is based on "selfishness," is a product of empirical science. It
already has had a certain degree of impact on people and on Dafa practitioners, and thus it must be
abandoned. This foundation of "selfishness" must not be applied to the writing of Fa-rectification
articles. Below is a little of my present understanding on how to write Fa-rectification articles: Break Away from the Restraint of One's Postnatal False Self We should break through the sentiment of fear, the emotion of shying away from toughness.
"Don't wait. Don't rely on others." Take the initiative; actively, voluntarily,
consciously take writing Fa-rectification articles as an important mission to assist the Fa-rectification,
and as one of the important components of Fa-rectification cultivation. Engage in writing Fa-rectification
articles whole-heartedly. Don't be hindered by everyday people's judgements or notions that you are lacking high-level
education, that you are too old, or that you lack writing experience. Nor should you be hindered by
the notion of "I can" or "I can't." Don't be obstructed by the notions of
"my understanding is not high, other practitioners' understanding is high and correct, other
practitioners are capable of writing [better than I]." Would Dafa websites have such a
profound, broad, extraordinary and intricate content today, if every practitioner waited for other
practitioners to write? What then, would the situation of Fa-rectification be now? In order to write good Fa-rectification articles, one must first study the Fa well. One also
needs to read more Fa-rectification articles published on Dafa websites. This way you'll know what
areas of content have been published by other practitioners. At the same time, in the course of
reading, you'll be inspired and your understanding will be higher. Meanwhile, you should keep an eye
on related reports and other materials that are necessary for clarifying the truth to offer
salvation to people during the course of Fa-rectification. Once your writing topic is determined, don't be overly anxious to finish it quickly. Wait until
after you have completely written all the contents you want to write, then "take the Fa as the
teacher" and carefully edit it so that other practitioners and people can read it better. You
can use everyday people's existing ways and methods but don't let them overly influence or restrict
your writing. Be serious and earnest, and keep your focus as you write. The words, phrases,
sentences, rhetoric and writing methods that everyday people use can be recycled or you may use new
words, phrases, etc. Actually, since the second half of last year, especially since last October, the Fa-rectification
articles on the web are of an unprecedented high quality. The writing skills of Dafa practitioners
are becoming more proficient, and they are making continuous improvement. How to Correctly Quote Teacher's Words How to quote Teacher's words is a very serious issue and a very tough issue to handle. If you
directly copy Teacher's original words to your articles, without using double quotation marks or
indicating their origin, you would be suspected of plagiarizing the Fa. Also, if you quote a lot of
Teacher's words in your articles, and especially if you randomly cut or shorten sentences to fit
into your articles, even though you indicate the origins and use double quotations marks, you would
then be suspected of taking words from the texts out of context and undermining the Fa. Sometimes, the problem of incorrect priority occurs. For example, you might use Teacher's words
as a base to prove that your understanding is right, instead of stating that your understanding is
achieved by studying the Fa, your pure awakening and Teacher's teaching. Some practitioners may say that we should only write down our own righteous understanding, and
avoid quoting Teacher's words as much as possible. Yet my understanding is: don't be afraid of
confronting the challenge of every detail. Instead, face this issue with a serious and responsible
mentality. What Teacher says is the general Fa and principles. As you make use of specific
situations and examples in your cultivation practice, and incorporate these into your articles
quoting Teacher's words, you are reminding other practitioners to bring their attention to this area
and deepen their understanding of what Teacher says regarding this specific area, which might have
been unnoticeable to them in the past. 3. How to Deal With the Issue of Being Published or Not Being Published When we write Fa-rectification articles, we shouldn't develop attachments to our articles' being
published or not. There were times that I thought I had written a very good article, but it was not published right
away, so my mind was not at ease. Then after a while it was published, so I was happy. There's
nothing wrong with being happy, but I got carried away with this emotion and developed a new
attachment. In the course of cultivation, we cannot afford to develop new attachments unconsciously.
We must be on the alert for this. Sometimes an article was not published at all. So I thought to myself, my writing was so good, my
understanding was so high, how could it not be published? This led to an unbalanced mentality. We should understand this issue of an article's being published or not published, based on the
foundation of Dafa. The goal of our writing Fa-rectification articles is to assist Teacher in Fa-rectification
instead of just publishing our articles. We have to constantly remember this: cultivation practice
has nothing to do with fame and personal gain, and everything is attained naturally without pursuit.
Meanwhile, we should realize that our personal understanding is only partial and is limited to
certain levels. 4. How to Handle the Issue of Keeping up With Teacher's Fa-Rectification Progress In the past, although we were able to write articles about the circumstances and progress of our
local Fa-rectification situation, and sent these articles to Dafa websites, our understanding of
doing this in a timely and complete manner was sometimes insufficient. Later, after we more fully
recognized the great importance of keeping up with Fa-rectification, and saw where we were
deficient, we were able to collect material and edit articles in a more timely manner. Teacher said: "However strong the righteous thoughts are, that's how great the power
is." (Essentials For Further Advancement II, "Also in a Few Words") As long as
we try hard, from our heart, we can do a good job. We must have a firm belief that Dafa
practitioners are omnipotent, indestructible, and capable of conquering all obstacles.
The above is just my personal understanding of the present situation. Please kindly point out
anything improper.
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