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Some Thoughts About the Book Poisonous Deceit By Falun Dafa Practitioners from Shenyang
December 21, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, the book Poisonous Deceit has appeared
in the truth-clarifying materials in our city. I have some thoughts about this,
which I would like to share.
Poisonous Deceit was not written by a Falun Dafa practitioner, but
rather, by an official in the current ruling Party; it simply shows righteous
people's attitude towards Dafa. In the present malicious environment of China,
it is praiseworthy that there can be such an official with a righteous mind, who
dares to support Falun Gong and disclose the evil. However, I do not think that
it is appropriate to directly take this book as independent truth-clarifying
material. The understandings and opinions of people in society cannot always
meet the requirements of Fa-rectification.
In fact, what they write will have all kinds of notions in it, and cannot be
compared with the purity of mind of Dafa practitioners who go through
cultivation. Therefore, using the understandings of people in society as the
main focus of Dafa truth-clarifying materials will not have the required level
of purity. If we only use the articles that these people write to expose the
evil, it will reduce the power of Fa-rectification. Only the most pure and
righteous materials are likely to move people's hearts and have the power to
help people change their views and purify their minds.
Of course, it is no problem at all to use such articles and other positive
understandings towards Dafa as reference or auxiliary materials in clarifying
the truth. However, the key is to properly balance the content and proportion of
these additional materials. Basically, it is Dafa disciples who are saving
people. Certainly, some people in society have a role in assisting this work.
However, we must be clear that it's not their role to clarify the truth, with
Dafa disciples assisting.
At the same time, the appearance of this book brings up a very crucial issue:
Some practitioners developed attachments towards Poisonous Deceit, and
treated it with human thoughts such as, "It's written by a high ranking
official, it's convincing." Instead, they should use rationality to assess the
content of the truth-clarifying materials, and should better understand the
leading role of Dafa disciples in Fa-rectification. This situation also reflects
the fact that sometimes in our own minds we don't take sufficient responsibility
towards truth clarification. Actually, truth-clarification work requires us all
to maintain strict standards and to take complete responsibility. This includes
every aspect of the work, including downloading, producing, shipping and
distributing the materials. We ought to spend time reading the materials
carefully and evaluating everything from the Fa. We must respond when there is a
problem, and try our best to make Dafa truth-clarifying materials readable and
reflect our purity. We need to let the people clearly understand the evil, and
show them the beauty of Dafa.
Posting date: 1/2/2003 |