Everything Happening in Ordinary Society Is Aimed at Dafa Disciples' Thoughts -- Some Understanding About Rescuing Charles Li
By Xinming
(Clearwisdom.net)
Master said in Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in
Philadelphia, U.S.A., "As I've said, everything that happens
today in the ordinary society is the result of Dafa disciples' thoughts.
Even though the old forces do exist, if you don't have those thoughts they
can't do anything."
Recently the Chinese police illegally arrested American citizen Charles
Li and publicly made false accusations. It's one thing to frame innocent
people, but they use the most unsavory means to create such a situation. We
must all look within for any ordinary people's notions that may have
provided loopholes for the old forces. If there are no loopholes, then this
is absolutely the evil's persecution, and we should use this opportunity to
send forth powerful righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil.
When I thought about this, I looked within and found that I often fear
being questioned by people about tapping into TV programs, feeling
that I can't explain this clearly. This is because my own understanding was
not righteous enough. If someone broke the information blockade during the
persecution of the Jews, utilized radio stations or flyers to expose
Hitler's lies, Hitler would accuse him of violating the "law." But the
people who learned the truth would call him a hero. Presently, Jiang and his
regime never follow the law in their treatment of 100 million Falun Gong
practitioners, but instead implemented the policy to "ruin their reputation,
break them down mentally, and physically destroy them." How can I still feel
unclear about breaking the blockade to clarify the truth? How deep was my
comprehension of Master's new scripture Look at Things with Righteous
Thoughts? Was it so shallow, or do I still have that deeply rooted fear?
As if doing such noble Fa-rectification work could still fall short on a
"legal" technicality? I found I had never really considered this before, and
even avoided it.
Master answers questions in Touring North America to Teach the Fa:
"Question: If students in Mainland China go out to spread the Fa,
they'll surely be arrested. But if they don't spread the Fa, they're
afraid that it will affect their levels in the course of Fa-rectification.
How should disciples in Mainland China handle this?
Teacher: Neither of these two kinds of thinking is right. If a person
doesn't go out to spread the Fa, he's afraid that it will affect his
level, he's afraid that it will affect his improvement, and he's afraid
that it will affect his Consummation. He's afraid of this, he's afraid
of that--instead of truly looking at things as a Dafa disciple. Dafa
disciples absolutely should validate the Fa, and they should save
sentient beings. It's precisely because of these ordinary human
attachments that problems are apt to occur--that's why a lot of problems
have occurred."
I thought I understood this teaching clearly before, and felt Master was
talking about those disciples in China who cannot step forward in Fa
rectification. When I read this paragraph today, I realized Master is
teaching the Fa, not only talking about specific things. Didn't Master use
this topic to point out what it means for Dafa disciples to look at things
with righteous thoughts? Master said, "Dafa disciples absolutely should
validate the Fa, and they should save sentient beings." Indeed, this is the
bottom line of Dafa disciples' righteous thoughts and righteous actions. How
could I forget this in the current situation?
If we do not genuinely look at things from the perspective of the Fa, but
rather based on ordinary society's understandings, then the old forces will
see this clearly. They will not let us off easily. So our own thoughts
created this trial wherein our fellow practitioner is suffering, which gave
the old forces an excuse to manipulate a country or government's opinion on
this matter. If the governments harm Dafa disciples as a result, then they
are sacrificing their future.
I am convinced that when bad things happen, we should not only take the
opportunity to thoroughly clarify the truth and send forth righteous
thoughts, but also emphasize looking within for any bad thoughts and
eliminate them, in order to completely negate the old forces' arrangement.
Otherwise our truth clarification will not progress well, because we will be
limited by our own fear and misunderstandings.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/2/10/44331.html
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