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Some Thoughts Regarding Rescuing Our Fellow U.S. Practitioner, Charles Li (Clearwisdom.net) As a practitioner living in the United States, I have been thinking a
lot about why our efforts to rescue Charles Li have not been successful. On the surface, it seems
that the United States government hasn't put in enough effort to rescue Charles, but could it really
be because we as practitioners have our own problems? Let's take myself for an example. I thought that it was because the United States is focused on a
possible war with Iraq, and at the same time North Korea is ramping up its nuclear program, so
needing China's cooperation, the United States did not do anything so that their plans would not be
affected. The United States government hasn't really stepped forward to call for Charles Li's
release--perhaps it is from not wanting to offend China. But upon further examination, this way of thinking has problems. I am still using everyday
people's logic to consider this issue, and I'm placing hope in the United States government to
rescue Charles Li. This means that I believed our efforts were for the United States government to
step forward, and only that would result in Charles Li's release. This way of thinking--for
practitioners to hope that someone would "do us a favor"-- is a form of disrespect to Dafa.
In Fa-rectification, how can we place our hopes in everyday people stepping forward to become the
main characters? Master talked about this principle in "Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa
Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A." We should do better in clarifying the truth to the American government and encourage it to do
everything in its power to rescue Charles Li -- this is a matter of how we can best enable them to
understand the true situation. Dafa is offering them salvation. Master told us clearly in
"Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference," "What used to restrain
people is no longer there, and the factors that manipulated people to do bad things have been
cleaned out. The people outside of Mainland China are now more clearheaded, and they're becoming
even more clearheaded and are more and more able to see this evil persecution in China for what it
is. So for our Dafa disciples outside of Mainland China, this is a chance for us to clarify the
truth further, and to help people all over the world and the governments of each nation better
understand this display of evil. So I hope you'll do your work along these lines more solidly, and
help people to truly recognize all of this." I feel that this is precisely the time for us to
put down our notions, step out from the fog of delusion that is the surface appearance of things,
and solidly enable the American government and people to "truly recognize" the nature of
this evil persecution. In order to further enable the American government and people to "truly recognize" this
evil persecution, wisdom and rationality are indeed needed, but the power of belief is extremely
important. If fundamentally, we ourselves cannot even truly believe in Dafa and the truth of Dafa's
power, if we don't truly want to eliminate those evil elements that are controlling people from
other dimensions in this battle between good and evil, then what we can accomplish and what we can
break through may be limited to a certain level. Based on the foundation of our further clarifying the truth and enabling the American government
and people to truly recognize the nature of this persecution, people will then make their own
choices. If the American government steps forward to rescue Charles Li, then this will result in
more sentient beings being saved. Clarifying the truth does not mean going to ask people for things;
Dafa disciples are offering salvation to more and more people through all kinds of events and
actions. If we can do well, then Charles Li's sacrifices will not be in vain. Everything is for the
sake of offering salvation to sentient beings, enabling more people to understand the facts of this
persecution. If they realize that the persecution is going on in their midst, then they will be able
to better understand it through their own experiences. The above are my personal understandings. I hope that my fellow practitioners will
compassionately point out anything inappropriate. Posting date: 2/15/2003 |