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Some Insights Gained from Recent Rescue Activities for Charles Li, Lin Wenrong and Lin Lili Written by a Practitioner in the United States
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioners have recently launched
worldwide activities to rescue Charles Li and Lin Lili. These efforts are
unprecedented in their scope, momentum and depth of coverage.
Looking back on our history of clarifying the truth over the past three
years, we can see shortcomings in our efforts to save sentient beings. For
example, when the incidents of Charles Li and Lin Lili first occurred, the
relevant government departments did not have as active a response as we
expected. We could also hear intense responses from our fellow practitioners,
including complaints towards those departments. Our criticism is not incorrect.
With today's degenerated moral standard, people, including government
departments, sometimes cannot fulfill their obligations based on following good
moral values. However, as practitioners, we need to carefully examine how well
we are fulfilling our role as Fa-rectification disciples, and see how we can
improve in order to more deeply clarify the truth and help save sentient beings.
First of all, do we clearly clarify the truth according to the requirements
of the Fa-rectification? Have we ever thought in depth about whether we have
clearly clarified the truth to governments? To be sure, we have clarified the
truth at various levels, but the problem is whether we have not clarified the
truth well enough. For example:
Of course, in many situations, we have to take the people whom we talk to
into consideration. It is not that all the sentient beings will necessarily need
to learn about Falun Gong in such depth. But in many situations, if we do not
clarify the truth in enough depth and detail, the complaints we make against
ordinary society are the direct reflection of the fact that we did not do our
job well enough in saving the sentient beings. As cultivators, we have no reason
to complain about any person or any thing.
Secondly, how can we improve our job in clarifying the truth?
In the past three years, we have gotten used to and become very familiar with
all the activities related to clarifying the truth, such as hosting gatherings,
parades, practicing the exercises, holding exhibitions, etc., and we can do all
these activities very well.
How can we clarify the truth in even further depth and detail? The two most
important aspects for us in clarifying the truth are first to clarify the truth
to the Chinese people, and secondly, to clarify the truth to the governments of
every country. The disappointing response to the recent urgent issues highlights
the fact that the governments do not really understand that the persecution of
Falun Gong is the most evil thing happening in this world, or at least that it
is not any less urgent than the other issues. It may be even more important for
the future of the international society. Their lack of understanding is due to
our own shortcoming. That shows why they don't have a correct attitude towards
us fundamentally.
Under such a situation, it is the high-level decision-making departments of
each country that we should clarify the truth to, not only to the executive
departments that carry out the policies or the staff of the lower levels. Though
it is true that it is our own issue as to what degree we use our heart and how
much of the truth we actually clarify to people, it is their own business as to
what choices they make after listening to the truth. We should therefore surely
clarify the truth well enough to all those living beings, who deserve to hear
the truth.
Master said in "Teaching the Fa during the 2003 Lantern Festival at the
Western United States Fa Conference," "As you've seen, you are clarifying the
facts, sending righteous thoughts, and individually cultivating
yourselves--these three things are the three most important things for Dafa
disciples to do at present. Clarifying the facts, speaking from the surface
principles at the human level, is exposing the evil persecution. Sending
righteous thoughts is eliminating those unsalvageable, filthiest beings'
persecution of Dafa disciples. From the perspective of principles at a higher
level, the true intention of clarifying the facts is to save sentient beings and
to prevent humankind from being weeded out."
In clarifying the truth to the highest-level departments of the government,
we should not only make breakthroughs in our courage and insight, we should also
bring into full play more of our wisdom. We should not be satisfied simply with
speaking about the truth. We should break through our own notions and
attachments, and clearly clarify the truth in the way that is required by the Fa-rectification.
We should help people remove their misunderstanding and bewilderment, and help
them understand and accept the truth that is saving them. On all these issues,
have we been stopped by difficulties in contacting government officials? Are we
afraid of moving ahead, not knowing how to clarify the truth well to them? Are
we still following the arrangements by the old forces on many issues, getting
stopped by our own notions and thoughts that are not righteous and that prevent
us from clarifying the truth well? Whether we have clarified the truth well or
not is shown by whether the government adopts a correct attitude in major
events.
If everyday society can follow good moral standards to deal with things, it
wouldn't be necessary for us to clarify the truth to them. The attitude of the
government is, to a large extent, the result of whether we have clarified the
truth well with our words and conduct.
The above is my personal understanding. Please rectify with compassion if
there is anything improper.
Posting date: 3/9/2003 |