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Don't Forget to Look Within After Escaping Being Persecuted By a Dafa Practitioner in China
May 27, 2003 (Clearwisdom.net) A fellow practitioner had a good job. Over a period of
time he was required to work overtime frequently at his job, and after work he
was busy printing truth-clarifying materials. He was exhausted from the tight
schedule. Finally he decided to quit his job, taking the income loss. A few days
after he resigned, the Police Department sent personnel to his former employer
to look for him. He was fortunate that no one there knew where he lived or where
he went; nothing happened to him that time. But unfortunately, within the next
ten days he was illegally abducted, and since then we have not heard from him. I
do not know the specific reason why he was abducted. I assume that he probably
did not fully use the time after his resignation to read the Fa with a calm
mind, and to adjust himself. He was probably just busy doing things. After avoiding harassment or persecution, a fellow practitioner, while
feeling fortunate, should also realize that he still has omissions within
himself, and the omissions were the reasons the evil forces tried to persecute
him. It isn't that Master doesn't protect us. It is we who don't do well. The
old forces are beings of the old universe, and they guard the principles of the
old universe with all their effort. They take whether a Dafa practitioner has
cultivated to the standard as more important than the Fa-rectification. If a
fellow practitioner does not look within for reasons after the evil has failed
in attempts to persecute him, the old forces will think that his omissions are
still there. Then, according to their principles, this practitioner has not
passed the tribulation yet, and they would still need to test him using any
excuse they can find. Once the evil beings catch his big mistake, they would use
it as an excuse to persecute him. Some practitioners, after "avoiding the danger
of being persecuted" last time, became negligent because they think that Master
protects them. This is a strong attachment. The evil acts on this attachment to
interfere with them and cause more trouble. Actually, prior to being arrested, many fellow practitioners were alerted,
hinted, or they even experienced danger but didn't get into trouble. I sincerely
hope that fellow practitioners truly follow Master's teaching, "So when you encounter those difficulties, do more checking of your own
part," ("Explaining the Fa during the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West
Fa Conference") and correct any mistakes, including tiny ones, as preventative measures. We
not only want to transcend the standard of the old universe, we must meet the
absolutely pure standards of the new universe that are set according to the
righteous Fa. We must do it well, give no excuses to the old forces to test and
persecute us, and truly make all the living beings in the whole universe respect
the mighty virtue of Dafa practitioners. Posting date: 6/11/2003 |