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Oppose the Persecution Prior to Being Persecuted By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) On the Clearwisdom website, there are many articles
about using righteous thoughts to get out of forced labor camps. I think that it
is very important for us to determinedly oppose the persecution even prior to
being persecuted. "The basis of what Dafa disciples do is saving people and doing
good." ("Stop the Evil Acts with Righteous Thoughts"). Our real purpose is to save sentient beings. The old forces use testing us as
an excuse to arrest Dafa disciples. They actually do it because of their
degenerated, vicious nature. Of course it is outstanding to get out of the evil
den using righteous thoughts, but it does not necessarily mean we did everything
according to the Fa (1). "If you don't cultivate yourself based on the Fa, you can't cultivate
higher by just enduring persecution, much less reach the standards for a Dafa
disciple. Don't acknowledge this so-called "environment" that the
old forces have provided, because during the Fa-rectification I would have had
all beings assimilate to Dafa, and it wasn't at all necessary to temper Dafa
disciples amidst this kind of evilness. The Fa-rectification will definitely
succeed, and Dafa disciples will definitely succeed." ("Teaching the
Fa at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference") We do not need to establish mighty virtue through being arrested by the evil.
We know that some practitioners have used righteous thoughts to escape after
being arrested. But if they had such strong, righteous thoughts prior to the
arrest, wouldn't it be possible that the evil arrangements would be in vain? In
fact, there are many such experiences in articles published on Clearwisdom.net.
Many of the practitioners who are not arrested are able to be clear-minded and
let go of attachments. Why must we be arrested to let go of those attachments?
Teacher said, "If a cultivator can let go of the thought of life and death under any
circumstance, evil is sure to be afraid of him. If every student is able to do
this, evil will of itself no longer exist." ("Eliminate Your Last
Attachment(s)" from Essentials for Further Advancement II) If, whenever we do Dafa work, we are able to meet the requirements of letting
go of life and death, wouldn't the evil arrangements themselves be in vain? (1) Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa. July 11, 2004 Posting date: 7/25/2004 |