(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, I found out that a few determined practitioners who are also careful about their safety had been arrested. Those who were not arrested were placed under surveillance and followed, and the police would often pay visits to their homes to harass them. All of these incidents have resulted in enormous damages and hindrances to validating the Fa and clarifying the truth to people in this particular area. For a period of time, this situation was extreme.
I was confused at the time and did not know where the problem lay. Today, I was reading Teacher's Essentials for Further Advancement and unconsciously turned to the article "Expounding on the Fa." After I finished reading, I suddenly realized everything, and wanted to write an article to share with practitioners. However, even though I had a thousand points in my mind, I was unable to express any in writing. I wrote many lines but none could fully express my understanding. Therefore, I thought that if we reviewed this article, it would surpass by thousands of times what I wanted to express. I hope that everyone can read it several times and not let the evil take advantage of us. I hope that we can walk our remaining path righteously.
Expounding on the Fa
For a long period of time the sentient beings in Dafa, especially the disciples, have had a misunderstanding of the Fa at various levels regarding xinxing improvement. Whenever a tribulation comes, you do not see it with the side of your original nature but view it completely with your human side. Evil demons then capitalize on this point and inflict endless interference and damage, leaving students in long-term tribulations. As a matter of fact, this results from an inadequate understanding of the Fa by your human side. You have humanly restrained your divine side; in other words, you have restrained the parts that have been successfully cultivated and have prevented them from doing Fa-rectification. How can the uncultivated side restrain your main thoughts or the side that has already attained the Fa? Having humanly fostered the evil demons, you allow them to capitalize on the loopholes in the Fa. When a tribulation arrives, if you, a disciple, can truly maintain an unshakable calm or be determined to meet different requirements at different levels, this should be sufficient for you to pass the test. If it continues endlessly and if there do not exist other problems in your xinxing or conduct, it must be that the evil demons are capitalizing on the weak spots caused by your lack of control. After all, a cultivator is not an ordinary human. So why doesn't the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?
There are two reasons why Master did not teach this Fa until today: one is that your problem in this regard has become prominent; the other is that you have gained a very deep understanding of the Fa and will not understand it in a simple way.
You should also be clear that "natural" does not exist, and "the inevitable" has reasons behind it. In fact, "natural" is irresponsibly used by everyday people to make excuses for themselves when they are unable to explain the phenomena of the universe, life, and matter. They cannot imagine what "nature" itself is. Under the influence of this kind of notion you think that all these tribulations are inevitable and that this is just the way it is, thereby developing a passive and pessimistic attitude. So your human side must stay aware. More importantly, your side that has attained the Fa must be clear.
Be aware: I am not asking you to intentionally do something. I am only trying to make you understand the principles of the Fa so that you will have a clear understanding of this. In fact, Dafa is not only to save human beings--it is also taught to all beings in the various dimensions. Your enlightened, original nature will automatically know what to do. Cherishing your human side enables you to enlighten to and ascend in the Fa. Dafa is harmonizing all sentient beings, and all sentient beings are also harmonizing Dafa. I have told you the solemnity and sacredness of the Fa in order to eliminate your confusion about and misunderstanding of the Fa.
Li Hongzhi
July 5, 1997
