My Experience of Quitting the CCP and Leaving My Position in the "Education Movement to Maintain Advancement"
By a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) I am an officer in a city government. I was in charge
of office management and Party member management, which included collecting
Party membership fees. At the end of last year, I was transferred to the office
of "Education Movement to Maintain Advancement" in my work unit. I
worked there for over a month, during which time I often felt depressed, but I
did not know why. After I read Master's new article "Turning the Wheel
Towards the Human World," I realized that my depression was due to the
effect of evil Party elements. After reading the article, I realized that each
Dafa practitioner who is a Party member must take the step of quitting the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in order to be in step with the Fa rectification
progress. Through sharing with other practitioners, I realized that I should no
longer write the notes and understandings on the Communist Party's
"Education Movement to Maintain Advancement." Further, as a Fa
rectification period Dafa practitioner, and since Dafa and Dafa practitioners
are being severely persecuted, I should leave the office of the "Education
Movement to Maintain Advancement," submit a withdrawal from the CCP to my
work unit, and publish my withdrawal statement on the Internet. Though I enlightened to it, it was very hard for me to put it into practice.
When I thought about submitting my withdrawal from the CCP to my work unit, my
fears came up. For a few days I kept wondering how to face the consequences of
submitting the withdrawal. At the same time, I was worrying and could not let go
of my human sentiments. I was thinking about my work unit, that had undertaken
the "Education Movement to Maintain Advancement," the work unit
leaders, who would have to bear pressures, and how my colleagues would view me.
I also thought about my parents who were in poor health, and whether they could
bear the pressure. What if my work unit dismissed me? I could not let go of the
attachments to fame, self-interest, and sentiments. While I was adjusting my mental state and improving my righteous thoughts,
the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published. I read it
twice. I continually cleared the poisons of the evil Party, and this helped me
clearly see the essence of the Communist Party. Besides studying Zhuan
Falun regularly every day, I read Master's article "Dafa is
Indestructible." I read the sentence: "As a Dafa disciple, everything of yours is formed by Dafa and is the
most righteous, and it can only be that [you] rectify everything that
is not righteous. How could you bow to the evil?" ("Dafa is
Indestructible") Reading this increased my confidence. My whole body suddenly felt warm. I had
strong righteous thoughts, and had no more fear. At the same time, I enlightened
that I am a Dafa practitioner and that fear is an attachment, which must be
eliminated. My purpose is to save all sentient beings. Regarding saving all beings, I recalled worrying that my actions would affect
saving the people in my work unit. My actions might also affect the work unit's
prestige. I wondered if my actions would push my coworkers to the opposite side
of the truth, or that they may not be saved because I did not do well. Later, I
realized that I should let go of these worries. I should just follow Master's
requirement to validate Dafa. Only when I do well and my actions are a role
model for others, can I better save people. I enlightened that Dafa
practitioners quitting the CCP is to save the people whose minds are controlled
by the Party culture. On the day I quit the CCP, I had strong righteous thoughts. I told the other
practitioners in my region about this and asked them to send forth righteous
thoughts with me. In addition, I asked for Master's help. My mind was righteous
that day. I enlightened that I should not passively approve the work unit
leaders' repeated education, and that I should totally deny the old force's
arrangement. "...not even acknowledging the elimination of their ordeals'
manifestations." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago
Conference") Since the Party Constitution says that Party members are free to quit the
Party, I formally submitted my withdrawal from the Party to the Party Branch
Committee. I told the secretary of the Party branch my reasons for quitting the
CCP, which were the persecution I endured in my previous work unit for
practicing Falun Gong, and the CCP's corruption. The people are cursing the
CCP's corruption. If I were a CCP member, then I would be an element of the CCP
and the people would be cursing me for being corrupted. However, since I am not
corrupted, I do not want to carry this bad name and be cursed. I believe it is
shameful to be a CCP member and I voluntarily quit the Party. (I did not realize
this reasoning until I had a sharing with other practitioners.) It was my first
time clarifying the truth to the secretary of the Party branch. It
was a great shock to his mind. Later when the other leaders tried to persuade
me, they tried to connect my quitting the Party with Falun Gong and tried to use
this to persecute me. In order to avoid being persecuted directly, I mentioned corruption as my
reason for quitting the Party. Nevertheless, they all knew about my experience
of being persecuted as a Falun Gong practitioner. When they were trying
to persuade me, there were visitors and phone calls constantly. One of the
leaders kept yawning when he talked to me. I knew that this was the result of
the other practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts together. When I
submitted the application to quit the CCP, I also requested to leave the office
of "Education Movement to Maintain Advancement" and I asked to do pure
technical work in the future. I was firm in my mind and they were busy. After
seeing their persuasion had no effect, they accepted my withdrawal from the CCP
and agreed to all my requests. Afterward, the work unit asked my family members
to pressure me not to quit, but this did not sway my determination. Later, I published my statement of quitting the "China Young
Pioneers," the "Communist Youth League," the CCP, and all
Communist organizations. The next day, the work unit leader asked me to transfer
out of my job duties of Party member management. Subsequently, I was transferred
to pure technical work in the work unit. I have a few understandings from this experience. Although I have submitted my withdrawal from the Party, the work unit has not
responded to it. They are still "working on it," hoping that I will
retract it, which will not happen. I have started refusing to participate in
Party activities. In addition, I have stopped paying the Party membership fee,
which will terminate my membership automatically in six months. I believe that
my quitting the Party is only a good start. I will encounter many issues in the
future. While extricating myself of the Party membership, I will save sentient
beings more maturely, clear-mindedly, and rationally. March 28, 2005
"The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa
can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts."
("Drive Out Interference")
In every step we take in our cultivation, we must treat the Fa as the
teacher. Only when we study the Fa well can we totally deny the old force's
arrangement and take the right path. In addition to studying Zhuan Falun,
it is critical not to forget studying Master's articles, especially the
recent articles. My elimination of fear and upgrading my xinxing
took place after reading Master's articles.
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