Avoiding Human Notions When Reading Articles on the Clearwisdom Website

Written by a Falun Gong practitioner from China

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently when reading the news on the Clearwisdom website I felt that my mind was not in a proper state, though I did not know what the problem was. After some reflection, I realized that the problem was that I had human notions when reading the articles on Clearwisdom. Many fellow practitioners have had similar experiences.

Many articles on Clearwisdom are reports from the media of ordinary human society. Therefore, we often understand them from a conventional human perspective. For example, upon seeing the support from righteous people in different countries, we unconsciously think, "There are so many people supporting us. If everyone supports us, the situation will change a lot."

This notion seems to be consistent with the Fa principles, but if we think about it carefully, we can see that it actually comes from the human perspective of wishing to gain ordinary people's support. Why do some practitioners admire, flatter, and over-compliment ordinary people who support Dafa? It is because they do not view the situation from the perspective of the Fa and they have reversed the relationship between practitioners and ordinary people.

I think our first thought when reading this should be, "We have so many more people who understand the truth now. They are making such beautiful futures for themselves by supporting Dafa! I feel relieved for these blessed beings."

Comparing this with our previous "unconscious" thoughts, we can see that the previous thought is far from righteous. It is a conventional human notion and a huge obstacle in our path of cultivation. This is not easy to realize, because we think like this without being aware of it. Take another example: when well-known people (scholars, officials, or members of the democratic movements) show their support for Dafa, we are very happy that well-known people support us. This thought reverses the relationship between practitioners and ordinary people. The correct righteous thought should be, "Another life has been saved."

There are many similar scenarios. For example, while exposing the policemen who committed crimes against Falun Gong practitioners, we should think, "The evil behind the policemen ordered him to commit the crimes. He was ignorant and was used to persecute practitioners. We need to completely deny all this and eliminate the evil." We should not simply think that the policeman was persecuting Falun Gong practitioners because we are then viewing things from a human level. In summary, we should not be moved by the media, which is in the format of ordinary human society. We need to step away from the human level and reach the state of cultivators and Dafa disciples.

July 26, 2005

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