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Dealing Rationally with People Who Had Psychosis Before Practicing Falun Dafa
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) I am from the Ningxia area of China. Recently, a person who used to suffer
from serious psychosis before practicing Falun Dafa was arrested. In the past,
this person looked very anxious and often started arguments with everyday people
while clarifying the truth. After about twenty days, the person
wrote a guarantee statement and was released. While this person was
under arrest, he/she disclosed the source of his/her truth-clarification
materials out of fear. According to Master Li's requirements, people with mental illnesses should
not learn Falun Dafa. Regarding those who used to suffer from psychosis or whose
family has had a history of mental illnesses, Master has said with compassion
that, "Students who used to have psychosis can do some things that are in
the background, and it's okay if they do less or nothing when it comes to
clarifying the truth." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa
Conference in New York"). Personally, I think that all practitioners who
used to have psychosis should learn the Fa at home if they truly
want to. They should not study the Fa together with other practitioners since it
is Master's requirement that people with mental illnesses should not learn Falun
Dafa. Fellow practitioners around them should point it out to them too. If they
truly think that Dafa is good, they should respect Master's requirement and
should put the Fa as top priority. They should not bring negative effects to the
environment around them because of their irrationality even though their
intentions may be good. Dafa cultivates the main consciousness of a person.
However, people who have a history of psychosis cannot control their main
consciousness. Practitioners around such people should deal with this issue
rationally instead of emotionally. Even though your intention is good, if the
result is not, it is not being responsible to Dafa. For people who have a history of psychosis and who genuinely want to learn
Dafa, if they can study the Fa, do the exercises, and send forth righteous
thoughts at home, and if they can balance the environment, they are offering
salvation to people around them as well, since people will see the good things
they do and be influenced by their high-level morality. Of course, if they can
explain things properly, the effect will be even better. August 18, 2005 |