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Using Human Forms with the Inner Meaning of Gods Thoughts on "The Only Thing Falun Dafa Disciples Have a Role in Is Saving People ** With Teacher's Commentary" By a Dafa practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) The article published by a fellow practitioner on
Clearwisdom, "The Only Thing Falun Dafa Disciples Have a Role in Is Saving
People," discussed an old problem, which is very serious. This problem is
explained the most in Zhuan Falun. It is also mentioned many
times in Master Li's recent articles. In the article, "Digging Out the Roots," Master clearly pointed
out, "What I would like to tell you is not whether this incident itself was
right or wrong. Instead, I want to point out that this event has exposed some
people. They still have not fundamentally changed their human notions, and
they still perceive problems with the human mentality wherein human beings
protect human beings. I have said that Dafa absolutely should not get involved
in politics. The purpose of this event itself was to help the media understand
our actual situation and learn about us positively so that they would not drag
us into politics... ... I have long noticed that a few individuals do not have
the heart to safeguard Dafa, but instead intend to safeguard certain things in
human society. If you were an everyday person I would have no objections--it
is certainly a good thing to be a good person who safeguards human society.
But now you are a cultivator. From what standpoint you view Dafa is
fundamental--this is also what I want to point out to you." The essential point of "The Only Thing Falun Dafa Disciples Have a Role
in Is Saving People" is to focus on the question, "from what
standpoint do you view Dafa." I think whether it is individual or Fa-rectification period cultivation, our
cultivation can be described as "using the forms of human beings, but with
the inner meanings of Gods." It is determined by Fa principles.
Practicing the Falun Gong exercises without the "inner meanings of
Gods" is just doing aerobics. Studying the Fa without the "inner
meanings of Gods" is just seeing the surface meaning of the words. Sending
forth righteous thoughts without the "inner meanings of Gods" is
fruitless. Clarifying the truth without the "inner meanings of
Gods" could become fighting with human beings. Cultivation is also
impossible without the "forms of human beings." The universe's Fa
principle will not allow Gods to be directly involved in human beings' affairs.
Practitioners can only use the "forms of human beings" to embody the
"inner meanings of Gods" and can only use their human bodies to follow
the path toward divinity. Using the "forms of human beings" is the requirement of cultivation
practice. It includes using all kinds of everyday human methods (especially for
Fa-rectification and truth clarification) and conforming as much as possible to
the normal state of society. But at the same time, we shouldn't have any
attachments to anything of ordinary life. If practitioners neglect this, they
easily go to extremes and lack rationality. For practitioners themselves, the
"inner meanings of Gods" are righteous thoughts and righteous
enlightenment. If we neglect it, what we are doing is not cultivation practice
anymore and no matter how well we conform to the "forms of human
beings," we are still just human beings. From this point of view, the
problem mentioned in the article, "The Only Thing Falun Dafa Disciples Have
a Role in Is Saving People" is that some practitioners neglect the
"inner meanings of Gods" and understand the "forms of human
beings" of the Fa-rectification from the standpoint of human beings.
Because their understandings are not clear, they are reluctant to do anything.
They even think that the result would be the same, no matter whether they take
action or not. This problem is obvious in issues that arise during truth-clarification. Some
practitioners are confused and think that distributing the Nine Commentaries
on the Communist Party is getting into politics, that intercepting TV
signals to broadcast truth-clarifying programs is disturbing social order, and
so on. Practitioners with this understanding have neglected the "inner
meanings of Gods." The reason is that they didn't study the Fa very well.
If the practitioners themselves are confused, certainly they cannot clarify the
truth. A story in Zhuan Falun tells how Hua Tuo wanted to open Cao Cao's
skull to operate and take out a tumor, but Cao Cao refused to let him because
Cao Cao's mind was filled with the concepts of fighting and killing. No matter
what Hua Tuo told him, the "form of human beings" is to open the skull
with a knife and he thought Hua Tuo intended to kill him. This is a human
being's standpoint and understanding. But in fact, Hua Tuo used his supernatural
ability to see a tumor in Cao Cao's brain and wanted to cure him by taking the
tumor out. This is the "inner meanings of Gods." Hua Tuo understood
it, but Cao Cao didn't. From cultivation practice and Fa study, we should clearly understand the
"inner meanings of Gods" of what we are doing right now for the Fa-rectification.
No matter how people talk about it and understand it, we must keep our righteous
thoughts clear. Not only must we not be confused, but we also need to help the
world's people awaken. We are "taking out the tumor to cure the
illness" and we are saving the world's people. No matter who misinterprets
the methods we use, as long as the ultimate goal is to save people and the
method can really save people, we can use it. This is because we have the
"inner meanings of Gods." July 23, 2005 Posting date: 8/7/2005 |