(Clearwisdom.net) I once had a rather unclear understanding of the relationship between being conscious of security and being attached to fear. When some practitioners said I was being afraid for taking security measures, I was muddle-headed. I then went ahead and did some truth-clarification things without paying attention to security. As a result, I was interfered with and persecuted by the authorities. I then realized that, no matter how helpful you think fellow practitioners' words are to you, everything is still measured with the Fa. Later, through constant Fa study and sending forth righteous thoughts, I increased my understanding of this matter. I would like to share my understanding here with fellow practitioners. Please point out anything improper.

First, let me talk about my understanding of fear. The Communist Party culture motivates people to not fear hardship or death. This "no fear" mentality is in fact not cherishing life. However, in Dafa cultivation, having "no fear" means letting go of the attachment of fear. We treasure life very much. We are not afraid of evil persecution or detention. However, this does not mean we do things without considering the consequences. We need to let go of our attachment of fear, but we still pay attention to security because we cherish life.

Next, I want to talk about my understanding of righteous thoughts and righteous actions. I think first we need to at least understand Teacher's Fa and not go to extremes or interpret Teacher's Fa out of context. If we can remember what Teacher says when encountering different situations, we are then having righteous thoughts. Actions we take under righteous thoughts are then righteous actions.

The more Fa principles we have in mind, and the fewer human notions that remain, the stronger righteous thoughts we will have.

While I was reading Teacher's new article "Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil," I was very happy, as if a heavy burden was lifted from me, because I felt the persecution would soon come to an end and there was not that much need to pay attention to security. But then I remembered what Teacher said in "Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.,"

"I've said before that the evil won't stop persecuting even right up until the very end. Even if it's going to end tomorrow, today that evil will still do evil just the same."

So I reminded myself not to slack off and that I should do things carefully and with wisdom.

We should balance "removing the attachment of fear" and "being conscious of security." We can't go from one extreme to the other. Any extreme is not complete or safe. We should harmonize with the Fa and walk our path righteously.

My understanding is that we should relinquish our attachment of fear and do what Dafa disciples are supposed to do. But at the same time we should pay attention to security issues and try to take necessary security measures. We should also send forth righteous thoughts, study the Fa, and look inward. We should measure ourselves with the Fa. Only by doing these well can we be truly be safe.

Compared to people who don't yet know the truth, we are the safest because we have obtained the Fa and because Teacher has pointed out the safest path for us. As long as we study the Fa well and constantly rectify ourselves, we should be able to find that most righteous path, which is also the safest, brightest and happiest path.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/11/13/142271.html