Let Every Thought Emit the Brilliance of a Splendid God Who is Immersed in and Shaped by Dafa
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in North America
(Clearwisdom.net) In March 2006, the shocking news of the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners was
exposed. Many local practitioners, including myself, hurried to demonstrate in
front of the White House in Washington D.C. We wanted to appeal to and call on
the international community to investigate the atrocities and stop the CCP from
doing further evil. I want to share with you the spectacular vision I had. On the night before my departure, I saw the curtain rise on the final
decisive battle between good and evil. Falun Dafa practitioners were on one
side, while the evil in other dimensions, refusing to leave the destructive path
they were taking, were on the other side. The practitioners' side was filled
with grandeur and solemnness, displaying righteous thoughts that showed their
readiness to eliminate the evil completely. Those on the unrighteous side were
steaming with fury and held a murderous look. They shouted, "This is the
decisive battle between gods." The entire dimension before my eyes became
silent, and all gazed at this final, most solemn, stirring, and grandest act of
all times. At that moment, I felt as if a part within me exploded, and I
suddenly understood many Fa principles. On our way to the White House, the sky was dark, filled with dark clouds, and
no sunlight broke through the darkness. In order to actualize its goal of
persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners, the old forces set up obstacles to the Fa-rectification
everywhere, and tightly restrained the attention of western society, away from
the persecution. At the White House, we sent forth righteous thoughts every half
hour. Through a speaker, fellow practitioners shared how to treat the tragic
persecution rationally, without human notions. In the process of sharing, the
understanding of all practitioners improved. Then in the distance, the horizon
revealed a speck of blue sky, which moved towards the White House, closer and
closer, along with the improved understanding of practitioners. I saw many
righteous gods coming with a contingent of the heavenly army towards where we
were. I saw that the gods were outraged, swinging their divine swords in their
hands ceaselessly. Wherever the swords touched, the evil was eliminated. I found
the quicker practitioners improved their understanding, the faster the gods
eliminated the evil. At the moment when we all understood that if this tragic
persecution could not awaken people's conscience, then the sentient beings could
not have a future, the heavenly army arrived in an instant. In the human world,
the sky suddenly cleared up, the dark clouds disappeared, and the blue sky
smiled down on us. Watching, I realized that the force that moved mountains
arrived in less than one second, something that is not imaginable with human
thinking. Tears welled up in my eyes. I felt grateful that fellow practitioners
had reached the most crucial understanding. If Falun Dafa practitioners can't raise their understanding of the Fa-rectification,
the righteous gods are restricted in their actions. They have tears in their
eyes from seeing the suffering they can't prevent. They witness the evil
persecuting Dafa and practitioners in the human world and they are filled with
fury. They have the power to eradicate the evil, but Falun Dafa practitioners
are cultivating in the human world, and must enlighten from the maze and
cultivate before their power can be displayed. In fact, gods wanted to save and
protect practitioners who were killed during the persecution, but because
practitioners could not distinguish clearly in their mind the concept of the old
forces, could not negate the old forces' principles, and walked on the path
arranged by the old forces, the gods were caught in the old forces' excuse for
the persecution. The gods who are on the side of the Fa are seething
with anger about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners by the old forces,
and completely deny it. As long as we believe in Dafa and Teacher, and have strong righteous
thoughts, the righteous gods will protect practitioners with all their might.
That is their role in Teacher's Fa-rectification. Our benevolent Teacher is merciful forever, and nurtures every genuine
disciple. If we can't see ourselves as Teacher's disciples at all times, and
acknowledge that everything is decided by Teacher, then it is easy for the old
forces to exploit our loopholes, take advantage of the situation and grab the
opportunity to persecute practitioners. Three years ago, I went to the Canada Fa Conference. I went to the airport at
midnight. I was tired and exhausted, the street was empty, and I was the only
one waiting for the bus. When I was drifting off to sleep, I suddenly felt a
dread I had not experienced since the first day of my cultivation. I woke up
with a start, reminded myself that I was a Dafa disciple, and that only Teacher
could decide my path. I suddenly saw and heard three gods of the old forces (not
gods of an ordinary level) talking with each other. They said that I played a
decisive role, and destroyed many of their arrangements, and that they were
ready to kill me. I was really shocked. They realized that I had discovered
their plot and were shocked, as they had not expected that I could see them.
Righteous thoughts cultivated from Dafa made me fearless. I confronted them with
my thoughts, yet feeling the elements they pushed towards me made me very
uncomfortable. At that moment, they decided to use the capabilities of their
level to persecute me. Then, a huge voice came from deep in the cosmos,
"Who dares [touch my disciples]?" Instantly the three gods of the old
forces were destroyed and gone without a trace. I remember an episode in China. Once, I was surrounded by police officers who
wanted to take me to a brainwashing center. Two big strong policemen held my
legs and waist and tried to throw me into the police car. Three officers shouted
and wrangled on the side. Dignity cultivated from the Fa allowed my righteous
thoughts to be even stronger. I was not moved by their superficial display of
power. I crossed my arms in front of my chest and gazed at them, and thought,
"You cannot move me." The two used all their strength, but could not
move me. They tried for about 30 minutes, but could not move me. One put his
hands on his waist, and the other squatted on the ground and breathed heavily.
The three other officers were stunned. The surrounding crowd laughed at the five
policemen. I said to them, "You two, and these three, are still useless. Do
not continue to waste your efforts. Take a rest where you are and I will
leave." While talking, I passed through the crowd and left. The five police
officers stayed where they were, quiet and unresponsive. Once, two police officers were in front of me and two behind me, rushing at
me with waving fists. I was not scared, because righteous thoughts cultivated in
Dafa sent out the thought that they could not touch me. I had a very important
matter to attend to, and did not want to be delayed. Therefore, I moved to one
side, and said, "You have a go at each other. I have another matter to
attend to, let me leave." They really began to fight each other, and I
attended to my business. Once, at the local police station, police officers surrounded me. They cursed
and threatened me. They even punched my back with fists. I heard the sound,
"boom, boom" just as if hitting a drum. I turned around, gazed at the
policeman who hit me, and asked him with very strong righteous thoughts,
"What are you doing?" He became so scared that he sat down on the
floor and did not get back his composure for quite a while. After a long while,
he mumbled, "This boy speaks with the voice of a thunderclap. It really
frightened me." Since then, the police at that police station have treated
me much better. The power we have depends on how strong our righteous thoughts are. Teacher's
Fa was given to us for specific reasons. Teacher's Fa has given us the ability
to protect ourselves. Our ability to use it depends on how we enlighten to the
Fa truths and the degree of our belief in the Fa. Its protection of us comes
from our intentions, that is, whether they are positive or negative. The
difference of one thought will not only bring different results, but also bring
out problems that we must find and root out, so we can do well the next time. Once when I was walking on a side street, a depraved police officer wanted to
beat me with a stick. I had no fear, but only thought about several sentences of
Teacher's Fa on Martial Arts Qigong in Lecture Six of Zhuan Falun:
"When you try to ward off someone's attack, the gong will also be there
already." I looked at the officer who was viciously hitting me with the
stick. I gently used my arm to keep it away. With one single blow, the officer
and stick were moved more than ten feet. The policeman became scared, stood up,
threw away the stick, started running, and disappeared. Another time, the police paid seven local gangsters to deal with me. The
outlet from the street was blocked and they held beer bottles in their hands. I
looked at them calmly, and with a heart like still water. Every cell in my
entire body was filled with righteous thoughts granted by Dafa. Whoever I looked
at trembled. I did not stop for one second and walked by them, with my eyes
looking through the seven of them. They moved to the side, one by one, and stood
in a row. The initial blockade became a line that sent me off. The Fa-rectification continues. The highest of the old forces have already
been destroyed and only some elements and arrangements by the old forces are
left. The immense force of the Fa-rectification constantly cleans away old force
factors. As long as our righteous thoughts are strong, we can certainly
eliminate the old arrangements. We need to disregard the wickedness and
arrogance displayed by the evil forces in China. It is simply superficial, and
can only frighten human notions. When Dafa disciples' righteous thoughts are
strong, the evil elements disappear instantaneously. Many fellow practitioners believe that the organ harvesting is happening
because some practitioners signed an agreement with the old forces. Actually, it
is not so. The immense force of the Fa-rectification is passing through the
final crack set by the old forces. The evil dark minions have become so vicious
that they no longer obey the old principles. The harvesting of organs from
living Falun Dafa practitioners by the CCP minions in China is such a
manifestation. There are practitioners who think that we will help disciples escape from
Mainland China. They do not realize that this would limit our ability to save
sentient beings. This thought is not acceptable. The old forces use the excuse
of "testing" us to tightly restrict disciples from leaving China,
because they know that this is where Dafa disciples' main body resides. They
fear and hate this power. Regardless if practitioners have attachments or not,
the old forces want to persecute them, but they can't find the excuse to do so.
How can saving sentient beings in China become the excuse for the old forces to
"test" and restrict Mainland China Dafa disciples? We must be very
clear in every thought of ours. We cannot accept these warped ideas of the old
forces. Some practitioners think that such cruel persecution in China is caused by
the loopholes of disciples in China. Such a thought is one-sided and
practitioners outside China also carry responsibilities. If overseas
practitioners do not pay enough attention to exposing the evil, and do not send
forth righteous thoughts to clear away evil, then the evil obtains a license to
continue the persecution. It will take any opportunity to persecute disciples in
China. Moreover, overseas practitioners live under better conditions than
practitioners in China, so they should eliminate the evil without delay. Dafa disciples must be one body, and "connect to become one large
piece" in the other dimensions. As one body, the power to eliminate the
evil will be much more effective. For practitioners to truly become one body,
just like a big rotating Falun, we can't depend on persuading others,
suppressing others, or pushing aside others, but share on the Fa and truly
improve in our cultivation. This thought brings forward several issues. The first is that after the
global effort to send forth righteous thoughts at three set times on Saturday
ended, many fellow practitioners held the thought that they did not do well or
enough. As a matter of fact, if you think about it as a duty during the Fa-
rectification, one should conclude that it wasn't that one did not do enough,
but that one did not cultivate diligently. If one does not cultivate diligently,
how can one fulfill all requirements? If one does not cultivate diligently, how
can one do well? Isn't this the principle? In the final analysis, it is indeed a
cultivation issue. We are telling everyday people not to miss this once in an
eternity special chance. Actually, it is also the same for us. We are busy doing
things but not cultivating ourselves. Therefore, it is not any different from
ordinary people missing the special chance. It doesn't matter how many temples
one builds, one can't become a Buddha if one can't reach the realm of Buddha. The requirements of the Fa-rectification are constantly increasing. The
closer to the end, the higher the requirements. Truly following the process of
the Fa-rectification is not as simple as it sounds. This does not mean doing
things every day or doing more and more, but it means solidly cultivating
oneself during the Fa-rectification. This makes one's every thought and all
aspects achieve the requirements of the Fa-rectification. The second issue is that for a period of time, I often thought subconsciously
that I was great, and even felt that I was not ordinary, because I could do some
things beside Teacher. For a while I displayed a kind of superiority feeling.
Once in sitting mediation, I saw many great kings whose levels were
indescribably high before they came to this realm. In the process of coming
down, they always followed Teacher, and their hearts and minds were firm in Dafa.
However, in the process of coming to this realm, the old forces compelled them
to sign an agreement. They were told that if they did not sign, they would not
get the opportunity to obtain Dafa in the human world. Every level has the
certain maze on that particular level. This was the cosmos that was already
warped and had deviated from "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance."
This is a very brutal test for the kings coming down layer upon layer. Not
everyone can achieve what one sets out to do. Facing threats by the old forces,
these kings did not compromise, and would rather have died than sign an
agreement with the old forces. That grandness is sufficient to shake the entire
cosmos. My face was bathed in tears. Now, these great kings gather in Mainland
China. They fulfill the important task of validating Dafa and saving sentient
beings in that vicious environment without fear. Moreover, in the process of
coming down to obtain the Fa, their lives attained great qualities, and built up
a deep foundation so they could successfully fulfill their task of saving
sentient beings in the vicious environment of Mainland China. After I returned from tranquility, I could not stop my tears. I was deeply
moved by the actions of these great beings who became Dafa disciples. I also
felt ashamed for the ideas that had flooded my mind. The genuine Dafa disciples
of China are truly great, because in the face of extreme difficulties, they have
indeed done what a Dafa disciple should do, and also truly cultivated everything
that a Dafa disciple should. In comparison, overseas practitioners still have
not done well. Teacher is merciful, always encouraging overseas Dafa disciples, hoping we
can do even better. However, if we do not keep our thoughts on Fa-rectification
period cultivation, and instead develop improper thoughts, we could be faced
with a very large obstruction. In the future, the entire cosmos will remember that the most truly great
lives are the main body of Dafa disciples--Mainland China disciples who continue
to steadfastly validate Dafa in the most difficult and dangerous environment.
This is not to say that overseas Dafa disciples are not equal to Mainland
practitioners. But great honor truly belongs to the Mainland disciples. Every
god in the cosmos believes this to be true. The third issue is that in the process of Fa-rectification all factors will
be included. There will certainly be reactions during cultivation. No matter
what reaction it is, you must be steadfast in Dafa cultivation, and treat it
with the correct attitude. Once, because I wanted to do several things, and the process of doing them
touched the old forces' factors, they brought many problems for me in the human
world. These problems manifested as many things that happened to my family, in
society, and even among fellow practitioners. It often brought me to
breathlessness. However, it was obvious that everything was meant to make me
waver in my cultivation faith. I passed the tests with great difficulty. I was
exhausted at times from the intensity. However, I was certain that it was
interference from the old forces' elements. I understood that I should not
acknowledge it. Yet, I really felt so tired and exhausted. Then, I felt I was
being held in a warm arm. I saw Teacher's Fashen gently embracing me, like a
mother embracing a child. Teacher's face was filled with fatherly concern. I
knew Teacher was encouraging his disciple to have righteous thoughts and perform
righteous actions. Another time, I suffered many problems during a project. I was deeply grieved
for many days, and felt very low. In a dream, the very leisurely and exquisite
sound of Xiao [Chinese end-blown bamboo flute] came from a distant place. That
sound lifted my spirit, and gave me strength. It was so powerful that I could
maintain righteous thoughts. I followed the sound and looked around. I saw
Teacher sitting in a high place, gently playing the Xiao. The sound of the Xiao
was full of care, and full of expectation. I woke up with tears running down my
face from the dream. I realized that Teacher, with his infinite compassion, did
not leave his disciple for a single moment. I remember that I once held different thoughts and opinions as to how to
coordinate practitioners and how to do things. I did not argue with the
coordinator, but my mind was filled with criticism and condemnation. At that
moment, all practitioners of that team looked at me strangely. I felt I was
treated coolly during later activities. I did not say anything despite being
unhappy. After some consideration, I firmly believed my understanding of the Fa
was not wrong. When doing things, I quietly cooperated with the coordination of
practitioners. In sitting meditation, I saw our esteemed giant Teacher put out
his unbelievably giant hands, gently hold me in both hands, raise me very high
and protect me. I deeply felt Teacher's protection. Teacher told us that he treasured us more than we treasure ourselves. Teacher
knows his disciples. In fact at any time, in any environment, as long as we
believe in Teacher, believe in Dafa, and correctly treat anything with the Fa-rectification
period cultivation attitude, there will certainly be boundless opportunities
before us. The fourth issue touches on practitioners' sharing. I felt strongly that
others had not realized that sharing is fine during the individual cultivation
period, but that in Fa-rectification period cultivation, this notion became an
obstacle. Dafa cultivation differentiates from any cultivation way practiced during any
historical time. It did not matter what form it took, or its implications and
even the ideology was not of importance. The old forces made arrangements for everything during the thousands of years
preparing for the Fa-rectification. The sole purpose was to test Dafa. They even
would not allow Dafa disciples' personal thoughts. They arranged what they
wanted. However, all this is not what Teacher wants, and was all imposed on
Teacher and Dafa by the old forces. Two years ago, I was sitting in meditation. After I entered into tranquility,
I came to a dimension that was full of things like big water jars, one row after
another. However I found that every jar was filled with bad things. When I
wondered what they were, I saw several bad gods adding things to the jars and I
heard them talking. Originally, the things in the jars were prepared for Dafa
disciples. Because Teacher blocked and disallowed them, they received orders to
press all bad things onto Teacher. In anger, I pulled my sword (my Fa
implement), and turned it into a giant stick. I swept everything away in that
dimension, and eliminated those jars and depraved gods. Teacher arranged the cultivation of Dafa disciples. It has nothing to do with
the old forces. No matter the origin of a life, as long as his main
consciousness wants to cultivate in Dafa, that is equal to one having chosen
Dafa and Teacher. Therefore, Teacher arranges his cultivation. The old forces
have no right to meddle. Even if the practitioner signed an agreement with the
old forces, as long as he does not acknowledge it (Teacher never acknowledges
it), then the old forces have no right to "interfere" in his
cultivation. When Dafa disciples encounter bad or dangerous things which were solved by
Teacher, many practitioners think Teacher helped them endure. During the
individual cultivation period before July 20, 1999, Teacher endured many
disciples' karma to help us cultivate. But, in Fa-rectification cultivation,
Teacher has Dafa disciples involved in activities to end the persecution, and
asks them to negate all arrangements by the old forces. As Dafa disciples in the
Fa-rectification period, we can't have the same understanding on thoughts and
notions as before. You think, "Teacher helps to endure," and she thinks "Teacher
helps to endure." If many Dafa disciples think this way, then those things
are truly piling up in front of Teacher. All those things were actually imposed
on Dafa and Dafa disciples by the old forces. Dafa creates everything, from the most macroscopic to the most microscopic.
Everything that one expects to find is here so why do we need so-called tests
from the old forces? They are not qualified to test Dafa. The Fa-rectification
touches all old forces, touches their most essential parts. Because Teacher does
not acknowledge the selfish arrangements by the old forces, the old forces
pushed the most warped elements towards Teacher and Dafa disciples. Yet,
practitioners have the mission to save sentient beings. In order to protect Dafa
disciples, Teacher turned back all these warped elements. Teacher's supernatural
power can absolutely push back all arrangements by the old forces, because
nobody is qualified to test Dafa. Whoever has the thought of testing Dafa must
bear the consequences and compensate for the interference. Because Teacher has
immense mercy, Teacher also wants to save the old forces, but the old forces
have other ideas. Therefore, the old forces themselves have chosen to be
eliminated. The old forces, with their warped notions, have made all sorts of
arrangements, claiming that it benefits Dafa disciples' improvement. However,
since remote times, their true aim has been selfish and meant only to benefit
themselves. They did not wish to save sentient beings; they wanted to destroy
sentient beings. We do not acknowledge this. We should not believe that it truly
benefits Dafa disciples. Dafa disciples have become more and more mature during
their efforts to end the persecution and their Fa-rectification period
cultivation. This happened not because of this persecution, but because we have
Teacher to tell us the Dafa principles and guide us in our cultivation. This is
the only criterion by which we can achieve our mission. Whether sentient beings
obtain the opportunity of being saved is not rooted in this persecution, but in
sentient beings' attitude towards Dafa. Didn't Teacher tell us that if this
persecution had not happened, everything could be solved with compassionate
solutions? Wouldn't all sentient beings have obtained salvation? All
arrangements of the old forces are a roadblock to Teacher's Fa-rectification
today, and a barrier to Dafa disciples assisting Teacher in saving sentient
beings. Fellow practitioners, when you encounter an ordeal, no longer think that
Teacher helped you endure. Teacher created this Dafa, and does not need to
endure any old forces' arrangements or elements. It is the old forces, the evil
lives who persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples, and the prime criminal who arranged
this persecution who should endure suffering, not our Teacher, or Dafa
disciples. This is the same as correcting the words--get rid of everything old, warped
and impure, and change to the new and become gold. Clear away the old notions in our thoughts, let the old forces' arrangements
and elements have no place to stay, and only then can we fundamentally negate
the old forces and all their arrangements. Assimilate to Dafa, and let every
thought of ours emit the brilliance of splendid gods shaped by Dafa.
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