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On the Progress of History and Its Inner Meanings
By a Dafa Practitioner in Canada
(Clearewisdom.net) After the persecution facts similar to those of the
Sujiatun Concentration Camp were exposed, I heard some opinions from fellow
practitioners. Some of them thought that those persecuted practitioners had
arranged for their existence in the human world that they would leave that world
in this tragic way, so as to awaken people's conscience. I think that this
understanding is not right, because the old forces had arranged this incident
not to save sentient beings, but to test Dafa disciples and eliminate those whom
they do not want to become the Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples. From the
bottom of our hearts, we should not acknowledge the existence of this
persecution arrangement. We should do everything in our power to eradicate it.
At the same time, by recognizing the intention of the old forces' making this
arrangement, we can also remind ourselves and achieve the goal of not falling
into the old forces' traps. From Master's Fa I understand that the ultimate goal of the old forces is not
to save the sentient beings, but to ruin them, as they do not care about humans
at all. Furthermore, the old forces hold the view that the Dafa practitioners'
personal cultivation is of utmost importance. From the very beginning of a Dafa
practitioner's cultivation to the very end, the practitioner is always tested on
their faith in Dafa. After this incident was exposed, isn't it true that some
practitioners have doubted the actual existence of this tragedy? I also heard
some practitioners asking why such tragic things were not exposed until now. This particular tragedy began in 2001. I believe that if this tragedy were
exposed then, some practitioners' faith in Dafa and Master would have wavered. I
heard a practitioner saying that he had developed some doubt about Dafa when a
certain incident had come to light, namely when the eighteen female Dafa
practitioners in a labor camp were stripped naked and pushed into male cells.
That terrible tragedy had already surpassed the limits of his comprehension.
This practitioner eventually pulled through and overcame this tribulation with
the help of other practitioners. I remember an older practitioner telling us a story. In ancient India a king
wanted to eliminate Buddhism. He had all of Shakyamuni's disciples arrested and
made them line up; then asked them one by one whether or not they believed in
Shakyamuni. Those who said they did were immediately beheaded while those who
said that they did not were released. When several hundred of them had been
killed, that is, after all of the disciples displayed their xinxing
levels, Shakyamuni waved his hand and instantly all of the beheaded disciples
who died came to life again. Master said, "Another problem would be that since the evilness that was
overwhelmingly pressing down at that time was extremely enormous... In the
picture posted on the Clearwisdom Website, we saw that the Earth resembled the
image of Satan. That was only a manifestation of the karma on Earth. Since
every karma particle has its own distinctive karmic image, collectively, they
also have an overall image, which is the image of karma. But at that time that
evilness far exceeded this karma by many times. It was extremely frightening
to beings at many levels--Earth wasn't the only thing covered by the evil.
They thought that without undergoing a test this huge, a Fa this enormous
couldn't be established. Yet they were also aware that with such a huge
tribulation pressing down, human beings wouldn't be able to endure it and
they'd be destroyed. They also knew that it would be very difficult for Dafa
disciples to come through a tribulation like that. Still, they thought,
"Then let them be destroyed." They even regarded me as a cultivator.
They believed that enlightening to a Fa this immense would require a test this
huge. Think about it, everyone: it's easy to talk about this, but in truth, it
was extremely frightening. The environment at that time was so extremely
horrible that it was beyond description." ("Teaching the Fa at the
Great Lakes Fa Conference in North America" from Guiding the Voyage) Master further said, "The situation changed after these things were destroyed. The
situation has gradually changed since March of this year. Without the
manipulation of those evil factors, the evil humans have lost what reinforced
their minds. They now think that Dafa has passed the test. These matters are
in the process of being concluded; it's only that there's still a group of
people who haven't stepped forward." ("Teaching
the Fa at the Great Lakes Fa Conference in North America" from Guiding
the Voyage) Perhaps we will never clearly realize how much Master has borne for us during
the process of our cultivation. As this evil tribulation has occurred, we should not only hold even more
firmly onto our faith in Master and Dafa, but also even more clearly recognize
the true face of the old forces. We should use this tragedy in clarifying the
truth to the various governments and executive branches and hurry up in saving
the sentient beings. April 10, 2006
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