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Completely Negating the Old Forces' Arrangements By a Falun Dafa Practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) I recently realized that I, and practitioners close to
me, are subconsciously acknowledging the old forces arrangements. The following
are several examples: 1. After suffering from persecution (of being illegally imprisoned) many
times, and then being able to leave the evil den with righteous thoughts, a
certain practitioner often manifested the tendency of acknowledging the old
forces to different degrees. He did not pay much attention to Fa
study and looking within, and had developed an attachment to doing things. He
was not aware of his state of not being clear enough about the Fa-principles. At
the same time, other practitioners' sharing did not do much to change his
mentality of feeling helpless towards the old forces, and thus he silently
acknowledged them. Other practitioners worried that he could be taken advantage
of by the evil if he continued to be like this for a long period of time. They
spent a lot of effort to help him, such as studying the Fa with him and sharing
with him whenever they had the opportunity. Later, they finally realized that two incorrect mindsets existed: a. Acknowledging the old forces: The purpose of spending so much effort to
help him was to prevent him from being persecuted again. This is in itself an
acknowledgment of the old forces. It is trying to avoid persecution amidst
acknowledgment of the persecution. b. Not regarding practitioners as a whole: Practitioners were thinking that
because the omission lies in him, the evil is bound to take advantage of this.
And, if we wanted to prevent this from happening, we had to encourage him to
develop righteous thoughts by studying the Fa and rectifying his understanding
so that the omission could be filled. This mentality results from not
regarding practitioners as a whole. If we had really enlightened to the fact
that we are one body, persecution of any individual is the persecution of the
whole body and will weaken the overall force of Fa-rectification.
Consequently, we would not have acknowledged the evil taking advantage of the
gap at any place or any particle. Teacher says, We negate even the very emergence of the old forces and everything that
they've arranged; we don't even acknowledge their existence."(
"Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference") Therefore we should negate the old forces completely as one body. We should
not acknowledge the evil arrangement for any of the particles among us. We
should not allow them to take advantage of our whole body because if one of us
has problems, i.e., persecution of one particle, there exists persecution of the
whole body. We have a harmonizing mechanism. Looking within, pointing out each
other's problems and helping each other to rectify ourselves are all part of
cultivation itself. They are not for avoiding persecution. When even one
practitioner lacks good understanding of Fa-principles, this will allow excuses
and reasons for the evil's persecution. The evil should not have any position in
the Fa-rectification. If we unknowingly acknowledge them, it equates to pursuing
persecution. Teacher says in the "Spirit Possession" section in "Zhuan
Falun,""...as long as you can always keep up your character, 'one
good can overcome a hundred evils'--you won't run into any trouble. On the other
hand, if you can't keep up your character well, if you seek after all sorts of
things, you're sure to invite trouble." 2. A practitioner once shared the following experience: As he was going out
to validate the Fa, he thought to himself, "Even if I am arrested, I still
need to clarify the truth to people." He was then indeed arrested. Later he
understood that this "even if" was already acknowledgment of the old
forces. 3. Another practitioner narrowly escaped imprisonment many times. When other
practitioners advised him to pay attention to security issues and adopt certain
methods to remain safe, he thought, "I might end up being arrested sooner
or later anyway as I've done so many things for Dafa." So he did not take
any precautions. As a result, he was indeed arrested. Only after that did he
realize that his biggest omission was the acknowledgment of the persecution. 4. After her husband (also a practitioner) was arrested, a practitioner
continuously sent righteous thoughts and tried to rescue him. Though she knew in
principle that she should totally negate the evil's arrangement, she was not
confident. On the one hand, she thought that her husband's state was not good
enough and she was not sure to what extent he would be able to negate the evil's
arrangements. On the other hand, she thought that since the police had found
many truth clarifying materials in their home in the past, she logically assumed
(based on human principles) that the police would not let go of her husband
easily. In fact, the mentality of worrying that the outcome will be bad if the
practitioner is not in a good state is acknowledging that the evil should take
advantage of us if we have omissions. Believing that the police would not let
him go easily because many materials were found is also a reflection of an
everyday person's logic, instead of righteous Fa-principles. It is only logic at
the human level. But every time Dafa practitioners manifest their mighty power
through righteous thoughts, they are not following "normal" logic. If
we have a clear understanding of the Fa and can negate completely the old
forces, and if our righteous thoughts are strong enough, all of those
"problems" can be resolved. An article on the Clearwisdom website mentioned that after her daughter was
sent to a labor camp, an elderly Dafa practitioner moved to the city where the
labor camp is and sent forth righteous thoughts for her daughter every day. She
also sent out thoughts of having her daughter listen to the Fa while she was
reading. After about six months, the daughter, who had already renounced Falun
Dafa and enlightened along an evil path, was released ahead of time. This leads
us to believe that even though the practitioner herself did not have a clear
understanding or was not perfect in cultivation, this still didn't prevent a
practitioner's righteous thoughts from rescuing her and defeating the evil's
arrangement. 5. After a practitioner's relative (also a Dafa practitioner) was arrested,
many other relatives asked why this happened. The practitioner explained that
the relative was arrested because of validating Dafa. Later he realized that explaining his arrest in this way was acknowledging
that validating Dafa is an excuse for the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) police
to arrest people, and that validating Dafa will result in being arrested. This
is the evil's logic and a manifestation of our acknowledgment of the
persecution. We should not acknowledge any of the logic of the Chinese Communist
Party's persecution of Dafa disciples and should completely negate it. After realizing this, in clarifying the truth to everyday people, the
practitioner instead replied, "The police never need any reason to arrest
Dafa disciples, nor do they obey the law. Cultivating
'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance' is not a crime. The constitution ensures
citizen's civil rights and freedom of belief. Cultivation is lawful. The arrests
of Dafa practitioners are illegal. You want to know what excuse they have used
to arrest people? All excuses they use are illegal and unreasonable. And they
know that they don't have justifiable reasons, so they have always been acting
in a deceitful way and dare not have their actions exposed." Such a reply
has not only conveyed righteous understanding to everyday people, but has also
strengthened his own righteous thoughts. If all of us can think and speak like
this at any moment, a righteous field will be formed. The above is only my shallow understanding. Please point out anything that is
inappropriate.
Posting date: 5/25/2006 |