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A Righteous Foundation Is Essential for Doing Dafa Work
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Jinan
(Clearwisdom.net) We recently had an experience-sharing event in our area
attended by 13 practitioners. When we were sending righteous thoughts on the
hour, someone unexpectedly knocked on the door. It turned out to be the police
officer in charge of the hall. (He had already positioned himself correctly for
the future by withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated
organizations.). The host let him in and talked with him briefly. Then he left. Everyone's heart moved by this sudden incident. Some people sent righteous
thoughts to eliminate the evil elements behind him, some people send righteous
thoughts to keep him from reporting the group, and some people kept sending
righteous thoughts despite the interruption. When the host called the police
officer afterwards, the officer told him that he was only stopping by and would
not have walked in had he known so many people were there. Regarding this event, some practitioners said he should not have been allowed
to enter the righteous field, while others wondered if he came because he knew
so many people were there; they considered his visit interference. In my
opinion, it was absolutely not a coincidence, and it targeted our minds. This
simple event has caused such strong turbulence among us, becoming a vivid
reminder for each one of us to take stock of our own cultivation states. What I wanted to share is my understanding regarding the foundation for
sending righteous thoughts. I believe our minds are the basis for doing things.
If we do things for others, we belong to the lives of the new cosmos and thus
have the correct foundation. If we do things for ourselves, which is selfish and
is protecting the principles of the old cosmos, then we have the wrong
foundation. In preparing truth-clarification materials, some
practitioners were arrested, but some have been doing it without interruption.
Could the problem be our foundation? If a practitioner does Dafa work to offer
sentient beings salvation, then it is in accordance with the Fa.
However, if a practitioner does it to accumulate virtue and validate himself,
then his actions are based on selfishness, and the old forces have excuses to
take advantage of him. Reflecting on this incident made me think that, in my opinion, we can only do
what Master requires of us when we can keep our hearts rock-solid like diamond
and send the purest righteous thoughts. As Master taught in the Fa, "If you
are able to succeed in improving yourself this way, what you do then, with a
pure heart, will be the best and most sacred." ("Further
Understanding," Essentials for Further Advancement) November 26, 2007 |