Let Go of Every Attachment and Correct Each Human Thought

By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net) A few days ago an episode happened which reminded me of just how serious cultivation is and how important it is for us to correct every one of our thoughts. From it I understood better what Teacher said: "It is extremely dangerous to add anything human to cultivation practice." ("Digging Out the Roots," Essentials for Further Advancement)

In a high school political class, my child's teacher slandered Falun Dafa by following the textbook. I had never clarified the facts to this teacher. When the class was over, my child went to this teacher and clarified the facts about Falun Gong to her. Due to fear, the teacher reported this event to the class supervisor and my relative, who is also a teacher at this school. In the end, my relative did not mention anything about this matter to anyone and therefore the report didn't reach the principal nor the secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee at this school. But my relative was very afraid of being implicated. I had a human thought and appreciated what my relative had done for our family and thought the matter was over.

But one day, my relative suddenly called and told us that the principal and the secretary of the CCP Committee had learned about this event and decided that we needed to transfer our child to another school immediately. My relative asked us not to visit the principal in order to prevent the principal from finding out that I'm a Falun Gong practitioner. My relative also told me that there were no Falun Gong practitioners in their school and people in the school did not dare to talk about Falun Gong. Whenever someone found any information material, they would seal it and hand it over to the higher authorities. The school also encouraged teachers and students to report anybody or anything Falun Gong related. I realized that I had not clarified the facts about Falun Gong well to my relative.

My husband, who is not a Falun Gong practitioner, felt rather uncomfortable that this event affected our relative. I told him that we should clarify the facts to the principal, but my husband felt that we should schedule a visit through a mediator who knew the principal well. I knew that this thought involved a human attachment, but because my attachment to fear was still strong, I agreed to this arrangement. Later the mediator called us and said, "The principal did not accept your visit." He continued: "The event is very serious and you have to transfer your child to a different school." I realized that I had been strongly influenced by human attachments and I had to visit the principal and clarify the facts to him directly. I felt big pressure. I knew the pressure was due to my attachments to fear and vanity.

On April 23, 2007, my husband and I visited the principal. First I sent forth righteous thoughts to clear my mind and made up my mind to focus on clarifying the facts, and not on the result. I told the principal that I had been studying Falun Dafa for ten years, how much my body and mind benefited from Dafa and that the self-immolation was fabricated by the government. I also told him the torture I suffered when I was detained in a forced labor camp and the physical and mental pain this persecution had brought upon my whole family. Then I talked about Falun Dafa's teaching of the heavenly principles: Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and about how Falun Gong has been introduced to over eighty countries and only China persecutes Falun Gong and freedom of belief. I concluded my talk by telling him that the persecution of Falun Gong is the biggest injustice in human history, that the truth will be seen in the near future and that expelling a student because the student is telling the truth is wrong. My husband also added: "Falun Gong is good. It is wrong that this country is persecuting Falun Gong to such an extent."

I noticed that the principal had a very confused look. I was sure that he was surprised to hear everything I had said, yet I believed that he thought the CCP capable of doing bad things. When the secretary of the CCP committee walked in, I started clarifying the facts to her as well, but she refused to accept anything I said. Since I didn't have a clear understanding based on the Fa at that moment, I thought the issue of whether a transfer would occur or not would be decided by Teacher. In the end, the principal still insisted that we transfer our child and claimed that it was for the well-being of my child. He agreed to wait until we found another school. It is very hard to find a proper high school and I realized that we would be wrong if we transferred our child. If we did this, everyone involved would be responsible for persecuting Falun Dafa.

That same day, the secretary of the CCP Committee told our relative that our child had talked about Falun Gong in class again and told him that we must transfer our child immediately. Later, we learned that a classmate had irritated our child intentionally. I realized that I shouldn't transfer our child. I should continue clarifying the facts to all the people involved. The whole event is caused by the persecution. I had to clarify the facts and validate the Fa.

On April 25, many practitioners went to the school to send forth righteous thoughts within close proximity. My husband and I as well as one of my relatives (a Dafa practitioner) visited the secretary of the CCP Committee. My husband told her that our child didn't do anything wrong, so we decided not to transfer our child. The secretary's attitude was very harsh. She called the school principal and told him about our decision. She told us that the school has its own way of handling the situation and then she asked us to leave. I thought that since our real purpose was to save sentient beings, I had to clarify the facts to her and eliminate the evil factors behind her. I told her: "It is your right to know the truth. Why do you refuse to listen to us? What we are doing is for your well-being. Please let me finish what I wanted to say to you, then we will leave immediately." I then told her directly about the CCP incurring punishment by heaven and about the more than eighty million victims killed under CCP rule. I spoke of the persecution that teachers suffered during the Cultural Revolution and more. I told her that Falun Dafa is good and our child only told the truth. I said the school's request to transfer our child is not for our good, it is persecuting us. I told her if one does bad deeds, one has to repay the debt. "You are a mother and a teacher. You shouldn't allow the tragedy of the Cultural Revolution to happen again. I hope you choose justice and a bright future." She was moved by our compassion. In the end she promised that the school would treat this case in a responsible manner.

When other fellow practitioners learned about this incident, they immediately wrote an open letter to the school and planned to expose the persecution on the Internet. I enlightened that I should do everything by following Dafa and give up my attachment to sentiment toward our relative and the attachment of saving face. I decided to publish the report on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website.

On April 26, as fellow practitioners continued sending forth righteous thoughts, my husband and I and our practitioner relative prepared to visit the principal. At that time, the secretary of the CCP Committee told us in a very kind manner: "You have the freedom of belief and speech. Our school has decided to keep your child. In the future, we will contact the parents directly if anything happens." We knew then that the evil in other dimensions had been dissolved.

Still, the event was not over yet. When my husband told this good news to our relative, he insisted that we must transfer our child. Otherwise, he believed that his future would be affected. We realized that our attachment to worrying about him had affected him because we had ignored him when we clarified the facts to the principal. The evil must have feared that our child would continue to clarify the facts, therefore they took advantage of our human attachments.

We then told him in detail about our visits to the principal and the secretary. We also told him that the school leaders were not like what he thought. Actually, the school leaders were very reasonable after hearing the truth. I said we were not trying to be irresponsible. It is just that evil cannot suppress righteousness. Our child was not wrong. Our relative was surprised that we talked to his supervisors and told them: "Falun Dafa is good" and "Heaven will eliminate the CCP." I told him with my whole heart: "I have the obligation to tell them that Falun Dafa is good. In this way your future will not be negatively affected, it will be good. You will get benefits because you supported Dafa. The students and other teachers will respect you more." I also told him that we understand clearly the pressure he endured. In the end he felt ashamed.

Through this incident, I realized that we have to correct every single thought of others and follow the Fa. The evil will take advantage of us when we have human attachments.

That day our fellow practitioners cooperated with us very well. They focused on saving sentient beings, not on the result. Based on the Fa, they understood that this situation was not just the parent's responsibility to take care of, it is all practitioners responsibility. We also realized how important cooperation among Dafa practitioners is.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/5/10/154426.html

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