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The Relationship Between "Disintegrating Communist Party Culture" and "Worldwide Chinese Dance Competition" By a practitioner living outside of China
(Clearwisdom.net) Some fellow practitioners may think that there is no
relationship between "Disintegrating Communist Party Culture" and the "Worldwide
Chinese Dance Competition." I would like to share some discussion and
understanding between several practitioners and myself about these two
activities and their intrinsic relationship. "Disintegrating Communist Party Culture" is the name of the second
commentary of The Epoch Times publication Nine
Commentaries on the Communist Party. When the Nine Commentaries
was first published, it sent a shock wave throughout society as well as among
Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners read the Nine Commentaries
over and over, in addition to Dafa books. They also watched the NTDTV video
broadcast on the Nine Commentaries. After reading it several times, my
mind suddenly felt open and clear. I also knew in the past that the evil Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was no
good, but I could not pin down the exact specifics. I found myself lacking in
wisdom and at a loss for even proper words to describe my feelings. Even the
examples I found were still superficial and not zeroing in on the main issues.
After I read the Nine Commentaries, I not only realized its evil nature
and saw through its deeply seated evilness, but this realization also made me
feel a new kind of freedom and relaxation I had never experienced before. The
Epoch Times eventually published the second commentary,
"Disintegrating Communist Party Culture." I also felt that I should
read it, but when I just started reading, some notion made me stop. A mental
barrier prevented me from reading the whole article. Some personal events also
emerged to interfere. So every time I picked up the article, I stopped reading
before finishing the introduction. Gradually, I did no longer even wanted to
read it. Now looking back, I think it was the effect of hidden and deep residue
of the "Communist Party Culture" in my thoughts. Once I heard that the Sound of Hope Radio was broadcasting
"Disintegrating Communist Party Culture" I found a desire to listen to
the radio program. This may have been because reading the Nine Commentaries
had opened a window in my mind, or it could be due to Master's compassionate
hint. Initially I encountered much interference. Sometimes after listening to a
long section, I did not seem to hear anything. I thought it was the old forces'
interference, but now I realized there was some thought karma in my mind, left
over from the evil Party culture. I solidified my righteous thoughts and forced
myself to keep listening. During the process I experienced magical mental
changes. My thoughts became clearer, and the more I listened, the more I liked
it. When the narrator completed one chapter and moved on to the next, I found
myself reading the broadcast script in my hands while listening. Many sentences
in the article were seemly planted in my brain. I could memorize some sentences
after reading/listening once. Culture is a kind of shapeless matter, yet it is a "material"
existing in our thoughts all the time. I felt it was somewhat similar to
emotions that some cultivators still harbor. We are all soaked in some kind of
cultural atmosphere. Some are the same, some different, good, bad, pure and
impure. Culture directly influences our thoughts and our ways of thinking. But
culture is also different from emotion. Good, pure and righteous culture can
direct people to improve their moral values and correct their conduct. On the
other hand, bad, impure culture will pervert people's moral values, deviate
their thoughts and confuse their normal family relationships. Some forces with
dark motives can even utilize the culture to reach a more economical, more rapid
and more solid effect than even a major and expensive war could have brought.
Since the culture possesses such magical power, the
CCP will not pass on the opportunity to use it. Thus, starting from remolding
people's ideology, transforming words and writing, creating CCP's Red
Revolutionary Art, and after violently destroying people's righteous and
traditional culture formed in peoples' minds over thousands of years, the CCP
used its created culture to fill peoples' minds. The CCP's plan is to
comprehensively control peoples' thoughts and behavior and use them to
the CCP's advantage. We Dafa cultivators cannot reach consummation with even a tiny bit of the
Party culture. We must completely cleanse all factors of the Party culture in
ourselves. Chinese practitioners in particular have been soaked in this Party
culture since birth. Everyone's mind was poisoned under mandatory brainwashing
before he realized it. Some practitioners said the reason Russia got into
today's situation is because the Communist Party culture still plays a role,
although Russia became a democracy on the surface. In reality, the Russians have
not eliminated the Communist Party culture from their minds. What about Eastern
Germany, a European democracy? It's also the same situation. Remnants of the
Communist Party culture are still influencing people's thinking in the former
East Germany on a deep level. On the surface, the East Germans are under a
democracy and have freedom of thought. But this is not the reality. Some Dafa
practitioners who live in the eastern part of Germany feel that handing out
flyers and clarifying the facts are very difficult. Many East
Germans have directly said that they would rather not talk about politics, the
persecution and human rights. Do they really not want to talk? Are they really
not interested in such topics? I personally believe that deep in their minds,
they still have fear left over from the influence of the Communist Party
culture, because for many East Germans, that period of history is very hard to
forget. To completely disintegrate the evil Party's culture in our minds, reading the
Nine Commentaries alone is not enough. I sincerely call for all fellow
practitioners who have not read or listened to "Disintegrating Communist
Party Culture" to please read or listen to it. I personally think that this
might also be a requirement during the Fa-rectification. Only after we
completely eliminate the Party culture can all Dafa practitioners accomplish the
huge task of rescuing sentient beings and helping Master in Fa-rectification
with pure hearts. After so much of the discussion about Communist Party culture, I would now
like to talk about my understanding of the Worldwide Chinese Dance Competition.
As soon as I thought of the dance competition, I immediately recalled the ticket
selling process for the Global Chinese New Year's Spectacular. At the beginning,
from either my personal cultivation angle or my understanding on the Fa's
perspective, I could not make a connection between ticket sales, and validation
of the Fa and rescuing sentient beings. Because I did not see the importance for
ticket sales and did not realize the significance from the Fa, I missed the most
precious time and chance for the ticket sale. Later on I improved my
understanding, but the time left was short. I believe that many other
practitioners had a similar experience. Many practitioners recalled this period
and expressed their regrets. However, I had not learned from past lessons when
the competition was announced this time. I made the same mistake from my
understanding. When I first heard about the dance competition, my immediate
reaction was that this event is too far from my expertise and knowledge, and I
had no idea what to do and what to say to people. So I put it aside and no
longer thought about it. Later, Master's lecture was published. The sentence I best remember is, "I don't want to explain it in full this early on, as this way we will
leave ourselves something good to talk about later." ("Fa Teaching
at the 2007 New York Fa Conference") This sentence let me feel Master's compassion. Master also gave us another
chance to understand the Fa and improve our cultivation. But I still could not
fully appreciate Master's compassion. Not only did I fail to take immediate
action to rescue sentient beings, but my post-natal acquired notions made me
miss several opportunities. Finally, the dance competition's time was delayed.
Did we who were not diligent enough cause this? Is this not closely related to
the state of our personal cultivation? Some practitioners aware of the
significance said that many other practitioners were not interested. They
appeared aloof. I believe that the reason for this happening is that many of us
still do not know what we should do. Actually, at the 2007 New York conference, Master had taught those
practitioners who were unfamiliar with the arts some important and basic
knowledge. Master spent ample time explaining Chinese dance and repeatedly spoke
of a future Chinese New Year's Gala. All those messages serve the hints for how
and why this dance competition should happen. Master's words are Fa principles,
and behind the words are profound meanings and room for practitioners to
improve. We should read the new lectures and think about this deeply. This is
the prerequisite for promoting the dance competition and walking a righteous
path with righteous thoughts. I think everyone may see my thinking by now. Dance is a cultural expression.
The CCP has destroyed traditional culture over the years, and of course they had
eradicated traditional dance. Everyone is aware of the rapid advancement of the
Fa-rectification. Many people have commented about catching up with the Fa-rectification
development. We now have an opportunity to correct the essence of Chinese dance
that the CCP has severely damaged. We also have an opportunity to disintegrate
the evil in the cultural realm, and to rescue sentient beings. Are those not
tasks that are requirements of the Fa-rectification progress? This is my thinking right now: When the persecution began in 1999, Dafa
practitioners started a lasting battle with the old forces in the visible space
by displaying information at their booths, distributing flyers, and clarifying
the facts to governments and the general public. Now, along with the fast
progress of Fa-rectification making breakthroughs towards the superficial space,
the battle has escalated to the invisible level of spirit and culture. This may
be the last level on which we will completely eliminate the old forces. Thus the
real significance of the dance competition is far greater than a professionally
choreographed competition. It should also be an inevitable process brought by
the mighty current of the Fa-rectification. As Dafa practitioners, we should
give our best effort and not fall short of meeting Master's expectations, so as
not to have regrets in the future. What I have written is my personal understanding. Many thoughts and feelings
are hard to describe with human language. Some of the ideas expressed may not be
correct. Please point out my shortcomings as you see them. Posting date: 6/7/2007 |