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Let Us End the Persecution Now --Thoughts Before Another July 20 By a Falun Dafa practitioner in the United States
(Clearwisdom.net) Another July 20 is coming soon. Falun Dafa
practitioners have walked eight years on the path opposing the persecution.
Looking back, practitioners' firm and indomitable spirit and persistence in
following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance when facing mistreatment has won
the respect of the world's people and helped countless people be free from the
CCP's deception. On the other hand, the past eight years weigh heavily in
history, for this persecution should not have happened to begin with, and
neither should it have lasted so long. As the persecution reaches its eight-year mark, since Falun Dafa disciples
are shouldering heavy duties, it is necessary for us to examine our
understandings on the Fa-principles and our state of mind. Have we recognized
our responsibilities? Do we know how to fulfill our missions? I noticed an issue while sharing understandings with fellow practitioners.
Some do not have a clear concept about ending the persecution, and they have not
enlightened to the fact that it is not normal for the persecution to have lasted
until now, nor are they aware that Falun Dafa disciples are responsible for
ending the persecution. Some practitioners think the persecution has not ended because Master wants
us to save more sentient beings. Once the persecution ends, the big weeding-out
will begin, and a large amount of people cannot be saved. I believe this is a
wrong understanding of Master's teaching. Master never acknowledged this
persecution, so of course, Dafa disciples should not accept it either. Every
minute and every second of this persecution should not exist. Falun Dafa
disciples do not need to cultivate amidst the persecution, and the world's
people do not need to position themselves on the basis of this persecution.
People can correctly position themselves in many ways. Ending the persecution
one day earlier can help many people to change their twisted opinions one day
earlier and know the truth about Falun Dafa. Thus, more people would be saved. Some other practitioners feel that we have many long term projects going on,
and we enlightened from the Fa to the fact that we should not be attached to
time or results. So, our minds went to the other extreme and thought opposing
the persecution was a long term goal, and the persecution seems impossible to
immediately end. In reality, being attached to the results is not the same as
paying attention to the results, and not being attached to time is not the same
as not allowing the persecution to continue. The day the persecution ends is a
result of each Falun Dafa disciple's choice. For the past several years of opposing the persecution, our Dafa validating
projects have become more and more established, which makes it easy for us to
sink into specific affairs. Facing real challenges one by one, we to a certain
extent take opposing the persecution as a righteous but difficult task. Although
our path is filled with hardship, we seem to "enjoy" it and proudly
"take hardship as joy" in the tests that the old forces have arranged. Master taught us to completely negate the old force's arrangements. We all
know this persecution should not be acknowledged and should be stopped
immediately. So, how are we going to end this persecution? A few years ago, some
fellow practitioners put hope in ordinary society's changes. After Master
corrected us, some practitioners are still waiting for Master to end this
persecution. Of course, Master has the power to do so, but my understanding is
that Master has bestowed this historical mission on us. We will never fully realize the hardships Master has endured in this Fa-rectification
and His boundless plan for us. However, Master has clearly told us what to do in
his teachings. Master passed Dafa down to us, bestowed us with divine power,
gave us the new cosmos, and established our paths as reference for the future.
Whether something was done by disciples or Master, it brings a totally different
meaning for the future cosmos. The whole process of Falun Dafa practitioners
obtaining the Fa, validating the Fa, walking towards consummation, and achieving
fruit status is a part of Master creating the new cosmos through the Fa-rectification.
We, as Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples, must reach the standard and
accomplish our historical mission. Then, how can we actually end this persecution? Is it truly difficult like
some imagine? I think we all have had such experiences in our cultivation.
Something looks so difficult and seems impossible, but when we do things
according to the Fa-principles as Dafa disciples, the problems are solved
easily, just like "After passing the shady willow trees, there will be
bright flowers and another village ahead!"(from "Lecture Nine" of
Zhuan Falun) In order to end the persecution, we must upgrade our
understanding on the Fa and break through all sorts of limitations set up by
human opinions. Once we upgrade our level of enlightenment, Master and Falun
Dafa will bestow us with incomparable power and the situation will miraculously
change. We had many chances before, such as April 25, 1999. If more practitioners had
clearly enlightened on the Fa, the persecution may not have even had a chance to
happen. Another time was July 20, 1999. If Dafa disciples could have all been
mature and rational and walked out of humanness, the persecution would not have
continued. The first time we realized we could end the persecution by walking
out of humanness was after reading the Minghui editorial "Serious
Teachings" (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/9/28/8105.html).
In March 2006, the CCP's crime of harvesting living practitioners' organs was
exposed. If we seized the opportunity to widely expose the evil, the current
situation would be different. But due to our being immature in our cultivation,
we missed the chances one by one. It has been eight years! Countless fellow practitioners, both in mainland
China and overseas, have endured so much hardship to validate the Fa. We neglect
sleep and rest, day and night, and risk all sorts of danger. However, we should
not stop at the level of enduring hardships, for the Fa's requirement for us is
much higher. We must consider what the requirement of being in Fa-rectification
is and what the future cosmos needs, and we must accomplish these missions. Another July 20 has arrived. When we join the events opposing the persecution
in the United States' Capital, Washington DC, when we expose the CCP's violent
crimes, when we spread the truth in mainland China's dangerous environment,
please do not forget that we "Dafa disciples are the great figures of our
time." (1) We decide every being's future. Let us all use Falun Dafa
disciples' solid righteous thoughts and immediately end this persecution that
should not exist! July 16, 2007 Note: (1) Quote from "To the European Fa Conference in Stockholm" Posting date: 7/18/2007 |