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Thoroughly Negate the Persecution, Validate the Fa
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Lishui, Zhejiang Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently I read an article on the Clearwisdom website
titled "Validating the Fa from the Aspect of Finances." The author, a
practitioner, wrote that there was not much sharing on the website about how to
validate the Fa and negate the persecution from the aspect of finance. He
thought that the blessings that Dafa creates and brings to sentient beings is
not limited to just health improvement, but it also manifests in material and
financial aspects as well, including the improvement of people's social status.
All these are part of Dafa's blessings that are reflected in human society, and
they are what people nowadays eagerly pursue. Most of those practitioners who
are doing great on the path of cultivation are also respectable and successful
people in society. I heartily agree with this practitioner. My understanding of Master's Fa
is that "Fa-Rectification period Dafa disciples" are most sacred .
"You are a Dafa student, and even gods in the heavens envy
you."("Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Australia") As the
author said in his article, the cultivation of Dafa not only requires a
practitioner to get rid of the attachment to material things while living in
everyday human society, it will also show everyday people the blessings that
Dafa brings to practitioners, i.e. a life with ample material benefits. It is
not that we pursue material things in life as everyday people do, nor do we
intend to attract everyday people using their attachment to this aspect.
Instead, it is to validate the blessing of cultivating Dafa from the aspect of
the quality of our material lives in human society. The blessings reflected in
human society include money, a house, a car, social status and title, being
respected, etc. I have been thinking about this topic for two days. I would like to share my
thoughts with fellow practitioners. The old forces persecute Dafa practitioners in three areas: "destroying
practitioners' reputations, bankrupting them financially, and destroying them
physically." Throughout the nine years of practitioners' validating the Fa,
most efforts have been focused on "reputation." Master and those
righteous gods clear away the old forces, and practitioners' righteous thoughts
are eradicating the evil elements of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and those
black minions and rotten demons that control and manipulate people. The evil
forces have become less, and more and more Chinese people have awakened to the
truth of Falun Gong and have withdrawn from the CCP and/or its affiliated
organizations. These changes help many people understand the beauty of Dafa, the
benevolence of Master, and Buddha's infinite grace. But this is only our effort
to change the environment from the aspect of "reputation," I think it
is still far away from the Fa requirement of "reversing the cosmos." The discussion of validating the Fa from the aspect of "finance"
was detailed in the article mentioned at the beginning. I will not address it
further. The third is validating the Fa and negating the persecution from a physical
aspect. Some practitioners have shared their experiences on the Minghui/Clearwisdom
website, but there are not many such articles. One article impressed me a great
deal. It was about a detained practitioner, who, at the very beginning, like
other detained practitioners, dealt with the persecution based on the
understanding of "Don't hit back when hit; don't curse back when
cursed," and clarify the truth, save sentient beings, and
validate the Fa with a compassionate heart while in prison. Later on he
enlightened that this was not correct. How can a Dafa practitioner be persecuted
to such an extent? Consequently, he faced the situation with a righteous mind
and righteous behavior. Many times the guards intended to persecute him but were
unable to get close to him. The electric batons in the guards' hands exploded
spontaneously three steps away from the practitioner. The guards were so shocked
and scared that their evil attitude toward him was mitigated, and they did not
bother the practitioner anymore. As a result the practitioner could do the Falun
Gong exercises and study the Fa in the prison unmolested. "Disciples' righteous thoughts are strong, Master has the power to turn
the tide" ("Master-Disciple Grace," Hong Yin
Vol. II). Master has said many times in his lectures that Dafa practitioners
were raised to their positions before the persecution started in 1999, and even
the practitioners who have not practiced for a long time also have the ability
to protect themselves when their thoughts are righteous and strong. What does it
mean "raised to their positions?" My understanding is that Master has
opened those veteran practitioners' Buddha Fa's divine power, and these
practitioners have the ability to protect themselves. With the Fa rectification
reaching today's phase, Master's Fa is taught very clearly and explicitly. Many
of the Fa's laws are so clearly written down in Master's articles that we don't
need to think about them over and over. But how come there are still so many
practitioners being persecuted when the Fa rectification is this close to the
end? Isn't it a question that we, especially those who are currently being
persecuted and are repeatedly persecuted, should think deeply about? A human
cannot and dare not persecute a god. How could it be possible for a human to
persecute a god? Let the people see the dignity of Dafa cultivation so that they
will respect Dafa. If every practitioner is able to use the Buddha Fa's divine
power, completely and thoroughly negate the old forces' arrangement of
"destroying practitioners physically," and people can witness Dafa
practitioners' miracles, these are truly the manifestation of the prophecy about
the great history of gods and humans coexisting in the human world. I think this
is the Fa's requirement and Master's expectation. This way, it will not be so
difficult for gods to save sentient beings , using so much reasoning and energy,
and people will actively come to learn Dafa. Their hearts will return to
righteousness, and all of the heavens and the earth will celebrate together. My level is limited, and my understanding could be very superficial. Please
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