Handling Everything Truly from the Standpoint of Fa-Rectification Keeping Firmly in Mind the Mission and Responsibility of Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples By a Falun Dafa Practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) Fa-Rectification Is Going on in The Entire Cosmos "But as to our Dafa, let me tell you that nobody is worthy of testing It.
Because all beings--and this includes every being in the cosmos--are
created, made, and shaped by It, no one is worthy of testing It... I'd say
that no one is worthy of testing Dafa. Yet they have, so they've committed a
sin, and they will have to bear responsibility for everything they've done." ("Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference") "Meanwhile, we have to eliminate the evil things, period, because they
damage the cosmos and damage sentient beings... So if the evil has reached
the point of being no longer savable, how to handle it isn't a question of
one's personal cultivation--it is guarding the Fa of the cosmos. When
necessary one can use different abilities of different levels to eliminate
it." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference") As Falun Dafa practitioners, we should clearly know that we are within the Fa-rectification
period. Any interferences or damages, no matter how large or small and no matter
how they manifest, are directed at the Fa and are sins committed by the evil. We
absolutely cannot allow them and must firmly eliminate them. The evil looks for
excuses for its bad deeds, such as: "Those practitioners have karma." "They need
to improve their understandings of the Fa." "They need to be tested." When a fellow practitioner was arrested and put under persecution, how did
some of us respond to it? "He is being persecuted because he has this or that attachment." "They are
arrested because they weren't careful enough in doing such and such, so the evil
took advantage of them." "She didn't do well last time when she was arrested.
This is a chance for her to make up for it." If we examine these thoughts carefully, aren't they the same as the old
forces' excuses? Although we are saying that we don't recognize the old forces'
arrangements, aren't we following the paths arranged by the old forces if, to
some degree, we agreed to the old forces' thoughts? Then what should we do? We should follow the requirements of the Fa and the
Fa-rectification. Teacher said, "All beings in the cosmos are repositioning themselves. Humans aren't
worthy of testing this Fa, and neither are Gods. Whoever touches it commits
a sin. They've seen all of this as well." ("Teaching the Fa at the Great Lakes Fa Conference in North America") We should know this clearly, and this thought needs to be our first reaction
no matter how the evil is manifested. The thought should be, "The evil is
committing a sin." What's our first thought when we see a person holding a knife
and trying to kill someone? It must be, "This person is trying to murder another
person. He's committing a crime." Right? We wouldn't think, "The other person
must have done something that made this person want to kill him." If so, the
murderer would have an excuse, "Yes, I want to kill him just because he did such
and such." How can we allow a murderer to find excuses for his deeds? Shouldn't
we handle things in the Fa-rectification period the same way? We need to know
that the evil is not simply ending people's current lives. "Master wants to save all sentient beings. But the evil forces are truly
committing sins against Dafa by using all sentient beings, with the ultimate
purpose of destroying them." ("Dafa is Indestructible") Does it mean that we don't need to worry about our own attachments and
shortcomings? Of course not. However, we should not think about those things
first. And we should correctly handle the relationships between Fa-rectification
and ourselves. Why? During our individual cultivation, "from what standpoint you view Dafa is
fundamental." (From "Digging Out the Roots") Then, during Fa-rectification,
isn't it a fundamental issue for us to clearly understand from what standpoint
we should handle things in Fa-rectification? Let's analyze the two notions from different standpoints. From the standpoint of individual cultivation, the reason that the evil could
succeed in doing bad things is because Falun Dafa practitioners have
attachments. This means that we will be persecuted if we have attachments. Thus,
we need to try our best to eliminate all our attachments. In this way, the evil
will not be able to persecute us. This is actually the logic of the old forces. From the standpoint of Fa-rectification, we would know that it is now the Fa-rectification
period. The evil is committing sins against the Fa. Therefore, we need to
eradicate the evil. Our having attachments, however, would negatively affect the
results of eliminating the evil, so we need to get rid of them. This is the
requirement of the Fa-rectification. However, the old forces are unwilling to
acknowledge this or believe this. When comparing these two notions, we would know that the first notion is to
avoid the evil's persecution while the second one is to eliminate the evil. The
first one is passive and the second one is active. The first one is for
ourselves, while the second one is for the sentient beings. The first one
follows the old forces' arrangements while the second one is the direction in
which Teacher has pointed us. The first one is within the scope of individual
cultivation while the second one has us melt into the Fa-rectification. Now we
can clearly see why sometimes we were unable to meet the requirements of Fa-rectification,
why sometimes we unintentionally followed paths arranged by the old forces, why
many things that shouldn't have happened did happen, and why there were various
kinds of interferences which caused irretrievable losses. It was simply because
we didn't handle things truly from the standpoint of Fa-rectification. After clearly understanding this, we will be able to correctly handle the
relationships between our individual cultivation and the Fa-rectification as we
assist Teacher with rectifying the Fa in the future. And we will be able to take
it as our constant responsibility to eliminate the evil. Whether we send forth
righteous thoughts to directly eradicate the evil, or we remove everyday
people's bad thoughts against the Fa when clarifying the truth to them, or we
show the beauty of the Fa through the arts, or we study the Fa and practice
Falun Dafa exercises, we need to clearly know that the evil is being eliminated
when we do those things. The clearer this understanding is, the more solid we
are, and the more quickly and more completely the evil will be eliminated. "As I've said, everything that happens today in the ordinary society is
the result of Dafa disciples' thoughts. Even though the old forces do exist,
if you don't have those thoughts they can't do anything. When your righteous
thoughts are strong enough the old forces can't do a thing." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.") Let's use an example to help us discern from which standpoint we can send
forth pure righteous thoughts, not be taken advantage of by the evil, and
completely deny the old forces' arrangements. Some practitioners planned to go to Tiananmen Square to display Falun Dafa
banners. What was their purpose? What was the motivation for their plan? Each
practitioner might have a different answer, especially at the beginning of the
persecution: "Falun Gong is so valuable. It can teach people's hearts to be good and
improve their moral standards. Why aren't we allowed to practice it? I want to
try my best to urge the government to change its wrong decision and allow people
to practice Falun Gong. If so, wouldn't society improve?" This person's
motivation was to the improvement of everyday people's society. "I used to be very ill. I spent a lot of money on medicines, but they did not
help, and I lived with continuous pain. After practicing Falun Gong, I became
healthy. Now that Falun Dafa is suffering abuse, my conscience is telling me to
demand justice for the Fa. I am not afraid of being arrested or beaten up. That
can actually help eliminate my karma." The motivation here was an individual's
own conscience that demanded justice for Dafa. "This is the test of life and death. Every practitioner needs to go through
this, sooner or later. We won't reach Consummation without passing this test.
Let's go now. We might miss the chance if we don't hurry up." This person was
motivated by a desire to reach Consummation in individual cultivation. Some practitioners even had more than one reason for going to Tiananmen
Square. Of course, no matter what motivated them, we should first recognize that
their acts are great and magnificent. Now, however, it is the Fa-rectification
period. If we continue to hold impure thoughts when doing such a sacred thing,
the evil will find an excuse for persecution. Then, evil things will happen,
such as our fellow practitioners getting arrested, beaten up, sentenced to
forced labor camps, cruelly tortured, etc. Didn't those evil things happen
because we had impure thoughts? The evil simply wants to do bad things. That is
certain. Because of this, it is extremely important for Falun Dafa practitioners
to constantly send forth pure righteous thoughts from the standpoint of Fa-rectification,
to not give the old forces any excuses for persecution so that we can restrain
the evil from doing bad things, and to actively eliminate the evil. This is the
essential denial of the old forces. In fact, many practitioners have done so. They have righteous thoughts and
righteous actions: "I am assisting Teacher with rectifying the Fa." "This is the
most righteous thing in the cosmos." "I don't allow the evil to persecute me."
"Whoever wants to persecute me will be eradicated." With these thoughts, they
went out to validate the Fa in an open and dignified manner and came back
safely. But, and I want to emphasize this, another practitioner might say, "OK, by
keeping such a thought, that practitioner didn't get into any trouble. I'll do
that also. Then I won't be persecuted." We can imagine the result. All of us
should know that this thought is based on avoiding persecution, so it is just a
little bit off. Even that little bit, however, is too much. Firmly Keep In Mind That Our Mission And Responsibility Is To Save The
Sentient Beings "Master wants to save all sentient beings. But the evil forces are truly
committing sins against Dafa by using all sentient beings, with the ultimate
purpose of destroying them." (From "Dafa is Indestructible") "The reason I have come here is to save all sentient beings amidst the Fa-rectification
at a time when the colossal firmament of the cosmos is disintegrating." (From "Touring North America to Teach the Fa") We have realized that all the things that the evil did to the Fa and to
practitioners are sins against the Fa. Therefore we need to eliminate them.
Considering it further, what is the result of the evil's committing sins against
the Fa? The answer is that the sentient beings will be destroyed! We know from the Fa that Teacher's method of rectifying the Fa to rejuvenate
the cosmos is to save the greatest number of sentient beings. Then why did we,
empowered by the paramount title of "Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples,"
come down to this world? Did we come here to be human beings? Absolutely not.
Did we come here for individual Consummation? Again the answer is, "No." "Today I can tell you this: your cultivation is absolutely not a
personal, simple matter of reaching Consummation--your cultivation is saving
the countless sentient beings in the cosmic body that corresponds to you and
who've put infinite hope in you. The cultivation of you all is saving the
sentient beings in every single gigantic cosmic colossal firmament." ("Touring North America to Teach the Fa") We would clearly understand their meanings if we read the poems "Immense,"
"Fulfilling a Wish," and "Assisting the Fa" once more. Yes, saving the sentient
beings is our ultimate goal. Didn't our eliminating the evil stop it from
destroying the sentient beings so that they would have a chance to be saved? The
essential goal of all the things that we do during the Fa-rectification is to
save the sentient beings! Sometimes we forgot that. We were confused and felt
helpless. We might even have had some incorrect thoughts like, "Please end this
sooner. What if the Premier did this? What if the Sixteenth Party Congress did
that?" Those thoughts are of no use, but the evil kept taking advantage of those
thoughts to create new, evil arrangements. Have we learned the lesson? Are we
joining the Fa-rectification with a pure heart and taking saving the sentient
beings as the starting point and ultimate goal of everything that we do? When we clarified the truth of the persecution to different governments and
organizations and called for their help, we used words such as "Jiang's regime
is violating human rights." In our hearts, however, we should be clearly aware
that we said it that way because we wanted them to understand us more easily.
The essential goal was to help them see the viciousness of Jiang's regime so
that they wouldn't be deceived by the evil's lies. Then they would be saved when
we explained the facts to them. "On the surface, we're seeking support for Dafa from the world's people.
This is the thinking of the worldly human side, manifest in this human
place. Yet it's reversed on the other side. Whoever supports Dafa or
advocates for Dafa is establishing for himself his being's existence in the
future and is laying a foundation for obtaining the Fa in the future." ( "Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference") When we called for help to rescue our fellow practitioners, did we try to get
them out simply to avoid the persecution? Did our calling for support just get
them released sooner? Although we do need to reduce losses and persecution,
that's not all we want. The deeper reasons for our actions are to eliminate the
poisons planted in people's hearts by the evil lies, to help them correctly
learn what Dafa really is, and to awaken their kind nature so that they can
position themselves well. Instead of asking people for something, we are saving
them. When we truly understand the above relationships, everyday people's notions
wouldn't restrain us. Instead, we would be able to use them at will. We wouldn't
worry about losses and gains. We would be calm under any circumstances. We
wouldn't hesitate or change our positions. We would be determined, firm, and
persistent. Anxiety, disappointment, feeling helpless, and other bad emotions
wouldn't have any influence on us. We would always be peaceful, rational, and
confident. We wouldn't feel relieved when we successfully rescued our fellow
practitioners. Instead, we would keep working on other Fa-rectification
projects. After Our Wishes Are Fulfilled, We Will Thank Teacher When We Return To
Heaven. "... Who is really the gallant lead in this gigantic play? (Descending to the Earthly World) "He comes with the Truth, which gives him full control ("Tathagata") Struggling through and braving the heavy wind and rains, we have come far
following the Fa-rectification process. Now when we look back, our
understandings, attitudes, and actions might have accorded with the requirements
of the Fa as we understood them at that time. But higher levels have higher Fa.
If we stay with one understanding of a certain level, we might not be able to
keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification. Today, when the Fa is about to
begin rectifying the human world, each and every Falun Dafa practitioner needs
to handle everything truly from the standpoint of Fa-rectification. We need to
constantly and firmly keep in mind our mission and responsibility as Fa-rectification
period Dafa disciples. We should take saving the sentient beings as the starting
point and the ultimate goal for all our thoughts and actions. Only in this way can we keep the purest heart when doing the most sacred
thing, only in this way can "righteous thoughts display the might of Gods."
(From "New Year's Greetings from Master") "If every one of you can understand the Fa from the depths of your mind,
that will truly be the manifestation of the Fa whose power knows no
boundary--the reappearance of the mighty Buddha Fa in the human world!" ( "Cautionary Advice") And only in this way can we be qualified to bear the title of "Fa-rectification
period Dafa disciples" and correctly position ourselves as Falun Dafa
practitioners in Fa-rectification. Posting date: 3/18/2003 |