Looking Inward After the Jiang Lawsuit By a Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) October 7th report: Right now, Dafa
practitioners should actively do the three things Master requires of us. Among
the three things, truth clarification is very important. The progress of the
lawsuit manifested in the human world is not our goal, but the process of the
lawsuit is beneficial for us to clarify the truth and validate the Fa. We can
say that on one hand, the progress of the Jiang lawsuit reflects the extent of our truth
clarification, and on the other hand, it also shows our
shortcomings in certain aspects. Because I am a practitioner in China, I can
only talk about the omissions as a whole that we have in our area. Fellow
practitioners, please benevolently point out anything inappropriate.
Relying on and heavily attaching to the lawsuit
Master said,
"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. If
someone in ordinary society really did restore our Dafa's name, think about
it, maybe human beings will do this, but have you thought about this: how
high would I have to position that person? Isn't that right? You're
cultivators, and all changes come from your cultivation and the Fa-rectification;
everything that you yourselves validate and enlighten to, and everything
that you'll receive, all this comes from what you have done on your
path. Absolutely don't think about any favors the old forces might do for
us, or about how the ordinary society might help us." ("Teaching
the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.")
When many practitioners place their hope of validating the Fa, clarifying the
truth and saving people on the progress of the lawsuit, this is in fact a strong
and huge attachment. The manifestation of the attachment is that we
unconsciously rely on the lawsuit to substitute for other Dafa work, and we
unconsciously work to win the lawsuit instead of using it as a way to clarify
the truth.
The old forces will take advantage of this attachment. As
we validate Dafa through this lawsuit, several things about this attachment were
revealed. There are many truth clarification materials related to the Jiang
lawsuit, yet we only considered information about Jiang being sued or convicted
as useful. During the lawsuit, many practitioners spent much time sending
forth righteous thoughts regarding this lawsuit and somehow neglected other Fa-rectification
work. We also paid much attention to the Jiang lawsuit and were highly attentive
to the outcome. some practitioners even rarely clarified the truth, and instead waited
for the result of the lawsuit to end the persecution.
Lack of in depth and scope of clarifying the truth to people in China
Master said,
"In order to spread the Fa in China, and to not let average persons
hear the Fa, many, many Kings of different paradises and beings from very
high levels--many of whom I've been looking after throughout history--were
gathered to reincarnate in the land of China. Of course, in terms of
obtaining the Fa today, everyone is treated the same, whether they were
looked after or not. So, there's even more reason for us to save the people
there." ("Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa
Conference," Guiding the Voyage) Practitioners in China should
be more diligent in clarifying the truth to the people in China.
Be clear-minded on the goal and purpose
The purpose of the Jiang lawsuit is to better clarify the truth and save
people. However, it's not that only when we win the lawsuit can we clarify the
truth. If we think this way, we would form such a way of thinking that we should
first try our best to win the lawsuit, and then use the result to clarify
the truth. This is wrong. If we were to follow this way of thinking, we would
unconsciously treat the result of the lawsuit or whether it progresses smoothly
as our goal. We would then do other things including clarifying the truth just
to achieve this goal. That would be backwards like putting the cart before the
horse. From the legal perspective, if we take Jiang's conviction as guilty to
clarify the truth, then, in the case of that the lawsuit may take a long time,
wouldn't we miss out on many opportunities to clarify the truth? On the contrary,
if we help many Chinese people learn the truth during truth clarification so
they truly have righteous and kind thoughts toward Dafa, or no longer
oppose or hate Dafa, we will also directly or indirectly help many foreigners
learn the truth and have righteous thoughts toward Dafa. People will be saved to
the greatest extent, and we would have already achieved our goal. At the same
time, the progress and outcome of the lawsuit would be obvious. This is very
similar to Master's lecture regarding a student studying and whether he can get
into a university.
Expose the evil persecution as much as possible
Because we are Dafa practitioners, Dafa has everything to do with every one
of us. Therefore, the Jiang lawsuit is not just a thing for overseas Dafa
practitioners, it's for all practitioners. Since the persecution
mainly takes place in Mainland China, the dictator tries his best to block the
news and cover up the facts. If we don't report and expose the facts of the
persecution, Minghui and Clearwisdom Net would not have them published, and
there would be a lack of evidence for the lawsuit. Looking from the current
situation of the lawsuit, we need more evidence for the persecution. Master
said,
"You must let the world's people know about their evilness--this is
saving people, as well. While eliminating the evil, you consummate
yourselves and strengthen the Fa's manifestation in the world."
("Rationality," Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Take solid steps on our path and leave the most glorious history for the
future cosmos
The old forces arranged the advanced propaganda tools in Mainland China in
order to persecute Dafa and poison people's minds. Today, Dafa practitioners are
in turn using these tools to clarify the truth and save people. The old forces
also arranged China's governing system to persecute Dafa and Dafa practitioners.
For example, the administrative punishment of the "unique Chinese"
forced labor system can bypass the legal and law organs, and sentence an
innocent person to several years of forced labor without benefit of a trial.
However, right now Dafa practitioners are also breaking through the old forces'
arrangements and are bringing justice to the truly guilty with the law. As long
as we diligently do the three things, we will be able to save as many people as
possible. At the same time, those people in the human world who are determined
to continue to persecute Falun Dafa will receive their deserved karmic
retribution.
Posting date: 10/10/2003 |