(Clearwisdom.net) From my perspective, the persecution itself is not frightening. The thing to be afraid of is the loss of righteous thoughts and dealing with things with a human mindset, which allows the persecution to continue.
The human mind still exists in practitioners prior to our
consummation. If not enough effort is placed on cultivation and the
human mind is allowed to magnify, this becomes a pretext for the
evil forces to persecute us. So how should we treat this? The
situation before us is severe persecution. To complete our
missions, we must save more sentient beings while cultivating
ourselves well. Fear makes for nothing, and we must stand up to the
persecution, walk righteous paths, negate and eliminate the
persecution, and do better in order to accomplish our mission.
Fear is the biggest obstacle blocking our cultivation and our
saving more sentient beings, not the evil in other dimensions or
the vile Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the human world. Fear is
a notion in our brains, making us feel that emotion as we face
things. In fact, this notion of fear originates from the reflection
of one's thought karma to one's brain. In other words, the notion
of fear is issued from one's thought karma, not from one's true
self--the Main Consciousness.
Teacher said:
"Because one is lost among everyday people, one will often develop in one's mind thoughts for fame, benefits, lust, anger, etc. Gradually, these thoughts become the powerful thought karma."
"Thought karma can directly interfere with one's mind."
And
"Some people do not have a very strong Main Consciousness and will comply with the thought karma to commit wrongdoing. Such people will be ruined and drop in levels. Most people, however, can remove and resist it with very strong thoughts from themselves (a strong Main Consciousness)." (from Zhuan Falun) (official translation)
We should act according to what Teacher said to remove and resist thoughts of fear by using our very strong Main Consciousness. After we eliminate all the thoughts of fear in our brains, we will not be afraid of anything and just do what Teacher requires us to. Then, we will be able to save more sentient beings and cultivate ourselves well.
Written on January 2, 2010
