Viewing the Phenomena in Fa-Rectification with Righteous Thoughts Some Thoughts after Reading Master's "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference" By Zheng Xin
(Clearwisdom.net) Nowadays, good news often comes from China, such as
that the Fa-rectification is going remarkably well in certain regions, where
many people know that Falun Dafa is good. Even those in the "610 Offices" have
started to learn Falun Dafa. At the same time, however, news of evil beings
hysterically persecuting practitioners is also frequently heard. Quite a number
of practitioners in certain areas even accept the brainwashing under heavy
pressure, although it is against their will. The contradicting news from various sources bewilders me. What on earth is
the situation of Fa-rectification in China? Is it good or bad? Why is there such
a huge difference? After reading Master's "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa
Conference," I found the answer to the question. Master says, "Certain
cultivators who have grasped Dafa to different degrees are showing different
degrees of steadfastness, and how they currently perceive the overall situation
of the Fa-rectification is different, too. The different states of their
cultivation result in their different perceptions. Some might think the
situation is grim; for some people the situation might seem to have already
eased up; and some people might think that it's precisely a great opportunity to
save sentient beings and clarify the truth. People's different grasps of and
comprehension of the Fa lead to different perceptions of the current situation,
and all that's happening is targeting different human thoughts. Those who do
well will change the environments around them, and those who do poorly will make
the environments around them change according to their states of mind. Dafa
disciples have different states of mind, so they have different perceptions of
the environment, and that's why the way each person acts is different." We were born in the Fa-rectification period. To assist Master in the Fa-rectification
is our mission. At the same time, we are practicing cultivation in the Fa-rectification
to eliminate all of the human attachments and reach the standards of gods. The
practitioners in some areas have laid a solid foundation in cultivation before
the persecution and have a profound comprehension of the Fa. When the
tribulation comes, the enlightened part of their nature brings them out of the
state of individual cultivation to immerse themselves in the current of
safeguarding the Fa. They are further melting away the impurities in themselves
in the great tide of the Fa-rectification. In turn they are carried by this tide
to a higher and higher level. For the Fa-rectification up to today, they have
already passed the test of life and death and met the standard for cultivation,
even surpassing the requirements of the old cosmos. The old forces can't touch
them anymore. Therefore, to those practitioners, the environment has eased up.
They are quite at ease in clarifying the facts and saving people. If some
practitioners in one region are doing fine, they will affect the rest of the
practitioners in that region to do well as one body. Then the situation of Fa-rectification
in that region will be really good. Yet for some practitioners, their situation is just the opposite. For various
reasons, they didn't lay a good foundation in cultivation and have stayed at the
surface in their understanding of Dafa. After the persecution started, some of
them couldn't step forward for a long time. Some stepped forward with strong
human thoughts to validate Dafa. If their human thoughts were not eliminated in
time during the Fa-rectification, the old forces took advantage to worsen the
persecution. In addition, if they fail to deny the arrangements by the old
forces with righteous thoughts and to resist the persecution under the heavy
pressure, it is inevitable for them to do things against Dafa. As to those who
still can't step forward, the more fear they have, the more severe they perceive
the situation to be and the more difficult it is for them to step forward, for
all that's happening is the targeting of different human thoughts. The Fa-rectification has come to the last stage. As Master points out, the
fewer of the evil forces remain, the more wildly they rage and more hysterical
they get. But in the final analysis, the evil forces are targeting the human
thoughts of the practitioners. In a certain period of time and in certain
regions, the evil might appear to be unrestrained. But there are various
reasons. It might be that the practitioners in that region are doing very well,
and the evil forces are just risking everything to do damage. Otherwise, their
arrangements might be completely broken and the persecution would not last to
the end. On the other hand, it might also be because the practitioners in that
region need to improve as one body. No matter what the situation is, it has one
thing in common. When the old forces arranged for the evil persecution in remote
history, they gave full consideration to factors in various aspects. So they
arranged for different practitioners to face different tests according to their
individual states. Some practitioners are put in jail, some forced to be
homeless, some severely tortured, and some brainwashed. Meanwhile, all this has
created an atmosphere of terror for the practitioners not detained, just to see
whether their hearts are moved under such a huge pressure that seems to be
bringing down the heavens. Nonetheless, no matter how evil the environment is,
it is just a play put forth by the old forces. Even though they make a lot of
noise, they are only taking advantage of the human thoughts left in us. What
they manipulate to directly persecute Dafa practitioners is lower than the
lowest rotten demon in the Three-realms that is doing damage to the Fa and is
bound to be eliminated. As long as Dafa disciples can have a clear understanding
of the nature of the persecution and realize that the key to change the
environment is to improve the xinxing level, and at the same time give up
any thoughts of self, find out what one's attachments are and eliminate the
damaging evil with righteous thoughts, once we reach the different standards of
the Fa for us at different levels, there will be a radical change in the
environment. With righteous thoughts and righteous actions, there are no barriers that
cannot be swept away. The above are personal thoughts. Please kindly point out the mistakes. Posting date: 9/3/2002 |