Why Does Evil Still Exist?

Everything exists in the world for some reason. Master Li said in “Expounding on the Fa”, “You should also be clear that "natural" does not exist, and "the inevitable" has reasons behind it.” We practitioners all know that the old forces arrangements should be opposed and that evil should be eliminated. Why, then, does evil still exist today? Why do we still have fellow practitioners who are beaten, arrested, and otherwise persecuted, and truth material sites that are destroyed? Why are evil people still at large? Why does the propaganda machine keep producing lies, keep slandering Dafa?

In my opinion, there are two aspects. One side is that we don’t have a comprehensive understanding of “completely oppose.” Actually we haven’t disregarded the old forces thoroughly. The other side is that we ourselves are not pure enough, so our righteous thoughts are not strong enough.

1. How to understand “completely oppose everything arranged by the evil old forces”

Master Li’s Fa has different meanings on different levels; practitioners have different understandings of “completely oppose everything arranged by the evil old forces.” There is a problem of identifying all of their arrangements. Only if we can identify all of their arrangements, can we oppose them. Most of our fellow practitioners have been enlightened to know that we should not cooperate with the arrests, should not write the stop-practicing guarantee, should not attend brainwashing sessions and should send righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. However, we overlook hidden old force arrangements, especially the arrangements in our own notions.

For example, in Mainland China, the Chinese people have become disillusioned from so many political campaigns arranged by the evil old forces and have come to accept the idea that tyranny is the law. Under tyranny, certain people can do whatever they want without restraint. Under tyranny, evil can slander recklessly. Under tyranny, people can be murdered. Under tyranny, they can easily sentence innocent Dafa practitioners, put them into labor camp and kill them. If you resist, then there is cruel torture and a ruined reputation waiting for you. They can even crush you with tanks (as in the Tiananmen Square Massacre), eliminating your flesh body. These horrible truths make the Chinese people fear and comply with evil. These evil thoughts have been arranged in our minds. Because of our consent, the evil avails itself of loopholes in our mind. For example, we can find these kinds of thoughts in our minds: ” Now the police officers are so cruel; they beat people as they want and it can’t be changed.” “They control the law, they can change the law as they want.” “Distributing truth flyers is dangerous now, how about distributing flyers later.” “If I resist the evil persecutors, they will beat me up.” Why should we think about these things? Why should innocent people be persecuted?

We should not let the evil forces make these arrangements. We should not take these as inevitable. Dafa endowed us with rectification responsibilities. We have the capabilities to completely oppose all of the arrangements. We are gods; we should send righteous thoughts to rectify them. kindness be persecuted. good people are arrested. It is not allowed that Dafa practitioners are sent to labor camps, that Dafa is slandered, or that false rumors are spread. Evil should be met with evil. Everything should be rectified in this world. Evil arrangements also include the arrangement of all kinds of attachments in our own minds. Including the attachments of fear, lack of confidence, showing-off, and our imagination of danger. Master Li tells us that 'Nothing happens by chance.' All of the deviated, cunning “street smarts” in the world have also been arranged, including sayings like “a smart person knows when to quit” and “self-preservation is the most important thing in the world.” All kinds of demonic phenomena are also arranged by the evil forces to resist Dafa. Some people might not believe that.

Let’s look at today’s science and atheism; you will know why some people always doubt the existence of God. Let’s look at the heroic characters highlighted in TV programs and novels; you will know why people like to show-off. Look at the whip held by revolutionists in the Cultural Revolution and the tank in Tiananmen Square; you will find out why the Chinese people are so frightened. Look at the egalitarianism we were told about before; you will find out the origin of jealousy. All of these attachments did not belong to us. They were imposed on our minds by the evil forces over a long time. They should be opposed and be eliminated by righteous thoughts. In my opinion, those evil old forces are actually those deformed concepts themselves. Those concepts in human minds are expressions in this world; they also control and manufacture all the deformed thoughts at the microscopic level. They are even more advanced, more hidden and more stubborn than a demon with a body. They prevent people from obtaining the Fa at the microscopic level; they block the way when we clarify the truth, rectify the Fa and return to our true selves.

Master Li told us “rectify everything that is not righteous.” My personal understanding is everything that is not righteous is the old forces arrangement to resist the Fa. So, we should oppose everything not righteous around us.

2. Only when we have purified ourselves, can we thoroughly eliminate evil
Righteousness can’t be overwhelmed by evil. Righteousness can surely eliminate evil. Then why are there times that we haven’t eliminated evil? I think that we have something not righteous, something that needs to be purified. When I was clarifying the truth, if I didn't have a deep understanding of the issue, then I didn't have the power at the micro level, so people couldn't be persuaded. If my understanding is good, my power can transmit to people’s micro level and it is very effective.

The mutual generation and mutual inhibition law told us that if we were purified in some area, the evil would be eliminated in this area; if we are not good enough in some area, then evil can advance. So we should purify ourselves thoroughly, then evil will not find anywhere to exist. In this way, we will become the most indestructible beings in the whole universe. Everything not righteous is below us and will be destroyed into ashes and disappear in the Fa-rectification process.

Translated from
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2001/9/2/11545.html