PureInsight | December 24, 2001
Language is not just composed of letters that make up superficial words. Language is more than the superficial meaning given to words in this human dimension. Language has a deeper meaning behind it. It is the deeper meaning behind the words and their effect, which plays a central role for beings in many dimensions. From another dimension it is seen that the connotations in language vary from one person to another.
The same word coming out of a different person's mouth will have a totally different connotation. It is like how all people have a human body in this dimension, but they also have numerous different personalities, comprised of both good and bad. A word itself is just like 'a layer of skin,' or is like a building that could be constructed either of brick, concrete or steel, but it still could be built so that it looks the same.
For example, the word de (virtue, merit) will be a good living being if it comes out of a good person's mouth. Yet, it will be composed of evil living things if it comes from a bad person. The chief evil being in Mainland China also talks about 'governing the country with virtue,' which is high-sounding. But seen from another dimension, what's behind those words? Where are the virtues? Without virtue, all of those things are 'frogs, alligators or scorpions,' and so on. All are poisonous insects and vicious animals that can hurt people.
Right now, people who are clear-headed should take a look at language from another angle. People in ancient times had a strong sense of responsibility. In that era, writers were required to demonstrate virtue and cleanse their body and mind. After that had been accomplished, the kind of article they wrote could give people good, righteous things, which would be accepted. Nowadays, as well as in the past, the slogan 'serve the people wholeheartedly' is promoted in Mainland China. Why is nobody listening to it now? It is because the very people who promote this slogan are selfish and self-serving. So, the intent behind this slogan is full of selfishness. How can people believe it? Some people are confused. They think that the Communist ideology is also very good, and learning from Lei Feng is a very good thing. But how can they know that the person who promotes the slogan in a dignified, high-sounding way, carries an extremely dirty heart? This allows the evil matter to hide behind these theoretical words, which carry bad messages that seek to protect personal profit and deceive others.
How can these words produce a good effect? These superficial words are just a symbol. The real things taking effect are layers of factors behind the words. As to those stereotyped expressions from officials in the Mainland, the ordinary people didn't listen to those at all. Those words sounded genuine and good, but there is no deeper connotation behind them, because there is nothing behind them, just like the inertness in 'tofu residue.' Who would like to listen to that? In my opinion, and looking from a deeper angle, it will be harmful or even poisonous for people to listen to those evil being's words, no matter how dignified and high-sounding they are.
Now, let's talk about cultivation practice. Gods should analyze the problem from a higher perspective. I always feel regretful about the practitioners who have been deceived by those people who 'enlightened' along an evil path. How can these tricks that people use to play with children deceive these confused people? In fact, when people are in a state of 'enlightening' along an evil path, they are already in an evil state. Then, the evil matter or even worse matter hides behind the words they say, no matter how splendid the words seem and no matter how reasonable they sound. If you listen to them, the evil will get into your mind. Yet you still think he recites in the context from the book. However, do you know what he adds into his words by garbling them? How dangerous it is! Why were some people deceived with just a few words? You listened to him and you let the evil get into your mind. How can you have a good result? A practitioner who cannot be clear on the Fa is very dangerous. Practitioners must keep a conscious mind on the language issue.
Some practitioners were also deceived by the façade of good will put up by the police during interrogation. The evil said, "If you answer my question, you will be released. All others have already answered." They even bring out the papers that emulate other practitioners' handwriting and ask you to read them. Their words sounded very reasonable, and they also put on a pitiable look, squeezing out drips of tears. As a result, those pretentious words touched some practitioners' human hearts and then they told the police a lot of things. In fact, seen from the other side, there are evil factors behind all of the evil words. No matter whether his words are true or not, we should deny them an audience and refuse to listen. At the same time we should completely eliminate the evil factors behind those words.
Actually, the evil beings are nothing. They just take advantage of our incomplete understanding of the Fa and of our human heart to destroy us. Meanwhile, they take advantage of people's confusion about themselves to destroy humankind.
I am telling you my personal understanding of language so that we can eliminate the obstacle of 'understanding at this level' which is behind language.
These is my personal understanding. I welcome any comments.
Translated from:
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2001/12/10/12826.html
