PureInsight | January 20, 2003
[PureInsight.org] I recently thought about the phenomenon whereby a few isolated practitioners around me experienced severe diseases. At this moment when Dafa is clearing away all the festering demons damaging the Fa with an irrepressible and mighty force, the evil persecution is being seen for what it is and denounced by more and more people. It is supposed to be the ripe time for practitioners to work together to assist our Master in Fa-rectification and save sentient beings with compassion. Yet these few isolated practitioners, including veteran practitioners who have always been very diligent, appear to be suffering severe diseases on their surface bodies. At this stage of the Fa-rectification process, in both individual and Fa-rectification cultivation, each of us has experienced both physical and mental transformation multiple times. At the beginning of our cultivation, Master cleaned our physical bodies for us. Every genuine practitioner has had such real experiences to various degrees.
In Touring North America to Teach the Fa Master told us clearly, "By July 20th of 1999 I had already pushed all of the pre-July 20 students to their positions—I pushed you to your highest positions. I've told you before that your changes start from the utmost microcosm and original nature." […] "The process of your Consummation and your final elevation in cultivation were for the purpose of your validating the Fa later on. So if you are someone who studied the Fa well in the period of personal cultivation, you will do well validating the Fa and saving sentient beings amidst the persecution; and your body at the surface will be continually assimilating to high levels in the Fa-rectification, and what's left at your human surface will become less and less."
At the present time, the future of Dafa has become clearer and clearer. Yet why is it now that practitioners who had had perfect health even before they began cultivation appear to suffer from sickness karma? Obviously, this is another vicious trick the evil forces are using to persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples. To face this we must absolutely oppose the evil's arrangements and use our mighty righteous thoughts to eliminate it. Our Dafa disciples are one body and persecuting one Dafa disciple is persecuting our entire body.
However, our fellow practitioners have different understandings towards this issue. Some practitioners believe that such things happened because the practitioners in question still have loopholes and fundamental attachments that they must give up. They think it is the most compassionate to our fellow practitioners to help them find their fundamental attachments. Other practitioners keep silent because they are afraid that their understandings are not based on the Fa and would rather wait and see.
If we examine these notions, the most fundamental problem is that they have not understood the Fa based on the Fa. We should actively discuss with our fellow practitioners from our hearts if we find that some practitioners still have loopholes. On the other hand, Dafa practitioners are not perfect. Master still leaves some human sentiments on the surface to allow us to cultivate in the human world. The key point is that the evil should not be allowed to persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples even if some practitioners still have loopholes. It is the same principle as saying that practitioners in mainland China were persecuted just because they still have loopholes. Why are our mainland practitioners being persecuted and detained in labor camps? Is this because they still have fundamental attachments? It is the same as the warped notion that a victim of a theft should be blamed for not being careful, instead of blaming the thief. Actually, we unconsciously help justify the evil forces' persecution of our practitioners by having this kind of notion. Words like "it is most compassionate to our fellow practitioners to help them find their fundamental attachments" seem correct on the surface. However, Master told us clearly in the first lecture of Zhuan Falun, "To tell you the truth, the entire cultivation process for a practitioner is one of constantly giving up human attachments." Also, Master told us many times, that, "Whenever you come across a problem, you should take a look at yourselves first. Even if a problem has nothing to do with you, when you see it, you should search within yourselves. Then I would say nothing will stop you on your path of advancement." We cannot help other people find their fundamental attachments. Like an onion, we can only see the first layer and there may be many layers behind it. We do not know what is at the core of the onion. So the crucial point is that we should cultivate ourselves on this issue and search for a way to understand the Fa based on the Fa. By doing so, we will come together and form a powerful body. Sending forth righteous thoughts as one body will definitely terrify those evil forces. In fact, the power of Dafa is immense. We clearly feel that Master is with us when we study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts together with our practitioners who have appeared to suffer diseases. We all grow in understanding the Fa and the divine powers we send are incomparably mighty and the pain our fellow practitioners suffer becomes less and less. In tears, a fellow practitioner said that "the Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and rectifies all abnormalities" before but today he truly realized that the real meaning was so compassionate and tranquil.
Those practitioners who are doing nothing but quietly watching should think about our purpose of cultivation. Our goal is to become selfless enlightened beings who can safeguard universal beings even at the price of our lives. So what is the difference between keeping silent in this situation and ignoring people who fall into the water? What is behind the excuses of "I am afraid of saying the wrong thing. I am afraid my understanding of the Fa is not good"? Isn't it selfishness? We also can see a strong heart of self-preservation. What if such situations happen to you? What if such situations happen to your relatives? Some people said that silence is just a silent ocean that can devour a life seeking help. How do we manifest our compassion then? Even everyday people advocate helping and loving each other. What about practitioners who are cultivating the cosmic Dafa – Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance - and the future enlightened beings who are managing the universe with compassion. We can often treat everyday people with compassion, so there is no reason that we should treat our fellow practitioners differently.
Now Master has already told us the fundamental reason for Fa-Rectification. Master denies the old forces' arrangements so we should not acknowledge the persecution by the old forces. We cannot always wait for Master to explain the Fa principles explicitly to us before doing anything. The boundless principles of the Fa require us to use our hearts to understand things during genuine cultivation.
Translated from: http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2002/12/18/19685.html
