(Clearwisdom.net)
The following is
an extract from an article published recently on the Clearwisdom.net (Reference
In a Few Words: Purifying Our Righteous Thoughts
),
which I would like to bring up for discussion:
"...á Some
practitioners never compromise when facing the evil persecution. They are
remarkable. However, when a practitioner says something like, "Even if
there is only one person practicing Falun Dafa, that person must be me," he
is saying a human's brave words, but not the Fa. Quite frankly, this statement
is dangerous, and it has no power. This statement cannot truly make one
determined in cultivation. Hidden in this statement are human attachments such
as the competitive mentality, the attachment of showing off, and the lack of
steadfastness in Dafa. These human attachments could prolong a practitioner's
tribulations, and that is exactly what the evil is expecting..."
From
Clearwisdom.net, I have read similar statements expressed by a few other
practitioners as well. As I read these, I personally felt that the writers had
conveyed a feeling of sacredness and resolution in their expression, which also
gave me the feeling that their faith in Dafa cultivation is firm as a rock;
there was no indication of human competitiveness, lack of determination, or
showing off. Of course, all the articles published on Clearwisdom come from
practitioners' personal experience, and inaccuracies may therefore arise. But
when it comes to evaluating another person, adopting a more open and objective
viewpoint will eliminate the harmful effects on the person concerned, as is
required of practitioners in practicing Xiu Kou (speech
refinement, - Lecture 9, Zhuan
Falun). I recall a statement from Teacher's article, A
Dialogue with Time, which says, "It would be good if they could manage
to search within themselves for the things that they have been able to find in
others."
The lesson from this article is worth pondering over.
Again, these comments are only my personal understanding at this point in time,
and they have limitations. What I'm trying to point out is that on any given
issue, it may be looked at from many different perspectives.
Likewise, it would be an improper generalization to say
that those practitioners who have been in captivity for a long period of time
must have been heavily attached to human elements. The karmic relationships for
a person in the course of cultivation practice are extremely complex, and cannot
be explained with a simple formula. For instance, after two years of
tribulations and suffering in prison, the belief of some practitioners still
remains unshakable. Their cultivation process itself could have been
pre-arranged in such a way that they could get rid of their karma in a harsh
environment and become a truly great and magnificent higher being. Never for a
moment has their belief in Dafa wavered--both humans and gods can see this. Of
course, the so-called pre-arrangement includes the evil elements dictated by the
old forces as well, which we cannot accept and which we are trying to get rid
of.
The above is but a
piece of my thoughts. Please feel free to point out any inaccuracies.áá
