(Clearwisdom.net)
As the Fa-rectification progresses, it has become clear that the arrangements of the old forces in the cosmos are obstructing Fa-rectification in the human world. Only after we fully realize this, can we break through and defeat it.
Break the Restraint Placed on the Predestined People in Big Companies and Consortiums Around the World
People on this planet have all come for reasons related to Falun Dafa. There may be some people working in big companies or consortiums who vowed to help spread Falun Dafa before they came. Since the old forces in the cosmos are obstructing Teacher in spreading Falun Dafa and interfering with the Fa-rectification due to their selfishness and jealousy, they deliberately impede those people from attaining Falun Dafa, fearing that if they attain the Fa, with their power and influence on TV, radio, and newspapers, they might promote Dafa in the media and make it easy for the public to attain it. Therefore, the attention of those people is made to focus on business interests, the stock market, and their fame and desires. In fact, this is unfair to them as individual beings. They have lost their goals in life and become unconcerned about the severe persecution of practitioners in China. The words "Falun Dafa" and "Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Forbearance," and even the graphic pictures of torture do not cause a stir in their lives of worldly pursuit. In order to maintain business relations with China, some choose money over conscience and remain silent. There are even some who help the evil.
A survivor of the Nazi regime, pastor Martin Niemoeller made a statement just before his death, which made people think deeply, "When they [the Nazi's] came to get the Jews, I remained silent, because I was not a Jew. When they came to get the Communists, I remained silent, because I was not a Communist. When they came to get the trade union members, I remained silent, because I was not a trade union member. Then when they came to get me, there was no one left to speak out for me."
Likewise, something is needed to touch their apathetic, overly pragmatic hearts.
The attack on the World Trade Center awakened many kind-hearted people. They began to realize the significance of "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance" to life. Even if one has everything in this world which values money as "almighty," he cannot buy health and longevity. "...many Western millionaires and wealthy people have discovered that there is nothing left after death. Material wealth does not come with birth, and neither will it go with you after death--they are very hollow." (Zhuan Falun, 3rd Ed. English, p.361) As the last phase of the Fa-rectification approaches, we practitioners should think about how to awaken the people with the principles of "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance" in this human world and help them view Falun Dafa from a completely new perspective. Our purpose is not to ask them for money, but to let them know the truth so that they might not pass up the opportunity to attain Falun Dafa.
Break the Restraint Placed on the Predestined People in Politics Around the World
During the past two years of persecution by Jiang Zemin's regime in China, the foreign governments have only condemned the regime from the standpoint of being for human rights and against inhumane torture. Many of them do not really know what Falun Dafa is, or the relationship between Dafa and themselves or their country--let alone humanity as a whole. If the president of a country could understand the greatness of Falun Dafa as a practitioner does, he would treasure Dafa as much as his own life when dealing with domestic and foreign affairs. Therefore, when clarifying the truth, we really need to consider how to make the principles of Falun Dafa--as well as the great virtue, the solemnity, and the holiness of Dafa-- known to people in this world. It is something that requires solid work.
Break the Restraint Placed on the Predestined People in Media Around the World
A major reason for the long, severe persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China is that there is no freedom of the press. There is only one voice, one opinion, and nothing else will be tolerated. Under the arrangements of the old forces, many media members are producing fabricated stories against their consciences to be used as government propaganda. Along with practitioners' clarifying the truth and exposing the evil inside and outside of China, many kind-hearted people, including those working for media, have come to realize the evil nature of Jiang and his associates.
Although the press in other countries has the freedom to carry different news, they focus on violence, sex, the stock market, and the lottery, etc. The old forces have even arranged for CCTV 4, the mouthpiece of the Chinese government, to broadcast slanderous news against Falun Dafa in the US. These are warped phenomena in this world. Changing the current situation of the media community requires the practitioners' wisdom, patience, perseverance, and meticulous work. Before the persecution, there were many journalists in China studying Dafa. I believe that, with our benevolence (not pursuit) in this work, there should be more journalists coming to learn about Falun Dafa.
Apart from clarifying the truth to the people mentioned above, we also need to break the arrangements imposed by the old forces on us practitioners and completely deny them. That requires us to study the Fa often and exchange experiences so that we can more readily discern the arrangements made by the old forces.
