(Clearwisdom.net) The final trial stage of the La Presse Chinoise defamation lawsuit began on February 23, 2004 in the Quebec Superior Court and will end on February 26, 2004. Many practitioners encountered interference in different forms during this lawsuit. Canadian practitioners are hoping more Dafa practitioners will pay attention to the progress of this lawsuit and join with them to eliminate evil elements in other dimensions that cause interference and to save people with their powerful righteous thoughts .
Below is a summary of some Canadian practitioners' thoughts on the lawsuit.
Significance of Les Presses Chinoises lawsuit
A practitioner said in a sharing meeting, "After overcoming numerous difficulties, the lawsuit has finally entered the last phase. This [event] is closely related to the cultivation state of our Dafa practitioners, so we should never take it light-heartedly before the final verdict, just because of the result of the previous phase of the trial was in our favor. Other than the preparation work we did, Dafa practitioners' effort in the three days [leading up to the last phase] of the trial directly influences the court's decision."
Practitioner C pointed out that if we miss the three days between February 23 and February 26, we'll have missed this opportunity. One single case will not affect Fa-rectification as a whole, but it will determine certain people's futures. Regardless of the outcome, every lawsuit will have its social impact. Therefore it is directly related to the salvation of people inside and outside China. We are not attached to the results, but it doesn't mean we don't want a good result. We pay attention to the process, but it doesn't mean we ignore the outcome, because the process naturally leads to the result.
Current Issues We are Facing
Practitioner W said, "Although the majority of Dafa practitioners taking part in the lawsuit are practitioners outside Montreal, many practitioners unconsciously think this lawsuit is the responsibility of practitioners who live in Montreal instead of treating it as the responsibility of all Dafa practitioners as a whole. Practitioners who are directly involved in the lawsuit face great pressure and interference. For instance, two practitioners who are directly involved in the lawsuit nearly had a traffic accident on their way to Montreal."
Practitioner G said, "In order to do well, it's very important to know ourselves as well as the party we are dealing with. We know about ourselves, but do we know well the whole situation of the lawsuit and the other party's situation. This case reversed once [in a disadvantageous position], which shows us we can't relent one bit at any time. Since the last time when we presented the witnesses, the overall trend has been good. However, if we look from another perspective, these periodic results could easily cause us to relent, and the evil would do everything within its power to take advantage of our omissions."
Practitioner M used the lawsuit against the Tsing Dao Daily as an example and said, "When the verdict was about to come out, most practitioners only sent forth righteous thoughts at set times, and some practitioners even forgot to send righteous thoughts. In our mind we didn't have enough space for this case, and the final result gave us a heavy blow! We all know from studying Fa principles that right now every day is created for Dafa practitioners, everything that happens in this world is caused by Dafa practitioners' mentality. We have already seen the outcome of the Tsing Dao Daily lawsuit, so what kind of mindset should we have toward the Les Presses Chinoises lawsuit? What will be the corresponding result?"
Practitioner L said, "In the two months since the last court hearing, most practitioners didn't keep close contact with our lawyer because they were so busy, and the lawyer met great interference and was in a less-than-optimum state. We made several appointments with him to discuss the preparation work regarding the February 23rd lawsuit, but our lawyer had to be in court and couldn't meet with us. When we finally met, the lawyer asked, "Why do you want to see me?" The things he said didn't sound like the words of someone he has learned the truth of Falun Gong, and his state of mind was so much different with what was during the last court hearing. When we again told him the truth he said, "If China stops slandering Falun Gong today or tomorrow, then no one in the world would oppose Falun Gong." Master said,
"As I've said, everything that happens today in the ordinary society is the result of Dafa disciples' thoughts."
("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.")
Canadian practitioners also shared their experiences and opinions regarding truth clarification, sending forth righteous thoughts and Fa studying.
About Truth Clarification
One practitioner went to a police department to clarify the truth and exposed the crimes of the Chinese consulate, and the police promised to do something to help Dafa practitioners. The practitioner went home and waited, but nothing happened for a long time. When he went there again, the police's attitude changed to an opposing position, which greatly surprised him.
Through Fa study he realized that non-practitioners' kindness and sense of justice are their individual reactions and Dafa practitioners cannot rely on them. If we don't actively put the situation under control, and instead wait for things to happen, or hope that non-practitioners would do things for us, that would be a great omission and the evil would have the excuse to make a non-practitioner turn bad.
The same goes for the Les Presses Chinoises lawsuit. The judge showed conscience and a sense of justice, which is the best personal choice the judge has made. However, no matter what we do, Master has clearly told us that we should pay attention to the process, not the outcome. Our efforts are based on truth clarification and leading people to salvation. If we think the judge will do such and such for us, and if we mentally depend on a non-practitioner, that would be our attachment. Even when the evil made up fake scriptures in China, it took advantage of our fundamental omissions. If we pay attention to the result and overlook truth clarification, including our own improvement through truth clarification, and overlook the fact that our dependence on non-practitioners are having adverse effects in our minds, wouldn't we provide the evil with another opportunity to interfere with us?
When talking about truth clarification, practitioner J said, "Looking back at our loss with the Tsing Dao Daily lawsuit, it seems our work stopped after delivering legal documents, and many practitioners thought all that's left to do is to send forth righteous thoughts. Didn't our passive attitude and lack of diligence contribute to the loss? Similar things happened once with the Les Presses Chinoises lawsuit, and I think it's also because we relented on truth clarification. Other than attending court hearings and sending forth righteous thoughts, if there were people to whom we should clarify the truth to and didn't, that would be a potential barrier."
Practitioner B mentioned using a telephone survey and to clarify the truth using Pan Xinjun, the Chinese Deputy Consul General. He also prepared a questionnaire survey table to help clarify the truth to the Chinese community and collected some phone numbers in Montreal for practitioners to call. Some practitioners agreed this would be a good method. A practitioner from Toronto said, "Master said,
'So when it comes to the issue of clarifying the truth, since it's so important, you should do it even more calmly and level-headedly, and you should have an even better understanding of the different kinds of opportunities, ways of handling things, and formalities that we encounter while doing truth-clarification. It's something you all need pay attention to." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference")
Can we find more "different kinds of opportunities, ways of handling things, and formalities" and think about them?
The above-mentioned practitioner and other practitioners learned his lesson and were no longer satisfied with a good change [of attitude] in the police after they clarified the truth to them once. Instead, they wrote letters to the police department right after they returned, and delivered more facts. They immediately did truth-clarification on a large-scale The outcome was fantastic.
Fa Study
Practitioner G said, "Master said,
'While learning the Fa, you should not search for relevant parts, stubbornly intending to solve a particular problem. In fact, this is (with the exception of those problems that need an immediate solution) also a form of attachment',,,().'"
("Learning the Fa" from Essentials for Further Advancemen)?
Aren't we currently in a situation where we have an urgent issue that needs to be solved? If the answer is yes, then I think, aside from regular Fa-study, we should find scriptures that target our own attachments and our current issues and read them repeatedly."
Practitioner L said, "If we can really study the Fa well, any Fa-rectification work will necessarily lead to a good result. On the other hand, if our cultivation state is not good during the process and we don't pay enough attention, and we use the excuse that we aren't attached to the result, then we would be irresponsible. When faced with numerous tasks, if we study the Fa well, we would be able place the priorities of these tasks in a superior position. We are all busy; but if we study the Fa well, we'll be steady and not hasty. If we don't study the Fa well, we would feel physically and mentally exhausted, our work would seem entangled and we would make lots of mistakes. If we can't calm down and study the Fa, it's also easy for us to be moved by human sentiments. When it reflects into the ordinary society, abnormal things would happen.
Practitioner L also said, "Because our cultivation states are different, we would have different takes on different things. We must believe the Fa can harmonize everything, because it is also a test of our faith in Dafa. Master told us to cherish every second we have. Fa study is the fundamental base for everything for a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period. I hope we can all cherish our time, study the Fa well and be a disciple that lives up to Master's requirements for us."
On Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts
Practitioner D said, "It seems all Dafa practitioners can send forth righteous thoughts, but there must be the issue of quality 'overall. It's been three years since Master first wrote a scripture regarding sending forth righteous thoughts, but we still get frequent interference from the evil in other dimensions and the old forces. It has become obvious that the overall quality of sending forth righteous thoughts for us as a whole needs improvement."
"I think it's useful to review this part of Master's scripture,
'Let me tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples are due to our students themselves. Students who haven't taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil in the dimensions that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been eliminated. That's the cause. So you must take sending forth righteous thoughts seriously. No matter whether you think you have the ability or not, you should do it. What you eliminate from your own mind are the ones which have an effect within the expanse of your own body; at the same time, you need to eliminate the external ones, which are directly related to the dimensions you're in. If you don't eliminate them, then they not only persecute you and restrain you, but also persecute other students, other Dafa disciples.'"
(" Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.")
Practitioner W also realized, "Righteous thoughts are most important. Even if we don't have much time left, we can still clarify the truth to a lot of people."
Practitioner L said, "The state of the lawyer's mind is directly related to us, which reminds me of what happened with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When I clarified the truth to them, their response was very good. However, in the two weeks following our meeting I was overjoyed and waited for the 'good news.' As a result, when we again met with the police officers, they had turned into completely different persons. Although we changed the situation by clarifying the truth, this incident still exposed my impure mindset and my dependence on others."
On Cooperation as a Whole Body
Practitioner C said, "The Montreal case is not the duty of a few people or of practitioners in a small area. It is the responsibility of all Dafa practitioners. Practitioners who can attend court hearings should definitely go, and those who can't should support [the case] by sending forth righteous thoughts. We all know about this. However, cultivation is different from the daily affairs of non-practitioners. We may not understand things to the extent we should at the time we should. The key to that is how we treat the problem and on what we base our views."
"Some practitioners think the existence of different opinions is the result of intolerance. I think it's normal to have different opinions during cultivation, and it's abnormal if we agree all the time. However, if we can fully perceive the beneficial parts of other practitioners' opinions after we express our own and cooperate with fellow practitioners in Dafa work, if we complement and support each other, we would then reach the level of true cultivators."
Practitioner G said, "If we do well in the Les Presses Chinoises lawsuit, the lawsuit will have an influence in countries around the world. The final court hearing requires our cooperation as a whole body, and we need to send forth righteous thoughts together to eliminate the evil. The last hearing will be a great opportunity for us to clarify the truth and save more people.
