(Clearwsidom.net) Many people of the world have quit the CCP recently, particularly since the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Many social organizations and individuals have taken a stand to support Dafa and Dafa practitioners and declared their withdrawal from the CCP. Even some 'current and former CCP diplomatic and consular officials have defected. The evil spirit of the wicked CCP can barely sustain itself and is' on the verge of total collapse.
It is indeed gratifying to see the situation change. Nevertheless, some practitioners have developed human thoughts in this new environment and cannot keep a righteous state of mind. When the people mentioned above, the defectors, have appeared publicly on some occasions, many practitioners praised or even flattered/complimented them, treating them like heroes. Of course, we should be kind and polite to everyone, but please do not forget we are cultivators. Every act and deed of ours should comply with the standard of cultivators.
Many people have quickly awakened to their errors. They have stopped doing evil and reformed themselves. Some secretly help practitioners. Some turn away from wrongdoings out of conscience, and some expose the evil in an open and direct manner. We should be clear that some of them have committed big crimes against Dafa, so aren't their current actions atonement for their crimes? Should we treat them with the mindset of hero worship and thank them, or treat them as beings who have been saved by Dafa? It is not that they are helping Dafa. Instead, it is our great merciful Master who opened the door wide and saved them.
Our keeping righteous thoughts under all circumstances is being responsible to the world's people. If we keep righteous thoughts, the evil would not have excuses to create trouble, and the tribulations of those being saved would be reduced. Since we have walked a righteous path as one body, Dafa has developed and spread steadily in the world. Many tribulations arranged by the evil were dissolved before they even materialized. On the other hand, if we deviate from the correct path even a bit, we would face a different situation, which could mean a "test" of life or death to practitioners. Our states of mind have an important bearing on our cultivation and determine the future of many beings at various levels. In fact, much of the persecution is due to practitioners' strong human attachments, which allow the evil to have excuses.
We are happy to see people awaken as they are saved. Practitioners' sacrifices, even sacrificing their lives, are the truth behind people's salvation'. Broadly speaking, people's awakening, elimination of evil and the changes in circumstances in society are inevitable results of out great Master's Fa-rectification. When we use human mentalities to treat everyday people, how will the gods look upon us?
Since we cannot display supernormal manifestations in our effort to rescue people, some things we do appear similar to, or as formalities of everyday people. Nevertheless, cultivation is serious. In the current situation, it is not that Dafa would lower the standard and we can do whatever we want to. If practitioners develop respect toward and even worship everyday people's fame, social status and expertise, or develop complacency toward the changes in society, or are attached to time or slack off in cultivation, the dark minions of the old forces could take advantage of the loophole.
Non-practitioners might use the following criteria to judge a man of justice/righteousness, "One cannot be subdued by force, neither riches nor honors can lead one astray." As cultivators of Dafa we should be more able to conduct ourselves well in all kinds of complex environments. Master said in "Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago,"
"As for what lies ahead, things might change more and more quickly. But, as I brought up when teaching the Fa to you before, whether the change in the state of society is negative or positive, or, put another way, whether what comes about is bad or good, it is a test for our Dafa disciples all the same, and not a reason to become content. If things really do change for the better, it will be a different sort of test for you, and you still shouldn't become content. By all means you need to do what a Dafa disciple should do, maintaining your righteous thoughts."
We should be clear-minded about who we are and what we are doing. We must take the right path. No matter in adversity or in favorable circumstances, we should handle our state of mind well, correctly position ourselves and cultivate clear-headedly.
