(Clearwisdom.net) Some practitioners ask that when the Communist Party brutally persecutes practitioners, why does Teacher not help them? I think these practitioners are completely looking at this the wrong way. They should repel and clear that thought as soon as it appears.

Let us refresh our memory from one of Teacher's recent teachings,

"From the day that a Dafa disciple began his cultivation, your whole life has been rearranged. In other words, this life of yours is already the life of a cultivator. Nothing is accidental anymore, and nothing accidental will happen. Everything on the journey of your life is directly related to your improvement and cultivation. After the arrangements are made, nobody can change it. Changing it would be violating Heaven's laws. Only Master can change it. But the old forces, in order to destroy all these things, and beings of the old cosmos who have been affected by the Fa-rectification, have taken part in it under the name of assisting with the Fa-rectification, and this resulted in the formation of huge separations. Even though my law bodies can change things, the cultivation paths of Dafa disciples have already been arranged in great details, so if a small change is made for a

Dafa disciple, then things will have to be redone all over again. This huge undertaking takes place at the same time as Dafa disciples' individual changes, while the immense current of the Fa-rectification advances. Besides, 99% of the entire cosmos has gone through the Fa-rectification, and the Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples are walking on the final stage of their journey. So you can't re-do all over again the part that has already gone through Fa-rectification in order to make certain changes for one being. Thus, when many Dafa disciples do poorly in their cultivation, when certain problems arise with them, or when things appear to get very serious when they go through tests, at those times if you want Master to directly take care of it for you, then Master would have to re-do all over again everything in the new cosmos and the old cosmos that are related to you. All

of the things that have gone through Fa-rectification in these years would have to be changed, time would have been turned back... everything would have to be re-done all over again. That's how huge a matter it involves. For this reason, I'm telling you that I really can't change things in that case. Whatever level you can cultivate to will be your level, and if in the end it appears that you can go no further up, that state is also a reflection of the interference by the old forces' factors. Actually, when it appears that someone is unable to pass a test, it is caused by a variety of factors. When we really have someone who leaves early, then as long as he was a Dafa disciple who was doing all of the three things, he would definitely reach consummation; only his level would be different. ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles") (Provisional translation, subject to further improvement.)

If there is a loophole in practitioners' personal cultivation, the old forces will take advantage of it to persecute us. However, Teacher cannot directly help us to remove the loophole and neither can the righteous Gods in heaven. They can only watch. If we have strong righteous thoughts, then Teacher can do everything for us.

"When Disciples Have Sufficient Righteous Thoughts, Master Has the Almighty Power to Turn the Cosmos Around." (Hong Yin II) (provisional translation subject to further improvement)

I have neither practiced cultivation diligently nor done the three things very well. On the evening of April 25, 2005, my child and I distributed truth-clarifying materials at my work place. After distributing more than 100 copies, we returned home at 9:00 p.m. Twenty minutes later, someone knocked loudly on my door. I checked through the peek hole and found that there were several policemen outside. I was sadly surprised and thought that the persecution might come to me. Shortly, I quickly remembered the Fa taught by Teacher, "No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" from Essentials for Further Advancement II) I did not open the door for them. When checking downstairs, I found that there were two police cars and a few policemen there.

My daughter and I hid the Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials and made a phone call to our fellow practitioner to help us send righteous thoughts. Just as we finished hiding the books, the policemen jumped in through a window. I did not cooperate with them at all during their interrogation. They had more than ten persons searching my home and I continuously tried to stop them. I told them we Dafa practitioners are all good people. Ten minutes later, they stopped the search and left in a hurry. Their captain was polite to me the whole time and asked his subordinates to close the window and door when leaving. I had many Dafa books and some truth-clarifying materials but they did not find anything. I did not realize that the policemen left so soon and was still a little worried. The next day I mentioned this to my fellow practitioner. She said it was because my righteous thoughts were strong that I negated the persecution arranged by the old forces. By then I realized that my worry was not righteous. I also recognized that I had not studied the Fa diligently recently and also had fear.

At that crucial moment, my daughter and I were not frightened. We continuously asked for help from Teacher, sent righteous thoughts, and did not cooperate with what the evildoers instigated. The police left soon because I remembered Teacher and the Fa at the crucial moment. It was Teacher who protected the students and manifested the mighty virtue of the Fa.

Being a Dafa practitioner is also validating the righteousness of Dafa. I was enlightened from this event as to what righteous thoughts are. Unconditionally following the requirements of Dafa to do things is the safest way.

This is my personal understanding. Please kindly point out any inappropriate points.