(Minghui.org) Xiao Ming claims he is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Changchun City. Since 2012 he's frequently come to our area to talk. He tells people his views on other dimensions, structures, practitioners’ previous lives, and his personal karmic relations, etc. He doesn't talk about how to solidly follow Master’s teachings, elevate xinxing, or how to do the three things well. Some fellow practitioners blindly follow him and travel hundreds of miles to listen to his speeches.
Some even pay for his travel expenses, and say that his level is very high, and they are thrilled every time he comes to our area. They even brought other practitioners with them, driving for miles to follow him. Xiao Ming has written several articles which have been widely spread throughout our local area, and have been spread as far away as Shanghai, Shandong Province and Jilin Province.
Local practitioners are divided on this issue, and it formed a big gap between us. I hope this article serves as an alert for fellow practitioners to stop the things that undermine the Fa, and safeguard our cultivation environment.
Xiao Ming told his followers that they do not need to hold their palms erect when sending forth righteous thoughts. He also said that with enough righteous thoughts, they do not need to turn off their cell phones to avoid police monitoring. Instead of validating the Fa, he's validating himself. Most of his articles copied Master’s style, but they mention nothing about doing the three things.
He claims that to benevolently resolve all people’s karma is the mightiest benevolence, and that he does not have any tribulations. The titles of his articles are all very exaggerated. He once traveled to an area and asked practitioners to purchase some organic seeds to mail to America because he claimed that Master wanted them.
Xiao Ming collects the phone numbers and email addresses of those who are fond of his speeches so he can send his thoughts and speeches to them. However, when some practitioners brought up their concerns to the local coordinator on how those speeches are inconsistent with the teachings of the Fa, and that they undermine the Fa, the coordinator argued that Xiao Ming has cultivated to a very high level, and what he shares is even higher. When Xiao Ming was asked why he did not submit his articles to the Minghui website if he's at such a high level, and why there were no articles like his on Minghui, the coordinator replied that Minghui only published articles at the middle level. The coordinator even canceled the meeting to discuss fellow practitioners’ concerns which had been scheduled for the next day.
Xiao Ming returned to our area in early February 2014, and the coordinator once again traveled with him to listen to his “high level” explanations. When asked what projects he's involved in to help save people at this critical moment, Xiao Ming talked for a long time about other things, but never gave any examples of how he was helping save people. Raising the question stopped him from continuing his speech, and irritated some of his followers, so they quickly got up and left.
Afterward, some practitioners suggested that those who follow Xiao Ming should read the Minghui Editorial, “Giving Speeches Amounts to Disrupting the Fa”, but they did not read it. The coordinator said that she had read it before, but added that Xiao Ming is not undermining the Fa. Xiao Ming is seriously deviating from the Fa, but the coordinator refused to discuss the issue.
His close followers often argue that Xiao Ming’s articles talk about high-level phenomena, that he helped them to resolve issues, and his lectures helped them cultivate.
I suggest that those practitioners search inside themselves, and learn how to genuinely study the Fa. They shouldn't look outward for help. After sharing with Xiao Ming, they've started to rely even more heavily on external factors. Isn’t this deviating from truly cultivating? Blindly following a person, but not the Fa is very dangerous.
Fellow practitioners, we have come so far, and our practitioners have been imprisoned, persecuted, some even tortured to death. Some are homeless and destitute because of the persecution. Aren’t those lessons enough for us to learn? We need to study Master’s Fa more diligently. Let us review one paragraph in “Giving Speeches Amounts to Disrupting the Fa”:
“Holding special sessions at which people give speeches to practitioners, or traveling around expressly to “share understandings” with practitioners, amounts to disrupting the Fa. For people who are able to do such things in China at a time when the CCP still persecutes Falun Gong, there must be complex factors at work behind the scenes. We would like to remind everyone to take to heart the articles that Master has written for us Dafa disciples: “A Heavy Blow,” “Bear in Mind Forever,” “Cultivators’ Avoidances,” and “Stability of the Fa.” It would be best to memorize them and measure oneself against them.” (From Minghui Editorial Board, May 4, 2013)
Safeguarding the Fa is every Dafa disciple’s responsibility. Recently many practitioners realized the seriousness of this matter and want it to stop. I suggest that local practitioners seriously study the article “Giving Speeches Amounts to Disrupting the Fa,” and we all act righteously to stop these actions that disrupt the Fa and harm practitioners. We must spend our time genuinely cultivating and saving sentient beings.
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