(Clearwisdom.net) Fa-rectification has reached its final stage. For each of us Dafa particles, how do we get rid of our last attachments and walk each step right are critical for the whole body. In this experience-sharing article, I wish to first talk about several incidents that recently took place in our area and then discuss how important it is to improve as a whole body.
The TV station of our city broadcasted a TV series attacking Dafa. Practitioners who saw this informed other practitioners about it. Some practitioners called the TV station while some went directly to the station to clarify the truth. All the practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts together with a pure heart, and as a result, the TV series broadcast was halted the next day.
In another incident, an information production site was destroyed and a Dafa practitioner was arrested. Fellow practitioners learned of this and sent forth righteous thoughts together. The practitioner who was arrested went on a hunger strike and sent forth righteous thoughts at the same time. He was released within twenty days. In the third incident, in a town, three Dafa disciples were arrested after being seen clarifying the truth to others. The court planned to sentence them. After fellow practitioners learned of this, they went to the court to clarify the truth while some sent forth righteous thoughts inside and outside the courtroom during the trial. Those who were arrested also behaved and thought righteously. Thus, the court was unable to sentence the practitioners even after three trials.
These successes were the result of the cooperation and coordination of the Dafa practitioners as a whole body. Looking back on that period, I should say that most Dafa disciples were able to align themselves well as particles in the whole body, coordinate with each other smoothly and behave like what Master said, "The next person's things are your things and your things are his things" ("Teaching the Fa at the Washington D. C. Fa Conference"). They functioned well as Dafa particles and therefore there were no omissions as a whole. It fully proved the great power of Dafa disciples when we coordinate as a whole body.
However, not long after this, there were three other incidents that occurred in our region with totally different outcomes. One was that the practitioner who was released earlier was arrested again, and was secretly sentenced after he had gone through a hunger strike that lasted for almost two months. The second incident was that three practitioners who had clarified the truth were also secretly sentenced. The third incident was that a practitioner who was thought to be a very diligent cultivator by everyone encountered a huge unexpected tribulation and was almost caught by the evil. Although he was able to get out of it, he suffered a heavy injury.
Think about the pains and losses incurred after these other incidents. Every practitioner in our region should calm down and carefully look within for existing problems in each one's cultivation. What kind of problems might we have as we coordinate as a whole body when we validate the Fa? The old forces must have definitely taken advantage of our omissions. Only after we dig out the fundamental problems, that have kept us from validating the Fa, and remove them completely, will we be able to follow Master closely in Fa-rectification, and fulfill our vows to assist Master to rectify the Fa as Dafa disciples. Pointing at the situation related to cultivation and validating the Fa of our local practitioners, I also wish to talk about my personal thoughts that might not be mature. (Due to the limitations of my level, please correct me benevolently.)
I think that issues from two aspects are responsible for the above mentioned omissions that were used by the dark minions of the old forces, and also the reasons for the heavy losses that we have incurred.
The first one is that some practitioners developed all kinds of attachments after the initial success. One is the attachment of complacency; practitioners were delighted due to the result of our coordination as a whole body, and were satisfied with their efforts just like everyday people. Teacher said,
"Be sure not to give way to the attachment of complacency in other aspects as well as in the course of cultivation. Such an attachment may be easily utilized by demons" (Zhuan Falun)
The second one was the attachment of admiration and the attachment of dependence. Some practitioners began to admire and depend upon the practitioner that everyone thought did well in cultivation practice. They thought very high of the practitioner since he/she cultivated very well and utilized supernormal capabilities very well too. They had begun to look upon that practitioner as a role model in cultivation. These practitioners also did not follow the requirements of the Fa when they did things. They first looked at what that other practitioner required and how he/she behaved and they behaved accordingly, therefore giving chances to the dark minions of the old forces, and thus increasing the tribulations of fellow practitioners unknowingly. As Teacher reminded us,
"As I've already said, in cultivation there's no reference and there are no models to follow." "Someone has done such and such, so I'll just learn from him and do the same." It isn't the same. The situation you have won't come about for him." ("Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference")
The third is the attachment of showing off. Since a practitioner was able to get out of the evil den, some practitioners often acted casually, and dispelled with any caution around everyday people. Because of the emergence of these attachments along with other attachments not easily discernible, the tribulations of fellow practitioners increased. Thus the tribulations of the whole body increased, and things that shouldn't have happened occurred.
The other aspect is that, after suffering setbacks we practitioners should carefully look within ourselves and our whole body to find out problems and omissions that we have while we validate the Fa, and make improvements later on. However, some practitioners developed other attachments. For example, the attachment of disappointment; some were puzzled by the arrest of Dafa practitioners, "How could they face such a situation while they were so steadfast?" They therefore doubted and wavered upon their firm belief in Dafa, and did not have enough righteous thoughts, righteous belief and righteous actions. There was also the attachment of expecting results; always awaiting quick results after sending forth righteous thoughts. Some practitioners felt numb and tired if it lasted very long, and forgot about sending forth righteous thoughts and rescuing fellow practitioners. Some were busy with other things, and took sending forth righteous thoughts as a formality, and therefore weakened the combined force of the whole body. The attachment of fear led some to think about other practitioners cultivating well but still having tribulations. So they began to think of hiding away for a while. Therefore some practitioners fell again.
(To be continued)
