(Clearwisdom.net) Through the efforts of many practitioners in both China and abroad over the last five years, more and more people in China have come to know the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution. However, there are still many people who are deceived by the lies of Jiang's regime. In recent years, Teacher has repeatedly emphasized the importance of clarifying the truth. In the article "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save The World's People," Teacher once again emphasized that we need to "start to seize the day and comprehensively save the world's people" and "begin comprehensively clarifying the truth." To keep the pace of the process of Fa rectification and successfully fulfill our mission as Dafa disciples, we need to calm down and carefully analyze what factors are preventing more people from learning the truth about Dafa. Thus, we can clarify the truth in a more targeted and efficient way.
Based on my experiences, I think that the following four factors are the main contributors to the problem.
First, the range of distribution of truth-clarifying materials is still not broad enough. As a result, some people still have not had the chance to read them. These people will certainly have difficulty learning the truth. Some people have come across truth-clarifying materials, but the content is not complete enough, so they may still have some doubts in their minds. To solve this problem, we need to further expand the distribution range and try to provide materials with more comprehensive content and address questions from different aspects.
Secondly, some people lack knowledge of the true nature and history of the Communist Party. After reading the truth-clarifying materials, they usually will admit that the official propaganda is false. However, they think that this is only a local or individual phenomenon caused by individuals or departments. They refuse to believe that the entire government and Party is fabricating and making false accusations. In order to eliminate this notion, we need to use our wisdom and provide them with some targeted reference materials from the viewpoint of saving sentient beings. This way we can eliminate this specific obstacle as early as possible and they will be willing to accept the truth of Dafa.
Thirdly, people are influenced by many deviated notions as a result of long-term education of the "Party culture."
For example, Dafa acknowledges the existence of Gods, but nowadays most people are atheists due to the influence of science. They think that believing in God is superstitious and anti-science. There are many other deviated notions formed through the Party's education. In addition, there are other conceptual confusions. Influenced by those deviated factors, many deceived ordinary people develop resistance towards Dafa. To solve this problem, we must rectify their deviated notions in a proper way when we clarify the truth to them. It is very important and urgent, although it is difficult to achieve.
The fourth factor is related to ourselves.
In order to justify the persecution, Jiang's regime made every effort to demonize Falun Gong. Some practitioners lack complete understanding of the Fa and do not strictly follow Teacher's words that we should try to conform as much as possible to the state of ordinary people. They often go to extremes in their daily lives and leave a negative impression on ordinary people who do not know the truth about Dafa. People with this negative impression about Dafa then tend to believe the rumors from Jiang's regime. It takes more effort for them to accept the truth.
When clarifying the truth, some practitioners mix various ordinary people's attachments, such as the attachment of competition, showing off, hatred or anxiety to convince others. In this state, one's words naturally lack power and cannot reach the heart of ordinary people. In some serious cases, we not only fail to clarify the truth well, but also confuse others.
Some practitioners mix in politics when clarifying the truth. For example, they distribute articles about the political dynamics of high-ranking officials in the Chinese government cited from ordinary websites, leaving the impression that we are involved in politics. This seriously inhibits their opportunities for clarifying the truth.
Certain materials are of poor quality: 1). Some are too high a level and ordinary people will not accept them and think that we are promoting superstition. 2). Some lack understanding of what ordinary people care about most or the issues they are most confused about regarding Falun Gong. The materials are written from the viewpoint of practitioners, but not from viewpoint of ordinary people; thus ordinary people do not want to read them. 3). Lack of facts in some materials. They do not give specific details of names, time and location. This will make people suspicious about its reliability. 4). The format is uniform and expression is boring. Materials of poor quality do not attract ordinary people. In order to eliminate those drawbacks and negative influences brought by them, we need to intensify our Fa study, constantly improve, and purify ourselves. Our path is indeed very narrow. A slight deviation will cause damage to clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings.
January 21st 2005