(Clearwisdom.net) Being Falun Gong practitioners, we clearly understand that each one of us does not just represent a single life. Most practitioners represent a vast celestial body, so whether or not our one thought is rectified determines the existence of all the sentient beings within that vast celestial body. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is bound to be eliminated in the future. As practitioners, even one thought of ours acknowledging this evil spirit will cause danger to the sentient beings represented by this thought.
As Teacher said in the "Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference,"
"It's against the cosmos, or to put it another way, the two types of elements in the cosmos, positive and negative, are all against it. In fact, this cosmos is composed of the two types of elements of life, the positive and the negative, so that's to say that even the cosmos is against it. So, the Buddhas, Daos, Gods, and Demons of the cosmos all want to get rid of it, so it constantly faces the possibility of being surrounded layer after layer and eliminated."
As I understand this, if the old forces had not insisted on having their own way, the CCP would have long ago been eliminated by all of the divine beings in the cosmos in order to protect the cosmos. Today, we practitioners should completely deny all arrangements made by the old forces. We should take up the role of safeguarding the cosmos. In accordance with this, we should cleanse any parts of our body that are assimilated to this evil spirit. In "Hongyin II," Teacher said,
"Myriad evils all weeded out, myriad beings brought to life."
To clean a part of our body that is possessed by evil spirits is itself a way of saving sentient beings.
So how can we get rid of thoughts caused by evil spirit possessions? My understanding is that besides paying constant attention to rectifying every thought and assimilating to the Fa, withdrawing from the CCP or the Youth League is also very important. Being Dafa practitioners, we should not make idle promises. Despite the promises we made to Teacher in the past, some practitioners still signed contracts with the old forces, like the "Guarantee Statements" written during persecution. We need to clearly understand that vows are sacred in this cosmos, so it is indeed necessary to void any contracts signed with evil spirits in the past.
I understood Teacher to talk about three kinds of attitudes (for not withdrawing) in his statement about withdrawing from the Communist Youth League. One notion is, "I joined the Party passively. I did not volunteer. Hence it is not necessary to withdraw." The second one is, "I never took it seriously, so I thought it wouldn't have any effect. Hence there is no need to withdraw." The last one is, "I passed the age of being a member (of the Communist Youth League) so many years ago, that I figured I had automatically withdrawn. Now I don't have to withdraw." From what I have observed, there are many practitioners with these points of view. I would like to discuss my rough understanding of what is wrong with these three attitudes.
Delving into these three attitudes, I can say that there is an attachment of fear behind them. Let's take a look at the first notion. Practitioners today proclaim new "Solemn Statements" to void earlier "Guarantee Statements," even those written by someone else or signed when the practitioners were not fully conscious. If that is the case, is there really a difference between passive and voluntary? You made the statement, regardless of whether it was done passively or voluntarily. Being passive is the same as admitting silent assent.
Regarding the second attitude, when you sign a contract, whether you value it or not, or even consider it be just a piece of paper, if you don't fulfill the contract, the other party still has the right to sue you. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the old forces had forced this attitude upon practitioners by having them become numb to it.
I think the third attitude is the one we need to pay the most attention to. Who made the rule of "passing the age of being a member means automatic withdrawal?" It was made while being possessed by an evil spirit! Teacher told us in the "Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York,"
"Case in point: for so many years the Chinese Communist Party has intentionally educated people in a way that reinforces its own things. Many people have seen that the Party is not good, but they're only able to say that the Party isn't good from within the culture fostered by the Party's education. They haven't truly recognized it and can't see it for what it is outside of the culture of the Party that has been instilled in them. That's a deviant way of thinking."
My understanding is that we need to be alert and pay attention to any similar ways of thinking. Only studying the Fa well can help us to avoid this way of thinking.
From another perspective, thinking that we no longer have anything to do with the CCP so it is all right not to withdraw is an attitude of "just looking after oneself." It is the same as wanting personal Consummation. Why don't we realize this? As Dafa practitioners, we should automatically push for cosmic change, to harmonize what Teacher wants, and to save more sentient beings. When we only think of "looking after ourselves," where is our compassion to save other sentient beings? Where is the great promise we made to Teacher before risking everything to come here? What is going on? Teacher told us in the "Fa-Lecture During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference,"
"So for the beings of the old cosmos, and this includes all the elements of beings, when it comes to the Fa-rectification and what I choose, all beings' harmonizing and completing things according to my choices and contributing their best ideas and approaches--not to change what I want, but to harmonize and complete things according to what I've said--is the best thought a being in the cosmos could have."
To be responsible for other sentient beings and to save more sentient beings, let's do what practitioners should do better!
The above is my personal understanding and is for sharing purposes only.
