(Clearwisdom.net) In our group study, we read an article from the Minghui/Clearwisdom editors, "Notice on the Scope of Investigation and Evidence Collection by the 'Coalition to Investigate the Persecution'" http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2006/4/8/71739.html
and an article from Practitioners Exchange Experiences and Insights, "As Long as Practitioners Are Still Held in Labor Camps and Prisons, CCP Abuse and Murder Will Not End." http://clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2006/4/21/72261.html
(This article will be quoted as "End" in the following paragraphs) After sharing our experiences, we recognized that a new state of Fa-rectification has arrived. The new state also has new requirements for Falun Gong practitioners.
As mentioned in the last paragraph of the article "End," "The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG), started by Dafa practitioners, marks a new beginning in which practitioners will take the initiative and proactively do away with the old forces' arrangements." In the past, we opposed the persecution passively. Wherever a persecution occurred, we worked to save the fellow practitioners there. Wherever the persecution situation was serious, we sent forth righteous thoughts in that direction. Often we were controlled by the evil's persecutions and could not even do the three things well. The Sujiatun atrocities told us that the old forces' arrangements were completely below the moral standard of human beings.
With great mercy, Master gives all sentient beings chances to be saved. He has suffered and endured so much for sentient beings and disciples. When reading "Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles" we could all sense Master's forgiveness, mercy, and encouragement. The lecture was taught right before the exposure of the Sujiatun event. In the lecture, Master told us that the biggest problem existing in the cultivation of disciples was that we could not accept criticism from others. While answering the question about sickness karma, Master explained that some things couldn't be changed. Master gives all the disciples his expectations, warnings, and forgiveness. We really cannot picture how much Master had suffered and endured for us in other dimensions. While we are sensing Master's mercy, how should we act?
The establishment of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong provides us the best answer. "Completely oppose everything arranged by the evil old forces." ("Dafa is Indestructible") In order to oppose the prison/labor camp system arranged by the old forces, to prohibit sentient beings from committing crimes against Dafa, and to better save sentient beings, practitioners had the righteous thoughts to totally investigate the persecution. Because more and more persecution facts are being exposed and persecution witnesses keep appearing, Dafa has become prominent in people's minds. Some practitioners doubt the evil CCP will approve CIPFG's request to go to China to investigate. All the processes of Fa-rectification are controlled by Master. The evil's words do not count. When the new state appears, it is not acceptable for our enlightenment to fall behind, which could generate a negative effect. The evil spirit of communism and the old forces' substances take effect because we still have shortcomings that we do not sense or enlighten to. Those are the places where we have not caught up with the requirements of the Fa. Whatever happens to us, our belief in Master and the Fa must not be changed. The new trend offers us new requirements; that is, we should have the righteous thoughts to dissolve all the persecution.
As mentioned in the article "End," "For all the other crimes that have not yet happened, we must do our best to prevent them from happening and destroy all dens where the evil holds our fellow practitioners." This can be achieved only when supported by righteous thoughts and righteous belief from all the Falun Gong practitioners, instead of sending forth righteous thoughts superficially and harboring doubt in the depths of our minds. The old forces' arrangements and the evil CCP's substances cannot take decisive action. However, the notions and the concepts of practitioners can hinder the success of the idea. Fellow practitioners, we should be very careful. As mentioned in the article "End," "Let all Dafa practitioners in the world strengthen their righteous thoughts, join hands and use our wisdom to overcome difficulties, work with each other and achieve all that is required by the Fa-rectification. Let us change from passively to actively opposing the persecution!"
At last, let's read Master's words in "Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005,"
"Superficially speaking, what Dafa disciples are doing is counteracting the persecution, but in reality your greatest duty is to save sentient beings, and that is the true embodiment of validating the Fa."
