(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioners have created media outlets with the clear goal of clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings. Since the media is aligned with ordinary society, in order to attract a wider audience, practitioners working in the media outlets do their best to keep the contents versatile so the general public will enjoy watching and listening. However, not all of the content is designed for practitioners. Practitioners should let go of all ordinary people's attachments because a divine being would not be attracted to things in the human world.
Since Dafa practitioners in China are unable to hold Fa conferences, the Minghui website (the Chinese version of Clearwisdom) was established as a platform to share experiences. It plays the role of a large-scale Fa conference. It is a website that Falun Dafa practitioners should read. For the other media outlets created by practitioners, I'm not saying we can't watch or listen to them; the key is our mindset when we do. If we want to collect more facts to be used in clarifying the truth and to save sentient beings, it's not a problem and we will be able to handle ourselves well. However, if we want to satisfy our own curiosity and pursue our hobbies, it's an attachment that we should get rid of. Otherwise, we waste our time and forget what we are supposed to do. It takes our time away from studying the Fa and practicing the exercises, and we find no time to read the Minghui website anymore. You can imagine the consequences when we have less time to study the Fa, have no time to read the sharing articles on Minghui, and at the same time fill ourselves with things that enhance our desires and attachments. Furthermore, we create challenges for practitioners working in the media outlets, because our media then fail to play their roles to clarify the truth and save sentient beings. Instead, it creates attachments among Dafa practitioners. Don't we then create an excuse for the old forces to strengthen the Internet blockade?
In the past, some practitioners have enjoyed watching TV and browsing various websites. After practicing Falun Dafa, they knew that ordinary people's media were not good, and they feel relieved to watch programs on the media outlets created by Dafa practitioners. Actually Teacher has made it very clear in the Fa,
"I've made many things easy for Dafa disciples as they validate the Fa. There are a lot of things that actually can't be done in cultivation but I have allowed you to do them under special circumstances. And that includes some of the approaches you use to clarify the truth. Since they are done to save all beings, you're doing it like that, and it's not wrong. If they were associated with personal cultivation, though, many of them wouldn't be allowed and couldn't be done." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference")
I would like to raise this issue at this time, when NTDTV's signal has been forcibly shut down by Eutelsat. I hope that we will search inside for any attachments. Supporting our media does not mean going online every day, and watching NTDTV online to increase hits or page views. Helping our media to play its role is truly supporting our media.
I'm not sure if I have made myself clear. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
July 19, 2008
