(Minghui.org) After reading the article “Labor Camp Sentences Converted to Prison Terms - A Change in the Manner of Persecution, Not a Change in Party Nature” from Minghui about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, I could not calm down for a long time. The article revealed that many practitioners had suffered tremendously from torture.
I asked myself, “Are there any factors behind the persecution that have to do with other fellow practitioners, including myself? How many practitioners cannot let go of their attachments and harbor illusions about the new CCP leaders?”
These attachments only provide excuses for the old forces to continue to persecute fellow practitioners. We have already learned a lesson from when a former premier was used by the old forces and turned against Falun Gong. Master wrote in response to the editorial: “Are You a Cultivator? (With Master's Commentary)”:
“I want to make something clear: It is not only the evil that is attacking Minghui with various means--when practitioners don't remove their human thoughts, they, too, play that damaging role.”
Is it only the old forces that perpetuate the persecution? If we do not remove our attachments, we also assist in the process of the persecution.
In order to avoid unnecessary losses on our cultivation path, it is not enough to just talk about our attachments. We need to take this issue very seriously, and only then can we truly stop the old forces' persecution.
Category: Improving Oneself
