(Clearwisdom.Net) As a Falun Dafa [Great Law, Universal Principles] practitioner from China, I would like to share some of my opinions on common problems and personal experiences, which I encountered in my practice within the last two years. If there's anything inappropriate please be sure to point them out.
1. About Truthfulness
Some disciples told many lies when interrogated by police. Their reasoning was that "I just need to be truthful to Master Li; to these thugs I can tell lies." Other disciples confessed everything under such circumstances. His or her understanding was that we should be truthful to anyone, despite the basis or perspective. Actually, Master Li, has lectured on this issue in "Zhuan Falun". "I am a person who will not say what I don't want to say, but what I say must be true."
This concludes me to say that it becomes very clear whether we should say something or not when based on the Fa. There will be no problems no matter how much you say for the purpose of promoting Dafa. However, disclosing or confessing certain facts will bring damage to Dafa if it fails to validate the Fa. Thus, how could we say those words? We should not use the distorted human notions on how to be "truthful", but rather see through the bad intentions of the evil Chinese officials who only wish to destroy Dafa's reputation. In such cases we can tell police with an open and dignified manner , "I have nothing to tell." The disciples who told lies had omission. The disciples who put unilateral emphasis on truthfulness did not study Fa very well either, because Dafa is harmonious and indestructible.
2. About Harmony
Some disciples understand "harmony" to be "accommodation", they think and solve problems from the point of view of an ordinary human when running into problems. For example, some disciples said to police after they were arrested, "I am afraid of bringing trouble to the local government; please release me." It seems to embody "benevolence", but from a slightly higher perspective they actually undermined Dafa by making it seem like they did something wrong. Wasn't it the government who was persecuting them in the first place?
In order to shake and eliminate the evil, some practitioners flew into a rage or snarled in the brainwashing classes. They thought this had a good effect and the Godly side was rectifying the Fa. Instead, they were most likely fueling the campaign against them by acting so irrational.
Some practitioners agreed on the thoughts of wicked people in the brainwashing class. They tried to show their "Compassion" so that the ordinary people would not be disgusted with Dafa and would furthermore understand Dafa. This in effect helps degenerate humans by siding with them. Instead, we should evaluate the situation from a high perspective with an overall picture of what is really involved. Aren't they being persecuted? Shouldn't we clarify the truth to them?
Some practitioners encountered problems during work, and other practitioners suggested sending a gift to the head of the workplace on behalf of Dafa. This is almost like encouraging the ruthless persecution of Dafa!
Although these disciples think they are validating Dafa, their way of thinking and doing things are based upon the deviated thoughts and behavior of ordinary people. I think this is actually deviating from Dafa. Just like what Master Li said, "For example, some students were arrested and imprisoned. When they couldn't endure the severe torture, they wrote repentance statements. But in their minds they were thinking: 'this is to fool them. I'll still practice after I get out. I'll still go out to validate the Fa and I'll still go to Tiananmen.' But this is unacceptable." (Lecture at the Great Lakes Conference in North America)
3. About Fearfulness
Some disciples do not care about the security of Dafa when doing work for Dafa . They treat the necessary precautions in doing work for Dafa as being "fearful". For example: some disciples talked about Dafa work on the phone which was already wiretapped, some disciples communicated on Internet using their real names, and some disciples sent emails in non-secure ways.
I think these are wrong. We should look at these issues from two sides: If you can do something easily in a safe way, but in order to prove that you do not have fearfulness you become careless then this is a serious blunder. If you do not have other methods and have to do it in this way, the power of Dafa and your righteous thought will protect you. In "Zhuan Falun" Master mentioned an example were a person who was walking in the street with the Dafa book in his hand and yelling, "I have Teacher Li's protection, so I'm not afraid of being hit by a car." We should comprehensively understand this issue. Do not jump from one extreme to another. It is often because of our omission and non-accordance with the Fa that mistakes occur.
The above-mentioned disciples did not realize certain "details" when studying the Fa, therefore I put them forward to share with everyone, hoping we remove all of our attachments and improve in the Fa-rectification.
