(Clearwisdom.net)
Master has said,
"Have righteous thoughts and righteous actions, dissolve all hindrances, and spread the facts widely. Divine beings are among men." ("To the European Fa Conference in Stockholm")
Master has also said,
"From now on, the Dafa disciples in China as much as anyone, both new students and veterans alike, should let go of their long-standing human attachments and start to seize the day and comprehensively save the world's people" "not omitting a single area where there are people." ("Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People")
After studying this paragraph, I realized my own earlier shortcomings in clarifying the truth to save sentient beings. I may have passed by a lot of predestined people without clarifying the truth to them. Many times, I should have clarified the truth and persuaded them to quit the CCP, but did not speak out at that time, letting the opportunity for saving them slip by. What was the reason? By comparing my action with Master's teachings, I realized that I have too many human attachments that have set up obstacles for me. For instance, when I clarified the truth, the human concepts that would emerge in my mind were that "this person is hopeless," "His mind is deeply poisoned by the culture of the CCP and it has made him hopeless," "Will he trust me?" "I am not close to him, can I make him believe me?" and so on. Therefore, the human side played a leading role, essentially rendering the divine side ineffective. The lack of righteous thoughts undermined my righteous deeds.
Saving sentient beings is the Dafa disciples' duty that was bestowed upon us. The great force of Fa-rectification is progressing rapidly. Each Dafa disciple is therefore asked to do their best on the three things. Clarifying the truth is quite difficult. If we want to save more people, we the Dafa disciples must get rid of various human attachments, especially the attachment to fear. Therefore, each time before I clarified the truth, I studied the Fa, purified my mind to break through various mental obstacles, and maintained strong righteous thoughts.
Since getting rid of the human concepts, no matter where I went, in the street, to the market or the shopping mall, I encountered predestined people. When I talked with them, my first thought was, "I am a Dafa disciple, and I must save you." I would talk about a common point of interest and gradually bring the topic towards the persecution and withdrawing from the CCP. Each time the effect was quite good and each time I could do it with more ease. Sometimes it only took ten minutes or so to persuade the person to quit the CCP. I distinctly felt that once I have sufficient righteous thoughts, I could encounter predestined people. I also understood that all these things were arranged for me by Master.
Once when I went to the market in the morning, an acquaintance strolled by in front of me. I immediately realized that he was coming to hear the truth, so I caught up with him and clarified the truth and advised him to quit the CCP. I was able to persuade him in just a few words. He even thanked me. On that day, I successfully persuaded 3 CCP members to quit the Party in one hour, including a veteran official.
Through the examples above, I have felt that in the process of truth-clarification, even a tiny amount of human concepts, will have adverse effects. With a pure heart, more can be accomplished with less effort. Only by getting rid of our human concepts can we save the sentient beings.
