(Clearwisdom.net) Due to long-term exposure to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) lies and twisted culture, and under its violent rule, many people in Mainland China are terribly afraid of the CCP. During this brutal persecution, where the CCP has mobilized the entire state apparatus, some practitioners indeed have the attachment of fear to different degrees.
The attachment of fear is a human notion, and eliminating it is a vital part of our cultivation. This is a test that each person must pass on the path to divinity. When the persecution began on July 20, 1999, evil blanketed the entire world from heaven to the earth. As the situation developed, my attachment of fear surfaced. After I experienced some bitter hardships and tests, as well as studying the Fa constantly, I have come to a better understanding of "fear."
Whatever We Fear Will Come Our Way
When I was afraid of the police visiting me, they did so frequently. I was afraid of the police disturbing me, and they would call, looking for me. I was afraid of the truth-clarifying materials being discovered by the police, so they were found. When I was afraid of my family not understanding my cultivation, they made a lot of trouble for me. Why did all of this happen? Master said:
"With this fear, it may indeed bring this person some trouble. Once you are scared, it is an attachment of fear. Isn't that an attachment? Once your attachment surfaces, shouldn't it be removed?" (Zhuan Falun)
"As a practitioner, if you always think that it is an illness, you are actually asking for it. If you ask for an illness, it will come inside your body." (Zhuan Falun)
I was always afraid and used human notions to try to avoid trouble. Sometimes, I took the wrong things as the truth. Thinking that the police were about to do something, I quickly hid the books and the materials. Then I waited for the police to knock on my door. Wasn't this asking for it? This was because I had the attachment of fear.
What's There to Be Afraid of?
We are practicing the Great Law of the universe taught by Master. I should be upright and do what a Dafa practitioner is supposed to do. Why should I fear these evil forces? Whenever there are holidays coming or when the CCP has major conferences, the CCP gets paranoid about people publicly appealing and Dafa practitioners putting up truth-clarification banners and distributing truth clarification materials. In fact, it is the evil who is afraid!
Master said in "Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston",
"The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things."
I should constantly study the Fa and upgrade my xinxing. My fear will decrease the more I clarify the truth and distribute truth clarification materials with a righteous mind.
Fear Is a Material Substance
When I hear that the police are rampantly arresting our fellow practitioners, what causes me to be tense and fearful? Once, during my meditation, I saw a distorted image of me sitting inside my body, which is an unrighteous "me." I was sitting with an upright posture in this dimension. I understood that this was not the real me. It was the manifestation of my human notions. It was the "me" with the mentalities of fear. It was the "me" that I needed to eliminate during my cultivation. I started to send forth righteous thoughts, trying to remove these layers upon layers that were formed in the human world. After sending forth righteous thoughts, I did not feel afraid anymore. Since that incident, I have been repeatedly cleansing myself with righteous thoughts to eliminate all the factors that prevent me from rectifying the Fa and cultivating.
Category: Improving Oneself
