(Clearwisdom.net) Editor's note: October 1st is the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking power in mainland China. The nervous and hyper-sensitive regime has taken a series of measures to restrict Internet access during this period for fear of any unexpected event that could trigger its collapse.
Once my mother, who is also a practitioner, had a very bad cough and did not recover for a long time. I felt bad after hearing her cough and started to complain to myself about why she had not looked inward. I thought that after I got upstairs, I would certainly point this out to her. After I calmed down, I found that my heart was not compassionate and was agitated, and I was looking outward. At that time, one principle of the Fa came to mind: Her thing is also your thing. I immediately came to understand what was going on. I sat down with my legs crossed and started to send righteous thoughts while holding an altruistic and unselfish thought that was completely compassionate. I also asked Master to strengthen my power. I then felt that my body was enveloped inside a powerful energy field. Although my third eye cannot see things, I could hear the rotten demons moaning. I did not allow my mind to be disturbed and continued sending righteous thoughts until everything was quiet and I could no longer hear her coughing upstairs. Through this incident, I have understood another layer of the meaning regarding Master's words about compassion:
"When this compassionate goodness emerges, its strength is without equal, and it will disintegrate any bad factors. The greater the compassion, the greater the power." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference," July 18, 2009)
I have also realized that no incident is accidental; all are closely linked and they go hand-in-hand.
When I first learned about the Internet blockade by the communist regime, I did not regard it as having anything to do with me and thought that it was the business of Dafa practitioners in China. With such a selfish thought, I had again fallen into the trap of the old cosmos and had forgotten that we are one body. Not until now have I realized the seriousness of this matter. I suggest that practitioners outside of China send righteous thoughts together to break down the Internet blockade. From reading "Fa Teaching Given at the Fa Conference Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Minghui Website's Founding," I understand that the Minghui/Clearwisdom website is a window for Dafa disciples to share cultivation experiences and understanding and to report on the persecution of practitioners. At the same time, Minghui has also allowed the practitioners inside and outside of China to receive Master's new articles and lectures and form one body; it has also allowed practitioners to expose the misguided individuals involved in the persecution and persuade them to stop their evildoings immediately.
The purpose of the regime's Internet blockade is to close the window of truth in order for it to prevent the salvation of sentient beings, cause separations among Dafa practitioners, and make us unable to do what we want to do. Master said:
"It's just like when this fist goes out--it's strong when everyone is clenched together. (Master makes a fist.) But if you're saying that this one wants to do this, that one wants to do that, and the next one something else (spreading the five fingers apart and pointing to each finger), then that's weak, and as soon as it goes out, it will be repelled, right? You need to have a plan and organize things, coordinate well, and cooperate with each other." ("Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference," June 7, 2009)
As the Minghui website has played such a serious role, which has been acknowledged by Master, the restrictions on Internet access must mean that we have loopholes. I find that I have not cherished Minghui; I always want to get something from Minghui and rarely write articles for it. I chose to read the articles that were to my liking and held strong attachments and was quick to criticize when reading Minghui. This is, in itself, a strong attachment of discrimination, which has separated me from other practitioners and from the Fa rectification. This caused separation among Dafa practitioners and left a loophole for the evil to exploit. Not until the present have I realized the preciousness of Minghui; Minghui is a Fa tool that we can use to assist Master in rectifying the Fa, and it has incomparable power. As long as we can act with righteous thoughts, the divine elements behind Minghui will show their divine powers, and the Internet blockade will then be immediately dissolved. I suggest that all practitioners act together and send righteous thoughts as one body against the Internet blockade, and, at the same time, try to find what omissions we still have. As I wrote this article, the evil kept interfering with me--I kept writing the Chinese word xing (formation) as xie (evil). That shows me how afraid the old forces have become and how afraid they are of the formation of one body of Dafa practitioners.
This is my understanding. Please point out anything that I have understood incorrectly.