(Clearwisdom.net) After the Minghui website (the Chinese version of Clearwisdom) published Master's article "Be More Diligent," some practitioners in China went overboard. Some sought out coordinators and assistants from the past who had not stepped forward for years and made them the coordinators of their area. Others were unable to cooperate with the coordinators for various reasons. The situation in every region seems to be different. So how should practitioners in China handle this problem?
When practitioners outside of China cooperate with their coordinators unconditionally, they are also cooperating with the Fa and the requirements of Fa-rectification. However, when dealing with the complex environment and cultivation state of practitioners in China, we must first see if the coordinator acts according to the Fa before we decide whether we should cooperate with the coordinator. We cannot simply cooperate for the sake of being cooperative, we must first take the Fa as Teacher.
Since Master is living outside of China, projects such as Shen Yun Performing Arts, New Tang Dynasty Television, etc. are being watched directly by Master. I think that overseas practitioners are synchronized with the Fa-rectification process. The situation in China, on the other hand, is very complicated and dangerous. After years of persecution, many practitioners, including coordinators, have not been able to keep up with Fa-rectification. The gaps and levels between practitioners are very wide. This is one reason why it has been difficult for practitioners in different regions of China to cooperate well.
We have not had an assistant or a coordinator in China since July 20, 1999. However, Master said that "Each of you is like an Assistant..." ("Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference"). My understanding is that our cultivation does not depend on the assistant or the coordinator. We cannot take other practitioners as our teacher. During crucial moments, we are responsible for our own cultivation and responsible to the Fa.
When the brutal persecution began in 1999, coordinators and assistants in China were under tremendous pressure. Some immediately turned against Dafa and became Chinese Communist Party accomplices, and others gave up the practice. Those who continued to practice were faced with tremendous tribulations and were unable to be effective coordinators. Later, coordinators, assistants, and practice sites disappeared in China. During the transition from personal cultivation to the Fa-rectification period cultivation, every practitioner in China, including former coordinators and assistants, struggled with the decisions regarding whether or not to step forward and whether or not to let go of one's life to validate the Fa. And that was based on whether one was responsible for one's own cultivation and one's belief in Master and the Fa. Gradually, practitioners in China were able to walk the cultivation path of the "great way without form."
I hope that practitioners in China can handle the issue regarding coordinators with rationality and with the understanding of a cultivator, and walk the final path well.
