Addressing the Factors Behind the Scenes Is Fundamental

(Minghui.org) The awakened sides of sentient beings want to be saved. Now is the Dharma-ending age when demons have invaded the Earth. Lies are reaching people’s ears everywhere, making it hard for people to differentiate between the real and the false. There are many elements that are stopping sentient beings from being saved. Therefore, Dafa practitioners’ mission is to assist Master (Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa) in saving sentient beings in this complicated environment.

My sister-in-law works at a hospital. During the pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spread many lies, and she was greatly indoctrinated by these lies. When I told her the truth about the pandemic, she was shocked and in disbelief. Although she did not refute my words, her expression told me that she did not like what I told her. Seeing that, I wondered what should I do.

Master said, 

“When you have addressed the factors behind the scenes, take another look at the surface and see what happens. With no factors at work behind the scenes, a human being will do whatever you tell him to. You are a cultivator and someone with abilities, and you are a being who is walking the path to divinity. Whereas that being is an ordinary human, and he is powerless. So you shouldn’t always fix your gaze on the person at the surface. Only when you deal with the factors behind the scenes will you manage to resolve the problem at the root. Only then will you cause a given situation, or that person, to change.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol.XI)

Awakening to the Truth

Therefore, I clarified the truth to the awakened side of my sister-in-law, and wanted to reach the sentient beings in the part of the universe that she corresponds to. I also wanted to reach the levels of beings that were controlling her from behind. I told them that the characteristics of the old universe is formation, stasis, degeneration, followed by destruction. 

I continued, saying that having gone through a very long history, this universe is already at the end of its destruction era. The universe is heading towards destruction and all the beings within the universe want to be saved. 

However, how can the beings in the universe save themselves? Only Falun Dafa can save these beings, as the beings in the whole universe are created by the universal Dafa. As long as they rectify their relationship with Dafa, Master Li Hongzhi and Dafa disciples, and do nothing to affect the Fa-rectification, our Master can save all of them and allow them to enter the new universe. 

The new universe is extremely good, glittering like so many gems. On the other hand, the CCP is a tool that the old forces created to cause disturbance to the Fa-rectification and destroy the beings in the universe. The gods in the whole universe object to them too. So they are bound to be annihilated. Therefore, it is important not to be frightened by the scary lies that they have created. Only by staying far away from them, and not taking their side, will a living being really be safe.

After a few days, we celebrated my mother’s birthday. After dinner we chatted, and my sister-in-law mentioned some problems that she faced at work. I took the opportunity to compliment her for resolving those problems well.

Later, my mother, also a practitioner, reminded me to read Master’s new article, “Stay Rational” to my sister-in-law, so that she could have a correct understanding about the pandemic.

I did not have any confidence in my sister-in-law’s understanding. I was not sure if she could accept it, so I did not want to read the article to her. However, my mother kept urging me to do it, so I agreed. When I first started reading it, I intentionally left out the words “evil party” in “CCP evil party” as I was afraid that my sister-in-law wouldn't like to hear that, and that it might incur a negative reaction. 

However, when I reached the second paragraph, there were a few “CCP evil party” mentions. But I did not bother that much anymore, so I just read them all. Much to my surprise, not only did my sister-in-law not say anything bad, instead she said, “No wonder when I went to the village for my emergency outpatient duty on July 1, there were 5 cases, which broke the record. There are normally only 1 or 2 cases per day. So that happened because of the CCP. That is why there is no peace!”

I then said, “Before July 1, strange phenomenons occurred in many places in China, such as the long periods of thunder in a region of Beijing, the crazy winds in a region of Shandong, heavy snow, and hail storms. Aren’t these the warning signs that the Heavens are giving to the people to tell them that the Heavens will punish the CCP for its evil deeds?” My sister-in-law agreed. After that, we also talked about the evil deeds that the CCP did throughout its history. I think that my sister-in-law truly understood that the CCP is evil.

Later, I thought about this incident and realized that the change in her must have something to do with the truth-clarification that I did to her awakened side and the beings in other realms. As I had resolved the elements that were controlling her from behind, the things at this human surface level became very clear.

Editor’s Note: This article represents the author’s understanding at their current cultivation level, meant for sharing among practitioners so that we can “Compare with one another in study, in cultivation.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)