(Clearwisdom.net) In many countries, assisted suicide is a crime. In Shanghai, a person who assisted a friend in suicide has received a stiff sentence.
A few days ago, Clearwisdom.net published an article by a practitioner who works in an organization run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The author held the view that Falun Dafa practitioners could still work in a CCP organization after quitting the party. Many practitioners who hold the same stance used this article to support their position on the issue.
I feel that we should not do that. The Fa is different at different level. The practitioner who wrote that article was only trying to explore the issue, hoping to generate some interest and discussion from other practitioners.
Though there are many people renouncing the CCP at present, with the total number exceeding 400,000 (Editor's note: as of April 12, 2005, the number of renunciations has reached 800,000), I think it is still far from what it should be. Other reasons aside, it indicates that a significant number of practitioners have not realized or fully realized the meaning of quitting the party. In fact, Teacher has explained clearly in "Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World":
"It is the CCP itself that chose to make Dafa its enemy. From the moment it proclaimed that it must defeat Falun Gong, the evil spirit of the CCP and the CCP's wicked, base group that has been persecuting Dafa disciples in the human world were condemned to death by all of the cosmos's gods."
"They not only made Dafa their enemy, but during the persecution they have also exhausted all means of persecution and have persecuted to death or severely injured numerous Dafa disciples who were or are on the path to godhood and who had been chosen ages and ages ago. Tens of millions of people have been persecuted through a variety of means, and the righteous faith of 100 million people has been suppressed. This enormous sin of the ages, this enormous sin whereby the [perpetrators] are brimming with evil and guilty of countless crimes throughout the firmament, has enraged all of the gods in the colossal firmament!"
We are now renouncing the CCP and its affiliated organizations, and as Teacher said,
"...their making a renunciation is not "getting political," and even less is it going through a formality. Rather, it is an attachment that needs to be removed in cultivation. No one can reach Consummation if they remain marked by, or if they acknowledge, the most evil thing in the entire cosmos." ("Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World")
To save us, Teacher has gone through a lot, and personally sets an example for Dafa disciples as well, issuing a statement to renounce his membership in the CCP Youth League. Isn't that leading us by the hand? Why don't we enlighten to it? Why are we still attached to the filthiest things in the world? Why do we still hesitate when Teacher shows us the most righteous way?
I feel that the enormous test before some of the practitioners is to position and handle correctly the relationship between work and quitting the CCP. Some said, "I have renounced the CCP, but I can still work in CCP organizations to conform to the state of everyday society. That's only doing everyday people's work." Of course, we have to work, but it depends on what kind of work. We know that the CCP harms people and drags people to hell. If a Dafa practitioner is helping to do this kind of work, it is no different than assisting suicide or worse than that. The practitioner who does work for the CCP said that he even initiated a dozen or more people to join the CCP. That is equivalent to dragging more than a dozen people to hell, and helping to push them along. If on the one hand we are calling out to save people, but on the other hand doing things that will harm them, how can we do this kind of thing?
In Zhuan Falun, Teacher could not have been more clear on the issue of killing, and addressing the issue of whether to cook meat at home,
"I'm not going to get into the specifics of that. I'm teaching the Law to practitioners--it's not like I'm just randomly telling ordinary people how to live their lives. When it comes to specific things, just evaluate them based on the Great Law, and do what you think is best. Ordinary people can do whatever they want, that's ordinary people's business. There's no way everybody can truly cultivate. But practitioners should set their sights on high standards, so these are requirements set for practitioners."
The path ahead is clearly laid out, and it is up to you to choose. You cannot always hold on to humanness with one hand while grabbing Godhood with the other. Teacher is waiting, waiting for you to choose. Your sentient beings are waiting, waiting for your return! All attachments must be relinquished if you truly want to reach consummation.
Certain things must be relinquished sooner or later, and it is better sooner than later. The change of the cosmic climate, the rampancy of the wicked CCP, all indicate that time is coming to an end. My fellow practitioners, those who have not kept up and who are still clinging on to humanness, please hurry and sober up!
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