(Clearwisdom.net) I have recently talked with some fellow practitioners regarding setting off fireworks to celebrate Jiang Zemin’s death. I realized that some practitioners still have what I call a “wait and see” attitude. It isn't clear what they are waiting for. Are they waiting for an announcement in the Communist Party newspapers? Waiting for Master to point it out in his teachings? After Master’s new article “Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa – Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference” was published, some practitioners said that Master did not mention Jiang Zemin and thus felt relieved. They feel that they have reason for inaction.
I remember when Master published the article “Digging Out the Roots” on July 6, 1998. In the article he referred to a situation at the time when some scoundrels from literary, scientific, and qigong circles were constantly causing trouble, and the Communist regime was using its media in various parts of the country to harm Dafa. Some practitioners in Beijing then went and asked those people to stop harming Dafa, but other practitioners didn't step forward, and some even tried to stop others from going out to support Dafa. On June 13, 1999, Master then published the article “Position,” which, in my understanding, referred to the situation of some practitioners staying home and doing nothing on the April 25 appeal. After the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published, some practitioners thought it was getting involved in politics and thus did not act. Master spelled out the issue in “Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. International Fa Conference” on February 26, 2005. In fact, over and over, practitioners have only taken action after Master clearly stated such in the Fa.
Dafa is providing salvation. The Fa-rectification can save more sentient beings using Jiang's death. If we don't act, how can we follow the cosmic changes and save more sentient beings?
Some practitioners said, “I know we must pay attention to the position of the Minghui/Clearwisdom website when it comes to important matters, but this article on Minghui is wrong, and moreover it was wrongly placed as a lead article…,” etc. Let’s look back. Since the article “A Time for Fireworks and Celebration” appeared on Minghui as a lead article on July 6, 2011, there has been a stream of related sharing articles as well as flyers, booklets, posters, and recorded messages published on Minghui. Doesn’t this show the position of Minghui on this important matter? If this position is different from our own understandings, I believe we should ponder this and ask ourselves what notions are blocking us.
Let us review the notice from Minghui editors on June 15, 2000:
“If Teacher (Master Li Hongzhi) has new articles to publish, they will all be posted on Minghui Net. Articles not posted on Minghui Net but circulated underground are all fake. Minghui Net will post a notice upon any change in this procedure.
“Teacher cares very much about all kinds of Dafa websites, especially Minghui Net maintained by practitioners in North America. Should any inappropriate content be posted on Minghui Net, Teacher will help correct it. Therefore, practitioners must pay attention to the attitude of Minghui Net on all important matters.
“Teacher said, 'It is not that Minghui Net does not make mistakes, however, on important matters, practitioners must pay attention to the attitude of Minghui Net. The purpose of posting my photo and the article “The Knowing Heart” on Minghui Net was to build a trustworthy website for practitioners.'
“In addition, Teacher will publish a new article in one or two days.”
Those at Minghui are practitioners and they, too, follow the Fa first and foremost. I feel very impatient when I see the states of some fellow practitioners. In fact, I am almost listing out Master’s teachings. At this time, we don’t even need to “enlighten.” Let’s ask ourselves, “What is blocking our footsteps?”
This is my own understanding and written quickly. Please correct me as necessary.
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