(Minghui.org) Regarding the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intention to extend the persecution outside China, I think that practitioners in China and abroad should increase their efforts to clarify the truth to people in addition to sending forth righteous thoughts. At the same time we should look within and cultivate ourselves well. I’d like to share some of my recent experiences with you.
A “Mind Unmoved”
My husband was hospitalized in another city, so I needed to travel back and forth to look after him, and I usually took a high speed train. Because my bags were almost always checked at the station, I formed a notion that the police must have identified me when they scanned my ID. I believed this was a form of persecution so I sent righteous thoughts to not allow any negative entities to control people to persecute practitioners. Whenever I went through the security check, I felt uneasy and had the thought that the security would stop me and check my luggage.
The next time the security checked my luggage I asked myself why my righteous thoughts weren’t effective. Finally I asked myself why my heart was moved, and why I couldn’t smile at the security staff. Master said, “just by staying unmoved you would be able to handle all situations” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2014 San Francisco Fa Conference”, Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XIII) Did I cause this to happen?
First, I thought of sending forth righteous thoughts to stop the old forces from controlling people and making them persecute practitioners. Although this thought was not wrong, I had pursuit because I thought sending righteous thoughts could solve this problem. I was looking externally. When I looked inward, I found that I had the notion that my luggage would be checked when I went through security and I would be persecuted.
When Master talked about the issue of “sickness,” in my understanding he said that if we always think of sickness we are inviting it. Master doesn’t acknowledge “persecution.” From a human perspective, Dafa practitioners are being persecuted. Gods don’t have the concept of persecution—this is a human notion. If we cling to human notions, wouldn’t we form an illusion in this human world? I should have the righteous thoughts that Falun Dafa bestowed on me. I developed an attachment to being checked at security. I cared too much about it and this was my human heart. I needed to eliminate my human notions and human thinking.
But, it wasn’t easy to eliminate these thoughts. I began reciting “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” when these thoughts surfaced. My luggage was not checked the next time I went through security, and it was not checked after that. Each time, I urged myself not to think of anything.
Master said,
“As you know, when a person reaches the Arhat level, in his heart he is not concerned about anything. He does not care at all in his heart for any ordinary human matter, and he will always be smiling and in good spirits. No matter how much loss he suffers, he will still be smiling and in good spirits without any concern. If you can really do this, you have already reached the entry-level Fruition Status of Arhatship.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)
A “Heart Unmoved”
We were renovating our home. The architect, my husband and I drove to his company to review the plans. The architect asked me if I talked to Peng (alias) about Falun Dafa. I hesitated to answer him. My husband said that he was against my so doing. The architect ignored him and continued, “I told Peng that you were a good person, so he asked me if you practice Falun Dafa. I said I’ve known you for a long time and you are different from what the CCP says about Falun Dafa practitioners. All we’ve been told is fake information and it’s propaganda. I said we should learn the truth.”
The architect and Peng are good friends. When I clarified the truth to Peng, he listened attentively and agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The architect talked about another worker he knew who asked about the three withdrawals, and the architect told him that he already quit the CCP.
I previously told the architect a lot of facts about Falun Dafa, and he accepted everything I said. I told him, “It would be great if everyone knows Falun Dafa as you do. If our friends and relatives all know that Falun Dafa is good and don’t misunderstand or discriminate against us, we won’t have so much pressure.” My husband kept silent. He didn’t say anything after we came home.
I’ve been persecuted a few times so my husband is afraid that I’d be persecuted again. He always stood by me. He’s kind and also understands that Falun Dafa is good. The root of his fear comes from me because I have the notion that I’ll be persecuted and I also have some negative thoughts about him. I didn’t cultivate well, and I still have many human notions. I realized recently that I shouldn’t use human notions to judge things. I must cultivate my every thought.
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