(Minghui.org) Surveillance cameras are widely installed everywhere in China, both in cities and the countryside. Some practitioners in China have become overly cautious in what they do because there have been cases of practitioners being captured while validating the Fa and suffering persecution.

Some practitioners stopped organizing Fa-study and sharing sessions in their homes because there were surveillance cameras nearby. Others were hesitant to go to practitioners’ homes for fear of being seen on surveillance cameras.

Clearly, when we think like this, we have already unwittingly increased the likelihood of persecution, by acknowleging the evil rather than placing our omnipotent Master and Dafa first. If we keep thinking this way, anything we do may seem unsafe.

We may be afraid of being reported to the police, captured on surveillance cameras when distributing truth-clarifying materials, tracked down when making truth-clarifying phone calls or producing truth materials, and so on. With such fears, how can we validate the Fa and save sentient beings?

We understand from the Fa principles that practitioners being captured on surveillance cameras and arrested is only persecution at the surface level. Even some practitioners who just stayed at home and did nothing to validate the Fa were arrested and persecuted. There have also been cases of practitioners who stayed at home to avoid arrests passing away due to sickness karma. The real cause is the evil taking advantage of loopholes in our cultivation or some other reasons at deeper levels. If we fail to realize this and rectify ourselves quickly, the evil will continue to persecute us.

I’m only referring to practitioners’ fear of surveillance cameras here. Even if practitioners have loopholes in their cultivation, the evil is not allowed to use these as excuses to persecute us because we are beyond the control of these evil beings.

I would nontheless like to remind fellow practitioners not to be affected when hearing or seeing other practitioners in trouble because of surveillance cameras, or developing fear and apprehension about them. Doing so will only create more obstacles for us.

Our cultivation states vary from person to person, and the human attachments and notions we have are also different. What happens to others might not happen to you, and by the same token, what you experience might not happen to others.

Many practitioners who have done well in cultivation have walked steadily on the path of saving people all these years without any trouble. When we see or hear about some troubling incidents, it could also be a test to see how we react in our thoughts and actions, as to whether we look at these incidents negatively or view them with righteous thoughts and draw positive lessons from them.

Since we are still cultivating among everyday people, when we validate the Fa and assist Master in saving sentient beings, we should always act rationally with wisdom, and never go to extremes.

Many practitioners shared that whenever they encounter surveillance cameras, they send forth righteous thoughts, such as, “All things have a soul, and you have also come for the Fa. You only capture bad people, not the good ones.” “You only show light with no images.” “Dafa disciples’ bodies are formed with particles from more microscopic levels, so you cannot capture me.” “Righteous gods and Fa guardians, please block the surveillance camera. Let it close its lens and turn around,” and so on.

As Fa-rectification period Dafa disciples, how can we stay safe? The answer is that the safest way is to always act on the basis of Fa principles.

Fellow practitioners, we are Dafa disciples entrusted with a great mission. As long as we have the Fa in our hearts, truly cultivate our xinxing and walk steadily forward, we will be able to complete the path that Master has arranged for each of us.

The above is some of my personal understanding. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.