Being Responsible to the Entire Group of Practitioners

Today I studied "Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference." A practitioner asked a question which Teacher answered. I believe that this is of interest to all practitioners.

Disciple: Some students go back to the mainland almost every year. Can they take on important projects?

Master: I think it's best that they don't. One day they might be taken away by the evil Party's wicked police, and once they are gripped with fear, they might say anything. (Laughs, sighs)

When reading the question and Teacher's response, I enlightened that no matter what practitioners do, they need to be responsible to Dafa and the entire body of practitioners. This thought in turn reminded me of a problem which is very common in Mainland China. There are always some practitioners who fall in the trap laid by the evil and disclose the source of the truth-clarification materials because they cannot bear the pressure put on them by the persecutors. This results in a domino effect, exacerbating the persecution of practitioners in that particular area.

I want to share my understanding, given the way Teacher answered the question.

I'm looking at the situation from the perspective of the practitioners that distribute materials to other practitioners. Usually, they would turn over materials as long as the other practitioners will take them, even though they know that these individuals have lots of human notions. Out of fear that the other person might lose face, they dare not speak up. It is clear that human emotions play a role in this. I think that this is not being responsible to the entire group of practitioners. If we can hold firmly to the idea of being responsible for the whole group, we should not ask ourselves who should receive the materials, but how practitioners should cooperate with each other and how practitioners in different areas can improve together.

When discussing coordination, I perceive that many practitioner have no problem as individuals doing Fa-validation work, but the minute it involves coordinating with the entire group, they find it very difficult. In fact, many problems seem to arise, but from which perspective should we look at this "difficulty"? This is something that we should think about deeply. If we only hold on to our own understanding and refuse to let go of our own way of doing things, everything will become increasingly more difficult.

On the other hand, once we let go of the human heart, let go of self, open our hearts and look at everything from the perspective of the entire group, the problem may disappear and the situation may change. It may turn into nothing. Isn't it usually just like this.

This is just a small sharing of how I look at the situation. Please kindly correct any mistakes.