(Clearwisdom.net) Recently I read an article published in Minghui Weekly on the closing of a certain forum. The article talked about some drawbacks that existed in the forum. I had the same feeling after reading the article. It made me think about how there are similar problems, to some extent, in some practitioners' blogs.
Some Falun Dafa practitioners have set up blogs for the purpose of clarifying the truth and saving people. They are validating Dafa from different angles. However, it is a practitioner's personal decision to set up a blog. The content and format are the practitioner's personal choice, without supervision or review by others. Therefore, there are some problems in the blogs because practitioners are at different Xinxing levels.
A popular practice in these blogs is to put the links to other practitioners' blogs in their blogs or websites and often to say hello or leave messages. Several practitioners' blogs are pretty well-known in the circle of practitioners' blogs. The Minghui/Clearwisdom website has published articles before to remind practitioners not to do this. However, it seems that many practitioners do not pay attention to this issue.
No matter what, practitioners should be responsible for the safety of themselves and other practitioners. Actually, it is enough as long as everyone does what he should do with diligence and wisdom.
Some practitioners spend much energy in running their blogs. However, under the current circumstances in China, it is not suitable to directly explain the facts about Falun Gong in blogs. Some practitioners with good writing skills have written many articles. But what effect do they have in saving sentient beings? Do they play the roles they should in the Fa-rectification? Or are they mainly to satisfy the authors' desire to write articles and express their own views "without any limitation?" All of these issues need to be examined objectively.
In "Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference:"
"Disciple: Should the European Choir continue to try to raise awareness and save the world's people by using the format of a choir?
"Master: I sometimes wonder whether your singing can really have an effect like Shen Yun, can it really save people? That would be hard to do. If the choir can't achieve a real effect in terms of saving sentient beings, then it's not that meaningful. The reason I say that is because when you rehearse or sing together, it consumes human resources. If you can, however, really play a big part in saving sentient beings, then you should do it as long as some people are indeed saved, even if you can't guarantee a large number. But by all means don't become attached to the choir itself."
I feel that blogging is a similar issue. If a person definitely has the time and circumstances to do it, he can go ahead. However, he should pay attention to safety and the righteousness and purity of the blog and not treat it as a place for practitioners' attachments to human thoughts and feelings.
When some practitioners talk about past and present events and theories, their writing style is very outstanding, which many practitioners admire. To be blunt, however, all of their knowledge comes from Dafa. Probably due to the limitations in China, many things cannot be spelled out. It is hard for ordinary people to understand that the authors are validating the Fa. It is a practitioner's personal decision how to validate the Fa and explain the truth. I think, however, that under any circumstance, we should clearly know that we are validating the Fa, not ourselves. Sometimes, although the intention is good, we should remind ourselves to walk in a righteous way at all times. It is very important for those practitioners who set up blogs to remember this.
I hope my sharing can play a role in inspiring those practitioners who run blogs to think about and improve this form of saving sentient beings and not to be taken advantage of by evil factors.
If there is anything inappropriate in my sharing, please point it out with compassion.