(Clearwisdom.net) I was negligent when it came to sending righteous thoughts at midnight (China-time). I never did well at it, ever since Teacher's lecture "Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful" was published in 2001 until mid-September 2008. I also did not do well when sending righteous thoughts during the other designated times. When other practitioners brought up this issue, I dared not answer and always tried to switch the topic or find some excuse. I thought that if I did not sleep well at night, I could not clarify the truth well. And I thought it would be ok if I missed the midnight session.

Teacher was worried because of disciples like me. During the past years, the local coordinator reminded me often: "You should follow the Fa-rectification requirements." I did not succeed because I was attached to human notions. My sleeping pattern was more important to me. I believed that I could not clarify the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution well the following day if I didn't get my sleep.

The above thinking resulted in increased interference. I was tired and my cultivation environment was disturbed. The secretary from the local residential committee often came to my home to harass me. Other practitioners told me that I was being followed by evil. While sleeping at night, I often saw evil things, ugly beings and sometimes even the demon of lust entered my dreams. It prevented me from doing the three things well.

Since my dimension was disturbed, I could not calm down during Fa study. I often subconsciously misread, omitted, or added characters when reading the Fa. Troubles faced me when clarifying the truth. For example, I lost expensive items, was involved in traffic accidents, experienced mechanical problems with my bike, and so on.

In September 2008, during a group-sharing meeting, I told others about my shortcomings. Then, I studied several articles of Teacher on sending righteous thoughts. When I read:

"Actually, every Dafa disciple has abilities. It's just that the abilities do not manifest in the surface dimension, so they think that they don't have supernormal abilities. But regardless of whether they can manifest in the surface dimension or not, when a person's True Thoughts come forth they are very powerful." ("Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful")

I told my wife, also a practitioner, "Let's catch up and pay more attention to sending righteous thoughts." My wife said, "Let's start tonight."

Since September 27, 2008, my wife and I adjusted our schedules and made sure that we send righteous thoughts at midnight. Also we began to make up sending righteous thoughts when we missed it.

Several months have passed and instead of feeling tired, I feel more energetic. There is no more interference in my environment. Even the disturbing phone calls stopped, and the secretary from the local residential committee no longer came to bother me.