(Clearwisdom Net) "Let me tell you, all those who remain and that can persecute Dafa and Dafa disciples are due to our students themselves. Students who haven't taken sending forth righteous thoughts seriously: the evil in the dimensions that you are supposed to shoulder and be responsible for has not been eliminated. That's the cause. ...How far a person wants to cultivate to and what realm a person wants to reach are his own business. Master can only tell you the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts." ("Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.")
Recently, the place where we print truth-clarifying materials has been severely disturbed by the evil. The human thoughts of Dafa practitioners are taken advantage of by the evil, from which disputes and conflicts arise. Some practitioners dozed off while sending forth righteous thoughts and didn't maintain the right hand gesture. Some were followed by plain clothed policeman. Thus the work of saving sentient beings was delayed. Some practitioners had to move to a safe place and that consumed a lot of their time and energy. Experiencing all this made me consider the safety of the printing site and how to break away from the damages and disturbances arranged by the old forces. Teacher says, "the Fa can destroy all evil." How can we rationally comprehend the Fa and cope with all this? When I studied with a calm mind, I felt I had enlightened a great deal to this issue, and especially developed a deeper understanding of the above mentioned paragraph regarding sending forth righteous thoughts.
It has been over a year since we started sending forth righteous thoughts. Witnessing what has happened to practitioners around me, I found that those who did well in sending forth righteous thoughts have largely reduced or avoided much of the persecution from the evil.
In September 2001, some practitioners in the labor camp did very well in sending forth righteous thoughts and were released ahead of time. They were not forced into the brainwashing classes after being released from the labor camp. Another practitioner, after getting out of the labor camp, when sending forth righteous thoughts on the hour, would sit for a long period of time with a calm mind whenever possible, which enabled righteous thoughts to have full effect. When attending a Fa-conference in a southern city, he managed to escape from the trap set up by the evil. He realized after the incident that it was because he had eliminated the evil in the dimensions he was responsible for, and hence, wasn't restrained by the evil at critical moments.
Sending forth righteous thoughts is the powerful weapon Teacher bestowed upon us with which to break away from the old force's persecution and to do Fa-rectification. At the same time, the evil old force is trying every means to restrain, disturb, and impair Dafa practitioners' sending forth righteous thoughts.
While detained in the labor camp, we only knew the verse of sending forth righteous thoughts and didn't know the hand gestures. We recited the verse again and again without knowing that after reciting the verse we should maintain a calm mind. As the evil became more and more hysterical on the surface, the misleading appearance prevented us from seeing the effect of righteous thoughts.
Not until we were released from the labor camps and brainwashing classes did we read the articles from Clearwisdom Net about how to send forth righteous thoughts. We visited practitioners in some places and saw that they were all doing it like this: Five minutes before the hour, they would clear their own thoughts. Hearing the beep signaling the hour, they would hold up their right hand for five minutes, then change to the lotus hand gesture for another five minutes. Altogether it took 15 minutes. Basically they took sending forth righteous thoughts on the hour very seriously, but they seldom calmed down and sent forth righteous thoughts for long periods of time. For some time I was confined to the "five-minute" notion and only sent forth righteous thoughts for 15 minutes around the hour.
After exchanging experiences with some practitioners who did well in sending forth righteous thoughts, we realized that the calmer one's mind and the longer period of time, the better we can eliminate the evil old forces that arranged, manipulated, and directed the rotten demons. Only then did we really break away from the path arranged by the old forces and eliminate the old forces' persecution.
In the past few days of cultivation, I felt that the longer the period of time we sent forth righteous thoughts, the more powerful it was. I can also feel what other practitioners mentioned: that the old forces being eliminated by my supernormal powers are attacking me and trying to stop me from sending forth righteous thoughts. I saw their desperate last struggle before their elimination. It is just like the story little practitioner Shanshan posted on Clearwisdom Net. After he came out of "Ding (tranquility)," one hour had passed. In other dimensions, it was a heated process of eliminating evil, while reflected in our dimension, it was a period of time of sending forth righteous thoughts. Therefore, I think when possible we ought to spend a relatively long period of time sending forth righteous thoughts in order to make sure the process is complete and the evil is cleaned out.
The reflection of direct interference from the evil when we send forth righteous thoughts is our sleepiness, dozing off, and distorted hand gestures. Thus our energy potency and supernormal powers are confined and can't fully manifest. My personal experience is that such disturbance mostly comes from our own dimensions. When I told a practitioner who appeared to be interfered in that way, he was surprised and asked, "Is my hand gesture distorted?" When he was sleepy, he opened his eyes to check his hand gesture. At this moment of checking, his hand came up again, or the closed lotus hand gesture opened up again, however both occurred just in time to fool his eyes. It is hard for the person to realize it when no one else is around. Some practitioners mentioned that Teacher gave them a hint that "a thief from inside the house is hard to guard against." Therefore, I think those who are sleepy and muddle-headed when sending forth righteous thoughts should do meditation with a calm mind and send forth righteous thoughts for a longer period of time to eliminate the evil in the dimension for which they are responsible.
The evil also indirectly "kills" Dafa practitioners' precious time through creating troubles at work or other trivial matters, trapping practitioners and making it hard for them to send forth righteous thoughts with a calm mind. Or, it makes them feel that they have no time to do it or cannot do it long enough. This type of interference has resulted in a vicious circle and has affected practitioners' mindsets. They seem to experience dilemmas such as being in "low spirits," low efficiency, chaos, bluntness, and sleepiness while sending forth righteous thoughts. Another issue is that the evil would distract us by making our minds wander.
My observation is that those who do well in sending forth righteous thoughts all have a strong main consciousness and are energetic. Upon retrospection, it also took me some time to grasp the key to sending forth righteous thoughts. Now I can feel its great power.
Teacher tells us in the new article "Righteous Thoughts": "This is how to do it: (1) You should focus your attention and your effort, your mind has to be absolutely clear and rational, the force of your thoughts needs to be focused and strong, with an air of supremacy and of destroying all evil in the cosmos. (2) The disciples who for the time being aren't able to see other dimensions can focus powerful thoughts in saying the word Mie1 after they finish saying the formula(s). The Mie word needs to be so strong that it's as large as the cosmic body, encompassing everything and leaving out nothing in any dimension. (3) Those disciples who can see the evil beings in other dimensions can handle things according to the situations they are aware of. Their righteous thoughts need to be strong, and they should fully use their wisdom. One righteous thought itself subdues a hundred evil things. (4) Closing your eyes and not closing your eyes both have the same effect when you send righteous thoughts. If you keep your eyes open you need to reach a state where you don't take note of anything you see in the dimension of everyday people."
I hope each and every one of our practitioners can grasp the right way of sending forth righteous thoughts and fully display the power Teacher has bestowed upon us, so as to follow the Fa-rectification process and complete our divine mission of assisting Teacher in saving sentient beings.
The above is personal understanding. Please kindly point out any mistakes.
Written by Practitioner Lei Yin on October 13, 2002
