(Clearwisdom.net) I am very happy to have this opportunity today to share some understandings about our cultivation. I started to practice in October 1996. At that time, we had outdoor group exercises in the morning, and group Fa-study at my home in the evening. Sometimes we also listened to Teacher's lecture tape together. Looking back now, we improved rapidly during that period of time. Since the persecution started, we lost that good environment. In October 2002, after being released from the illegal detention, I had a severe attachment of fear. In combination with harassment from my workplace officials and interference from my family, I could not calm down to study the Fa or do the exercises. I no longer had the same feeling from reading Zhuan Falun. Later, I even did not like to read Zhuan Falun, and only wanted to read Teacher's new articles. I knew this was not right.
With continuing Fa-study, I gradually realized why I no longer had the same feeling when reading Zhuan Falun. On the one hand, Fa has higher requirements for us. On the other hand, I could not calm down during Fa-study. When unable to act according to the Fa, I unwittingly followed the path arranged by the old forces. When reading "Suggestions Given at the Beijing Falun Dafa Assistants Meeting (December 17, 1994)" (in Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa) again, I further understood the importance of group Fa-study. By damaging our environments for Fa-study and cultivation, the old forces aim to stop us from improving and even destroy us as well as other sentient beings. Only by listening to Teacher's lectures and group Fa-study we can improve as one body. In this way, we can form an enormous field of righteous thoughts to validate the Fa, so as to end this persecution.
Let us first talk about group Fa-study. We resumed the group Fa-study in late 2003. At the beginning, many of us had attachment of fear and dared not attend it. After some group Fa-study and discussions, we felt our field was righteous and the effects were very good. So more and more practitioners joined. One practitioner said that, "When first hearing about group Fa-study, I was very afraid. I was very nervous even when entering the door. However, I calmed down entering the room." During the group Fa-study and discussions, practitioners shared freely of their understandings and places where they are not clear. In addition, individual lessons and experiences were also shared so that we could improve better as one body. During the Fa-study, we took turns reading, one paragraph each. As some elderly practitioners do not know how to read certain words, they were helped in this way. We felt as if we had gone back to the time period prior to the persecution on July 20, 1999.
When it was close to Lunar New Year 2005, for consecutive 10 days, we had group Fa-study and sending forth righteous thoughts everyday. On the Lunar New Year eve, we also sent forth righteous thoughts until 12 o'clock midnight. We all felt strong righteous thoughts. One practitioner said, "Watching the CCTV New Years Party on TV, we were being infiltrated with CCP Party Culture." In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said,
"Some people even went to other qigong masters' classes and after going home felt very uncomfortable. That is for sure. Why didn't my fashen protect you? What did you go there for? By going there to listen, didn't you want to seek something? If you did not listen with your ears, how could it get into your body?"
This practitioner had realized this long ago, but did not have a chance to share his thoughts with others. He said, "Since the persecution started, we never gather together to watch the CCTV New Year Party."
On New Years Eve of 2006, we finished dinner and went to bed soon afterwards. After 8 pm, some police came to kidnap me. They were surprised my home did not have lights on, and had no response after knocking at the door. They said, "How come nobody is at home? This should be the time when everyone gets together to watch the CCTV New Years Party." I heard this very clearly. Later they left, and their kidnapping plan was in vain. I later confirmed they were police. From this we can also learn that, if one had strong righteous faith in Teacher, the evil dared not persecute him or her.
There was also some interference at the beginning of group Fa-study. For example, when some practitioners saw a police car by the road, they dared not come, but returned home. Once a practitioner came to Fa-study, but returned home as soon as he saw someone squatting in front the door. He then called other practitioners saying there was plainclothes police outside. Overall, through the more than 3 years of group Fa-study and experience sharing, practitioners are becoming more and more mature. Right now, many practitioners join the group Fa-study, and several more practice sites have been established. From time to time (at least once a month), practitioners from several sites gather together for Fa-study and experience-sharing. Especially after Teacher's two new articles ("Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil" and "To the Australia Fa Conference") were published, practitioners even more realized the importance of Fa-study. "That is because the Fa is the foundation; it is what's fundamental for Dafa disciples; it is what ensures everything; and it is the avenue by which a human being journeys toward godhood." Through studying "Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil", practitioners realized the importance of going to the evil places (prisons, labor camps etc.) for sending forth righteous thoughts. Most practitioners are able to join sending forth righteous thoughts near those places, so as to eliminate the dark minions and rotten thugs. On the way back, practitioners sit together to share understandings so that we can improve together.
I would also like to share a story of practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts when distributing the Nine Commentaries (Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party). One evening, a practitioner carried more than 100 copies of the Nine Commentaries to distribute. As he was riding a bike on the median, a car suddenly appeared in front of him with headlights on. It turned out to be a police car. There were also many policemen asking him to stop his bike. This was really unexpected. It was impossible to turn around and ride back, or continue riding to get rid of the police. His first thought was: "I am a Dafa disciple and I need to save people. How can these copies of Nine Commentaries go to police. Teacher, please help me!" Then, he calmly stopped his bike in front of the police. A policeman asked, "What are you carrying on such a late evening?" He replied, "They are some copies of Nine Commentaries." The policeman said, "Can you open it up for us to take a look?" The practitioner opened the cardboard box. The policeman said, "All of them are books." Another policeman said, "He is riding a motor bike. We can let him go." The practitioner felt the police who let him go spoke in a different tone than before, as if the works were coming from a righteous being. In this way, he calmly continued and distributed all the copies of Nine Commentaries and returned safely.
I previously mentioned that I once did not like to read Zhuan Falun, nor could I enlighten to new principles. This is because the Fa has higher requirements for Fa-rectification Dafa disciples. We know that, if a practitioner cannot calm down when reading the Fa, the Fa-principles will not be displayed to him or her. When reading experience-sharing articles on Minghui, many practitioners shared good experiences about reciting Zhuan Falun. Even some practitioners older than me have been able to recite Zhuan Falun, how come I cannot do it? I thus decided to recite Zhuan Falun. With such a thought, I was able to recite Zhuan Falun one time from February to July 2006. There was a big barrier at the beginning. Every day, I was able to recite very little even after spending much time. I almost wanted to give up. Then I realized that this was not right; this was thought karma and interference rather than my true self. With strong righteous thoughts, the effect improved dramatically after finding my true self. I found that, whenever there was a day that I was too busy to recite, then it would be very difficult for me to continue. Sometimes, one hour passed before I was able to recite one paragraph. Plus, there was an interfering thought, "You will not succeed in reciting and you can stop now. Why not just read the paragraph? It will be much faster." If I were a little relaxed, it would be very difficult to continue. I decided to oppose such thoughts and continue with my reciting. With strong righteous thoughts, I resumed the status when I was able to recite smoothly. Therefore, I continued reciting the Fa everyday with no exceptions. Even on days when I am very busy, I still insisted on reciting one or two paragraphs, which had higher priority than eating or sleeping. Right now, I have finished reciting Zhuan Falun for the second time.
I really learned a lot through reciting Zhuan Falun. It is indeed beyond description. Nonetheless, I would like to share some understandings I had when reciting the section of "Mind-Intent" in Zhuan Falun. Please point out anywhere inappropriate.
In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said,
"When a practitioner does something specific, it is his or her supernormal abilities that do the work."
"For a practitioner, one's mind-intent dictates supernormal abilities to do things. For an everyday person, one's mind-intent directs the four limbs and the sensory organs to work, just like the production office in a factory: The director's office issues orders to each department of specific functions to carry out duties. It is also like the military headquarters: The commander's office gives the order and directs the entire army to carry out a mission."
When reciting this, I have a mixed feeling. There are plenty of slogans spray painted on outside walls in our area that defame Dafa. Local practitioners have shared several good methods to suppress the evil. We have practiced them several times, but the results were not ideal. We spent lots of time cleaning up the slogans, but soon afterwards they appeared again. During some discussions, some practitioners mentioned there were vicious slogans in certain areas, as if mentioning it is enough. In fact, when we heard about such things, we should think what actions to take, rather than just passively let them exist. In my understanding, Teacher asked us to use supernormal abilities to do things, plus, sending forth righteous is among the three things Teacher asks us to do. Then why don't we do it? In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said,
"As one of our practitioners was turning the pages of a qigong book, a big snake jumped out of it. Of course, I will not discuss this in detail."
That is to say, the vicious slogans were able to exist in the human world because there were evil elements behind them to back them up. If we were to send forth righteous thoughts in the vicinity of evil elements and use our supernormal abilities to disintegrate them, how can they still exist?
Once, slogans defaming Dafa appeared on the road to my workplace and several other places that I frequented. At that time, I did not have such deep understandings. Still, I knew the slogans represented the CCP evil specter. I recited the verses and sent forth righteous thoughts whenever I saw them and the slogans soon disappeared. On the surface they disappeared due to other reasons, but in fact their disappearance was the result of our sending forth righteous thoughts. In Zhuan Falun, Teacher said,
"For a practitioner, one's mind-intent dictates supernormal abilities to do things."
Although we did not specifically do something in this human world, our supernormal ability will automatically eliminate evil elements in other dimensions. The evil element's manifestation in this dimension were the slogans, which disappeared once the evil elements were eliminated..
Above are my limited understandings, please correct anywhere inappropriate.
