(Minghui.org) Access to the Internet has been severely blocked this year, making it difficult to visit the Minghui.org website. This issue wasn’t limited to our local area, but also affected other regions. I’d like to tell you how I was able to bypass the Internet blockade.
I feel that I’m quite skilled in all aspects of technology. When faced with problems, I tend to focus on the technical causes and often neglect to look inward or send righteous thoughts—even when others remind me. When I couldn’t access the Internet, I focused on looking for the cause from a technical perspective. Even though I put in a great deal of effort, I was unable to resolve the problem.
When I saw my wife, who lives in a different place than me, I asked if she was able to access Minghui.org. She replied, “Yes. It’s easy.” I mentioned that many people were having trouble getting online, and she said, “I know. But I’ve been able to easily access it.” I didn’t say anything, but was skeptical.
I needed to visit Minghui.org to complete a task. I clicked the program icon to launch FreeGate and Firefox, and waited in vain. I then closed it, tried again, and waited. I switched channels and waited. I tried various methods for quite a while, but I wasn’t able to access the Internet. I asked my wife to give it a try, thinking, “You said it was easy to get online. Let’s see what you can do.”
My wife came over and sat in my chair. She raised her right palm toward the computer and began sending righteous thoughts. I thought, “Take your time. I’ll go and lie down for a while.”
A moment later, she told me it was ready. I walked over to check, and indeed, the website had opened. However, the Internet speed was quite slow, and I couldn’t get anything done. My wife continued to send righteous thoughts. After a little while, she launched the “FreeGate and Firefox” program again, and this time the Internet speed was stable and I was able to browse smoothly.
I checked the FreeGate status and was surprised to see five servers running. It had been a long time since I saw that many servers running. After I completed all my tasks, the Internet speed remained stable, and five servers were still running.
I’m ashamed to admit that I secretly hoped my wife would be embarrassed by her failure, so I could tell her to be humble. However, she ended up teaching me a lesson instead. In my daily life, I haven’t paid much attention to sending righteous thoughts. I often get distracted and struggle to stay focused. As a result, I lacked confidence in the power of my righteous thoughts. This incident was a wake-up call for me.
I needed to visit Minghui.org again, but I couldn’t access the Internet. I remembered how my wife used righteous thoughts to break the Internet blockade, so I decided to try it.
I attempted twice, each time for about five minutes, but my mind was filled with distracting thoughts, and I wasn’t successful. I tried again, thinking, “My wife’s righteous thoughts worked so well, why aren’t mine working? This can’t be.”
I took a moment to calm my mind. This time, fewer distracting thoughts were present. After sending righteous thoughts for five minutes, I clicked the “FreeGate and Firefox” launcher and was immediately connected to the Internet! To my surprise, I saw that six servers were running. The connection remained stable after I finished downloading everything I needed and completed my task.
This was the first time I used righteous thoughts to break through the Internet blockade, yet Master gave me so much encouragement.
I attempted to visit Minghui.org again at a later date, but was unable to access it. I began sending righteous thoughts. The first two times were unsuccessful, as my mind was filled with distracting thoughts. On the third try, I focused hard to empty my mind, and very few distracting thoughts remained. My mind became calm and serene. Five minutes later, I clicked the “FreeGate and Firefox” launcher and quickly found a server. I thought to myself, “One server won’t be enough. I need more to complete my task.” As soon as that thought crossed my mind, “Swish,” four more servers appeared, and I was able to connect to the Internet with ease. The connection remained stable, even after I finished my task.
The next day, I needed to post something on the technical forum. At first, I couldn’t connect, so I began sending righteous thoughts. I focused intently to quiet my distracting thoughts. I then sent righteous thoughts three times, five minutes each time, but still couldn’t connect.
Just as I was wondering what was going wrong, it dawned on me that I should write the post beforehand, as typing and polishing it online would take too long. I quickly opened a Word document, wrote and refined my post, and then clicked on the “FreeGate and Firefox” launcher. This time, it worked. I found five servers, and the connection remained stable.
Three days later, I wanted to check the replies to my post on the forum. I sent righteous thoughts again. The first two attempts, five minutes each, were unsuccessful because my mind was filled with distracting thoughts. On the third attempt, I quieted the distractions and focused on sending righteous thoughts for seven minutes.
I felt rather confident when I clicked on the “FreeGate and Firefox” launcher, and easily broke through the blockade and found five servers. I was able to read all the replies, browse other posts, and search for information. The connection again remained stable the entire time.
The next time I went online and logged into the forum, it again took me three attempts sending righteous thoughts before I succeeded. The first two attempts were similar to the previous ones—I had a lot of distracting thoughts and didn’t succeed.
On the third attempt, I was troubled by trivial matters at home so much that I sent righteous thoughts for 20 minutes this time. Most of this time was spent trying to suppress the chaotic distracting thoughts, and I had to repeatedly recite the formulas.
Looking back on these 20 minutes, I remember there were two brief periods when my mind was relatively quiet, adding up to about five minutes in total. The overall effect was not as satisfying as I hoped, but still, I clicked on the “FreeGate and Firefox” launcher and successfully accessed the Internet. The entire online process was stable, supported by five servers again.
My recent experience of breaking through the Internet blockade increased my confidence in sending righteous thoughts, while also revealing serious shortcomings in my sending righteous thoughts and in my cultivation in Falun Dafa.
I haven’t been able to quiet my mind immediately. Instead, I have had to repeatedly remind myself to calm down, and I never truly reached a state of complete calm. This shows how much I’ve merely been going through the motions when I send righteous thoughts.
In my attempt to get online this time, I had to repeatedly send righteous thoughts, and force my mind to quiet down. Usually when I send righteous thoughts, my mind tends to wander, and I often don’t make the effort to correct it. I do it as if I’m just completing a chore.
During the process of circumventing the Internet blockade this time, I began to feel like a genuine practitioner. I couldn’t help but reflect and sigh, thinking, “What have I really been practicing all these years?”
Righteous thoughts have transformed me from being passive, to active in “breaking through the Internet blockade.”
Previously, my ability to access the Internet depended entirely on whether I was able to connect at a given time. If I couldn’t connect in the morning, I’d try at noon; if not at noon, I’d try in the afternoon; and if not in the afternoon, I’d try at night. If I couldn’t connect at one location, I’d move to another. In short, I had no control over when I could access the Internet.
Now, thanks to righteous thoughts, I’m able to surf the Internet whenever I want.
Some practitioners might think that my righteous thoughts are so strong that I can easily break through the Chinese Communist Party’s Internet blockade, although I know that I’m far from being strong. Others might shake their heads and sigh when reading about my experience, thinking, “Does it really require so much effort to get online? Relying on sending righteous thoughts all the time!?”
In my view, a truly accomplished practitioner, someone who is naturally pure in thought, has a powerful energy field. The evil will immediately leave as soon as such a practitioner sits down to send righteous thoughts. They can access the Internet effortlessly, whenever they wish. I believe this difference comes from practitioners’ varying states of cultivation and the way those states manifest.
Nothing is accidental in cultivation. So, at this moment, could it really be a coincidence that there is a widespread issue with not being able to access the internet, with many being unable to break through the blockade? Something isn’t right.
Regardless of what others may think, my experience of struggling to get online and eventually breaking through the blockade with righteous thoughts left me with a profound realization: I must truly strive to be a practitioner from now on!
This is my personal understanding. Please kindly point out anything improper.