By a Dafa practitioner in Mainland China

(Clearwisdom.net) The lawsuit against Jiang is still in process. Recently, I noticed some common negative phenomena and gained some understanding as a result of sharing with fellow practitioners:

1. Some practitioners are finding it difficult to calm down in Fa-study and sending forth righteous thoughts, experiencing serious interference from distracting thoughts. They are unable to get out of this state for a long time, feeling helpless.

2. Some are thinking, "We have to rely on Master to rectify the surrounding environment, and because we cannot concentrate when sending forth righteous thoughts, our thoughts are therefore not powerful enough. We can only do what we are able to."

3. Some think, "It is good enough to have just a general knowledge about issues such as the current 'lawsuit against Jiang,' 'the grand trial' and 'Charles Li's case,' and find some time to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. During this period, we might as well stay home studying the Fa and doing the exercises; if we have truth materials, distribute them; if we don't, then let it be. Anyway, I'm doing what Master has told us to do. Compared with those who are not diligent, I'm much better."

4. Some believe that the ones who can calm down when sending forth righteous thoughts are those who attended Master's lectures; they have such strong affinity, so they must have very good inborn quality, and that is why they can calm down and send forth powerful righteous thoughts.

5. Some believe it is good enough to just flip through "Minghui Weekly" and know a bit about what is going on. They think, "I do not have time even to read the books, how could I find time to read articles on Minghui Net?"

I think the reason we have the above-mentioned thoughts is because we have not understood Fa-rectification and are looking at it completely with human notions.

For example, Numbers 2 and 4 show that we have unconsciously accepted the arrangements of the old forces. At present, we are in the period of Fa-rectification, and when faced with all kinds of interference and destruction, we must eliminate them with righteous thoughts, and look inward at the same time so that we do not give the old forces any gaps to take advantage of. As long as we have full confidence and firm righteous thoughts, the evil will be frightened. "The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts." ("Drive Out Interference" Essentials for Further Advancement II)

This is easier said than done. The difficulty lies in the attachments we hold onto. It is very painful when we truly let go of them. In fact, many fellow practitioners know this very well: Particularly now when we are in the last stage of Fa-rectification, any attachment will make it impossible for us to keep a calm mind when studying the Fa or sending forth righteous thoughts. Therefore we need to require ourselves to have a diligent heart and let go of all worldly desires and attachments, and try our best to reach a state of no omission. "For cultivators, though, when it comes to raising the requirement on your xinxing and letting go of your attachments, there's absolutely no wiggle room, and the standard can absolutely not be lowered, because we need to be responsible to the future, and to the cosmos and the sentient beings of the future." ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003") With fewer and fewer attachments, we shall be able to study the Fa with a calm mind and our righteous thoughts will be incomparably powerful. We will also do better and better in validating the Fa.

Regarding the issue of sending forth righteous thoughts, I would like to share some of my own experience. It was last October that I began to truly be able to send forth righteous thoughts every hour on the hour (Except for when I was asleep. I used a timer to remind me during work). In the beginning, I could not calm down either, with many thoughts running like wild rivers and seas. So I started to look for my attachments behind those distracting thoughts, and tried to let go of them. At the same time, I tried to look at things with righteous thoughts in daily life and would measure everything against the Fa principles. I understood that even if I could calm down for only one second while sending forth righteous thoughts, then with this one second I could send forth powerful righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil, and my efforts would not be in vain. I also began to extend the time of sending forth righteous thoughts from five minutes to 15 minutes or even longer. In the beginning, I was impatient, but gradually, with a calmer mind I was able to send forth powerful righteous thoughts. Of course there have been relapses. I was able to concentrate with a calm mind for a while, but after a while I could not do it any more. When this happened I would strengthen Fa-study and proactively assimilate to the Fa. When I did not want to study the Fa, I would overcome the interference by reading the Fa aloud and copying the book. Usually it would take only a couple of days to eliminate the interference.

Not long a ago, when we were in an important stage of suing Jiang, I again felt the interference and felt myself under a lot of pressure, and when I sent forth righteous thoughts I always felt sleepy. I looked inward, but could not find the relevant attachment. I realized that it was the evil beings interfering with me and it was a good opportunity to eliminate them. (Usually I had to try hard to find them, now that they came to me, I would not let them get away.) Interference is only temporary. As we strengthen Fa-study, we also intensify our sending forth righteous thoughts. Regarding truth-clarification, whenever I met someone I would try to tell them that Jiang is being sued in the U.S. Some everyday people, even though they were neither for nor against Dafa, when they learned that Jiang is being sued and is facing trial, were very happy and thought it was a very good thing. This is also eliminating Jiang's evil field in the human dimension from another angle.

When in a place crowded with people, I would add another thought to eliminate the poison put into this group of people by the evil so that their knowing side would be awakened and take control. Perhaps later they would have more opportunities to learn the truth. The second day after I started doing this I was able to calm down and felt very warm throughout my body. The above is a little bit of my own experience and it only serves as reference.

My understanding is: When coming across problems and difficulties, never feel helpless (because if you do, you already accept the old forces' arrangements), and always have firm faith that Master and the Fa will help us resolve the problems. Even if we cannot understand it very well at the time, we need to proactively share with fellow practitioners and have a heart to improve. "Question: Ever since the Fa-rectification period began, my state has been up and down, and I haven't been able to let go of my pursuit of comfort all this time, so I'm quite distressed. Teacher: Master can help you, but only as long as you know to strive to improve. (Applause)" ("Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference")

Recently, with the issue of "Bringing Jiang to Justice," we believe this is a very good opportunity to clarify the truth. (In fact I have seen very good results in clarifying the truth to people around me) Apart from printing some more copies of the "special issue," I also selected a few good articles to show fellow practitioners; at the same time, I also help fellow practitioners understand the importance of the "trial" from the perspective of the Fa as one body. This is not getting involved in politics, it is saving people. Once fellow practitioners understand this according to the Fa principles, they will do even better in eliminating the evil. While trying to make our flyers comprehensive, I also designed single flyers, such as a letter to tell people that Jiang is being sued. Fellow practitioners all felt it was good. I also encouraged fellow practitioners to add another thought when sending forth righteous thoughts, "Eliminate interference and damage from other dimensions that affect the lawsuit against evil Jiang."

Master said, "Your doing a good job of cooperating has been the key, and there haven't been many cases where you let personal attachments affect how you validate Dafa. And there haven't been too many cases among you where you insist on your own opinions to the point that you can't let go. There hasn't been much friction among the students. You've cooperated with each other fairly well, and that's how you've created such a good situation in terms of validating the Fa."("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003") In terms of cooperation as one body, we as a group send forth righteous thoughts with specific targets and have effectively restrained the evil. There are a variety of ways of clarifying the truth that practitioners have adopted and have seen good results. Therefore, we try to involve all practitioners in what we do and do well the three things Master talked about, so that we will become an indestructible one-body with no omissions.

Of course, we still have much room for improvement. For instance, some fellow practitioners, out of fear, do not dare to share their experiences with others, or to distribute flyers and CDs and they dare not clarify the truth to people face to face. Some are cold toward fellow practitioners who have fallen behind. I think if every one of us has a compassionate heart and treats every person in the world as our family members, then we will perhaps achieve much better results in truth-clarification.

I would conclude with words from Master, "To reduce the losses, and to save sentient beings, put your Dafa disciples' powerful righteous thoughts to full use! Show your Mighty Virtue!" ("Righteous Thoughts")

Posting date: 7/12/2003
Original article date: 7/12/2003
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 7/10/2003
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2003/7/5/53501.html

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