Powerful Righteous Thoughts and a Firm Heart Frighten Away and Eliminate Evil
By Jing Xin Yuan from China
(Clearwisdom.net, September 1, 2003) One day in April this year, a fellow practitioner that I had not seen for a
few years delivered some Dafa material to me. Upon seeing him, I was attracted
by the beautiful Falun badge on his chest. But then I wondered secretly,
"In this special period, why did he dare to wear the Falun badge. Did he
not have any worries and fears? The evil is madly persecuting Dafa and
practitioners." Later we shared experiences and I frankly told him my thoughts. He smiled and
said peacefully, "It is perfectly justified for a Dafa practitioner to wear
a Falun badge from the perspective of heavenly principles. Who would be afraid?
Only the evil beings and vicious people would be afraid. Teacher said, 'one
righteous mind can subdue one hundred evils' (Zhuan Falun). As long as we
have strong righteous thoughts and a firm heart, we can act righteously and the
evil cannot find any loophole. Besides, wearing a Falun badge will create more
opportunities to clarify the truth to people and let people see that Dafa
practitioners are not afraid of the evil forces, giving people a deep impression
of dignity." The fellow practitioner then calmly shared what happened after he started
wearing the Falun badge. As early as this January, he started wearing it.
Unexpectedly, his family members were the first to speak out against it and
asked him to take off the badge and stay home to practice Dafa and avoid being
persecuted again. Facing his family members' concern and fear, his mind did not
become disturbed. Instead, he further clarified the truth to his family members
and let the whole family see truth-clarifying materials and VCDs about Dafa.
Finally, his family members all understood and supported him. One day, one of his long time friends came to visit him. Upon seeing the
Falun badge, his friend's facial color changed and he said many unpleasant
words. But this practitioner stayed calm since he knew it was the evil beings
behind his friend that was affecting him. So he started to clarify the truth. At
last his friend understood everything and said good-bye to him with a smile and
said, "You've got to practice well!" At work, this practitioner clarified the truth to almost every co-worker and
temporary helper. He gave them truth-clarifying VCDs. The management heard about
it and a major leader of his work unit confronted him and asked him not to wear
the Falun badge and not to practice Falun Gong anymore. He then took that
opportunity to clarify the truth. After one day of conversation, the leader
understood the answer to many questions that bothered him and also many
principles. The practitioner then gave him a truth clarification VCD. After
watching the VCD, the leader said he respected Dafa and practitioners. After the practitioner told me this, he said, "Actually I don't really
care about how everyday people look at my wearing the Falun badge. I am just
trying to clarify the truth to them. But the fellow practitioners' different
views and attitudes did puzzle me for a while." Then he told me about what
some fellow practitioners said about his wearing the Falun badge. Some advised
him to make safety a top priority and that it's better to be careful. Some said
that he was giving the evil forces the chance to persecute him. Facing fellow
practitioners, he always tried to share his experience from the Fa's perspective
and he calmly spoke out about his own understanding. Eventually, the fellow
practitioner not only understood him but also became moved by his powerful
righteous thoughts. Some fellow practitioners also started to wear the Falun
badges. This practitioner bought a computer, a photocopier, and a VCD burner and
started to make Dafa truth clarification materials. Recently, I went to his home
and saw him glowing with health. His wife told me that he was really busy at
work in the daytime, so he squeezed out time in the evening to make Dafa truth
materials. He often did not have time to have lunch. In the evening, he often
sat before the computer all night long. Looking at his thin face and the shining
Falun badge on his chest, I told myself that I should be as worthy of the title
of Dafa practitioner.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/9/1/56616.html
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