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Righteous Thoughts and Actions On the Path of Cultivation Practice
By Dafa practitioner Jing Lian
(Clearwisdom.net) I was fortunate enough to obtain Dafa in 1997. Through
studying the Fa, I came to realize that human beings are truly lost in a sea of
suffering, and there is simply no way to break away from the shackles of all the
worries, tribulations and illnesses in the world. Even if one realizes the
happiness that one seeks, it is but a fleeting moment that drifts away like
smoke and the passing clouds. If one truly wants to change one's destiny, the only way is through
cultivation practice, cultivating according to the universe's characteristics of
"Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," improving oneself, and paying
back all the accrued karmic debts from the past. During the troubled days when the Jiang group's lies permeated the entire
country, I studied the Fa thoroughly and recited the Fa to strengthen my
righteous thoughts, and resolutely gave no chance for the evil to exploit. The first time was on July 19, 1999. At that time, several thousand Dafa
practitioners who came from across the country were arrested. The police
demanded everyone's name and address for release. Three of the practitioners
and I thought that we must not leave our names and addresses, so we avoided
this by using our righteous thoughts. The second time was on November 24, 2001. As soon as we got to Tiananmen
Square, we were rounded up into a police vehicle by the police. There were
many Dafa practitioners in the vehicle. I saw with my own eyes how the police
viciously beat Dafa practitioners with a club. It was
brutal. At the time, I looked at it with righteous thoughts so that the evil
could meet with due retribution. In an instant, a policeman's fist landed on
the bamboo shoots of a Dafa practitioner's banner as he struck, and was stuck
full of slivers. Later, the police vehicle packed full of Dafa practitioners
pulled up at the police station. I was the last one to get out. Because of my
strong righteous thoughts and Master's protection, a policeman asked me:
"Are you a Falun Gong practitioner?" I used my wit: "Do you
think I look like one?" He said: "If not, what are you doing
here?" I told him that the police could not tell who was who, and did not
allow me to speak, and forcibly pushed me into the police vehicle. He then
said I could leave! Thus, I was released. Of the two dozen practitioners that
went to Beijing, I was the only one that returned. The third time I went to Beijing was in 2002. I went to Beijing alone to
validate Dafa. At that time, Beijing was under strict surveillance watching
for Dafa practitioners. At 12:00 noon, when Dafa practitioners around the
world were sending forth righteous thoughts, I came upon an overseas tourist
group. I unfurled a banner and called out, "Falun Dafa is good! My
Teacher is good!" Immediately, a policeman came over, but he did not see
me. At that time, although I had unfurled a banner and shouted my message, I
still felt unfulfilled. Then I went to the entrance of the Tiananmen Square
and called out loud: "Falun Dafa is good! My Teacher is good!" My
powerful voice reverberated throughout the entrance, yet the policeman who was
near me looked as if he did not hear anything. In going to Beijing three times to validate Dafa, I was unscathed because
Master protected me, and also because I had powerful righteous thoughts, just
as Master said: "Indestructible righteous faith in the cosmos's Truth forms benevolent
Dafa disciples' rock-solid, Diamond-Like Bodies, it frightens all evil, and
the light of Truth it emanates makes the unrighteous elements in all beings'
thoughts disintegrate. However strong the righteous thoughts are, that's how
great the power is." ("Also in a Few Words" from Essentials
for Further Advancement II) One time when I was posting truth-clarification material, a man suddenly
came in from the entryway. I willed my righteous thoughts for him to go away.
And indeed, after he hesitated, he turned around and left, affirming the power
of righteous thoughts. Thereafter I often used righteous thoughts to eliminate
all kinds of interference while I distributed materials. Another time was when I opened a restaurant. There were two customers
making a lot of noise while they dined. They still had not left at 3:00 p.m.
At that time, I was transcribing the scripture "Touring North America to
Teach the Fa." I thought about sending righteous thoughts to remove the
interference in the other dimensions. When I recited the formulas, all the
noise disappeared instantaneously and it became very quiet. Five minutes
later, they left without finishing their meals or drinks. Before I obtained Dafa, I was beset with all kinds of illnesses, and took a
lot of medicine. I was in misery. After I started to practice cultivation, I
realized that if I wanted to purify my body I needed to endure a part of the
pain myself. That bit of pain does not amount to anything. That is eliminating
karma. When I cannot do it, I just study and recite the Fa. Whether it is karma
or the arrangement of the old forces, it cannot stop my rock-solid, diamond-like
determination. I remember that when I went to Beijing to validate Dafa the third time, my
left leg was in extreme pain, and it got worse and worse. I almost could not
walk. Was it karma elimination or interference from the old forces? I looked
within myself. No matter what it was or how difficult it was, I must pass the
test well. Once my righteous thoughts came out, there was no pain on the way to
Beijing. This was another display of the mighty power of righteous thoughts. The arduous process of cultivation practice during the last several years
makes me more sober and I realize the need to constantly maintain righteous
thoughts and righteous actions. Master's law bodies are protecting me all the
time. Righteous thoughts and righteous actions can break through all the old
force's arrangements. Fellow practitioners, Teacher told us: "For a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple, personal liberation is
not the goal of cultivation: when you came, saving sentient beings was your
great aspiration, and that is the responsibility and mission history has
bestowed upon you in Fa-rectification." ("Let
Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People,") Let us not forget Teacher's words, and strive forward diligently on the path
of Fa rectification cultivation. |