Master's Words Are the Power Behind Our Righteous Thoughts
By Xilian, a practitioner from Northwest China
(Clearwisdom.net) Greetings Master! Greetings fellow practitioners! Reviewing the journey of my cultivation begun several years ago, I find that
there are no dynamic events, but only the gentle and peaceful actions that Dafa
disciples should carry out. There was no zealotry that made me get overexcited
and act irrationally, but just the gratification I felt when I read Master's new
scriptures. There was bitterness when I couldn't let go of my attachments, and,
there was the sense of sublimation after I let go of my attachments and built up
righteous thoughts. As Dafa disciples during the Fa-rectification period, each one of us has
clearly known the grand historical responsibilities that Master has bestowed on
us. However, we are cultivating among everyday society, especially in this
modern, materialistic world, and we all have ordinary human notions that were
formed many years ago. These create difficulties for us when validating Dafa and
saving sentient beings. Therefore, each one of our fellow practitioners should
handle everything truly from the standpoint of Fa-rectification instead of from
the standpoint of human notions. We should truly understand each word of
Master's from our heart and completely step forward from humanness. Only by
doing so, can we truly fulfill the three things that Master asks of
us. From several years' experience, I have realized that no matter how difficult
our surroundings, no matter what happens to us, and no matter how bad our human
notions are, as long as we remember what Master said, and think and behave
according to the requirements of Master, our righteous thoughts will come from
our hearts. The purity, the clarity and brightness inside our hearts, the
sublimation brought by our righteous thoughts--these are things that cannot be
fully expressed in human language. Only with a firm belief in Master and Falun
Dafa can we build up righteous thoughts. There will be no problems that cannot
be solved, and neither will there be any obstacles that will block our way. For
the past several years I have walked my path with righteous beliefs and
thoughts. Master Is Beside Us--What Is There to Be Afraid of? On July 20, 1999, the brutal suppression of Falun Dafa began in China. Since
I was blacklisted at my workplace, I noticed that, every now and then, my fear
would surface. At that moment, I would ask myself, "What on earth is there
to be afraid of? It is only fear of being illegally arrested and
being persecuted to death. If you can't let go of life and death, you're just a
human. As a Dafa disciple during the Fa-rectification period, can I reach
Consummation with such a serious, selfish attachment? We would give up
everything that we own for Dafa, even our lives, so what is there to be afraid
of? How many innumerable hardships has Master suffered as He descended to the
lowest level of this human world in order to spread Dafa and save us from hell
during the Fa-rectification period! What is left for me to not let go? Isn't
being afraid of something a kind of attachment and is even asking for it?"
Master said: "As a practitioner, if you always think that it is an illness, you are
actually asking for it. If you ask for an illness, it will come inside your
body." (Zhuan Falun) The evil will be capable of making their move based on whatever we are afraid
of. Being a Dafa disciple in the Fa-rectification period is already the greatest
honor since ancient times, and it is most fortunate for me to a disciple of
Master. There are so many people with predestined relationships who have not
obtained Dafa. What do I have that can't still be abandoned? When thinking like
this, the fear just disintegrated. Actually, I feel that our righteous thoughts
can fully manifest in a brief moment. I remember the first time when I went out on the street and posted some
truth clarification materials that I had written. It was 3:30 a.m.
Due to my fear, I felt that there were eyes everywhere and my heart beat hard. I
was so frightened! At the time, Master's Fa-rectification verses had not been
introduced yet. I thought of a paragraph from Zhuan Falun, "I am rooted in the universe. If anyone can harm you, he or she would
be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this
universe." (Zhuan Falun) I then held the thought that nobody could harm me because I have Master
beside me and I fear nothing. Once I had these righteous thoughts, I became
peaceful and felt that the sky and earth had become wider, as if the evil
disappeared. Recalling this, I realize that this breakthrough was the result of
Master strengthening me. A fellow practitioner once said to me, "It seems like you don't have any
fear when you distribute truth clarification materials." I said, "No,
fear sometimes emerges. The key is what I do if fear comes up. You should think
that you are a disciple of Master and you are doing something to save sentient
beings, and you will not be afraid of the evil. Especially now that we have the
Fa-rectification verses, what are you afraid of? Once you have righteous
thoughts, fear will dissipate naturally. When fear comes out again, you
dissipate it again. Isn't this cultivation?" In recent years I have helped
many fellow practitioners to step forward and validate Dafa. To help them get
rid of their fears, I brought them with me to distribute Dafa materials and told
them to send forth righteous thoughts. I also told them what to pay attention to
when doing truth clarification activities. Dafa Material Sites Function Normally Under Master's Care As the Fa-rectification constantly pushes forward, in 2001, my son--also a
practitioner--bought a computer and printer. At the beginning I wrote truth
clarification materials and sent them out, and mailed letters to other places
and various related units. Then I distributed the leaflets printed from the
Minghui/Clearwisdom website. Later my son started to compile truth clarification
materials himself and submitted them to the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. After
fellow practitioners working on the website checked and published them, he
downloaded and printed them. For several years he was responsible to Dafa and he
was very strict on choosing the materials to be distributed. Sometimes other
practitioners brought in all kinds of materials, wanting us to distribute them,
but our guideline was that we didn't adopt or pass on articles that were not
published by the Minghui website. In the meantime, we told fellow practitioners
not to pass along anything extreme. The materials production site never
reproduced any materials from other channels, and we effectively prevented the
spread of materials that undermined the Fa. No matter how vicious an
attack on Dafa is, with righteous belief in Master and righteous thoughts I have
broken through difficulties one after another, and the Dafa materials production
site has never stopped running during these past years. Because the persecution by the evil in our area escalated in recent years,
Dafa materials production sites were destroyed one after another. It frequently
happened that the authorities ransacked the house of a practitioner, computers
and printers were confiscated, and fellow practitioners were arrested and sent
to labor camps. For a time there were no Dafa materials sites in other places.
More seriously, fellow practitioners who distributed materials were arrested,
and practitioners who had contact with them were also arrested or sent to
brainwashing classes. They were questioned for the source of Dafa material. It
was made clear several times that the authorities would find all the Dafa
materials production sites. Under these circumstances I studied the Fa, looked inward for anything that
needed improvement, and increased the frequency and duration of sending forth
righteous thoughts. We are Dafa practitioners: we don't want any arrangements
for us other than Master's, and no one should touch us. With firm righteous
thoughts, I am able to get rid of the mentality of doing things, of complacency
and fear. I am strict with myself in all situations and never slack off. I don't
doubt the firmness of fellow practitioners and I believe that they certainly can
break through difficulties. Because of practitioners' steadfastness, the Dafa
materials production sites in our area were effectively protected. However, when
other fellow practitioners were worried about the safety of Dafa materials
sites, I say to them, "We are a whole entity. Besides, we are practitioners
and our thoughts have power, so your worry will evolve into a huge attachment.
Isn't this a pursuit? For this, the evil will take advantage of our loopholes.
We need to send forth righteous thoughts together and not let the evil have soil
to grow in, and they will fail." Working together to distribute
truth-clarification materials, we rectified the thoughts and actions that did
not conform to Dafa, and we consulted with each other and studied and cultivated
together. During this period there was another event--an anonymous department informed
my workplace that they had to send me to a brainwashing class. However my
manager refused to cooperate with them. I learned about this event afterward. I
realized that it was Master's strengthening and protection. Then I had a deeper
understanding of Master's words, "Disciples' righteous thoughts are strong,
Master has the power to turn back the tide" (Provisional translation,
"Master-Disciple Grace", Hong Yin II). Only after I cultivate
myself well is there a more relaxed environment, and then we can validate the Fa
well. My son and I remind each other and mutually encourage each other. We study
Dafa well and do our best to achieve non-omission, disallowing the old forces to
take advantage of our gaps. We have been able to walk our path these past
several years with the protection of Master. Placing Full Emphasis on Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Immediately after Dafa disciples all over the world began sending forth
righteous thoughts together every day, I joined in during the set times, but I
couldn't feel anything. I didn't place full emphasis on sending forth righteous
thoughts at all at that time. I didn't realize the importance of sending forth
righteous thoughts and neither did I experience the strong power of righteous
thoughts until I began printing out leaflets for truth clarification. At the
very beginning, when I was learning how to print, my son told me that I
definitely should send forth righteous thoughts for this, but I didn't agree
with him. When I started to print without sending forth righteous thoughts,
either the leaflets were printed incorrectly, or there was something wrong with
the printer. This put me in a terrible fix. I suddenly remembered that I should
try to send forth righteous thoughts. Everything became smooth when my righteous
thoughts emerged. Henceforth, I send out righteous thoughts whenever I begin to
print files, and I persist in doing so ceaselessly. During the whole process of
printing, if I paused in my righteous thoughts, some kind of interference
occurred. I suddenly remembered that Master once told us that at the beginning of
spreading Dafa, in order to introduce Dafa to people, Master cured other
people's illness. Then the old forces gathered at the place of infection and
blocked Master from healing illness. After you eliminate one batch of evil
spirits, another will come up to take their place. The evil tried to play the
role of interfering with and undermining the Fa-rectification. I believe that
printing truth clarification materials is the main step to saving sentient
beings, and the evil must eye it covetously. The evil did its utmost to block
the printer, waiting for a chance to undermine. They are trying their best to
obstruct Fa-rectification, and they are all-pervasive; they will take advantage
of any omissions on our part. Later, I started to place more emphasis on sending
forth righteous thoughts. From this experience I deeply feel the difficulty with
which Master saves us. I also feel the great power of the Fa-rectification
phrases. Learning to Edit Truth-Clarification Leaflets Because my son was so busy, even though I had an everyday job, I took on the
task of editing truth-clarification leaflets. It is very difficult to do. First
I learned how to access the Internet and download the materials, and while my
granddaughter was learning spelling in English, and I also learned with her.
After I learned to spell, I learned how to type. To edit truth-clarification
leaflets for our local area, I have to choose the materials and set up the word
processing, but at first I knew nothing about it. With instruction from my son
and with the wisdom endowed by Master, I started editing. During the process of
editing I frequently met with interference, but I could not be impatient.
Otherwise, the article just got lost or disappeared. I knew that it might
because I lacked experience, but the main cause was interference from the evil. At that time, I increased the frequency and duration of sending forth
righteous thoughts. In this way I edited the leaflets for truth clarification
and sent them to Minghui/Clearwisdom website. After I downloaded them from
Minghui and checked for editorial changes, I found that almost all the articles
I worked on had been changed. Immediately, I started to be afraid of the
difficulty of this project and did not want to edit any more. I even wanted to
complain about it. I felt that the materials I had chosen befitted the local
situation, and wondered why they were not accepted by the Minghui/Clearwisdom
website. In a word, my selfishness welled up. Then I became alert at once. Being
sensitive about reputation, resentment and fear of difficulty are all old
notions. They are precisely the attachments that we should let go of. Recognizing my shortcomings, I noticed the gap between me and fellow
practitioners at the Minghui/Clearwisdom website. The articles I chose did not
properly represent the current state of Fa-rectification. The whole page was too
stiff and rigid. The first point in editing leaflets for truth clarification is
to draw readers in with an attractive page design, and with pictures and
accompanying texts of excellent quality. Secondly, the chosen materials should
be in accord with the current state of Fa-rectification and make it easy for
everyday people to accept so that it may accomplish the object of saving
sentient beings. Fellow practitioners at Clearwisdom.net helped me to get rid of
my attachments, and at this time I'd like to express my gratitude to them. Once
I recognized my shortcoming and established righteous thoughts, when I again
edited I earnestly studied the leaflet samples from other provinces and referred
to Minghui Weekly and Minghui Weekend. I carefully figured it out. Strengthened
by Master, I made great progress in editing leaflets. Although there were many
shortcomings and I had much to learn about many techniques, I gradually mastered
them. I firmly believe that I can accomplish this job very well. Master Is Beside Me Just like a child learning to walk, I was helped by Master step by step right
up until today. I remember once that my body was cleansed. I had loose bowels
from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. During the entire seven hours, I was constantly in and
out of the restroom dozens of times. Even the water I drank was excreted, and an
ordinary person would have collapsed. However, by the second day it seemed like
nothing had happened to me, and my work was not delayed. Sometimes I got a
fever. If I had a fever in the evening I would recover the next morning. As long
as you have righteous thoughts and don't think of it as an illness, Master will
arrange it well for you. For years, whenever I was not diligent, or if there were some problems that I
did not notice, or there was potential danger that I needed to understand,
Master always used dreams to give me hints. For example, in 2004 I had a dream.
I was on a slope and the mountain was steep. Under my feet was wet and slippery
stone and it was really difficult to take a step. I moved slowly while a
snake-like monster nosed out of a hole. I was a little afraid (I still had
fear). Suddenly there was a voice telling me that past the river down the
mountain I would reach my destination. After hearing this, I had a look. In
fact, the river was very close and shallow. At that moment a carriage rushed
down from the mountain, with a young fellow standing up on it with reins in his
hand. The carriage rushed over the river, and a lot of mud and water was
splashed after it passed. The river was such a shallow, muddy river. After I
woke up from the dream I realized that because I was not diligent, Master gave
me a hint that I should not get lost again (the muddy river was like water of
oblivion). I should get rid of the fear and strive forward vigorously, just like
that young fellow without any fear that he would reach the other shore. At every
critical moment, Master gives me a hint. Master has been so benevolent to His
disciples and is tireless. As a disciple I can only strive forward vigorously to
express my gratitude. Finding Shortcomings In Myself As for myself, I feel that I still have many attachments of varying degrees.
Because I am very busy, have housework and am responsible for sending my
granddaughter to school, I found excuses to not study the Fa or practice the
Falun Gong exercises (especially exercises 1-4) a lot. I let go of my attachment
to qing and competitiveness very slowly. For example, when my
granddaughter was selfish and obstinate, I could not keep down my anger and
would shout at her. I even hit myself sometimes instead of hitting my
granddaughter and I did not regard myself as a practitioner at those times.
Sometimes I realized that it's not right like to be this. However, I could not
let it go. At times I cried out, "Master, what should I do?" Thinking
of this, I would feel too shamed to show my face. One time I was angry and my granddaughter said to my son, "I wonder if
my grandmother is really a practitioner." For my granddaughter to say this
was evidently a hint from Master. (My granddaughter believes in Falun Dafa very
much and she can recite nearly twenty poems from Hong Yin.)
Master said: "Some people will lose their temper in disciplining children and yell
at them, making quite a scene. You should not be that way in disciplining
children, and neither should you, yourselves get really upset. You should
educate children with reason so that you can really teach them well. If you
cannot even get over a trifle and lose your temper easily, how can you expect
to increase your gong?" (Zhuan Falun) A practitioner never encounters things without a reason. Because I had
not gotten rid of the attachment of anger, I thought my granddaughter always
lost her temper and was selfish. I did not look inward and only found faults in
others. Is this the state a practitioner should be in? Just as Master told us,
"When you always maintain a heart of benevolence and compassion, you will
have time or room to buffer the confrontation and think, should a problem arise
suddenly." (Zhuan Falun) Only when I remind myself that I am a Dafa
practitioner and study the Fa carefully and well, and am strict with myself, can
I do well. Let's remember Master's words: "So as a cultivator, what is truly remarkable is when you can be
steadfast and have righteous thoughts so firm that nothing can sway you. Be
solid and firm like diamond, or granite, and then nothing can affect you--evil
will be afraid at the mere sight of you." ("Teaching the Fa at the
Western U.S. International Fa Conference") This is my personal understanding; please kindly point out any shortcomings. November 10, 2005
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