By Song Yan, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Taiwan

(Clearwisdom.net) Lately, I have observed many fellow practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts against persecution from sickness karma or to keep from being persecuted. Regarding this matter, I have some thoughts to share with everyone.

Some time ago, I was responsible for organizing an activity that was going to be held in our area. As everyone had different ideas, an agreement couldn't be reached although it was really a very simple matter. I lost my patience and moreover did not search within myself for the cause of the conflict. On top of that, my old impression of the shortcomings of fellow practitioners reemerged. Gradually, I became more impatient and no longer wanted to be responsible for organizing the activity. This attitude indicated that I was still doing things with an ordinary person's mindset. The conflict within me became bigger and bigger, until I just wanted to give up and let everyone do whatever they wanted. However, I held on to the thought that I needed to face the problem instead of giving up. I felt that because we are here to save sentient beings, this activity shouldn't be delayed any further. I decided to ignore other practitioners' shortcomings and I eliminated my own bad thoughts. I reinforced my positive thoughts about fellow practitioners and about myself. That helped me to believe in fellow practitioners' abilities and negated the wrong element between us, and I also believed in myself since I am a Dafa practitioner. Suddenly, I felt calm and relaxed and all the conflicts disappeared. Everything returned to normal.

Gradually, I came to realize that if we thought that we were being interfered with and persecuted, and we attempted to eliminate the interference and persecution, we were actually at the same level as the unrighteous being doing the persecuting and had no power to restrain it. On the surface, sending forth righteous thoughts seemed solve the problem, however the root of the problem had not been resolved.

We study the Fa every day and we all know that when we obtained the Fa, Teacher said that we would be free of illness. What does that mean? When a person really enters into a true cultivation state, he will be free of illness. That is to say that when one has reached the mindset of a cultivator, one is no longer restrained by birth, aging, sickness, or death.

We are reborn in Dafa. Teacher came to rectify the Fa and give us new life. How could we be restricted by the principles of the old universe? We cannot. No being is qualified to interfere with us, to persecute us or to destroy the life created in Fa-rectification, especially because we are the future Buddhas, Taos and Gods.

What is totally negating the old forces? It is to negate them in our thoughts. When a non-righteous event related to Fa-rectification or Fa-rectification period practitioners occurs, we negate it in our thoughts right away. It is to negate the non-righteous factors being forced upon Dafa practitioners. The non-righteous situation affecting the Dafa practitioners should not be there. We do not acknowledge it, since it is not qualified to test our practitioners and it is nothing.

For example, when a practitioner collapses from sickness karma, we usually inform other practitioners immediately to help send forth righteous thoughts or to go to the hospital to accompany a practitioner in order to help him or her study the Fa. If we think about it more carefully, these thoughts have already acknowledged the old forces' persecution and interference with that practitioner. Under the situation of acknowledging the persecution and interference, we then send forth righteous thoughts to break through the interference. It can achieve some effect on the surface, but it cannot negate the problem from the root.

Teacher clearly pointed out that the principle of mutual-generation and mutual-inhibition is a principle from the past and that it will change in the future. If we follow the old cosmic law in doing things, we will be controlled by the principle of mutual-generation and mutual-inhibition and meet with equivalent resistance. When we recognize this principle from the core, we will be able to break away from the old universe and enter the new universe.

Teacher told us,

"The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things."

("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston")

That is to say that clarifying the truth will be successful. But, if we follow the principles of the old universe, we passively send forth righteous thoughts and look within when interference occurs. To follow the righteous Fa-principles is to constantly correct ourselves. When we encounter a problem, we make a choice; to choose the interference is not valid. Choosing to save sentient beings cannot be opposed by anyone.

What are righteous thoughts? Righteous thoughts are generated from righteous Fa-principles. Such behaviors are generated from righteous action. When righteous thoughts are based on the old universe principles, they are human thoughts. With this in mind, my thoughts are clearer, my mind becomes calmer, and my main consciousness becomes stronger. When I become sleepy during Fa study, I tell myself and all beings that I choose to study the Fa and no being can interfere, because it is my own choice. When I heard a practitioner mentioning sleepiness during Fa study due to interference, I told her that when she mentioned it this way, she had already acknowledged it as interference. It is nothing; it is not qualified to interfere with Fa-rectification period practitioners. We need to negate it from the root.

Last Saturday when I was going to take my children to see the "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" International Art Exhibition, I found that my son had a fever when I went to wake him up. I wasn't moved by it. I dismissed it as a tribulation or interference. I told myself that I negate any non-righteous factors imposed on young Dafa practitioners by any non-righteous beings. I sent forth this thought three times continuously; and the fever disappeared in three seconds.

One Sunday morning I brought my children with me to attend Fa study. As we boarded the bus, my daughter complained that she had a stomachache. I wasn't moved by it. I calmly told her to negate any bad element imposed upon her. I also negated any non-righteous factors imposed upon young Dafa practitioners. I continued to study the Fa and was not moved by it. Her pain disappeared a few minutes later.

That afternoon when I went to attend an experience sharing meeting, I started to have a stomachache and later, diarrhea. I knew this was a test of my understanding of the Fa by the non-righteous beings. It is not qualified to test me, so I wasn't moved by it and continued to share experiences with other practitioners. I learned a lot from the sharing. My stomachache worsened by the time the sharing ended. I began to look within and strengthened my righteous thoughts. I told myself and all other beings that I negated all non-righteous factors imposed upon me by the non-righteous beings. At the same time, I used my righteous thoughts to eliminate it. I felt fine five minutes later.

All these happenings, as I look back, are really nothing. It did not matter what I had encountered, I just negated the non-righteous factor imposed on me by the non-righteous beings. I chose to be a Dafa practitioner and those non-righteous beings were not qualified to interfere with me, nor were they qualified to persecute me. If it were to continue to interfere with me, I would not hesitate to send forth righteous thoughts to eradicate it.

When encountering a practitioner's improper condition, I do my best to share my experience with them. My mind is not moved by their situation. I have only one thought: I choose to believe in fellow practitioners and I negate all non-righteous factors imposed on fellow practitioners. I will not impose any non-righteous thinking on fellow practitioners. I know from the Fa that matter and mind are the same thing. When incorrect manifestations occurred among my kids, I wasn't moved by it. I chose to believe that they are the Dafa practitioners who know how to do things well. Then, as their mother, I will tell them the correct way. I found they would do exceedingly well. I found that when our thoughts are pure and righteous, everything turns out correctly. Our natural instinct knows clearly how to handle everything correctly.

I came to a deeper understanding of what Teacher said:

"That is, if you calmly see things with the Celestial Eye and without using your mind, what you observe is true. If you start to think a little, what you see will be false. This is called demonic interference from one's own mind, or 'transformation follows mind-intent.'" (Zhuan Falun, Lecture Six - Demonic Interference from One's Own Mind)

When our mind is moved, our optic nerve will interfere and everything we see will be false. My own experience and result are just like what Teacher said:

"The Buddha light illuminates everywhere,

Propriety and justice rectify and harmonize everything."

(From "In Harmony with the Fa," Hongyin; provisional translation)

For a long time, I felt that I had remained stuck in one state and I could not break through it. I did everything I could, but I felt I was surrounded by a layer of something invisible. Now it is all clear.

I would like to advise fellow practitioners to calm your minds and think about certain behaviors and speech of yours that still acknowledge the persecution. We should remember to choose our own future and strengthen our righteous understanding.

Posting date: 5/15/2005
Original article date: 5/15/2005
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 5/10/2005
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/4/17/99560.html

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