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I Have Experienced the Power of Righteous Thoughts
By a practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, but I was one who
walked unsteadily. I did not cultivate well. It was not until August 2006 that I
had righteous belief in Teacher and the Fa. I realized that as long
as I walk righteously on the cultivation path, Teacher will help me. Memorizing
the Fa allowed me to have righteous thoughts when I was in danger. I had not studied the Fa with a tranquil mind from July 20, 1999 until
October 27, 2005. A lot of thought karma disturbed me when I was studying Fa and
I felt I was wasting time. In October 2005, I repeatedly studied Master's
articles, "Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s);" "Rationality"
and "Toward Consummation." I suddenly recognized that I lacked
improvement because I was pursuing Consummation and was attached to physical
matters. I could not let go of life and death and could not give up attachments.
I used a human mindset while attempting to cultivate in Falun Dafa. On October 27, 2005, I made a solemn declaration that cultivating Dafa was
serious and the loftiest aspiration. I would cherish this
once-in-a-million-years opportunity, do the three things well, and
not disappoint Master. I started memorizing Zhuan Falun, "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" in Essentials for Further Advancement
II) With the Fa filling my mind, I thought I would understand the Fa and melt
into the Fa. It took me nine months to completely memorize Zhuan Falun. I finished
by early July 2006 and experienced much interference during those months. My
father passed away and my mother-in-law was hospitalized for more than a month.
However, those hardships did not stop me from memorizing the Fa. I persisted
daily to memorize the Fa until I finished. Words cannot express the feeling of
being completely assimilated into the Fa from the origin of my life. Memorizing the Fa made my mind tranquil. The tranquil mind led me to be
assimilated into the Fa, and assimilating into the Fa increased the power of
sending forth righteous thoughts. Every day, I would stop for ten minutes to
send forth righteous thoughts in the middle of memorizing. At work, I
clarified the truth to my colleagues and asked them to quit the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its related organizations. On the bus or at
the market I would do the same. Other practitioners may be ahead of me in their
cultivation, but I would try my best to do the three things. I sensed more
powerful righteous thoughts and felt closer to Dafa. At the end of July 2006, someone reported to my workplace that I had
distributed truth-clarification materials. The security department notified my
husband. That noon he came home, treated me roughly, and destroyed Dafa books.
For years he had done so many terrible things, inexcusable from the standpoint
of Dafa and Teacher. He returned at night, started quarreling again, verbally abused me
and even engraved defamatory words against Teacher on the door. The next day he
started beating me. He pulled me off the bed onto the floor and beat me. My
daughter tried to block him and argued with him so that he could not succeed.
Later he said, "Well, if you want to live like that I will beat you once a
day!" The next day I stayed at my older sister's place and told my older brother
what happened, but I did not tell them that my husband had defamed Dafa. I
thought that human reasoning could stop evil acts. Later on my older brother met with my husband and told him, "If you
can't get along with my sister, you may consider divorce. Beating her once a
day, do you think that is some kind of a game?" Unexpectedly, my brother told me to consider divorcing him. How could I
divorce him? He still did not know the truth of Dafa, and he had not yet been
rescued. My husband frequently called me and asked me to take care of his mother back
home. I did not know how to deal with this. I sat on a bed in the lotus
position, looked at Teacher's picture and asked Teacher to give me strength. I
knew that Teacher hinted to me to become crystal clear before making the final
decision. I knew this tribulation was a debt I owed from my past and I had to pay it
back. I also had to destroy the interference of the old forces. Creating a good
cultivation environment was part of my cultivation. The bad cultivation
environment at home indicated that I had not cultivated well. My husband was one
of the sentient beings in the universe. He would commit a crime against Dafa, by
defaming Dafa, and be doomed for destruction
if I did not cultivate well. Wasn't I a Dafa practitioner? Wasn't I responsible
for rescuing people? How could I rescue one but not another? I had to rescue
him. At night, I held my palm upright and sent forth righteous thoughts. Then I
told him in my mind: "Look, I know that you understand sometimes. Listen to
me: if I owe you a big debt from my past life, I will bring the greatest fortune
for you after I consummate. I must practice Falun Gong. Don't use the old
forces' arrangements to persecute Dafa practitioners. If you do, you will really
destroy yourself. After the Fa-rectification is completed, any negative forces
will be disintegrated and you would be one of them. You would have to give up
your future and would never be able to redeem yourself. If I consummate, I will
bring the greatest fortune to you. I hope that we can dissolve karmic debts and
turn an enemy into a friend." When I sent forth righteous thoughts, my mind
was compassionate, but not filled with complaints or hatred. My husband, my older brother and my sister-in-law arrived after I finished
sending forth righteous thoughts. With the power of righteous thoughts I told my
husband, "I must practice Falun Gong! I don't want to put a burden on you
and I am doing everything good for you." He said, "What should I do to make you come home?" I said,
"Remove those defamatory words from the door." He said,
"Sure!" "Secondly, you will not curse my Teacher again." He
responded, "OK, I will say 'Long Live Teacher' every day. Does that satisfy
you?" I smiled. The tense atmosphere was gone. "Thirdly, I insist that
you withdraw from the CCP and the Party's affiliated organizations." He
said, "OK, I will do it." He also pointed to my older brother, and as
a result, my brother agreed to quit the CCP as well. The old road-blocks had been removed. Teacher said, "When it looks impossible and is said to be impossible, give it a try
and see if it is possible. If you can actually do it, you will indeed find:
'After passing the shady willow trees, there will be bright flowers and
another village ahead!'" ("Lecture Nine" in Zhuan Falun, English
Version 2000) Teacher had once again supported me and helped me to dissolve karmic debts
and turn an enemy into a friend. I thank Teacher. I also thank practitioners who
helped me improve my understanding of the Fa. Now when I tell the facts about Falun Gong to my family members, my husband
does not oppose me. When my mother-in-law was hospitalized again, I told her to
say "Falun Dafa is good!" My husband smiled. Compared to other
practitioners, I still have some catching up to do regarding Fa-rectification.
Some of them had genuinely cultivated in thought and deed since before the
persecution began on July 20, 1999. I will correct myself during Fa-rectification
and continue cultivating myself. Our Teacher does not want to leave out even one
genuine Dafa practitioner. If you are willing, Teacher will give you power.
Teacher said, "...cultivation depends on one's own efforts while the
transformation of gong is done by the master." ("Lecture Four" in
Zhuan Falun, English Version 2000) Now when I have unrighteous thoughts and recognize them, I immediately I send
forth righteous thoughts to eliminate them. Sometimes, I still have the
attachment to fear, but realize that it is not me. I repeat, "Don't Be
Afraid!" I believe that I will become a genuine practitioner and overcome
any hardship as long as I have Teacher and the Fa. I have begun to memorize Zhuan Falun for the second time and finish
five pages per day. I feel more power and have righteous thoughts from the Fa. Dafa practitioners have great responsibilities during Fa-rectification.
Assisting Teacher with Fa-rectification is the most honorable thing, and
opportunities are limited. With the Fa-rectification progressing, as Teacher has
told us, and ever more energy from the old forces is being disintegrated. The
numbers of people who are prevented from knowing the truth are decreasing and
the environment has improved. We need to catch up, and do the three things with
righteous thoughts and righteous actions, until the Fa rectifies the human
world. Dear Dafa practitioners, if you have not been involved in the Fa-rectification
and have not correctly understood cultivation, please look for human attachments
and try to eliminate them. If you cannot concentrate on Fa-study with a clear,
uncluttered mind, please memorize the Fa. We must do well and cherish this
once-in-a-million-years opportunity. Please memorize Teacher's words, "... completely let go of everything, behave like an upstanding and
noble Dafa disciple who has no resentment or attachments, and leave it to
Master to arrange whether you stay or go." ("Teaching the Fa in the
City of Los Angeles" on February 25, 2006) My understanding of the Fa is limited. Please point out anything improper. |