With Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions, the Environment Becomes Positive
By a practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to
our great Master, who rescued me from a dissolute life and made me a Dafa
practitioner to assist Master in the Fa-rectification and offering salvation to
sentient beings. I was fortunate to obtain the Fa in 1999 and have lived through the past ten
years with Master's compassion and protection. I truly feel that without
Master's protection, I would not have been able to avoid the evil's
interference and the persecution to get to where I am today. Prior to the
Olympics, there was interference in different areas in China. Like many other
practitioners, I was also monitored as a key person by my company. My job requires me to travel a lot and I usually have to stay with a group of
people, so it is not convenient for me to practice the exercises and send forth
righteous thoughts. I always wanted to change jobs. In May my company notified
me that I would be moved to headquarters (in fact it was so they could watch me
more closely), and when the Olympics were over, I could return to my original
position. Because I follow the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,
I often offered to help my co-workers when they encountered any difficulties. I
never complained about my job no matter how tough it was. Many of my co-workers
learned the truth about Dafa through me. After some of them heard the news of my
transfer, they wanted to voice their opinions to make it fair for me. Some
co-workers also tried to comfort me, "It is actually a good thing for you
to go to headquarters. You can take a little break for a couple months."
Although I also felt that headquarters would be a better working environment (it
is more convenient for me to study the Fa and practice the exercises), I was
thinking more from the Fa's standpoint. It would have a negative impact on
Dafa and the opportunities for offering salvation to sentient beings. So I went
to management and said, "This is not fair." My co-workers also
expressed their complaints. Some said, "She is always doing good deeds and
helping others. She is never selfish." Management's excuse was that they
had to follow the directions they got from their superiors. In fact, management
also knows that I am a good person. I said to them with determination, "I
will not go to headquarters unless it is treated as a regular transfer and I can
stay even after the Olympics are over." With the support of fellow
practitioners and our righteous thoughts, management agreed that I could stay at
headquarters after the Olympics. They even told me that, should there be any
other proper position available later, they will consider transfer opportunities
for me. Now I do not really have any detailed work. I only help others when needed,
so usually I can go home early every day, because I always remember what Master
teaches us and try my best to be a better person. Every day, before the day
starts, I always clean up the offices. I finish my assigned work with the best
results. When I notice that the office equipment has become dusty and dirty, and
if I am not able to clean them, I spend money and hire people to do this task.
After my managers heard about this, they all admired practitioners' righteous
actions. Monitoring me eventually merely became a formality. During the
Olympics, my managers even approved my taking a few days off to go out of town. Every night I send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil forces,
dark minions, and rotten demons that manipulate my company's security officers
and the management. But I overlooked the management in my husband's company.
Because of this, I was taken advantage of by the evil. One day, a security
officer from my husband's company came to my house. My husband whispered to
me, "This is the security officer from my company. Is he coming for
you?" At that time, I did not have any specific thought in mind. I just
said hello to him and walked away. I closed my door and sent forth righteous
thoughts to disintegrate the evil elements that manipulate him. I did not allow
him to put my husband under any pressure. I was thinking: have somebody call him
now so that he would leave soon. After I sent forth righteous thoughts for less
than a minute, what I was hoping for really happened--his phone rang. After he
was done talking, he just left word with my husband to ask me not to practice
Falun Gong anymore. He also stated that he was sent here by the local police
station. In the past I usually went out with a fellow practitioner, but this
practitioner moved to another city. I now have to go out to talk to people by
myself. I became passive and developed the attachment to fear. But in Master's
lectures, he always mentions that we must offer salvation to sentient beings,
and that is the responsibility of Dafa practitioners. Master says, "As long as you are doing things out of a wish to validate the Fa and
save sentient beings, I will affirm all that you do. And when you go do those
things, there will be my Law Bodies or gods there to amplify it and make what
you do yet more magnificent and extraordinary, and they will assist you."
("Fa Teaching at the 2008 New York Conference") This has helped to increase my confidence in offering salvation to sentient
beings. Every time I go out, I always feel that Master is right by my side,
protecting me, so that I can return home safely. During my cultivation journey, although I have eliminated many attachments, I
still have not reached the level Master requires. Sometimes I still have
resentment or feel that I am being treated unfairly. By studying the Fa more
often, my main consciousness becomes stronger and stronger. I know these are all
attachments I need to eliminate. Additionally, I have not been very strict with
myself as a Dafa practitioner to melt into the Fa all the time. I will strive to
be more diligent in cultivation and in studying the Fa so that I can reach
Master's requirements sooner and be worthy of Master's benevolent salvation.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/10/24/188434.html
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