What I Have Learned Regarding Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts

By a Dafa practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net) I read some experience-sharing articles on Clearwisdom.net recently about sending forth righteous thoughts. I would like to share some of my own experiences on this topic with everyone.

Practitioners around me have sent forth righteous thoughts in different ways. Some kept muttering to themselves throughout the 15 minute period. Practitioners tried to get them to stop, but they would not change. Others kept a long list of specifics to which they would add any new thoughts; they distributed the lists among practitioners. When some practitioners were hassled or arrested, the few local coordinators would draft a list of the names of those practitioners and give them to others to send forth righteous thoughts for them. But some elderly practitioners were occasionally confused, claiming that they did not know how to send forth righteous thoughts. Then the coordinators would draft another paper for their reference.

My view on sending forth righteous thoughts is that we should just follow what Teacher said in the initial article on the subject about the verses and requirement of sending forth righteous thoughts. As the Fa-rectification proceeds, we should follow Clearwisdom's clarification (while actually still following Teacher's requirements). On October 24, 2006, Teacher published the article "Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil." Then I added, "thoroughly dissolving all evil beings and elements that persecute Dafa disciples, clearing away the evil circumstances under which Dafa disciples are persecuted in mainland China" to my sending forth of righteous thoughts. On February 28, 2007, Teacher published the article "Disintegrate Completely All the Meddling Deities in the Three Realms that Have a Hand in Interfering with Fa-Rectification," so I added the sentence "Disintegrate completely all the meddling deities in the three realms that have a hand in interfering with Fa-rectification." I personally feel that this way of sending forth righteous thoughts is the most powerful. It is the most encompassing and most suitable among related talks that Teacher has given in different Fa-rectification periods. Of course, this does not mean that I do not send forth righteous thoughts for fellow practitioners. Every time while sending forth righteous thoughts I only recite very simple verses or sentences, and then think about specific people or issues, without making it into a lengthy dialog (It is only a cosmic message). I try my best not to let it affect my ability to focus my thoughts.

When we send forth righteous thoughts in those places where the evil has gathered, I do the same thing. I don't feel that the supernatural power of Buddha Law that Teacher bestowed on us can be limited to such a small area. When practitioners are too specific in sending forth righteous thoughts, many points will be missed and this will leave the evil with places to hide. Take our area for example: from the beginning of the year till now, many practitioners were arrested and sentenced one after another. At times several slips were distributed to instruct us how to send forth righteous thoughts and we fell into a state that was led by the evil. I feel that restricting ourselves to specifics may be a factor involved in this state. Practitioners in all areas need to send forth righteous thoughts without being overly specific. They need to look for the evil in the largest possible areas to get rid of it. If all practitioners send forth righteous thoughts this way it will form the most powerful unit, and we can definitely get rid of the evil more effectively. It will have no place to hide. Even if we do not recite words specifically geared toward the local evils, they will naturally be eliminated without our specifically mentioning them since the power of our thoughts is especially strong in close proximity.

We also need to be proactive rather than reactive in sending forth righteous thoughts. We should not wait until the evil has done something, such as illegally arresting or hassling practitioners, before we pay attention to sending forth righteous thoughts. The time around the Olympics when the evil was in action, provided us with a good opportunity to eliminate it. To this end a few of our practitioners worked together and wrote an article promoting proactively getting rid of the evil. We bought a local map so that we could draft our own map of the main gathering places of the evil, illustrated with bus information. We sent copies of it to practitioners.

There are two main places to send forth righteous thoughts in our area, according to where the evil is concentrated in our city. One is the political and judicial department of the 610 Office, which is surrounded by the CCP city directory, the Political Association, and the Court. The other is City Hall, the Police Department, the National Security Office, and the Legislation Office. Every morning I rode the bus or took a taxi to those locations to send forth righteous thoughts and eliminate the evil. Of course, in the process, we need to act like ordinary people. I would go to a restaurant to have a meal so that I could sit and stay longer. I would put the toddler in a chair so that I could be more comfortable (to have a better effect). I would appear normal and peaceful. There was interference as well. For example, my child developed large reddish bumps, and diarrhea. My little toe swelled making it hard for me to walk. But the evil's tricks did not affect my determination in getting rid of them. We plan to continue with our actions even now that the Olympics are over. Sending forth righteous thoughts outside is different from doing it at home. A practitioner in our group experienced the tribulation of a stroke. He could not concentrate when he sent forth righteous thoughts at home. After he put down the selfish thoughts of being afraid of the heat and fatigue, or wanting to save the bus fair, he persisted in riding the bus to locations close to the evil's dungeons to send forth righteous thoughts. The situations improved greatly. His health turned remarkably better; his non-practicing relatives stopped their negative comments and he himself became more diligent.

As to the frequency of sending forth righteous thoughts, I basically maintain the minimum of four times of the global actions, plus three times on the hour of the local actions. On top of that, I will send forth righteous thoughts at any time and any place. I do it even when I am working or holding my child, although the effect is somewhat inferior.

I will quiet down and send forth righteous thoughts first before I am about to clarify the truth to people, copy DVDs, or distribute truth-clarification materials. I make the most use possible of the supernormal power of Buddha Law that Teacher has bestowed on us to ensure that things go smoothly so that I can make efficient use of my time.

The above is my personal experience. Please point out my deficiencies.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/9/1/185100.html

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