(Clearwisdom.net) After reading an article by a fellow practitioner about the seriousness of sending forth righteous thoughts, I recalled one of my experiences.

At about 1:00 p.m. one afternoon in September 2008, my boss called me into his office and told me to go home. He said the decision had come from a high level manager. I felt that it was not a good sign. I immediately borrowed a cell phone from my colleague and called one of my relatives. She told me nervously that police officers had filled the courtyard at my housing complex and many people had come out to see what was going on. The police officers were searching around my home. They had taken away some books and the computer from my mother's home and now they wanted to search my home. However, they they could not get in and that's why they wanted me to go home. My house is next to my mother's house, and they are connected by a small gate. Usually, the gate was kept open. At the time, I felt like that my head was being blown off. There were all kinds of Falun Dafa things in the house: a computer, a printer, flash drives, fliers that had not been distributed and other things. All those things were left out in very obvious places. If those police officers went in, what consequence were we going to face? I decided to stay calm and left work. I thought that I must not return home and that I should find a place to hide.

I went to the house of a friend of mine. I had clarified the truth to him in the past and he had already quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). When I told him my situation, I thought that he would be afraid. However, unexpectedly, he comforted me and said that there was nothing for me to be afraid of and that things would be fine if I just hid for a few days. I called my husband using his phone. My husband was thousands miles away at that time, but he had already learned of the situation and was furious.

I sat down to send forth righteous thoughts, but my heart was pounding and my mind was running like crazy. I could not calm down at all. My head was full of thoughts such as what I should do; where I should run; if I ran away, how would my child survive; what would I do in the future; what if I lose my job and can not go back home, etc. I begged Master to help me.

I realized I had not been able to be diligent in my cultivation for a long time. I was really scared and full of regret. A month earlier, Master had given me a hint in a dream that some police officers would block my way. However, I did not enlighten to it and still did not look inward. I remained in the cultivation state of not being diligent for a long time.

While my mind was racing, I suddenly remembered there was a list of people who had agreed to quit the party still in my drawer. If the police took it away, what would happen to them? This single thought made me clear-headed all of a sudden. I could not allow those people who had just awakened to be persecuted, and I could not lose my environment for validating Dafa. There were so many people that I had not clarified the truth to, and if I left my job, it would have a negative impact on people who know me. They probably would not dare to accept the truth or approve of Dafa. Thinking about that, I sat straight and sent out a thought with firm will: I absolutely will not allow the evil to persecute me. No matter what kind of gaps I have, it is my Master who takes care of me, and the evil is not eligible to interfere with me.

Not long after, my husband called me back and his tone was calm. He said that he had asked his friends to enter our house and take out all the Dafa things. My relative at home also called me and told me that they were talking to the police officers to keep them from entering the house. At about 4:00 p.m., my relative called me again and told me that the police had left and that I could go back home.

My family members told me what they had gone through that day. The story was breathtaking. A few of my relatives and the friends of my husband had successfully gone into my house right under the eyes of those police officers. They deleted Dafa related documents in my computer, packed all the machines, materials and books, and carried those big boxes out of the house. At the same time, a few of my relatives tried their best to keep the police from climbing onto the balcony and forcing open my door. Among those relatives, some already supported Dafa; some had agreed to quit the party; some knew the truth and had quit the party but had not shown approval or support for Dafa; some had not even agreed to quit the party; and some were people I had not had the chance to clarify the truth to. As a matter of fact, at the time, they were also scared and shaking. It was Master's boundless, mighty power that made them accomplish something so good.

When sending forth righteous thoughts, Dafa disciples should do it based on selflessness and altruism. Only then can we have the support from Master and righteous gods, giving our righteous thoughts mighty power.

Looking back on the previous years, when fellow practitioners who were close to me were being persecuted, I just knew that I should send forth righteous thoughts for them with my whole heart instead of thinking about how to protect myself. It was because of this very selfless thought that the old forces were not able to find an excuse to persecute me and the reason I have been able to stay safe under Master's protection until now. The episode where police wanted to search my home was the most severe persecution I have encountered so far. Fortunately, just as I wished, there was no major negative impact caused by this incident, and I did not lose my environment for validating the Fa.

Written on November 14