(Clearwisdom.net) The Fa-rectification is about to end and our own cultivation approaches the very surface level. However, I think many practitioners don't have sufficient righteous thoughts; thus many practitioners are still jailed in labor camps and prisons. If all practitioners maintain righteous thoughts, then the evil wouldn't exist anymore.

A few years ago, I read a story about a fellow practitioner in Minghui Weekly. The evil guards shocked him with an electric baton for a whole night. Every time they beat him down, he got up. In the morning they thought that the practitioner had been badly injured and would not get up again, but he still got up.

Later, the practitioner thought about Master's words: "So why doesn't the side of you that is your original nature rectify the Fa?" ("Expounding on the Fa" in Essentials for Further Advancement) He asked himself: "How can I rectify the Fa with my original nature?" He thought about this question for a month; then he finally got the answer. When the evil guards tried to shock him with electric batons again, he sent forth righteous thoughts. The guards could not get close to him. He sent more righteous thoughts and the electric batons exploded. The guards became confused and got several new batons. However, the new batons also exploded. This occurrence repeated three times. The guards became afraid. They kneeled down to the practitioner and begged for his forgiveness. Since then, nobody dared to bother him, and all the guards respected him. He was able to freely study the Fa and do the exercises in the labor camp; nobody dared to stop him. This is the power of righteous thoughts.

I had a similar experience. I was jailed in Gaoyang Labor Camp. The guard Zhou Yan forced practitioners to curse Master. I reminded myself:

"...the moment you utter it you will have produced sinful karma. In serious cases, the sin can be as big as a mountain or the sky--how could you then cultivate yourself?" ("Definitive Conclusion" in Essentials for Further Advancement)

I told myself that I cannot curse Master. So I sent forth righteous thoughts and made myself invisible. She didn't see me. A few days later, she forced the practitioners to curse Master again. I had the same thought again. She didn't see me again. This was the way I managed to pass through two gates. Later, I told fellow practitioners about this and they said that it was the righteous thoughts. This occurred in 2001. We have been cultivating for six additional years and we should have more power now. (Editor's Note: Practitioners should not just avoid tribulations. We should eliminate the evil and protect the Fa.)

Fellow practitioners, please do not be constrained by our own notions. I suggest that everybody tries to use divine power to lock all the evil people in the labor camps, detention centers and prisons; and meanwhile, use our divine power to communicate with the fellow practitioners who are jailed, helping them to get out of the prisons.

I also would like to share my understanding of "fear" from the angle of divine power. Some practitioners have not stepped forward due to fear. They are afraid of being arrested and beaten. If a practitioner has strong righteous thoughts, then he or she must have divine power. Thus the evil will be eliminated by our righteous field. The wall of the prison cannot stop us and the iron chains cannot restrain us. If we can reach this level, what are we afraid of? All things which give us "fear" will disappear.

Fellow practitioners, let our divine side be resurrected. Let us use our strong righteous thoughts to break through the difficulties arranged by the old forces. Master will smile when he sees that all of us are mature.