(Clearwisdom.net) I have been blocked from sensing other dimensions in my cultivation. So, I didn't have a very deep understanding of the effect of sending forth righteous thoughts. But after I was abducted by the police and imprisoned, I began to sense the great power of sending righteous thoughts.
One day while getting ready to go to work, I was surrounded by undercover agents. They took my cell phone, found my house key inside my bag, used it to enter my house and start ransacking my belongings. They handcuffed me and took my computer, printer, recorder, my other cell phone, communication records, all my truth clarification materials and books, and led me to the police department. There, I was kept in a detention center. Three days later I returned home.
While being detained I continued to search for shortcomings in my cultivation and kept sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil behind this incident.
1. Finding my attachments
Teacher said in "Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference (2003)"
"Why don't you stop and think about it: Why is someone interfering with you? Why is it able to interfere with you? Is it because you have an attachment, or because you have something you can't let go of? Why don't you look at yourself? The true reason lies with you yourself, and that's the only reason it can exploit your gap! Don't you have Master watching over you?
One must look within oneself when there is a problem or interference, because evildoers cannot harm us unless we have loopholes. When I seriously looked inside I found several problems.
I had not been sending righteous thoughts seriously because I can't sense what happens in other dimensions. I was just doing it routinely, which is not effective. I was not able to do righteous thoughts and the exercises every day because of my office work. Although I did do some work related to validating the Fa every day, it was not out of my compassion to save sentient beings. Furthermore, I felt that I understood the Fa better than fellow practitioners and tended to look down on them. Some practitioners liked to exchange ideas with me, because I could point out where they went wrong.
When there was less pressure around me, I would read novels on the Internet and at times play games. I acted just like an ordinary person without feeling the need to improve myself. I did not understand the responsibility of Dafa practitioners and the urgency involved in saving sentient beings. Instead, I thought I had already done some work to validate the Fa.
By human standards I believed that I was doing a good job in security arrangements so that the evil party could not find me easily. In reality the only security lies in doing the three things well. In the former case I was trusting human ways instead of Teacher.
2. Reject arrangements by the old forces
Every practitioner has some attachments which they have not yet discarded. When there are long-standing attachments, the old forces will use them as reasons to carry out persecution. After we find our attachments and are ready to remove them, it is important to keep in mind that we are Teacher's disciples. Teacher alone has the right to make arrangements for us. During the Fa rectification period any action interfering with Fa rectification should be rejected. The fact that we still have some attachments does not constitute a reason for the old forces to persecute us.
When I was abducted by evildoers, my human thoughts showed up immediately. What should I do? When will the persecution end? When I attempted to send righteous thoughts, I did not feel confident. Then, I recalled the following statements which Teacher made at "Fa Teaching at the 2009 Greater New York International Fa Conference",
"...but under no circumstance should you lose your righteous thoughts, and you mustn't forget for even a moment that you are a Dafa disciple. If you put the Fa first, you will manage to have righteous thoughts and be able to withstand the evil; you will know what to do in the face of the evil."
I told myself, "I must have faith in Dafa."
For a good length of time I continued to recite, "Falun Dafa is good." My body felt warm and my thinking became more positive. Teacher said in "Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York",
"Saying "Dafa hao" is not only effective for ordinary people, but also for Dafa disciples since it clears away the bad things in the mind. When you have every cell in your body saying that Dafa is great, you will find that your entire body feels the reverberations. (Applause) It is the Fa that your mind is invoking, so that's why it is so powerful."
At this stage my human side was weakened. I felt that the purpose of my life was to assist Teacher and validate the Fa. Human affairs are not a concern for me. With this frame of mind I felt that my righteous thoughts were very powerful.
Inside the detention center, I would constantly send forth righteous thoughts. It destroyed a lot of evil demons in other dimensions. A man came to tell me that my time in the detention center had been prolonged. I could not understand how this could happen. I began to doubt whether I was doing righteous thoughts correctly. Then, I decided that I shouldn't question anything. I should just follow Teacher's instructions and ignore outside events. If I had to stay longer, it meant that I needed to continue sending righteous thoughts there. I was at a place where evil forces were concentrated. This was an opportunity to destroy more demons.
3. Every event appears because of Dafa
Teacher said in "Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan in 2006",
"Of course, though, you are Dafa disciples who made vows beforehand after all, and your lives co-exist with Dafa. With such an enormous Fa here, the Fa will be with you when your thoughts are righteous, and this is the greatest assurance."
Since the Fa is enormous, there is no problem that cannot be resolved. Fa rectification has reached its final phase. Dafa disciples are more mature, rational, and capable. Fellow practitioners around me have a good understanding of Fa, and if a mistake were made they are able to quickly rectify it. Those who have been persecuted severely have failed to let go of their human notions, which prevent them from acting as a disciple. If Dafa disciples stay rational and let go of their fundamental attachments, evil will disintegrate automatically. With such a revered Teacher and enormous Fa, righteous thoughts can accomplish all objectives.
This is my limited understanding which requires further improvement. Please point out anything that is incorrect.
