Cultivation with Righteous Thoughts

(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) for 24 years, and I am a 77-year-old female practitioner living in countryside. Through studying the Fa, I understand that believing in Master Li (the founder of Falun Gong) and the Fa can help us pass through any tribulation. The following are a few examples. 

I eliminated all kinds of interference and went to Harbin Railway Station on December 23, 2000. I bought a ticket to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. My family and some town government officials found out that I was gone, so they mobilized more than 20 relatives, friends and town government officials to look for me in Harbin City.

When the ticket check-in opened, I stood in line. I looked ahead of me and saw my brother-in-law standing at the front of the line to the left. I asked Master for help in my mind: “Master, please help me. Don’t let him see me.” I turned my head to the right and saw that my youngest daughter’s husband was standing on the right side of the line. I silently asked Master for help, “Master, there is another one here, please don’t let him see me.” The two of them looked at everyone carefully. When I arrived in front of them, they acted as if they did not see me. I successfully went through the ticket check-in gate. 

I didn’t know what it meant to send righteous thoughts then, or what the old forces and their arrangements were, I only knew that Master was by my side, watching over me. With Master’s blessings, everything went smoothly. I boarded the train to Beijing to validate Dafa.

Released from Detention in a Dignified Manner

Based on my trust in the government and the right to petition granted by the Constitution, I went to Tiananmen Square to tell people that Falun Dafa is good. When I got there on December 23, 2000, I noted that Tiananmen Square was heavily guarded. Plainclothes police and uniformed police were everywhere, and it was impossible for me to enter at all. 

A plainclothes police seized me and told me to curse Master and Falun Dafa. I didn’t. Instead I asked him, “What are you doing? Why do you ask others to curse Master?” They dragged me into a police car, took me to the Tiananmen police station and locked me in a metal cage. I kept shouting “Falun Dafa is good.”

Police officers from the town police station took me back to the county detention center on December 29, 2000. One month later on January 29, 2001, I was transferred to the county prison. The place was eerie and terrifying. I heard beatings and people cursing every day. The head of the county’s Political Security Department and the head of the county’s Political and Legal Affairs Committee talked to us every day and attempted to force us to write guarantee statements to give up practicing Falun Gong.

A prison guard told me, “You can go home tomorrow. Your guarantee statement is very good.” I wondered who wrote it. But no matter who wrote it, I would not admit to it. I said that I didn’t write it. He said I could go home if I admitted to it. I refused.

I thought, “Why do they need me to express my agreement if someone else wrote it for me? Isn’t that just letting me choose which way to go? To listen to the persecutors or to follow Master. I understand at the critical moment I have to decide for myself.” 

So I said that I did not write it and would not admit to it. The guard said I would not be released if I did not admit that I wrote it. I said that I did not believe he could imprison me for a lifetime. 

I clarified the truth to them, but they still did what they wanted to do because of seeking personal gain. On April 9, I was taken to the pre-trial room again. The head of the county’s Political and Legal Affairs Committee brought me paper and a pen and asked me to quickly write a guarantee to give up practicing. 

“Write it up and go home,” he said. “Those who went to Beijing to appeal have been sent to forced labor camps. Just write four statements, it is so easy. I will tell your Master that I asked you to write it and that it was not your intention. Your Master won’t blame you.” 

I thought I should take advantage of this opportunity to write what I should write. In addition, the evil factors in other dimensions would be eradicated. I picked up the pen and wrote four statements. I wrote “statements” as title. I then wrote, “1. Falun Dafa is righteous. 2. The Fa rectifies the universe. 3. I shout from the bottom of my heart that Falun Dafa is good. 4. I practice Dafa and will never give up. Declared by: [name omitted], on April 9, 2001.”

They never asked me to write a guarantee statement again. I was released on May 14, 2001. 

I Experienced the Power of Righteous Thoughts

It is the responsibility of Dafa practitioners to study the Fa, send righteous thoughts and save sentient beings. So cultivation, validating Dafa and saving sentient beings must be done every day.

I once sprayed paint on large trees and telephone poles on both sides of a road to create a permanent Dafa banner. After the characters were completed, I got on my bicycle and headed home. I looked up and saw a police car from the police station in my town not far ahead of me and moving toward me. I immediately thought of asking Master to strengthen my righteous thoughts. I could not let them generate karma. I had not completed my task yet, so they should not see the painted words. The car slowed down, turned around and drove away. I experienced the infinite power of righteous thoughts.

When I went to another village to clarify the truth, I encountered a person on the street and talked with him. While listening to me, he took a video with his mobile phone and said that it was evidence and he would report me to police. He also said something bad about Dafa. 

I thought, “I can’t let you report it. You will gain karma. I should hurry up and look inward to see if I have any loopholes that do not meet the requirements of the Fa.” I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors behind him. He put his mobile phone into his pocket and said, “You are not allowed to talk about Falun Gong in our village.” He then left.

I enlightened that it was because my first thought at the critical moment was for others and I gave up selfishness. This pure and kind thought conformed to the principles of Dafa. I really feel that Master is always there to protect me.

Cultivating on the Fa

I think the Fa-rectification has come to its last stage, so we should always keep righteous thoughts and a sober mind. When we encounter a problem, we should first have a righteous mind and then think how to do things based on the Fa. We must always remember that we are Dafa disciples during the Fa-rectification period. We have a mission and a responsibility to save sentient beings. Because we have the Fa in our hearts, we won’t go astray. The microscopic factors in the cosmos that can separate us have been resolved by Master during the Fa-rectification. When facing a problem, the true self – the main soul – can think based on the Fa.

A fellow practitioner came to my home last month to deal with some cultivation matters. After we finished chatting, suddenly his phone rang in his pocket. I was very calm. The first thing I thought about was his safety. I said to him, “Why did you bring your mobile phone when you came to my place? You know that I have been exposed. I was seized during the large-scale kidnapping in 2018. The police officers came here several times a few months ago. It’s not safe for you to bring your phone here with you.” 

Master has spoken about the security issues with mobile phones several times. Do we completely believe in the Fa? Do we really listen to Master’s words? I know that some practitioners still use WeChat on their mobile phones. Through this incident, I also found a lot of attachments.

When the fellow practitioner came again a few days later, I first asked if he had brought his cell phone with him. This was distrusting and being suspicious of the fellow practitioner.

Cultivation is serious, and I think that cultivation means that no matter what happens, we should measure things with the Fa to see if our behavior conforms to the Fa, find our attachments in time, and remove them. Only by constantly looking inward and cultivating, can we keep up with the Fa-rectification, validate Dafa, and save more sentient beings.

People Understand and Appreciate Dafa

I don’t remember how many sentient beings I have saved over the years, and I have never counted them. I will just give two examples to demonstrate the heartfelt gratitude of sentient beings to Master and Dafa.

When I was clarifying the truth on the street, a man came up to me cheerfully and asked if I knew him. I said that I could not remember. He said, “More than a dozen of us went to your house one year to take shelter from the rain. You clarified the truth to us and explained what’s been going on with Falun Gong. 

“I have recited ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good’ every day since then. My illnesses are gone and the possessing spirit that had bothered me was scared away. I didn’t spend a penny. I am really grateful to Dafa’s Master for saving me. Please help me and my family renounce our memberships in the Chinese Communist Party and its organizations.” 

I said he needed to get his family’s consent to help them quit the Party. He said, “My family know the truth, and they all follow me to recite ‘Falun Dafa is good.’ We know that Dafa disciples are good people. After I go back, I will tell my relatives and friends, ‘Falun Dafa is good.’ Dafa is upright. Falun Dafa truly offers salvation!” 

A driver said, “Dafa’s Master is really amazing! His disciples are so kind.” He raised his hands above his head and shouted, “Falun Dafa is good, long live Falun Dafa, long live Falun Gong’s Master.” 

The inspiring scene was really memorable!