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My Understanding of Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts to Help Fellow Practitioners

Dec. 24, 2010 |   By Yao Lu

(Clearwisdom.net) In regards to coordinating well as one body in sending forth righteous thoughts, I have been doing it for a year to help fellow practitioners. I would like to share some of those experiences.

It began on July 20 of last year. I learned in advance that ten local Falun Dafa practitioners might be arrested. I could not contact them, so I increased the intensity of sending forth righteous thoughts for them. I then realized that my strength, as one person, was limited, so I focused on sending righteous thoughts towards the five practitioners that I thought were most vulnerable. Over ten practitioners were arrested, but none of the five that I targeted were among them. However, practitioners who I regarded as having strong righteous thoughts were arrested. I am not intending to show off here, but it showed to me the importance of righteous thoughts. After the fellow practitioners' arrest, many more participated in the rescue by sending forth righteous thoughts, and two practitioners were rescued very quickly. Again, it was a sign of the power of righteous thoughts.

The biggest difficulty in sending forth righteous thoughts for practitioners was being able to keep it up. I saw that many practitioners stopped sending forth righteous thoughts after a while. They were unable to persist because some doubted the effect, while others lacked confidence. I also wavered at times, but when I saw that many practitioners could not keep going after one or two months, I said to myself that I had to keep doing it until the practitioners were released. I also had doubts, but kept going with Teacher's encouragement. Once I went to another city for business for 20 days and did not send forth righteous thoughts the entire time I was there. When I came back, I wondered what the situation was. At that point, I opened Zhuan Falun, and straight away saw the words “very dangerous.” I felt it was a hint from Teacher, so I persisted in my efforts and sent forth righteous thoughts for the practitioners in prison. The messages that were coming from the prison said that the practitioners were very steadfast, and that increased my confidence. I have been able to keep this up. Among the practitioners who were arrested on July 20, 2009, some were only sentenced this year, some were sentenced to probation, and some returned home this year. Some signed the release papers to get out and regretted it later.

After having sent forth righteous thoughts for detained prisoners for a long time, I extended it to those that had not stepped forward to openly validate the Fa. I had more time, so I sent such righteous thoughts at least once a day to disintegrate the old forces' arrangements, to disintegrate things in those practitioners' thoughts arranged by the old forces that were against Dafa, and to link them to the huge field of Dafa in the human world. I kept sending forth righteous thoughts in this way for two to three months. Once while sending forth righteous thoughts, I wondered whether it had helped anyone step forward to validate the Fa, and suddenly a clear number appeared in my mind. I knew that Teacher was encouraging me and boosting my confidence. Another time, after sending righteous thoughts, a thought emerged. I had read articles from young fellow practitioners mentioning what they saw with their celestial eye. When Teacher turned the universe, it would emit a loud sound. I jokingly thought to myself, if I reversed things in a small universe, would there be a sound? Then a huge sound came from far away in the human dimension. It was as if a huge door was being dragged along the ground at a construction site. I thought, “Teacher made such careful arrangements in order to encourage me to do even better and have more confidence.” Through Teacher's repeated encouragement, I have been doing this for over a year now. In addition, I have learned an important principle from Teacher's lecture “Be More Diligent,” that once Dafa practitioners establish a project, it should be carried out to the end, otherwise it will come to naught.

During this period, I have also contacted some practitioners who had not stepped forward to validate the Fa. Some of them asked how to write a solemn declaration, and others have withdrawn from the CCP using their real names. One or two years earlier, they refused to be convinced, but along with the progress of Fa-rectification, the result now is indeed different. I also sent righteous thoughts for the practitioners who were just released from detention to help them stabilize their cultivation states and avoid more losses. It does not matter if I know them or not, as long as I have heard about their situation. I think we should do the same for the local practitioners who are often persecuted, or just released from prison. Practitioners should add a thought before their release: do not sign anything before being released and remain steadfast over the long haul. I hope that more practitioners will start sending righteous thoughts for our fellow practitioners.