Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Calmly and Solidly Like Diamond
(Clearwisdom.net) On Monday morning, while riding my bicycle to the
Chinese consulate, one of my tires, which I had just purchased, suddenly went
flat. I realized that it was interference. Although initially felt dejected, I
did not allow it to disturb my mood. I still went to the consulate and
maintained a calm mind to send forth righteous thoughts. The foundation which
was laid during my cultivation prevented this interference from disturbing my
calm mood. Though a little trouble was created, and I was delayed a bit, my mood
remained peaceful, and I continued sending forth righteous thoughts along the
way.
Outside of the consulate, I met a western practitioner who told me that she
had met with a lot of interference as well. I said to her, "No matter what
happens, maintain a calm mind."
Until a few days ago, when sending forth righteous thoughts, my legs would
ache so much that I couldn't bear it once I reached 10 minutes. But the obstacle
was gone today. The calmer my mind was, the longer I could send forth the
righteous thoughts. I didn't even look at my watch and just let myself sit for
as long as I could. After a long period of sending forth righteous thoughts, I
still felt very comfortable.
I studied the Fa and my reading was continued along very smoothly; my mind
was calm. I feel we must purify ourselves through studying the Fa so as to
strengthen our righteous thoughts and righteous faith. Without the Fa, one can
hardly maintain righteous thoughts; it is truly important. While in Russia, I
saw that the practitioners sending forth righteous thoughts from a close
distance were studying the Fa and sending forth the righteous thoughts in
shifts. I feel it's better to study the Fa as collectively as possible and
afterwards send forth pure and righteous thoughts together. This seems to reduce
the time of sending forth righteous thoughts, but actually the energy field of
collective Fa study is very powerful. When everyone reads the Fa collectively
with a calm mind, the field of righteous thoughts is even more powerful and
pure. How could the evil possibly exist in this kind of field? While reading the
Fa, Teacher gives us insights into the problems we want to solve, and the Fa
will strengthen our righteous thoughts and righteous faith. As a result,
wouldn't the quality of our next sending forth righteous thoughts be greatly
improved? A practitioner sitting next to me told me that she had enlightened to
an understanding that in an evil gathering place, studying the Fa has the same
power as sending forth righteous thoughts. Oftentimes, one can study the Fa with
a calm mind and the time passes without notice. Then when you raise your head
and look at the sky, the black clouds have dispersed, and the sunlight shines
warmly.
Sometimes, I think of my shortcomings, and my righteous thoughts become less
adequate. I think one issue should be made clear. Our doubts that we didn't
cultivate well can be put to rest by putting efforts into our future
cultivation. We can be firm in our agreement that the persecution and the people
leading it should not exist to continue these horrible deeds.
A fellow practitioner's article mentioned that some practitioners' righteous
faith has wavered because of not immediately seeing the results of sending forth
the righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil factors in other dimensions. I look
at the issue this way: we do what we should do. The Fa-rectification has reached
this stage, those creating this persecution should not continue to exist to
persecute further. We must rid ourselves of our attachments and not allow them
to become obstacles. We need to use our righteous thoughts to eliminate all the
evil that damages Dafa until it is all eliminated. Our righteous faith should
not be shaken by manifestations in this surface dimension. A particle of Dafa is
unshakeable like diamond. No matter what has happened, we should firmly use our
righteous thoughts to eliminate evil. This is our responsibility and our duty.
Teacher has told us: "As for how much longer this tribulation will last,
I don't think you should think about these things much. And don't think about
whether you can reach Consummation, either, because any desire you have can
become an attachment and can be used by the evil. As soon as that kind of
thought emerges, the evil might conjure a false image for you, and this will
then cause interference...Get rid of any attachment you have, and don't think
about anything. Just do everything a Dafa disciple should do, and everything
will be covered."(Teaching the Fa at the
Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference)
Posting date: 6/27/2002 |