Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Should be Based on the Fa Written by a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) After reading Master's article, "Righteous Thoughts,"
and following its instructions while sending forth righteous thoughts, I found
that the power of my righteous thoughts increased tremendously. Nonetheless,
my righteous thoughts were still not strong enough. Even though I looked
inward and followed Master's instructions, I couldn't find the problem since I
didn't completely grasp the deeper meaning of the article.
Recently, I discussed this matter with a young practitioner. He said, "You
have carried hatred while sending forth righteous thoughts. This is an
attachment. Your righteous thoughts are not strong and they cannot reach the
maximum power because your mind is not pure and peaceful. If you follow
Master's instructions while sending forth the purest, most determined, and
most compassionate thoughts, your righteous thoughts will be much more
powerful."
Looking inward after the discussion, I found that in the past, although I
worked very hard at sending forth righteous thoughts, my purpose was to clear
away the evil since they were persecuting us, so that they could no longer
persecute us once they were gone. This was to protect us from being harmed. I
thought that sending forth righteous thoughts could improve my Gong, establish
my power and prestige, and help me do this or that. These were all based on
human considerations. My righteous thoughts had a "fighting" undertone to
them. Let the evil factor that harmed us die as soon as possible. Doing things
this way inhibited the power of my divine side from being fully developed. How
could the righteous thoughts sent forth under this condition have the most
power? My righteous thoughts could, therefore, not meet Master's expectations.
After I found the problem, I made sure that I acted with a peaceful mind
and tried not to accomplish things, but, rather, be compassionate while
sending forth righteous thoughts. My righteous thoughts, thus, became stronger
and my mind was peaceful and pure. I used my supernormal capabilities to save
sentient beings. I could see that the brightness of the light of Fa-rectification
illuminated everywhere, leaving the evil with no place to run or hide. I have
since gained a better understanding of the inner meaning of the following
quote from Master's article, "Dafa Disciple's Righteous Thoughts Are
Powerful":
"Dafa is spreading widely, saving all sentient beings. Although those
evil beings who are completely unsalvageable cannot be saved, they still
can't be allowed to do evil without end and thus persecute Dafa and its
students, and the people of the world. Eliminating evil is thus doing Fa-rectification,
and is also saving the world's people and sentient beings."
Sending forth righteous thoughts is to rectify the Fa, is to save the
sentient beings, and is most compassionate and wonderful. It is not something
generated from human beings' needs to protect against persecution.
Truly righteous thoughts are based on the Fa. They are for the purpose of
saving sentient beings who have been persecuted by the evil, and to assist
Master in Fa-rectification. Doing things this way will manifest its wonder and
compassion. To put it plainly, we would be using our divine side rather than
the human side to send forth the righteous thoughts. Posting date: 12/23/2002 |