(Minghui.org) Sending forth righteous thoughts is one of the three things Master asked us to do. In addition to sending forth righteous thoughts at the four designated times each day, local practitioners also send righteous thoughts before we read the Fa and twice a week near prisons and detention centers. We’ve recently begun sending righteous thoughts for one hour every day.

To make sure my sending righteous thoughts was effective, I used a phone with the SIM card removed, and for ten days I recorded myself sending righteous thoughts. When I looked at the recording I noticed my hand drooped and I dozed off. My raised hands slowly lowered, then suddenly moved back up, only to lower again—this was repeated many times.

When I noticed other practitioners did this, I pointed it out. I mistakenly believed my hand positions were better—I didn’t realize that I also had the same problem.

How can we resolve the issue of feeling sleepy when we send righteous thoughts? What we see may be a surface phenomenon, but what causes it?

Master told us,

“... when you send righteous thoughts you need to have your mind be more focused, purer, and steadier, so as to mobilize your greater abilities, disintegrate all of the dark minions and rotten demons, and eliminate the final disruptions that are in other dimensions.” (“Eliminate the Dark Minions With Righteous Thoughts,” The Essentials of Diligent Progress III)

Pornography, gambling, and drugs are rampant in China and moral decline is spiraling out of control. Mobile phones, the internet, television, and the media are filled with pornography, violence, and deviant ideologies. These provide fertile ground for the proliferation, growth, and strengthening of any negative thoughts we might have, which come from our pursuit of self-interest, money, and lust.

Practitioners should cultivate well so we can resist this interference. Otherwise, these chaotic elements will intensify the interference and this manifests as an inability to achieve inner stillness. This might be displayed as drooping hands, dozing off, and lacking mental focus when we send forth righteous thoughts.

In this age of declining morals, the control and interference exerted by the internet, mobile phones, and the media on people and society are especially pronounced. An article published on Minghui: “Do Not Be Left with Regret in Your Cultivation” resonated with me.

The author recounts how a practitioner who had been very diligent for thirty years and served as a local coordinator began watching videos clips, including news reports on current global conflicts.

The time he spent on his phone exceeded the time he spent studying the Fa. He passed away in just ten days. This article stunned me. Master has repeatedly cautioned us about the danger of being attached to our mobile phones. Many practitioners’ sickness karma and their arrests are linked to their obsession with phones.

I also follow the developments in international current affairs. Although I don’t spend much time reading these reports, each time I do, my eyes feel strained. Afterwards I feel sleepy when I read the Fa, and I have difficulty concentrating when I send righteous thoughts. I visit the Minghui website every day, but afterwards I also look at Dynamic Net, and I sometimes spend more time there. This time, after I quit looking at my phone, I also stopped surfing online.

I now realize that certain conflicts in society are manifestations of celestial phenomena. The conditions within society are all meticulously arranged according to these celestial changes. Who controls everything in the universe and who governs these celestial shifts? As Falun Dafa practitioners we understand why these things are happening. So we shouldn’t be attached to the changes in society or allow them to weigh heavily on our minds.

After I let go of my attachment to the phone and the internet, the effectiveness of my righteous thoughts improved significantly. The next time I watched a recording of myself sending righteous thoughts my hands no longer drooped and my mental fog was gone. After I sent righteous for a prolonged time, my body felt warm and the space around me felt fresh and bright. I also found that I could focus when I read the Fa, my mind was clear when I wrote, and I memorized the Fa faster.

Waking up at 3:10 a.m. every day to do the exercises had become difficult recently. After I eliminated my attachment to watching reports on my phone, the moment my alarm rings, I spring out of bed—just as I did when I first began practicing Falun Dafa.

I deeply realize that unwavering faith in Master and the Fa is the fundamental guarantee for sending righteous thoughts effectively. Whatever Master asks us to do, we must carry out, faithfully and diligently. We must resolutely refrain from doing whatever he asks us not to do. Wherever we fall short in adhering to Master’s words, problems will arise, and they will be serious.

Master has endured much suffering in order to extend the time we have to complete our mission. I resolve to study the Fa, send righteous thoughts, and share the truth about Dafa with others. I will assist Master in rectifying the Fa and return home with him.