(Minghui.org) When I sent forth righteous thoughts at home at one time, my hand became limp, and my body was leaning over, as if I was asleep. My daughter-in-law, who is not a practitioner, saw it and laughed, “Ha ha, what kind of righteous thoughts are you sending?” I opened my eyes and looked at myself. I was so embarrassed! That was Master’s way of pointing out to me that I was not doing well and needed to be corrected.
I thought about what was going on and realized that when my hand was limp, it was mainly because my main consciousness was not clear at the moment, or my attached thoughts were unconsciously pulled aside, and I was thinking about other things. Only very few times was it due to extreme fatigue caused by work. Most of the fatigue was caused by interference from demons in other dimensions. No matter what, I felt that my hand drooping when I sent righteous thoughts was due to my own energy not being enough to overcome the power of internal and external interference at that moment, and there was no stillness in my mind.
I realize that for cultivators to have firm, solid, and indestructible righteous thoughts, we must constantly eliminate attachments through diligent cultivation.
After all these years of cultivation, I realized that when sending righteous thoughts, every word in the verse should be able to appear in front of the eyes, just like what Master said about those who chant the Buddha’s name. Actually one’s attention is focused on the single thought of sending righteous thoughts. The more concentrated and powerful the righteous thoughts are, the less will be the interference. When the interference is so small that there’s not enough energy to carry out the interference, the phenomena of one’s hand drooping will be less. Through studying the Fa and being enlightened by Master, I gained these insights and worked on improving my sending forth righteous thoughts. Thus, during the past two to three years, I rarely had my hand droop when sending righteous thoughts.
A Good State of Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts
What do I feel is a good state of sending forth righteous thoughts? I feel it is based on obtaining inner peace. When I recite the formulas, I can quickly put aside all the big and small things in my life, even the things that have to do with my Dafa projects, and quickly reach tranquility. Thus, my mind is clear, and maintains a single focus, and in a pure state. Upon entering this state, I’d feel that everything around me seems to disappear instantly, and my mind is like a windless mountain countryside on an autumn night, or like sitting in a boundless space. My body is light and warm, and my hands feel swollen, numb, and hot. I even feel my body has turned into hot gas, which is slowly disappearing. The usual thinking in my mind seems to have been inhibited by an invisible force; meanwhile, my mind is very clear.
After I finish reciting the word “mie” [elimination] and settling on this word “mie,” I realize that everything around me is a boundless and far-reaching scenery, the whole space in the universe is the word “mie,” layer by layer, from the largest to the smallest of countless spaces, and all of them are filled and densely packed with the word “mie.” In this scenario, I often experience some beautiful mysterious colors changing before my eyes, and my mind seems to be frozen, with almost no distracting thoughts. Even if a distracting thought pops up once in a while, it is very weak, as if it is quickly drowned out by the powerful word “mie.” There is no remaining trace of it.
This state of tranquility of mind and body, when sending righteous thoughts, seems similar to the state of tranquility I experience when doing the exercises, especially the fifth exercise. There is a sense of disappearance of the surrounding reality and the body feels warm, numb, and light. Yet the feeling is more special when doing the exercises.
For example, every time I reach a very peaceful mindset in meditation, I’d hear the exercise music from the audio player as well as a second sound of it from another source. I could clearly hear the other source. It sounded like a mystical high-octave version of the music from a very distant place, and it was synchronized with the sound from the audio player here. The direction was erratic, it may float in from left of the music player here, or from the right of it, or sometimes closer than it. If there was a little disturbance, the sound would immediately disappear, leaving only the sound of the exercise music from the audio player here. After a while, when my mind calmed down again, this additional version of the music could float in again.
In the past, when this sound first appeared, I thought it was incredible. Then I gradually got used to it and became accustomed to it. I think this is probably the sound from another space.
The Consequence of Neglecting Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts
What is the consequence of a drooped hand? Sending forth righteous thoughts is to destroy the evil in other dimensions, and it’s a battle between good and evil. If your hand often droops while sending righteous thoughts, the evil in the dimension that you should be responsible for cannot be destroyed for a long time. The evil will definitely do bad things, and continue to harm people. Manifested in this dimension, it may be something troublesome that interferes with your cultivation, which can invisibly increase the severity of the persecution.
An elderly practitioner who obtained the Fa in the early days used to be a village official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). She is kind-hearted and willing to help others. She studies the Fa, does the exercises, and clarifies the truth to people. However, for some unknown reason, as a cultivator of more than 20 years, her face was always sallow. She recently had several occurrences of sudden instability. Then she fainted and lay on the floor with a pale face, blue lips, and closed eyes, which frightened her family.
Fortunately, fellow practitioners found out during a group Fa study that she had a long term serious problem with sending forth righteous thoughts. That day, the group was discussing the specific details of sending righteous thoughts, and suggested that everyone read the information about it out loud. Practitioners noticed that the verse she was reciting seemed to be different from Master’s requirements, so they asked her to say it louder. Finally they realized she was reciting some words from the past ideological propaganda of the CCP as part of the content for sending righteous thoughts! Those words, such as “removing selfish thoughts,” seemed grandiose on the surface, but they are from the evil party’s political propaganda. Moreover, her hand was always curled and somewhat like a half-clawed fist.
After finding the root cause of her problem and immediately correcting it, this elderly practitioner’s face began to look flush after a few days. Now, having completely bid farewell to her sallow face, she can also finish all the standing exercises, and she never fainted again. I am really happy for her change!
There is another practitioner who often came to my home. I thought her understanding was quite good and her thinking was clear. She is smart and capable, has been doing the three things smoothly, and I had never seen her hand droop while sending righteous thoughts. However, one time when she came to my home, I felt she was a little abnormal, and suddenly like a different person. Her hand fell almost flat while sending righteous thoughts, but she didn’t notice it. I thought it was just a coincidence, and didn’t have time to find the deep reason. Unfortunately, less than a month later, this practitioner was arrested by the evil.
There are many more examples of this type of issue due to neglect of sending forth righteous thoughts. I know several practitioners who have passed away or had major ordeals, apart from insufficient xinxing cultivation. Their cases were all closely related to a lack of attention to sending forth righteous thoughts.
Grand and splendid scenes of destroying evil manifest in other dimensions when we send forth righteous thoughts, which we cannot see with our naked eyes. Master has long ago explained and emphasized the importance of sending righteous thoughts to us Dafa disciples. It is one of the three things that Dafa disciples have to do. We must not take it lightly just because we cannot see its great spectacle!
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