(Minghui.org) As Dafa practitioners, we all know that we should do the three things well, and sending forth righteous thoughts is one of these things. However, some practitioners only do it at the four global set times, and while sending forth righteous thought, their minds are filled with distracting thoughts. I was one of them in the past.

I’ve now realized that the reason I ignored sending forth righteous thoughts, especially when fellow practitioners were suffering persecution, was because I failed to truly believe in Master and the Fa. I even doubted the power of sending forth righteous thoughts. The root cause of my failure was that I did not study the Fa well. I would like to share two recent experiences to show the power of righteous thoughts, in the hope that we can all improve together. 

In early September this year, I read a report on Minghui about widespread persecution in our area. I realized that I should send forth righteous thoughts to support the practitioners being targeted. So I intensified sending forth righteous thoughts, continuously eliminating all evil elements involved, while negating the arrangement by the old forces. At the same time, I held a strong thought that we would walk firmly on the path arranged by our Master. 

Ten days later, when I heard that the unlawfully detained practitioners had been released, I knew that I’d done the right thing by intensifying sending forth righteous thoughts to support these practitioners and resist the persecution. Of course, we all know that it is our Master who truly protects Dafa practitioners, and we only did what we should do in the process. Collective righteous thoughts of Dafa disciples as one body are also very powerful.

Here is another example. I’ve recently experienced some false appearances of sickness karma. I had trouble breathing and found it hard even to walk up stairs, which seriously affected my doing the three things. I looked within seriously to eliminate any attachments I still had, in order to break through the old forces’ persecution. At the same time, I strengthened my righteous thoughts and reminded myself of the power of one body. A few days ago, another practitioner came to give me a copy of Master’s recent article, “Why This World Is a Realm of Unknowing.” I told the practitioner about my sickness karma, and the two of us sent forth righteous thoughts together. I felt a lot better that evening, and I can now do the three things as usual. 

What I want to say is that every Dafa disciple’s righteous thoughts are powerful. We know this from the Fa principles Master has taught us. Even though we might not see the power of righteous thoughts with our naked eyes, that power certainly exists. The important thing is that we must use the power of our righteous thoughts properly, especially when cultivating through tests and tribulations, and we must never slack off in sending forth righteous thoughts. 

When we all pay due attention to conducting ourselves with righteous thoughts and righteous actions and work together as one body, we will do even better with the three things required of us, so that we can successfully fulfill our vows and return to our true home with Master. 

The above is my personal understanding. Please kindly point out anything improper in my sharing.