(Minghui.org) I woke up one morning with a tingling and aching sensation in my right shoulder, which radiated to the right side of my neck. I tried rotating my right arm to ease the discomfort, but it didn’t help. I thought: “Could this be because I used my right arm so frequently in the past?”

Then I remembered what Master said,

“I’ll tell you, for years I have been continually saying that Dafa disciples’ abilities are tremendous, yet many people don’t believe this since those abilities were not allowed to be seen. Under the effect of righteous thoughts, everything around you, as well as you yourself, will undergo changes. Yet you have never thought to give it a try.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching,” Collected Teachings Given Around the WorldVolume XI)

I began sending forth righteous thoughts. As soon as I finished reciting the words the numbness and pain suddenly disappeared completely.

This incident showed me how little importance I’d previously placed on sending forth righteous thoughts. To my shame, I often missed sending them at the top of the hour and never made up for it afterward.

Reflecting on the reasons for this, it seems I couldn’t see the effects of sending righteous thoughts. Even though I knew from the Fa (teachings) how crucial it is to send forth righteous thoughts, my strong belief that “seeing is believing” made it hard to muster the energy to send forth righteous thoughts at the set times.

My experience is a reminder that when practitioners send forth righteous thoughts it carries real power. For instance, as soon as I recited the mantra for sending forth righteous thoughts in my mind, and the physical discomfort vanished immediately. I knew I should place greater emphasis on sending forth righteous thoughts in the future. I will not skip any of the set times and I also intend to send righteous thoughts at additional times.