(Minghui.org) When I meditated every morning and held my hands in the jieyin position (editors note: where both hands are held naturally in front of the lower abdomen, with one on top of the other and the thumbs slightly touching), my thumbs often separated. Sometimes I leaned to one side, or I leaned forward. This seriously affected my ability to enter a state of tranquility. My back felt very tired when I walked, and others said I was becoming hunched over. This caught my attention. I am a cultivator, and I should not be controlled by ordinary human factors.

Looking inward, I realized that physical exhaustion was a factor. I recently moved and spent more than seven months going up and down stairs. I still got up every day at 3 a.m. to do the exercises. So why was I showing signs of aging? I knew the main reason was that I hadn’t studied the Fa enough. I was sleepy after 10 p.m. and I sometimes nodded off while studying the Fa. I knew I needed to break through this state, but I could barely keep my eyes open. This was a loophole. Moreover, I no longer clarified the truth as much as I did previously. Household chores were taking up a lot of my time. Also, because I lost weight and my clothes no longer fit, I became attached to online shopping, which allowed the old forces to take advantage of my attachments. Although I was trying to correct myself and break through these problems, the results were limited.

I noticed an important detail today while I did the exercises and held my hands in the jieyin position. The moment a distracting thought appeared, my thumbs immediately separated. This went on for almost half an hour. After I finished meditating, I sent forth righteous thoughts to not allow the old forces to manipulate me, or interfere with my Fa study, doing the exercises, or sending righteous thoughts. I completely denied and eliminated the persecution arranged by the old forces.

Then, at 6 a.m. I joined the global effort to send forth righteous thoughts. I could clearly feel Master right beside me strengthening me. The power of my hands in the position was very strong, and I sat up very straight. As I held my right palm upright, I felt that my inner hand within my hand was firm and upright as well. As I had my hands in the lotus position, I experienced a deeply open, comfortable, and wonderful feeling. Every movement was completed in a solemn and sacred state. I saw through my celestial eye that my lotus hand gesture was a huge divine cauldron, immeasurably deep. This divine cauldron collected the demons that interfere with the Fa. I asked Master to strengthen me and completely disintegrate everything the old forces placed within my dimensional field and body.

At that moment, a pit appeared in front of me to the left side. It was filled with a tangled mass of dense tree branches and debris. As I silently recited the verse for sending righteous thoughts, all of those chaotic things were drawn into the divine cauldron. With Master’s strengthening, I asked Falun and the guardian gods to help completely clear away the old elements, evil spirits, and rotten demons. It was the interference from these bad substances that caused me to become sleepy while studying the Fa, that made my hand fall while sending righteous thoughts, and that prevented my mind from becoming calm when I did the exercises. From now on, I will place greater importance on sending righteous thoughts. I will not allow the old forces to exploit any loopholes, and I will keep my dimensional field clean and pure.

I also gained an important understanding: holding my hands in the jieyin position allowed me to strengthen my righteous thoughts layer by layer, from the macro to the micro level. Righteous thoughts are powerful positive energy; they are capable of overcoming everything, invincible and omnipotent, like divine strength moving mountains. They can be described as the power of righteous gods! For Dafa disciples this manifests as divine thoughts. Moreover, every sentence of the verse to send forth righteous thoughts contains tremendous divine power. When I extended the time I sent righteous thoughts, I deeply experienced an indescribably solemn, magnificent, and sacred state. All the factors that did not conform to the Fa were disintegrated.

I wrote this article in hope that other practitioners who have similar experiences will strengthen their Fa study and their sending forth righteous thoughts. I was also motivated to write this article after I studied more than five lectures in Zhuan Falun yesterday. Studying them with a focused mind allowed me to see the Fa’s inner meaning at my current level. Seeing that I looked inward, corrected myself according to the Fa, and was aligned with the Fa’s principles, Master gave me an opportunity to further improve and rectify myself, helping me become diligent and truly improve through the Fa study.

Thank you, Master, for your compassionate strengthening. I will never forget Master’s grace and I will definitely follow Master’s teachings!

Category: Cultivation Insights