(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) in March 1998, and I am now 67 years old. Sending forth righteous thoughts is one of the three things that Master asks practitioners to do during the Fa-rectification period, and it must be done well. I would like to share my personal experiences to show the importance of sending righteous thoughts. If anything is not in line with the Fa, please kindly point it out.
Taken to a Forced Labor Cam
In 2008, my husband, (also a practitioner) and I were arrested at the same time. I heard that quotas were issued by higher authorities requiring a certain number of arrests. I was sent to the Hubei Women’s Forced Labor Camp. At midnight, two large buses departed from a dispatch center in Beijing, filled with female practitioners. One bus went to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, and the other went to the Forced Labor Camp in Wuhan, Hubei province. After traveling all day, we arrived in Wuhan at night. Upon arrival, we were not allowed to sleep, and were forced to memorize the “Three Old Articles” and the “No. 23 Order.” If we couldn’t recite them, we were not allowed to rest. The inmates assigned to monitor us surrounded each practitioner like flies, forcing us to write the three statements to renounce Falun Gong. I couldn’t understand a single word of their dialect, so they wrote those things on paper and made me read them. Anyone who refused to be transformed was made to stand as punishment every day. Those who wrote the three statements were sent to workshops to work, making or inspecting chips.
Every morning we got up at 5:30, entered the workshop at 7:30, and worked until 9:30 p.m. We were not allowed to rest at noon, and going to the restroom meant we had to run there and back. There were work quotas, and anyone who failed to meet them was punished with marching drills or had to work overtime. Many elderly practitioners developed high blood pressure or heart problems due to the long hours of hard work every day, and I was no exception.
One evening after returning to the cell at 9:30, I had met my work quota and was not punished. However, the drug-addict inmates made several elderly practitioners who hadn’t met their quotas shout slogans and march. Seeing that it was already past 10 p.m. and they still hadn’t stopped, I was very angry. I stood behind two inmates who were the team leaders and sent righteous thoughts toward them for about an hour. I asked that they be punished within three days.
As a result, one of the team leaders had severe stomach pain at bedtime and was taken to the medical room. The other had a toothache and couldn’t eat for several days. They both were subdued by this, and their arrogance disappeared. I thanked Master in my heart for his protection. From that moment on, I no longer underestimated myself, because I truly experienced the power of righteous thoughts.
Retired Man Releases His Grip on Me
What Master says is Fa, so I follow what Master says and firmly believe in Master and the Fa. When I encountered danger while clarifying the truth, I also relied on righteous thoughts to get overcome the obstacles. Once, I was helping a friend in her shop when a retired man came to buy something. I knew he had once been a union chairman, so I took the initiative to clarify the truth to him. As soon as he heard it, he grabbed my wrist and said harshly, “You practice Falun Gong! Come with me, I’ll take you to the police station.”
I sent a righteous thought to eliminate the evil behind him. At the same time, I smiled and said, “Sir, what I’m telling you is something good, it’s for your benefit. You shouldn’t act like this.”
He immediately released my wrist and said, “You’re friends with her [the shop owner], and I’m also her friend.”
When People Refuse to Listen
While talking to people about Dafa in a small park, I met an elderly woman who was related to a soldier. After I spoke to her, she said, “You say the Communist Party is bad, but didn’t it win for our country? So many people died in the Long March. Without the Communist Party, where would we be today…?” She spoke louder and louder. I saw that she could no longer listen, so I sent a thought telling her to be quiet. As a result, she started talking to a nearby tree, and I rode away on my bicycle.Another time, I was clarifying the truth to a child’s mother at a bus station. She wouldn’t listen, and another woman nearby kept criticizing me. I wasn’t intimidated. While sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil behind them, I said firmly, “Stop! I’m doing this entirely for your good. Why can’t you understand? How has Falun Gong harmed you? It teaches people to be good. What’s wrong with that? Please learn the facts first before speaking.” They were immediately stunned and fell silent.
Final Remarks
Master told us that those who began practicing before 1999, were already placed in our positions. The power of sending righteous thoughts is truly immense. Fellow practitioners, we must have confidence—we should rise to our divine side.
Each of the three things we are doing is very important. While studying the Fa well and clarifying the truth, we must also pay attention to sending righteous thoughts well. Practitioners can, based on their own situations, increase the frequency and duration of sending righteous thoughts, sending forth pure and powerful righteous thoughts. Let us form an indestructible whole and continue until all the evil is eliminated. Only by fulfilling our mission can we live up to the expectations of sentient beings, to Master’s compassionate salvation, and to the sacred title of Falun Dafa practitioner.
