"Divine Thoughts" and "Human Thoughts"

Recently, several Dafa practitioners in our region were illegally arrested by members of the 610 Office (an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems) and the local police station. Some of the practitioners returned home safely under Master's benevolent protection and through their righteous thoughts and actions. Some were illegally sent to forced labour camps for further persecution. Below are two examples.

The result of having righteous thoughts

When Practitioner A was arrested, she let go of her human notions. She said to the police, "I am telling you that you will not get a single word from me about other practitioners. Nor will I allow you to arrest them, as all of what you've done is against heavenly principles. I have already made it clear to you. You do whatever you think is right and choose your own future."

When she was interrogated in the police station, A did not say a word. She did not tell the police anything about other practitioners. One month later, during a physical exam, she showed symptoms of hypertension with a diastolic pressure of 160 mmHg and a systolic pressure of 260 mmHg. The police got frightened because they were afraid they would be held responsible for her death. They immediately informed her family to take her home. After she returned home, her symptoms of high blood pressure disappeared and everything was normal.

The consequences of using human thoughts to view a tribulation

After Practitioner B was arrested, the police interrogated her. They asked her where her computer and printing or copying equipment had come from and who had taught her how to use them. They also threatened her, saying that she would be given a sentence of several years if she had bought the equipment herself, but she would get a shorter sentence term if she revealed that others had given her the equipment. It was obvious that the evil factors wanted to ruin this practitioner and persuade her to do something bad to Dafa and Dafa practitioners. Practitioner B got frightened. After her "human thoughts" surfaced, she told the police the source of the equipment and the names of the practitioners involved. As a consequence, the practitioners she had betrayed were arrested, and B was sentenced to a year and a half.

"Righteous thoughts" are our steadfast faith in Dafa and Master, which are what we've developed during our long-time cultivation and during the process of overcoming tribulations. Righteous thoughts represent our corrects understandings of the Fa principles. To have righteous thoughts, we need to steadfastly study the Fa, wholeheartedly involve ourselves in the process of Fa rectification, do well the three things,)study the Fa [the teachings of Falun Dafa], send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and about the persecution to the world's people) improve ourselves, and strengthen our righteous thoughts during cultivation.

"Human thoughts" are what one develops in ordinary society over a long period of time. They are selfish in nature. Human thoughts are reflected in one's searching externally and shirking responsibilities when encountering conflicts so as to protect oneself from getting hurt. Everything in human society is but an inversion of the principles of higher realms--what humans consider to be right is usually wrong. According to the principles of higher realms, human principles are not in line with the characteristic of the universe. When a cultivator, at a critical moment, lets his human thoughts control him and thus betrays his fellow practitioners, what he has done is not just an issue of right or wrong; it means that he has committed a very bad deed.

If a cultivator maintains his "righteous thoughts," he is in the realm of a god and possesses great virtue. When evil people see him, they will turn around and leave because they, being evil, are afraid of the righteous. How can humans persecute gods? How can they dare to do that? They are not even qualified to test Dafa disciples. Furthermore, as Dafa disciples under the protection of Fa guardians and Master's law bodies, what could they be afraid of?

This is my personal understanding. Please point out anything that is improper.