(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, a practitioner in my area was arrested and detained. After that, practitioners who knew about it notified other practitioners around them and sent forth righteous thoughts to rescue this practitioner. At that time I was depressed, and impure thoughts kept appearing in my head all the time. In order to get rid of the interference, I calmed down, studied the Fa, and sent forth righteous thoughts frequently. Not long after, I was clearer minded, and my righteous thoughts were also strengthened. When my condition improved I felt relaxed. At that time, something came to me and said, "So disappointing. You always let the old forces interfere with you and then you realize you need to cultivate yourself." Yes, why should one always strive forth vigorously only after incidents of persecution occur? I realized that many other practitioners are also like this. They always mention that they deny the arrangements of old forces, but they still keep their attachments and impure thoughts. After an incident occurs, it seems like they're forced to cultivate themselves. This behavior is like acknowledging the thought, "The old forces are helping us to cultivate" and it is a huge sin.
The will to strive forward vigorously and all of a practitioner's righteous thoughts come from the Fa, not from the arrangements of the old forces, not from the threats and coercion by the old forces.
