(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Beijing, and I have been cultivating for over twelve years. The following are the incredible events that I have witnessed and personally experienced.
I. Walking on the path of cultivation
Before I obtained the Fa, I had no idea what cultivation was. I was actually biased against qigong, and I felt that only those who lacked hobbies and had dull minds would practice it. For me, I loved singing and dancing, and I was skilled on a number of musical instruments and enjoyed art and calligraphy. I knew how to live life to the fullest. Even though I knew Zhuan Falun was a good book, I still did not want to cultivate. I told my husband who practiced Dafa, “You may practice your qigong, but I still want to go dancing.” The next day, I went to a park nearby to dance.
Master states about the Celestial Eye,
“With Wisdom Eyesight, you do not have the ability to see things through a wall or see through a human body, but you can see the scenes existing in other dimensions. What benefits does this have? It can enhance your confidence in the practice.” (Zhuan Falun)
I knew that even though my celestial eye was not open yet, I felt different that day when I went to dance. From a distance, I noticed the sky above the dance field was dirty and filthy. I initially thought that the weather was bad, but when I raised my head, I saw the midday sun was shining brightly.
When I began to dance, as I looked at the people around me, I noticed how their dance postures were awful, and I almost could not stand the music. My dance partner noticed something was off, and said, “What is wrong with you? You keep stepping on my foot.” I knew the book I had read the day before had its effect on me. I did not explain this to my dance partner, and just I told him, “I will not dance again,” and left.
Master said, “Who can force you to change your heart? You must discipline yourself on your own.” (Zhuan Falun). Master knew that I had an especially strong attachment to dancing, and showed me the filthiness of the dance field, so that I could get rid of the attachment and choose the path of cultivation.
The next morning, I went to the exercise site with my husband, and truly obtained the Fa! It was the summer of 1998. The feeling after obtaining the Fa, the feeling of being carefree and of comfort, the illness-free and worry-free state was beyond words. Even though over the last twelve years I have had moments of less diligence and slacking off, I will never give up cultivation.
Thank you Master for rescuing me from hell, cleansing me, and hand in hand guiding me on the ladder to heaven, the divine path. I had no reason to turn back, even during the darkest days after July 20, 1999, particularly the first few years when we were not able to access the Minghui website. I often told people, “When something is rooted in my heart, nobody can take it away!” This is a requirement I set for myself for all these years.
II. Instances of eliminating karma
On the path of cultivation, each and every Dafa practitioner goes through various stages of karma elimination. It is our compassionate Master who endures for us. Master told us in Zhuan Falun:
“As a practitioner, your path of life will be changed from now on. My fashen will rearrange it for you.”
“If a master has great virtues—that is, if a master possesses great gong potency—this master can eliminate your karma. If a master’s energy level is high, he can eliminate a lot of your karma. If a master’s energy level is low, he can only eliminate a little of your karma.”
“In the past there were many people teaching the Tao. They could only teach one disciple, and about all they could do was to look after one disciple. However, as to doing it on such a large scale, an average person would not dare. But we have told you here that I can do it, because I have numerous fashen who possess my mighty divine powers. They can demonstrate great supernatural powers—very mighty powers of the Fa.”
I know this to be true and each and every Dafa practitioner is deeply grateful for Master's salvation.
A. The karma elimination I remember most clearly
I am a sensitive person, and I feel it whenever Master adjusts my body, particularly those states related to my attachments as they are exposed through the Fa. I grew up in southern China, where we prefer hot, salty food. Before I obtained the Fa, I caught a cold every two weeks. I had sinus problems and migraines all year around, and used to have severe constipation, probably related to my preference for hot and salty food. After I began cultivation, my tastes changed, and it didn't feel good to eat spicy food, so I gradually stopped.
For example, I used to love one special kind of snack. One day I purchased some from a roadside booth; the next morning, as soon as I had one piece, my stomach hurt right away. I realized that it was made with spoiled ingredients. I threw it away. I did not believe it was right to force myself to eat it, for the sake of saving money. I remembered in Zhuan Falun:
“Because we are leading you to the righteous way, during In-Triple-World-Fa cultivation practice your body will be purified constantly until it is completely transformed by high-energy matter. How can you practice cultivation if you still collect those dark things in your body? Those things are karma! You will be unable to practice cultivation at all. With too much karma, you will be unable to bear it. If you suffer too much, you will be unable to practice cultivation.”
“It is very difficult both to save a person and to change his or her thinking. To purify a person’s body is also very difficult. ”
It is not easy for Master to purify our bodies. So I do not use anything that I believe will harm my body. Over the years, I have not dyed or permed my hair. I also do not use any cosmetics, sun screen, facial cream or hand lotion. I did not use hand lotion for two straight winters even with dry cracks in my skin. Last winter, my hands not only had no cracks, but had a healthy glow. My nails looked shiny and rosy.
B. My left shoulder emitted a strong medicinal odor
In the past before cultivation, I had developed numbness of my extremities periodically, and my left breast and left arm atrophied. When a physician used acupuncture and massage, I could hardly feel anything even when he placed an over one hundred pound weight on my left shoulder. The doctor told me that I would be paralyzed in my fifties. I took numerous herbal medicines at the time, but nothing worked and I just lived with the condition. One night after beginning cultivation, when I was asleep, I sensed a force opening up my shoulder. I was suddenly awaken by a loud crashing sound. Even the bed shook. I woke up my husband in another room, and asked him if there was an earthquake. He said that he did not believe so. Then we both smelled the strong odor of one of the herbal medicines that I had before, and we both said, “Oh, Master is eliminating karma.” From that day on, I no longer had numbness in my left shoulder. I recovered full range of motion. The atrophied left side of my body also recovered.
C. Three instances of karma elimination during the process of memorizing the Fa
I used to have an illness in my brain, from middle school on. I began having migraine headaches. During the headaches, people could see the pulsation of my blood vessel on the left side of my head. When I first watched Master's lecture in 1998, I was asleep the whole time, and my neck could not support my head. I had dreams every night and I was drowsy during the day, as well. After I finished the lecture series the first time, my head became clear, my insomnia was gone, and my headaches disappeared! I personally experienced the illness-free state. I felt good. Whenever I improved and elevated my level, Master would continue to purify my body, particularly when I was memorizing the Fa.
Before July 20, 1999, I could only memorize “Lunyu” and Hong Yin. After July 20, 1999, I recited “Lunyu” on a daily basis. In the summer of 2007, I began to memorize Hong Yin again. I memorized four poems on the first day, and after I felt the left side of my head becoming very uncomfortable, I stopped. The next day, I memorized eight poems, the third day, I memorized twelve poems. When I was reciting “Deviation”, I felt a hand on the left side of my head slowly unscrew out a substance, it was a black, cork-like material. Immediately, my head felt clear. The poems were shown inside my head, and now I can recite “Lunyu”, Hong Yin, and Hong Yin II effortlessly.
Because of my history of headaches, I was not good at learning anything by heart. I did not dare to memorize Zhuan Falun. Later, I read on the Minghui website that many diligent fellow practitioners had learned Zhuan Falun by heart, so I decided to do it too in 2009. It was much harder than the poems, and I kept forgetting the previous paragraph. Whenever I memorized the Fa, the spot on my head where the cork-like material came out also hurt, the pain also radiated out, and I felt dizzy. I knew it was interference from the old forces, so I continued memorizing the previous day's paragraph and moved on to a new one daily. It worked at the beginning, but it would not work once the content added up. I would go back and review each time I finished a small subsection of the book, and repeatedly reviewed those paragraphs until I had it memorized. The pace was very slow. Even with that, Master still encouraged me.
One time, when I was dizzy with reciting, my entire scalp was suddenly grasped by something and dragged out through my head. I instantly had an attachment of elation, as whenever I saw or felt something supernatural, I got excited and happy but then everything stopped. The same thing happened this time. Later Master cleansed my head again. The second time, I felt my scalp being raised up slowly, and then twisted several times and pulled out. After being cleansed many times by Master, my head became very clear. Since that point on, when I do the exercises, I feel my body connected with the surrounding environment. Thank you Master so much!
Even though Master had cleansed my head, I was still interfered with by the old forces. I used the excuse of too many things needing to be done, and stopped memorizing the Fa at lecture three. Since the book is in high demand, I was copying Zhuan Falun with my husband. The clearheadedness only appeared again when I improved my xinxing. Only when I wrote this experience sharing article did I pay attention to this again. My husband and I have both copied Zhuan Falun twice; the work to update some characters is also done. I will negate the old forces' interference, and continue to learn the Fa by heart.
III. Incredible things appear with righteous thoughts
A. Walking the formless cultivation path with righteous thoughts
Before July 20, 1999, I did not contact any fellow practitioners. After July 20, 1999, my husband and I cultivated alone. We did not know to send forth righteous thoughts yet, but we did know that we should not have fear. My husband had a strong attachment of fear, especially when we faced persecution or when policemen asked him to go to the police station. He would be so scared that his legs shook. I had to encourage him each time. We continued our cultivation even when fellow practitioners around us were persecuted. We did do something shameful, and let Master down. My husband handed over our Dafa books and Master's picture without my consent. We also signed our names on the record of conversation with the policeman. (Since we did not notice anything in the conversation related to not practicing Falun Gong, we signed the paper. But later we realized this was also an acknowledgment of the persecution. We sent Minghui our solemn declaration reversing it later on.)
With help from fellow practitioners from out of town, we established our own material production site at home. We got online, downloaded information, produced and sent out truth-clarification materials, and learned from fellow practitioners how to save sentient beings. Since we were able to get on the Minghui website, we no longer felt lonely or isolated. I always send forth righteous thoughts before I get online; over the last several years, nothing has stopped me from getting online. It was interesting that I could not get on ordinary people's websites for years, but I had no problem with the Minghui website. With Master's protection and with righteous thoughts, I was able to walk the formless cultivation path well.
B. Righteous thoughts stopped the interference from a noisy neighbor
Master said:
“The most common form of demonic interference occurs as follows. Before you practice qigong, your environment is relatively peaceful; because you have learned qigong, you always like to practice it. As soon as you begin the sitting meditation, however, it suddenly becomes noisy outside the room. There are sounds of car horns, walking in the hallway, chatting, doors slamming, and a radio from outside. It is suddenly no longer quiet.” (Zhuan Falun)
One time, this noise interference intensified. Our living quarters have very poor sound insulation, and we could hear some neighbors who had their TV on all day long at high volume; and some who played piano for half the day. The neighbor upstairs made loud noises until the wee hours of the night. I have been cultivating for years, and was not used to these ordinary people's ways of living. Facing such intense interference, I almost forgot that I was a cultivator. I was thinking of ways to teach them a lesson. On the path of cultivation, Master arranges everything. So at that time, there was a fellow practitioner who came from out of town to teach me computer skills. Seeing the situation, he pointed out right away that as a cultivator, I should not have any heart of revenge, and that I needed to use righteous thoughts to resolve the situation. We began to send forth righteous thoughts together. After about a month of doing this, the environment changed noticeably for the better. This was the first time for me to personally experience the power of righteous thoughts.
C. Righteous thoughts eliminated the harassment from a local policeman
On the Minghui website, we read articles about a local policeman harassing fellow practitioners, and we developed resentment towards this local policeman. One day the policeman, accompanied by a residential committee member, came to our home. I did not open the door. They kept knocking on the door and yelling my name, and stating that there was nothing wrong and that I should just open the door. I then recalled something from an article on the Minghui website, “the policeman who comes to your home is looking to obtain Fa.” The righteous thought of “I must let them know the truth” appeared in my mind, so we opened the door, and after a brief explanation, they came in. They carried their business out as usual and told us not to do the three things. Their attitude was vicious, but we did not pay attention to what they said, we were busy requesting Master to reinforce our righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. In the meantime, we told them the personal stories of our health, that how before Falun Dafa, we had all sorts of illnesses and now years later, we have not spent a penny on medicine. They were surprised, “You did not even catch a cold?” We replied, “That's right.” Their attitude changed, and they became more friendly, but they told us that we could play Mahjong, gamble, or do anything except read Zhuan Falun. We replied, “Zhuan Falun teaches people to be good. You will understand if you read the book. If you treat Dafa and Dafa practitioners with kindness, it is the same as treating yourselves with kindness.” Their attitude then changed completely, and they kept nodding their heads and left.
Another time, they came one of the so-called sensitive dates. As I opened the door, I had ample righteous thoughts. They could also sense it, and they looked around, wanting to raise the old issue. I did not let them start, and began telling them about reincarnation and how there is justice in this world. They realized that I was well prepared, so they left. Since then, whenever we send forth righteous thoughts, we add the areas of our residential area and neighborhood, and the situation has been good.
D. Using righteous thoughts to eliminate interference from the evil CCP
We have lived under Chinese Communist Party culture for decades, and had numerous things at home containing CCP culture. We cleaned out our home many times, but still did not completely clean them out. If they are not cleaned out completely, they can interfere with cultivators a great deal. Here is an example.
One day I noticed a porcelain frog in the children's room, of a mother frog carrying a baby one under a lotus leaf. Maybe my children found it attractive. I usually told them not to purchase things on a whim. When they came home that night, I told them that we had to destroy it. My children agreed, so I broke the porcelain and put it in the trash bag and set it under the window in the stairway, planning to throw it away with the trash the next day. In the middle of the night while I was asleep, I felt a pair of hands choking my neck and someone pulling at my legs, attempting to drag me out to the hallway window. I almost suffocated, but I realized it was the ghost of Jiang attempting to take away my life. I yelled out, “Master save me!” Immediately they disappeared.
Another time, I was yelling and talking in my dreams several days in a row. I was not usually this way. I told my husband that there had to be bad things under the bed. He stated that he cleaned out things from under the bed many times. When we lifted the bed with greater effort, we discovered there was an old plastic bag containing old pictures of Mao. When I cleaned it out, I was able to sleep in peace again.
E. I can sense strong energy when I am sending forth righteous thoughts in close proximity
We know that many fellow practitioners come from far away to Beijing to send forth righteous thoughts. We live in Beijing, so we should do this better. Master taught us in “Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.”, “So you must take sending forth righteous thoughts seriously. No matter whether you think you have the ability or not, you should do it.” Over the last few years, we have been holding fast to sending forth righteous thoughts at close range. The past winter in Beijing was relatively cold, and several times we saw gusty winds. When I felt cold, I recited over and over:
“Great enlightened beings fear no hardship
Their will is cast of diamond
Life or death, they have no attachment
Forthright and broad-minded on the road of Fa-rectification”
(“Righteous Thought, Righteous Action” from Hong Yin II)
Gradually not only was I not cold, I felt a warm current come from my neck to my face. After half an hour, I would even sweat.
IV. Good fortune brought to those who quit the CCP
A. Safe and sound during the Sichuan earthquake
I have a friend who quit the CCP years ago. Before the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, she was visiting the Dujiangyan area. Two days before the earthquake, for no apparent reason, she felt that she had to come home. Thus, she left and escaped from the disaster. Later she told me that she believed that quitting the CCP truly can bring peace and safety!
B. Older man's ankle fracture healed
Another old friend of mine is in his seventies. When I asked him to quit the CCP, even though he did not quite understand at the time, he still quickly chose to withdraw. Last year, when he was walking along with my husband, a car was backing up and hit him. He fell down backwards into a bicycle, and then the car backed over his left foot. My husband helped him up and told him to say, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He repeated this with my husband, and on the way to the hospital he kept reciting it. The examination showed a left ankle fracture. The doctor wanted to wrap his ankle up in a cast and suggested strict bed rest for three months. Since his wife was gravely ill at home and she needed his care, he declined the treatment. The driver's wife took out money from the bank and wanted to help him. But he declined that as well. The driver felt pretty bad, and left his telephone number and asked him to call if he needed help. When they left the hospital, he walked home. He even went to the park that afternoon, as if nothing had happened. Even today, his family members do not know that his ankle was once fractured.
Conclusion
In one of the 2011 New Year's Greetings to Master: “Greetings to Master Li Hongzhi from all Western Dafa practitioners in the U.S. Special Operations Forces”, a Dafa practitioner from the special forces stated: “Every time I saw You in other dimensions, with a noble and calm countenance, removing disciples' karma that was as high as the sky and as huge as a mountain, asking nothing in return. I saw Your hands turn into something like bloody gourds, and I was moved by Your endurance and compassion! When I saw all that You have done for Dafa disciples in other dimensions, I knew we are unable to repay Master's grace and compassion, no matter how we try!” (see http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/2/19/123337.html for more content) He speaks up for the feelings of all Dafa practitioners. It is Master who saves us from the atheism of the CCP, guides us step by step on the path of cultivation, and leads us to walk on the divine path. We cannot repay His grace. The only thing we can do is be more diligent on the path of godhood and of saving sentient beings, and help more people to feel Buddha's vast and mighty grace!
