My Take on “Sickness”

(Minghui.org) Experience sharing articles on “sickness” have appeared online multiple times. I would like to offer my own take on this subject.

There are many practitioners nearby who have been in this "sickness" state for a long time. Some have had swollen legs for quite a while; some have festering breasts that have been oozing pus for quite a while; some have symptoms of diabetes; some have small problems that don’t really amount to anything yet just won’t go away; and so on.

These practitioners do the three things very well and are very consistent in clarifying the truth on the front lines to save people. Faced with these fellow practitioners’ adverse physical conditions, other practitioners are very anxious. They study the Fa together, share experiences, exchange ideas, send forth righteous thoughts, and try benevolent solutions, but all to no avail.

After quite a few times, they just let the matter drift out of their minds. Some practitioners casually say, "That is a false appearance, don’t believe it," or, "Let it assimilate to the Fa." Have these practitioners ever considered that, if it is a false appearance, what is the true appearance? If you let it "assimilate to the Fa," it’s like a poison. It’s poisonous, and it's here to persecute you. One word from you, and it will assimilate to the Fa?

I obtained the Fa before July 20, 1999. At first, whenever I experienced symptoms of “sickness,” I would be very happy, because Master was cleansing my body again, rendering my body more purified. That way, my body could produce gong, that way I could go up to a higher level to cultivate.

Back then, every time I eliminated karma, it always came fast and went fast. Generally it wouldn’t take more than three days and two nights. I liked to use the expression “it came to a grinding halt” to describe what happened. I would just very suddenly get well. It didn’t go away slowly, the way ordinary people describe getting well.

After July 20, 1999, Dafa disciples entered into Fa-rectification cultivation. Master has not arranged for us any more karma to be eliminated. Tribulations involve only persecution from the old forces under the pretext of our attachments and other gaps.

When I shared exchanges with fellow practitioners suffering from “sicknesses,” I noticed they were all looking inwards, discovering a whole pile of deficiencies and attachments, as if having these deficiencies and attachments were a matter of course. Looking inward is a magical tool that Master has bestowed on us. However, hand in hand with looking inward, we mustn’t forget to use righteous thoughts to deny the persecution forced on us by the old forces.

Whenever I encounter this situation, the first thing I do is take the old forces to task:

1. You make me drag this body to distribute Dafa materials, to clarify the truth, to save sentient beings. You create a negative impact for Dafa. What you are manifesting to all sentient beings is not the extraordinary nature or the wonder of Dafa. You are slandering Dafa. You are destroying the sentient beings who shall be saved. Old forces, just for this one enormous sin, you deserve to be annihilated!

2. You use the excuses of gaps, attachments, or administering tests, to shake a Dafa disciple’s righteous thoughts and faith in Dafa. Old forces, you want to destroy a disciple of the Lord Buddha. Old forces, there is no way your sin can be considered small! This sin of yours is sufficient to have you eliminated.

3. I am a Dafa disciple here to assist Master to rectify the Fa. I have a responsibility, a mission. Every Fa-rectification moment is immensely valuable. But you are making me late, you are delaying me, you are negatively impacting the process of Master’s Fa-rectification. Old forces, you have committed a capital crime of the highest order, the worst sin imaginable. You deserve to be destroyed, form, spirit, and all.

Whenever the old forces persecute me, whenever I have abnormal physical symptoms, my first thought is: "Eliminate! Eliminate the old forces, eliminate all the rotten matter the old forces place on my body!

"Even if you only do a tiny bit, you have nonetheless committed a sin, and you deserve to be destroyed completely! I am a disciple of the Lord Buddha, who has already cleansed my body, which is now the purest, the cleanest. How can I allow you to sully it, to damage it so casually?!"

The more pain I feel, the more discomfort, the more I’ll eliminate. I’ll come down with the word “eliminate” in overwhelming force on that particular location. I empty my brain of any distracting thought, leaving only one word: Eliminate!

"Maybe I have gaps. I’ll destroy you first, then I’ll look for my gaps. It won’t be too late for that. Because I’m in a maze, I’m cultivating in the maze, but my cultivation path is like that. You old forces are destructive to Dafa; you create negative impacts for Dafa; you want to destroy the Dafa disciples Master has made; you will destroy sentient beings. Every sin you commit is a deadly, unforgivable sin!

"I can’t allow you to continue on for even one moment. I will be committing a sin if I allow you as much as one second. Because my body is a small universe, that second may be a couple thousand years, tens of thousands of years. I am the sovereign and lord of this universe, I absolutely will not allow evil beings run rampant with evil deeds in the space that is my universe."

Just like that, in normal circumstances, I can terminate the persecution forced on me by sickness demons at the time I designate. My family members all declare what I can achieve miracles. They all respect Master and Dafa. Nobody dares to say “No” to Dafa!

Fellow practitioners, before the persecution began, this state was called "eliminating karma;" now it is persecution, honest to goodness persecution! It is strengthened by the old forces' excuses, and it’s they who are committing sins. As Dafa disciples in this Fa-rectification period, we have the responsibility to eliminate these evil beings, much like sweeping dust away.

Our cultivation is our Master’s affair, not theirs. We assimilate according to Dafa. We don’t use their standard as ours. Their appearances are forms of interference! We are Dafa disciples here on this Earth to help Master rectify the Fa! We have such a high status. Master has bestowed on us such great supernormal power. How can we allow these lowly rotten creatures to persecute us?! Fellow practitioners, lift up your divine side! It’s actually very simple.

Master tells us, "I regard eliminating the evil as whisking dust away" (“All For This Day” from Hong Yin III)

Everything is in your one thought!

This is just my personal take. It may be one-sided. My intention is merely for exchanging experiences. If you find anything inappropriate, please bring it up for discussion again.