(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1996 and have experienced many benefits over the years.
Becoming Healthy
I was frail as a child and suffered from a number of illnesses including bronchitis, migraine, and insomnia. Then, after undergoing an operation in 1982, I was unable to sleep on my side.
Tests at the hospital were inconclusive, and the doctors were baffled by this strange new condition.
After I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996, however, I no longer experienced the symptoms of this strange illness. This strengthened my determination to cultivate and believe in Master and the Fa—no matter how many tribulations I had to face.
Searching Within
I suffered from a sore and inflamed arm in 2006. It went away after I studied the Fa and searched within, but then it came back. I continued to study the Fa and search within over and over again.
This continued until 2007, when I finally realized that it was affecting my ability to do well everything a practitioner should do, which includes studying the Dafa books, sending righteous thoughts, and talking to people about the practice.
Looking within helped me find a lot of my attachments, and finally I realized that I unconsciously wished for this strange condition. I wondered if these thoughts were in some way encouraging the old forces to interfere.
The ability to search inward is a precious Fa weapon that Master has given us, and something all practitioners must do. But illness or discomfort should not serve as a constant reminder to look within. Master did not arrange this, and I could not allow it to continue. After I understood this, I was no longer troubled by the soreness in my arm.
This episode helped me realize that cultivation practice has to be taken seriously. One cannot, under any circumstances, be influenced by the old forces' arrangements.
Righteous Thoughts and Actions
I agreed to distribute Dafa materials with fellow practitioners and put up notices with information about Dafa in rural villages. Just before leaving, I sprained my ankle.
Sitting on the ground in pain, I saw that my ankle had turned black and was swollen. We planned to cover many villages that night and knew we were doing the most righteous thing: telling people about Falun Dafa. I made up my mind to go regardless, and my foot no longer hurt.
That night, we put up several hundred notices throughout more than 20 villages. When I returned home, my foot was so swollen that I couldn't remove my shoes, but by the next afternoon my ankle was back to normal.
On another occasion, I got up to send righteous thoughts at 6:00 a.m. and discovered that I had lost all feeling in my left leg. I still sat in full lotus position to send righteous thoughts.
Afterward, I cooked breakfast and studied the Fa, sent righteous thoughts, and searched inward. I thought, “I am practitioner and cannot remain paralyzed. This situation should be resolved by my righteous thoughts and actions.” So I distributed the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party that afternoon, as originally planned.
My leg was fine by the time I returned home that night. Because I treated the problem as an illusion, whatever affected my leg was eliminated.
Anger Is a Lapse in Cultivation
I decided to study the Fa with my 86-year-old father, who is partially deaf. I had to repeat my explanations a couple of times, which irritated and angered him. He accused me of giving in to evil nature.
I thought I was wronged, because I was doing it for his own good and felt that the harsh words were uncalled for. In a fit of anger I left.
I woke up to severe stomach pains the next morning. I looked within, but I could not figure out why I was in pain. It was so bad that by 10 a.m. I found it difficult to bear. I said to Master in my heart: “Master, your disciple is unable to understand why this is happening. Please enlighten me.”
Right away I remembered how angry I was when I stormed out of my father's house. I realized that getting angry was a serious lapse in my cultivation. I silently acknowledged to Master how wrong I was.
I also recognized that I got these stomach pains because I wanted to impose my will on others, and that I could not accept criticism. I rooted out these attachments, and my pain disappeared.
I thank Master for guiding me on my cultivation path.
Category: Improving Oneself
