(Minghui.org) I have been practicing Falun Gong for 17 years. The reason I've been able to stay on my cultivation path is because I firmly believe in Master and the Fa. Each step I take is under Master's guidance.
I read Master's words, “by having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations,” repeatedly when the lecture “Eliminate Your Last Attachment(s)”) was publishedin 2000. I thought that this Fa could help me eliminate my attachments and negate the persecution. In fact, it has helped me to negate the persecution over and over again and to overcome one tribulation after another.
I would like to share some of these experiences with Master and fellow practitioners.
With an Unaffected Heart, One Can Negate the Persecution
At the beginning of the persecution, two practitioners came to my company and told me that there were going to be large scale arrests that night in our area. They wanted to stay with me to avoid being arrested.
I told them that wouldn't happen. They doubted me and asked why not. I told them that I was quite calm after hearing what they said--my heart wasn't affected at all. Master taught us that “Having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.” If our hearts aren't affected, how could anyone dare to persecute us? I shared with them and they both went home. Nothing happened that night and I knew it had been a cultivation test.
I was once reported to the police by former practitioners. The police was following me, but I didn't know it at the time. To distribute informational materials about the persecution of Falun Gong, I often took different routes home. I only realized someone was following me when I saw someone acting strangely.
I developed fears and distracting thoughts. I tried to overcome them and eliminate them by reciting: “By having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.”
I continued to distribute materials. The head of my company later told me that the police praised me and said that I was clever in taking a different way home each time and lost those who were assigned to follow me. The comment made me smile, because they didn't realize that I took those different routes to distribute information.
Handling Family Tribulations with an Unaffected Heart
Overcoming family tribulations was challenging. My wife wanted to divorce me after the persecution started in 1999. She isn't a practitioner and couldn't understand why it was happening.
I tried to look inward during that time, but couldn't figure out why she was against me. I finally overcame that tribulation when I realized that, as long as our thoughts were righteous, miracles can happen.
On New Year's Eve 10 years ago, I was sitting in bed watching TV. Suddenly my wife came in and started swearing at me wildly. She even spat in my face and hit me in the head with a slipper. I thought, "How can you treat me like this on New Year's Eve?"
Resentment started to brew and my heart filled with hatred. I nearly erupted and wanted to get revenge. But I realized that I was a cultivator. Shouldn't I cultivate my heart?
I said to myself, "I must maintain my xinxing at all times." I needed to calm down and reminded myself that Master told us, “By having your heart unaffected you will be able to handle all situations.”
As soon as I had that thought, all of the distracting thoughts disappeared instantly. Nothing could affect me. I felt like the TV didn't exist anymore, as if my “self” had assimilated to the Fa and I was in a sacred realm. My wife turned around and left.
I heard Master's Fa in my mind:
“Forbearance (ren) is not cowardice, much less is it resigning oneself to adversity. Dafa disciples’ Forbearance is noble; is the manifestation of beings’ magnificent, indestructible, and diamond-like solidity; is tolerance for the purpose of upholding the truth; and is mercy toward and salvation of beings who still have human nature and righteous thoughts.” (“Beyond the Limits of Forbearance” in Essentials for Further Advancement II).
Nothing could express the feeling I had at that moment. As long as we maintain our righteous thoughts, Master will help us and tribulations will subside.
In July 2014, my wife swore at me again. She interfered with my studying the Fa, doing the exercises, and talking to people about Falun Gong. I looked inward, but I couldn't find any attachments. However, my mind was quite calm this time.
But why was she behaving like this? I thought it must be the evil using her to interfere with me. I needed to send strong righteous thoughts to eliminate it.
I sat on the bed and sent forth righteous thoughts. Then I heard a voice saying that I was cruel to my wife, that I even harmed her.
I knew I couldn't allow the evil elements behind my wife to interfere with Dafa. If I did, that would truly harm her. I had to eliminate all the old force elements controlling her.
My wife was calm the next day, as if nothing had happened. It was as if we were unaffected by the old forces' meddling and had eliminated the demonic interference.
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