Looking Inward after a Severe Injury

(Minghui.org) A few days ago, I fell and seriously injured my lower back. With Master Li's guidance and help, I recovered in just a few hours—and improved my xinxing in the process.

Enhancing Righteous Thoughts

It was very cold in November, and the streets were covered in ice. I took a bus to clarify the truth about Dafa. When I got off the bus, I slipped and fell against the bumper of the bus, my lower back slamming against the steel edge. The pain was immediate and excruciating and made me dizzy. I couldn’t stand up and didn't know what to do.

“It's okay,” a young man at the bus stop shouted, and a woman echoed him, “If you don't consider it a thing, then it is nothing.” Two passengers helped me stand up and asked me how I felt. The young man kept saying, “It's okay.”

I realized that it was Master using the young man and woman to enhance my righteous thoughts. I also enlightened that this sudden tribulation was arranged by the old forces. Master does not acknowledge the old forces, and neither do I. This was a test.

I went on to my bus stop. Two women who had watched me for a while followed me. “That was a pretty bad fall. Are you sure you’re OK?” they asked. I said, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. My Master protects me, so there won't be a problem. If I wasn't a cultivator, I would be in big trouble today.”

Denying the Old Forces’ Persecution

After I returned home, I was in great pain. I could not straighten my back, and my legs hurt too much for me to stand up or walk. Someone had to help me do everything. How could I have ended up like this? What should I do? The more pain I was in, the more anxious I got. I couldn’t even put in my denture to eat. What should I do?

I had a lot of negative thoughts. I enlightened that this was persecution by the old forces. They tried to force me to acknowledge their arrangement. What was their excuse for making such an arrangement?

Master said: “For a cultivator, looking within is a magical tool.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2009 Washington DC International Fa Conference,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. IX)

I recalled what had happened to me recently and my incorrect thoughts and found the reason. The night before, a fellow practitioner had fallen on the ice. Another practitioner asked me to join her in sending righteous thoughts for the injured practitioner. I was cooking, so I hesitated. I told her that I would do it later. Actually, I felt resistance and complained about it in my heart. This shows that I had no compassion for a fellow practitioner and did not understand that we were one body. I didn't try to repel those bad human notions or selfishness then, so the old forces took advantage of my loophole and made such an arrangement.

At that moment, I realized that there was a big problem in my cultivation. I was far below the standard of the Fa. I regretted it and knew that I was wrong. I told myself that, even if I had loopholes, I should be able to correct myself by following the Fa. Master has been watching me. The old forces are unworthy of interfering with me or changing Master's arrangements. They had committed crimes. I said to Master in my heart, “Master, I didn't cultivate well. I didn't solidly cultivate. I have betrayed you.”

I knew that time for us was limited. Practitioners have important tasks. Before the catastrophe comes, we should hurry up and save people. We need to awaken people’s consciences and deny the old forces’ persecution. I should not stay home, waiting to recover. I said, “Master, please help me. Please fix my injury immediately so that I can recover. I need to do the three things well and help you rectify the Fa.”

Before the accident, I had planned to write a truth-clarifying letter to one of my relatives. I decided to finish it that night. It was painful sitting there to write the letter, but I persisted. I ignored the pain and eliminated all the negative substances brought out in me by the pain. I kept repeating Master's teaching: “When it’s difficult to endure, you can endure it. When it’s impossible to do, you can do it.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun) Although the pain was really bad that night, my mind was filled with righteous thoughts. Master gave me the wisdom, and I finished the letter at midnight.

The Power of Dafa

After sending righteous thoughts at midnight, it was already 12:30 am. Due to the pain, I was wide awake. I recalled a paragraph of Master's teaching: “We emphasize one point: If you cannot relinquish the attachment or concern for illness, we cannot do anything and will be unable to help you.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun) I told myself to put down all notions and follow Master's arrangement. I then did the sitting meditation without any thought. With Master' help, all the pain disappeared and I soon reached tranquility. My state was better than usual. In tranquility, I saw an amazing scene.

My bedroom changed into a tall temple with giant doors. The doors looked like the ones in Italian temples. It was very bright in the temple. The decoration inside was simple but solemn. I sat on a bed in the middle of the temple. Several gentlemen, dressed in coats and ties and looking elegant, came to see me. They stood next to my bed and then left.

Soon after they left, another group came. The first three were young ladies in ethnic minority dress. After they left, people in colorful costumes appeared. They all wore blue masks. They came to my bed, looked at me, and then left. I was excited and happy, as if I had met family members whom I had lost contact with. I bid them fond farewells.

After I finished the meditation, I was still in that happy mood, feeling no pain at all. The next morning, I was surprised and happy to see that I had recovered. From accident to recovery took only a few hours. With Master's benevolent protection, I passed the test of this tribulation.

Enlightenment

During xinxing cultivation, a practitioner must actively look inward and follow the Fa to correct every single thought at every moment. If we detect a thought that deviates from the Fa, we must eliminate it immediately. We need to always keep a clear mind and head towards maturity.

We cannot slack off. Cultivation is serious. We cannot let the old forces take advantage of our loopholes and create tribulations in our cultivation.

We need to see the tribulations from the angle of the Fa. We must put down human notions. We need to keep righteous thoughts. The key is to trust Master and the Fa.

We need to find our problems and shortcomings in cultivation so that the old forces do not have excuses. Once we see our shortcomings, we need to study the Fa immediately and correct them. Meanwhile, we must deny the tribulation with our righteous thoughts and eliminate the old forces' arrangement.

We need to deny the tribulations affecting our minds. During this process, cultivating the heart is the key. We need to keep repelling all kinds of human notions and attachments. Especially we need to eliminate the negative thoughts and external interferences. We need to let the “genuine self” play the leading role to pass the test and keep our thoughts and actions righteous.

Master let me see another dimension during my meditation. This was a great encouragement. I should not only be responsible to myself, but I should take the initiative for the sentient beings in my own world. I must cultivate myself well and keep improving even as I awaken people’s consciences.

The above is derived from my experience and understandings of tribulations. While cautioning myself, I wish to encourage other practitioners: Let us stride forward diligently on our cultivation path, awaken the conscience of sentient beings, and fulfill our historical tasks.