(Clearwisdom.net) I have suffered from chronic illnesses since I was young, and I was plagued by serious illnesses for most of my life. In 1997 when I was 40 years old, my emphysema reached an advanced stage and I was at death's door. At that time, I was fortunate enough to learn Falun Dafa. After practicing for about ten days, I saw a sacred world in another dimension and experienced the magnificence of cultivation.
In reviewing the course of my cultivation, I recalled many miracles that happened around me all along. I'll just talk about several examples of Teacher resolving illness karma for me, which I will always remember in my heart.
One night in the summer of 1998, my spirit left my body and went to another dimension. I walked in a glowing red world. There, in the blink of an eye a crowd of husky fellows with red faces surrounded me to collect the debts I owed them. I was terribly frightened, and worried in my heart: "I cannot even repay a single debt like this, let alone so many." All of the creditors pressured me from up close. I chastised myself and felt too ashamed to show my face. At that time, Teacher came in. The creditors immediately turned together to respectfully face Teacher. Teacher did not say a word and started to make hand signs. After finishing the hand signs, Teacher just disappeared. The creditors then looked at me with complicated expressions and seemed to say: "If you can succeed in cultivation, we are willing to follow you and obtain good fortune. Otherwise, we will collect our debts from you." My spirit then returned to my body. I knew in my heart that I had too many debts, and yet I have been fortunate enough to learn Falun Dafa and Teacher resolved many debts for me. I vowed inwardly that I would cultivate diligently, repay the creditors with good fortune and not let down Teacher's salvation of me. At the same time, I also had a premonition that my cultivation path would be rough and bumpy and I would have many tribulations to pass. At the time, I had already eliminated illness karma over ten times. I did it under the instruction and encouragement of Teacher's poem:
"It is not that it is painful on the path of cultivation,
Karma of lifetimes and lifetimes impedes;
Steeling the heart, eliminating karma, cultivating Xinxing,
Forever possessing a human form is a Buddha."
(unofficial translation, "Causality" in Hongyin).
Later, I experienced the painful elimination of karma over 30 times. I coughed out masses of sputum and my body was purified constantly. I knew Teacher used a lot of Gong to help me and eliminated the karma I owed from multiple lifetimes. When I was suffering terribly, Teacher often allowed me to see things through my Celestial Eye, which encouraged me and strengthened my confidence in cultivation.
At the end of 2002, I eliminated illness karma for the last time and to the most serious extent. At dawn one day, I was half asleep and again saw that the husky fellows with red faces (about five or six of them) had come to collect their debts from me and take my life. After I woke up, I knew why I was in such a predicament. I lamented that because I did not cultivate well, the creditors thought they couldn't count on me and thus were so ruthless to me. I regretted with bitterness and my tears fell like rain. I kneeled on the bed and asked for Teacher's help. I saw Teacher come to me and look at me with concern. That night, I fell asleep quietly. Later, in the middle of the night, I had a dream: Teacher came to me and sent Gong through a hand to my chest. I immediately felt that my chest was on fire and then a "me" who looked exactly like me flew out of my chest. Soon after that, Teacher sent out Gong a second time. He did this again seven or eight times in a row and, after each time, a "me" who was looked exactly like me flew out of my chest. When I awoke from the dream, I immediately understood that it was Teacher who used Gong to eliminate my illness karma. My chest felt cool. I knew that Teacher had eliminated my illness karma. How could I know how much Teacher bears for me?
Since then, I have been determined to cultivate, to listen to Teacher's words and to diligently get rid of attachments.