(Clearwisdom.net) One night a fellow practitioner, a 75-year-old lady, telephoned me and mentioned she recently developed a strange illness: only after dark, each night bumps appeared all over her body, and she had terrible itching in her eyes and nose. She also had irritating sensations throughout her internal organs. During the day, she was fine, but after 6 p.m., the bumps and itching would start, and she could not sleep at all, even after treating the swelling with hot water, soap, or sterilizing alcohol. She found herself scratching every square inch of her skin, resulting in bleeding. This seriously interrupted her Fa-study, Falun Gong exercise practice and sending forth righteous thoughts. Eventually, she could not bear it and let her spouse get some dermatological cream for external use on her skin, after nine years of not needing medicine. But unexpectedly, the cream made the itching worse and caused fever and chills that lasted the whole night. She went without sleep and had bloodstains on her nightclothes and bedding.
Before her cultivation began, this woman had more than ten diagnosed illnesses. Many of the best medical experts in Beijing probably have her case records. Since her youth, she was constantly wracked by illness. Even when just talking, she was weak and had to stop for breath from time to time. She was often stooped over while she tried to get enough air. Since she began to practice Falun Gong, she has been able to stand up straight with a strong back, has been free of illness and had not needed to take any medicine. One day, after three months of cultivation, she carried a 100-pound bag of flour from the first floor of her building to her apartment on the fourth floor without stopping. Then, she stared blankly at the flour bag in amazement. She was able to carry something so heavy, which she had never been able to do during her whole life. With that thought, she was excited and in tears: she went to Teacher's portrait and put her palms together, expressing her thanks. Since then, she solidly believed in Teacher and Falun Dafa. She had passed so many tests, but why not this instance? During our telephone chat, she poured out her frustration and hopelessness. Immediately, I sensed that the old forces' dark minions that Teacher told us about were attacking and interfering with her. So, some other practitioners and I exchanged ideas on the basis of the Fa and asked her to send forth more righteous thoughts to eliminate those dark minions.
The next day, I brought several articles that were downloaded from Clearwisdom to her home. She had lost much weight, had little appetite and had a poor complexion. Together we repeatedly studied Teacher's new article "Eliminate the Dark Minions with Righteous Thoughts." Also, we read other practitioners' experience sharing articles. Then, she enlightened to what her gap was. Previously, upon receiving copies of new articles by Teacher, she simply glanced at them a couple of times and then put them aside without carrying out Teacher's instructions. When the health problems erupted, she did not realize they were caused by the dark minions, thus letting them exploit her gap. She said that every night she would see a group of shining spots, each the size of a coin or a pen tip, roaming around in her room. After our Fa-study and sending forth righteous thoughts together, right away she felt much better. On the morning of the third day after we were together, she called to tell me that she had recovered halfway by the night before. On the fourth day, she read Teacher's article out loud and sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the dark minions. The group of shining spots continually became smaller and dimmer. At 10 p.m., she went to bed and slept soundly until 5:30 a.m. She said she hadn't had a good night's sleep like that for 23 days. She continued, "Thanks to Teacher's guidance, I am standing tall again. With Teacher's protection, when the dark minions come, I'll eliminate them."
Teacher wrote in one of his poems ("Learning Dafa" Hongyin) that, "Right enlightenment is the cause of wisdom for a superior person." Through the tribulation that the fellow practitioner endured, I realized that on our paths of cultivation, we must listen to Teacher and keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification. Although we might not understand the inner meaning of Teacher's new articles right away, if we simply follow Teacher's instructions, then we will not fall behind. By paying attention to the instructions, we can avoid unnecessary tribulations due to not yet understanding the new articles, and we will not jeopardize our roles in saving all beings. When the time comes for us to understand the newly taught Fa principles, Teacher will open our wisdom, and we will be able to assimilate to those aspects of the Fa.
