(Clearwisdom.net) I began practicing Falun Gong in the winter of 2006. Before I studied Dafa, I had many kinds of illnesses. It cost me nearly a thousand yuan for every attempt to find a cure. Yet, I did not find a cure. Every day I wore a troubled look.

Someone suggested to me that I learn Falun Gong. In the beginning, I thought of giving it a try. My objective was to cure illnesses and I did not comprehend that practicing Dafa is "cultivation." So, my illness did not take a good turn. Through continuous Fa study, I have come to understand that Dafa is not for curing illnesses. As long as one truly cultivates, Master will purify our bodies. Master has clearly stated this in his first lecture:

"I do not talk about healing illness here, and neither will we heal illness. As a genuine practitioner, however, you cannot practice cultivation with an ill body. I will purify your body. The body purification will be done only for those who come to truly learn the practice and the Fa."

Master also said:

"...they would act differently and go their own way, competing and fighting with others for fame and profit among everyday people. How could they increase gong? It could not increase at all, and for the same reason neither would their illnesses be healed."

When you truly cultivate, continuously eliminating the attachment of pursuit, and the attachment to competing and fighting, Master will look after you. In the following, I will talk about my own experiences passing the test of life and death.

One day in 2007, I went to a fellow practitioner's home to study the Fa. Long time practitioners and new practitioners were there. We listened to Master's Fa teaching. I gradually felt dizzy. I started vomiting and had diarrhea. I felt worse and worse. In a moment, I knew nothing. My arms and legs became stiff. My eyes rolled into the back of my head. At that moment, I saw other time-spaces. Little ghosts were carrying a coffin. Some ghosts brought out a casket. They led me to make a choice. I had a thought that they wanted to take me away and that I would not go with them. I was Master's disciple. But they would not go away, they pulled at me and would not let go. Fellow practitioners continuously sent forth righteous thoughts and called my name. However, the old forces just did not want to give up. Then, fellow practitioners continued sending forth righteous thoughts. Some practitioners got anxious. Also, I saw dead relatives standing in front of me. They wanted me to go with them. At that moment, I thought that I could not get rid of them. I said: fellow practitioners, please do well in cultivation; I will wait for you in another time-space. Then, a practitioner was anxious and seriously said: "No, you are Master's disciple. You should not go anywhere. No one can move you."

Master said: "If anyone can harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe."

Some practitioners read aloud "The Master-Disciple Bond" in Hong Yin II. Then, I slowly recited Fa-rectification verses word-by-word. I slowly stood up. I knew that it was Master who saved me, and fellow practitioners' righteous thoughts brought me back from the evils, and Master brought me out of that hell. It was Master and fellow practitioners who helped me to pass the test of life and death. With tears, I gave thanks to Master's benevolence for saving me, and the selfless help from fellow practitioners. I am now recovered. I can do well again with the three things required by Master. My physical condition is getting better and better. When I walk on the streets, some even ask me why I look like a changed person, with a very healthy look, and what secret medicine I was taking. I would say that the secret medicine is that I am studying "Falun Dafa." My family also witnessed that Falun Dafa is good.

My cultivation still has some distance to go to be what Master requires. I still have not eliminated a lot of my attachments. In the future, I need to spend a lot of effort to eliminate jealousy, fear, competing and fighting, selfishness, and other attachments. I also need to do well with the three things, catch up with Fa rectification, and live up to Master's benevolent salvation.

Thank you, Master.