(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioners who are suffering from sickness karma or torture while in prison should sincerely believe and practice "denying the old forces' arrangement entirely" as Master required. Many practitioners are able to act in the right way, but unable to truly deny the old forces in their minds. Our state of mind greatly affects what happens to us. When facing persecution in its various forms, are we denying the old forces thoroughly in both our minds and actions? In the midst of illness, some practitioners talk about denying the old forces' persecution, but still think, "Maybe it is because I have too much karma." Thoughts like this indicate that the practitioners are acknowledging the old forces' persecution.
Master points out in Lecture Seven of Zhuan Falun:
"Those evil beings are also something negative, and they are all black. Thus, they can come because this environment suits them. This is the fundamental cause of one's being ill; it is the most principal source of illnesses."
Once you acknowledge the persecution, you are providing an environment for it to work in. I consider the fundamental reason for practitioners' illnesses to be human notions. Human notions collaborate with the old forces to harm Dafa practitioners. They will take advantage of any omissions in our cultivation. We are cultivators walking the path leading to divinity by getting rid of human notions. How can we still hold on to our human thoughts at such a critical moment?
Of course there are various situations in everyone's cultivation. I am just sharing my general understanding on eliminating human notions.
