Getting Rid of Attachments to Rectify My Cultivation Environment

(Minghui.org) As Fa-rectification advances, the requirements for practitioners are higher, and we are seizing the moment to do the three things well. I’d like to share my experience of overcoming tribulations with righteous thoughts.

I work at a restaurant and use my spare time calling China via the RTC (Real Time Communication) platform. The RTC platform is a website where Falun Dafa practitioners call people in China to tell them about the persecution and encourage them to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations.

“You’d Better go to the Hospital”

In the spring of 2018, I scratched my right cheek when it was itchy. I then heard a voice saying, “Don’t scratch it.” I didn’t pay it much attention, but in hindsight I thought that Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, was giving me a hint. I looked in the mirror and noticed a cluster of blisters oozing pus.

The next day my forehead was itchy, and I scratched it again. By day three, I saw blisters on my left cheek, nose, and around my mouth and eyes. Another voice told me, “You’d better go to the hospital. This is not a rash. It’s cancer and it can kill you.” I thought: These tiny red blisters can take my life? That’s ridiculous!

People urged me to go to the hospital. I had told them about Falun Dafa before, and they know that the practice improved my health and elevated my character. I looked inward and found many attachments, so I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate them, as well as the old forces’ arrangements. I also put in more time and effort studying the Dafa books.

I measured myself against the Fa principles and memorized Hong Yin, Hong Yin II, Hong Yin III, and part of Hong Yin IV. Eventually, the blisters disappeared, and my face was smooth again.

Everyone had witnessed Dafa’s amazing effects. My boss is now reading Zhuan Falun for the second time, and he introduced it to his sisters as well.

Overcoming Resentment and Feeling Wronged

When the CCP virus (coronavirus) spread around the world, awakening people became a more urgent issue. I made phone calls to China every day. Although many people didn’t answer the calls, it’s a battle between good and evil in another dimension every time the phone rang. I often felt as if I’d come off the battlefield every time I finished a call.

In June 2021, I got up in a half-conscious state. I went to the kitchen and saw a vicious looking creature. It hit my calf with a spiked-bat, and I fell to the ground. I realized evil elements were attacking me, and I asked Master for help. I recited the verses for sending forth righteous thoughts. After a while, I became clear-headed, and the pain somewhat subsided.

Master said,

“... all the more so should a cultivator try to figure out why the old forces exploited his gaps. You have got to figure out what your problem is.” (“Fa Teaching at the 2013 Greater New York Fa Conference,” Collected Fa Teachings, Vol. XII)

While looking inward, I found my attachments to resentment, and a feeling of having been wronged.

After the CCP began the persecution of Falun Dafa in July 1999, my husband and his family didn’t want me to practice Dafa. My husband beat me and scolded me in an attempt to stop me from practicing. I endured the abuse because I knew that “ … whoever your karma is distributed to will feel upset about it.” (The Fourth Talk, Zhuan Falun)

Master arranged for me to participate in the RTC project, so I wanted to do a good job. When I sat in front of the computer and was about to make the phone calls, my husband would throw down the computer or my phone. I fixed them if they were repairable, or bought new ones if they were beyond repair.

I’ve replaced three computers and three phones over the past few years. I thought, “I work so hard to earn a living and cook meals for you, and you [my husband] still treat me with disrespect. I would have left you long ago if I were not practicing Dafa.” I felt wronged and resentful, and the old forces exploited my gaps.

Once I realized this, I spent more time studying the Fa. I put myself in his shoes and looked at things from his perspective. I felt sympathy for him, as he was also a victim of the persecution. My negative feelings weakened gradually.

My husband sat at the table one morning and kept staring at me. I asked him what was the matter, and he said with a smile, “You are so nice! My friends envy me for marrying such a good wife!”

“You should thank Master!” I replied. “Master teaches us to be good, and many practitioners have done better than I have.”

My understanding is that when we encounter tribulations, we should think and act with righteousness. Our righteous actions come from our thoughts, and our righteous thoughts come from the Fa. Therefore, we should study the Fa often and study the Fa well.