Thoughts on the Importance of Letting Go of Resentment

(Minghui.org) I experienced some interference a while ago, but I couldn’t work out where I’d fallen short in my cultivation. I felt that my heart was quite pure and calm, and I was doing pretty well in telling people the facts about Falun Dafa with compassion and the effect was quite good. I felt that my xinxing was improving rapidly and I was able to let go of my old grudges towards other practitioners. In fact, I didn’t have any negative feelings towards other practitioners. I tried very hard to look within, but still couldn’t see what my loopholes were.

So I asked Master Li (the founder of Falun Dafa) in my heart to give me some hints. That night, I had a dream in which I met two former coordinators. One of them, Jian, said to me, “Those who harbor resentment should go to that room.” I replied, “I don’t resent anyone, so I won’t go there.” So Jian went to the room by himself.

After waking up, I realized that Master had given me a hint that I still had some resentment. I searched within carefully and found that I indeed still felt rather resentful towards the police officers who harassed me from time to time. But, I didn’t think it was a big deal. 

A few days later, I learned that Jian had passed away in October 2023. I was shocked and realized I needed to take my loophole more seriously. When I told my daughter about my dream and shared my understanding about it, she suggested that I write a sharing article to remind others about the issue of resentment. 

When Jian was alive, he had been unlawfully imprisoned for four years and then suffered severe financial persecution after his release. We hadn’t seen each other for over eight years, so I don’t know if he had any resentment towards the police.

In my understanding, the reason some elderly practitioners passed away due to sickness karma was because they harbored resentment in their heart. Over time, this led to their physical problems. After failing to get over this hurdle for a long time, they lost their lives in this human world. I would like to share a few of these cases as a warning to others. 

Case 1

A female practitioner passed away when she was about 60. Before she became a practitioner, she had serious heart disease and had bypass surgery. After she started to practice Falun Dafa, she enjoyed good health and did quite well in studying the Dafa teachings, doing the exercises and telling people the facts about Falun Dafa. 

However, she often had conflicts with her son and daughter-in-law. Once she even threw her daughter-in-law’s clothes outside. When her son wanted to sell the trees in their yard for 600,000 yuan, she disagreed and often quarreled with him. Not long afterwards, she had a heart attack and passed away. 

Case 2

Another female practitioner also passed away when she was 60. She used to have a lot of arguments with her husband over trivial things. Her husband would beat her up and yell at her. She developed a lot resentment and hatred towards him, and her husband remained bad-tempered. 

The last time he beat her, she cried nearly all night. When she woke up, she had lost her memory. She was no longer able to study the Dafa teachings or do the exercises, and her condition deteriorated every day. She passed away six months later. 

Case 3

Ling passed away when she was 69. Both she and her husband were Falun Dafa practitioners. However, for a long time, she felt resentful about the way her husband talked or did things. Although she didn’t say anything to him, she still felt angry inside. She was also resentful towards her son-in-law, thinking that he wasn’t treating her daughter well. 

As time went by, she developed problems with her heart and lungs and had to be hospitalized. When she was discharged from hospital, she had to rely on medication. She passed away within the year.

Case 4

Fang’s mother has also passed away. According to Fang, her mother had a lot of trouble with her daughter-in-law and was very resentful towards her. In the end, Fang’s mother developed gastric cancer and passed away shortly afterwards.

In Falun Dafa cultivation, we should pay attention to every single thought. In this last phase of Fa-rectification, the requirements for us have become higher and higher. Therefore, we must cultivate our xinxing diligently to keep up our progress, instead of using the standards of elementary school pupils to guide college students about to graduate. 

We must discipline ourselves with even higher standards within Dafa’s principles, so that every cell in our body assimilates to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. In my understanding, this is because our bodies are being cleansed to become purer and purer to reach the standard of the new universe. 

Even some seemingly small resentment can be very harmful. Over time, it may cause major problems. If someone fails to cultivate on the basis of the Fa over a long time and accumulates many tribulations, they may reach an impasse and find it hard to pull through. I believe this is why so many elderly practitioners are suffering sickness karma and so many of them have passed away.

We must be clear-headed and pay attention to our xinxing cultivation. We must let go of our various attachments and human notions, especially resentment, which is very harmful for cultivators. 

Cultivation is a very serious matter. All human attachments, either small or big, should be taken seriously. After Master published three recent articles, one after another, we have all become more clear-headed about the seriousness of cultivation. 

Master said in “Realms” in Essentials for Further Advancement,

“A wicked person is born of jealousy.Out of selfishness and anger he complains about unfairness towards himself. A benevolent person always has a heart of compassion.With no discontentment or hatred, he takes hardship as joy. An enlightened person has no attachments at all.He quietly observes the people of the world deluded by illusions.”

(“Realms,” Essentials for Further Advancement)

We must always measure ourselves by the principles of Dafa and hold ourselves to the standard of an enlightened being, so that we can constantly improve ourselves and become one with Dafa.

Editor’s note: This article only represents the author’s understanding in their current cultivation state meant for sharing among practitioners so that we can “Compare with one another in study, in cultivation.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)