Remember the Fa When Experiencing Physical Tribulations

(Minghui.org) I became very concerned when I recently read an article about the passing away of some Falun Dafa practitioners. I noticed that there were practitioners who acknowledged the old forces’ interference and they did not have a good outcome. I’d like to share my thoughts about this.

In early 2005, I began to have vaginal bleeding even though I was postmenopausal. The bleeding lasted a long time, the flow was heavy, and the color and odor were abnormal.

I remember Master said:

“True cultivators have no illnesses … ” (“Explaining the Fa for Falun Dafa Assistants in Changchun,” Further Discussions on Falun Dafa)

I asked myself whether I was a true cultivator. The answer was yes. I told myself that this was just Master purifying my body. I felt confident and blessed. 

Despite the amount of blood I lost, my face was rosy, and I had lots of energy. I didn’t let the bleeding stop me from doing anything. I performed my daytime job as usual, and at night, I worked at a restaurant owned by my sister-in-law. (When I was detained for practicing Dafa, my husband borrowed money from his sister. She demanded that I work for her to pay off the debt.) After I finished working at around midnight, instead of going home to rest, I distributed materials containing Falun Dafa information in nearby residential buildings. Despite the long hours of working, I didn’t feel tired or sleepy. In the fall, the bleeding stopped, and my body returned to normal.

A fellow practitioner in our area also experienced bleeding after menopause. She was concerned and asked me about it. I shared my story and told her she would be fine. A week later, she went to the hospital and was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was hospitalized and went through surgery and chemotherapy. 

Interestingly, if she took medicine, she had pain all night and could not sleep, but if she did not take the medicine, she slept without pain. During the surgery to remove the tumor, the doctor found it had already metastasized. Although the doctor warned her that the area from which the ovary was removed might take a long time to heal, her wound healed within a week. 

While I took it as a sign that Master was taking care of her, she still thought of herself as a patient. She kept hearing a voice telling her, “You are the eighth cancer patient.” (She shared the hospital room with seven other cancer patients.) She later stopped eating, as she would throw up everything she ate. Not long after, she passed away. 

Be Alert to the Old Forces’ Persecution 

One time, I had a heavy cold with a headache, watery eyes, a runny nose, and I coughed up phlegm. I endured the symptoms, thinking I was eliminating sickness karma. As the symptoms persisted, my daily life became severely affected, and I realized that this wasn’t right. I began sending righteous thoughts, and four hours later, most of the symptoms had disappeared, except for a bit numbness in my head.

I thought I would fully recover soon. But after a few days, I felt even worse. I had a headache, nausea, and vomiting. I sent righteous thoughts again for about 5 hours, and this time, I completely recovered.

Another time, I was about to write a cultivation-sharing article when I suddenly felt intense pain in my stomach. It felt like a thick stick had been inserted across my abdomen under the ribs. The pain was excruciating. I began sending righteous thoughts. It took me a long time, but in the end, the pain went away as if nothing had happened. 

From these encounters, I realized that we should not think of the old force’s persecution as eliminating sickness karma. We should negate it completely through righteous thoughts and not acknowledge it at all. 

Destroy the Aging Mechanism in Our Bodies

For the last few years, I noticed my joints were becoming stiff, which made it hard to go up and down the stairs. I thought this was not the right state for a cultivator and didn’t conform to the Fa. 

Master said:

“... you will feel that your body is light, as though treading on air. In the past, you would be tired if you walked a few steps, but now it is very easy no matter how far you walk. You feel as if being pushed while riding a bike, and you are not tired when going upstairs—no matter how many floors there are. It is guaranteed to be this way.” (Lecture Eight, Zhuan Falun)

I began sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the mechanism installed by the old forces to make me age. The righteous thoughts were effective, and it was easier for me to go up and down the stairs after that. Another practitioner shared a similar experience with me. He sent righteous thoughts when his back became hunched, and his back straightened not long after he sent the righteous thoughts. 

This is my understanding at my current level. Please point out anything that is not in line with the Fa.