The Lesson I Learned After Watching Videos on My Cell Phone

(Minghui.org) I’d like to tell you about one of my recent cultivation experiences. Many platforms for short videos now fill the Internet. These videos cover all types of content and based on my browsing history, the app offers more videos as indicated by my personal preferences. I gradually became so addicted that I couldn’t stop watching.

Whenever I had time—either at home or while riding the subway, I took out my phone and watched videos. I sometimes watched for hours at night. I finally realized that watching videos wasted my time and caused me problems. I tried to quit, but I always re-downloaded the app after I deleted it.

I recently developed shingles, a blistering skin rash, which spread from my chest to my abdomen. It was itchy, burning, and painful. As a Falun Dafa practitioner, I realized that this “illness” was caused by my attachment to watching these videos. They filled my mind with many bad things, and the severe skin condition was a reflection of this.

I made up my mind to delete the apps and no longer allow them to interfere with my cultivation practice. After ten days, the rash disappeared. After this tribulation, I’m deeply aware of the seriousness of cultivation.