(Clearwisdom.net) Uncle C is a fellow practitioner who started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. During the winter of last year and the spring of this year, for various reasons he neglected his sacred responsibility shouldered by the Fa-rectification period Dafa practitioners. He was not that diligent any more in doing the three things that practitioners should do well. As a result he left a loophole for the old forces to take advantage of and it almost led to a big disaster. Fortunately he was alerted in time, and under the compassionate care of Teacher, he completely disintegrated the demons, got rid of the interference, and caught up with the Fa rectification in major strides.

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For a while, Uncle C discovered something that would move in his eyes, and it grew bigger and bigger. One afternoon he felt very sleepy and when he just closed his eyes he saw a huge snake burrowing into his forehead. He jumped up scared and sat down right away to send forth righteous thoughts. Unfortunately, he was a bit too slow. He saw clearly a pale green shadow and its fangs. The snake slowly entered his body through his forehead. After the feeling of terror disappeared, Uncle C calmed down very quickly and thought that it must be the persecution of the evil forces taking advantage of his loopholes. He was determined to eliminate the evil forces; however, he thought that his own strength might not be powerful enough and he needed strength from the group. He decided to ask the group to send forth righteous thoughts together.

In the afternoon on April 17, 2005 Uncle C came to my home and explained to us why he came. Beginning at 5 minutes to 6 o'clock, when practitioners all over the world sent forth righteous thoughts together, Mom, Uncle C and I began to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil.

When I was sending forth righteous thoughts to cleanse my own mind, all of a sudden I found my vision becoming blurry. It was like a glass sprayed with black fog which blocked my sight. I kept clearing it and found that the black fog was rubbed off piece by piece, and a golden light gradually shone through. I saw myself in a white ancient costume, sitting in a mist of golden light. When I turned around, I saw Teacher's Fashen (Law Body). I was very happy. Slowly the face of that "Fashen" became blurry and it became a slender face with a pointed chin. Instantly I became alert. I saw that "Fashen" stick out its forked tongue. All of a sudden the "Fashen" became a snake wiggling toward me. I sat cross-legged instantly and erected my palm to send forth righteous thoughts. I was surrounded by a wall of golden light. When the snake touched the golden light, it was caught by a huge golden hand. It was Teacher's real Fashen! Teacher, with blue curly hair and a compassionate smile, was standing in a benevolent and shining golden light. He grabbed the big snake in his left hand and dissolved it. I ran toward Teacher in delight and told Teacher about what had happened to Uncle C. Teacher waved his hand and said with a smile, "I know."

Teacher brought me to a place where I looked down and saw Uncle C surrounded by a very thick black cloud. The black cloud was in the shape of a huge snake with its head raised up very high and it looked several times bigger than Uncle C. It stuck out its tongue and made a hissing sound. Its sharp fangs almost engulfed Uncle C. On the other hand, Uncle C was sitting in the middle of the snake shape black cloud. When he looked around, he saw that he was surrounded with a pitch of black cloud.

"Why is that?" I asked Teacher.

Teacher told me compassionately, "That is because the old forces are persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. The closer we get to the end of the Fa rectification the more unwilling the old forces become in letting go of the Dafa practitioners. They always try to destroy the practitioners who have gaps in their xinxing. That black snake was let out by the old forces." I said, "In that case I will go and help Uncle C to get rid of the black snake!" Just when I prepared to rush down, Teacher stopped me.

"Why don't you let me help him get rid of the black snake?" I asked.

"This is the persecution by the old forces; so if someone gives a helping hand, the old forces will complain about it. They will say, 'If he cannot pass this test how can he be worthy of being a Dafa practitioner?' At times like this, even I have nothing to say." Teacher explained, "This persecution is the result of the strong attachments and the lack of righteous thoughts of the Dafa practitioners."

"Does that mean if our righteous thoughts are strong we can eliminate it?" I asked.

"Just as what you have done, on seeing the snake you had no fear and erected your palm without any hesitation to send forth righteous thoughts. In this case even if the interference was very strong or even if you could not handle it, Teacher would help you." Teacher kindly helped me to enlighten to this truth. Meanwhile I looked far away and I could clearly see a beam of golden light appear indistinctly at the outside of a pile of black clouds. It turned out there was a Fashen of Teacher there as well, who contracted his brows and looked very anxious. He wanted to help but could not, so he could only stand there helplessly.

"What will happen if his righteous thoughts are still not strong?" I asked Teacher.

"Then he will be like that." Teacher pointed to a direction and asked me to have a look.

It was pitch dark there, and I saw a practitioner sitting in a chair. A huge snake intertwined tightly around the practitioner and the chair. The practitioner was screaming with horror and the snake that intertwined him was a piebald python which showed its dreadful poisonous fangs when it opened up its bloody mouth. Its eyes sent out a greedy green light and looked like it wanted to swallow the practitioner at once. Not far from the rear stood Teacher's Fashen who was kept outside the thick black fog, with an expression of utter helplessness.

"Can we help him get rid of that evil and rescue him as soon as possible?" I asked Teacher anxiously.

"This all depends on him!" Teacher sighed and continued, "If one cares less about life and death, and can maintain very strong righteous thoughts, then no evil will dare to touch you."

The first time we sent righteous thoughts with Uncle C ended there.

When Uncle C heard my description he was shocked and moved. Teacher's words resounded in his ears, which would make a deaf man hear and a blind man see, as well as shake heaven and earth. All of a sudden, many events that he experienced appeared in his mind. Uncle C seemed to understand more deeply the concrete ways of how the old forces tested Dafa and Dafa practitioners in an all-encompassing and destructive manner. They would seize every opportunity. The human type of cleverness could not stop the persecution by the old forces. As a true Dafa practitioner he must have a righteous heart, righteous thoughts and righteous actions. At the same time he must step up his effort in sending forth righteous thoughts, negate and eliminate the interference and the persecution by the old forces. When Uncle C thought about this, he felt full of determination.

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One week later, on April 24, we again sent forth righteous thoughts together with Uncle C.

When I cleared my mind I saw the snake that coiled around Uncle C had become as thin as a piece of cardboard. The snake looked like the peel of an apple, and still covered the surrounding areas of Uncle C who was sitting in the middle cross-legged and with his palm erected. There was some distance between him and the snake which looked as if it were in pain but still wanted to viciously attack Uncle C. There seemed to be a very powerful force pushing the snake away so that it was unable to get any closer to Uncle C.

Uncle C told us that after we had sent forth righteous thoughts together last week he took time and did the three things well. On the fourth day he saw five Falun circling around him. They were like exhaust fans sucking out the black substance from his body. Uncle C knew clearly that it was the merciful Teacher who helped him to cleanse his body. When I sent forth righteous thoughts, I saw Uncle C's condition had improved noticeably.

Another week elapsed. It was May 1, and the three of us gathered together again to send forth righteous thoughts.

I saw the snake that was coiled around Uncle C was already riddled with gaping wounds and utterly routed. It looked like the ashes of burned bark and it barely managed to form a snake's shape. Uncle C was sitting upright to send forth righteous thoughts. His righteous thoughts were very strong and powerful and there was a golden ball of light surrounding him. The snake was in the ball of light and writhing in great pain. Uncle C's abnormal condition had almost been rectified.

One week later, on May 8, the three of us continued to send forth righteous thoughts together. I saw that the snake then could only manage to form the shape with fragments, ashes and dust, but still stubbornly coiled around Uncle C. I also saw that Teacher's Fashen was sitting upright not far away and looked attentively at Uncle C with kindness and a smile as if he was very glad to see Uncle C break through the tribulation. At that time, the golden light ball that surrounded Uncle C had grown a lot bigger.

I followed Teacher closely. Teacher said with a smile, "We should congratulate him, for the snake is about to be destroyed."

On May 15, it was one month since we began to sent forth righteous thoughts together with Uncle C.

The snake that interfered with Uncle C became indistinct dust and was about to be destroyed by the golden light. All of a sudden black smoke came out of the dust. It wheeled in the air and during the process it became numerous tiny snakes that attempted to encircle Uncle C. Uncle C placed his arms horizontally in front of his chest, with the palms of his hands facing each other. The black snake was instantly absorbed into his palms. He rolled them into a black air ball which was quickly sealed by the golden light. The sealed tiny snakes still struggled to break out from inside. Uncle C put his hands together in front of his chest in the position of Heshi and the black air ball vanished instantly. At that moment Teacher's Fashen flew to Uncle C's side. There was no barrier between Teacher's Law Body and Uncle C at the time.

The old forces, however, would not change their evil nature and the remnants of the evil forces still would not let go of the Dafa practitioners. Not long after, the old forces sent out numerous black gas balls to launch a sudden attack against Uncle C. At that time Uncle C erected his palm and sent forth righteous thoughts right away. Instantly there was a golden light covering his body and it repelled the black gas balls. The black gas balls gathered and shaped into a big snake which tried to attack. Teacher's Fashen used his Gong (Energy Potency) to form a big hand and caught the snake and dissolved it.

I followed Teacher closely. Teacher said, "The old forces are about to diminish, and they are putting up a last-ditch fight. Now they have sent out many dark minions, rotten ghosts and low spirits to attack Falun Gong practitioners all over the world."

I asked Teacher what would happen to those practitioners who failed to understand this (referred to sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate that snake) and still attached to their loopholes?

Once again Teacher took me to see the practitioner we saw before, who was tied to a chair by a snake. This time he was off the chair and the snake had coiled all over him. His eyes were sunken deep and he wore no expression on his face. He was thin, pale and his energy was nearly sucked up by the snake which was a lot bigger and stronger than before.

"Ah! ..."Teacher had a deep sigh.

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On May 22, Uncle C came to my home to send forth righteous thoughts with us. It was the sixth time we did so. The three of us were sitting in the living room in a triangular formation. When sending forth righteous thoughts, I saw the three of us sitting in the same formation in other dimensions. The golden light we emitted was reflecting on one another, strengthening each other, and joining together to form one body. The ghosts, black snakes and the low spirits came in groups to launch fierce attacks. Though they were bounced back by our golden light, they still came like waves. A beam of golden light that came out of my forehead joined with the beams of golden light from the other two to form a diamond-like cage. We used beams of golden light to sweep the rotten ghosts and black snakes into the cage. When the cage was filled up it would automatically expand, so we could continue to put in the evil spirits we had caught.

Teacher's Fashen, who sat behind Uncle C, made different sorts of hand gestures and every hand gesture would make the energy that surrounded Uncle C have remarkable changes and form different kinds of Fa-weapons. Sometimes it would become a huge golden hand, and it would relentlessly deal head-on blows to all these rotten ghosts and demons.

Under the compassionate care of Teacher, Uncle C successfully got rid of the tribulations forced upon him by the old forces. Now he is coming into full play with the great power of Fa-rectification Dafa practitioners and uses his time to save more sentient beings.

During the process of breaking with the persecution of Uncle C by the old forces, we really felt that the persecution of the Dafa practitioners by the old forces is not a false appearance, but is very real and very vicious. On the other hand, the tribulations forced upon Dafa practitioners by the old forces due to the loopholes in their xinxing are not temporary. If practitioners cannot let go of their attachments and get rid of the interference from the evils in time, then all that had been achieved would be wasted. That would lead to a horrendous consequence.

On August 7, 2005, the Minghui (the Chinese Clearwisdom) website published an article written by a fellow practitioner entitled "Eradicate False Phenomena and Cultivate Diligently." The author stated in the article, "The persecution by the old forces is a false phenomenon and the tribulations suffered by the practitioners are temporary." I believe that from the progress of Dafa as a whole we can understand it that way, but the persecution of every Dafa practitioner is not false, but consists of real tribulations and tests. If we treat it lightly, do not want to let go of our attachments, and have a mentality of taking chances, then the tribulations will not be temporary but will be long term. Teacher said:

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