(Clearwisdom.net) My mother is 73 years old. Before she started to practice Falun Dafa, she had many diseases such as pleurisy, hepatitis, tuberculosis, hypertension, dizziness, and breast cancer. She was in a lot of pain. In order to relieve the pain, she joined a religion at 41 years of age. She stayed for 20 years, and she got no better.
In the spring of 1996, relatives introduced Falun Gong to my mother and she started to practice. She faithfully practiced the exercises and studied the “Fa.” Rain or shine, she always got up early to practice the exercises. Teacher purified her body again and again, and each time my mother treated herself as a real cultivator, kept a good mental state, and kept improving her “xinxing”. Through the great compassion of Teacher, all of her diseases disappeared and she became a healthy person.
My mother’s celestial eye is partially open. She told me that when she maintains her xinxing well, she will see Teacher smile at her, encouraging her to advance diligently. When she cannot do so, Teacher will look at her seriously, reminding her to improve.
There was a unique period in her cultivation. In January 2005, due to her attachments, my mother kept cleaning the house, keeping busy with this and that, and she did not keep up with doing the exercises, studying Fa, sending righteous thoughts, or “clarifying the truth.” As a result the evil took advantage of her shortcomings. One day at noon, she saw three big characters of “righteous” on the wall. She did not realize that Teacher was reminding her, so she still kept busy with this and that. At night she suddenly felt her left side become numb, her eyes lose focus, and her mouth droop. She had symptoms of paralysis. When she got out of bed, she fell down. My father was at home and picked her up. He asked her to go to the hospital. When my mother realized it was the persecution by the old forces, she immediately sent righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and to negate all of their arrangements. She struggled to stand up. She could not speak clearly, but she said firmly to my father: “I will not go. I will be fine.”
When I got home and saw mother’s situation, I did not think about it too much. I know there is Teacher, and there is the Fa, and it will be fine. I discussed with my mother the shortcomings in her xinxing. Soon she realized that because she was totally occupying herself with ordinary things, these ordinary issues were delaying her from doing the “three things” a Dafa disciple should do, and the evil took advantage of her. In the future she should keep a righteous mind and righteous thoughts, and no matter how busy she is, she should do the three things well and accomplish the sacred mission of Dafa disciples. With righteous faith in Teacher and Dafa, she treated herself as a real cultivator. Plus, because there are many cultivators in my family, we sent righteous thoughts together and did not have an ordinary mentality. In just four days, my mother recovered and returned to normal, allowing family member who did not practice to witness the supernormal power of Dafa and the great compassion of Teacher.
On this issue, I came to realize that a cultivator’s faith in Teacher and in Dafa cannot be maintained just by what we say. We should believe in Teacher and in Dafa from our hearts and show it by how we act. Cultivation is serious, and it is not a game. At the same time I realized that when fellow practitioners have tribulations, we should support them with righteous thoughts, understand that Dafa disciples are a whole body, that fellow practitioners' issues are our issues, that we should help them in a timely manner, that we should not by moved by ordinary mentalities, and that we cannot let the old forces take advantage of our shortcomings, increasing our tribulations. Dafa disciples should walk only the path arranged by Teacher.
This is my understanding. Please point out any errors.