(Clearwisdom.net) The following incident left a deep impression on me. One day, while I was on my way to work, my mind was in turmoil. I said to myself, "This is not right. I should recite, 'Falun Dafa is good!' 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!'" However, after reciting this a few times, my mind started to have stray thoughts again. I nearly ran into someone's car, but still I couldn't calm those thoughts down. All of a sudden, I felt my bicycle moving forward quickly. I applied my brakes but they broke. On my left was a big car and on my right was a stall. I screamed and went flying through the middle. I crashed into the motorcycle in front me and fell to the ground.
I thought to myself, "See, this is my punishment for thinking too much!" I did not feel any pain at all and did not think too much about the accident. Several days later, I saw a colleague limping and asked her what had happened. She said that she had just crashed into a motorcycle. The pain was unbearable. I then realized that Master had protected me in my earlier accident. Later, I shared my experience with another practitioner. I said that I did not think about being a practitioner at the time of my accident. Why did Master protect me? The practitioner replied, "When an everyday person has an accident, he will not think of reflecting upon himself. However, you immediately looked within yourself to see what you had done wrong. That means you have regarded yourself as a practitioner and that is why Master has protected you." I was punished for not having righteous thoughts. However, I could handle this incident in accordance with the teachings of the Fa. Consequently, I was looked after by Master!
I had a dream one night. I dreamed of many people dancing in a disorderly fashion, and I was one of them. When I woke up, I could not understand what the dream was trying to tell me. I thought perhaps it was trying to warn me that I had not followed practicing only one cultivation way. Yet, although I was not diligent in my cultivation, I was indeed only practicing Falun Gong and did not even think of other cultivation methods. After sharing my dream with a practitioner, he told me that once he walked past a dance advertisement on the street. He lowered his head and walked past it quickly without even glancing at the ad. I then realized why I had the dream. In the morning, I also saw this particular advertisement on the street. However, because I used to love dancing, even though I had given up this attachment, I could not help but take a glance at the ad. I also thought that the dancers in the ad did not look good.
In everyday society, if you only have bad thoughts but do not act upon it, then you have not committed a sin. You would only have sinned if you actually committed a wrong deed. However, if a cultivator has bad thoughts, his or her cultivation level will drop. Once you have bad thoughts, it is considered a mistake. A cultivator's every thought should assimilate to the Fa. Master said,
"We have said that good or evil comes from a person's spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences." (Zhuan Falun)
Several times when I had sickness karma, I discovered that a single thought could result in entirely different results. Once, I appeared to have flu symptoms. It seemed to be really bad and my nose kept running. I thought to myself, I am a cultivator, and nothing will happen to me. I studied the Fa and did the exercises as usual. When I did the meditation, I was suddenly all better, and did not even have a transition period. This was an extremely wonderful feeling. I realized that as long as my mind is on the Fa, I will instantly recover from sickness karma. It is indeed miraculous!
On many occasions, I immediately recovered from sickness karma because my thoughts were righteous. One incident that left me with the deepest impression, was the time when my neck was sore and swollen. I was in pain and thought to myself that this might be a symptom of an injury to the vertebrae in my neck, and that I was probably destined to suffer from this illness at this point in my life. But I had the thought that fortunately, I have started to practice Falun Dafa and no longer have to endure such pain. Instantly, the symptoms went away and I recovered.
Some practitioners who practiced for a longer period of time than me and who used to be very diligent, ended up indulging in watching television or had strong human attachments. Consequently, they were persecuted by the old forces with sickness karma and died. I am saddened by their deaths. At present, many things disseminate karma. As cultivators, our body is constantly purified and if we attract such bad things, isn't it going the opposite way? We should resolve to quit all bad habits, purify ourselves, and try to ensure that our every thought, at every moment, is on the Fa.
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