(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Dafa in September 1996. I'd like to write about a few of my experiences for the purpose of validating the Fa. Because of my limited level, please correct my errors if anything written here doesn't meet the requirement of the Fa.
The Difference That One Thought Can Make
In the middle of March 2004, a few fellow practitioners and I went to distant villages to distribute materials clarifying the facts about Falun Dafa. We took a bus from the city, each of us carrying prepared bags, to suburban areas, where we got on another bus heading towards the villages. The weather wasn't cold that day. On the bus, what came into my mind was, “Villagers usually eat their lunch with a rice bowl in their hand outside their homes; they enjoy gathering and chatting with neighbors. It's inconvenient for us to distribute truth clarifying materials under those circumstances. It would be more convenient if it snowed, forcing people to go inside for lunch, so that we could distribute the materials more easily.” Soon after I had this thought, I heard someone on the bus exclaim, “I didn't know that snow was in the forecast today!” I was stupefied, but it became clear to me right away that because I had a pure thought for saving people, Teacher was helping me.
After getting off the bus, Ms. Wu and I walked through wheat field towards a village, while the snow fell like goose feathers. Looking up at the sky full of snow, I developed an attachment of complacency, thinking, “Look at this, because I am a Dafa practitioner, I can be a rainmaker and can summon the wind!” With this attachment, I was instantly attacked by the old forces, making me feel so chilly that I trembled. My face was covered with a layer of thin ice, and I kept saying “So cold! So cold!” as I hunched over. Ms. Wu finally said, “I didn't want to say anything, but you keep complaining. How could a Dafa practitioner be afraid of the cold!” What she said reminded me of Teacher's words on the issue of cold. Instantly a current of heat went through my body, and the feeling of thin ice on my face disappeared. I thanked Teacher for protecting me, “Thank you, Teacher! Thank you, Teacher!” I remembered what Teacher said,
“The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston,” April 27, 2002)
At this moment, I had a better understanding of the Fa in this paragraph, making me understand the serious nature of Dafa cultivation better.
After entering the village, we didn't see villagers around because of the snow. Ms. Wu started passing out truth clarifying materials through her half of the village, while I did the other half. Seeing that there was a stone pillar about a foot high in the front of each gate, I quickly put the material (already in plastic bags) in areas where they might get snowed on. We also taped truth clarifying materials onto the school's front gate, tree branches where people could easily reach, and electric poles. It didn't take very long before all the materials were passed out, and the snow also stopped.
Studying the Fa Well Helps Us to Have Strong Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions
One time when my husband (a non-practitioner) and I went together on an errand, I sat behind him on his motorbike. He drove very fast and didn't slow down when passing a bus depot. My right leg bumped against a parked bus. I was somewhat taken by what happened and couldn't control myself, and said, “Ouch!” Reacting and reducing his speed, my husband asked, “Are you okay?” Without thinking I said, “No problem. I'll be okay within three days.” Quickly realizing that my thought wasn't righteous, I changed it swiftly, “I'm okay now.” However, I had acknowledged the accident and that three-day tribulation was formed. What I ended up with was a swollen-purple right leg for three full days.
Of course, during those three days I went on doing things as usual, including the three things and family chores—I used righteous actions to negate the persecution. That experience enabled me to see that if I study the Fa thoroughly and well, my first thought on anything will be righteous. If that had been the case, that three-day tribulation would not have had a chance to exist. Evil won't dare to persecute Dafa disciples who have righteous thoughts and righteous actions.
Manifestation of Divine Powers Goes Along with Strong Righteous Thoughts
One night my daughter (who is a fellow practitioner) called, saying that she had a terrible stomachache and asking me to help send forth righteous thoughts. I did this right after hanging up the phone. When my daughter was getting married, I was imprisoned at a detention center. After I was released, I didn't even have time to visit her and her husband, so I still don't know where they reside. I only know they live quite far away.
I focused my thoughts, completely negating the old forces' arrangements and tests, eliminating all of the evil elements. Instantly I saw myself floating above the ground about a meter high, dashing forward like a shining rocket, taking twists and turns through streets and alleys, entering a small community, making another turn, dashing through a big front door, and entering a bedroom, where I saw my daughter hunched over with her back facing the door in great pain. The strong Gong from my righteous thoughts covered her. When I finished sending forth righteous thoughts, I called my daughter about it. She happily said, “Mom, it's all gone! What a miracle!” Later on, I went to visit my daughter and son-in-law. The route, location, bedroom, and their furniture were exactly the same as I had saw them while sending forth righteous thoughts.
Validating the Fa while Doing Real Cultivation
Once in the middle of the night, I needed to go to the toilet. Suddenly I felt that the middle part of my body from the waist down to the thighs was very stiff and numb, and I wasn't able to move. I swiftly sent forth a thought, “I am a disciple of Teacher Li Hongzhi; I only go by Teacher's arrangements; I neither acknowledge nor accept any other arrangements.” With righteous thoughts I completely negated and disintegrated the evil. I recited the formula for righteous thoughts as I held my pants to move my legs forward, counting, “Step one, step two, step three.” Then I was OK. The whole thing took about 30 seconds. Truly, I believe in Master's words from (Hong Yin II,
“The Master-Disciple Bond”
“Four years has the wild evil surged
A steady helm has assured the right course
The Disciples of Fa have gone through evil trials
And though great the pressure, their wills are unbowed
There is no affect between master and disciple
The Buddha’s grace remolds Heaven and Earth
When disciples have ample righteous thoughts
Master has the power to turn back the tide”Selected from "Call for Articles about Divine Occurrences in the Human World"
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