(Minghui.org) I was shocked when I looked in the mirror after washing my face early last April. My facial features were deformed. My eyelids were drooping, and my nose and mouth were crooked. My face was larger on one side than the other. I looked so ugly! I calmed down immediately and remembered that I was a Dafa practitioner, and that my face should be kind and compassionate. How could I look so ugly? I immediately remembered that Master would take care of me. I would never allow any evil force to persecute me for any reason.
My sister came over and was very worried when she saw me. She talked to my mother about taking me to the hospital immediately. She said this happened to a relative, and this person was not cured for a long time. My mother told her, “Who is your relative? We have Master to protect us and we will be fine.”
My daughter had cultivated at one time but had not yet returned to Dafa. She was very angry when she saw my face and thought that I was defaming Dafa. I told her that Master said, “Once you take up Dafa, whatever it is you encounter--good or bad--it is a good thing.” (“Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005”) I was determined to turn this into a good thing. My daughter cried and asked me to go to hospital. She was concerned because her boyfriend's parents wanted to meet me in two months, and she didn't want them to see my face like this. That same day, I read a practitioner's sharing on Minghui Weekly, No. 482 – “Maintaining a Righteous Mind Amidst Tribulations.” After that, I remained calm no matter what people said to me.
I went to work as usual that day. I had the thought that I should not let my colleagues see my face like this. As a result, my colleagues didn't find out on the first day. In the afternoon of the second day, one colleague came to talk to me. I was trying to cover my face but she noticed.
Many colleagues suggested that I go to the hospital. I said it wasn't necessary. When I went to the group Fa study, a fellow practitioner saw my face, helped me send righteous thoughts, and asked me to look inward. I couldn't read the words clearly while studying the Fa, so I wanted to stop reading. The practitioner told me not to give up, so I continued reading. I now realize that my thought of giving up reading the Fa was terrible.
This practitioner came to my home three times. On the first two evenings, half of my head was so painful that I couldn't sleep. I didn't go to work on the third day, but instead I studied the Fa at home, sending righteous thoughts and looking inward. I realized that I had the attachments of saving face, hating others, being selfish and full of fear, depending on others, not wanting to hear criticism, and showing-off. I also held some sentiment towards my daughter, and had many other human attachments.
Sometimes my palm would fall down while sending righteous thoughts. I also realized that I had developed an attachment of depending on others. When I indulged my attachment to saving face, one side of my face would fall as far as touching my teeth. When I acknowledged these problems, I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate them.
One day while I was doing the standing, second exercise, “Holding the Wheel Above the Head,” a strong force pulled on my mouth. Master was adjusting my face and head, and it was not that painful. I went back to work on the fifth day. My colleagues all saw that my face was changing back to normal day by day. I didn't go to the hospital and didn't take any medication. Master had changed my face back to normal. I explained the incredible power and wonder of Falun Dafa to my family and colleagues one more time.
We Must Think of Master when Encountering Interference
One day during lunch break, I was talking to my colleagues about the wonders of Dafa, and its extraordinary healing effects. Someone from outside the office who didn't understand the truth heard what I was saying. Then in the afternoon I noticed strangers walking back and forth outside my office. When I left work, several strangers followed me. At first I was not aware of it. But when I was ready to get on my bike to leave, those strangers suddenly came up to me. For a moment I was shocked.
I then immediately remembered Master's Fa:
“Dafa is what you carry everywhere, Zhen Shan Ren, rooted in the mind; A great Arhat walks the earth, Gods and demons fear with awe.” (“Benevolent Might” from { {Hong Yin}})
As soon as I thought this, the people following me were gone. I rode my bike home, and started studying the Fa as soon as I got home. I also sent righteous thoughts and searched for my attachments. I went to work as usual the next day. I continuously sent righteous thoughts and recited the Fa on my way to work. I stayed calm at work and cleansed my dimensional field and my working environment with righteous thoughts. With Master's protection, nothing happened.
Some time ago, as I was going to distribute Minghui Weekly and other truth-clarification materials to fellow practitioners, I noticed a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses staring at me. I felt a bit afraid and asked Master to help me overcome my fear.
Then I heard a voice, “You regard him as too big and yourself too small.” Wasn't this referring to me? I am a Dafa practitioner and carry the universe's most honored, most glorious title. What should I be afraid of? The evil should be afraid, not me. With this thought, that man disappeared. I distributed the materials without a problem.
Master said,
“The arrangements that were made were, in fact, quite detailed, to the extent that how each Dafa disciple would walk his path; what situations each would meet with; how each would advance or fall back; and how things would be handled when inappropriate states eventually came about, was all meticulously arranged.” (“20th Anniversary Fa Teaching”)
Whenever we encounter interference and tribulation, we should think of Master and Dafa, and then, unless we are blocked by human notions and attachments, there will be no test that we cannot pass. If we want to pass a test, we can do it for sure.
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