(Minghui.org) I’m a 69-year-old veteran practitioner from Liaoning Province. I’ve been practicing Falun Dafa since March 1996. As a practitioner, I could always feel Teacher’s protection and help. Teacher guides me in cultivation so I can continuously rectify my thoughts and get rid of my attachments.
Reconciling with Family Members to Save Sentient Beings
Before I obtained the Fa, I was a so-called “tough woman” – I was arrogant and aggressive. As a result, I often fought with my relatives and family members, and I had many physical problems. The relationship with my brother-in-law’s family was especially bad. We barely talked to each other.
By November 1999, I had obtained the Fa, and my mother-in-law was bedridden. I was the only person who took care of her, and the only person who was willing to wash her dirty clothes soiled with her feces and urine. In August 2008, she passed away. My family paid for her funeral and burial site. My brother-in-law still didn’t want to deal with us.
My husband said to me, “Are we severing all ties with my elder brother?” I replied, “It’s up to you. I don’t want to meddle.” At the time, I felt that this was the best I could do. One day I was reading Zhuan Falun, Teacher said:
“That’s just how people are these days—whenever they run into a problem the first thing they try to do is duck the blame, even if they’re at fault.”
I realized that it was wrong for me to push the conflicts to my husband. This realization was further verified after I studied the Fa about karmic relationships. I should make up for my prior mistreatment of my brother-in-law. I started working on improving the relationship by talking to his relatives and friends, but nothing worked. I wondered: What did I do wrong?
After more Fa study, I realized what was wrong – I was looking outward and seeking other people’s help in resolving the issue. I didn’t look inward. I was the cause of many fights. I was selfish and conceited before I obtained the Fa. My brother-in-law didn’t know the changes I went through. Teacher said in “Touring North America to Teach the Fa:”
“So a Dafa disciple's responsibilities aren't for the sake of personal Consummation, but to save sentient beings while validating the Fa—that is a Dafa disciple's historic mission, and that is why Dafa disciples are truly magnificent.”
Practitioners shouldn't have enemies. We have our missions to fulfill. I decided to apologize to my brother-in-law’s family. My husband said, “That may be unfair to you.” I told him I wanted to save his relatives.
After I had this thought, one day we received a call from my husband’s niece in the south. She invited us to spend several days with her family. My husband was worried that I might not want to go, so he didn’t immediately say yes. I told him, “Let’s go. This is an opportunity for me to tell them about Falun Dafa. Let's do this together.” He happily agreed.
At our welcome dinner, my niece’s husband said to me, “Auntie, it’s such a pleasure to see you here. We haven’t seen each other for over 30 years. Back then you had a lot of pride.” (When they got married more than 30 years ago, they came to our home to visit us. I refused to talk to them). I immediately apologized for my rudeness, “After I started practicing Falun Dafa, I realized that what I did was wrong. I was inconsiderate and selfish before.”
My niece was surprised and said, “Wow. Aunt apologized to us younger generation people. We are so moved.” I then told them all about Dafa. They saw the improved state of my physical and mental well-being and understood why they needed to withdraw from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) and its affiliated organizations. They also felt the benevolent nature of Dafa. Everyone at the dinner party withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. My husband’s second niece decided to start practicing Falun Dafa.
After I came back home, I apologized to my brother-in-law’s family and clarified the truth to them about Dafa and the persecution. It was a pleasant surprise for them. The whole family withdrew from the CCP’s affiliated organizations. My sister-in-law also helped her siblings’ families withdraw from the CCP.
At the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2006, my husband’s extended family members, all 24 of us, got together for the first time in 40 years after I married into the family. Just like Teacher said in “Settling the Great Havoc,” Hong Yin Volume II:
“How many chaotic affairs in the human world Gratitude and resentment experienced over and over Wicked hearts with massive karma are doomed Dafa settles everything from the origin”
In the process of resolving the family dispute, I experienced what Teacher said in Zhuan Falun :
“Cultivation depends on one’s own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one’s master. It is good enough if you have this wish. It is the master who actually does this, as you are simply unable to do it.”
Saving Sentient Beings with Kindness
I’m a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor and the deputy director of my department. I’ve been clarifying the truth and validating Dafa at work. Some patients didn’t want to listen to the truth at the beginning.
A patient came to me through a referral once. He was a town's mayor and suffered from diabetes. He was getting insulin injections and wanted to try out traditional Chinese medicine. I did a thorough check-up and prescribed some medicine for him. Then I told him to recite “Falun Dafa is good. Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good."
Before I could explain to him why I asked him to do this, he went ballistic. He yelled at me in front of everyone: “Don’t tell me anything like this. I don’t believe in anything. I only believe in communism.” He rambled on. I calmly looked into his eyes and sent forth righteous thoughts. I was not angry or sad. He stopped yelling instantly and left.
I asked myself what I did wrong and realized that I was too hasty and was not considerate of his state of being and thoughts. When he came back for a second visit, he looked at me awkwardly, worried that I might not treat him well after his last visit. I treated him normally as though nothing happened. Since there were other patients around us, I didn’t say anything more about Dafa.
During his third visit, I asked him, “What’s more important: your life and conscience, or the communist party? Can the communist party give you health? Truth-Compassion-Forbearance are universal values. If you’re against them, can you be considered a good person?” He said, “I know. The Chinese communist political system is very corrupt. Many village officials are gang members who bought their positions with money.”
I started to tell him the truth about Falun Gong and why he should withdraw from the CCP. He understood and decided to withdraw from the CCP. He also started to recite “Falun Dafa is good. Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” After some time, his health improved and he didn’t need to receive insulin injections anymore.
Just like Teacher said in “The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos,” Hong Yin Volume II:
“Compassion can harmonize Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world”
An official who worked for the city government came to the clinic. After I clarified the truth to him, he withdrew from the CCP. Whenever he came to our clinic, he would say to me loudly: “Falun Dafa is good. Kangping (the pseudonym I gave him for renouncing his membership of the CCP) is here.” Some patients would put their palms together and bow to me. I know they are showing their gratitude towards Teacher and Dafa for saving their lives.
Using Righteous Thoughts to Overcome Sickness Karma
At around 3:30 a.m. on October 17, 2012, I suddenly woke up. I was sweating a lot and my heart was racing. I felt nauseous and wanted to throw up and use the bathroom. My first thought was that this was an illusion created by the old forces.
I asked Teacher to help me and negated the old forces’ arrangements in my thoughts. I started doing the sitting meditation. After I practiced for about 45 minutes, the symptoms of nausea, diarrhea and sweating disappeared, but my heart was still racing, and I couldn’t practice the first four exercises.
So I sat in the full lotus position (both legs crossed, on top of each other) with my hands pressed against each other and started to look inward.
I found many of my human attachments: showing off, zealotry, fighting, and thinking I was better than others. I held on to just one thought: all these attachments do not belong to me. I don’t want them. I started to send forth righteous thoughts. At first, I said to myself: “I’m Teacher’s student. I only follow Teacher’s arrangements. I don’t agree to, nor follow any other arrangements (of the old forces).” I then started to eliminate my human attachments and notions. This lasted for about 2 hours until 6 a.m., when all my sickness symptoms disappeared.
On my way to work, I thought more about what happened in the morning. Then I remembered that in 1998, I retired from my previous position using the excuse of heart disease, even though I didn’t have the problem. I realized that my lie at the time formed a substance in another dimension.
What I did was not truthful. The old forces took advantage of my gap. I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the bad substance and negate the old forces’ arrangements. I overcame this tribulation quickly.
In a dream that night, I was lost and was in a pitch dark place. I was not sure where to go and started to run. Then the Fa-rectification formula came to my mind. I started reciting the Fa-rectification formula loudly. Each time I recited the Fa-rectification formula, it was like lightning piercing through the darkness.
I then started to call out “Falun Dafa is good. Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The place became brighter and brighter. Eventually, it was like daytime, and I woke up.
I knew that Teacher saved me again from hell. I want to thank Teacher again. Teacher said in “The Master-Disciple Bond,” Hong Yin Volume II:
“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”
In summary, I went through this tribulation with righteous thoughts, believing in Teacher and the Fa, and looked inward. Cultivation depends on our own efforts, but the transformation of gong is done by Teacher. Teacher endured a lot for me in other dimensions. I’d like to share with everyone the following excerpt from “Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles:”
“What's important for cultivators is righteous thoughts. When you have strong righteous thoughts, you are able to withstand anything and do anything. That's because you are a cultivator: someone who is on a divine path and who is not controlled by the factors of ordinary people or low-level principles.”
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