(Minghui.org) Just after I retired two years ago, I was rushed to hospital with a stroke. I couldn't speak clearly one day. My mouth felt awkward, and I couldn’t even hold the chopsticks when I ate.
Before I retired, I would often experience purification of my body at night. Sometimes I had diarrhea, and sometimes I vomited for the whole night. But I would be fine to go to work the next day. I had no pain or discomfort, and felt relaxed. Thus, I wondered why I was experiencing the symptoms of a stroke.
Other practitioners came to visit me in the hospital after hearing about my situation. Through sharing with them, I realized that I still couldn't maintain my xinxing at home, although I had been cultivating in Falun Dafa for nearly 20 years.
Because I hadn't done well with my xinxing tests at home, I felt that I might tarnish Dafa's image, and feared that Master wouldn't recognize me as his disciple. My heart was full of sorrow.
“The Book Says That Practitioners Have No Illnesses”
While at the hospital one day, I took a walk to a hill nearby. I saw a tall, middle-aged man in a meditation suit sitting on a stone, and putting a yellow satin wrapped book into a bag. I was very curious, and asked him what the book was. He replied, “This is a book of cultivation, called Zhuan Falun.”
I told him that I also practice Falun Dafa, but I had a stroke. He replied, “The book says that practitioners have no illnesses. Do you believe it, or not?”
I knew he was correct, but I didn't know how to answer him. I was afraid that I had not reached the standard of a practitioner. When we had finished talking, the man walked in to the distance, and soon disappeared.
After returning to the hospital, I realized that Master had given me a hint. Master had not given up on me, a discouraged disciple. I asked to be discharged from the hospital, and stopped taking all my medication. I studied the Fa a lot, and quickly recovered.
Did I Have Kidney Disease?
However, after a short time, I suddenly couldn’t move again. I had a sharp pain that lasted from evening till dawn, which made me scream in agony.
My son took me to the hospital, but the results showed nothing was wrong. After the examination, I suddenly became fine. Even the doctor said, “What kind of disease did you have? How could you recover so quickly?” I realized that it was Master who used the doctor's mouth to give me a hint that it was Master who helped me.
About a year later, I had the symptoms of kidney disease. I had kidney disease before I obtained the Fa, but it was cured after my body was purified. This time my family took me to the hospital in spite of my objections. After the examination, the doctor immediately ordered me to stay there.
I had more righteous thoughts this time, and found a chance to leave. I stayed at a fellow practitioner's home for 20 days. During that time, all I did was study the Fa, send forth righteous thoughts, and share cultivation experiences with other practitioners.
I had changed into a whole new person by the time I returned home. My family wanted me to go to hospital to see if my illness was cured by practicing Falun Dafa. I thought this might be a great opportunity to let them see Dafa's miraculous power. The hospital results showed that everything was normal. I had fully recovered.
My son asked the doctor to prescribe some medicine for me, but the doctor said there was no need.
After this incident, I deeply realized that practitioners really have no illnesses. Some are just the illusion of sickness karma, which some practitioners may call 'interference by the old forces'. It all depends on how practitioners treat themselves.
Master Is Taking Care of Us
When some practitioners encountered sickness karma, they think that Master is not taking care of them. A practitioner I met last summer thought this way, and later passed away. This kind of thinking is wrong. How could we think that Master is not taking care of us? How can we imagine the extent of Master's compassion, and how he cherishes us?
I had a dream recently, where I saw a rhinoceros-like being charging at me. I could hear a snoring gasp, and I woke up with a backache. I strengthened my righteous thoughts, and was fine in just two days.
Through these experiences, I have deeply realized the seriousness of cultivation and the importance of sending forth righteous thoughts. I used to ignore sending righteous thoughts a lot of times. That's how I let the old forces take advantage of my loopholes, and why I was interfered with by sickness karma again and again. I have to make up for it now!
A close friend, who is a doctor, used a microscope to check a sample of my blood. He found that there were colorful and glowing high-energy substances in there. I thought that this must be Master letting me know this to increase my confidence in the practice.
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