(Minghui.org) My mother, sister, brother, and I all practice Falun Gong. I have experienced various tests in my cultivation and witnessed the power of righteous thoughts when our minds were based on the Fa. The tests also afforded me a deeper understanding of the mission to save lives while assisting Master in the Fa-rectification.
Rescuing My Brother with Righteous Thought
After 1999, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jiang Zemin and his clique stepped up the persecution of Falun Gong. The local police arrested my brother and took him to a brainwashing center in the provincial capital. My sister and I visited the Police Department and went straight to the director. We asked him to release my brother. He avoided a direct answer.
My sisters and I compassionately, but seriously, told the director, “There is nothing wrong with practicing Dafa and striving to be a good person. It is good for the country, the people, and every family. Our brother is suffering from a serious lung disease. If anything happens to him, you will be responsible for all consequences.” Then, we asked him to release my brother within one month, unconditionally.
It seemed that he came to some understanding about Dafa and agreed to our demand. When a month had passed, my brother returned home. Through this experience, I witnessed the power of righteous thoughts.
Master Saved My Brother’s Life
After my brother came back home, his illness got worse. An X-ray examination showed problems with his chest cavity and lung function. He was weak and his situation was extremely serious.
Several fellow practitioners, my sister, and I went to my brother’s home to study the Fa, send righteous thoughts, and do the exercises together. In about two months, my brother’s condition gradually improved; he became more energetic and his appetite improved. From then on, he cultivated Dafa more diligently and never relaxed his efforts in doing the three things well. Although he had never used a mobile phone to talk to people about Falun Gong, he had talked to more than 10,000 people about Falun Gong and the persecution face-to-face in the past more than a dozen years.
My mother is over eighty years old. Witness to the fact that Master saved her son’s life, she kept up her effort to tell people about Falun Gong and pass on Master’s salvation to others. My mother did not slack off in fulfilling her mission.
Let Go of Sentimentality and Uphold a Righteous Mind
“Cultivate away fame, material interest, and emotion,Reach Consummation, ascending the firmament,With compassion, looking at the world,Only then, awakening from confusion.”(“Reaching Consummation, Completing Gong,” Hong Yin)
I kept Master’s teaching in my mind and under Master’s guidance, I went through a few tests.
On March 30, 2020, my husband died of a sudden illness. His death shocked my whole family. I understood that everyone has his own destiny and no one can control it unless he cultivates. I upheld my righteous thoughts and kept relatively calm.
After everyone recovered from the shock, my husband’s brother asked me to file a claim for monetary benefits from my husband’s employer. I realized that this was a test of “material interest” for me. I said softly but decisively, “Brother, I am not going to make such a claim. My husband did not die of a work-related accident. He died of sudden illness while driving. I will not do what you ask.”
Later, my husband’s employer donated 40,000 yuan to my family for humanitarian reasons. This money covered the costs of cremation, travel, and burial. At the funeral on April 9th and 10th, our relatives and friends were very sympathetic regarding my husband’s death and increased their funeral donations. I thanked them for their kindness, but politely declined their donations.
Later, some people from my husband’s place of employment sent us messages and kindly told my son to go to the employer to make a claim for compensation. I again politely refused to do so.
My husband had learned the truth about Falun Gong while he was alive. After he passed away, my son saw his dad twice in his dreams; he told me that his dad dressed neatly and well in the dreams, and was reading scriptures with many people. It seemed that he went to a pretty good place.
After my husband passed away, I stayed calm and did not experience any big emotional disturbances. I continued to cultivate Dafa without wavering. I diligently kept studying the Fa and sending righteous thoughts. A few days later, my sister and I started going to the countryside and mountainous areas to put up posters telling people about Falun Gong.
I will keep discarding my attachments to fame, material interests, and emotion. I will follow Master’s teachings, read the Fa with a sincere mind, and cultivate diligently. I have arranged for more time to read the Fa and to do the three things well since my husband died. No matter what everyday situations come about, I just cultivate myself well. I will always keep in mind Master’s teaching,
“Don’t pay heed to the affairs of bygone dynastiesAll will be known when you return home at Consummation”(“Clarity Upon Gaining The Way,” Hong Yin Volume II)
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