(Minghui.org) One morning about two weeks ago, I suddenly couldn’t lift my right hand when I went to turn on the computer to write an article. Feeling severe pain, I could not control my arm. The symptoms of hemiplegia (paralysis or weakness in one side of the body) came to mind, but I immediately denied the thought. However, I still could not raise my right hand.
Then, I had the idea to use my left hand to lift my right hand. I became alert and wondered where that idea came from. Such a wrong thought seemed like bait to make me agree that only my left side was functional. Once I realized the trick, I could raise my right arm a little. I realized that I took the right initial steps and identified the old forces’ arrangements for me.
I turned on the computer slowly and continued to bear the pain in my arm. I constantly reminded myself to leave the old forces no opportunity to persecute me. At the same time, I felt the old forces start to retreat little by little. After several rounds of denying their arrangements, I finally finished the article in time and then participated in the group study at 8:30 a.m.
At the end of the day, although my arm was still painful, I was very excited and ready to tell my daughter about my righteous thoughts and behavior today. Finally, she called me in the evening after she got off work. I told her how I overcame the difficulties and what I learned from the experience. Waiting to hear her compliment me, instead she said, “Mom, you think too much.”
Her response did not sound like a compliment to me. I thought I heard her wrong. My daughter explained that she also encountered illness symptoms the week before. At first, her stomach began to hurt. She thought, “I don’t want my stomach to hurt.” The pain stopped. Then, she went to work, but her leg started to hurt and caused her to limp. She thought, “Don’t let people see me limping. This is not right.” Her leg pain immediately went away. She told me that these understandings are all based on the Fa.
My daughter described her experiences so lightly that I felt ashamed for having the attachments of zealotry, showing off, and the desire for recognition.
I am grateful to Teacher Li Hongzhi for exposing my attachments by using my daughter’s words. Teacher cleansed me step by step. I will continue to cultivate and purify myself because a Dafa practitioner should not be attached to one's self.
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